Chapter 106: The strange tactics of the Mohicans
Disheveled! Disheveled!
The ranks on the side of the British began to advance slowly, which brought a great sense of oppression to the Mohicans.
If it weren't for the fact that the black bear had been pressing, the Mohican warriors would probably have rushed out of the city with their weapons in their arms as before.
After all, they were trained by Zhao Hongyu, and these Mohicans began to receive military training from Manhattan Island since they got their arquebuses.
At that time, after Zhao Hongyu's military parade, the shock to those Mohican elders was too great.
Under the repeated attacks of the five-stage shots, the power caused by those Mohican elders was really visible to them. Therefore, they strongly asked Zhao Hongyu to teach them and also learn this new method of warfare.
In this way, Zhao Hongyu taught them for two months.
Therefore, the Mohican people also learned the five-stage archery technique that Zhao Hongyu made.
It's just that whether it works or not, it's time to test it.
Steady! First row ready!
The black bear tries to give the right orders as much as he did during training.
The Mohican warriors also obeyed the black bear's orders and began to prepare in rows.
The gunners sent by Zhang Tie came to the front with four 8-pounder guns, cleaned the chambers and loaded the gunpowder. Then he stabbed it with a large wooden stick and loaded the chain bullet into it.
The lead was placed in the lead port behind the gun, and the gunners stepped back.
A genetic man holding a torch lowered his arm and lit the fuse.
Zizizizi!
A burst of cyan gunpowder smoke rose, and there was a loud bang of 'Peng'. The chain bullet swirled and flew out, and shot out of the barrel and rushed towards the British, who were slowly advancing on the opposite side.
Hmm~Wow!
Click!
The artillery of this era could only shoot straight lines, and it was simply impossible to shoot elevation angles as it did in the 19th century.
At the same time, in this era, whether it is a musket or an artillery, a cannonball or a buckshot will be much more biased after it is shot out.
That's why the accuracy rate is not high.
Fortunately, the artillery was less of a problem, so the Mohicans' shells accurately rushed into the British checkered formation, knocking down all the people it could encounter, and leaving them on the ground with broken hands and feet.
Clean up the chamber!
Prepare gunpowder!
Load the shells!
The Gene Man gunners continued to operate in an orderly manner.
Damn, how could these natives have artillery!
The British soldiers, who were advancing on the Mohicans, cursed in their hearts.
For a while, their morale was reduced a lot, and they were not as fanatical as before.
First row! Shoot!
Bang! Bang! Phew!
The warriors of Mohican, as soon as the British advanced to a distance of a hundred meters, began to fire the fuses of the arquebus.
Originally, according to the theory, arquebuses had to be fired when both sides were close to a distance of 20 meters, taking into account the problem of accuracy. But the Mohican warriors were numerous, and each man had an arquebus.
At the same time, he also learned the five-stage archery technique taught by Zhao Hongyu, so Zhao Hongyu felt that he could make up for the problem of too low accuracy.
Therefore, he instructed the black bear to open fire at a hundred meters when fighting the British.
If you just start firing, you can't stop, you have to keep shooting in turns.
Only in this way can the Brit be given the greatest and most effective damage.
Compared to the battle between Zhao Hongyu and the Mayflower sailors, the performance of the Mohican warriors was still very good.
may be due to the relationship between the strong and the large number of people, and under the intensive shooting, it really hit a few unlucky Brits.
Don't be nervous, the second team goes up, the first team retreats to reload ammunition and clean the barrels! …,
The black bear kept himself cold and gave orders.
The musketeers of the second platoon trotted up, set up the arquebuses on wooden shelves, and lit the fuses.
Older arquebuses did not have a trigger, because as long as the lead was stained with black powder in the barrel, then the lead bullet could be fired.
Only after the flintlock pistol appeared, did the trigger appear on the gun.
After all, to load the flint on the firing device, you need a trigger to pull it.
Bang! Bang! Woohoo!
Bursts of cyan smoke rose in front of the Mohicans.
At this time, there were still 80 meters above the distance, and the black bear silently calculated in his heart.
The rear row does not move, and after the fighters in front shoot, return to the rear of the reload on their own!
The Black Bear adopted the 'back wave' rolling method that Zhao Hongyu had taught him to deal with the Britons who pressed up.
This method is very simple, that is, on the basis of the five-stage shooting, take the front soldier to shoot and then return to the rear, constantly retreat from a small distance, and extend the shooting time from the enemy to destroy the enemy.
Originally, this method did not exist in history, but Zhao Hongyu created it in this war.
