Knock knock knock!

On the banks of the Syr Darya River.

On top of this sparsely populated wasteland.

This is the center of the nomadic belt of Eurasia.

Historically.

Countless nomadic tribes, driven by the armies of the great empires of the East, rolled westward along this nomadic belt, whipping the western kingdoms.

Xiongnu, Turkic, Mongol.

Every time a nomadic tribe from the East moves west, it can bring bloody memories to Westerners.

So they invented a lot of terms that were terrible when they heard them.

What a whip of God, what a yellow peril or something.

But this time.

It wasn't the nomadic tribes from the East who appeared here - strictly speaking, the Western Army of the Great Ming Expedition was also a warrior among the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian Plateau.

But their organizational model is undoubtedly quite advanced.

And they didn't use bows and arrows or scimitars.

It's not even a traditional cavalry unit.

Rather, it is a mounted infantry who maneuvers on horseback and dismounts and fights on foot!

At this moment.

Both sides were beating drums to attack the army.

A division of Russian troops had already set up three rows of horizontal formations on the banks of the river on the south side of the Syr Darya River, and several groups of cavalry were placed on both sides of the infantry column, and large-caliber mortar positions were also arranged behind the infantry horizontal formation.

It seems that the Russian army is also a "new army" equipped with a large number of explosive shells.

At this time, the commander of the Russian army was standing on a high ground behind the position, standing on Maden and staring intently at the front line with a telescope.

This battle.

It can be regarded as the first time that the Russian army has faced the Ming army's army after two years of "military transformation".

It's a head-to-head contest.

At the same time.

This is also a head-to-head contest between front-loading rifled guns and rear-loading rifled guns.

Unlike the Ming army, Emperor Zhu advocated replacing the front-loading gun with a rear-loading gun - even so, there was a lot of controversy among the staff officers of the Ming Marshal's Office.

On the side of the Russian army, the argument is even greater - most of the top brass of Tsarist Russia supports front-loading guns.

There are certainly many reasons for this.

The first is the complex mechanical structure of the rear-loading gun, which is difficult to manufacture on a large scale with the industrial capabilities of Russia.

The second is that the rate of fire of the rear-loading guns is too fast, and the pressure on the logistics of the army is also very great.

Of course, the most important thing is that the range of the rear-loading gun is much lower than that of the front-loading gun - this is the main reason for the opponents.

And the outcome of this war will end this controversy no matter what, because the Ming army on the opposite side is generally equipped with rear-loading guns, while the Russian army is all front-loading guns with rifling.

"Let's hope we win"

Musayev thought.

He also studied post-loading guns.

After the disassembly, he had to pessimistically admit.

If the future of the Army is rear-loading guns, then the Russian Empire may have a future.

Because the backward industrial capacity of the Russian Empire simply could not support the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops to reload guns.

And for the Ming Empire, Britain, France, and even countries with stronger industrial capabilities, such as Prussia.

After they are finished, it will be much easier to load and reload than in Russia!

If this battle is lost.

That the future of the Russian Empire. It's lost.

Unlike the Russian army, which dispatched a division of more than 10,000 people.

The vanguard of the Ming army may have been two reinforced infantry battalions, about 3,000 men.

They also laid out infantry formations, with cavalry on both sides, and what made Musayev pay more attention to the artillery positions behind the infantry formation.

More than 20 howitzers were pulled out, the muzzles of the black holes pointed obliquely to the sky, and the thickness of the barrels was not as good as the mortars of the Russian army, but Musayev knew that these howitzers were far more powerful than the stupid black and thick mortars that the Russian army was equipped with and were still firing wooden shells.

"Chief of Staff! The Rakshasa is about to attack! ”

At the same time.

In the rear of the Ming army's front, Fang Yu stood on the watchtower, holding a telescope and staring at the Russian army's front.

The gray-blue military uniforms worn by the Russians were lined up in a neat queue, and in front of them were waves of stragglers.

And although there is also a horizontal squad on the side of the Ming army, it is still not as neat as the Russian army on the opposite side - now in the tactical regulations of the Ming army, the queue for shooting has been cancelled.

In their place were assault groups in company platoons.

"The first battalion was dispatched, approached in a straggler formation, lying down two hundred paces away from the enemy, and the snipers advanced two hundred paces before kneeling to meet the enemy!"

With the order given.

A thousand infantry of the Ming army put out two lines of attack in front of them, and they did not rush forward after all.

It seems that the Ming army doesn't have any new ways to play!

