In the following time, they were even more surprised to see, the more than 1,000 people were divided into four teams, and began to surround the small village, each team was a shield soldier in the front row, pikemen on both sides, and a musketeer in the middle, it seemed that this was their regular infantry battle formation, but could such a slow battle formation really win?

Li Hongji didn't know if the shields held by the shield soldiers of the Polish army could block the rifle shots, but such a dense formation was definitely the best target for the mortars and hand-cranked machine guns of the Ming army.

When the Polish army in front of him was only 60 zhang away from the entrance of the small village, Li Hongji ordered the soldiers to start firing freely. More than a dozen soldiers on the front set up their rifles, hidden in the predetermined fortifications, they shot at not the shield soldiers in the front row, but the pikemen on both sides, after firing a * ten bullets per minute, the pikemen of the Polish army were almost dead and wounded, and what is even more strange is that so many pikemen died, it did not affect the advance of the shield soldiers and the musketeers blocking behind, and these soldiers did not lie down and hide their movements, and they all ran forward with their heads held high, isn't this a live target?

Mortars don't need to be used, Li Hongji ordered the prepared hand-cranked machine gun to fire, a visible fire snake erupted, the shield held by the shield soldier was shattered instantly, and the powerful inertia of the bullet continued to kill and injure the soldiers behind, each bullet was like a string of sugar gourds, even if the rate of fire of this old-fashioned machine gun was not high, and the 100 rounds per minute of bullets made these Polish troops in dense formations unbearable, after a base number of bullets was fired, there were very few Polish soldiers who could stand up, And the Ming army did not understand how this Polish army could be so stupid.

In fact, it is not to blame that Li Hongji's team does not understand, but this is the most regular battle formation of the Polish army's attack, and as for this kind of battle formation that is vulnerable in the face of the firearms of the Ming army, the Polish army itself is also inexplicable. Before leaving, Colonel Sław was reminded by the Polish nobles that the caravan of the Ming Dynasty had more than 30 fierce cavalry, and with more than 30 cavalry, they defeated more than 1,000 horse bandits. Therefore, Colonel Slaw decided to send the most effective battle formation against the cavalry.

Sław is not a rice bucket, he is according to the best plan of infantry against cavalry, if the cavalry directly charges, the shield soldier in front can raise the shield to block the cavalry charge, if the cavalry long-range bow and arrow throw, then the musketeer and pikemen can hide under the shield, and so on after the two sides are close contact, the cavalry loses the speed of the charge, the musketeer can stand behind the shield soldier to shoot, and the pikemen on both sides can both erect the spear as an obstacle to the cavalry charge, but also after the musketeer shoots, Rush straight up and assassinate your enemies.

This kind of battle array design is very useful and effective, in the European battlefield has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, especially when large-scale infantry against cavalry, once the cavalry encounters such an infantry phalanx, the best way is to quickly change the direction, do not touch hard, the end of the formation is the annihilation of the whole army, even the invincible Mongolian cavalry has suffered this loss.

However, such a battle formation met a nemesis today, Li Hongji's squad is not a simple cavalry, they are modern firearms troops, simple cavalry hand-to-hand is not their usual combat method, after the artillery strike, clean up the mess, get the greatest victory is their best moment to attack, this way of combat is beyond the expectations of the Polish army, defeat is inevitable.

In just a quarter of an hour, the Polish army lost most of the soldiers who attacked the soldiers head-on, which surprised Colonel Sław, who was supervising the battle behind the battle formation, the firearms of the Ming caravan were so amazing that he didn't even have a chance to give the order to retreat, and he didn't have time to observe the situation on the battlefield, his soldiers became a corpse, and the rest of the soldiers didn't need him to give orders, and when the hand-cranked machine gun changed the chain, they began to flee back, and the soldiers of Li Hongji's squad lost interest in continuing to shoot, The soldier with such a dish was not interested at all.

