Chapter 311: Battle (47)
When the battle in the center was already very lively, the front of the Ming army on the right flank ushered in a strong enemy.
Because it was a central breakthrough and a flank attack, the Qing army arranged on the left and right flanks was not strong in terms of absolute strength...... The Ming army on the left flank had to face most of the Han army, with only a small number of Manchurian Eight Banners moving in formation and cameras.
The right-wing Ming army had to face the Mongolian white flag, which had only four leaders in total, and there were very few men who could be used to fight, and at the beginning, the combat effectiveness of these so-called "northern captives" was weak enough.
Under the strong blow of the early and middle Ming Dynasty, even if there was an incredible victory in the Tumu Fort, on the whole, the Mongols were pressed and beaten by the Ming Dynasty, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was under the rivers, these descendants of Genghis Khan were completely destroyed.
Trumpet religion and smallpox virus, coupled with the Ming Dynasty learned the lesson of Jin, have always strictly banned strategic materials such as iron tools in the grassland, and iron weapons are never allowed to leave the customs.
In the past two hundred years, the wealth of the Mongol ancestors has been used up, the armor is almost gone, and the bow and arrow have regressed to the miserable situation of using bones as arrows.
was made into such a miserable situation, Lin Dan Khan still wanted to put Genghis Khan's score with Nurhachi, repeatedly took the initiative to provoke, and rejected the kindness of the Houjin Alliance.
As a result, after Houjin got a large number of armor and weapons, Huang Taiji first ran rampant on the grassland for half a year, traveled thousands of miles away, drove Lin Dan Khan's chickens and dogs all the way, and finally died of illness on the grassland.
At this time, the Mongols had already surrendered for a long time, organized into a banner, and fought for many years, and at this time, they were finally equipped with some iron armor, and the weapons were also updated, compared to those years, it was already a dog that could bite people.
Leading the army was a Mongolian beyler, inlaid with white woven gold dragon flags, and also a group of particularly arrogant faces.
After following the Tunguska people for many years, they gradually regained their self-confidence, and they have forgotten the years when they were beaten by the Ming Dynasty, and gradually, they no longer look at the Han people.
During the central assault, more than 2,000 Mongol soldiers began to move slowly under the command of the banner.
The Ming army on the opposite side was very weak, and Zhao Yingyuan's cavalry was less than 2,000 people.
In front of the Mongols, there were only the car battalions commanded by Gong Dingyu and Bai Wenlu, and the others were a battalion of soldiers sent by Sun Chuanting.
The number of the Ming army, even if it is elite, in the eyes of the Mongolian soldiers, can also fight.
If you change the Eight Flags, it won't be enough to see at all.
When approaching within half a mile, the rear banner was unfurled, and the Mongol cavalry began to accelerate, spread out the formation, and drew the bow in hand, preparing to give the opposite Ming army a baptism of arrows.
There are many tactics in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the Mongolian cavalry will definitely use light cavalry archery to suppress it, which is a tactical tactic invented by their ancestors, and these Mongols are also very skillful.
After all, in archery and horsemanship, the Mongols also threw off the Manchurians three streets.
As soon as they dispersed like this, the entire front was full of hideous-looking cavalry, and the horses' hooves flew and struck the ground with a rumbling sound.
Only those in person can understand how terrifying and powerful the deterrent power displayed by thousands of cavalry when galloping!
"General Bai, the captive cavalry is already very close!"
In the car formation, Gong Dingyu, as the supervisor, also stood under the high general flag.
Originally, with his civilian status, even if he didn't appear on the battlefield, no one could find fault with him. After all, he was the quartermaster civilian officer of the Qingjiang battalion, and he did not bear the responsibility of leading the army at all, and it was only in the car and artillery battalion that Gong Dingyu became the nominal chief officer.
Seeing such a situation at this time, Gong Dingyu's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but be very nervous.
Bai Wenlu also experienced such a situation for the first time, and he also clenched his fists, his eyes were just staring at the cavalry rushing over, and for a while, he didn't hear what Gong Dingyu was saying.
"Seven Hundred Steps......
"Six Hundred Steps......
"Four Hundred Steps......
"Three hundred and fifty steps ......"
The time has come, Bai Wenlu did not hesitate any longer, waved his right arm vigorously, and shouted: "Fire!" ”
The gunners of the fifty Franc cannons lit the arquebuses almost at the same time, and then more than 100 Tiger Squat Cannons and Zhankou Cannons were also ignited at the same time.
The fire rope quickly burned out, and then ignited the medicine pool, and the cannon body shook violently, and then a strong fire was sprayed at the muzzle, and the projectile flew out and flew towards the aiming cavalry ranks!
The salvo of 150 small and medium-sized artillery pieces was displayed with such might that even the enemy and us in the central and right flank battlefields were alarmed.
