Chapter 815: Shotgun

The Mongol soldiers of the outer domain slowly advanced, and they came in waves, and their horses' heads were all in sight. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As they entered Sanli, they began to pick up speed, their hooves rumbling, and the ground shook violently like a big drum.

Seeing them rolling in, like a rushing tide, that kind of power can't help but make people change color, without special infantry and cavalry confrontation training, or have a strong psychological quality, many infantry formations are actually difficult to block the cavalry's charge.

There were too many formations before the cavalry could rush to the front before they could collapse in fright.

In the face of cavalry charge, the feeling is like a train and a truck coming head-on, and it is difficult to say whether you can stand firm in the local area, not to mention the idlers.

This is also the Ming army has always been in battle, and the heavy chariot camp cover is basically needed in the wilderness, and the protection of the chariot can bring them some sense of security.

However, the Xuanwu Army's position was still calm, and the soldiers' hands holding their weapons were also steady.

Han Chao looked at it in the clairvoyant mirror, and sure enough, there were about 5,000 Mongolian soldiers from the outer domain who rushed in this first wave, and there were some sparse horse teams running in front of their large number of men and horses, ranging from dozens of horses to hundreds of horses per share, which were obviously lure soldiers.

They will rush to the front to make all kinds of lure and fire moves, and if this side can't hold back the fire, when the artillery fire is finished, they will rush up in a large formation behind them, and break the formation in one fell swoop. In the Battle of Songjin that year, the slave cavalry used this trick to break Bai Guangen's car formation.

These lures were followed by large herds of horses, some of which were driven by horsemen, and then behind them were their large caravans.

The Korean and North Koreans issued an order to wait for the rocket artillery to pay attention to the herd of horses that were bombarding them, as well as the large force of horses rushing up from behind. As for the lures in front, the large gunners were not allowed to open fire, but were to be escorted by artillery battalions and to be shot by the hunters around them.

The first wave of Mongolian cavalry from the outer domain entered Erli, and suddenly they accelerated their horses, and the horses under their crotches reached a galloping speed of ten meters per second, and the iron hooves shook the earth with a roaring sound.

And this is not their highest galloping speed, the war horse can reach twelve or thirteen meters per second when charging, and the maximum sprinting speed is fifteen or sixteen meters per second, but at this speed, they can rush to the front of the large array in only two minutes.

The war horses galloped, the shaking of the earth became more and more violent, the tide of Mongolian horses surged, and countless Mongols roared on their horses.

At this moment, there was a deafening sound of artillery, and the one hundred and fifty Hongyi cannons in front of the formation opened fire at the same time, like lightning and thunder, long white smoke erupted, and soon covered this area of the front.

The heavy recoil caused the gun mounts to retreat collectively, and at the same time, in the long eruption of firelight, solid iron balls roared into the air, splitting their heads and covering their faces and smashing towards the rushing Mengcai.

The earth-shattering cannon sound made people's hearts tremble, and the Korean and Korean dynasties briefly stopped the commotion of the horses under the crotch, and it was not trivial for 150 Hongyi cannons to fire at the same time, even if the horses under the crotch were well-informed, they could not help but feel frightened and afraid.

Wang Pu exhaled heavily, he listened to the neighing of the horses around him one after another, and he also tried his best to suppress the uneasy heart, one hundred and fifty Hongyi cannons fired at the same time, it was terrible, this kind of big scene was only available to the Jingbian army.

He looked to the other side, the billowing smoke was filled, and the situation on that side was a little unclear, but it could be seen that after the artillery bombardment, a large area of horses on that side neighed and was chaotic, and even some solid iron balls crashed into the horses, and a large cloud of blood mist soared, and some wounded horses were covered in blood.

Some of the horsemen were directly hit by the cannonballs, and then they tumbled to the ground, causing serious confusion to the horses rushing behind them, and they were tripped to the ground one after another. Some of the knights were swept out by the frenzied horses, and then trampled into flesh by the rushing horses.

The shells whistled, the roar of the artillery still did not stop, and the guns emitted fierce fire, and in the thunderclap-like sound of cannonballs, large puffs of smoke gushed endlessly.

