Volume 14 Chapter 46 Defeat and Surrender

The sound of the earth-shattering horses' hooves was like a war drum, and all the soldiers on both sides were enthusiastic, and the cavalry had not yet collided together, but the infantry had begun close contact.

This contact is not the contact between soldiers and soldiers, but the contact between artillery shells and shields, the Ming artillery is basically veterans after nearly ten years of training, operating the artillery is called a skillful ah, erecting guns, loading gunpowder, loading shells, ignition in one go, there is no pause in between.

As soon as the cavalry on the left and right flanks rushed out, the roar of artillery sounded in the middle, "boom boom", this time it was not more than 200 artillery, but nearly 2,000 guns fired at the same time, and its prestige even overshadowed the sound of horses' hooves on the battlefield.

Darla. Shike saw the cannonballs that rained down, his face changed, this Ming army was too cunning, the first round of artillery only used nearly one percent of the artillery, and he misjudged the number of artillery.

In his opinion, the range of artillery is the same, because the artillery sold to them by the Dutch has only one range, and the artillery of the Persians has only one range.

The difference between 2,000 and more than 200 is not a little bit, one round is nearly 2,000 heavy armored infantry killed, ten rounds is 20,000, 100,000 heavy armored infantry is only 50 rounds, and it won't take half an hour!

Darla. Shike originally thought that even if he let the other party bombard for an hour, there would not be much loss, at that time the ironclad cavalry should have already defeated the opponent's light cavalry, once the ironclad cavalry rushed into the advance formation, it would be a massacre and a win.

But in this situation, it is estimated that in less than half an hour, the 100,000 heavy armored infantry will be killed by the other side, and the ironclad cavalry will be finished by that time.

What to do? He didn't make a decision immediately, but raised his telescope to look at the battlefield where the cavalry was fighting, he wanted to see the situation of the cavalry before making a decision, maybe the cavalry of the Ming army might be crushed at the touch of a button, this situation did not happen before, and it was not the first time he commanded the ironclad cavalry to fight, and he had seen a lot of situations where the enemy cavalry was defeated in one fell swoop.

However, he was destined to be disappointed, the cavalry of the Ming army was not so easy to defeat, although the other party even wore heavy armor with men and horses, almost invulnerable, but it was impossible to criticize heavy armor on the face, the cavalry of the Ming army were all experienced in battle, and they could naturally see this obvious weakness, so when the two sides were still more than two hundred steps apart, the Ming cavalry invariably raised the flintlock pistol in their hands and continuously pulled the trigger on the enemy's head.

In this case, it is naturally impossible to aim and shoot, you can only shoot blindly by feeling, although the accuracy is not very good, but you can't stand the bullets, a rain of bullets passed, and the ironclad cavalry on the opposite side was immediately overturned several rows.

However, the impact was not very large, and the loss of a few thousand people was not a big deal for 50,000 cavalry, and the cavalry behind still rushed up firmly.

Seeing that it was less than fifty paces, the grenade in the Ming army's array smashed over like rain, "boom, boom", and the ironclad cavalry of the Mughal Empire was instantly covered in smoke.

The problem is not very big, the grenades at this time can only rely on the sputtering steel needles to hurt people, and in the face of the heavy armored cavalry, it is actually not very effective, and they can only be slightly injured.

The cavalry on both sides have finally collided, and it's time for you to know how powerful the ironclad cavalry are, Darla. Shike clenched his fists excitedly, and his eyes seemed to see the scene of the Ming cavalry turning on their backs and fleeing in defeat.

However, the plot did not develop as he imagined, after the two sides collided together, there was no scene of people turning over on their backs, and the Ming cavalry basically did not suffer much damage!

What's going on? The main thing is the problem of weapons, you must know that the flintlock pistol of the Ming cavalry itself is more than one meter long, plus the length of the bayonet, it is close to two meters, and the cavalry of the Mughal Empire is generally a full moon scimitar, not even a meter long, this meter of difference is like a moat!

The cavalry of the Mughal Empire is covered in heavy armor and is not afraid of cutting, and the cavalry of the Ming army is not a batch of armor and is finished with a knife, but you always have to cut it, people are stabbed with spears two meters away, and they are cut with a knife, not to mention cutting people to death, human hair can't be touched!

Seeing this scene, Darla. Cold sweat broke out on Shik's forehead, the ironclad cavalry could no longer be counted on, and the hoplites were eating shells again, what to do?

Running away? I can't run away!

Surrender? Can't vote, the others may be fine, he is absolutely dead, because he is the eldest prince of the Mughal Empire, even if the Ming army does not kill him and puts him back, the other princes will not let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, he is dead!

Finally, he gritted his teeth and roared wildly: "Order, all the infantry charge with shields, rush up, and hack them to death!" “

Lu Xiangsheng saw the enemy's heavy infantry start to charge, and knew that the other party was going to play fish and break the net, than fierce, this is his favorite, he has never seen it in this world.

When the enemy rushed to a hundred paces in front of the formation, he directly ordered: "Order, the artillery will stop the bombardment, withdraw left and right, and the Siamese army will immediately step forward to support." “

With that, he directly hit his horse and rushed to the front of the formation, and a group of guards also rushed forward with him excitedly.

At this time, Mao Wenlong, who was commanding in front of the formation, was also constantly giving orders, and when the enemy was still a hundred steps away, he directly shouted: "Order, everyone, get on the bayonet." “

When the enemy was still eighty paces away, he shouted again: "Order, everyone, grenade ready." “

When the enemy was still fifty paces away, he shouted again: "Order, everyone, throw grenades, don't stop, all five grenades are thrown." “

As soon as he finished speaking, grenades rained down on the opponent's shield array, and the enemy army was immediately flooded with smoke, and the shield array was also stagnant.

Seeing this scene, Mao Wenlong roared directly: "Everyone, follow me." “

Before Lu Xiangsheng rushed to the front of the battle, the Ming army in front shouted in unison: "Rush." Rushing forward like a tide, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Hahahaha, Mao Wenlong, is this guy also quite fierce, not bad." “

The so-called "the brave wins when the two armies clash with each other", the Ming army is like a rainbow, but the Mughal Empire has long been frightened by artillery, coupled with the disadvantage of weapons, even if they have iron armor, they will not escape the fate of defeat.

There is nothing to say about the ensuing battle, the Ming army used the advantage of the length of the weapon to continuously consume the strength of the other party, coupled with the advantage in numbers, the Mughal Empire, whether it was ironclad cavalry or heavy infantry was almost being pressed and beaten, and if you were not careful, you would be stabbed in the face.

In less than half an hour, Lu Xiangsheng rushed into the shield array and caught the local coach Dara. Shik, the Mughal Empire's army suddenly lost its fighting spirit, and soon, the hoplites and ironclad cavalry surrendered one after another.

If you don't surrender, you can't do it, wearing heavy armor, wielding a scimitar, and playing for half an hour, you will be tired and paralyzed!