The artillery is firing, and the shells fall into the infantry arrays on both sides one after another, and each shell falling into the infantry arrays can set off a bloody storm, whether it is the well-trained infantry of the Tang Army, or the half-hung line infantry of the Ming army, there is no defense capability in front of the shells.

At this point, the only thing they could pray for was that the shells would not hit them!

However, although the artillery bombardment caused certain losses to the infantry ranks of the 6th Infantry Division, it still did not stop the advance of the 6th Infantry Division!

The infantrymen of the 6th Infantry Division, all armed with muskets or spears, marched slowly, neither fast nor slow, under the command of the officer.

The Ming army on the opposite side is also in full array, those generals are running back and forth, shouting loudly, trying to maintain the stability of the Ming army's array, and the Ming army, which can be arranged in front and shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding the right flank defense, is obviously also the main force in the 100,000 Ming army, although it has been subjected to fierce shelling, and there are Ming soldiers killed and wounded at every moment, but their array can still be maintained.

This was a border army of more than 10,000 men, which assumed the core defense center of the right flank.

Even though there are second-line troops in the Ming army, and even tens of thousands of young and strong, the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side are also very clear that the Tang army's attack in the first round must be extremely fierce, and the Chinese army and the left and right wings must deploy a main force to act as the core, otherwise, those second-line troops will be defeated by the Tang army's troops with a charge.

But in the midst of shelling, being able to maintain the array, does not say anything!

In the past history of the Tang Army and the Ming Army, there were many Ming troops who were able to maintain their formation during the artillery bombardment of the Tang Army, and in fact, most of the new armies in the Ming Army were able to do so.

However, if they can withstand the onslaught of the infantry line of the Tang Army in the follow-up, then there are not many troops, and all that can be done are the main forces of the Ming army.

But being able to maintain the front, withstand the artillery bombardment of the Tang army, and withstand the line fire of the infantry of the Tang army, this still does not mean anything.

Many of the front-line main forces of the Ming army were able to do it, and they were even able to shoot at the Tang army!

But what about the end result?

They were all defeated in the end without exception, and there were never exceptions!

Whether it was Zhang Yue's Governor and Huguang Training Army in the Changsha and Hengyang Campaigns, or Wang Yiqi's Jiangnan New Army and Border Army in the Jiangnan Campaign, in large-scale field operations, they were often able to fight well in the initial artillery bombardment and infantry firing stages.

However, they still failed!

Why?

Because whenever the Tang Army launched the last bayonet charge, the Ming army on the opposite side could not hold it and was defeated!

At this point, the Datang Army itself saw it very clearly, although the superiority in artillery and muskets brought them a lot of benefits, but what really made the Datang Army win in many large-scale frontal battles in the field was actually the final bayonet charge!

But does the Ming army know?

They probably know, maybe they haven't seen it yet!

But whether they know it or not, they have always focused on the sharpness of the Tang Army's guns, and they are constantly trying to catch up on this side.

They copied the arquebus of the Tang Army, the arquebus imitated by the Ming Army in addition to the limitations of its own reasons, and it is difficult to achieve large-scale caliber unification, other aspects including details are mostly the same as the Tang Army's touch, the Ming Army's arquebus if you do not distinguish carefully, in fact, it is difficult to see the difference with the Tang Army arquebus.

The same is true for artillery, they imitated and produced a large number of artillery, five-pound field artillery has already become the absolute main force of the Ming army's artillery, seven-pound artillery is also large-scale equipment, even nine-pound artillery they also produce and a small amount of equipment.

In terms of firearms, they almost followed the pace of the Datang Army!

It's just that the ordnance production of the Ming Dynasty is still based on the traditional hand-made, so it has caused inconsistency in data, the output is relatively low, and the cost is relatively high.

The cost of hand-built and industrialized mass production can be considerable.

However, although the Ming army imitated everywhere in ordnance and tactics, there was one thing that they could not imitate, that is, the unique training method of the Tang Army.

It's not that the Ming army doesn't know how the Tang army trains, but they can't copy it.

Because the training intensity of the Tang Army is quite large, and the training intensity is large, not only the ammunition used in the training is large, but it also means that the requirements for physical fitness are very high, and therefore the requirements for nutrition are quite high.

Nutritional supplements, that cost money!

Ammunition for training also costs money!

The annual military expenditure of the Datang Army exceeds more than 20 million taels of silver, which can support the Datang Army.

However, Emperor Zhengde, he spent only a few million yuan in military spending in the past year, but he also maintained such a large new army force, these military expenses were used to purchase guns and artillery ammunition, and they had to be used to maintain the battle.

At the end of the day, there's still no money!

And the result of no money is that the quality of the soldiers of the Ming army is generally inferior to that of the Tang Army.

Today, the Sixth Infantry Division is advancing, and although the Ming army on the opposite side is still maintaining a formation amid the rumbling artillery, can they block the attack of the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side?