After the artillery was fired, they immediately filled in new medicine packs and line tubes, and their movements were fast and agile, and the Jingbian Army made extensive use of silk medicine bags and goose feather medicine tubes, so that their firing speed reached an astonishing level, and they could fire five or six artillery pieces in one minute.

Compared to ordinary Hongyi cannons, which must not be fired more than three times in a row, they can reach ten times, and then dissipate heat for a quarter of an hour, and after firing fifty shells, they only need to dissipate heat for one hour.

However, because the slave cavalry attacked in multiple waves, they also had to control the rhythm of firing, and generally the Hongyi cannon would not fight after five cannons in a row.

At the same time, the rumbling sound of artillery sounded from the Zhuxinzhuang Ridge, and the heavy artillery shells of more than ten catties directly crossed the head of the army formation and smashed viciously into the rushing Mengcai.

And rockets.

Wang Pu looked up overhead, and a hundred brilliant rockets flew through the sky, they roared fiercely, dragging long tail flames and thick smoke, like meteor fire, and then fell heavily into the herd of horses that the Tartars were rushing in front of them.

Then, violent explosions followed, and flames, smoke, fragments, iron bullets, shattered human bodies, shattered armor and weapons, tumbling horse stumps, panicked horses running everywhere.

With just a few shells and a hundred rounds of rockets, their control of the herd was completely ineffective, and more than a thousand horses galloped everywhere.

Even some of the horses neighed and ran back covered in blood, stirring up chaos all around.

Wang Pu looked at that side and muttered, "The effect is good, but it's too expensive." ”

Chief of Staff Tian beside him smelled the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke coming from afar, and also sighed: "War is really an industry of steel and gunpowder." ”

The Jingbian Army fought five rounds of red artillery, and more than 800 light and heavy solid iron balls went on a rampage, plus 100 rockets fired in unison, bringing heavy casualties to the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domains who rushed into battle.

By the time they had only reached a mile, they had lost at least a fifth of their troops, and because of the confusion of the horse team, they had unconsciously slowed down a lot, and the horses were all scattered.

However, on the horses running at high speed, the Mongolian riders of the outer domains were in a high degree of excitement, and the adrenaline was secreted rapidly, and it seemed that they did not feel fear, and it was difficult to see the miserable situation of everyone around them when they were exercising quickly, because they quickly ran away.

They were also scattered in the queue, so there were still many people who were not hit by the guns, and they continued to gallop with a deafening scream.

Soon they rushed into a mile, and fifty of the general's Franc cannons opened fire again, and in a short time each cannon fired four or five cannons, and the flesh and limbs flew around, and the horses that fell one by one, but the black and oppressive cavalry torrent still rolled forward.

Some even rode their horses at a speed of twelve or thirteen meters per second, the earth shook like an earthquake, and the sound of horses' hooves was as dense as drumming.

……

"These Mongols have taken their medicine."

Wang Dou watched on the ridge and thought silently.

Chen Xinjia, who was paying attention to the battle situation on the ridge, Ji Shiwei and others also unconsciously focused their attention on this side.

They all have a sad face, it is quite rare for the northern captives to have such a violent impact, looking at them as if they are charging with thousands of troops, the whole wilderness is full of their men and horses, and their own battle line is only a thin layer, can they stop their charge?

The crown prince Zhu Cihong also watched, seeing the Tartar thieves surging in, the torrent seemed to break through everything, he was so nervous that he almost screamed, as their horse tide got closer and closer, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and a pair of fists were unconsciously clenched tightly.

……

Wang Pu's heart was beating violently, he opened his mouth to say something, but he looked at Han Chao's face beside him, and consciously closed his mouth again.

He wanted to do something, but he didn't know how to do it, but fortunately he heard the shouts of the artillery officers of each battalion in front of the formation: "Shotgun preparation, three waves of bombardment." ”

Then came the sound of the order: "Shotgun preparation, three waves of bombardment." ”

One by one, the guns adjusted the angle of fire to a direct fire, and then one by one the shotguns were stuffed into the chambers, and the holes in the black holes were only aimed at the Mongol soldiers of the outer domains who were still rolling in.

