Bolo's pinch shield car offensive tactics have a very fatal weakness, that is, the shield car can only defend against lead bullets fired by guns and shotguns fired by artillery, and is powerless against solid shells fired by artillery. This is also an important reason why Bolo arranged the shield car at an angle, and the sharpest part of this angle is aimed at the three guns of the artillery position in the north corner of the Oriental Tourism Array.

Obviously, he succeeded, these three guns could only shoot at the shield cart on the diagonal line at a long distance, and the shells either missed, and the hit could only kill the coat, not the archers, and as long as they were close to the distance where the archers threw the arrows, there was no protection, and the artillery in front of the breakthrough was scattered.

However, the only corner of the pinch shield car tactic is firepower, and when there are artillery on the side, especially many guns, all its design will become useless.

Bolo did not consider the artillery bombardment on the flanks, but he found from the shells he picked up from the initial contact that the enemy was using redcoat guns, although the shells were smaller, but they were also inconvenient to move, and could not cooperate with infantry tactics at all, so he did not consider this, but thought that as long as his own attack was fast enough, he would not let those guns maneuver to the right position.

There were no problems with Bolo's tactics, he never knew the maneuverability of field artillery.

But the reality is that it gave Bolo a loud push, this red-coated cannon, not the other red-coated cannon, cannot be compared. The field artillery of the Eastern Brigade benefited from an excellent artillery carriage and a lightweight gun body, which allowed it to maneuver on the battlefield, and its speed was even faster than that of infantry in the Phalanx state.

Zhou Shu rode a horse, and when he arrived at the position, he gave an order in a loud voice: "Artillery company, release the column!" ”

The artillerymen, dragged to position by the horses, immediately began to form formation, first the driver untied the gun carriage and pulled the horses to the rear, then the gunner untied the front car, and the six six-pounder guns formed a gap of eight meters apart, while the ammunition cart and the horse returned to the two infantry battalion phalanxes at a distance of more than thirty meters.

The artillery company was also accompanied by a part of the infantry, which formed small squads and stood guard on both flanks. The staff officers quickly completed the calculations.

"The distance, one hundred and ninety meters, the ruler is one." Zhou Yu got the data, but gave an order to the gunners: "The gauge is changed to zero, and a round of fire test firing." ”

At a distance of less than 200 meters, within the absolute effective distance of the six-pounder gun, the solid shells fired directly hit the shield car with a straight trajectory, shattering the shield car to pieces. This is the reason why the ruler was changed to the circumference, the shield cart was eight feet high, while the gun carriage was much lower, the ruler was changed to zero, and the trajectory was straighter, and the point of fall caused by the earth's gravity became a benefit at this time.

Because it will cause a solid cannonball to hit the frame or wheel of the shield cart, as long as it hits these things, the shield cart will bear all the kinetic energy of a cannonball. If you hit the carriage and the protective plate, you can often only wear a large hole.

One round of fire test firing showed the superior firepower of the artillery, and after only two rounds, all the shield vehicles within the firing range were beaten to pieces, and then the six guns were divided into two groups, three turned to the south and three to the north.

There were less than thirty longitudinal shield wagons, all of which were within the firing range, so the distance was very close, so the gunner's aim was very simple, and he could often make consecutive hits on the shield wagons. According to Zhou Rate's order, all shield carts must be broken until they are broken to pieces.

This order was undoubtedly cruel to the Qing army.

The area behind the shield cart was hell, and the mutilated corpses of the archers were the biggest evidence of this, they hid behind the shield carts, and tried to make the environment, some of them threw their bows, but it turned out that the artillery was not within the firing range. This is mainly due to the fact that the Qing army used Qing bows.

The Ming army and the Mongols used a short bow, because of the horseback shooting, so the bow arm is relatively short, which is convenient to use immediately, but the Qing bow is relatively long, and the focus of its design is not range, but power.

This is because the Manchurian bow of the Qing army was once a production tool of the Manchurian fishing and hunting people, and of course, the bows and arrows of the Mongols were also, but there was a lot of difference between the two sides.

The Mongolians in the steppe, the biggest beast they face is the wolf, but Manchuria is a fishing and hunting people, hunting in the mountains and forests, facing the prey of wild beasts such as Siberian tigers, all kinds of bears, wild boars and other fierce beasts, these beasts are huge and tough, and the defense is very strong, especially wild boars, not to mention bows and arrows, even bullets can not kill with one hit.

Unlike the grasslands with good sight, the sight in the mountains and forests is not good, and there are many shelters, so when hunting, if you can't kill with one blow, you may not only lose your prey, but also put yourself in danger.

Therefore, the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners are clear bows and big arrows, which are convenient for shooting at close range, and the lethality is sufficient, and when they deal with the Ming army, they often shoot the Ming army at more than ten meters or even less than ten meters. But long-range killing is not enough, in the past this was nothing, because there were Mongolian Eight Banners in the Qing army, and these people could provide services such as mounted archery and projectile, but now, there are only Manchurian Eight Banners.

The projectile distance was not enough, and Sonny had ordered the archers to come forward and drive away the artillery, but they were immediately hit by two phalanxes, and even the artillery changed a round of shotguns.

