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The two cannons are mounted on the gun carriage, and they can move flexibly with just one horse. Regardless of the power of this cannon, in terms of mobility, the cannons of European countries are incomparable. Seeing that these two cannons were easily pulled and run, the eyes of the surrounding Dutch generals all lit up. One by one, like hungry wolves, I wish I could have hundreds of doors now, so that I could kill all sides on the frontline battlefield.

"That's it." William of Orange led them to an open field north of the barracks, where there were several small hills, and not far from them stood several wooden platforms that served as sentry posts. "Just now, General Chen said that the firing range of these two guns can reach a kilometer, so let's use those two wooden platforms as targets, this should be eye-catching enough."

"Hehe, that's fine." Chen Wu himself looked at it, and the farthest of the two wooden platforms in the distance was about 800 meters away from here, and the closest ones were 600 meters. It's still a bit difficult to hit the target accurately at this distance, but they've already drawn the road, and you can't back down. Immediately, Chen Wu waved his hand, and the four gunners beside the cannon stepped forward.

It took two minutes for the two guns to be set up, and it took another two minutes to adjust them accurately, and the muzzles of the guns were already aimed at the target.

"Solid bullets, one round load!"

The gunners immediately went into action and filled the shells into the muzzles.

All the cannons of this era are classified as smoothbore guns, and the difference between rifled guns and rifled guns is very large. The advantage of rifled guns is that the spin of the shell produces precession, so that the direction of the projectile is always the same as the direction of angular velocity. And smoothbore guns are less accurate precisely because they do not have this feature. Even with the addition of a crosshair, it is difficult to directly hit a target that is only three meters long and wide nearly a kilometer away.

"Fire!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Two shells flew out one after another. The general's cannon was aimed at the wooden platform eight hundred meters away. And the general's cannon is the one six hundred meters away. Two shells whizzed towards the wooden platform, and with the "Boom! "Boom! The cannonball slammed down on the target's edge. Neither of these shells hit the target, but the error was not too far. In particular, the cannonballs fired by the general's cannon hit the position of action ten meters west of the wooden platform, splashing a cloud of dust. The general artillery hit far away, flew over the top of the wooden platform, and hit nearly 100 meters more.

"I've got it adjusted. This time change to a bullet and reload quickly! ”

With the reference of the previous shot, this time the gunners hurriedly adjusted, and soon they were ready again.

"Fire!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Two shells flew out again, this time the shells were very accurate, the shells of the general cannon directly hit the bottom of the wooden platform, and the shells of the general cannon hit a position on one side that was only three or five meters apart.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After two loud bangs, the wooden platform in the distance disappeared, and the whole completely fell apart and collapsed. Such a power was dumbfounded by the Dutch officers who watched. The power of this cannon was too powerful, and it was no worse than the naval guns on their battleships. Important: Such a powerful cannon has such a slender body and such a light body. It's amazing that a horse can run with it.

"Good, good!" William of Orange slapped his hands and exclaimed loudly: "Mr. Miao, our Netherlands has all your products, and I hope that all the goods that the Kunpeng caravan will transport to Europe in the future will be shipped to Amsterdam first, and the price is definitely the highest in Europe, and I will not let you suffer a little loss!" ”

William of Orange was already able to see a long-term future from the Kunpeng caravan, or more precisely from the Mawei fleet. Not to mention anything else at the moment, cooperating with the Mawei Army is definitely beneficial and harmless. Even if you give more, you will get far more than you give. For example, the cannon in front of him, he knew very well that such technology could not be done in their country, and if the barrel of the cannon wanted to be thinned, it must be absolutely good steel, even if it was all cast with copper. And there is another one, at this time, Europe is still the same as the former Ming, and the clay fan casting cannon is still used when casting cannons, and this method has been eliminated by the Mawei Army at this time.

Steel is not good, cannon casting technology is not good, which means that it is impossible for the Netherlands to cast a cannon as sharp as a general. Not to mention that Fujian is already developing new types of gunpowder, new types of artillery shells, and new types of barrels. Geng Jingzhong has already set the research direction for the scientific research base, and the basic knowledge is also accumulating, and it is estimated that within three to five years, at most ten or eight years, the technology of rifled guns will definitely be able to be applied to practice. Perhaps in a few years, Fujian will be able to bid farewell to the era of black powder and enter the world of yellow powder, and that is when Geng Jingzhong will truly dominate the world.

