Chapter 281: Whale Swallows Six
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Sporadic gunfire rang out, and the regiments of green jackets that were half-crouching or standing and aiming kept firing dead bullets into the dense infantry lines of the Spaniards, and their first sniper targets were the brightly uniformed Spanish officers, followed by the artillerymen and organists who operated the artillery!
As for the line militia with the largest number of people, this group of stragglers didn't even bother to look at it!
The Green Jacket Rifle Regiment has the main force of the line infantry stepping forward behind it, and there is no worry that the Spanish cavalry on the opposite side dares to charge at this time, the Spanish cavalry may be able to slaughter the Green Jacket Rifle Regiment wantonly, but they will definitely be shot into a sieve by the group of line infantry behind!
That's why skirmishers often come forward with a line of infantry to shoot black guns!
If there is no follow-up attack by the line infantry, the stragglers who come forward to shoot black guns will definitely be cleared by the enemy cavalry team like autumn wind sweeping leaves!
With the astonishing hit rate of the Green Jacket Rifle Regiment 'showing', the Spanish commander was horrified to find that the artillery placed on the front line was no longer manned!
Even those organ gunners suffered heavy losses!
On the contrary, the Spanish officers, because they could easily hide in the piles of line infantry, suffered acceptable losses......
The Spanish commander can be said to be extremely jealous of this group of Han sharpshooters who can only shoot cold guns, if it weren't for the fact that the infantry battle line of the Han Guards was pressed up, he would have personally led the cavalry to kill all these 'cowards' who can only shoot cold guns!
As the line infantry of the Han Guards gradually approached the maximum range of the flintlock pistols on the opposite side, the Green Jacket Rifle Regiment had to retreat to the two wings and give way to the battlefield road in the middle!
One might wonder why not let the line infantry stop beyond the range of the opposite flintlock pistol to protect the stragglers and let them happily reap the lives of the opposing soldiers.
The reason is very simple, because the enemy is not stupid, the Han Guards stopped, they could have advanced a dozen steps and pulled the opposing stragglers into the range of flintlock guns......
However, the stragglers of the Green Jacket Rifle Regiment withdrew into the two wings, which did not mean that they had left the battlefield, and they would work in groups of several or a dozen people, constantly looking for opportunities to snipe Spanish soldiers on the periphery of the battlefield!
It may be difficult to kill those worthy targets on the periphery of the battlefield, but there is no problem in killing the worthless Spanish militia......
Of course, such sporadic casualties, for the huge Spanish army, even the morale is difficult to shake!
Most of the attention of the Spanish soldiers was focused on the Han Guards who were stepping in!
"Raise your gun!" With the order of the Spanish officer, the Spanish soldiers in the front row raised their flintlock pistols above their heads with a clatter!
"Ready!"
The Spanish soldier shouted along, passing the officer's command to the entire ranks, and at the same time raising the flintlock pistol in front of his eyes and aiming at the Han Guard, who was approaching!
"Fire!"
Bang bang bang......
With the first gunshot, the firing sound of the flintlock pistol resounded like a popping bean!
The misty white smoke suddenly enveloped the battle line of the Spaniards, because there were too many flintlock muskets firing at the same time, and the residue of black powder made many Spanish militiamen can't help but close their eyes, cover their mouths and cough lightly!
Of course, under the shroud of white smoke, aiming has also become a luxury, but for the flintlock pistol with no limits, as long as you aim in a general direction, anyway, if you aim at Zhang San for a long time, the person you hit is also likely to be Li Si......
The Spaniards made good use of their numerical superiority and avoided the problem of the militia's lack of combat experience, and the front row of the guns were all soldiers with war experience, and after they fired, they quickly handed the flintlock pistol to the soldiers behind them, and then took the loaded flintlock pistol, and continued to raise the gun - aim - fire under the command of the officer!
Behind every soldier who fired was at least two militiamen responsible for reloading ammunition!
This practice suddenly increased the average rate of fire of Spanish soldiers from 2 to 3 rounds a minute to a speed of one shot in more than ten seconds!
If you use free fire, you can get a slight increase in speed!
The Spaniards had already fired the first round of salvos at a distance of 100 meters, after the soldiers in the front row of the Han Guards fell, the soldiers standing in the back immediately replaced them, and continued to step forward, with the approach to the enemy, the infantry regiment behind had already narrowed the distance with the soldiers in the front row, and the original single horizontal phalanx was perfectly spliced into a large horizontal platoon gun array!
As the Spaniards fired their first round of guns, the few remaining organ cannons roared!
However, this thing is often just a force, and after firing more than a dozen rounds of ammunition in one go, just wait to reload gunpowder and projectiles one by one!
Therefore, the enemy with this weapon is more powerful in the defense of the city, rather than in the field!
In the field, even a well-trained organ gunner can shoot 2 or 3 rounds at most in a battle, but the power of the first salvo of this organ cannon is indeed quite amazing, and after the rows of organ cannons sounded, hundreds of people suddenly fell in the advance queue of the Han Guards!
I don't know how many times more lethal than the Spaniards' musket salvo!
However, the Spanish army, which was flooded with a large number of militias, had to change the order to free fire after three rounds of salvos, and the uneven quality of the soldiers made the gap between each salvo more and more wide, even if there were soldiers who were specially loaded with ammunition behind, the frequency of the salvo gradually became more than 20 seconds......
That's not as fast as a number of musketeers reloading their own guns!
70 meters, 60 meters, 50 meters......
The Spanish front-line commander looked at the Han Guards who were still marching forward with musket fire within 50 meters, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, this tactic made the Spanish commander who had been in the army for many years seem to remember something!
Along the way, the Han Guards have fallen thousands of soldiers, but the pace is not messy at all, and they continue to move forward!
This rhythm of calmly advancing with the musket made the Spanish soldiers appear a little panicked and confused, especially greatly affected the loading speed of the Spanish militia who loaded the ammunition behind, and even many people were so frightened that they repeatedly loaded the muskets wrong!
As a result, the Spaniards, who could have been able to fire muskets in rotation, began to frequently blew up the hall and shoot out the pressure rod......
The panic caused by the bombing deepened the shaking of the Spanish front, and by the time the first row of soldiers of the Han Guards stepped within 30 meters, the bullets fired by the Spanish front had been greatly reduced!
The Spanish front-line commander with a telescope swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty at the moment when the Han Guards stopped!