Hot weapons and cold weapons, these are two different weapon states, tactics and attack methods, there are also quite a lot of differences, but as the most basic firearms, they will not have the same powerful rate of fire as the mature rifles of later generations, and they must be densely distributed.

The 2,000 people were divided into two parts, and the initial musket was generally a three-stage type, which represented the increase in the intensity of the firepower to a certain level, one row at a time, and the time could be shortened to a considerable extent.

However, the three-stage method, which was in the era of front-loading guns or flintlock pistols, their rate of fire was slower, and it could take a minute for a shot, and in such a minute, if you only shot once, it would make the firepower quite sparse, and the three-stage method would ensure a certain degree of high-intensity attack, which greatly increased the lethality of the musket.

The muskets of the Ding Navy have surpassed the level of front-loading guns and flintlock guns, and the Ding Navy did not walk the arquebus from the very beginning, but directly from the flintlock pistol, and even from the smoothbore gun.

After the modification of the musket, especially the rifling and fixed ammunition, the rate of fire has increased significantly, and the use of smokeless gunpowder also allows the gun to be fired without deliberately cleaning the chamber, in this case, the rate of fire per minute can reach about 10 rounds.

It's not as fast as 15 longbows a minute, but this rate of fire is also very fast, and the 4-platoon firing method ensures that there is continuous and dense fire in 1 minute.

10 rounds per minute, that is, the time to install the bullet was shortened to a few seconds, and in this time, it was a bit wasteful to shoot in three stages, and after careful experiments and considerations, the choice was to shoot in two stages.

800 people in a face, a total of 1,600 people were used, and the rest were some reserves and cavalry, to deal with the cavalry with cold weapons, especially when they were prepared, the role of heavy infantry was very little.

Although the Northwest Army is divided into different arms, thermal weapons also need to be trained, whether it is heavy infantry or heavy cavalry, they also need to be trained in thermal weapons.

Compared with cavalry and heavy infantry, the training of hot weapons is easier, why can hot weapons replace cold weapons, it is easy to train, a thin farmer, as long as he conducts a month or two of training, he can become a qualified soldier, even on the battlefield of the same hot weapons, he has the ability to shoot another well-trained person, not to mention the state of cold weapons, which is almost a hanging.

Part of the heavy infantry was placed in the hands of the two regiment commanders as a reserve, ready to come up at any time if something went wrong, and part of it, it became the front-line fighters, who could also shoot at platoons.

The charge of more than 10,000 cavalry, guarded by less than 2,000 people, such a density, when changed to the Thirty Years' War in Europe, or the American Revolutionary War, is somewhat insufficient.

The low rate of fire of the arquebus was only possible to achieve the density of fire under a large density, and in that era, the wars in Europe were almost always in a state of queue to kill.

Groups of soldiers, armed with muskets, fought in formation, using their own dense camps to attack the enemy's camp, this kind of war was fought with extraordinary cruelty, even on the victor's side, many people were wounded and killed, and the killing of a thousand enemies and the loss of eight hundred were said to be these.

The musket is different, on the premise that the rate of fire itself is quite high, and the design of two sections is carried out, which is equivalent to almost doubling the fire projection density per unit density, which is a nightmare for the Liao army that charges intensively.

In the era of cold weapons, the number of armies is very critical, and without enough troops, it is impossible to gain the upper hand in battle, but all this has been changed after the advent of hot weapons.

First of all, in the range of about 3 miles, especially within one mile, the artillery of the Ding Navy showed its effect, 80 guns, non-stop shooting, and finally made the Liao army casualties more than 4 percent, although it did not destroy the morale of the Liao army on a large scale, but created a good opportunity for the muskets.

The artillery attack is mainly concentrated in the rear, and even to a certain extent, they no longer attack, and they naturally gather together in order to protect themselves.

This kind of gathering, maybe unintentional, maybe intentional, after all, the charge of the heavy cavalry must also have a certain density in order to produce impact and oppression, in their opinion, even if it is other arms, all disappear, only such a little heavy cavalry is left, it is enough to defeat the other party.

But they were up against opponents who also wanted to be in the dense camp.