"I can't be the master of this for the time being, I have to go back and ask our governor. However, this time, all the goods shipped here can be sold to you, and the price will be negotiated with our merchants by themselves. As for these muskets and cannons, the price was set according to the original. This time, the Metropolitan Governor asked us to come just to inspect the market, so it will be cheaper for you, and the next time we come, it will not be at this price, and you must also be mentally prepared. ”

"That's that, that's this time, I'm willing to increase the price, I just hope that Mr. Miao can not sell these to other countries, in short, I will not let you suffer." William of Orange didn't care about the price, no matter how high the price of a gun and a cannon could be? The Netherlands is really not short of money, and what he is afraid of is that if the Mawei Army sells these things to Britain and France, then he will be unlucky to look back on his little Netherlands. The fleet at sea is still not afraid of Britain and France, but it is not possible on this native land, especially the French army, but it is a sharp sword hanging over their Dutch heads. If the French had more powerful weapons, they would be doomed to the Netherlands, or other small countries like the Netherlands.

"Well, I'd love to do that personally, after I get back. I will also try my best to persuade the governor of my family. This business is to be done only with you, His Highness William of Orange. I believe that the Metropolitan Governor will seriously consider my proposal. The corners of Miao Quanchen's mouth curled up and said with a smile

On the north bank of the Huai River, ten miles north of Sizhou City, Zhou Peigong's army of more than 30,000 troops fought against the Mawei Army for three days in a row and failed to cross the river smoothly. The Huai River is very wide, and it is hundreds of meters wide at the narrowest point, and as long as the Qing army wants to cross the river, the Mawei army only needs hundreds of soldiers to shoot at the river to suppress it.

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

As soon as the sky was bright, the sound of horses' hooves sounded rapidly.

"Speed up, let these Tartars taste the power of our horsetail army cavalry division!" This is Jiang Yuanxun's voice. He was originally still in Jiangxi. After the Mawei Army took Jinling, Geng Jingzhong ordered Jiang Yuanxun to lead three battalions of cavalry troops to rush to Jiangnan after they were fully prepared, and turn back to prepare to fight in Jiangbei, that is, in the area of the North Jiangsu Plain. No, the first battle in this northern Jiangsu region was spread out under the command of Zhou Peigong. Zhou Peigong's cavalry can also be absolutely veterans, in addition to 2,000 of them are the cavalry of the Han army in the northwest, the other 3,000 people are still Mongolia's Horqin cavalry, since last year to assist Zhou Peigong to take the horse harrier, he has been following Zhou Peigong's side to listen to use, Kangxi in order to keep this cavalry also gave a large area of the Chahar grassland near Horqin to Horqin.

The army units of the Mawei Army watched their cavalry comrades go away with joy. His eyes were full of hope and anticipation. This was the first wave of counterattacks launched by the Mawei Army in the northern Jiangsu region, as long as it was the people of the Mawei Army. Can't help but care. Because, this means that from now on, their Mawei Army is no longer a passive defense. From now on, the Mawei Army has the strength to launch a counterattack. Speaking of this, they are all aggrieved enough, these days, they are only defending on the river bank, and it is impossible to counterattack with too few troops, plus they have no cavalry, and the cavalry of the people who just crossed the river rushed over.

Three thousand cavalry swept in the direction of the other side of the river, like the wind. With such a large-scale military operation, it is absolutely impossible to hide the enemy's scouts. Zhou Peigong also deployed a large number of scouts up and down the Huai River, and they would definitely find out the whereabouts of the Mawei Army. It is believed that the Qing army scouts are desperately reporting to their superiors, so the speed of the Mawei army's march must be fast, and they must be on standby at the predetermined place before the Qing army reacts.

"Quick!"

"Quick!"

"Quick!"

All the cavalry officers were constantly waving their hands and shouting to their subordinates to speed up. In fact, the marching speed of the Mawei Army was already quite fast. This is not the first time that everyone has participated in such a large-scale battle, and they no longer have the nervousness they had when they first entered the battlefield, but they still feel that their speed is not fast enough. The soldiers of the cavalry division of the Mawei Army did not cross the river by boat, they made a circle around the boss before arriving here from the section belonging to Anhui.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like bursts of spring thunder, resounding through the wilderness of northern Jiangsu. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians on horseback who came out of nowhere and noticed the trace of the horsetail cavalry, they all stopped to watch, their faces full of surprise. Some people even quietly followed behind the horsetail cavalry, wanting to follow to see what was going on.

The murderous appearance of the horsetail cavalry, the idiots knew that they were going for the Qing army that had just arrived a while ago. Before noon, Jiang Yuanxun led 3,000 cavalry to Yangtaizi Town, five miles away from the Qing army camp.

