After thinking about it, he called the deputy battalion commander Ah Shui over:

"Ah Shui, among us, you have the best archery skills, you come to measure and report the reading."

The young man of the Li nationality, who had always been silent and had never relaxed his shooting training even as a battalion-level officer, did not say a word, first raised his hand and raised his thumb, and roughly estimated the distance between him and the Jin army formation on the opposite side: about 800 to 1,000 meters, which was within the range of the Qionghai rifle. So he looked down at the bullet pouch at his waist, and found a bullet with a green painted head, loaded it into the chamber, the butt of the gun was over the shoulder, the muzzle of the gun was raised at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and then the trigger was pulled.

With a "bang", a ball of fire spat out from the muzzle of the gun, and in the firelight, there was a green trail across the early morning sky, flying over the Houjin army formation with a glowing green light, and landing behind them. Although it did not hit any target, it showed that the other party was indeed within the maximum range of the Qionghai rifle - the bullet was a tracer bullet, which was specially used to mark the trajectory of the ballistic.

And Ah Shui is worthy of being a marksman, he only needs such a test firing to roughly judge the required parameters, and immediately reported two numbers. Xiao Lang and the other soldiers who were preparing to fire a salvo adjusted the sighting equipment on their guns according to this number, and then only needed to raise the rifle to align the muzzle crosshair with the sights, so that the bullets could fly to the predetermined area according to the established trajectory.

However, Xiao Lang did not immediately order an attack, but patiently observed the opponent's military formation with a telescope - he was waiting, waiting for the opponent's formation to finish and attack before he started. This gives the first two companies more time to build fortifications, and at the same time can deal the maximum blow to the opponent's will to fight.

Because the shot just now did not hurt anyone, it did not attract the special attention of the Houjin army. It is estimated that they didn't expect that the fire gun could hit so far at all, at most they just thought that someone here had gone off in advance. The Houjin army on the opposite side was still in order, arranging the attacking troops one by one. Xiao Lang, on the other hand, stared coldly at this qiē in the telescope, in his opinion, those Houjin troops were just a waste of time and body, and in the face of dense flying bullets, no formation worked.

At the same time, his telescope was repeatedly searching for their commanders under the banner of the other generals, Yue Tuo and Derg. In these years, the Admiral's outfit was always eye-catching, and his armor was the finest, which was the favorite target of Joan's naval snipers. If you can directly snipe the opponent's main general at the beginning of the battle, the chances of victory will increase a lot.

However, I don't know if it was because Xiao Lang was not familiar with the outfit of General Houjin, or because the other party followed Kong Youde's advice at this point, he actually failed to find out the two masters. There are a lot of well-armored armor and eye-catching decorations, but there are quite a few of them, not like a unique general, maybe a pro-guard or something.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, when the battle starts later, the more beautiful the armor, the more bullets will be attracted, and as long as they dare to get into range of the rifle, the result will be the same.

After waiting for a while, he finally heard the sound of a long horn from the side of the Houjin army, and the banner began to be displayed one after another, obviously doing the final work of recognizing the flag and preparing to attack. Xiao Lang looked at his two companies again, and the construction speed of the fortifications was a little slower than the usual training - the ground in Liaodong in December was already very hard, and it was quite difficult to dig. Fortunately, when the location of the battle line was originally selected, I found a place with more natural shelter such as tree stumps and mounds. Combined with improvised fortifications, it was enough to provide cover for the soldiers.

"Almost, let's blow the trumpet and prepare for battle."

Xiao Lang gave the order, and the bugler next to him immediately raised the military horn. Blow out a few short notes to inform the company infantrymen who are still working hard to finish their lives and prepare for battle.

And the salvo troops on Xiao Lang's side also raised their rifles one after another under Ah Shui's command, and raised the muzzle of the gun at an angle according to the predetermined parameters. Just wait for the commander to give the order. Including Xiao Lang himself, he also took out a bullet and lightly touched it on his lips. Then put it into the chamber:

"Fly, bullets!"

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With the bang

The Jin army, who was doing the final formation over there, looked up in amazement and looked at this side - such a large-scale salvo obviously couldn't have gone off the rails, and the opponent's firearms could really hit so far? You must know that even the artillery of this era, if it is not mounted on the head of the city, it is basically impossible to hit two miles away.

But what happened immediately shattered their confidence - almost without warning, people began to fall in the otherwise neat square, and only then did they hear the crackling sound of hard objects such as helmets and shields as if they had been hit by hail.

