New Bayi Chinese Network - A collection of online novel reading networks

After half a night of fighting, the Qing army's firepower began to weaken, because their gunpowder began to run out of supplies. Yesterday afternoon, in order to keep the powder magazine, the Qing army poured all the gunpowder they had placed in the main powder magazine. There was no sun from the afternoon until dawn, so the gunpowder was still wet and unusable at all. The Qing army also had a certain amount of gunpowder on various gun emplacements, but the quantity was limited. And in the second half of last night, in order to defend against the attack of the model army, the Qing army fired wildly in the dark, so that the gunpowder was quickly consumed, and by this time, whether it was the Qing army on the third earthen wall or the Qing army on the fortress wall, they had no gunpowder available for the time being.

Whether it is a fortress, or an earthen wall or a trench, their defense is largely dependent on firearms, especially artillery. Now, due to the lack of gunpowder, their defense capability has temporarily decreased significantly. At least in front of him, looking at the shield carts of the approaching model army, the Qing army had almost no way at all. I could only watch as they approached the trench.

Some of the Qing soldiers began to shoot with bows and arrows, hoping to get past the shield cart and kill the model soldiers behind. However, the Qing army itself knew that the arrows thrown were not only inaccurate, but also very limited. Such an attack was not enough to stop the pace of the Model Army. Soon, the shield cart advanced to the side of the trench.

The Qing army planted a lot of wooden stakes in front of the trench to block the shield carts of the model army. It's not too hard to get rid of it, but it takes time. If their cannons were still working, they would be bombarded by their cannons when they stopped here. Then this time is indeed very critical. Today's shortage of gunpowder, however, has made such a design purpose nullified.

The shield cart stopped, and the soldiers used the shield cart as a breastwork, popping their heads out on top of it, stretching out their rifles, and began to shoot at the Qing soldiers who showed their heads. Others quickly threw rope nooses around the stakes and pulled them down. Clear the road out.

Then a group of soldiers with half-body armor carried the gangplank out from behind the shield cart and put the gangplank on the trench. At this time, a whistle was also remembered on the earthen wall opposite. With this whistle, a group of Qing soldiers emerged from behind the earthen wall, stretched out their muskets and fired a volley at the Model Army soldiers who were carrying the gangplank. Obviously, when the artillery could not continue firing due to insufficient gunpowder, the Qing army used all the remaining usable gunpowder on the musket.

Almost at the same moment, the Model Army soldiers, who had been on guard on the shield cart, also fired a volley at the Qing army behind the earthen wall.

Even the steel plate armor of the Model Army could not withstand the fire of the musket at close range. The musket of the Qing army is much worse than the model army in terms of technology, and it is almost a representative of stupidity and stupidity, but stupidity does not mean that the power is not enough, after paying almost twice the price of the musket of the model army, it has finally reached the level of the flintlock pistol of the model army in terms of power.

The salvo of the Qing army immediately knocked down many model soldiers carrying the springboard, but then another group of people rushed out, lifted the springboard and continued to move forward. The counterattack of the model army also hit a lot of Qing troops, and for a time the guns rang out.

In the exchange of fire from both sides, the model army set up dozens of springboards on the trenches. At this time, the artillery of the Model Army also pushed some lighter 6-pounder guns to the edge of the trench only more than forty paces away from the third earthen wall, and began to directly support the infantry with shotguns and solid shells, which soon overwhelmed the Qing army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Model Army soldier with a shotgun quickly rushed through the trench, moved away from the horse, and launched an assault on the third earthen wall.

The Qing army also knew that this was a matter of life and death, so they also fought extremely tenacious. Led by some veterans, the Qing army hid behind the earthen wall and waited until the model army rushed in front of them before suddenly launching a counterattack. It took them almost a few seconds to rush into the attack team of the Model Army, and they engaged the Model Army in a white-knuckle battle.

In some previous battles, the Qing army and the model army also fought white-knuckle battles. But in this type of battle, it is always the Qing army that suffers. Because before entering hand-to-hand combat, the Qing army often had to charge from a distance that was too far away, and had to endure several rounds of artillery fire first, and then several rounds of rifle volleys. Many times, before the white-knuckle battle began, the Qing army had already collapsed in such a blow. Even if some of the Qing troops were particularly tenacious, by the time they rushed to the front, most of the time they had already suffered more than half of the casualties, the formation was scattered and the strength was exhausted in the long-distance charge. In such a situation, a white-knuckle fight with a model army will naturally not have any good results.

But this time the situation was very different, using the cover of the anti-slope of the earthen wall, the Qing army was rarely able to start a white-knuckle battle with the model army without suffering such a series of blows, so the situation of the white-knuckle battle this time was very different.

