Chapter 471: Artillery Battle II

A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky, the scene was tragic, several gunner's corpses that could not even be seen in human form were scattered everywhere, the huge iron cannon was twisted into a ball like a twisted flower, and it was broken into two from the middle, the muzzle of the cannon was missing, and there was only a short section of the stake-like breech, the broken mouth was turned towards the sky, and wisps of black smoke came out of the broken place, like a scorched log.

Even the artillery bombardment of the Ming army just now did not have such power, all the gunners looked at the bombed cannon in horror, Sun Long was stunned, his face was hideous, and he yelled at the gunners in a daze.

"What are you doing in a daze? Fire, fire! He swung his knife in the air, blood spilling everywhere on its blade.

The gunners then moved again, hurriedly doing their own things, and each gun had a gunner team of the size of the general flag waiting, carrying shells, gunpowder, washing, filling, loading, etc., of course, the most important thing was the general flag responsible for aiming.

Most of the general flags are from the old guys brought by Kong Youde from Dengzhou, and there are even a few Portuguese red-haired ghosts mixed in, with rich experience and exquisite skills, which are many times higher than those gunners in the Ming army, and they are supported by the Qing court, and they are desperate for the Qing court.

In the repeated battles before and after entering the customs, the gunners of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion frequently performed miraculous feats in various fortifications, and the officers of the artillery battalion such as Sun Long and Shi Tingzhu were also infinitely beautiful, rising steadily, and their status was very important. Therefore, at this moment, there is not only Sun Long with a knife to force, but also the pride that overwhelms the Ming army, although seeing a cannon explode, the Ming army's firearms are incredible, the gunners still risk their lives, overfill the iron cannon with gunpowder, reload with a hard heart, aim at the Ming army's artillery array in the distance, and light the fuse.

"Boom, boom!"

The cannon rang out continuously, and the sound was like thunder.

The smoke of gunpowder was billowing, and a large puff of smoke rose from the positions of the Qing army artillery camp and the Ming army artillery camp at the same time, and the two sides actually fired at each other at the same time.

The artillery shells of the Qing army and the artillery shells of the Ming army staggered through the air, like passers-by passing by, and before they had time to say hello to each other, they rushed to their respective targets with a whistling and sharp sound.

Sun Long's eyes widened, his face tightened, and he stood on tiptoe, trying to look through the smoke-filled battlefield to the Ming army's position.

More than a dozen iron bullets fell to the ground dozens of zhang away from the Ming army's main array, smashed down and smashed countless craters on the ground, scattered on the chaotic ground and disappeared.

The cannon that had just been blown up formed a huge shadow in the hearts of the gunners, and no one dared to follow Sun Long's example of the deadly dosing, a Ming army's cannonball hit that would kill a person by chance, and the red-clothed cannon blew up, and none of the gunners standing by the cannon survived. Therefore, the radioactive charge does not have more than one cannon, and the decent charge and the decent range can't hit the artillery battalion and phalanx of the Kuizhou army.

The artillery shells of the Ming army were divided into two sides, one side was still pouring in the direction of the Han army, and the other side was aimed at the direction of Sun Long and Chagu, and several iron bullets flew over.

The iron bullets bombarded the columns of the Han army, and once again ploughed several bloody paths, and the dense and immobile infantry phalanx was easier to hit than a wooden target, and the Kuizhou gunners could hit accurately without serious aiming.

The Han army was ravaged in blood and fire, and even the Han Eight Banners behind were not spared, and the galloping iron bullets could always penetrate the entire phalanx, and the power of the Kuizhou Shenwei cannon was evident.

On the position of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion, due to the dispersion between the artillery, the iron shells were not as extensive as the flowering shells, and it was difficult to destroy a single cannon if it was not a direct hit.

However, the panic formed by the iron bullet in the middle of the artillery camp was not so easy, and the jumping iron bullet slashed in front of the eyes, hitting some boxes of people, horses and cattle, causing casualties, and this was enough.

The artillery battalion was suddenly in chaos, and the gunners who couldn't hold their breath began to instinctively retreat, so that when the cannon stopped, there was no one in the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion to wash their chambers.

Compared with the chaotic artillery battalion, the situation of the Han army's infantry formation was much worse, dozens of bloody bullet marks were like huge scars, striking the weakened Han army giants to the brink of collapse, and the soldiers who were standing in the formation had long been hiding from the Middle East, and the strict array fell apart.

Li Guoying hoarsely voiced, shouted loudly, and ordered the Han army to begin to follow the marching order from the Chinese army, pushing the shield cart to attack, and the Han Eight Banners behind were already under the leadership of Ma Guangyuan, maintaining the formation, moving forward to the top, pushing the Han army forward.

"Forward, don't stop!" Li Guoying roared, pushing the cart with red eyes: "If you stop, you can only be hit as a target!" Spread out, push over, and get close to have a way to live! ”

A part of the Han army turned around and wanted to escape, and was cut off a few heads by the people of the Han Eight Banners, and then turned around and came back, blending into the trembling brigade, thousands of people scattered, turning into a loose sea of people, shouting and courageous, and rushing to the front army of the Kuizhou army.

A little later, a large group of Qing cavalry gathered the remnants of Ye Chen and Guozhu, stepped on the corpses of their own people, and rushed forward again.

Looking down from the air, the entire Qing army array except for a piece near the king flag in the middle and the rear formation, the rest of the formation was accompanied by monstrous smoke and dust, and began to charge forward, the men and horses galloped like a boiling ocean, and the colorful armor converged together, killing a white reef on the opposite side.

Behind Li Tingyu is the Shanxi Righteous Army, although there are thousands of foot soldiers of the Kuizhou Army in front, but from their point of view, they can still feel the shock of thousands of troops and horses rushing towards them, many people secretly beat the drum in their hearts, can they withstand it?

If it was in the Nanming army, many people had already begun to flee at this time, even if they didn't even fire a shot, didn't shoot an arrow, and didn't even hit their faces. But that didn't stop them from escaping.

At this time, they did not leave, and when they came, there was a Kuizhou army that was more ruthless than the Qing army when they were fighting; Second, they have faith.

This kind of confidence, accompanied by the roaring of the brigade of white-armored cavalry rushing by, became more and more intense, when have you ever seen the Ming cavalry who dared to hedge against the Mongols and Jurchens?

"Three shots, ready!" Yan Mingde and Ma Wei were in their respective positions, raised the bird tong as the starting pistol, and pulled the trigger.

Behind the infantry formation, the water tank-like thunderbolt troops were also busy, one by one explosive bags were brought up from the rear, filled into the barrels, and then waited for the order to launch.

This battle, starting with the tentative charge of the Qing army, continued to the climax of the all-out charge, and entered a white-hot battle situation. The progress is surprisingly fast.

With so many people dead, less than half an hour has passed.

(End of chapter)