The Qing troops in front of them crashed into the spears of the pikemen, and the horses were stabbed to death on the spot mercilessly, and the charging cavalry was stopped by force.

Seeing that the cavalry in front of them suddenly stopped, the Qing soldiers in the back had no choice but to lower their horses, like a chain reaction, and stopped layer by layer.

The advantage of the charge was wiped out by the array of guns erected on the ground.

Seeing that the Qing army's charge stopped, the pikemen in front quickly threw the spear in his hand, grabbed another spear, and stood up to stab.

The spear is a sharp weapon among armor-piercing weapons, and when you poke it down, you can easily pierce a large hole in the armor.

The pikemen in front of them were like killing machines, moving quickly in place.

With every stabbing blow, a Qing soldier or horse was stabbed to death.

The spears of the Shandong army, the head of the spear is made of pure steel, and the pikemen are all sharpened marksmanship, and on the battlefield, the spears in their hands rarely make mistakes, and they are almost killed.

In less than a moment, the front of the first battalion was full of corpses. But the Qing soldiers in the back still kept squeezing forward, but the speed was too slow, and when they arrived in front of the pikemen, there was almost no impact, and the horses were stabbed down by the pikemen in front of them one by one, and after the Qing soldiers above fell down, they were immediately killed by the pikemen's tricky marksmanship.

The musketeers who retreated to the rear quickly loaded their bayonets with their muzzles, and then the three thousand musketeers formed a half-circle to protect the pikemen and the rear.

There were too many Qing soldiers rushing in, and the width of the three phalanxes was simply not enough to block the Qing army's wide charging line, and some Qing troops who rushed from the side immediately fought fiercely with the cavalry battalions on both sides.

The cavalry battalion on the left flank is the fourth cavalry battalion led by Qin Zhiyuan, the fourth cavalry battalion is distributed on both sides, with 2,000 people on each side, the Qing army rushing in was sparsely beaten by artillery fire, and the Qing army on both sides was easily solved by the cavalry of the fourth battalion.

"Rocketeer, ignition." Zhao Yong saw that it was almost over, and then ordered the rocket soldier behind the battle.

After a while, two hundred launchers, filled with rockets with ranges of 800 meters and 500 meters, were lit one by one.

3,000 rockets were launched from behind the formation, and the rushing Qing army was too dense, and as soon as the rockets flew out, they immediately hit the rushing Qing army.

Eight hundred meters, and five hundred meters away, the Qing army was directly killed in a section.

Lin Yi's 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 3rd Cavalry Battalion, which was split into two halves, were still watching the battle from the sidelines, Lin Yi saw that the 1st Infantry Battalion had already launched rockets, and the formation of the Qing cavalry was blown up by artillery fire and rockets, so he drew his sword and drew it in front.

"Kill!"

Six thousand cavalry, with Lin Yi's order, launched a charge against the rushing Qing cavalry.

The cavalry were arranged in a neat formation, pouring out like a rolling torrent, and the sound of the horses' hooves shook the earth, and everyone could feel the ground trembling slightly under the trampling of iron hooves.

Soon, the 2,000 cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 3rd Cavalry Battalion directly rammed into the middle of the Qing army, and the formation of the Qing army was like paper paste, and it was easily cut in half by the charge launched by Lin Yi.

As soon as Lin Yi led the cavalry to charge, the artillery fire of this formation continued, but it was the longest-range bombardment, and it could not hurt the Shandong cavalry who launched the charge.

Duoduo frowned when he looked at this formation, these Ming troops were so difficult.

However, his goal had been achieved, and the artillery fire of the Ming army was all attracted by the right flank. Duoduo had two plans for this battle, one was that if the Ming artillery opened fire on their entire army, they would charge both sides together. If the Ming army is firing on one side, then the other side is charging.

That's why Dodor is in such a formation.

"Left wing, give me a rush." Dodor commanded from the Iron Room. Duoduo gave the order, and after a while, the 50,000 cavalry on the left flank of the Qing army launched a charge.

On the command vehicle two miles away, the staff saw that the left flank of the Qing army was charging, and after a quick discussion, the staff immediately ordered the first infantry battalion and the third infantry battalion of the Liaodong Army to move to the right flank.

The 30,000 cannon fodder troops in the back were in the main position.

According to calculations, within a distance of 1,000 meters, the rocketeers are enough to launch four waves of rockets, and two infantry battalions have 400 launchers, which are enough to launch 24,000 rockets.

At the same time, Wu Yongliang was ordered to bring 10,000 cavalry on the right flank and launch a charge after four waves of rockets were launched.

After the order was given by the General Staff, the rocketeers on standby immediately began to bombard the Qing troops that were rushing indiscriminately. Rockets flew out from behind the formation, and this time it was really overwhelming.

After adjusting the angle of the launcher, the rocketeers directly ignited the rockets and shot them out, and the baggage soldiers immediately carried the rockets up and put them into the launcher one by one.

Then it was fired again.

The first wave of rockets flew out, and six thousand rockets fell from the sky. The cavalry on the left flank of the Qing army, which was on the right flank of the Shandong army, was beaten on the spot under the intensive rocket bombardment.

The war horses of the Qing army were obviously not frightened by such a high intensity, and many of the war horses were frightened by the explosion of the rockets and ran wildly everywhere uncontrollably.

