Chapter 280: The Franc Machine and the Grenadier Car

This battle is a battle of fate, in the past history, the Ming army gunners against the Houjin elite, the record of more losses and fewer wins. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even in the Battle of Ningyuan, Yuan Chonghuan killed Nurhachi with a single bombardment, which could not change the status quo of weak firearms in the Ming army.

Two hundred years ago, the Ming army used firearms to drive away the Mongols, two hundred years later, in the face of more barbaric, more fierce Jurchens, the Ming army was defeated, the cities of Liaodong were lost one after another, the people on the border were taken captive one after another, and the Ming court went up and down, talking about the "captivity" color change.

Why is that?

Isn't it because the Ming army is not as good as the next generation? The progress of firearms in the Ming army was almost zero?

The omen of the prosperity of a generation of dynasties can be seen from his army, the Ming Dynasty is already dying, and it is difficult to rely on just a few pasters.

If you want to truly realize the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, you can only overturn and start over.

Wang Teng is a traveler, he knows that once Jiannu rules the Central Plains, the Chinese nation will experience hundreds of years of sinking, which is a process of devastation.

In order to refuse the recurrence of the tragedy, Wang Teng tried his best to change!

A year ago, the Guangling army, which was less than a thousand people, unexpectedly forced back Abatai, and a year later, the more powerful Jurchen Belhaug made a comeback, and in the case of everyone's disfavor, Wang Teng won again, and even beheaded two thousand!

Wang Teng has created a series of miracles, and today, he still wants to continue the miracles!

Among the two thousand Guangling troops, the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen have achieved the extreme, they have withstood several times their own enemy army, and they can't ask for more, now it's up to the eight hundred firecrackers, their performance will be directly related to the life and death of the Guangling army.

"Da da da", a thousand Houjin Jing horsemen gradually increased the speed of their horses, they bent their bows and shot arrows, and the clouds and water were as bright as water.

"Puff puff", arrows in the hands of the firebolts continue to die, however, their companions still struggle to maintain the integrity of the battle formation.

When the foot soldiers are facing the cavalry charge, only a complete formation can save more people's lives.

The Houjin cavalry was getting faster and faster, and they rushed forward quickly in a line of thirty people.

Eighty steps, sixty steps, fifty steps!

Closer, closer.

The Musketeers still hadn't received the order to fire, their palms were already drenched with sweat, and everyone was waiting for the order.

Not far away, Haoge frowned, and fought repeatedly, he already knew that the effective range of the Guangling Fire Gun was ninety steps, that is to say, the Houjin Jingqi had already entered the range of the Ming army, but why didn't they shoot?

The answer was soon revealed, and when Jiannu rushed out of the five steps, Wang Teng finally ordered, "Fire hand, prepare."

"Fire!"

"Bang bang bang", in an instant, two hundred fire guns were fired at the same time.

The lead bullets that had already been loaded shot out vigorously, and the first row of Jiannu cavalry could not avoid it, and they immediately fell off their horses in pieces.

At a distance of forty paces, the blast of the firebolt was powerful enough to pierce through the armor.

Wang Teng is really bold!

Haoge's face turned dark, the Ming army's firecrackers were really sharp, this time he wanted to annihilate the Guangling army, but he was afraid that it would take a lot of twists and turns.

However, for the Houjin Cavalry, this is not the end.

"Boom", I don't know when, a huge fireball suddenly burst out of the Ming army's array.

A huge iron pill whirlwind blew by, bringing a dazzling blood light along the way.

This is a shell fired from a Franco's cannon!

There are Franc machine artillery in the Ming army array!

Haoge's face changed greatly, the sharpness of the Ming Army's Buddha Langji, he had already seen it in the Shitishan Military Village, but he didn't expect Wang Teng to bring it here!

"Grenadier, ready!"

He brought only one of them, but he brought five small catapults, which were easy to assemble and carry, and threw grenades developed by the Craftsman's Battalion.

Compared with the process of firecracker pipes, it is not complicated to make grenades, Wang Teng just told the requirements, and within a few days, the craftsman battalion developed a sample.

After repeated verification, Wang Teng found that this grenade could make up for the shortcomings of his artillery to the greatest extent.

This time he went south to Lingqiu, and it was with this killer weapon that Wang Teng was full of confidence.

The sound of the artillery fire shook the people on their backs, and the Houjin cavalry did not expect that the Guangling army would have artillery, and they were immediately caught off guard without defense.

At this moment, Wang Teng ordered again, "Grenadier, launch!" ”

Five grenades weighing more than ten pounds were thrown by the trebuchet and smashed fiercely at the cavalry in front.

The range of the trebuchet was lower than that of the artillery, higher than that of the firebolt, and two hundred paces away, a group of cavalry was about to accelerate when it was smashed by a grenade.

"Boom", three of the five grenades managed to explode, and the other two failed to detonate due to the extinguishing of the fuse.

How could the cavalry ever see such a weapon of destruction?

Just when dozens of Houjin Jingqi looked ignorant, the grenade exploded.

Five horses were cut straight by shrapnel, and six cavalrymen were killed in vain.

Before the few cavalrymen who were lucky enough to survive had recovered their senses, another piece of artillery fell.

"Fire!"

The Franc machine fired a solid shell, which could only rely on the force of impact to kill and injure the enemy, and the striking range was not much, but the range was very long.

Two cannonballs and three grenades suddenly brought an explosive effect, and for the first time, the golden spirit rider was afraid.

If the Ming army had more artillery, what should it be?

The artillery and grenades worked successfully, and Wang Teng was in a very good mood, "Grenadier car, put it!" ”

The Franc machine was far easier to reload than the catapult, and it was only after another round of artillery was fired that the grenadier fired a grenade.

By this time, the cavalry at the forefront had rushed to a range of twenty paces.

In front of the two armies, Wang Teng couldn't ask for more, so he could only pin his hopes on the firecracker.

There has been a huge vacuum in the central range of the Houjin cavalry, and as long as the front army is defeated, the Guangling army will be able to recover from it.

Just, can the firecracker work?

Twenty steps, the firecracker can even see Jiannu's bright yellow teeth!

"First row, put!"

"Bang bang bang", more than eighty firecrackers rose into great disgust, no one observed the results of the battle, and the firecracker battalion officer had already shouted again, "Second row, put!" ”

Without too many words, at this time, time is life, and only by firing the most lead bullets in the shortest possible time, the Guangling Army can have a way to live.

There was only a thin line of sword and shield soldiers in front of the Musketeers, and they could only stop the first wave of Jiannu's attack.

The battle that really affects the victory or defeat of the whole army is still with the firecrackers!

"Bang bang bang", the lead bullet that shot out was extremely powerful, and within twenty steps, after passing through the body of one Jiannu, it was still unfinished, and it did not stop until it entered the body of another person.

(To be continued.) )