Even though today's battlefield spread for several kilometers, and the battle on the side of the Sixth Infantry Division was only a part of it, this battle was so crucial that it attracted the attention of the high-level leaders on both sides.

Li Xuan's telescope frequently looked at the side of the Sixth Infantry Division!

And Emperor Zhengde was also holding a telescope to look at the right wing at this time.

The telescope in his hand was naturally not produced by the Ming army, but captured from the Tang army, and the Ming army and the Tang army had been fighting for many years, not to mention the mere telescopes, even if it was artillery and river warships, they had been captured, but the number was very small, far less than the Ming army itself lost.

Through the binoculars, Emperor Zhengde saw that his right flank troops were adjusting the array, because the Tang army attacking troops on the opposite side were also adjusting the array.

It didn't take long for the distance between the two sides to be reduced to only about eighty meters, and this distance was enough for the musketeers on both sides to open fire and inflict casualties.

At this time, the musketeers on both sides used arquebuses, and even the details were similar, but the reload speed and hits of the musketeers on both sides were quite different.

Emperor Zhengde could clearly see that after many rounds of fire from both sides, the number of soldiers on his own side who fell exceeded the strength of the Tang army on the opposite side.

And this gap is not small, I'm afraid there is at least a double gap!

This is because although the offensive strength of the Tang army is not large, there is only one division and three infantry regiments, but the proportion of musket equipment on the Ming side is even lower.

The proportion of musket equipment of the new army of the Ming army varies, but generally it can only be 30 percent, and no matter how high it is, their musket production will not be so much.

The Tang Army was also able to achieve a one-to-one ratio of arquebuses and spearmen in large-scale industrial production and the capture of many Ming arquebuses.

On the side of the Ming army, it is obviously impossible to do it.

The Sixth Infantry Division went up to shoot at each other, and the scattered bomb team under the Sixth Infantry Division also pulled the artillery up and opened fire close to it.

But the Ming army on the opposite side also had Franc machine guns and bowl mouth guns.

Pure shotgun and musket firing was obviously not what the Sixth Infantry Division wanted, so when they were firing, they were actually steadily advancing and continuing to advance.

They used progressive shooting, which was not fast, but it was still slowly advancing!

Eighty meters, fifty meters, thirty meters!

At this time, the grenadiers in the rear also began to line up, struggling to throw grenades into the ranks of the Ming army on the opposite side.

Coincidentally, the Ming army on the opposite side also threw some grenades, but the Ming army's grenades have never been many, although they caused certain losses to the Sixth Infantry Division, but they were far less casualties than the grenadiers of the Sixth Infantry Division.

Seeing that it was almost over, the officers commanding the battle at the front also shouted one by one: "Charge!" ”

Shooting against each other has never been the basis for the victory of the Tang Army, and it is to launch a bayonet charge at the last moment!

When the officers gave the final order to charge, first one infantry regiment on the left rushed straight forward, then the remaining two infantry regiments!

At this time, those heavily armored spearmen in the infantry regiment, after silently bearing many casualties unilaterally, finally showed their value!

Dressed in plate armor, armed with a spear four and a half meters long, they have become the backbone of hand-to-hand combat!

In the moment when the infantry on both sides came into contact, the casualties on both sides exceeded the total number of casualties caused by previous shelling, shooting, and grenade explosions!

In just a few seconds, countless infantry on both sides let out screams!

However, if you listen carefully, you will find that the screams on the side of the Tang Army are much less!

The full body armor and half-armor of the spearmen, the cuirasses of the musketeers, and the helmets of each man helped them block a large number of spears and bayonets!

However, compared with the front-line combat infantry of the Sixth Infantry Division, which was nearly 100 percent armor-wearing, the armor-wearing rate of the Ming army on the opposite side was less than 50 percent.

And even if half of them are equipped with armor, their armor protection level is very ordinary, and it cannot be compared with the plate armor equipped in the Tang army with a thickness of several millimeters.

So, just over ten seconds later, there was a very terrifying scene on the battlefield!

After the Sixth Infantry Division rushed up, although the more than 10,000 Ming troops on the opposite side resisted desperately, but the casualties were too heavy, which finally made them lose the courage to continue to resist, and then, like all the routs, no matter how the generals of the Ming army shouted, the soldiers still fled in a swarm!

In the first battle of the decisive battle between the two sides, the Sixth Infantry Division of the Tang Army won the victory with an overwhelming advantage, and then with the cooperation of a mixed regiment in the rear, it continued to sweep the right flank of the Ming army in a crushing attitude.

When the troops on the right wing of the Ming army collapsed one after another, and the entire right wing was about to be completely finished, Emperor Zhengde, who was located in the rear of the Chinese army, closed his eyes slightly!

At this moment, no one knows what he is thinking!

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