Chapter 225: Swept
"Woo————"
The low sound of conch cinches rushed into the sky, and the Qing army's large array was in a hurry again, rushing towards the front.
Ordinary archers are naturally unable to shoot while walking, and only a small number of elite archers can throw arrows at intervals between marches.
With the sound of the conch, the arrows launched from the Qing army's formation were much thinner for a while, and the pressure on the Hanzhong army's front was suddenly lightened.
However, the soldiers of the Hanzhong army in the front did not relax a little because of this, and the Qing army was not far in front of them, and it was getting closer and faster.
Under such circumstances, how can you maintain a normal heart?
Seventy steps, sixty steps.
The Qing army walked a distance of nearly twenty paces, and the four six-pounder cannons in the Hanzhong army array roared again, and the cannons burst out of the chamber once again to stir up the chaos of the Qing army's large array, and this time the Qing army had three shield carts that were smashed to pieces.
Unlike iron cannons, well-made bronze cannons can reach two to three rounds per minute, and the length of the cannon is generally limited to one round per minute during continuous shelling, so that the barrel has time to dissipate heat.
However, in an emergency, up to four rounds per minute can be fired, provided that the process of emptying is eliminated.
Eliminating the process of cleaning the chamber will lead to too much gunpowder remaining in the barrel, and the early breech guns were fired with black powder, which will leave a lot of residue in the chamber after firing.
Approaching a distance of sixty paces, the ferocity of the Qing army was also completely stimulated.
As the distance got closer and closer, the bows and arrows of the Qing army became more and more accurate and ruthless.
This distance was already within the armor-piercing range of the sea oath, but Chen Wang did not have the slightest intention of ordering the release of the gun.
"Big Brother ......"
Chen Gong clenched the horse lance in his hand, his heart was extremely anxious, he didn't understand why it was so close, Chen Wang still didn't give the order to let go.
If you don't let go of this distance, if you take another twenty steps, it will be the killing range of Jiannu's heavy arrows.
Within a radius of forty paces, even if he was wearing two layers of armor, it was difficult to resist the heavy arrows of Jiannu.
Jiannu's heavy arrows are ruthless and accurate, and these hunters who were born in the white water and black mountains have extremely superb archery skills.
When the arrow is fired, the person who hits the arrow is often a heavy arrow in the throat, face and other vital places.
When they were in Liaodong, they suffered a big loss.
It is precisely because of the losses that most of the cavalry of the Liaodong Army will prepare two bows, one Kaiyuan soft bow for cavalry combat, and the other heavy bow for infantry combat.
The Qing army used shield vehicles, and they used chariots, which could also fight a little back and forth during the shooting.
It's just that at the moment, the soldiers in the front line have no chariot shelter, no shield to block, and the only thing that can provide them with protection is the set of armor on their bodies.
Many archers in the Qing army were strong in their own bows and arrows, and they had already replaced them with heavy arrows at a distance of sixty paces.
The sound of bowstring vibrations was almost inaudible on the noisy battlefield, but no one dared to ignore it.
As heavy arrows shot out from the Qing army's large array, the casualties of the Hanzhong army's front soldiers rose sharply, and at the same time, they were inevitably shaken.
Sixty steps.
Fifty steps.
Forty steps!
With the sound of gold, the Qing army's large array suddenly stopped.
"Big brother!"
Chen Gong was anxious, the Qing army had already reached a distance of nearly forty paces, but Chen Wang had not yet given the order.
He watched as one soldier after another in front of him fell meaninglessly, but he couldn't do anything.
The guns in the front line have been shaken, the screams of the arrows are endless, and the place where the four six-pounder guns in the front line are located has been subjected to the attention of Jiannu's bow and arrow, and several artillerymen have fallen to the ground with arrows and do not know whether they are alive or dead.
Chen Gong's eyes looked to the left and right wings.
The two battalions under the command of Sun Chuanting on the left and right wings were already filled with smoke in front of the formation, constantly flashing with fire, and they were already shooting at the Qing army.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The sound of war drums was already sounding on both wings, and the low sound of horns came and went.
After the military formation of the two battalions under the command of Sun Chuanting, the Ming army was marching forward like a tide, and the cavalry that was ahead of the line had already galloped to the position of the flank and engaged the Mongolian cavalry in the Qing army sequence.
"Woo————"
The low sound of a conch sounded again, drawing Chen Gong's gaze back to the front of the Qing army.