Sony's response was pointless, and before the shield cart could be defeated, the archers under the cover of the shield cart had already retreated, desperately fleeing the danger zone covered by artillery fire, and fled backwards.

"Zhou Shuo, let your artillery stay where it is, wait for the infantry to complete the formation, you follow the advance, the muzzle is facing back, I need you to cover the horizontal attack!" Yang Yandi rode to the vicinity of Zhou Yu at this time and gave him an order.

After defeating the attacking Qing army, according to Li Zhaoji's order, he commanded the large phalanx and cavalry, and the remaining battalions were all placed under the command of Yang Yandi.

Both Yang Yandi and Li Zhaoji were worried that Abatai's cavalry would attack the rear of the battalions around the east, although the cavalry led by Tang Mu had reappeared at this time, with more than 800 cavalry providing cover, but in terms of cavalry, they did not think that their own side, which was inferior in numbers, would win.

Therefore, the artillery of the weekly rate also needed to provide partial cover. Of course, harmony is just the icing on the cake, Yang Yandi knows very well that when facing the critical moment of two-sided attack, the infantry changes from a horizontal formation to a phalanx, which is the royal road to resistance.

Zhou Shu did not hesitate to carry out the order, Yang Yandi approached and told him: "Zhou Shu, be vigilant, rely on my infantry to get closer, when it is dangerous, my infantry will protect you." ”

"Yes, Chief Yang!" Zhou rate responded seriously.

On the battlefield filled with gunpowder, except for the westernmost reserve battalion and the main formation, the rest of the phalanx has successively turned into horizontal formations, different from the six platoons when the phalanx was filled, this time the horizontal formation is only two platoons, therefore, a wider combat area is needed, Li Zhaoji led the formation to move eastward, opening up this area.

Even though Yang Yandi personally participated in the construction of the Dongfang Brigade, even though he had devoted all his energy to it in the past six months, he still thought that his infantry lacked training, so all the formation changes and offensive and defensive orders were simple to the extreme.

There is no column to advance, and then it becomes a horizontal formation, only a horizontal column to advance, as slow as possible to maintain the distance between each other.

There is no long-range projectile, then a direct shot at close range, only a direct shot after the advance.

No shots were followed by a bayonet charge, only to reach the position, listen to the order to shoot, and fight until the enemy collapsed.

The best order is the simplest order, and the competition on the battlefield is not that the tax is smarter, but who makes fewer mistakes!

As the infantry completed the formation, each battalion went from occupying a 150-metre frontage to a 450-metre front, and then advanced at a slow pace, with occasional companies pausing to wait for friendly forces around them.

Zhou Shu advanced with the artillery, keeping his attention on the back, and at this time, a few cavalry galloped forward, and only saw that it was the banner of the trading company hanging in the front. Zhou Yu saw that the people who came down were Zheng Sen, Li Laiheng and others who had been observing the commander, and frowned.

"Grandma's, I'm going to be a nanny. It's good that my nanny is more expensive. Zhou muttered to himself.

"General Zhou, Lord Li authorized us to come to you to observe, this is an order." Li Laiheng took out a bamboo tube and handed it to Zhou Shui, after Zhou Shuo opened it, he looked at it and said, "I may not have much to look at here, the shelling is over." ”

Zheng Sen and Li Laiheng have both experienced the battle formation, and the two of them found that Li Zhaoji's main formation is on the far right, obviously just for cover, they want to see a more important battlefield, so they want to go to Yang Yandi's side, Li Zhaoji naturally will not allow it, the key to this battle is the attack of the infantry elite led by Yang Yandi and Zhao Dahe on the enemy, how can they be distracted, so Li Zhaoji sent them to Zhou Shui's side.

"No, artillery is the protagonist of the battlefield, you will have more to play." Li Laiheng said seriously, he had already seen the power of field artillery in the pass, Zhang Nai had long said that Suarez's artillery was an addictive medicine, and after having it, he could never lose it.

Zhou Yu knows the role of artillery, the reason why Yang Yandi does not use it is to make the tactics simple, the coordination of infantry and artillery is a science, and it has been practiced in the past, but such a large-scale battle may not be perfectly coordinated, fortunately, the Qing army has no artillery, so the infantry can attack alone.

Not only Zhou, but the rest of the artillery was also following the advance, guarding the rear.

Everyone dismounted and led their horses forward, no one was allowed to speak in the procession, the sound of the infantry's brass trumpets and infantry drums sounded on the battlefield, and the air was full of blood, and when the wind blew, it diffused and made people sick

The Eastern Brigade advanced, passing through the battlefield that had just been hit, both attacks took place nearby, there were still human and war horse corpses on the ground, some of the undead war horses writhed their bodies, kicking around, tattered flags, blades and armor scattered on the battlefield, the green ground in the summer, at this time it was already filled with red.

With the sound of a horn, Yang Yandi gave the order to attack.

Zheng Sen and the others, who were close to the battlefield, heard an order with a Cantonese accent: "Quanlian...... Advance! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The infantry shouted in unison and took the first step of the attack.

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