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The battle on the side of the Second Brigade also kicked off, and Zhou Peigong wanted to break through the defense line of the Mawei Army at any cost. He knew very well that if this horsetail army could not be defeated today, then the cofferdam of the imperial court would be completely swept away. In the future, wherever the Mawei army goes, it will surely look at the wind and fall.

Zhou Peigong sent all the 4,000 cavalry at once, and the 4,000 cavalry was overwhelming. The majesty of the impact of thousands of cavalry made the trained horsetail soldiers not calm, every day after such a scene, they rushed to their hearts and the ground trembled in the rumbling hooves of horses, but they also knew that at this time, as long as they showed a flaw, it would be the danger of annihilation, so although nervous and afraid, but still firmly held the rifle in their hands, in front of the sixty three-pounder gun positions, the gunners couldn't stop swallowing spit, nervously waiting for the arrival of the cavalry opposite.

The cavalry of the Qing army rushing in front of them will not be strong in their will to fight, after all, they are a team that has never fought before. But they had 4,000 cavalry, and there were more or less veterans among them, and at this moment, if they did not charge forward and relate to the next regardless of casualties, even if the second brigade formed a tight infantry phalanx, it would still be crushed. Therefore, no matter what army or war, even in an over-the-horizon war like the modern one, the bravery of the soldiers still comes first.

Now Zhou Peigong wanted to break through the enemy formation as soon as possible, and then use guò hand-to-hand combat to squeeze the main force of the Mawei Army with crowd tactics. The position of the Mawei Army has been arranged a long time ago, and there is also a deep and wide trench in front of the Mawei Army formation. It's just that this trench is covered with debris. The Qing army in the distance could not see it. On the east side of the trench were sixty three-pounder guns. The muzzle of the cannon was aimed at an open field to the west, and when the Qing cavalry rushed to a distance of two hundred meters, the commander of the artillery battalion immediately gave an order.

"Ignition, fire!"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

Hearing the order, the gunners immediately set fire to the guns, which had already been reloaded. There was a loud bang, and the cannonballs flew towards the Qing cavalry two hundred meters away. The three-pounder could also fire solid bullets, but they did not play much of a role in such a dense cavalry charge. Unless it is a twelve-pound or larger general's cannon, a three-pounder cannonball will not have a great lethal effect on cavalry. For example, the first brigade that is still going on now, the artillery arrays on both sides are bombarding, and the Qing army is firing all solid bullets, although the power cannot catch up with the flowering bullets of the Mawei army, but because the autumn is high and cool, the ground is quite dry, so the shooting effect of the Qing army's shells on the side of the Mawei army is also quite good. The shell shot straight all the way and fell to the ground, bouncing off seven or eight times. Several of them fell into the Mawei Army's formation, causing forty or fifty casualties among the soldiers. This thing is just dead if you touch it. If you are next to each other, you will die, otherwise the cannon will not be called the god of war.

The 60 three-pounder guns of the Second Brigade were all scattered bullets at this moment, and the scattered bullets fell overwhelmingly on the heads of the Qing cavalry, and a strip of nearly 200 meters long and 30 or 40 meters wide was covered by dense bullets. In this round, the dense bullets swept down more than 200 cavalry, and these fallen cavalry and war horses also blocked the Qing cavalry that was charging rapidly, and then some of them fell. The dead are also happy, and they don't know the pain when they fall off the horse, and they all rest. And the cavalry who did not die was miserable, first fell heavily to the ground, and then was trampled by the whistling war horses, and for a time the broken limbs and fragments were splashed, and the undead people and horses screamed on the ground, bearing the unbearable torture before death.

Many Qing cavalry wanted to disperse and run to both sides after the shelling, but now there is no safe place on the battlefield, and there is only one way to escape from the artillery bombardment, rushing to the enemy's approach, and these cannons are useless. Therefore, the vast majority of the Qing cavalry still gritted their teeth and rushed towards the artillery, trying to overturn the artillery. This is also what Zhou Peigong wants, after all, he gave the order to die.