After the battle on the frontal battlefield, the soldiers on the other three sides were only shot by a few soldiers with excellent marksmanship because of the distance of the Polish soldiers, and few Polish soldiers were killed. When the battle on the frontal battlefield was over, Sław gave the signal, and the soldiers on the other three sides immediately gave up the attack and returned to where they had just started.

The black-faced Sław stood beside his warhorse, and beside him stood more than seven hundred soldiers, all of his men. In less than ten minutes, his subordinates lost nearly a quarter, which was a great blow to the morale of the soldiers, if he retreated, his military career was estimated to be over, if he could defeat the caravan in the small village and obtain their weapons, then he might be able to be promoted to knighthood, because these people's weapons are so good, they are all big killers! If these things can greatly increase the level of readiness and combat effectiveness of the Polish army, even the rank of general is possible.

The deluded Colonel Sław once again organized his ranks, and all the shieldmen were sent to the front, the pikemen were on either side, the musketeers were behind, and even he himself went into battle, riding his horse to the last to supervise the battle, and he was going to take the village with all his might. But the nobleman behind him understands more than him, he can't fight, but it doesn't mean that his head is not good, now he understands that Sław is already a dog's head, and people have excellent war horses, if you rush up like this, people won't run if they can't fight? Can you catch up? He began to prepare to run away, and the most important thing was to save his life first.

Under Sław's supervision, the Polish army slowly approached the village again, but this time there may have been a lesson, and the shield men in the front row were scattered in formation, covering most of the pikemen behind their shields, in an attempt to minimize casualties during the attack.

Seeing this team of Polish troops who still didn't know whether they were alive or dead, Li Hongji felt that they were stupid to the extreme, if they dispersed the team to an area ten times larger, even if it was twice as many soldiers, Li Hongji would not dare to continue fighting, after all, the rate of fire of rifles is limited, and the same is true for hand-cranked machine guns, in the face of large-scale attacks, it is not easy to defend, but the impact of such a dense formation, even if it is twice as many troops, it is not enough for machine gun strafing, and it is completely self-defeating.

Li Hongji ordered the soldiers to calm down, and all the people moved to the front of the Polish army's advance, and the cold guns continued to shoot at the pikemen on both sides, and some of the shooting masters directly killed the musketeers covered by the shield soldiers, with the purpose of creating fear for them, and the hand-cranked machine guns were just ready to shoot, and only waited for the Polish army to march within 30 zhang before giving them the biggest blow, so that they would completely collapse.

Watching his comrades around him keep falling, I don't know if it is myself at the next moment, even if it is a big nerve, it is difficult to hold on for a long time, and seeing this threat of death, I have no way to do it, this is a kind of torment for anyone, and the Polish soldiers are moving towards the village step by step in this death threat.

Li Hongji now admired the Polish soldiers a little, and after advancing a distance of nearly 30 zhang, almost 200 soldiers died, and they continued to advance. Of course, admiration is admiration, and Li Hongji will definitely not let them have pity on these people, and they must have a confidence not to be afraid of death when they go to the battlefield, but this stupid way of dying makes people feel sad.

Let the ordinary soldiers prepare their horses for the combat team, the two hand-cranked machine guns began to roar, the two fire dragons swept towards the advancing phalanx of the Polish army, and the solid shield could not block the machine gun bullets fired at close range, still like the battlefield situation just now, when a large number of shield soldiers were shot by machine gun bullets and fell, the soldiers behind were strung into sugar gourds, just a base number of bullets After that, half of the soldiers lay on the ground, and when the second wave of machine gun bullets shot at the general, the Polish army completely collapsed, They had no hope of victory, and it was only a miracle that they were unilaterally slaughtered by the Ming army and only collapsed until now.

A crisp whistle sounded, more than thirty war horses rushed out from both sides of the position, the machine guns in the middle were still firing, and the charge on both sides was even faster, the commander of the Polish army, Colonel Sław, finally saw the war horses and sabers of the Ming army, but it was the last glance, he was shot in the head by the sniper of the Ming army, and the rest did not know anything, the dream was finished, and the promotion and fortune left him.