In fact, he himself did not know whether the Dao was useful or not, but after Wang Shan and Lamour's calculations, this method should have been useful in 1620.
Therefore, Zhao Hongyu taught the black bear to deal with the British.
Judging from the current situation on the battlefield, it is quite useful for the time being.
The British advanced slowly, and the Mohicans retreated from a small distance, while maintaining their formation. The formation of the five-stage shooting has been held steadily, and the fighters of Mohican have become more and more proficient.
The distance between the British and the Mohicans was always 80 meters away.
This gave the attacking side of the British a bit of a headache.
If they can't make contact with the Mohicans, they're going to be a fart!
And it was the first time they had encountered such a tactic, and they were really a little confused, and they didn't know how to deal with it.
The artillery on the Mohican side was constantly firing shells, and every shot made the British panic.
Davide, who was in the back, saw this happening, and his eyelids twitched.
It's hard to imagine that these natives still have such means.
Five minutes had passed since the battle, and his own phalanx had not yet approached the Mohicans, much to Davide's disappointment.
How can these damn natives be so good at using arquebuses?
Davide immediately saw the advantages of this five-stage archery technique, and in addition to the enemy's constant retreat and the distance from his own forward, he did not make contact with it at all, which was completely consuming his own strength and morale.
As a soldier, although Davide has such and such shortcomings, he has a strong talent for military sensitivity.
It was decided that this could not be done, otherwise the losses of your own soldiers would be very large.
He saw the plans of the Mohicans, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.
So, he quickly made adjustments.
"Order the soldiers to charge, the enemy does not want to fight us hand-to-hand! Then I just want to fight with them hand-to-hand, and I must not be led by the nose by them! ”
Yes, since the start of the war in the past five minutes, Davide and they have been led by the nose by the Mohicans, and the initiative on the battlefield has been controlled by the Mohicans.
It's a no-no!
Davide saw the clue, so he had to react and get his troops out of this state.
Yes, my lord!
The adjutant on the side answered, then turned and rode away.
Soon, bursts of drums came from the rear to the battlefield.
"Charge!" …,
The British soldiers, lined up in a neat formation, immediately began to charge at the Mohicans after hearing the beat of drums coming from behind.
In this era, sometimes it is not only the heralds who shout on the battlefield, but sometimes the military band in the rear can also be used as an important way to convey the message of the command.
Every European army in this era would bring those drummers with its own troops, and this method was not abandoned until more than 100 years later, during the Seven Years' War.
Before the British charged, the artillery behind them was firing non-stop.
It's just that compared to the artillery of the Mohicans, the British artillery caused less damage to the Mohicans.
Get ready! Meet the enemy!
Looking at those rushing over, the black bear shouted loudly.
The Mohican warriors, who were reloaded with ammunition in the rear, put down their arquebuses, drew their machetes and cross-axes and rushed forward.
However, they did not rush forward recklessly, but waited until the arquebusiers in front of them continued to shoot two more rounds before rushing forward.
The British did not press down with all their troops, and this wave of attacks came only a small phalanx of 500 men.
It was also a tentative attack to see how powerful the Mohicans were.
If the Mohicans were vulnerable, then Davide would have pressed down on his entire force.
But now that it's happening, Davide won't do it too much.
A thousand Mohican warriors rushed out to deal with the small Anglo army, which had been crippled, which was a breeze.
With just a charge, the tentative little force of the British retreated. All that was left was corpses and severed limbs.
Of the entire team of 500 people, only a dozen people were able to escape.
This brigade, so to speak, has already been destroyed.
Davide had to reassess the Mohicans' prowess of war, and he felt that he and the other officers were very wrong in estimating the Mohicans by the Indians of Virginia.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!!
After the British pushed down, the Mohican warriors did not chase after them, they stopped very disciplinedly. It's just that in the middle of the battlefield where the two armies are fighting, waving the weapons in their hands at the British, they constantly make a provocation with a constant 'oh oh oh' sound.
Other Mohican warriors walked up to the British soldiers who had fallen from their wounds on the battlefield, leaned down and cut their throats with sharp daggers, ignoring the blood spurting from their throats, and continued to cut off their scalps and raise them high.
What a bunch of savages!
Davide narrowed his eyes and muttered hatefully.
Could it be that these Mohicans have the support of the French behind them?
In Davide's opinion, since these Mohicans had so many arquebuses, and learned how to use them, and how they fought in a strange way, they must have been done by the Frenchmen in the north. (To be continued.)
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