In the blink of an eye, the artillery battle had already lasted more than a quarter of an hour.

Sony has high hopes for the Green Battalion's artillery countermeasures.

However, the harsh reality soon dealt him a heavy blow.

Because Sony found that the shelling of the Green Battalion did not cause much damage to the Ming artillery.

After more than a quarter of an hour of shelling, the more than 1,700 cannons of the Green Battalion fired at least more than 10,000 solid iron bullets at the artillery positions of the Ming army, but the killing effect was not ideal.

There were many artillery soldiers of the Ming army who were killed and wounded, not to mention thousands of people.

However, the number of artillery pieces destroyed by the Ming army was not much, at most only a few dozen.

The cunning Ming army prepared wheels, gun mounts and other parts in advance, and replaced them in time once they were damaged, so as long as they were not damaged in key parts, they could be repaired quickly.

So the artillery fire of the Ming army was almost undamaged.

However, the Qing army suffered more than 5,000 casualties on the side of the Eight Banners.

This is still under the premise that Sony ordered the expansion of the formation.

If it hadn't been for the expansion of the formation and the fact that it had become more sparse, the casualties of the Eight Banners Manchuria would have at least doubled.

Even so, from the beginning to the present, the Eight Banners Manchuria has suffered more than 10,000 casualties.

The damned artillery of the Ming army only fought with the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and most of the shells hit the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the number of shells that fell on other phalanxes was very small.

On the other hand, the casualties of the Ming army were not large.

The number of artillery in the Ming army has not been substantially reduced.

"General, you can't go on like this!" Suke Saha said sharply, "The artillery of the Ming army is so insidious, it is dedicated to the warriors of our Eight Banners Manchuria, and the artillery of the Green Battalion can't suppress the artillery of the Ming Dog at all, and if it continues to be consumed like this, the warriors of the two yellow flags, two red flags and two blue flags will be killed and wounded!" ”

"I know." Sonny scolded with a dark face.

"I don't need you to remind General Ben of this."

Speaking of this, a fierce look flashed in Sony's eyes.

……

Li Zicheng was also very surprised by the result of the artillery battle.

"How so?" Li Zicheng was stunned and said, "Ming Jun doesn't play cards according to the rules?" ”

"Yes, isn't the Ming army messing around?" Song Xiance also frowned and said, "Jiannu's artillery is bombarding the artillery position of the Ming army, but the artillery of the Ming army actually doesn't want to counter Jiannu's artillery, but instead aims the cannon at the Chinese army of Jiannu from beginning to end. ”

"Capture the thief and capture the king first." Gu Junen said in a deep voice.

"This tactic of the Ming army's artillery is amazing."

"Capture the thief and capture the king first?" Li Zicheng was thoughtful.

Gu Junen said again: "Because Chongzhen knows very well that as long as the Eight Banners Manchuria of the Jiannu Chinese Army is defeated, the remaining Green Battalion, the Eight Banners Han Army, the Eight Banners Mongolia, the Outer Domain Mongolia and Lian Yong are not to worry at all, they can be defeated in a flash, the Jurchens are the foundation of Jiannu, and once the Jurchens die, Jiannu will be finished." ”

Song Xiance said awe-inspiringly: "So Chongzhen is quite insidious? ”

"This belongs to Yang Mou." Gu Junen shook his head and said, "It's not a conspiracy." ”

Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "So Jiannu has no way to crack it at all?" ”

"Yes, this one can't be cracked." Gu Junen nodded, "So if nothing else, Jiannu will soon be forced to launch a strong attack......

As he was speaking, the sound of trumpets and war drums in the Jiannu array began again.

Immediately afterwards, the Eight Banners Han Army, which had been stationed, pushed the side van forward again, and the Eight Banners Manchuria on the left and right flanks also pushed the cart to move forward, but the Chinese army of Jiannu, the Eight Banners Mongolia on both wings, the Outer Domain Mongolia and the last Lian Yong still did not move.

"Jiannu really launched a strong attack?!"

Song Xiance couldn't help but glance back at Gu Junen.

The heart said that you had shit luck this time, so I guessed it.

Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "How do you feel, Jiannu is controlled everywhere?" ”

"Yes." Gu Junen affirmed, "Until now, the Ming army can be said to have the upper hand and the initiative, while the Jiannu are controlled everywhere, and the strong attacks are forced to launch. ”

"I guess it shouldn't." Li Zicheng said with a puzzled expression.

"The Ming army has set up such a long snake formation, and it can still suppress Jiannu all the time?"

"In this regard, the minister also felt very puzzled." Gu Junen said, "But at the moment, Jiannu is indeed at a disadvantage, and the number of winners and losers in this battle has become unpredictable." ”

"That won't be." Song Xiance said in a deep voice.

"The Ming army is sure to be defeated."

Gu Junen didn't bother to refute.

……

The Ming Army.

Seeing that Jiannu dispatched the Eight Banners Han Army and part of the Eight Banners Manchuria to launch a strong attack, he immediately ordered each artillery brigade to correct the firing parameters, aim at the attacking Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Manchuria, and fire artillery intensively.

Because after the Eight Banners Han Army and part of the Eight Banners Manchuria attacked, the formation of the Jiannu Chinese Army also became more sparse, and at this time, it would be a little more than worth the loss to concentrate artillery firepower to attack the Jiannu Chinese Army.

When the order was issued, 7 field artillery brigades and 4 mountain artillery brigades turned their guns around and fired intensively at the attacking Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Manchuria.