Soon the wounded who were not dead began to shout and scream, most of them were wounded in the head and upper body, even the helmets and metal armor made of pig iron could not withstand the bullets, and the wounds were very deep, and they kept splattering blood outwards, and sprayed them on the comrades around them who were lucky enough not to be hit, knowing that these infantry were huddled together, and they could not see the situation ahead. They only heard a series of thunderous explosions and saw that their companions were either dead or wounded! Even if you are completely safe and sound, it is impossible to be psychologically unaffected.

However, in the eyes of Xiao Lang, who was observing the results of the battle with a telescope on the opposite high slope, the effect of this round of shooting was not very good -- more than 200 people fired more than 200 bullets at a time, but there were only about 20 places where people fell to the ground and there was a commotion on the opposite side, and the probability of killing was only 1 in 10.

Moreover, the target of the blow is completely uncontrollable, and it is completely a matter of luck. In this round, it seems that the auxiliary team behind has suffered more casualties, and few of the armor and helmets in front have fallen.

"No wonder this thing was later canceled, and it was really unreliable...... What a waste of bullets. ”

Although he was not satisfied with the salvo effect, Xiao Lang still ordered a few more rounds of fire - anyway, everything was set, it was the work of reloading bullets. So the second salvo was quickly fired, and this time the other party was prepared, and Qi Brush raised a shield to cover his head. However, it was not easy for the wooden-clad iron-clad shield to block the bullets, and I saw that in a piece of fragments flying sideways, there were several depressions in the originally very tight formation of the Houjin army. And this time another war horse was hit, and when the tall horse fell down with a scream, the formation of the Houjin army obviously began to waver.

Although the actual casualties were not large, it was obviously not possible to be beaten simply like this, and the other side quickly responded - in the sound of whining horns, the first few platoons of soldiers in the front of the Houjin army shouted and began to advance slowly. They didn't walk fast - they were nearly a kilometer apart, and there was no point in running at this point except for wasting their bodies. Most of the people in the back were still standing in place, and the other party obviously didn't plan to pounce with all their might at the beginning, but wanted to test the quality of the Qiong Navy first. Even if it is hit by a preemptive strike from this side, it is unwilling to change its strategy.

And Xiao Lang didn't pay attention to the troops who had already moved, and still didn't hurry to shoot round after round of the immobile army formation behind him - he couldn't do it, this kind of curve shooting hit rate was not high. Almost no lethality against a scattered and moving enemy. You can only continue to fire at those guys who are standing in place. He hoped that in this way, the opponent's main formation would be forced to disperse or retreat - in which case it could easily turn into chaos or even collapse.

However, it backfired, even if a dozen or twenty fell from time to time, the large array of the Houjin army, which numbered several thousand people, always stayed in place, neither scattered nor retreated. Those who are looking forward to the telescope here can even see the knives and axes flashing in the opponent's array, hacking to death those who are injured and howling or running in panic. After a period of commotion, the army gradually calmed down. Although with every shot from this side, there will be a slight confusion in the opposing camp, but on the whole, this army formation itself is not moving at all, and there is no sign of panic and fear.

Several former members of the mechanical team who came with Xiao Lang next to him glanced at each other, and their faces were quite shocked:

"It's really elite, the Ming army has never seen anything like this."

But Xiao Lang didn't care:

"That is, the rifle salvo is not lethal enough, and if they can be so calm after a few shells, it is worth admiring."

After a few more rounds, seeing that the other party was still unmoved, Xiao Lang had to give the order to stop - at this time, those forward-advancing Houjin army forwards had already entered the range of five or six hundred meters, and the real battle was about to begin.

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Although the salvo ended, the gunfire did not stop, but it changed from neat to scattered - the optimal range of the standard Qionghai rifle is 200 meters, and the effective range is 400 meters. However, with a specially extended barrel and scope, some sharpshooters can accurately hit human targets at distances of 600 to 800 meters. At this time, as the Houjin army entered this range, the snipers attached to the troops began to exert their might.

The snipers' bursts were much more accurate than the salvos that had been a bit more accidental, and every shot was aimed at the target - flag-bearers, horseback riders, officers who looked like officers, and anyone who stood out in the crowd was a target.

In just a few moments, the banner of the vanguard of the Houjin army fell by half, and the few guys on the horses were also planted - some of them seemed to jump off their horses when they saw that the shape was not good, but this also affected morale. There seemed to be a few deserters at the edge of the formation, but they were quickly cut down by the rear overseers, and most of the attackers did not slow down, but rather accelerated.

However, as they got closer, the gunfire here became louder and denser, and after entering the six hundred meters, it was not only snipers equipped with special rifles who were firing, but also some ordinary soldiers with more accurate marksmanship began to shoot - anyway, the opponent's formation was dense, and even if they didn't hit the target targeted in the front row, the stray bullet was likely to find a home in a certain unlucky ghost in the back rows. (To be continued......) T