A group of archers in the front of the Qing army were pulling their bows in unison at this time, and they had already buckled their heavy arrows.
The sharp firearms of the Ming army made them suffer a big loss, and all of them held their breath in their hearts, a bad breath.
When they break the military formation of this Ming army, they will kill all these Nikans to vent their hatred!
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The Qing army approached nearly forty paces, and the battle required three arrows to be shot rapidly, and more than thousands of feathered arrows could be poured in a few seconds.
Forty steps of flat shooting, the power of heavy arrows, its potential energy through heavy armor, through poplar.
Although the soldiers in the front were wearing two layers of armor, they were still unable to resist the heavy arrows of the Qing army.
"Big Brother !!"
Chen Gong clenched his teeth and clenched the order flag in his hand.
His voice was even trembling because of his eagerness.
And at this moment, Chen Gong finally saw Chen Wang raise his right hand that had been holding the horsewhip.
"Sound the swan, release the !!"
Chen Gong raised the command flag in his hand high, rode forward, galloped away, and roared loudly.
The flag waved, and the loud swan sound rushed into the sky, and in an instant, it was already spread throughout the entire Hanzhong Army's military formation.
In the next instant, the four rows of gunners pulled the trigger of the firearm in their hands at the same time.
The front of the Hanzhong army suddenly appeared, connecting in front of it, and with the explosion of the fire gun, thick white smoke also rose immediately.
The dazzling and fierce flames emitted by the platoon are seen from a distance, and it also makes people feel frightened.
In an instant, the entire front of the Hanzhong Army was already shrouded in smoke.
Looking from the air, it looks like a white smoke dragon has been conjured out of thin air.
The sea oath can break through the armor within 70 steps, two layers of armor within 50 steps, and three layers of armor within 40 steps.
At this time, the Qing army was exactly forty paces away.
Nearly half of the shield carts of the Qing army had been destroyed when they were marching, and most of the foot soldiers of the Qing army were no longer covered by the shield carts at this time.
Nearly 1,000 sea oath guns were fired almost at the same time, and the gas pressure generated by the ignition of the gunpowder pushed the lead bullets in the guns to shoot out rapidly.
Forty paces was just a flash in the air, and thousands of buckshot bullets flew in.
Neither cotton armor, nor chain mail, nor cloth iron armor nor bright iron armor provided much decent protection for their masters.
Leadshot, which carries a huge amount of kinetic energy, easily pierces through their armor, and then rolls into their bodies, and then constantly deforms and disintegrates in their muscles and bones.
The front of the Qing army seemed to be half swept by a storm, and under the effect of the cavity effect, streams of blood arrows splattered out.
The smell of bloody blood was permeated in an instant.
The distance of forty paces is the distance that the Qing army's heavy arrows are fired horizontally, and it is also the distance where the Qing army's heavy arrows are the most powerful.
But what the Qing army didn't know was that the distance of forty paces was also the most powerful distance of the sea oath.
At such a close distance, even the hit rate of the general firearm is not low.
And for the sea oath equipped with a butt, a crosshair, and a door, the hit rate is even higher.
The whistling lead bullets almost swept across the front line of the Qing army, except for the area protected by shield vehicles, and there were almost no people in the first and second rows of the Qing army's array in the rest of the area who could stand.
The entire battlefield was cleared, the Qing army's front was stagnant, and even the sound of the golden drum and horn paused for a short time.
Erhe stood in place, he still maintained the posture of pulling the strings, he had not yet figured out what was happening, he only saw a flash of fire in front of him, and then there was nothing in front of him, and the armor and followers standing in front of him almost fell to the ground.
The mournful wail had already spread throughout the entire front in an instant, but the wailing sound had been overwhelmed by the louder roar in the Qing army's array for less than a breath.
The louder roar came from in front of them, from the formation of the Hanzhong army.
In the front line of the Hanzhong Army, four six-pounder guns that had been reloaded with scattered shells made a deafening explosion at the same time.
Hundreds of shotguns weighing more than one or two pounds erupted from the barrels of the four six-pounder guns under the impetus of gunpowder, and thick smoke rose with a huge roar, and the smoke dragons above the array also jumped with their teeth and claws.
A terrifying scream resounded in the wilderness, and countless lead bullets fell on the Qing army's front like a raging wave.
The Qing army's front had just undergone the baptism of firearms, and those soldiers who were still standing had not yet recovered from the previous platoon before they were bombarded by artillery.