After the first round of firing, the artillerymen were skillfully loaded with gunpowder, tamped, slightly aimed, and ignited. From the second gun, there is no need to pay attention to any salvo, as long as which gun is loaded with ammunition, it is directly ignited. The speed of the cavalry was really fast, and in the blink of an eye, the Qing cavalry rushed to a range of one hundred and fifty meters. At this distance, the soldiers of the Second Brigade, who had been waiting for a long time, were not polite, and the neat platoon of guns began to fire, and on a circle of positions, 500 rifles were fired at the same time, alternating in three stages, and an average of one bullet was fired every four seconds.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Originally, some of the Qing cavalry who had not recovered were suddenly hit hard by the Mini bullet, the Mini bullet may not have hit the Qing cavalry, in fact, the horsetail soldiers were not aimed at the Qing cavalry, at this time the target of the war horse on the battlefield was the largest, as long as the war horse was hit, the Qing cavalry on the war horse would inevitably fall. Therefore, this row of guns passed, and the Qing army that rushed to the forefront fell to the side, and for a time the cavalry units of the Qing army could not cross the range of 123 meters.

In less than thirty seconds, the sixty three-pounder guns that had finished the first round of artillery were reloaded and continued to spit shells at the Qing cavalry. Zhao Yuhou, the commander of the Second Brigade, saw the killing of the artillery, and jumped up the slope excitedly. But because the roar of the artillery was so loud, no one could hear what he was shouting. I just saw a big guy jumping up and down like a monkey on the side. It's just that at this time, the attention of the soldiers was on the cavalry of the Qing army, and everyone noticed him.

Now there is no need for the orders of the commander of the artillery battalion on the artillery position, and the artillerymen know what they have to do. They shouted trumpets and loaded ammunition. A cannon lit the fuse. Then the shells flew out again. Continuous charges. The Qing cavalry suffered heavy losses, and the Qing cavalry that pounced on them were faced with swarthy muzzles and neat rows of guns, plus corpses all over the ground. Those Qing cavalry who wanted to seize the artillery were also frightened, and there were already quite a few Qing cavalry pulling out their horses and fleeing to both sides.

After a few rounds of shelling, the Qing cavalry within the firing range had become sparse, and after firing these rounds of artillery, all the artillerymen could no longer hear the shouts of others, and even the figures of the adjacent gunners could not be seen clearly. The sound of the shelling and the sound of the neat row of guns were so deafening. At this moment, the entire battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and the ground shook. Zhou Peigong stood behind and watched his soldiers and horses begin to disintegrate, and the Qing generals in front of him did not have the courage to restrain them at all, and the only thing they could think of to survive in this rapid and dense artillery fire was to flee for their lives and leave this death zone as soon as possible.

Shells fell, bullets flew, killing many people, many horses. Zhou Peigong and the generals and soldiers around him also felt trembling in their hearts. In fact, in the rumbling cannons and the sound of explosive gunfire, many people couldn't control the war horses under them. The horses were frantically agitated and neighed in the midst of loud noises and vibrations. I want to throw the knight off my horse. No matter how many battles you have experienced, no matter how tenacious your nerves are, you can't cope with such a scene. At this moment, everyone was desperately dodging towards the rear away from the shelling, and the entire Qing army was already in chaos.

The dust stirred up by the galloping horses and the smoke of gunpowder drifting from the artillery positions of the Mawei Army obscured the sight of all the qiē, making all the qiē blurred. Those Qing soldiers on the battlefield seemed to be in a dream, but that was a real nightmare.

"Stop! Stop! Stop! "Because he couldn't hear the shouting at all, the commander of the artillery battalion kicked and beat his men to stop shooting. The bunnies were too excited, and if they continued to shoot like this, the barrel would be overheated, and if they continued, it would be a waste of ammunition, because it would be difficult for the enemy within range to survive. When the sound of the artillery stopped, everyone felt that the battlefield was extremely quiet, but in fact it was not quiet, but everyone's ears were temporarily deaf from the shelling. The wind on the battlefield also grew stronger, and the smoke of the shelling and the flying dust slowly dispersed.

