Chu Ruhang stomped his feet and was furious: "Which ship's stupid thing is this that was launched early?!! Herald, immediate beheading! "The momentum of the first shot is declining, this is a little bad, after the gun is fired, you have to use a towel soaked in water to wipe the barrel of the gun and cool it down before you can continue to fire!

The training of the sailors of the Taiping army was orderly, and even the several big ships hit by the sailors of the Qing army did not panic at all, and hurriedly extinguished the fire, and did not mess up the formation, only after the Qing army had a round of volleys without success, the commander saw that the distance was appropriate, waved the order flag, and suddenly the war drums were beating, and the "dong dong dong" made people's blood excited.

The gunners of the Taiping army were stuffed with gunpowder and lit nitrate, and the ships of the Taiping army roared in turn, and the guns fired hit the small sampans of several Hunan army escorting ships in front, and the small sampans were destroyed, and several Hunan Yong on the ship did not snort, and fell into the Yangtze River.

A few of them hit the bow and canvas of the big ship led by the Qing army, and the big ship suddenly caught fire, and the figures swayed, shouting and screaming, adding a little panic to the surface.

Chu Ruhang hurriedly ordered: "Don't mess up, give the order, each ship will wait for the artillery to cool down, and fire the cannon in turn, our cannon has a long range, and we are not afraid that they will go upstream!" ”

"Wow!"

The two armies on the river fired at each other, and the small sampan of the Qing army was not afraid of the falling artillery overhead, shouting and swarming forward, holding bows and arrows to shoot at the sailors of the Taiping army, and the Taiping army also made a loud noise, rolling down the stones one by one, the rivers and mountains were very lively, and some people kept screaming and falling into the water.

Zeng Guofan was behind him, and when he heard the news of Chu Ruhang's return, his gray eyebrows trembled. made up his mind: "The ships that are pressing the formation go around on both sides and press it with all their might!" ”

"Wow!"

The desolate horn whined, the big ships on both sides of the Zeng Guo feudal ship slowly sailed forward, the Hunan sailors in front heard the horn, cheered loudly, and fought more and more bravely, the big ship leading the vanguard fired a round of artillery, overturned several small sampans of the Taiping army, and hit the side of the nearest big ship against him, and a Hunan warrior wearing a gray trumpet uniform jumped into the big ship of the Taiping army. He held a single knife in both hands. Dancing like snowflakes, the Taiping soldiers in yellow clothes on the boat were not to be outdone, and the regiments surrounded and killed the first to jump into Xiangyong, and the Hunan army behind hurriedly swarmed up. The yellow-gray intermingling between the two warships. Flesh and blood splattered. Beat it up.

A big hole was blown through the port side of Chu Ruhang's boat, and his braids were curled by the raging flames, but Chu Ruhang still didn't move at all. Letting the soldiers on the side put out the fire with all their hands and feet, he heard the sound of the horn coming from behind, and knew that all the ships of the water preparation division had been drawn, so he opened his mouth and ordered: "Turn the bow of the ship, form a wild goose formation and break into the anti-water division, and the artillery on the left and right sides of the ship will fire in unison!" ”

"Wild goose march!"

"All guns on the left and right sides of the ship fire in unison!"

The order flowed like water, Chu Ruhang squinted his eyes, and sat majestically in the midst of the artillery fire, like a huge stubborn stone standing firmly in the turbulent Yangtze River.

Shi Dakai, the chief general of the left army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, squinted his eyes, built a pergola with his hands and looked at the Qing army camp on the edge of the Yangtze River estuary by Poyang Lake, and there were several senior generals of the Taiping Army such as Lai Hanying behind him. ”

The herald on the side clenched his fists and hurriedly went down the hillside to give the order. After a while, the torrent of Taiping troops poured down the hillside, and the Qing army scouts under the mountain found out and hurriedly issued a warning whistle, and the Taiping army saw that the Qing army had found their traces, and they did not care about covering up and hiding, shouting loudly, shouting and shouting and rushing to the Qing army camp.