At a distance of forty paces, the lead bullets were almost sprayed on the face of the Qing army's array, and the blood mist exploded from the Qing army's array.
Many of the Qing army armor soldiers standing at the front didn't even snort, and were directly beaten into a sieve.
Some of the scattered bullets that flew out hit the ground, and the huge impact pushed the lead bullets to tear off the turf on the ground, raising a large number of smoke rabbits.
The originally well-organized front of the Qing army has become staggered, and there are bloody scenes everywhere.
Erhe trembled, his face turned pale, and he fell to the ground weakly.
He didn't know what was going on, he didn't know why it was happening.
It is not that he did not rush through the Ming army's gunning array, nor did he fail to advance against the Ming army's artillery.
But it was indeed the first time he had encountered such a situation, why was the Ming army's firearm so sharp, and the three-layer heavy armor was as fragile as paper paste under the Ming army's firecracker.
Why did the Ming army's redcoat guns fire so fast?
Why were those Ming soldiers able to stand so close?
Why were those Ming soldiers able to stand still in the face of a rain of arrows?
Erhe's head was in a state of chaos, and he was about to lose the ability to think.
"Help me...... Help me......"
"E-Niang ......"
The mournful wail resounded around Erhe, lingering in Erhe's ears like a magic sound, impacting Erhe's last psychological defense.
Originally, the Qing army's front had turned into a Shura hell, and the front was full of corpses, all kinds of stumps and pieces of flesh were scattered all over the ground, and there were blurred scenes of flesh and blood everywhere.
The grass in front of it, which was torn apart by artillery shots, was still emitting white smoke,
The smell of fish, gunsmoke, and all kinds of smells mixed together is disgusting.
Sharp pain came from the position of his right shoulder, and Erhe turned his head with difficulty to look at his right shoulder, but in the end he saw nothing but blood.
Erkh remembered the scene before him, as if he had been hit by something, and then fell to the ground.
This time, the god of luck did not favor him again, and the cannonball really hit him, taking almost his entire right shoulder.
Intense pain tormented Erkh's nerves, and the fear of death haunted him.
Erkh's heart was cold, and the fear of death made him ignore even the physical pain.
This fear also became the last straw that overwhelmed Erkh's spirit.
"Save Me ......"
Erkh struggled to raise his still movable left hand, holding his head high, he wanted to cry, he wanted to plead, he wanted someone to lend a hand.
But the blood gushing out of his throat blocked his mouth, leaving him speechless.
The intense pain tormented his nerves all the time, and the strength in his body disappeared like flowing water.
After all, it was all in vain......
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Knock !!"
In the military formation of the Hanzhong army, the war drums that had been stopped for a long time were suddenly sounded at this moment.
The blue flag in the position of the Chinese army waved, and then there was a sound of gold, and the soldiers in the front quickly changed their ranks, and in an instant, they had changed from horizontal columns to vertical columns.
In the middle of the Hanzhong army, the drummers raised their drumsticks and beat the war drums violently.
In the sound of high-spirited drums, a group of Hanzhong army armor soldiers lined up behind the gunning array marched forward.
Such tactics have been practiced countless times on the school field and on the battlefield, one advance and one stop, and the clouds flow smoothly.
At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood, and the whole world is also plated with a layer of blood.
The rapid sound of the drums rang out, and more than 2,000 soldiers of the Hanzhong Army were divided into two formations, stepping on the drums of the drums and marching forward in unison.
The cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Thousand Headquarters led by Chen Gong had all dismounted and joined the infantry team.
Dressed in heavy armor, with bright helmets on their heads, and strong bows in their hands, they held the bowstrings tightly in the rear.
In the front are the armor of the 1st Infantry 1000 Headquarters and the 2nd Infantry 1000 Headquarters.
They were dressed in red mandarin duck clothes, covered with blue waist-length armor, and wore round helmets decorated with red tassels, and strode forward.
Countless spears soared into the sky, converging into an endless forest of spears and halberds.
The iron armor was clanging, and the armor leaves of the iron armor kept colliding as they went, making a slight clanging sound.
More than 2,000 armored soldiers marched forward in unison, like a clear spring flowing.
"Tiger!"
The last call resounded in the military formation of the Hanzhong army, and more than 2,000 armored soldiers of the Hanzhong army looked ahead, raised their blades, and rushed towards the chaotic Qing army array!