There were not many Qing soldiers killed in the bombing, because the Qing army was protected by armor and cotton armor, but the Qing soldiers who were injured by the explosion were countless. Horses, in particular, were the most killed and injured.

As soon as the war horse was lost, these Qing cavalry were considered to have withdrawn from the battle sequence.

Many of the wounded Qing soldiers rolled off their horses, and then ran over them directly than the Qing cavalry behind. The first wave of rockets directly cut off the Qing army that made the charge happen.

The second wave of rockets soon lifted off one after another.

This wave of rockets is not as neat as the first wave of the same launch, after all, the loading speed is fast and slow, although not neat enough, but the repeated ineffective strikes are greatly reduced, because the Qing army is in the charge, the whole team is constantly moving, a gap was blown out of a certain place, if the next rocket falls immediately, then naturally it will not blow up people, but after a few seconds, as soon as the Qing army behind is replenished, the rocket will blow up to that place again, but the results can be received.

Although the scene of the second wave of rockets was not as shocking as the first wave, the Qing army that was killed and injured was more, and the rockets were simply continuous.

The charging Qing cavalry was blown up on their backs, and in such a continuous and indiscriminate bombardment, many horses were so frightened that they ran wildly, and the whole charge was stopped after the second wave of rockets was fired.

The disturbing effect of rockets on war horses is far stronger than that of rockets, mainly because the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have rockets and could not use rockets to train war horses.

At the same time, the rocket is equipped with a whistle, which will make a tooth-aching whistling sound in flight, and the whistling sound is a very difficult to overcome in the ears of the hearing horse.

The military horses of the Shandong army underwent various frightening training before being distributed to each battalion, and were not assigned to each battalion until they could withstand all kinds of fright.

The third wave of rockets soon flew out one after another, and the Qing cavalry that rushed was really beaten and powerless, and even the charge stopped.

After a period of confusion, the Qing cavalry behind rushed up.

By this time, the two infantry battalions had moved to the right flank, and 6,000 musketeers fired in front of them, killing the onrushing Qing cavalry.

Some of the horses were shot to death, and the Qing troops above were thrown off their horses, but this has also achieved its effect.

The Qing army advanced with great difficulty, and the rockets continued to bombard there, and 6,000 musketeers were constantly firing from 500 meters away, so they stopped at 500 meters away.

This is even more unfavorable to them, the rocketeers who could only launch four waves of rockets were able to launch more rockets after the Qing army's charge was stopped.

In this winter offensive, a total of 80,000 rockets were brought, 20,000 per infantry battalion and 4,000 per cavalry battalion. These rockets will be enough for this decisive battle.

It's just that these rockets are gone, and Shandong's rocket stocks are completely exhausted.

The rocketeers could also launch nearly three waves of rockets, and after observing the effect of the strikes on their right flank, the staff on the command vehicle came to the conclusion that the right flank did not need cavalry assistance.

Although there was no artillery support on the right flank compared to the left flank, the rapid-fire rockets and 6,000 musketeers were enough to hold back the Qing army and prevent the Qing army from approaching the right flank, and the right flank did not need to engage in white-knuckle combat.

"Order, Wu Yongliang led the second battalion of the cavalry of the Shandong Army and the second battalion of the cavalry of the Liaodong Army to support the left flank operation." Liu Heng quickly issued an order to transfer the 8,000 cavalry on the right flank to the left flank, so that only 2,000 cavalry of the 4th Cavalry Battalion were left on the right flank.

The right wing is different from the left wing, there is only one infantry battalion on the left flank, although the artillery fire is fierce, but it can not stop the charge of 50,000 cavalry, after all, the cavalry's war horses are no longer afraid of artillery, although the Qing army suffered heavy casualties in the charge, but did not let them lose their combat effectiveness.

The fighting on the left flank was fierce.

After Lin Yi led 6,000 cavalry to cut the cavalry on the right wing of the Qing army that rushed to the left flank into two sections, the Qing army immediately divided tens of thousands of people to fight against Lin Yi's 6,000 cavalry.

Cavalry combat, that is, there is not much skill, only hard ramming, and at the same time full of technical surnames, the pace of the cavalry must be consistent.

The two sides were separated by three hundred meters and charged at each other.

Six thousand to more than 10,000.

But the Shandong cavalry did not flinch, but crashed into it. After quickly forming the team, the six thousand cavalry led by Lin Yi quickly resumed the neat queue.

On the other hand, the Qing army did not have such technology, and still retained the traditional way of charging, and the cavalry was layer after layer, and the gap between them was very large.

Among the cavalry of the Qing army, the Mongolian cavalry was even worse.

The horses on both sides were extremely fast, and soon they collided together like Mars hitting the earth, splashing countless blood. The cavalry at the front turned on their backs, and the two sides that collided with each other quickly staggered and fought together.

The scuffle has begun!

The Shandong cavalry, which was in a tight formation, began to besiege the Qing army locally. The formation of the Qing army was loose, and often the outside could not beat the Shandong cavalry, but those who could be beaten were surrounded and beaten by the Shandong cavalry.

One by one, the cavalry was cut off their horses, but the casualties of the Shandong army were very small, and few cavalrymen fell from their horses, and even if they fell from their horses, they would soon be pulled on their horses by friendly forces.

(To be continued)