A rifle with a bayonet is not a weapon particularly suitable for white-knuckle combat. Considered purely as a cold weapon, it is closest to a spear, but the length of a rifle with a bayonet is not only much shorter than that of a spear but also lower than that of some common short spears, but it is much heavier and has an unreasonable center of gravity, which makes a rifle with a bayonet inferior to a normal spear in terms of attack speed and range. Therefore, in white-knuckle warfare, the bayonet against weapons such as spears and spears is quite a loss. According to the experience of the white-knuckle battle between the Tubalu and the Japanese army in another time and space, the broadsword has no advantage over the bayonet, but the red tassel gun has a very obvious advantage over the bayonet. Now the Qing army rushing forward has a lot of spears in their hands.

Fortunately, unlike the armies of later generations, the model army, especially the model army used for the battle in Liaodong, is still an army with obvious remnants of the cold weapon era, for example, these soldiers are wearing half-body plate armor. This is actually the result of the relative backwardness of their opponents: if their opponents are also more advanced thermal weapons, artillery and flintlock pistols, etc., the model army will definitely eliminate those armor and other things, because these things can't block, and it is impossible to block bullets and shells, in this case, it is better to reduce the burden on the soldiers, in exchange for higher mobility, but the Qing army is still a cold-weapon combat force, so things like half-body plate armor can continue to be worn on the soldiers.

If the bust of the Model Army is compared with similar products in Europe, even compared with the black and white bust commonly used by German mercenary knights, it is very simple. In addition to helmet, neck armor and chest and back armor, European bust armor also includes arm armor, wrist armor and thigh armor. However, the half-body armor of the model army here only has helmet, neck armor and chest and back armor, and the thighs, which have no protection for the arms, hands, and thighs, are covered with a little thick wool felt, which can resist arrows fired from a long distance, but the defense is quite limited. Of course, some soldiers would go to the market and buy two iron sleeves themselves. However, in terms of the protection of the torso, the infantry bust of the Model Army was quite effective.

This bust has a pronounced chicken breast, which makes oncoming stabs easily slip away, and sword slashes and the like are almost useless. This allows the opponent to attack them almost exclusively on their bare limbs to have an effect. It is difficult to kill these parts in one blow, so that after a battle, there may be a lot of wounded soldiers, but as long as the battle is won, the battlefield is controlled, and then treated, the mortality rate will not be too high. In addition, these busts are covered with cloth and do not look conspicuous. Their opponents tend to ignore its presence and prioritize attacking lethal positions, the defensive part of the Model Army's bust, often resulting in a wasted effort and a weak point that can be countered by the Model Army's soldiers. On the contrary, the armor of the Qing army seemed to have a larger defensive area, but when it came to defensive power, they generally could not resist the bayonet thrusts of the model army. Relying on this sturdy half-body armor, although he suffered a little loss in weapons, he was not necessarily at a disadvantage in white-knuckle combat.

In addition, most of the guns equipped by the attacking troops of the Model Army were double-barreled shotguns, which were quite lethal at close range, and could fire two shots in a row, which was enough to deal a heavy blow to the Qing troops who rushed up.

The armies of the two sides slammed into each other like two torrents. The soldiers in the front row of the Model Army first fired with shotguns, and then collided with the Qing army with bayonets.

At the forefront of the Qing army were several rows of pikemen, and the soldiers of the Model Army opened fire on these Manchu pikemen with shotguns, and the soldiers of the Model Army in the back row also threw "palm mines" at the enemy. In the sound of "bang, bang", the Qing troops who rushed to the front were shot and fell to the ground, just like the autumn wind blowing off leaves. But the two sides were very close, and in the blink of an eye, the pikemen behind crossed the defeated Qing army and rushed straight up.

The Qing army and the model army have fought more than once, and they also have a certain understanding of the armor of the model army. Before the battle, they had stressed to their soldiers that the armor of the Model Army was extremely strong, but the limbs were not protected, so it was necessary to attack their limbs, especially the legs, first. Therefore, the first group of Qing soldiers with spears rushed over with spears, and stabbed them in the legs of the model soldiers.

Some of the model soldiers could not dodge, and were stabbed in the legs by the spears of the Qing army, and their aprons with thick wool felt were defenseless in front of the spears, and they immediately fell to the ground. But after they fell, the model soldiers behind them also rushed past them with bayonets and rushed towards the Qing army opposite.

If the Qing army is a complete spear array, then if it rushes straight through like this, it is really as many as you can die. However, under the strafing of the shotguns in front and the blow of the "palm mine", the spear formation of the Qing army had long been without any formation to speak of. Therefore, these model soldiers were able to quickly close the distance between them and the pikemen of the Qing army.

The spear of the Qing army was nine feet long, and if it was fought in formation, it was naturally extraordinary, but once the formation was scattered and people were approached, the excessively long spear became a burden, and it could not be used, and it was immediately stabbed by the bayonet of the model army. However, this situation did not surprise the Qing army, and they did not expect that they could repel the model army with just a counterattack of some spearmen. If these spearmen can make the battle go straight into such a white-knuckle battle, it is already considered a success. Behind them, more sword and shield soldiers pounced.

{Lao Tie please remember New Bayi Chinese Network }