The officers and men of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Division of the Mawei Army all stared blankly ahead, only to see that all the corpses within the scope of the shelling were corpses, and even the complete corpses could not be seen, more than half of these were the effects of the shelling, and the other half were the achievements of the soldiers in platoning guns, and the other Qing cavalry that had escaped the shelling and rifle shooting had all broken and fled. The Qing cavalry that fell to the ground had at least 2,000 cavalry, it should be said that it was close to 3,000, and the remaining Qing cavalry was no longer many, and it was still broken in courage, and it no longer had the courage to continue to charge into battle. These people are also on the battlefield for the first time, and they should never have thought that the battlefield is so cruel. It is estimated that even if these people flee back to the capital, they will be useless in the future, and an army that has been defeated is not an army at all.

It can be said that the effect of this shelling is indeed too great. In the past, the Hi Ayu soldiers looked down on these three-pounder guns, thinking that those cannons of more than eight pounds and twelve potons could really be called cannons, but now, today's artillery bombardment is completely a quantitative change to a qualitative change, and these sixty three-pounder cannons also let the soldiers of the Mawei Army see what is called the power of artillery concentration. Therefore, after a brief loss of consciousness, the battalions of the Second Brigade suddenly erupted in fiery cheers. The cheers lasted forever and resounded in the sky!

"Brigadier Commander! I didn't expect this three-pounder cannon to be so powerful, it's really powerful! This close-range shot shot swept away a large area! Zhao Gang, chief of staff of the Second Brigade, shouted excitedly at Zhao Yuhou that the shelling had stopped for a while, but the ears of the two were still buzzing, and they spoke loudly unconsciously.

"It's amazing, this artillery fire is dense, it's like setting up a forbidden area of life!" He nodded. At the same time, he suddenly realized something, turned around and shouted at the three hundred cavalry under the slope: "What are the cavalry still doing there?" Why can't you get it yet? What to see lively? ”

In fact, Zhao Yuhou at this time was a little nitpicky at this time. Although the place where the three hundred cavalry stood was not leaning against the edge of the artillery array, the war horses were still frightened, and they wanted to pacify the horses in the shelling just now, so they had just lined up until now. The number of this part of the cavalry is smaller, and the 300 cavalry on the side of the 3rd Brigade is the same as the Mawei Army's defeat of the Minbaxi Department captured and captured, these 300 cavalry were still Qing troops five days ago, but at this time they became the Mawei Army. Jin Yinghu of the Fourth Division is not afraid that these people will defect again, at this time, it is useless to defect, the Mawei Army has been watching them, and now these are all disrupted and reorganized, no one in the team knows each other, and the cavalry only knows the captain of their own team.

With the sound of a long whistle, the cavalry on the side of the three hundred horsetail army also began to move, and the soldiers and artillerymen of the second brigade of infantry cheered and waved their arms at them, and the cavalry team also continued to erupt in bursts of cheers. They seem to have begun to integrate into this army, and the strength of the Mawei Army has left them with unforgettable memories, and now they have begun to feel proud to be a member of the Mawei Army. This must be the strongest army in the world, and he will be a member of the strong army in the future!

"Charge!" The captain of the cavalry unit roared.

A wave of voices immediately sounded in the cavalry ranks: "Wan Sheng!" ”

The trumpeter blew the trumpet of the charge, and there was another shocking cheer, and the entire cavalry unit burst out with their strongest voice at the same moment. The three hundred cavalry seemed to be a small number, but they formed a torrent as they rushed through. Three hundred people pursued more than a thousand, and the number of people was at a disadvantage, but the morale of one side was bursting, the morale of one side fell to the bottom, one side was moving forward bravely, and the other side was like a lost dog, and there was no courage to fight back at all, and the victory or defeat was decided the moment the mystery escaped.

At this time, the cavalry held down the speed of the horses and trotted, the queue continued to expand, and the squads behind were also pulled to the first line, scattered into a fan-shaped formation and pursued the Qing army. And the distance between the cavalry and the cavalry was also four or five paces, which allowed the cavalry to wield their weapons comfortably. In fact, the Qing cavalry troops were also like this when they charged before, but the array of cavalry, the running and movement of people and horses under their crotches, the momentum was far more than the same number, or even several times that of this number of infantry charges. This earth-shattering momentum, surging oppression, although it can't be compared with the previous Qing army's 4,000 cavalry, but it is also quite shocking. (To be continued......)