Compared with the arquebus, the Type 37 rifle has a longer range, with a rate of fire of more than four to five times, and the disadvantage is that it is a smoothbore gun like the arquebus, and long-range shooting does not rely on aiming, but on the probability of shooting from a platoon gun.

Therefore, the rebels who were not in good formation were attacked by the Tiance army from a long distance, and they were powerless to fight back, and some soldiers hurriedly fired bullets, perhaps only their God knew where they flew.

"Order the whole army of infantry and samurai troops to take the front, with the iron gunners in the center, and the other villagers to follow, and advance towards Dachuan." Ping Qiusheng issued an order.

The retainers beside him reminded: "Your Royal Highness the Northern King, the task of our army is to lure the enemy deeper, and it seems that it is not appropriate to invest so many troops at once. ”

Ping Qiusheng smiled proudly and said, "This king wants to give the Tiance Army a little color first, I believe they will not disappoint me." After this king weighs the pound and two catties of the Tiance army, it is not too late to lure the enemy. ”

The retainer bowed and said: "Hey, the Northern King has made great achievements, and our army will win this battle." ”

"Hmm." The sycophants of his subordinates made Ping Qiusheng very satisfied, and he waved his horsewhip and ordered: "Go." ”

Ping Qiusheng's 80,000-strong army put on a battle formation and pushed over, and the Tiance army had already reached five kilometers away.

"The 2nd, 4th, and 5th Brigades of the Tiance Army went out to meet the enemy in three directions, left, center, and right, and all units of the public security army immediately attacked after our artillery unit defeated the enemy in front of them." Wang Yue ordered.

"Yes!" The generals saluted and received the command.

The rebels were equipped with a lot of Type 37 rifles, and in order to avoid casualties, the Tiance army still used artillery to disrupt the enemy's formation first, followed by nearly 90 armored vehicles pushing flat, and infantry accompanying the armored vehicles to attack.

The two armies were 1.5 kilometers apart, and the artillery of the Tiance Army was the first to speak, and the target went straight to the artillery of the Righteous Army.

The most powerful artillery in the rebel army was sold by the Tiance Army, and its effective firing range was 1.5 kilometers. Although this kind of artillery is a smoothbore gun, the rate of fire reaches seven to eight rounds per minute, and if all the guns are fired at once, the power is still not small in the case of extremely rapid fire from a kilometer away.

Pingqiusheng's army was equipped with more than 80 Type 37 artillery, which were his strategic weapons. When the two armies were already at the extreme, the rebels were also arranging artillery positions, and at this time the shells were already flying from the opposite side.

In order to destroy these artillery, the Tiance Army used six 155-mm self-propelled howitzers, with a rate of fire of four rounds per minute, and 24 heavy grenades per minute fell from the sky and landed on the artillery positions of the rebels one after another.

The power of the 155-millimeter grenade was enormous, and within a radius of 50 meters, all the artillery and people were swept away, and the Type 37 artillery weighing 150 kilograms was thrown into the air in a state of decomposition by the bombing of the city, while the people were torn apart and shattered in an instant.

The artillerymen within a radius of 100 meters were either killed by shrapnel or bleeding from the shock wave, and were already half dead.

Nearly 200 artillery pieces of various calibers, including more than 80 Type 37 guns, were ruthlessly destroyed, and three minutes later, the artillery position was detonated with continuous gunpowder explosions, after which the artillery position was razed to the ground and in a mess.

Ping Qiusheng opened his mouth wide, looked at the direction of the artillery position in dismay, and after a while, he grabbed his hair with both hands and shouted: "My big tube, my country has collapsed!" ”

The national collapse that Ping Qiusheng mentioned is the 37-type artillery, and the other artillery pieces are called large barrels.

His retainers were also frightened, and couldn't help but say: "Without the collapse of the country, how can we face the Tiance Army?" ”

Ping Qiusheng gritted his teeth and said: "Without the collapse of the country, I can't let go of the Tiance Army, I want them to pay the price." ”

He was mad, and from the shelling just now, he misunderstood that although the artillery of the Tiance Army was huge, it was still limited in number. This is also Wang Yue's strategy, six self-propelled howitzers rely on the rate of fire and huge power, it is enough to destroy the artillery of the rebels, and the gunpowder on the enemy's artillery positions is inevitable.

Ping Qiusheng ordered the army to speed up, and he wanted to avenge the arrow just now.

And the Tiance army rolled in with a large number of armored vehicles in front, and more than 20,000 Tiance troops outflanked the righteous army in an arc.

Ping Qiusheng was secretly ruthless in his heart, if there was artillery, these strange-looking chariots in front would have become the target of bombardment a long time ago, but now...

At a distance of five hundred meters, the artillery of the Tiance Army spoke again, this time it was not a small fight just now, but a joint fire of all the artillery.

The overwhelming artillery fire rushed to the army formation of the rebels, 180 mortars of two calibers, 36 155 self-propelled howitzers opened fire fiercely, and the shells fell into the crowd of the rebels as if they did not want money.

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, shrapnel flew indiscriminately, the sound of huge explosions was endless, the human body was torn apart like paper paste, life became so fragile in the process of releasing energy from the shells, the rebel army became a slaughterhouse in the middle of the array, and the limbs or internal organs that were blown away constantly fell from mid-air, and blood was scattered everywhere, staining the earth red.

The explosion of shells, the screams of death, the wailing, and the screams were incessant, and many of the rebels realized that they were not invulnerable and that they would die, so they became even more frightened.

"No, it can't be!" Ping Qiusheng looked at the army that instantly turned into hell on earth, and was surprised by the density of the artillery of the Tiance Army, this was terrifying, this was firepower that he had never seen before.

"North, King of North, what, what to do?" The retainers were also frightened silly.

The shelling continued, and began to extend, and the Type 37 riflemen were already in pieces, and many began to retreat out of fear, or hopelessly trying to dodge the bombs.

Ping Qiusheng's voice trembled a little: "Retreat, retreat, our task is to lure the enemy deep, fast!" ”

"Blow the trumpet, order to retreat!" The retainer hurriedly shouted.

"Woooooo In the sound of the explosion, the horn was sounded, and the riflemen and iron artillerymen in front turned around and ran away as if they had been amnestied, and they were the worst of the people who were beaten by the shells.

During the shelling, the Tiance army continued to move forward, and the distance between the two sides was close to within 300 meters.

Seeing that the rebel army was showing signs of collapse, the Tiance army also sounded the trumpet of the charge: "Tutu, tut, tut...!" ”

The horn of the attack was blown, and the armored vehicles rushed out first, and then the Tiance army shouted and killed, holding automatic rifles and submachine guns, shouting: "Kill...!" "Rush forward with the armored vehicle.

"All of them!" The armored vehicles rushed and spat tongues of fire at the enemy in front of them.

The artillery positions stopped shelling for a moment, adjusted the coordinates, and began to launch a blocking artillery bombardment on the rebels.