Seeing this, Musayev couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, while silently estimating the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.

The advantage on the side of the Russian army is the range!

On your own side, you can fire at a distance of six hundred yards.

And the opposite horse has to be at a distance of four hundred yards to get into the effective range!

A difference of two hundred yards, coming at such a speed, is enough for the Russian army to fire two volleys!

The number of Russian troops is more than that of the Ming army, and two rounds of salvos come down, and the Ming army on the opposite side will be crippled even if it does not collapse!

Theoretically, this is indeed the case.

But I don't know why Musayev's eyelids are always jumping.

Are there any surprises?

Just when he was thinking so.

The unexpected came.

"Stop moving! The infantry lay down! Sniper Shooting in a Kneeling Position!! ”

The front-line officers of the Ming army gave the order loudly.

on the battlefield.

The Ming soldiers in the front row suddenly all fell to the ground.

The remaining more than 200 Ming soldiers also knelt on one knee, and suddenly seemed to be half shorter, and their shadows were hidden in the grass.

The water and grass of the Syr Darya River are abundant, and the pastures grow quite tall.

Although it can't reach the point where the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep appear.

But it was enough to drown the shin of an average adult man.

After all the infantry in the front row of the Ming army were lying on the ground, Musayev had to stand on his toes to see some of the tricky red spots

What's going on?

Why did these Chinese lie on the ground?

Doesn't that look like a bit of a wife?

Are they so afraid of death?

Musayev felt that his mind must not be able to turn.

The Russian army, which saw this scene, also stopped advancing.

"Why did the Chinese lie down?"

"Still fighting?"

"If you don't take a hit, go home early!"

"I'm hiding in the grass, how can I aim!"

The Russian infantry shouted.

They instinctively sensed something was wrong.

These Chinese. Seems to have brought some new tactics!

But they don't know anything about it.

"Colonel! What do we do now? We can't even see where these Chinese are! ”

A Russian officer on the front line turned his head to look at Colonel Turgenev, who was in charge of commanding the head formation.

Colonel Turgenev is fifty-eight this year.

It has been forty years since he joined the army at the age of eighteen.

It can be said that he is a veteran of the battle, if his family is not from a noble background, then he must be carrying a star on his shoulders now.

But after forty years of war, I have never heard of fighting on my stomach.

Now in the face of the enemy lying on the ground, how to fight?

If it was in the era of smoothbore guns.

Now it's time for Ula to charge.

But now the rear-loading guns of the Ming army have a rate of fire several times higher than that of the front-loading guns.

The average infantry rushed four hundred yards, and they could fire at least twenty rounds of bullets.

1,000 breech-loading guns for 20 rounds of ammunition, that's 20,000 rounds of ammunition.

He had more than 1,000 people on hand and rushed 400 yards with 20,000 rounds of bullets.

Just thinking about this thing has already started to tingle my scalp.

"Stop moving forward."

Turgenev exclaimed, he was a veteran.

Of course, I know that I can't just do things to die.

After observing each other's arrays.

He decided to learn from the snipers behind the infantry of the Ming army.

"Kneel to meet the enemy!"

With the order of Turgenev was given.

The Russian troops on the battlefield also got down on one knee one after another.

So a rather comical scene took place on the battlefield.

On one side of the warring parties, more than half were lying on their stomachs, and more than 300 people were squatting in the grass behind them.

On the other side, they were all half-kneeling to meet the enemy.

"Aim! Fire! ”

Officers on both sides gave the order to open fire almost at the same time.

On the infantry line where the two sides knelt to meet the enemy, a splash of blood suddenly appeared.

Gunfire was heard from both sides.

Jin Biao, the squad leader of the First Dragoon Brigade of the Western Army, suddenly jumped up, and rushed forward with the soldiers in his squad covering their heads.

Count as you go.

"1, 2, 3, 420, 21, 22, 23, lie down!"

A Beijing film sounded lying down.

The Manchurian young man Jin Biao, who was less than 1.7 meters tall but black and strong, slammed forward.

Almost at the same time, gunfire rang out again from both sides.

"Mom's job is hey, I almost gave it here."

Gold Label's heart was pounding.

Charge, lie down, charge.

This tactic was summed up by the General Staff of the Ming Army.

According to the advantages of rear-loading guns, as well as for enemy troops who were generally armed with front-loading rifled guns.

its purpose.

It is to get as close to the enemy as possible, close to the design distance and then fire, and use the high rate of fire of the rear-loading gun to tilt the enemy's ferocious firepower!

