Chapter 203: General Attack (3)
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Round after round, in the bursts of white smoke, rows of bullets sprayed out, streams of blood mist shot out, and one by one the blood and flesh of the Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and they threw themselves on the ground in various postures, howling and rolling in an inhuman shape.
The gunshots rang out incessantly, the flickering fires were connected in a line, and more and more gunpowder smoke was spewed out, forming a denser and denser white smoke zone. Whether it is the rate of fire, or the power, and even the density of the arrangement of the musketeers, the flintlock pistol is several times higher than the bird's gun, making it difficult for the Qing soldiers to resist.
The explosion of the musket seemed to be close at hand, the dense gunfire did not stop, the Qing soldiers were constantly knocked down, the array became more and more sparse, and the indescribable intensity of fire blinded them. It turned out that there were still some levels of multi-stage attacks that became chaotic, and the wails of the wounded soldiers who kept falling around them made the Qing soldiers even more scrambling. Obviously, the Qing soldiers did not have this kind of combat experience of shooting face-to-face and shooting in line.
Of course, the Ming army did not have much experience in shooting, but the Qing army's increasingly sparse counterattack gave them greater courage and fighting spirit. If you are fighting against an army with the same equipment and similar firepower, the pressure may be much greater, and the results may be different. But for now, no Qing army has been able to take advantage of the Ming army in musket fire.
"Onward - Shoot!"
The roar of the officers and the change of drums and trumpets urged the array of the Ming army. Rows of musketeers walked out of the white smoke, like demons in the fog appeared in front of the Qing army again, stopped and raised their guns, the fire burst out, the bullets were fired, and they hit the Qing army more accurately.
Step by step oppression. Death step by step. The Ming army was able to advance with muskets and bows, was able to endure casualties, and was able to completely suppress the enemy with the superiority of fire when they approached fifty paces, and victory beckoned them.
There are many Ming soldiers, the Ming army is well equipped, the Ming army has strong firepower, the Ming army's battle formation is rigorous and stable, and the Ming army's main attack is the elite; The Qing army was at a disadvantage, and the Qing army's equipment was complicated and backward. The firepower of the Qing army was inferior to the Ming army, the Qing army was not familiar with the Ming army's fighting style, the Qing army's battle formation was in chaos, and the Qing army was defeated......
Boom, boom, boom...... The artillery of the Ming army began to approach and fire, and the Francos spewed out a dense rain of shotguns, and the sky cannon threw explosive shells into the enemy group. The Qing soldiers, who had been beaten in confusion and discouraged by the musket fire, could no longer hold on. Back off, back off. The corpses and pools of blood retreated back and forth, and finally irrepressibly turned into a rout.
The layered blows showed great power, and the persistence also showed results. The front of the Qing army was swept by musket fire and Franc machines, the middle was the bombardment range of the Sky Cannon, and the back was the range of the Tianwei Cannon. This made the reinforcements of the Qing army weak and the morale of the army wavered. The formation is chaotic, and when the opponent gives a force, it will easily have the effect of pushing dominoes.
Defeated, defeated, there is no clear army shouting loudly. But that's what I thought in my heart. Under the pressure of the Ming army's firepower and the stimulation of the screams of the falling comrades, the rear of the Qing army once again evolved into a process of vacillation, retreat, and rout.
The advance speed of the Ming army is accelerating, the original few steps stop and one gun, now more than a dozen steps stop and shoot again, but the drum and horn of the charge no longer sounded.
The victory on the battlefield has been irreversible, which Wei Junzhong saw very clearly, the white-bladed charge can indeed defeat the enemy faster, but the battle formation is bound to be loose, the cavalry of the Qing army has not yet been dispatched, and the counterattack must be guarded against. The order was still being issued, and the Ming army's Francos and sky-bombing cannons gradually fell silent, only the volleys of muskets drove and killed the Qing army, trampling on blood and corpses, and the Ming army pressed forward step by step.
In the thunderous hooves, with the panic and screams of the rout, the cavalry of the Qing army finally dispatched. Mulima did not press all the capital, and it was Geng Fan's cavalry that charged first, followed by the Manmeng Eight Cavalry with 500 charges. Using Geng Fan's cavalry as a test, success will be pressed to expand the results of the battle, and defeat will be retreated to preserve strength, Mulima has realized that with less than 2,000 cavalry alone, even if he can kill and wound more Ming troops, and even defeat the middle battle formation in front of it, it will be difficult to reverse the shape of the entire battlefield.
Very simply, the strength of the Ming army has an absolute advantage, and at present it is only engaged in the front formation, and the rear formation is not only strictly organized, but also unscathed. Like the Qing army, it is possible to use the rout to break all the enemy's battle formations, but it is very slim.
And it is not surprising that the battle formation in the middle of the Ming army is prominent again, in terms of soldiers, they are elite; In terms of firepower, they are also stronger than the left and right wings. Now the entire front is fighting, and the cavalry of the Qing army at this time will not be subjected to cross-fire attacks for the time being, and will only have to withstand the blocking and blocking of the middle battle formation.
Countless smoke and dust and mud exploded, and more than a thousand iron horsemen trampled on their own rout, and rushed diagonally to the left side of the middle phalanx of the Ming army.
The whistle and the golden drum had already sounded rapidly, and the Ming army's battle formation stopped, making adjustments, and the two rows of bayonets were obliquely and flat, and they were in front of the battle formation.
Two hundred paces, one hundred and fifty steps, the earth shook, and with it a louder roar. The Franc machine and the sky-bombing cannon, which had been silent for a long time, were prepared for the cavalry of the Qing army, and the direction had been adjusted to fire at the galloping cavalry.
In the thunderclap of cannons, thick smoke continued to rise, and the Qing horses and horses rushing in front fell down one after another; A hail of bullets roared out of the chamber, and people and horses spewed out streams of blood, killing or wounding.
The men and horses howled miserably, the flesh and blood splashed, and the artillery of the Ming army fired at full speed, without reservation, drowning the enemy cavalry in the smoke and dust in the thicker smoke and dust.
Sparse arrows were shot from the smoke and dust, and then the enemy cavalry rushed out of the smoke and dust, and the shouts and screams of fear were overcome, and the cavalry that survived the artillery fire continued to charge towards the Ming army's formation.
"Fire!"
A cloud of white smoke suddenly rose in front of the Ming army's battle formation, and most of the sound was covered by the screams of men and horses and the screams of death, the first row finished firing, retreated, the second row took muskets to fill the position and fired, and then retreated, and the third row followed.
The sound of war drums, shouts of killing shook the sky, the sound of guns and cannons was deafening, and the Qing cavalry also shot arrows, and both sides were constantly bleeding casualties.
For the Qing army, the rush into battle was bound to suffer casualties, and they were mentally prepared for this. But as long as the gap is broken and the enemy is thrown into panic and confusion, the cavalry versus the infantry is a slaughtering battle.
The Ming army, on the other hand, had to make every effort to maintain the strict order of the battle formation, block the enemy's cavalry charge in front of the formation, and exert the power of artillery and muskets to consume the enemy cavalry.
The Francophone ran out of guns at full speed, and the speed of the Qing cavalry was affected; The explosion not only killed and injured the enemy, but also disturbed the horses with flashes and loud noises, and the formation of the Qing cavalry was no longer complete, and even chaos appeared.
…………… (To be continued......)