Cannons roared across the battlefield.

Most of the forces of the enemy horse corps charging towards the center circled around the phalanx of double infantry.

The infantry responded calmly and unwaveringly.

The soldiers of the first platoon, kneeling on the ground with one foot and stepping on the butt of their rifles with the other, greeted the enemy cavalry with shining spears.

The second and third platoons opened fire, and the light artillery, located inside the phalanx, was loaded with double or even triple shotguns.

The officer instructed the infantry in front of him to get out of the way, letting the shotguns go, and then closed them again, and the iron rain instantly knocked down a dozen cavalrymen.

The enemy returned fire with three-eyed guns, shotguns, and bows and arrows, and the feathered arrows that entered the formation were weak compared to the rain of fire.

The officer instructed the soldiers in the back row to fill in the gaps left by the few wounded soldiers.

"The officer is in front of the battle!"

In some sections, officers raised their pistols to fill the upper firing line.

A small number of brave Tatar heavy cavalry responded with a small number of cavalry, their mounts standing on two hind hooves, stepping over the crouching infantry, leaping from the spikes of their spears, and landing in the middle of the four human walls.

Due to the fact that the artillery of part of the artillery unit was located outside the phalanx, the gunners fired the last shotgun and retreated into the infantry phalanx.

Armed with bayonet rifles, artillery loaders, and daggers, these artillerymen, together with logistical officers, military bands, and grooms, formed the reserve force within the phalanx.

More than a dozen enemy soldiers jumped into the phalanx, wearing heavy armor and holding their backs, and they waved their heavy swords and axes, just like those Bayala who had inflicted heavy losses on the predecessor of the Federal Army in the Battle of Dadonggou.

These warriors were greeted by reservists who swarmed after the pistol shot. The young soldier of seventeen or eighteen years old hugged the arms and thighs of the enemy soldiers, and let his comrades stab them with daggers and bayonets into the gaps in their armor.

The core force of which the Tatars were most proud slowly faded.

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The phalanx of 16 infantry battalions on the front line broke most of the waves like a reef, while the cavalry on the left flank swept the battlefield there.

The gun carriage rumbled, the horses' hooves were rattled, and the two heavy artillery batteries on the right flank were charged by the Tatars on the march.

This heavy artillery battalion has 12 12-pounder guns, 4 5.5-inch howitzers, each gun needs 12 mixed horses to pull, and 2 heavy artillery companies have nearly 600 officers and men and 500 horses.

Gun trucks, ammunition trucks, repair trucks carrying spare gun mounts, form a striking queue that is both frightening and tempting.

At the moment when the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves sounded, the major immediately chose a flat ground to deploy his artillery.

16 heavy guns were placed at intervals of 8 meters, and ammunition trucks were parked behind the artillery.

Originally, the horses were supposed to be tied to the back of the ammunition trucks on their posts, waiting for the next advance of the artillery. But the major estimated the distance he was advancing, and this position was already enough to attack the enemy's right flank infantry directly in front.

The effective range of a 12-pounder gun is about 1100 meters, and after entering 800 meters, the accuracy of the gun will skyrocket.

An artillery officer who dares to advance its artillery to a distance of 800 meters from the enemy's line is considered active, and a 400-meter artillery charge is considered the most decisive and courageous artillery charge, but that is generally the behavior of light artillery.

The major felt that his heavy artillery was barely enough at a distance of 800 meters from the enemy line, so he asked the horsemen of his battalion to withdraw his horses to the rear and place the artillery on the spot.

The artillerymen untied the front car and turned the black hole to the front. Two infantry companies and battalion infantry attached to the escort artillery lined up in a firing column near the artillery position.

The mounted infantry squadron guarding the field heavy artillery battalion retreated to the artillery column and reported to the battalion commander major that there were hundreds of Tatar cavalry rushing through the smoke belt in front.

The enemy cavalry was scattered and located 400 meters away in front of the left, roughly parallel to the direction of the infantry phalanx.

"Shotgun Reloading!"

The Major commanded in a loud voice.

The first gunner, holding the breech lever with his legs spread wide, jumped in front of the wheels; Gunner No. 2 stretched out his trembling hand to load the gunpowder into the barrel, and a young artilleryman tripped over the tailgate, prompting a shout.

A pack of 12-pound shotguns includes 40 bullets, and at a distance of 700 meters, the number of hits on a target 40 meters wide and 6 meters high is about 6, and the closer you go, the more you hit.

A pack of 12-pound light shotguns includes 110 bullets, firing the same target at a distance of 500 meters, with about 20 hits.

The 5.5-inch howitzer uses only heavy shotguns, including 61 rounds of the same size as the 12-pounder gun, and has an effective range of about 400 meters.

"Artillery battalion! Artillery battalion! The Major's raised right hand swung down heavily, "Volley!" ”

The tin barrel containing the shotgun flew out of the chamber and quickly cracked, forming a fan-shaped trajectory of fire.

The rumbling sound of the artillery salvo shook the people to a deafness, and in the sudden smoke of gunpowder that surrounded the cannons, the gunners and auxiliary personnel who dragged the cannons hurriedly pushed the cannons back into place with all their might, and after the first salvo of shotguns, the guns fired freely.

The cannon uses light shotguns, and the howitzers use heavy shotguns.

Shotguns are the fastest shells to fire, and the best 12-pounder crews can fire a shotgun in 20 seconds at the training ground.

Even if the cavalry ran for 1 minute, they could only advance 300 meters, which was a feat that only the heavy cavalry of the Federation equipped with Katiawa horses could achieve.

