Chapter 5 O3: The elite of the Ming Army (ask for subscriptions, recommend collections)

The carriage of the cadet corps was made according to Zhu Youzhen's requirements, and the wide carriage could fully accommodate the entire 10-member combat squad of the cadet corps.

However, because the boys needed to take the initiative to attack the enemy this time, they could not cross the enemy with a wide body like when defending, and could only use the rear of the carriage to form a longitudinal enemy formation.

Unlike the wide body, the rear of the carriage is relatively small and can only accommodate up to three teenagers firing at the same time. This allowed the junior team to use the method of round shooting in the wagon offensive battle.

The space on the carriage was limited, and the teenagers took the method of changing guns and not changing people. That is, the three people who shoot fire in front and change their guns immediately after firing. The guns they replaced were reloaded by others in the rear.

Round-fire, due to the limited number of guns fired in a single shot, although it can ensure the continuity of firepower of the junior team, it is completely incomparable with the firepower density when the carriage shoots horizontally.

With a low density of fire per shot, the cadets tried to increase the hit rate of the flintlock pistol.

Remembering Zhu Youzhen's repeated mention of the principle of salvo fire and fire gathering, during the exercise, the cadet team specially strengthened the training of all vehicles to fire a salvo at the same time. The whistle of the bull Venus was the firing signal for all the carriages of the cadet team to fire a salvo at the same time.

The hard training of the junior team was not in vain. Their three consecutive rounds of fire-gathering volleys accompanied by the sound of the whistle not only caused nearly 100 casualties to the Zhenghuang Banner soldiers, but also completely defeated the momentum of the Zhenghuang Banner's charge.

For the first time, these Hundred Warriors of the Yellow Banner who were not afraid of death hesitated for the first time when they faced the flintlock pistols that could easily kill them.

Shield car with firearms?

Is it really the elite of the Ming army?

When the first round of gunfire rang out from the junior team, Yingordai, who was carefully observing the junior team's response, couldn't help but be shocked.

To tell the truth, Ying Ordai is really reluctant to come to the enemy, and it is the elite of the Ming army.

Compared with Lin Dan Khan's guards with stronger personal bravery, Ying Erdai has always believed that the truly elite of the well-disciplined Ming army is the real enemy of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

I think that during the battle of Liaoshen back then, Ying Erdai saw with his own eyes what the real elite of the Ming army was.

The thousands of elite Ming troops, the besieging Jurchen Eight Banners paid tens of thousands of casualties, but they could not take them. If it weren't for the fact that Old Khan Nurhachi finally transferred Shengjing's garrison cannon and blasted their formation in one fell swoop, Houjin might not have been able to eat them.

In that battle, in the end, the elite of the Ming army was completely annihilated. But the exchange ratio between the elite of the Ming army and the Jurchen Eight Banners was nearly twice that of the war, which was not only the only case in the history of the war between the Later Jin and Ming armies, but also made many Jurchen generals who saw it have extremely deep memories.

Ying Erdai clearly remembers that the discipline is extremely strict, which is the most distinctive feature of the elite of the Ming army.

Now, at last, there is a second such elite of the Ming army?

The chaotic thoughts flashed, and when he saw that the charging armor was knocked down by the Ming army in one fell swoop, Ying Erdai was even more shocked in his heart.

50 steps to armor piercing? Did the Ming army bring artillery?

Before he could figure out what was going on, the second round of gunfire from the junior team rang in his ears again.

Did the Ming army bring more than one cannon?

Hearing the second round of gunfire, which rang out almost continuously, Ying Ordai's mind was directly in chaos. Ying Erdai's heart is not only surprised now, he directly has the feeling of hitting a ghost in broad daylight?

When will the artillery of the Ming army be able to be carried at will and open fire easily?

For a while, the frightened and inexplicable Ying Erdai stared at the carriage of the junior team, and his eyes were a little straight.

Where exactly are the artillery of the Ming army hidden?