The power of the musket, this is the root of the musket replacing the longbow, even how elite the longbowmen, their longbow, under the premise of not applying armor-piercing arrows, it is difficult to penetrate the heavy armor, even if the armor-piercing arrows are used, they can only penetrate the heavy armor of heavy cavalry such as Liao and Western Xia.

This would not have been possible if the high-carbon steel of the Ding Navy had been used.

High-carbon steel, even in the late 20th century, was the main material of body armor, and the kind of body armor with thick steel plates relied on steel plates to protect against bullets.

If the thickness of the steel is not thick, it is the armor that the heavy infantry of the Ding Navy is currently equipped with, which can withstand all the weapons on the current mainstream battlefield, even if it is a bed crossbow with armor-piercing arrows, if it is not shot at close range, there is no problem.

In the prescribed range of the musket, a frontal hit, with the current high-carbon steel and less than 6 mm of defense, could not withstand the penetration of the musket at all.

Even the standard heavy armor of the Ding Navy can penetrate, not to mention the heavy cavalry armor of the Liao State, which is not even steel, just ordinary iron, and it is not the better kind in the middle of iron.

After entering the range of 150 paces, the junior officer began to order, all the soldiers were engrossed, and the preparations before the shooting began, taking 800 as a side.

Because the distance is close, 150 steps, at the current high level of visibility, every move of both sides is at a glance, and the Liao cavalry also looked at each other strangely, and actually took out a strange iron rod, what are they going to do, so flat.

At this moment, the gunshots rang out, bursts of dense gunfire, after strict training, and there are low-level officers and non-commissioned officers to master the team, shooting relatively neatly, compared to the previous artillery, this sound is relatively small, the impact on the cavalry is not great, but when the instant, the bullet crossed the distance between the two sides, hit those Liao troops, strong kinetic energy, brought a strong impact and stopping effect, whether it was hitting people, or hitting horses.

The dense camp, a series of gun attacks, like the scythe of death, harvested, one by one the knights fell, and the speed of the fall was quite fast.

The knights who survived in front of them were also confused, what kind of weapons the other party used, but they fell one after another, which still greatly damaged their morale.

Although these cavalrymen did not stop attacking, it did not mean that they did not know anything about the things around them, and under the attack of mysterious weapons before, the large-scale losses were almost three or four percent.

This is common for heavy cavalry, in the whole battle, heavy cavalry will always be the mainstay, always the most important force, on the battlefield at a considerable level, as long as there is no problem with the heavy cavalry, to a certain extent, it can still be turned over, but this time, the main thing that was attacked was the heavy cavalry, the first wave of shooting, at least more than 400 more horses fell off the horse, which is only 2000 heavy cavalry, a lot.

Unfortunately, this is not the result, although it is only 150 paces, according to the speed of the cavalry, it may be able to cross in a short time, 15 breaths, or 20 breaths, but in this stage, the musket has completed 3 shots, and at least eighty percent of the heavy cavalry have been knocked down, so the confusion caused even affects the charge behind.

Under the premise that the assault troops were in a mess, the musketeers were given a lot of time, and the guns kept ringing out.

The lethality of thermal weapons is undoubtedly displayed here, and the soldiers holding muskets are like a killing machine, constantly loading, aiming forward, shooting, mechanically repeating such steps one by one, countless bullets, raging in the camp of the Liao army.

This is not the first time that thermal weapons have been on the battlefield, whether it is the first pirates, or from the landing on this land, facing nomadic tribes, but those, can only be regarded as a paramilitary force, such as nomadic tribes, they are brave and brave, but they lack iron, and they don't even have a suitable sword, let alone armor.

However, the Liao army encountered was still the more elite kind of the Liao army, with 2,000 heavy cavalry troops, with ten times the number of Shangding Navy, and finally able to win the battle, which means that the thermal weapons are really strong and can erase the gap between the two sides.

At the beginning, when the Liao army was attacked by artillery, its morale had been greatly lost, and the reason why it did not panic was that there was still hope for victory.