After the previous charge, the Tatar Mongol horses passed through this 400 meters of death, which took at least 3 minutes, and if the whole team time was added, it was enough for the heavy artillery to fire 7 rounds of shotguns, each of which formed a 50-meter-wide spread at a distance of 400 meters

Shotguns fired from 16 guns covered the direction of the enemy horse team.

When the order to stop firing was given, the squadron of dragoons mobilized their horses and galloped towards the Tatar horse caravan.

The gallop naturally turned to gallop after entering 100 meters, and with the heart of blocking the wolf, the dragoon captain blew the charge horn, no longer cared about the queue, and completely let go of the war horse.

Seeing the remnants of the enemy's horse, the dragoons found that all the Tatar cavalry were running backwards, and the ground was already a terrible piece of meat, and all they had to do was to slash the enemy's back, and occasionally the enemy soldiers fired back bows and arrows, this funny, inefficient, child's play-like acrobatic performance was of course mercilessly crushed in a laugh.

The telescope was reopened, and the gunfire on the front-line infantry line was slowly weakening.

The wind reigned over the battlefield, blowing away the smoke and the game slowly became clear.

The enemy forces failed to break through the central front, the Tatars were disorganized and twisted, while the phalanx remained standstill.

Cavalry warfare on the left flank evolved from a battle to a scuffle, and then to a pursuit.

The slow-moving enemy infantry had previously pressed forward under the cover of the horse charge. At the very least, the charge of the enemy forces most of the front-line artillery to retreat to the phalanx, which gave their infantry an opportunity.

As the infantry approached, the remnants of the horse corps withdrew to the left of the battlefield, and they urgently needed to rest and regroup, and the horses were not able to fight again in a short time.

The average Tatar horseman carried 3 horses, mostly 1 horse and 2 inferior horses, and only wealthy soldiers could equip more horses.

The failed charge just now meant that the enemy lost most of their ability to turn the tables. In a short period of time, all that Yue Tuo could rely on was the more than 1,000 Bayala outposts who had not been put into the battlefield.

The enemy's infantry battle line was not in order, and the towns and flags inevitably distanced themselves during the march. Their Hongyi cannons cooled their barrels as the horses charged, and they were now back into battle.

The allied infantry reverted to horizontal formations and columns in some sections, and as the light cavalry swept back and forth, they were soon able to restore the line.

Infantry engagements spread across the entire front, salvos were gone, and soldiers formed formations on various terrains to fire freely.

The free fire hit rate was higher than the salvo, and the enemy fell quickly, but there was no shock blow to morale and mental shock of the salvo, and it lacked that neat sound and light effect.

The enemy forces in front of the left flank of the coalition forces with 1 fortified village and hills, and the village in the center and the village near the river on the right flank constitute the enemy's 4 support points.

Directly in front of the right flank, the Tatars entered the battlefield with a golden dragon cannon that fired 1-pound shells. The firepower of the 1-pounder gun was very weak, but this gun successfully filled the gap in firepower between the shotgun and the Hongyi cannon and the Furlong machine, and had good mobility, which had its practical value in the Chinese battlefield where the roads were poor and there was a lack of artillery columns and horses.

The Guards advanced rapidly to the left flank in columns, and the daimyo of bearskin hats and cavalry artillery had spread throughout the Central Plains, and Yue Le, knowing that this was the most elite unit of the coalition army, was forced to mobilize the Green Battalion of the 2nd Town, which was located on the second line, to advance to his right flank, stretching the line diagonally behind.

Orderly continued to look to the right.

On the surface battlefield, hundreds of sampans fought on the Xijiang River, and the galleys flew battle flags and spat out tongues of fire. More than a dozen warships were on fire and drifted with the current.

The Tatar inland water division was not weak, and the reward was very high, and the combat effectiveness advantage of the Ming army's water division was not obvious.

The goal of the naval division was to annihilate the enemy fleet first, and secondly, to capture the back road of Yuele and the pontoon bridge. Yuele has 3 pontoon bridges, 2 of which are connected to Sanshui Daying in the north and 1 to Zhaoqingfu.

The Tatar sailors built two water city guard pontoon bridges on both sides of the Xijiang River, built a floating wooden city with a ship sign, four iron locks were horizontal on the card surface, and wooden fences were erected on the boats, and cannons were placed.

Chen Shangchuan and Yang Yandi attacked the Sanshui pontoon bridge, and Chen Qice attacked the other. With the enemy forces in control of the waterway junction, the two naval divisions were in a situation where they were fighting separately.

The main force of the Union Navy was not engaged in this inland river operation, and was only supported by some sampans and galleys.

In addition to the cannons in the bow and stern, the swing guns on both sides of the galley sail battleship are at the same level as the Franc machine firepower on the enemy's sampan, and the maneuverable sampan is obviously less likely to be hit than the galley warship, so after entering the firearms age, the traditional inland water warfare law of big ships is better than small boats has become invalid, and the main combat force of the two armies is sampans, and the big ships only play a supporting and auxiliary role.

The enemy army went with the wind and was in the worst situation of water warfare.

In inland river operations, the best position is to go against the wind and water, followed by the wind and water, and the third is against the water and against the wind. The surface of the inland river is narrow, and once the wind and water are smooth, once the battle is unfavorable, there is no room for adjustment at all.

Although the allied naval divisions were conducive to the development of firepower against the wind and water, the main problem was that it was difficult to advance, and the battle on the water would not be over for a while.

Shou Orderly lowered his binoculars and looked behind him.

The shells sizzled violently around them, and the shining cuirass of the heavy cavalry brigade glowed with a dazzling cold light, and their horses were so galloping that they were almost overwhelmed.