Chapter 386: The Wolf Runs to the Pig
On the front, which was more than two miles wide, 80,000 rogue soldiers rolled in, and the distance from the Tiance army quickly reached 400 meters.
The armored vehicles that spoke first were equipped with machine guns, and thirty armored vehicles "all spewed" tongues of fire and pumped like whips towards the rogues.
It was as if they had met the whip of death, and they were knocked to the ground one by one.
Luo Rucai almost dropped his jaw in shock, what is the situation? What firebolt can hit so far and so powerful? Three hundred paces away can not only kill people, but even break people into two parts.
Before he could figure out how to respond, the infantrymen behind the armored car also began to speak, and now they had reached the effective range of their rifles.
Because it was a shooting on the move, and it was a long-range shot, the soldiers used a burst shot, shooting while walking.
The formation of the rogues is very dense, and the requirements for marksmanship are very low, and you can hit the target with one shot with your hand.
This rate of fire far exceeds that of any firearm of this era, not to mention that it is even more powerful, and with the help of thirty armored vehicles with on-board machine guns, the casualty rate of the rogue can be imagined.
The Luzhou area has entered the rainy season, and the weather is turning cloudy.
On a cloudy day, bullets flying in front of the two armies cut through the air, and even the trajectory could be seen.
The first few rows of the rogue looked like wheat blown down by the wind during the harvest season, and a large patch fell in an instant.
"Shhh Luo Rucai was shocked by the killing efficiency of the Tiance Army, and gasped. Looking at the rows of fallen elites of the old battalion, he couldn't care about being distressed anymore, and couldn't help but panic. The range and power of the officers' and soldiers' firearms made him feel furious.
As the distance between the two sides closes, the casualties of the rogues continue to rise.
It was the cavalry that collapsed first, and when they rushed to less than three hundred meters from the Tiance army under artillery fire, they met their dense bullets.
On the way to their attack, the security forces located on both sides had already begun firing with flintlock muskets within four hundred meters. Because of the distance and the rate of fire, the hit rate is not high, after all, the flintlock gun is a smoothbore gun.
But with the damage caused by the mortars, the rogue cavalry had been reduced by nearly four percent.
The will to fight of the rogues was not comparable to that of the officers and soldiers, let alone the Qing army, and they were not armed with the spirit of bushido. With such a large number of casualties, they were ready to be pulled by the wind, but the inertia of the high-speed galloping horses sent most of them to a distance of three hundred meters.
The effective range of the Type 85 heavy machine gun was 2,000 meters, because it was mounted on a carriage and followed the team. In order to ensure effective killing, the enemy was deliberately placed at a distance of 300 meters.
The accuracy of the security army's shooting at this distance was also greatly improved, and the twelve heavy machine guns on one side opened fire together, and the rogue cavalry immediately continued to fall down like dumplings, and immediately broke down these cavalry who were thinking of retreating.
The rogue cavalry desperately reined in their horses, shook their horses' heads, and fled in all directions. It's a pity that it's easy to come, but it's hard to go, and the bullets are still behind them. The road of escape is still the road of death.
The cavalry was defeated too quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the casualties had been inflicted, and at most a third of them began to beat their horses and run back, and people still kept falling off their horses on the way back.
On the frontal battlefield, the slaughter continues. It's not how brave these rogues are, it's that they're confused.
The range and power of the Celestial Army's firearms exceeded their expectations. In a short time, he knocked out several platoons of troops in front of the rogue, killing and wounding more than 3,000 people.
The rogues were suddenly hit hard, and the people behind them all turned pale and suspicious, and many of them shrank back to let others overtake them.
Seeing that the soldiers were demoralized, a foot soldier leader shouted: "Don't look at the fire of the officers and soldiers, it will definitely not last, brothers, rush quickly!" ”
His words represent the understanding of most people in this era that firearms are a one-hit reload, and the steps are slow.
How do these people know what kind of weapons the Tiance Army uses, this is a typical ignorant fearless.
At the instigation of some of the leaders, the rogues did not stop their advance, so they had to pay the price of blood for their ignorance. The reality is brutal, and almost every breath there are rogues who are mercilessly knocked down, and those behind them continue to advance in horror as they step past their corpses.
A foot soldier who rushed in front saw his accomplices who fell one after another around him, and he was full of fear and did not dare to rush again. He slowed down, hoping that others would surpass him, but it was still slow, and a bullet hit him in the head, and the skull was lifted open like a broken watermelon.
He didn't say a word, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
A stunned foot soldier, holding a spear, howled and rushed to the front, only to suddenly realize that there was no companion next to him. When he looked back, he saw that everyone was looking at him.
Only then did I realize that I was rushing too far ahead, but unfortunately I understood it too late. A bullet hit him in the neck and immediately broke his neck, tilting his head and vomiting blood.
The death of this brave man, the bandwagon of the thieves finally collapsed in an instant.
They shouted frantically and ran for their lives, and the ranks of the rogues who were still advancing were staggered by them.
At this time, the Tiance army had approached a distance of two hundred meters, and seeing that the rogue was about to collapse, Wang Hongwu immediately ordered the whole army to speed up.
"Doot, doot!" The trumpet sounded.
Thirty armored vehicles suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the rogues. The infantry behind the armored car immediately ran away, followed by the security forces. The artillery removed the artillery positions, loaded the mortars onto armored vehicles, and advanced with the 1st Battalion of the 5th Regiment behind the palace.
There was no need for Luo Rucai to think about countermeasures, the whole line of the Liukou collapsed, the cavalry was almost wiped out, and the runner disappeared.
The armored car quickly caught up with the tail of the rogue and plunged headlong into the team of the rogues, which is still the old way, and it will hit people when they see them. Wang Hongwu explained, just hit those rogues with blades, and those teams with wooden sticks, forget it, it's not enough for fuel loss.
The armored car spread joy in the team of rogues, and Luo Rucai finally knew that this chariot was also an unstoppable killing weapon, it was really injured if it was rubbed, and it would kill if it hit.
The front army ran away, and the sheep behind also blew up, although they could not see the situation in front of them, they also knew that they were defeated.
Luo Rucai also knew that his life was at stake now, and with the help of a few personal soldiers, he climbed on the war horse, but he couldn't help it, and his legs were scared and weak. He got on his horse, turned his horse, and galloped south. If you don't have a soldier, a brother or a brother, let's save your life first.
Tens of thousands of rogue wolves rushed to the pig, and the Tiance army scattered and pursued in a company unit, and the direction was due south, and the rogue who fled in the east-west direction was not within the scope of their pursuit.