Chapter 1444: This Party and the Other Party
As soon as the cannon landed, the flying pieces of earth and stone were like shotguns, and the people and horses at close range were all beaten into a sieve, and then bounced up, and it was another bloody road.
It is only said that four rounds of shelling are too monotonous, and these four rounds of shelling are one hundred and thirteen guns, each of which has fired four times, and the shelling has been fired nearly five hundred times, and from the beginning of the shelling to the present, the thunder has been continuous.
In the midst of it, thunder rings in your ears, you watch your companions scream, the horses neigh, but you can't hear clearly, you only see flesh flying, warm flesh and blood splashing on your faces, and the bodies of people and horses are punched out, twisted and broken, a scene that can only be experienced in the deepest nightmares, or even imagined.
But at this moment, I realized that this was hell, and the hell that shamans and monks talked about, and even the hell they described was not necessarily so miserable.
Is he fighting with someone or not, is this an illusion, how can there be such a firearm, everyone has seen it when the Ming army is bombarded, but what is it in front of you?
When there is not much beyond common sense, people can accept it, when there are too many exceedances, people's spirit will collapse, as cavalry are elite backbones, experienced life and death battles, but in such artillery bombardment, some people collapsed and went crazy on the spot, crying and laughing regardless of the horse, and were overturned to the ground by their own mounts, some people rushed forward, others were fleeing, he sent himself to the blood, fire and hell, and some people looked at their companions with knives.
There are a lot of people who are crazy and crazy, and more people are scared of their courage, the only choice at this time is to escape, leave this Shura Hell, don't be caught up by this damn shelling, escape, no matter what is waiting for them behind them is military law or what, I would rather die in the fall of the Overseer than die in such a terrifying and terrible place.
Whoever stops in front of him is an enemy, whoever delays his escape is an enemy, even if it is a brother or relative, even if it is life and death, he must wave a knife at each other.
The cavalry charge is for the sake of killing and destroying, in order to shake the enemy formation, the distance between the cavalry and the cavalry is very close, although this kind of running is not fast, but it can make the impact and shock reach the maximum, in this relatively narrow battlefield, the formation of the cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchen Brigade is extraordinarily dense, there is nothing wrong with this, qualified generals will make such arrangements, but under such artillery fire, this is a disaster.
Heavy casualties were inevitable, followed by the difficulty of retreating and fleeing, crowded with each other, fratricidal and fratricidal, and the pause brought by this entanglement gave the artillery time to reload.
Shells fell, heavy casualties, confusion, entanglement, artillery reloading, fire again!
The ground shook the mountains, the thunder roared, and the battlefield was full of death and fighting, but all of this was in the cavalry formation of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Zhao family army was very quiet on this side, only the artillery positions were in full swing.
The battalion in charge of the artillery array was going to the artillery men who were in charge of each artillery, everyone was sweating profusely, everyone was shouting, because in the roar of artillery, no one could hear the words of the people around them, so they could only shout, in fact, in order to prevent their ears from being deafened by the sound of artillery, everyone blocked their ears with cotton wool, and everyone wanted to shout and shout because of excitement and venting.
At a distance of hundreds of paces, the details can no longer be seen clearly, and thousands of steps away, it is even more blurry, but every artilleryman knows that every shell he fires will take the life of the enemy and cause damage to the enemy, and this battle is won by artillery!
If it were on other battlefields, relying solely on artillery bombardment, there would be no such casualties and results, but in the current terrain, the Jianzhou Jurchens piled up so many men and horses at one time in order to win, and laid out such a dense formation, but it was the appetite for artillery.
It's like sharpening the knife on one side, washing the pigs and sheep and sending them up, it sounds incredible, but in fact it is the gap between the tactics of the two sides, the Jianzhou Jurchen uses a stronger Ming army to measure the Zhao family's army, or to judge the Zhao family's army by their own level, they think they think they look high, they think they have paid enough attention to the enemy, but they didn't expect that the strength of the Zhao family's army is far beyond their imagination.
The sky was still overcast, but the thunder gradually fell down, even if it was a good gun cast in Xuzhou, such a quick loading and firing would also make the gun body hot, and it was necessary to pause the cooling before continuing to fire.
The artillerymen naturally understood this truth, but they also knew that if they fired at the normal frequency, the enemy cavalry was likely to flee and disperse in advance, although the artillery could raise the firing angle to increase the firing range, but after all, this has a limit, and raising the firing angle will reduce the firing frequency, which will allow the enemy to escape.
The positions of the Zhao family army are in turmoil everywhere, not because they can't hold their breath, but because they don't move for too long, the cold affects their vitality, not only the horses need to warm up, but also the people, the regiments give orders layer by layer, so that the soldiers can stand still, or move forward, and the cavalry is changing formations, at this time the battlefield situation has already allowed the Zhao family army brigade to press forward, and by now, the fire gun array has moved forward more than fifty steps, and the ones behind must keep up.
