Chapter 139: Musket Showdown
The 70-millimeter gun can shoot in a curved way, and the unconscionable cannon is a typical curved fire, and Zhang Feng used it to quietly enter the other side of the hill to shoot the hidden gun of the Tartar. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Twenty-four 70-millimeter guns, with barrels at a wide angle, pointing diagonally to the sky, next to each cannon, the soldiers were already in position.
Zhang Feng's order was issued, and the artillery battalion commander held his saber and shouted loudly, "Open the artillery, fire it for me!! ”
It can be seen that the artillery battalion commander is completely excited, knowing that this is a big vote, and the target is nearly 10,000 Tatar cavalry on the other side of the mountain.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
On the position, a loud bang sounded, and one after another shells flew out of the barrels, flew into the sky, and the flight trajectory was a clear curve, flying over the mountain, and then flying towards the valley on the other side of the mountain.
Almost at the same time, on the slope near the top of the hill, twenty conscienceless cannons rang out and flew towards the valley. Because of the relatively close range of each conscience gun, these guns were deployed close to the top of the hill, closer to the Tartars than the seventy-millimeter guns.
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In front of the tent of the Tartar commander.
Dolgon's face gradually became ugly, the three thousand light horsemen had been gone for so long and did not come back, and Dolgon knew that the three thousand light horsemen were probably finished.
It was difficult for Dolgon to accept the reality that this was 3,000 light cavalry, and it was still an elite Manchu cavalry, not a Mongol cavalry.
A Manchu general next to him asked sadly, "Master, is our 3,000 light cavalry finished like this?" ”
Dolgon said slowly: "It seems that our three thousand light cavalry is over, and now we want to take revenge, see that the Ming army is not, kill them all." ”
Because the camp of the Tartar commander was set up on the top of the mountain, the Tartar generals, including Dolgon, were all condescending, and Wang Chaoyong and others could be seen.
As soon as Dolgon said this, a group of Tartar generals looked into the distance, looking at Wang Chaoyong and others, and one of the Tartar generals said loudly: "Master, I will lead the warriors to take the lead, and I must kill all these Ming troops." ”
"Boom, boom, boom......"
A loud bang came from a distance, and the Tartar generals were all stunned, looking at the direction from which the sound came, Dolgon was stunned at first, and then hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”
Naturally, this was the fierce shelling of the artillery battalion of the separate brigade, and one shell after another was violently exploding in the valley at the foot of the mountain, and in the open valley there were a large number of Tartar cavalry.
"Beautiful!"
"Enjoyable!"
On the top of the mountain, Zhang Feng, Zong Dechao and others took in the explosion in the valley at the foot of the mountain, and saw that the Tartars were turning on their backs, and there was chaos, and everyone almost shouted with joy.
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang, obviously, this was a cannon shell without conscience, which happened to fall in the middle of the Tartar cavalry, and suddenly, grass clippings and dirt splashed, and the power was huge, at least affecting several horses, the Tartar war horses neighed, and many people were directly overturned.
In addition to the powerful air wave generated by the explosion, what is more deadly is the countless iron balls, iron nails, etc., these things are shot out in a way of 360 degrees without dead angles, and the scene is very spectacular.
The power of the flowering shells of the seventy-mm guns was also good, and when one shell exploded, there were always several Tartars killed, and the formation of the Tartar cavalry was too dense.
The general of the Tartar cavalry who led the team couldn't figure out the situation, and shouted frantically in his heart, what is going on? This is where the cannon is fired.
Zhang Feng skillfully deployed all the artillery on the other side of the hill, and the Tartar was really high, and he didn't know where the shells came from.
"Quick, get out of the valley!"
The leading Tartar generals shouted frantically, this shell is gone, the explosions are continuous, knowing that staying in this valley will become a live target, and will suffer heavy casualties.
The Tartar generals rode their horses and led the way out of the valley, but before they reached the mouth of the valley, the Tartars had to stop when they landed, and at the mouth of the valley, a cavalry army was waiting in order.
This is exactly the warriors of the cavalry regiment, everyone waiting for the Tatar cavalry to rush out, the warriors on horseback, one by one muskets aimed at the rushing Tatar cavalry.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
Bursts of dense gunfire rang out, and after several rounds of guns, the Tartars threw down more than a hundred corpses and ran into the valley in a chaotic manner.
"Lord Commander, this is really enjoyable!"
Zong Dechao happened to see the wonderful scene in Taniguchi, and couldn't help shouting happily, Zhang Feng also smiled lightly, and the battle situation developed completely according to his expectations.
The bombardment of nearly 10,000 Tartar cavalry ambushed in the valley is only the first step in Zhang Feng's big game of chess, the valley mouth of the valley has been sealed by the cavalry regiment, for the sake of safety, an infantry battalion is coming, and a cavalry regiment will fight.
All this can only be regarded as an appetizer, and at this time, the main force of the independent brigade has arrived, and is lining up in that open field, neatly and with great momentum, marching forward.