Of the 11 artillery brigades and 990 field guns or mountain guns, less than 50 were destroyed by the Jiannu artillery, and the remaining artillery shells were poured on the heads of the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Manchuria at a rate of 1 round per minute.

With the crisp sound of "Kacha" and "Kacha", rows of side vans and chariots were destroyed, and strings of Eight Banners Han Army and Eight Banners Manchuria were shattered.

Jiannu could only throw away the destroyed side vans and carts.

As a result, the walls of the Jiannu side car and the car wall were shortened at a speed visible to the naked eye, from almost the same width as the Ming army array at the beginning to four-fifths.

Behind Jiannu, there were severed limbs and stumps left behind.

Of those Jiannu who were hit by the shells, there are very few intact.

In addition, many Jiannu were broken limbs and lay there wailing.

But there was no one to save them, and it wouldn't be long before these slaves would run out of blood and die.

Seeing this, Sony's heart began to drip blood again, he didn't care about the Eight Banners Han Army, but he cared about the Eight Banners Manchuria, these Manchurian warriors were the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and if one died, one would be less.

But no matter how reluctant I am, I can only endure it at the moment.

War is like this, there is no turning back from the bow.

When the battle comes to this, either the enemy dies or I die.

The only thing that made Sony happy was that after losing 20% of the side vans and carts, the musketeers of the Eight Banners Han Army finally approached within fifty paces and could fire at the Ming army.

Sonny firmly believed that in the ensuing engagement, the Han army of the Eight Banners would definitely be able to defeat the Ming infantry.

The reason is also very simple, the Eight Banners Han Army has a partial van as a cover, but the Ming infantry has no cover, so it will undoubtedly lose in this self-generated firearm contest.

Although the Ming army dug trenches, and when the Green Battalion shelled just now, the Ming infantry also hid in the trenches, but Sony never thought that the Ming infantry could actually hide in the trenches and exchange fire with the Eight Banners Han Army.

Then the harsh reality once again gave Sony a slap in the face.

In the next nearly quarter of an hour of firefighting, the Ming infantry showed no signs of collapse, and still held on to the trenches dug in advance to engage in fierce fire with the Eight Banners Han army.

Both sides did not have a high hit rate, as only the head could be hit.

However, the Ming army also had strong support from artillery fire.

Therefore, the side car wall of the Eight Banners Han Army was still suffering from the continuous killing and wounding of the Ming artillery.

In a quarter of an hour of firefighting, the front of the Eight Banners Han Army was hit by at least 15 rows of artillery shells of the Ming army, and at least 2,000 side vans were destroyed, forcing the Eight Banners Manchuria to replace the chariots.

But this situation is obviously unlikely to last long.

……

"Jiannu's assault is going to fail!" Gu Junen said in a deep voice.

At this time, Li Zicheng also saw it, nodded and said: "That's the case, the attacking Eight Banners Han Army has no ability to defeat the Ming army hiding in the trenches, and if it continues like this, the Eight Banners Han Army's partial van formation will be exhausted first, even if the Eight Banners Manchurian generals can't hold out for too long, it's useless at all." ”

Gu Junen continued: "Once Jiannu loses the protection of the car formation, the artillery of the Ming army can be loaded with 100 bullets, that is, a massacre of Jiannu, and it will be beaten into a sieve. ”

Song Xiance's whole person was already stunned, how could this be?

Li Zicheng asked again: "So now, what should Jiannu do?" ”

Gu Junen said in a deep voice: "Jiannu only has two options now, one is to retreat, while the current strength still exists, decisively admit defeat and withdraw from the battlefield with the remnants, and maybe rely on the cover of cavalry to protect its main elite, the problem is that in this way, Jiannu has completely lost the strength to confront Nanming, so in fact, they have only one choice." ”

After a pause, he said: "That's a desperate fight and launch a general attack!" ”

"Total Attack?!" Li Zicheng's expression froze.

……

Chongzhen had also predicted that Jiannu was about to attack.

"Youzhen, you can let the artillery brigades prepare." Chongzhen said with a smile, "At this point in this battle, Jiannu has no way to retreat, and there is no other choice but to fight to the death with us." ”

Xu Yingwei nodded and said, "Holy Mingjian, Jiannu should be about to attack." ”

After a pause, he said: "Pass my order, and all artillery brigades will prepare shotguns." ”

Until now, all 11 artillery brigades used solid iron bullets.

But then, including the 1st Brigade of the Mountain Artillery, which has not fired a single shot so far, must be loaded with shotguns and wait for the two white and two yellow flags of Jiannu to launch a general attack from the east and west directions at the same time.

The order was given quickly, and the baggage battalions of the various artillery brigades quickly went into action.

As a result, boxes of shotguns were unloaded from the baggage carts and opened.

The shotguns for the 4-inch field gun and the 2.5-inch mountain gun were also packaged in advance.

It is to use a hardcard shell soaked in oil to pack a number of catties of gunpowder and hundreds of lead together, and when loading, it is only necessary to stuff the paper shell fixed ammunition from the gun chamber, which is very convenient.

[Some people are talking about my water chapter, and they are also speechless, this is a war of hundreds of thousands of people, to be honest, I wrote this war very hard, because I have not participated in the war of the flintlock era, I have only watched movies and read some historical materials, but it is not easy to imagine and deduce the whole process of a big war with these things. Also,There are those who don't like to watch the process.,There are also those who love to watch the battle process.,Don't shout about what to skip chapters because it's not the chapter you like.、Don't read it.,If you don't read it, you won't read it.,But there's no need to leave a message to block people's money.,Why bother? It is not easy to code words, but labor deserves respect. 】