The soldiers patrolling in front of the Qing army camp hurriedly ran into the camp, set up antlers at the gate of the camp, and a thin little soldier on the guard tower looked at the underground flood of the Taiping army rushing closer and closer, and his heart became more and more flustered, and the fire hyacinth in his hand trembled and wanted to go towards the wolf smoke point, and a veteran soldier on the side slapped the little soldier down, "Do you want to die?" Without Lord Rong's order, he dared to light the wolf smoke without authorization! Stand up quickly, hold the flag, and give Lao Tzu a good look at the movements of the underground rebels! ”

Rong Lu was undressed, heard the shouting and killing outside the tent, stood up with a swish, dropped a letter in his hand, and walked out of the camp tent quickly, just out of the camp tent, Rong Lu's personal soldier, Tang Wufu's nephew, the big name is Tang Deshan - now he is the general, sweating profusely, running over, and hitting a thousand: "My lord, the counterattack has come!" ”

"Panic what!" Rong Lu scolded, pulled his feet and walked forward, "We have expected this for a long time!" "Rong Lu instructed the heralds on the side, "All departments are prepared according to the days ago, and they must not mess with the morale of the army on the marshal's side!" "Turned over and got on the horse," Deshan, you will give me a musket team and so on, the rebels dare to attack the camp, hehe, I want to gnaw off a few big teeth!" ”

"Wow!"

The horn whimpered, and the tide of the Taiping army struggled to move forward under the rain of arrows, because most of the artillery was brought to the sailors of the Hunan army, leaving only a few extremely bulky red-clothed cannons, slowly shooting huge shells, although all the people who were shot were blown into pieces of flesh and blood, but after all, it was too huge artillery, suitable for defending the city and not suitable for guarding the temporary camp tent that was more difficult to defend, the Taiping army suffered a lot, but it still slowly approached the camp of the Qing army.

There was another drum beat in the Qing barracks, and the Qing soldiers who had shot three rounds of arrows retreated like a tide, leaving the front line to more than 1,000 people standing solemnly and lining up in several rows.

With a tight gong sound, a Qing soldier shouted "Launch!" The people in the first row raised the muskets in their hands, and there were a few muffled bangs, and a white mist floated in front of the camp of the Qing army, and blood flowers appeared on the dozens of Taiping soldiers who rushed to the front, and they fell down in response.

After the first row of Qing troops fired bullets, they hurriedly dodged back, the Qing troops in the second row took advantage of the gap in the first row of Qing troops to rush to the front, still raised their muskets, and fired continuously, the Taiping army in front fell down like being cut rice, and the Taiping sergeants who had not been killed in one fell fell to the ground wailing, the second row finished shooting, and the third row went forward to replace the musketeers in the second row, and stepped forward to shoot, and when the Qing army in the third row finished shooting, the Qing army that shot first in the first row had already loaded the gunpowder and could rush to the front, The second harvest of human lives began, and after several times, a corpse had fallen in front of the camp of the Qing army, and the Taiping army in the distance hesitated and did not dare to step forward.

There was a sneer on the corner of Rong Lu's mouth, and he really lived up to her secret letter and practiced hard with himself!

Since the last time Li Hongzhang practiced the first victory of the musket team and then the defeat was seen by Xingzhen, Xingzhen thought hard about how to improve the efficiency of the musket, and finally thought of a musket tactic that appeared after the sixteenth century, that is, the three-stage shot!

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", the early Ming Dynasty pacified the general Mu Ying of Yunnan first used firearms to deal with the rebels, elephants and other beasts when he felt that the gunpowder loading speed was too slow and improved a way of shooting, a group of three, exchange reloading and shooting, the fire wall shooting efficiency increased by three times, this method has a strong adaptability in all kinds of bad weather after the invention of the flintlock pistol, with the three-stage combat method can effectively disrupt the enemy's formation and cause a large number of casualties to the enemy. Therefore, he wrote two handwritten letters to Li Hongzhang and Rong Lu, Rong Lu saw the treasure, according to Xingzhen's method, he added some actual combat experience, good methods and sharp weapons, purchased American muskets, held the drill for a long time, spent countless gunpowder, and had today's invincible!

Why did China not know the tactics of these three strikes after the Ming Dynasty? (To be continued......)

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