There is also a field around here, and even if you put 100,000 cavalry, there is no problem at all. All the crops here are wheat, and this season the wheat has just been harvested, and the fields are empty. Before the arrival of the cavalry of the Mawei Army, the Horqin Mongol cavalry stationed here had already set up a queue to meet the battle. Of course, the scouts of the Mongols could not wait until Jiang Yuanxun arrived to learn the news. In fact, when the horsetail cavalry appeared twenty miles away, their scouts spotted it, turned around, and reported to their superiors. But due to the speed of action of the horsetail cavalry, almost immediately behind the Mongol scouts, therefore. Captain Batel of the Horqin Cavalry was only half an hour ago. Only then did I get the accurate news.

"Horsetail cavalry?"

"Killed us?"

Battle's first reaction. It's just that I heard it wrong, and the Mawei Army dared to attack with such a small number of people, isn't this suicide? In the vast wilderness, where was the cavalry of the Mawei Army the opponent of the Mongol cavalry? Even if all 3,000 men were cavalry, it would not be their opponent. However, he guessed that it was not the 3,000 infantry on the other side of the river who came here this time, but the regular cavalry division of the Mawei Army.

Battle then thought of such a great opportunity. If they didn't teach the Mawei army a hard lesson, they wouldn't know that the Mongolian steppe warriors were very good at riding and archery. Besides, Zhou Peigong's side will soon get the news, and the Han cavalry battalion will come quickly. If you can surround the cavalry of the Mawei Army and annihilate it together with the cavalry battalion of the Han Army, it will definitely be a great achievement. This time he made a great contribution, and Emperor Kangxi's reward must be more, and he will be glorious and rich in the future. Still need to be worried?

"Queue"

"Fighting"

Battle shook his spirits and roared. Soon. All the Horqin Mongol cavalry were all lined up. The tactics of the Mongols have always been to tear apart the opponent's formation with cavalry, and then the heavy cavalry will break through the middle, and finally completely disperse the enemy's ranks, divide and encircle, and annihilate each one. If this trick doesn't work, turn around and run away, lure the enemy to follow, and then use the Mangu Gang tactics to slowly drag down the enemy.

In Battle's hands, there were no heavy cavalry, all of them were archers. Therefore, his tactics are very simple, that is, to attack the enemy's ranks directly with archers and cavalry, and directly destroy the enemy with fierce cavalry shots. According to the previous combat experience, the Mongols knew that the horsetail cavalry did not have any armor, and as long as they were shot by arrows, they would either be killed or wounded.

"Queue"

Disperse Formation

Jiang Yuanxun calmly issued an order. Flags of different colors and shapes continued to wave. Under the guidance of the Lingqi, the soldiers of the cavalry division of the Mawei Army prepared for battle in a dispersed formation. The so-called scattered formation is to target the enemy and spread out in an equidistant fan shape, and the distance between each warrior can accommodate two horses. The purpose of this is closely related to the cavalry tactics of the Mawei Army.

Once in formation, each warrior carefully examined his weapon and spare weapons. According to the standard equipment, each horsetail cavalry was equipped with three short firearms, two javelins, and finally a saber. Short-fired, long-distance combat or short-distance hand-to-hand combat can be used, and the saber is really a melee fight.

"Woo woo"

The low horn of the bull reverberated in the field. This was a signal for the Mongol cavalry to attack.

On the side of the Mawei Army, the conch horn also made a low sound, which was a signal that the cavalry of the Mawei Army was ready to attack.

"Kill"

Battle waved his thug and roared viciously. Hearing the horn, the Mongol cavalry urged their horses to rush towards the horsetail cavalry. The main weapon of the Mongol cavalry was the powerful bow and arrow. The bows and arrows they use allow them to take advantage of the inertia of the high-speed gallop of their horses to shoot sharp arrows about eighty meters away. Deal severe damage to the enemy. Now, the distance between the two sides is more than five hundred meters, and they must shorten this distance at high speed.

The cavalry of the Mawei Army quietly waited for the approach of the Mongolian cavalry, and the current cavalry of the Mawei Army was still in the stage of passive response for the time being, and could not charge the enemy with the main attack. Moreover, the characteristics of the short fire gun are not suitable for launching an attack. On the run, the accuracy of the short fire gun is reduced by at least half. On the contrary, if you shoot steadily on horseback, the accuracy rate is not bad.

Five hundred meters

Four hundred meters

Three hundred meters

Two hundred meters

One hundred and fifty meters

The distance of the Mongol cavalry was getting closer and closer.

"Fire" Jiang Yuanxun waved the order flag in his hand vigorously. At a distance of 150 meters, a short fire bolt can deal effective damage to the enemy.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The short fire bolt continued to sound.

One bullet after another whistled away, and the Mongol cavalry in the impact suddenly fell in pieces. The sound of the war horse falling to the ground, the neighing of the wounded war horse, the screams of the personnel, and the sound of various weapons piercing the body all erupted in an instant. Many horsetail cavalry heard this sound, and their cheeks immediately stiffened. (To be continued......)