0866 against each other
But today's opponent is not the opponent they fight on weekdays, but the elite of the Wu'an Army trained by Liu Haojia! After receiving their weapons in an orderly manner, they threw off and strode forward to assemble.
As they walked, they began to tie their belts around their waists, then sorted out the position of their ammo packs and cleaned up the firecrackers! So by the time they finished the formation under the command of Huang Guojun, it was a real army that appeared in front of the convoy! And by the time they had done all this, the other party's men had just walked less than two hundred steps!
At this time, the team had formed a three-row horizontal line, but Huang Guojun was not very satisfied! He thought for a moment, then glanced at the opposite formation and gave a loud order, "The middle row is supplemented by the front and back rows, forming a two-row formation! Odd-numbered teams forward, even-numbered teams backwards!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the second row immediately inserted into the front and rear rows of the line, and then after a dense sound of footsteps, two rows of neat formations appeared! Huang Guojun was very satisfied when he saw this, these people were all trained by him, and he could complete the change of formation in a short time, he must be well-trained!
Then he shouted, "Check the equipment!"
The soldiers immediately put the firearms on their shoulders on the ground and held them with their left hands. With his right hand, he touched the ammo pack on his waist to make sure he could open it at any time before closing it, and then reached for the bayonet backwards. Pull out the bayonet halfway and insert it back. After that, I touched the first aid kit!
After confirming that the first-aid kit was also in the position of the lower back, many soldiers even subconsciously continued to touch it. But when I raised my hand, I realized that today was improvised equipment, and only these four things were on my body! So the soldiers who made a lot of movements couldn't help but let out a low laugh!
Huang Guojun was not only not angry when he heard the laughter, but was very happy! This shows that morale is high! Then he ordered in a loud voice, "Reload!"
The soldiers immediately opened the ammunition pack and took out the one-piece ammunition. This kind of integrated ammunition was completed by Liu Haojia based on the information of later generations. Buckshot and gunpowder were wrapped in mulberry paper into a cylindrical shape, and the two ends were tied with fine hemp rope. There is also a thin hemp rope in the middle that divides the cylinder into two parts, large and small!
The soldiers first tore off the hemp rope on the small packets, poured the gunpowder into the medicine pool, and then closed the lid on it to prevent the gunpowder from leaking out. Then the fire gun was erected, and then the hemp rope of the large ammunition was torn, the gunpowder inside was poured into the gun tube, and then compacted with a whole strip, and finally the lead bullet was stuffed into the chamber with mulberry paper, and then compacted with a whole strip, so that this round of loading was completed!
The team on the opposite side was also a little hesitant when they saw their dazzling movements here! Although they couldn't see what the other side was doing, they still sensed something wrong from each other's smooth movements! Daniel Zhang said to a few people around him: "Things are a little wrong! They used to move very smoothly, as if they were very powerful! 「
But the outlaw didn't care, and said, "So what? The fire gun is so close that thing that you can't hit it yet! And the person who looks at their command is a fool, and the firecrackers are not covered by pikemen and sword players! After a while, a few lives will be spared, and let them rush up after two rounds of fighting, which is to chop melons and vegetables!"
The other leaders also felt that he had a good point. Because in their impression, the Ming army's firearms are indeed slow and have a short range, and they can't hit accurately! And you have to have different classes as cover when you use it! Especially when they saw that the other party was only in a thin formation of two rows of people, they were about to laugh out loud from their hearts! I don't know what they will fight after the two rounds of firecrackers?
However, Daniel Zhang was still more safe, and he turned to the salt merchant's family and said, "Two brothers, the other party is clearly beating people with fire, why don't you send the archers you brought to the front to shoot a few rounds?"
At this time, the two family members made a decision that was not the opposite as usual, but said in unison, "No! Let our people press up, and they'll shoot in the back!"
They made this decision because they knew what they were doing! Don't look at the fact that they have more than 20 archers, but there are only five or six people who can really shoot accurately, and the others can only say that they will not miss the arrow! It's a joke!
And these people are all their own family members, in case they are killed by the fire gun in front of them
Well, it's better to die someone else!
Daniel Zhang was a little unhappy when the other party rejected him, so he immediately said, "Two brothers, don't worry about other things at this time, it's important to complete the above errands!" Let's be honest, what role can an archer play in the back? If there are more people, it would be better, only twenty people, I'm afraid that the feather arrow won't even be able to touch the person on the other side!"
As soon as he said this, the two family members looked terrified! Because they know the methods of the master's house, if the errand is done well, a lot of silver will be spilled, and if the errand is broken, it is themselves who are unlucky! So the two of them hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and agreed. So under their orders, more than twenty archers quickened their pace and walked to the front of the team!
And when Huang Guojun saw the scene in front of him, his mouth was almost crooked! He had speculated about the current situation before, and estimated that there might be archers on the other side! But he also knew that it was very difficult to train an archer, and even if there were, there would not be too many!
And what he worries most about is that the opponent will put the archers on the flanks of the crowd and keep shooting at him when the opponent charges! In that case, the damage to personnel and morale is really great!
However, these people put the archers at the forefront, making it clear that they would wait for the archers to get close and shoot their own formation before they charged! But don't they know that their people here have all the firearms in their hands?
But that's fine, since the opponent has moved the archer to the front, he must be ready to stand still and shoot. At that time, his subordinates will not hit moving targets, but fixed targets, and the hit rate will increase by at least two percent! Thinking of this, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, pay attention, you can only shoot when you hear my orders!"
The other officers in the team quickly repeated his order to the surrounding soldiers! And those officers also guessed his thoughts, and explained a few words to the soldiers around him in a low voice, which made the soldiers feel that the other side was probably stupid and bubbling, and a relaxed atmosphere immediately filled the team!
Soon the other party approached about 100 paces, Huang Guojun still did not give the order to shoot, and the soldiers also watched them approach easily. In fact, it has already entered the range of the firearm within 100 steps, but the hit rate is not high!