Just as Ingordai was trying to find the Boys' artillery, the third round of gunfire from the Boys exploded in Ingordai's ears.

This, this is not artillery, this is firecracker!

When the gunfire rang out for the third time, the intent-eyed Ying Ordai finally saw the smoke rising from all over the carriage.

Seeing the smoke of gunpowder rising from each other, Ying Ordai suddenly realized in his heart.

No wonder he listened to the sound of the cannons faintly wrong, it turned out that the three consecutive rounds of loud noises of the Ming army were just fired by firearms. It's just that the sound of the Ming army's fire salvo is too neat, and people mistakenly think that it is the sound of artillery.

It is clear that the military is armed with firearms, not artillery. Ingordai's heart is like falling into the abyss.

The battle-hardened Ingordai knew very well that although the firearm was less powerful than the artillery, it was lighter and easier to use than the artillery.

The Ming army's firearms can now achieve such results, which means that he, no, the situation that Houjin will face will only get worse.

Seeing the three salvos of the Ming army's guns, there were more than 100 casualties among the Zhenghuang Banner soldiers; Seeing the heroic and fearless armor soldiers under his command in the past, the pace of the charge was noticeably sluggish.

On the shield car of the Ming army, in a short period of time, the rain of arrows has been pierced like the thatch of the grassland. However, the rockets with high hopes did not ignite the shield car of the Ming army. Inordai was even more depressed.

remembered that the shield car of the Ming army had stopped in time since the beginning of the charge of the Yellow Banner armor soldiers, and the formation was not chaotic at all when it stopped; Thinking of the Ming army's current firearm salvo, it can be neat enough to shoot the sound of artillery; Yingordai's originally high fighting spirit suddenly fell.

'Bang', another loud bang woke up the somewhat distracted Yingordai.

In such a short period of time, the Ming army's firearms were fired again?

Staring at the carriage of the junior team, Ying Ordai, who came back to his senses, was full of horror that could no longer be suppressed.

'Bang, bang'

The next two loud noises and the smoke of gunpowder rising again in front of him dispelled Ying Ordai's doubts, and also completely knocked his fighting spirit to the bottom.

The Ming army on the opposite side has not been in any chaos until now. The rain of arrows of the Zhenghuang Banner archers has not been effective for a while, but the impact of the Zhenghuang Banner armor has obviously been restrained by the Ming army's firearms.

Looking around, Ying Ordai found that after withstanding the three rounds of fire from the Ming army, the Zhenghuang Banner lost more than 100 soldiers. With such a fast rate of battle damage, this is the first time that Yingordai, who has fought countless battles, has seen it.

The Ming army's guns are so sharp, but the shield car can't be rushed, and it can't be opened, how can he fight this battle again?

Staring at the military formation of the Ming army, Ying Erdai began to worry again.

The shield car has a strong frontal defense, but the defense of the two wings is a weak point, and the cavalry is charged from both wings?

But looking at the cavalry waiting behind him, and looking at the Ming army's strict and unchaotic military formation, Ying Erdai's brows furrowed even tighter.

There were soldiers behind the shield car of the Ming army, which was proved by the trumpets of the sentry horses on both wings of the yellow flag.

But the problem is that until now, Ying Erdai has not heard the soldiers behind the Ming army's shield car, and it makes a sound.

You know, those Ming troops are under the attack of his bow and arrows under the yellow flag?

How could they not even scream? Why is it that where the rain of arrows of the Yellow Flag falls, it seems that there is no one at all?

This silence of the Ming army behind the shield cart made Ying Ordai feel that they were even more terrifying than the roaring firearms.

The armor soldier could not rush, and the archers' attacks were ineffective, but Ying Erdai knew better in his heart that once he released the cavalry behind him, if he still could not defeat the Ming army, then Zhenghuang Qi could really only hope for reinforcements from the Horqin Department who were still unknown.

But in the face of the elite of the Ming army with such terrible discipline, can the cavalry attack its two wings really attack?