At last, their brigade approached, and at the forefront were the lure, who seemed to rush straight into the formation, and then rushed to a hundred paces, and suddenly skilfully pulled out their horses, and swept to both sides of the formation.

They are very familiar with this kind of seduction, and it is obvious that they have not done less than usual.

In the past, when facing the Ming army's military formation, they often lured and succeeded, causing them to be bombarded with guns and artillery for a while.

However, the Jingbian army did not move, and if these lure soldiers rushed closer, the hunters beside their own artillery shot them with Lu Mi guns.

The sound of hooves was even more terrifying, and the black-pressed Mongol cavalry rushed in, and one by one they let go of their horses and rushed straight into a hundred and fifty paces.

"Fire!"

Suddenly, a sharp swan horn sounded, a standard-bearer raised his hand, the sound of artillery seemed to shake the earth, completely suppressed the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side, and one hundred and fifty Hongyi cannons were fired at once, and large strands of billowing smoke came out, accompanied by a long flame spewing out of the muzzle.

Each of these Hongyi cannons was loaded with 500 rounds of shotguns, and 150 guns were 75,000 small iron bullets, and they were fired at a muzzle velocity of 400 meters per second, with a spread area of 50 or 60 meters, and an effective range of 2 to 300 meters.

One hundred and fifty Hongyi cannons fired a salvo of shotguns, and the projectiles flying all over the sky covered the entire front area of the infantry formation, and the thumb-thick iron rain swept through, blood mist and dust flew, and the Mongol cavalry of the outer domain rushing in front and rear was almost swept away.

Regardless of the men and horses, they all had dense blood arrows on their bodies, and the screams and neighing of the horses were all in one.

Some people rushed close, and those who faced the muzzle of the cannon were even beaten and broken down on the spot.

The lures who had swept towards both sides of the formation were also swept away.

The Mongolian horsemen in the rear all opened their mouths wide, and the thunderous roar of cannons in front of them made their ears buzz for a while, and they saw the men and horses in front of them rolling one by one like waves, and then countless terrible screams, the shock was really indescribable.

They rushed numbly and dazedly, listening to the shrill sound of swans.

Fifty of the general's Franc cannons were salvo shotguns, they were all loaded with 500 rounds of projectiles, with a range of more than 100 paces and a spread area of 10 or 20 paces.

They tumbled over another large piece, and the rest of the people were even more blank-minded and overwhelmed.

The sound of swans was another high-pitched swan, and two hundred and fifty small and medium-sized franc cannons were pushed, and they were loaded with a hundred shotguns, and then the two hundred and fifty thousand small iron bullets were twenty-five thousand, and they fired another volley, pouring more smoke and fierce flames into the area.

In a short period of time, the corpses of people and horses were piled up a hundred paces in front of the Xuanwu army, many of the undead wounded were crawling and shouting on the ground, and those horses that had been shot were rolling on the ground in a blur of flesh and blood, or jumping and wailing wildly.

The rest of the horses rushed up, all crowded and hovering in this area, and the men and horses struggling in the pool of blood on the ground terrified them.

……

"There are many northern horses, but fortunately, we have a lot of artillery."

Chen Xinjia let out a long sigh of relief and said to Ji Shiwei beside him.

Ji Shiwei still looked over there in shock, and said unconsciously: "Yes...... yes......"

"The power of science and technology, after all, is unstoppable by flesh and blood."

Wang Dou's heart was also completely relaxed, and it was conservatively estimated that the Xuanwu Army's position had at least 100,000 shotgun projectiles, and such a huge rain of bullets covered it, how could the Mongolian cavalry of the outer domain rush up?

This is also the reason why he wanted to knock out the artillery of the Cheying camp on the side of the Shun army beforehand, if they also shot once, wouldn't the soldiers under his command have suffered heavy casualties?

He sat back on his tiger skin chair, took out a box of cloud cigarettes, and saw that the secretary of the military department and his father-in-law were standing beside him unconsciously, so he gave them one, and then took out one and put it in his mouth, Zhong Tiaoyang hurriedly took out a fire fold and lit it for him.

Wang Dou let out a puff of smoke and leaned back comfortably in his chair, everything was fine. (To be continued.) )