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In the fourth year of Gaozong Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1130 AD), the Jin army attacked Shaanzhou, and the Song army used the "gunpowder cannon" (i.e., iron-shelled mines) buried in the ground to inflict heavy casualties on the Jin army and win.

This was the first mine to be used in real combat.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty (late 14th century), real mines with mechanical ignition devices appeared in China.

According to the 1413 Jiao Yu's "Fire Dragon Sutra" a collection: "The bombing is made of pig iron, on an empty stomach, with a pestle of medicine, into a small bamboo tube, through the fire line inside, and through the fire trough with a long line outside, choose the only way to go, and bury dozens of holes in the pit, the medicine trough is connected to the steel wheel, the soil covers, so that the thief does not know, step on the engine, shake up, the iron is like flying, and the flames are soaring to the sky." It can be seen that "explosives" are not only the earliest pressurized mines, but also similar to today's "chain mines", from which the term "mines" is derived.

The mines planted by Qi Hongying belong to the new mines produced by Suzhou Heavy Industry, which are not much different from those used by the guerrillas in later mine warfare............

Zheng Chenggong led a group of cold-weapon soldiers to dig pits and bury mines in the rear, and Qi Zhifeng (Qi Hongying's cousin) had led 5,000 Qi family troops at this time and went to the front line to stop the enemy.

The all-firearm Qi family army is an army trained and armed by Li Hongfei, and even the flintlock pistol is a flintlock pistol newly made by Suzhou Heavy Industry that can be loaded with bayonets.

Fighting 50,000 against 50,000 seems to be hitting a stone with an egg, but in fact, it is not, the terrain of the landing ground is complicated, but it has a natural advantage for the Qi family's army.

The place where the Qing army landed was a sandy beach about five or six hundred meters wide, and above the beach, there was a forest of about one kilometer.

In order to leave a buffer zone, Qi Hongying did not send people to cut down this forest, but sent henchmen to plant a large number of mines in the woods.

It was the existence of this minefield that exposed the Qing army's sneak attack plan, and now the Qing soldiers are carefully clearing mines, just to buy time for the Qi family army to block the attack.

Further beyond the woods is an open field, which is beyond the range of naval guns, and it is also an excellent area for the Qi family's army to block it.

Although the newly trained Qi Jiajun has not really experienced the baptism of blood and fire, what they have received is the most advanced thermal weapon training method in the world at present, especially in terms of discipline and formation, which has surpassed all the current veterans, even elite soldiers.

From the time they left for the front line to the completion of the formation, the 5,000-strong troops took less than half an hour.

"His grandmother's, what kind of army is this? I wanted to take advantage of the other party's unstable foothold and catch me off guard, but I didn't expect them to line up so quickly! Among the Qing army, there were generals who knew the art of war, and they couldn't help but sigh.

That's right, when the Qi family's army arrived, the Qing army on the opposite side had already discovered it and began to gather the troops clearing the minefield, wanting to crush the opponent's formation with one blow.

As a result, the troops on the side of the Qing army have not yet been assembled, but the Qi family army on the opposite side has already sorted out the team one step ahead, and there is no noise except for the sound of footsteps.

"In my opinion, it's a trick, these Ming troops are not even equipped with swords and shields, and everyone can scatter them with a charge." There are generals who do not believe in evil.

Although the firearms are powerful, but the firing speed is extremely slow, is the opponent's biggest weakness, generally in order to make up for this situation, the firearms soldiers will have a certain number of sword and shield soldiers as cover, and the opposite Qi family army, all the firearms soldiers, even if there is no advantage of cavalry charge, but more than a hundred meters away, in the case of a swarmed up, the opponent will shoot two rounds of bullets at most, and it will become a lamb to be slaughtered.

The Qing army swept through most of China at this time, and when the army was in its prime, there was little to fear.

So the generals did what they said, and directly sent a team of 10,000 people to charge towards the Qi family army in front.

In ancient times, warfare also paid attention to reasonable distribution, not that you have many troops, after encountering the enemy, they will rush up, and the opposite side is obviously the vanguard force, at this time, the whole army will attack, it will definitely be able to crush the other party, but it will also make the soldiers consume a lot of strength.

Moreover, in the era of cold weapons, the physical strength of soldiers is particularly important, which is why there are often thousands of reinforcements from the side, and the brilliant results of defeating tens of thousands of people in the local area are psychological factors on the one hand, and physical strength on the other hand.

Moreover, tens of thousands of people are generally in a big melee, and it is extremely troublesome to change the command of the formation, so it is necessary to set aside a part of the army to deal with emergencies, in case the opposite side sends reinforcements to sneak attack, and the other side has no backup to resist, or the order cannot be conveyed in time, it is easy to cause a total collapse.

This is also an important factor in Li Hongfei's military restructuring; a division has only 10,000 men at best, and these 10,000 people are divided into six regiments, each of which has an independent command system; in wartime, the supreme commander only needs to lower the combat mission to the regimental level, and the regiment commanders can play their own role according to the content of the task, and there is no need to worry about errors in the command system in the melee.

At the same time, retaining reserves is also a major feature of the Suzhou New Army, and when each regiment participates in the battle, one or two companies will be left as reserves, which may not seem like much, but it can often play a decisive role.

Well, it's far away........

The Qing army sent these 10,000 people, which was also carefully considered, multiplied by the enemy, and was suitable for frontal defeat, while the remaining soldiers waited for work, and when the Ming army on the opposite side could not resist the escape, they would rush forward and crush the whole army.

Seeing that the Qing army on the opposite side launched a charge, Qi Zhifeng was not far behind, and shouted to mobilize in front of the station: "Brothers! Although it is your first time on the battlefield, please don't forget, you are the Qi family army! What is Qi Jiajun? It is a hundred victories and invincible! So, don't embarrass Qi Jiajun, don't discredit Qi Jiguang's ancestors! The chariot battalions in the rear are in formation, and we must buy them time, even if they fight to the last man, and they are not allowed to take a step back until the order to retreat is given! ”

"Win all battles, invincible!"

"Win all battles, invincible!"

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With Qi Zhifeng's agitation, the officers below began to shout slogans, which instantly led the whole army.

In the arquebus era, Qi Jiguang was able to use the mandarin duck formation to make the northern nomads cry and cry their fathers and mothers, and now the Qing army that rushed out had neither war horse charge nor heavy artillery support, and even the archers were also in the second batch of landing troops, and they had not yet landed on the island, so how could they be the opponents of the Qi family's army?