But even if you take more than 50 steps forward, there is still no enemy within the range of the firearm!
At present, only the twelve-pounder and sixteen-pounder guns are still firing, and the heavy cannon loading is more time-consuming and laborious than the light cannon, and no matter how fast it is accelerated, it is freezing at this time, and the time to clean the chamber and reload the gun is enough to cool the gun body, so it can fire so continuously.
There are only fifteen heavy artillery, but the range of these fifteen guns can cover the entire Jianzhou Jurchen position, from the cavalry brigade in front to the reserve in the back, all within the range of heavy artillery, but from the beginning, the heavy artillery controlled the fire, and what the Zhao family's artillery pursued was not to repel the enemy, but to kill and injure as many enemy troops as possible, as for victory, the Zhao family army was not worried about victory from the beginning, but worried about whether it would win enough.
But the firing of these fifteen guns made the collapse of the Jianzhou Jurchen Brigade irreversible, and these fifteen guns rang out at most four at the same time, and sometimes only one cannon sounded, but the shells always fell in the places where the Jianzhou Jurchen Brigade was crowded, which made them dare not form a formation at all, and they were always retreating.
The artillery position is still in full swing, the heat emitted by the artillery body makes it have enough temperature here, the soldiers soak it in the snow with a damp cloth, and then wipe the gun body over and over again, the heat is steaming, and the rapid opening of the gun body just now is hot, and the temperature cannot be lowered for a while.
"If our big artillery is so open, it will definitely explode, why is his Zhao family's army so strong......"
Chen Jisheng, Zhang Pan and others have been watching the battle, but at this time, the only thing that can move in the battle formation of the Zhao family army is artillery, and they began to look at the eyebrows and dance, but they were frightened when they saw it, Daming's artillery fired at a low frequency, although the soldiers were not skilled enough, and it was not easy to reset the artillery, but improper charging and firing too fast were easy to lead to explosions.
But the artillery of the Zhao family army didn't seem to have this scruples, so they didn't care about the rapid reloading, quick fire, the first three or four guns were fine, and when they came later, those people who watched the formation subconsciously avoided it, even if their location would not be affected, they always asked for peace of mind.
In this way, after nine and ten cannons, more than 100 artillery pieces were safe and sound, and they felt shocked and incredible while breathing a sigh of relief.
"Don't you see? Those artillerymen are not afraid at all, and they are not afraid of their own lives, even if there must be brave men under the heavy reward, they will not be like this"
"As long as it is an artifact, how can it be foolproof, I am afraid that General Chen is not afraid of the artillery explosion, look at the posture of this thunderbolt, even if a few cannons are blown up, the rest can defeat the Tartars"
You say a word, each has a different opinion, but the analysis of Zhao Jiajun's artillery is very thorough, since the Xuzhou Iron Factory has a reverberatory furnace, high-quality wrought iron is produced in large quantities, the weight of the artillery has become lighter, the strength has become larger, and the craftsman hall marching method, from the ore screening into the furnace to the casting of artillery, every link is rigorous and abnormal, in strict accordance with the standard implementation, without a trace of ambiguity, and so on after the artillery leaves the factory to test firing inspection, there are such excellent materials, there is such a rigorous process, The artillery produced naturally will not have the problems of the Ming Dynasty.
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Where the military commander flag of the Jianzhou Jurchen was located, a slightly higher place was selected, which was also a common practice for marching and arranging.
Amin, Zilharang and Yueto were in the center, surrounded by guards and herald cavalry, making arrangements and adjustments to the battlefield at any time.
When the cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchen's brigade rushed forward, and the cannon had not yet sounded, as they approached, the cavalry in the front kept turning around to report the situation, estimating that the distance between them was almost three hundred paces, Amin turned his head and said to Yue Tuo: "According to what I said before, you take your men and horses to attack the enemy's flank!" ”
There is still a sparse sound of artillery in the distance, the previous Jianzhou Jurchen generals showed caution, but at this time they were a little relaxed, the cavalry and approached to the front of the ground three hundred steps, as long as it is launched, it is the dam collapse, the flood is surging, and those who stand in front will be washed away and submerged, attacking the flank in such a situation, it is the icing on the cake, there is no merit and no risk.
"Yes!" Yue Tuo agreed loudly, turned around and got on his horse, and walked towards the headquarters.
The situation in front of him is very good, no matter how you look at it, there is no risk, but Amin is still very cautious, after all, this is a battle of nearly 100,000 horses, for the Jianzhou Jurchen, this is already a decisive battle, no matter what, it cannot be taken lightly.
When the order to charge was given, the cavalry of the brigade poured out, Amin breathed a sigh of relief, until now, there will be no suspense about victory or defeat, Amin in the white mountains and black waters, in the vast grassland, in the vast wilderness, have fought, he is either in the midst of thousands of troops, or in the face of thousands of horses, he knows very well what kind of power this charge of thousands of horses has, under that kind of power, no matter how strong you are in front of the blockade, it will be crushed.