"Get up! Get up! Charge!!!! ”

The gold label jumped up again.

Don't look at him as a former bannerman, but he is not a rich family in Beijing, and he was about to beg for food in order to be able to eat a mouthful of food.

Today's days are more hopeful than ever.

As a warrior who was selected to enter the Western Army.

The gold label has its own pasture and cattle and sheep.

At the same time, he also has a land voucher that can be exchanged for 40 acres of Junlu land in the northeast, and at the same time, if he makes a contribution, it is possible to get a hereditary title!

The days of the prairie are too bitter!

Lao Tzu wants to go back to Beijing!

Jin Biao, who once had a Beijing hukou, gritted his teeth and rushed forward with his head covered!

"This"

Musayev frowned.

He really didn't expect that these Chinese soldiers would be able to accomplish such an unexpected set of tactics.

Lie down, charge, lie down.

Tactical moves are not difficult.

The hard part is to do this on the battlefield.

Rush forward at the risk of enemy bullet shots.

It takes a lot of courage to do that.

People are afraid of death.

In Europe.

Who would dare to let the soldiers go down on their stomachs - these little soldiers will probably not be able to pretend to be dead after they lie down.

Who doesn't know that lying on your stomach is not easy to be hit.

But it's easy to lie down, but it's hard to stand up!

The queue to shoot is dull though.

But at least it can give the officer better control of the queue and avoid the defeat of the soldier because he is afraid of death.

But now the tactic of lying down-charge-lying down is a great test of the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

Now it looks.

The combat enthusiasm of these Ming soldiers is indeed very high!

This made Mousaev's face very worried.

"Rush! Keep rushing!! ”

When Jin Biao was lying on his stomach, he specially checked whether there were any missing parts on his body.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he found it intact, and then shouted orders for his soldiers to move forward.

In fact, this set of tactics tests the ability of the non-commissioned officer squad leaders at the most basic level.

Stimulated by Jun Lutian.

The soldiers of the Western Army can be described as fearless of death.

"Lie down!!"

When the rifled guns of the Russian army rang out again.

The gold standard lunged forward and roared loudly.

There are also many squad leaders like him.

along the way.

They have advanced more than a hundred steps

There were less than two hundred paces left from the enemy.

It's still quite far away, though.

But.

This has entered the firing range of the rear-loading rifled gun of the Liberation 6 year!!

"Fire!!"

Jin Biao lay on the ground, stretched the gun in his hand forward, the butt of the gun was against his shoulder, and the crosshair caught a Russian officer in front of him.

Bang!

Gunshots rang out.

The next moment.

A smear of blood broke out of the Russian officer's chest.

Meanwhile.

Bang bang bang!

Dense gunfire rang out.

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Ming army, the guns in their hands kept firing,

Dense bullets rained down on the Russian troops in front.

The soldiers of the Ming army even shot from the side.

Also move forward to close the shooting distance!

Seeing that the Ming infantry had rushed to a distance of more than 300 yards from his side, Colonel Turgenev knew that something was wrong.

He quickly turned his head to look behind him—he was waiting for the order to retreat.

The order to retreat had not yet been given, but the shootout on both sides was in full swing.

A heavy rain of bullets poured over, and the Russian infantry, who were shooting in a kneeling position, were suddenly beaten to pieces.

The rifles they use are about 1.5 meters long without bayonets, and they are taller than most soldiers after loading bayonets, and it is very inconvenient to load bullets on half knees, especially in the enemy's bullet rain, panic is inevitable, and the loading speed will go down.

Some of the inexperienced recruits also forgot to take out the stab and launch it one piece.

In contrast, the Ming army, which was firing on their stomachs, was much calmer and more relaxed.

The rear-loading guns in their hands can be loaded in various positions, and they are fast and not prone to error, as long as they pull the firing pin and push the bullet into the magazine.

As a result, the difference in the rate of fire between the two sides was not 6 times, but 8 times 9 times.

The Ming army rained bullets from there, and the Russian army fired back in a sparse manner.

People lie on the ground to dodge bullets.

He was half-kneeling and was shot at a fixed target.

The casualties on both sides were completely unequal.

Turgenev's hands were trembling, and in just one or two minutes, the soldiers at hand had already suffered one or two hundred dead or wounded!

Can this still be fought?

The drums of the retreat were heavier than they sounded.

Colonel Turgenev exhaled with relief, stood up and was just about to give an order to the soldiers and officers around him, when suddenly he felt something slam his chest. (End of chapter)