Now when even this hope is lost, the 2000 heavy cavalry sees that there are only a few left, and the rest are still in chaos, as long as there is a little ability, it can be seen that the defeat of the Liao army has become a foregone conclusion, and in the end, they chose to flee.

It's a pity that they ignore the role of artillery, at this time, the maximum range of artillery can reach 5 miles, and the speed of the cavalry is very fast, but the distance of 5 miles still needs a considerable amount of time, almost a few minutes.

If it is replaced by a peaceful era, or a war in the same era of cold weapons, a few minutes is nothing, or it may be said that it will not affect anything, but on the battlefield of hot weapons, a few minutes is enough to decide everything.

10 shots a minute, 1,600 people, 16,000 guns a minute, 100,000 bullets shot out in a few minutes, under the premise that the Liao army was not familiar with the role of thermal weapons at all, and did not look for a straight line to cover, the death was even more significant.

In addition to the muskets chasing and beating, there is also a powerful cavalry, without 2,000 heavy cavalry, the hundreds of heavy cavalry of the Ding Navy can already be said to be walking sideways on the battlefield.

In the large-scale rise in deaths, those Liao troops who fled in all directions, under the threat of artillery, under the premise that a group of 200 heavy cavalry suddenly appeared, they found that they really could not run.

In particular, some bloody ones, seeing that this heavy cavalry was small in number, gathered about 1,000 people and charged them.

Because of the small scale, coupled with the chaos at this time, because of the relatively close relationship between the two sides, the artillery was not connected here, and a small-scale war was formed.

When 1,000 cavalry and 200 cavalry collided together, these Liao cavalry thought that at the very least, they could run away from them and flee, but they found that this cavalry was as rock as a mountain.

Whether it is heavy armor or vest, it is strong enough, not only the protection is very strong, there is no trace of cutting it, the most important thing is that it is lightweight, whether it is action or speed, it is above this side.

Physical fitness, coupled with weapons and equipment are also stronger than theirs, 200 against 200, or even more often, almost one-sided abuse.

1,000 cavalry, it only took half a cup of tea to be cleaned up, and the combat effectiveness of this cavalry can be seen.

It was a large-scale attrition, and it was pressed and beaten by artillery, and finally the cavalry became the last straw, even if it was able to escape from this battlefield, in the face of such a ferocious cavalry pursuit, how long could it run, how to look at the speed of this cavalry, a little faster than theirs.

The final appearance of the cavalry became the last straw that pressed the camel, except for some who ran out of the circle, the rest of the Liao troops concentrated in the main battlefield, who could not see the hope of escaping, finally chose to surrender, and more than 6,700 people laid down their arms.

After a little inventory of the battlefield, not only did the prisoners take care of the wounded, and even those horses were hit, but they were the weapons that were valued before, and they did not pay much attention to them, the steel production of the Ding Navy was almost very terrible, and the price of weapons has been reduced a lot.

In the process of cleaning up the battlefield, the combat power of thermal weapons was manifested at this moment, killing, defeating the strong with the weak, and announcing from the side that the strategy of the Ding Navy to develop thermal weapons was correct.

A sudden encounter, if it starts from the beginning, when the Ding Navy found out, it is almost two hours, but this account cannot be counted in this way, if it starts from the two sides see each other, then the time is reduced on a large scale, if it is measured from the beginning of contact and battle, for example, from the time when the Liao army launched a charge, to the time when the artillery began to fire, it is even less.

Hot weapons in the face of cold weapons, or an encounter against the elite army of the Liao State, with a 10 to 1 weakness, in the end it was the weak side, and achieved an overwhelming victory, in addition to the Liao army that fled in all directions with hundreds of people, the remaining Liao army was completely annihilated, killed more than 5000, and more than 7000 different wounded, the rest, almost all of them were captured, and no more than half of them escaped.

The outbreak of such a war, to a certain extent, is an affirmation of the combat effectiveness of the Ding Navy, on the other hand, it has also made the expansion of the Ding Navy in the north temporarily come to an end, and the north is still continuing, but to the south, it must be contracted, and in a short time, the Ding Navy does not have the ability to kill the Liao State and eat such a huge territory.