Chapter 243: A Painful Interception

This is a very layered attack, and the Ming army is ready and seems to be waiting for Jiannu. Finding that Jiannu was blocking and blocking head-on, he immediately launched an offensive.

On the gun truck, there are not only rapid-fire Fran cannons, but also the latest equipment of four-pound field guns, as well as dozens of Ming heavy guns behind the battle.

Camouflaged as a baggage vehicle, the tarpaulin was lifted, and it was either artillery or ammunition, almost all the heavy weapons of the two mixed associations. Coupled with the flintlock pistol's round fire, it was a powerful firepower that Jiannu had never seen.

Boom, boom, boom, boom! The four-door Franc machine spewed out several drops of graupel... bullet, sweeping across the Jiannu in front of him.

As soon as the white smoke rose up, the flintlock musketeers approached the gun carriage and fired again rows of lead bullets at the enemy.

Simple and crude, it is to rely on firepower to push forward.

Such ferocious firepower shocked Drona and Damubu, as well as the Jiannu led by them. This is something they didn't expect and never experienced.

Times have changed, and although the Ming army has not yet reached the level of firepower covering and crushing, Jiannu is still the same. There is nothing but bows and arrows that can attack from a distance.

Even in history, the Ming army's advantage in firearms still exists, and it can still force Jiannu to retreat step by step, almost helplessly.

For example, in the battle of the Daling River, Zhang Chun, the superintendent of the army, took the vehicles and artillery first, and steadily advanced along the main road, and the Jiannu were killed and wounded very seriously.

Another example is the early stage of the Songjin War, the 130,000 Ming army against the 100,000 Qing army, in the face of the Ming army's firearms advantage and steady advance, the Qing army also lost one after another. Huang Taiji was in a hurry and got angry, and he had a nosebleed.

In the end, the Qing army was able to turn defeat into victory, firstly, by relying on imitation Hongyi cannons, and secondly, by digging trenches to besiege and cut off grain routes.

But now, the Jiannu cavalry led by Azig does not have Hongyi cannons, not even old-style artillery.

As for the trenching, Jiannu came violently, and the Ming army also attacked with all its strength, leaving no time for Jiannu at all.

Is this a narrow road to meet, the brave wins? It should be changed to a narrow road encounter, and the one with the strongest firepower will win!

Led Drona and Biyu Damubu were surprised and shocked, and were busy rearranging. The heavily armored soldiers then stepped forward with shields to resist, and the cavalry dismounted with large bows and spread out on both sides of the road to increase the number of arrows projected.

Boom, boom, boom...... After the battle, the Ming Dynasty was forced to strike again, and the shells swept through the air, landed on the road, and exploded one after another.

Apart from bows and arrows, Jiannu has no more long-range weapons. In the face of the bombardment of the Ming army, they could only stand up and pay for casualties in vain.

The width of the road is limited, and for Jiannu's bow and arrows, only the Ming army in front of him is threatened.

And the Ming army was muskets, direct-fire artillery, and the heavy pressure of curved fire, from a range of tens to hundreds of meters, it was the range of strikes.

The casualties were completely disproportionate, and Zwner and Damub realized that it would be a crushing defeat to continue like this. They only thought of one way, and that was to rush forward in the face of a hail of bullets and engage in a melee with the enemy.

Of course, the other way is to retreat. But Azig's order was to hold off this Ming army and give him time to destroy the enemy in the Valley of Reeds.

The military order is difficult to disobey, and Dronah and Damub also know that Azig is dissatisfied, and they will definitely take advantage of them if they catch the handle.

The horn whimpered, and the Jiannu heavy armor soldiers who received the order reorganized a little, then held their large shields and charged forward with shouts, hoping to engage in melee hand-to-hand combat.

The Ming army had long expected the attempt to build slaves. Moreover, in southern Liaoning, they fought against the two red flags, relying on cart cannons and muskets, and successfully repelled the resistance of Jiannu.

Experience is really valuable and important. Mao Wenlong transferred Kong Youde's mixed association and handed over the main force of this operation to him, which was really a very wise decision.

In the face of Jiannu's desperate charge, the experienced Ming army did not panic, and retreated slightly, revealing the artillery, which was a round of heavy bombardment.

For the Fran cannon, the Ming army was very fond of it. Even if it was equipped with four-pound or six-pound field artillery, it still did not take away the status of the Franc machine gun.

The reason is simple, the Franc cannon has an extremely fast rate of fire, and it can be fired continuously by simply changing the guns, which is faster than the musket.

Although, due to airtightness, the Furlong cannon had a limited firing range. But within 100 meters, a solid bullet or shotgun fired... The bullets were quite powerful, at least not weaker than muskets.

Under the control of a well-trained gunner, the Franc was able to fire three shots in twenty seconds, which was an astonishing rate of fire.

Another advantage of the Franc cannon was that it dissipated heat quickly and could fire continuously. Like the Hongyi cannon, it needs to be cooled down after a few shots.

The emperor was also very fond of the Franco's cannon, and gave the sailors who were reequipped and those who were transferred from various military towns to the Ming army in Liaodong.

The big trolls, spraying a large piece, suppressing the enemy's dense charge are quite powerful.

Boom, boom, boom...... The gunner changed the gun as fast as he could, and the three Francos bombarded three times in a row, giving the frantically charging Jiannu a head-on blow.

After the cannon was fired, the musketeers stepped forward again, and from the rising white smoke, they raised their guns to shoot at the bombarded enemy.

Even if he was wearing heavy armor, under such a close blow, he suffered heavy casualties.

On the grassy slopes on both sides of the road, there were also Ming musketeers, which, like the arrangement of the Jiannu, increased the output range of firepower and fired more dense lead bullets.

Blood splashes continued to splatter, and the power of flintlock pistols increased due to improvements in gunpowder and gun-making techniques. At a relatively close distance, heavy armor cannot resist.

The first assault on Jiannu was thwarted, and the two sides continued to compete in long-range firepower. However, the lethality of bows and arrows and firearms was far apart, and the casualties of the Jiannu and Ming armies were still disproportionate.

Push forward and continue to kill and wound enemies with superior firepower. The tactics of the Ming army did not look complicated, which was to wear down the enemy with disproportionate casualties.

His army was pressed back step by step, but Zhuo Na and Beiyu Damubu were still unwilling, and suddenly mobilized part of the cavalry and once again launched an attack on the Ming army.

The cavalry charged, and this was already the last struggle of no way. You must know that although Jiannu is mostly cavalry, he uses very little fighting style to charge the enemy formation.

Moreover, although the cavalry was fast and had a strong impact, it was not enough to break through the dense rain of bullets fired by the Ming army on a relatively narrow engagement surface.

In addition, the cavalry in front was shot down, and the man turned on his horse, which would also cause a certain obstacle to the cavalry behind.

And after the Ming army opened its wings, the firepower output was more intensive. When the most fierce enemy cavalry was only more than twenty meters away from the Ming army, it finally contained the second attack of Jiannu.

As another batch of shells flew up from behind the formation, swept past the Ming army, and smashed into Jiannu to the ground and exploded, Zona and Damubu looked gloomy, realizing that defeat was inevitable.

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