I have to say that the battlefield carefully chosen by Dolgon gave Zhang Feng great convenience, because the terrain here is open and flat, and the independent brigade has enough room to play.
No, the independent brigade is a battalion unit, each battalion has three horizontal platoons, each platoon has more than 100 people, and each horizontal platoon stretches for nearly 200 meters, and is advancing towards the front.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
"Kill all the Tartars!"
The soldiers of each battalion, armed with muskets, lined up in a neat line, marched in a neat pace, shouting and advancing forward.
The movement was very loud and the momentum was also very loud, which immediately attracted the attention of the warring parties, Wang Chaoyong heard the movement, and immediately took the monocular and looked behind him.
About a mile to the rear was a Tartar cavalry, numbering about two or three thousand, this Tartar cavalry was used by Dolgon to cut off the royal back, his eyes crossed this Tartar cavalry, and then continued back, in the distance, a neat team appeared and was advancing over.
"Haha, that's the Independent Brigade, our reinforcements have arrived!"
"It's really an independent brigade, the Tartars are finished!"
“…….”
Not only Wang Chaoyong, but also some battalion and company-level officers saw that the independent brigade was coming, and everyone laughed and was happy for a while, and some even shouted loudly.
Dolgon, of course, noticed the movement.
"What!" Dolgon was startled, and then his face quickly became gloomy, Dolgon knew that he had exhausted his efforts, but he still failed to escape Zhang Feng's Five Finger Mountain, and his three thousand light cavalry must have been finished, not only that, Zhang Feng also began to take the initiative to attack.
"Master, what shall we do?"
Dolgon's face was gloomy, and he quickly calculated in his mind, and then said: "Inform everyone, stabilize your position, don't panic, they are less than 10,000 people in the sky, and we are several times more numerous than them, what are you afraid of." ”
With tens of thousands of troops and a complete range of troops, not only thousands of musketeers, but also cavalry, heavy armor, archers, and red-coated cannons, Dolgon felt that he could fight.
So, the Tartars also began to attack, and the first to act was the musket battalion, thousands of Tartar musketeers, with muskets, in a neat formation, six formations, each horizontal row of about 500 people, began to advance neatly.
"Commander, look!"
Of course, Wang Chaoyong also noticed it, and said disdainfully: "They learned from us secretly, but they didn't learn it like it, they couldn't do it with the three-stage shooting method, so they got a six-stage shooting method, wait a minute and let them know what the real musket shooting is." ”
However, before dealing with the Tartar musket battalion, the Tartar red-coated cannon must be dealt with, because Wang Chaoyong knew that if he went up to meet the enemy, he would enter the range of the Tartar red-coated cannon.
"Pass my order, first knock out the Tartar's red-coated cannon!"
The six 70-mm guns deployed in the forward position began to fire, because they had been prepared for a long time, and the goal was very clear, that is, to hit the red-coated cannons of the Tartars, so as soon as the order was reached, the six guns opened fire immediately.
"Fire, fire, fire!!"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
One by one, the shells flew towards the Tartars' red-coat artillery positions, and then exploded violently, which was flowering shells, and after only two or three rounds of shelling, the Tartars' red-coat artillery positions were continuously detonated, placed next to each red-coat cannon, and barrels of black powder exploded.
Dozens of red-clothed cannons of the Tartars are gone, and the threat is lifted!
Wang Chaoyong personally drew his saber and shouted loudly, "Attack!" ”
The three infantry battalions that had been prepared long ago, each infantry battalion had three horizontal platoons, and each horizontal platoon was a company.
This is a very spectacular scene.
The two armies faced each other, and it was still a musket duel, one was a three-stage shooting, the other was a six-stage shooting, and the distance between the two sides gradually shortened.
500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters.....
Visually inspecting the distance of the Tartar musketeers was still more than two hundred meters, the soldiers stopped, and each battalion commander who was responsible for leading the attack pointed his saber at the Tartar in front of him and shouted: "Prepare to shoot!" ”
The soldiers pointed their muskets in front of them, at the Tartars at a distance of about two hundred meters, and at this time, the Tartar musketeers were still advancing, because the muskets of the Tartars were all arquebuses, and the shooting speed was slow, and the range was far inferior to the rifled muskets of the soldiers.
"Fire! Shoot! ”
"Bang, bang, bang......"
Dense gunfire rang out, a battalion of three infantry companies, the infantry company of the first horizontal platoon of each infantry battalion soldiers shot with their guns, and after the shooting was completed, they retreated and reloaded, the soldiers in the second horizontal row took two steps forward, fired with their guns and then retreated and reloaded, and the third platoon stepped forward to shoot, and the cycle continued.
At this time, the advantages of rifled muskets were reflected, the range was long, the shooting was accurate, and the power was not small, and suddenly, many Tartar musketeers were shot, and screams rang out, and the Tartar musketeers fell to the ground one after another.
The Tartar musketeers in the front row were very badly beaten, and the cotton armor on their bodies could not stop the musket bullets at all.
"Ahh
I saw a Tartar musketeer scream, blood splattering on his chest, and then he fell, and the musket fell to the ground.
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