It is not the first time that the Ming army has used large-scale firearms to fight, and even on the battlefield in Liaodong, a vehicle artillery battalion has more firearms than the current Pingyu army, but the level of using firearms is far behind, the cavalry brigade is killed, and the Liaodong Ming army vehicle artillery battalion is afraid that they will either abandon the artillery and flee, or fight in a mess, and their firearms casting is far less sophisticated than the Pingyu army, although such car and artillery battalions are facing retrenchment, these small cannons will fall to be sent to the local garrison battalion to use the end!
The Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side almost saw the Ming army on the opposite side move at the same time, and then countless artillery muzzles flashed at the same time, and then a scream sounded, and large and small projectiles flew towards them together!
The Franc cannon was barely a medium gun, and the projectile it fired was larger than a fist, that is, weaker than the Tessie three-pounder gun, and it was a lethal effect on both horses and people, and no one was an exception.
Even if it is abrased by a cannonball that falls to the ground and bounces, this level of damage is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Dozens of Franc machine shells arrived first, and the iron balls roared with the heat of friction, and the formation of the Qing army had spread out as much as possible, but the shells that roared in were still viciously falling in the crowd.
A cannonball struck the first cavalryman, knocking the opponent's head into a rotten watermelon, and then into the chest of the first cavalryman behind, although the Mongol cavalryman was a petty officer with several layers of armor on his body, the shell still broke his chest and abdomen, and all the ribs crackled and broke at the first moment, then the internal organs, then the blood gushed, and within a few breaths, the two people who were shot died instantly.
This is not the worst situation, a lot of shells in the first time is to fall in the cavalry formation, in the same place non-stop jumping and rolling, countless horse legs were directly broken by the cannonballs and flying, a cannonball caused more than a dozen cavalry to fall off the horse, in this kind of thousands of galloping battlefield, these Qing cavalry only came and made a short scream, and then was trampled by the galloping follow-up horses.
Those who were knocked off their heads, swept away by a cannonball, and those who were hit by the next cannons and tiger squatting cannons sprayed blood and screamed wildly, and everywhere they looked.
After the first round of artillery fire, Bai Wenlu had already issued another military order according to the enemy's idle response and distance.
The members of the artillery crew had already withdrawn their guns, loaded the pre-prepared shells and gunpowder into them, and then, under the order of Bai Wenlu, adjusted the firing elevation angle of the Franc machine with sleepers, and then fired again.
The earth was shaking, the muzzles of the cannons were constantly bursting with fire, and the rumbling sound of the cannons was a nightmare that the Qing army could not wake up from!
I don't know how many people were hit by the roaring shells, and before they even had time to scream, they were directly wiped out from the battlefield.
In the face of the whistling cannons, the Mongols' will to fight has been completely destroyed, in front of them is the scene of casualties is very cruel and terrifying, many war horses have been hit by cannonballs, piercing the intestines, every few breaths, the artillery on the opposite side will let out a terrifying roar, and then the cannonballs are whistling, and even many people watch the cannonballs fly, at this time, dodging and retreating are meaningless, under the indiscriminate shelling, it is only luck to survive.
A cavalryman in iron armor fell from his horse, and when a cannonball flew by his side, he only felt his body shake, and when he turned his head to look, his right arm was completely empty, he fell off his horse, picked up his arm, and on the battlefield, neighed and screamed.
These vicious dogs who followed the wolves on the grassland to beg for cheapness, and the bastards who were happy when they burned and looted, finally on this battlefield, they sturdily swallowed out their front teeth, and were used to beat the dog stick, and they taught a solid lesson!
The firearms of the Pingyu army were extremely lethal, but the prestige of the right-wing artillery battalion overshadowed the middle battlefield in the first place.
"This Ming army is such a powerful firearm!"
Behind the middle formation, the one who commanded the second elite of the Qing army was Belebolo.
Despite being the third generation of the clan, Bolo had already experienced a hundred battles, and in his memory, there was really no Ming army that could use firearms to such a powerful level.
The strikers had already begun to dodge, not daring to face the sharp guns of the Ming army, and the rain of arrows they shot was oblique and weak, and did not cause any damage to the Ming army at all.
Within Bolo's line of sight, the Mongol cavalry lost even the consciousness of circling, and under the smoke rising from countless roads, there were people on their backs everywhere, and many cavalrymen simply ignored the orders of their superiors, and pulled their horses back in place, while they collided with others, entangled with each other, pulled, and fell off their horses together.
The entire Mongolian Eight Banners is already a large group of headless flies, just spinning around in place, even fleeing, it is so chaotic and embarrassed!
And the cavalry that was lucky enough to approach also suffered a more terrifying blow, under the order of the commander of the artillery battalion, all the artillery was replaced with shotguns, after a round of eruption, the Mongolian cavalry in front of the car artillery battalion was hit by the destruction of the surname, and the entire artillery was beaten all the way to the sea of blood, regardless of men and horses, almost all died on the spot!
(To be continued)