Cao Yue, who was watching the battlefield from the observation deck, couldn't help but show a cruel smile after seeing that the striking effect of the new artillery was far more powerful than that of the old artillery.

This kind of artillery was just produced by the Nanjing Arsenal, the reloading rifled gun, the manufacturing technology is still provided by those Western technicians recruited, and the shells used are no longer paper shells, but copper shells. It's just that the gunpowder is still black* gunpowder, and the power is far from being comparable with the cannons and howitzers of later generations, and the trigger fuse is not used, and the ammunition detonation is still an old technology. However, this kind of advanced rifled artillery, which is far ahead of the artillery manufacturing technology originally owned by the Ming Dynasty, has been an epoch-making change for people in the late Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, due to the relationship of time, the Nanjing Arsenal and other weapons workshops made every effort to build, and only 95 doors were manufactured before the army set out for the expedition. Of the ninety-five rifled guns, fifteen belonged to the First Guards Division led by Cao Jie, and the other Guards Divisions each had ten guns, and the others were all mounted on the sailor warships that traveled with Cao Yue.

This kind of artillery, which is far more powerful than the Hongyi cannon and has a longer range, brought huge casualties and shocks to Jiannu when it first appeared. Cao Yue was very satisfied with the performance of these powerful things on the battlefield that he gave the death order.

After two rounds of flowering bombs, the charging Jiannu was blown up and collapsed, and he could no longer organize the formation of the attack, and after fleeing one after another, he couldn't help but put down his binoculars and said to several generals with views around him: "Everyone, have you seen the huge lethality of the new type of warfare?" No matter how good the Jiannu cavalry is, when they encounter the artillery produced by the Pontus himself, they have little chance of even rushing within the range of the bow and arrow. ”

Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and others witnessed the tremendous lethality of the artillery just now, and after a few rounds of artillery firing, the first wave of charging Jiannu was defeated, and when the third round of artillery began to fire, no one dared to continue to rush forward with the artillery exploding everywhere. They all chose to flee and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Governor, today's artillery battle really opened the eyes of the last general, I didn't expect that my Ming Guards were equipped with such powerful artillery. Judging from the generals, the power of this new type of artillery is far greater than that of the Hongyi cannon made by foreigners, and the interval between two shots is also much smaller. Huang Degong, whose eyes were a little straight, couldn't help but exclaim: "My Ming army is equipped with such sharp weapons, how can Jiannu still fight me?" In this battle, our army is fully capable of destroying all the future invaders, as long as Dolgon dares to keep fighting like this. ”

Huang Degong was also rejoicing, fortunately, he did not confront Cao Yue. chose to obey the orders of the imperial court and surrender the military power. Otherwise, the new guards army led by Cao Yue would definitely intervene and eliminate them as rebels. Although Huang Degong thought that the combat effectiveness of his men and horses was also good, and half of the battalion was equipped with muskets, he did not dare to imagine what his men and horses would look like if they were subjected to such a tragic shelling just now.

Even if it is not immediately defeated, it is impossible to continue the offensive.

The lethality of this new type of artillery is great. The deterrent effect is greater, and the psychological blow to the attacked party is very strong. The men and horses that have been hit hard. It is impossible to rush in front of the opponent's formation and be defeated, just like this charge of Jiannu.

In fact, this wave of Jiannu's attack only lost a thousand men and horses at most, but one after another explosions, countless fragments of the human body flew into the air, and there were waves of explosions everywhere. The sky was filled with black smoke from the explosion, and nothing else could be seen. In this case, how could the extremely frightened centaurs still have an orderly attack?

Huang Degong knew that this was just a long-range attack on Jiannu, if the remaining Jiannu could continue to attack. The musketeers, who were on high guard, would meet them with a barrage of bullets. Huang Degong had seen the musket shooting performance of the New Guards Army in the Yanziji camp, and the shooting density was far from being comparable to the musket battalion under his command. If there can still be Jiannu who can rush to the front of the Ming army, it can only be said that these people are too lucky.

Like Huang Degong, Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo are also happy. They are also veterans of the battlefield, and they have experienced a lot of scenes of confrontation between the two armies, and it is not a few to personally lead the troops to charge and kill, but it is the first time that such a powerful artillery bombardment has been encountered. They knew that this was only the firing of forty guns on the ships of the naval division, and in the face of such artillery, there were at least dozens more on the shore. There were more guns that were a little worse than the newer guns, and there were also a large number of Franc cannons on the ships of the Mariners, but with a relatively close range.

These cannons have not yet fired, and if they fire more intensively, it will be the end of the world.

They were also glad that they did not choose to oppose the imperial court, Cao Yue and the new army of the Ming Guards he led, but chose to compromise.

Before today's war began, they were worried about whether the numerically inferior Ming army would be able to withstand the attack of the Nus. Because in the past, the Ming army, which was several times larger than Jiannu, could not resist the attack of Jiannu, and even hundreds of Jiannu could defeat tens of thousands of Ming troops, and it was basically difficult for the Ming army to defeat Jiannu with inferior forces. But the war has just started, and they have witnessed the tragic situation on the battlefield, and they are not worried about the outcome of this battle, and they fully believe that the new army of the Ming Guards will be able to defeat Jiannu in this battle.

Dolgon, who personally commanded the operation, also gained the same shock as Huang Degong, Gao Jie and others, he did not expect that the Ming army was equipped with such advanced artillery, with such a long range and such a huge power. After several rounds of artillery bombardment, the Qing army in the first wave of attack suffered heavy losses and was unable to form an army, and there were no more formed men and horses to attack in the direction of the Ming army array.

In addition to the shock, Dolgon was so angry that he could not accept the defeat of the first wave of attacks, and he immediately ordered that the fleeing men and horses be killed without mercy and discipline. And then gave the order, and the second wave of multi-directional attacks began immediately.

With Dolgon's order, most of the Han army that had fled from two directions was shot dead by the Jurchen cavalry who enforced military discipline, and the rest had to stop fleeing and rushed in the direction of gunsmoke.

Because the black smoke produced by the shelling was very large, the vision of both sides was blocked, and it was completely impossible to see the other party's formation, including Cao Yue, who was standing high on the lookout. Dolgon saw an opportunity, and he immediately ordered more men and horses, including nearly 10,000 Han troops, 10,000 Korean troops, and 5,000 Mongol soldiers, to attack in the direction of the Ming army array under the cover of black smoke.

Cao Yue, who only saw Jiannu retreating and did not notice that the second wave of Jiannu's attack was about to begin, ordered the shelling to stop. He didn't know if Dorgon would change his strategy after the first wave of Jiannu's tentative attacks, or continue to attack with this crowd tactic.

At this time, a gust of wind blew some of the black smoke away, and in the remaining black smoke, Cao Yue vaguely saw countless figures flickering through the telescope, he was taken aback, and immediately ordered another shelling.

With Cao Yue's order again, the artillery, which had just been silent for a while, began to roar again. (To be continued.) )