Chapter 365: Hale Rocket Artillery
On the other hand, foreign spearmen are very valued by Yang Fang, the firearms used are all European guns of more than 100 taels, the supply of artillery and gunpowder is sufficient, and the salaries of soldiers are higher than those of other armies.
I hope that after Yang Side takes over, for the sake of his colleagues, he can give everyone some benefits.
However, it is still on the battlefield, and the rebel army has not yet moved, so everyone should still focus on saving their own lives
Thinking of this, many people are secretly scolding Wall again, this Wall usually looks like a dog, and always bragged about how good he was, but he didn't expect that once he engaged in the battle, he didn't even hold on for an hour, and he was beaten and defeated.
If this Wall is more aggressive, delays a little longer, and then loses in the evening, everyone can take the opportunity to collect their troops, and then withdraw directly from Bao'an County at night, away from this place of right and wrong, how good it would be.
Even if the court blames it, if it retreats after a day of fighting, it will suffer enough losses, even if the above is to blame, it will be lighter.
The generals under Yang Fang turned their minds in an instant, no matter how powerful Li Xian was with his troops, he couldn't think of so much.
At this time, the foreign spearmen had been defeated, and the only force that made the Huaxia army a little jealous was gone, and the next battle was much easier.
A series of orders from Li Xian's side were passed down, and two more regiments stepped forward, forming a corner with Ma Jinbao's regiment.
These two regiments ran to the flank behind the Ma Jinbao group, and they were also divided into five phalanxes, faintly forming a mouth without the bottom horizontal word.
Yang Fang and the others saw that the front suddenly turned into three regiments and fifteen phalanxes, and then neatly advanced forward, and they couldn't help but feel bitter in their hearts.
If the equipment level of the two regiments added later is the same as the first regiment, that is, fifteen phalanx fifteen rocket artillery bases, the fifteen rocket artillery ranges are extremely long, and the artillery equipment of the Qing army has always been problematic, and the four Western military artillery guns purchased with a lot of money have all been destroyed just now, and the rest are the Qing country's own ordinary artillery, how can this resist the artillery fire of the rebels.
The three regiments advanced to a distance of about a thousand meters from Yang Fang's headquarters and stopped, and then did not charge, but took out a large number of long-barreled rocket launchers as they had done with the foreign gun team before, and then leveled the land and established artillery positions.
Yang Fang was stunned for a while, if he used artillery to shoot, the range of the Qing army's artillery was less than 500 meters, and it would not be able to hit the enemy at all; if he sent infantry to attack, he was afraid that he would make the mistake of Wall and be defeated in the process of charging.
This ordinary Qing army did not have the ability of the foreign gun team, and there were more than 200 people rushing to the enemy under artillery fire, and they were afraid that if they rushed halfway, they would all have to turn around and flee, and even directly attack their own formation.
Yang Fang hesitated here, the artillery positions of the three regiments here were arranged, but they just didn't attack, they just pointed at Yang Fang's own formation with artillery over there.
Before Yang Fang could understand the other party's intentions, he saw another wave of military flags on the rebel side, and another force of about 5,000 people stepped forward, marched to the flanks of the three regiments in front, almost standing in parallel, and then began to arrange rocket artillery positions.
"Junmen, retreat, if you don't retreat, I'm afraid it's hard to leave. One of Yang Fang's staff members immediately turned pale, and whispered in Yang Fang's ear.
Yang Fang looked over and saw that his staff members and generals were all as pale as earth, and their expressions were terrified, and they didn't have any fighting spirit at all.
If the equipment level of these rebels is about the same, then now there are 30 rocket artillery positions attacking 150 rocket artillery aimed at their side, and they are all the kind that have a long range and can blossom everywhere, how can this battle be fought.
There is no need for rebel infantry to attack, and these cannons alone are enough to destroy their own army.
"Retreating without firing this shot is too weak..."Yang Fang felt that it was too embarrassing to retreat like this, and he wanted to hold on a little before leaving, but unfortunately the enemy didn't even give him this opportunity.
At this time, the rocket artillery of the Huaxia Army was in position, and then immediately began shelling, and more than 150 shells fell into the position of the Qing army at one time, causing huge casualties.
Yang Fang's army was also considered a strong army with combat effectiveness in the Qing army, but it only lasted two rounds of artillery bombardment before it collapsed and fled in all directions.
"The enemy is too powerful, run!"
"This battle can't be fought, let's withdraw first!"
Without Yang Fang's command, the Qing army collapsed on its own, turned around and fled one by one, no longer caring about waiting for the officers' orders.
Yang Fang had long expected such a show, but she still felt that it was dark in front of her, and she felt that half of her life was all wasted.
"You all run for your lives, I will draw my sword and kill myself, so that I can give an explanation to the emperor and the court. Yang Fang sighed, pulled out the sword on his body and wanted to wipe his neck, but was desperately stopped by the surrounding soldiers.
"Junmen, where is the time to do this now, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood, let's escape first. ”
The soldiers couldn't help but say, took the sword from Yang Fang's hand, and then carried him around and ran.
When the Qing army broke down, Li Xian observed for a long time and made sure that the Qing army was really defeated, not some so-called deceit, so he ordered the two 5,000-strong brigades in front to pursue and annihilate more enemies, and he took 5,000 soldiers and horses to show them the way back.
In this operation, the Huaxia Army first eliminated the most effective foreign spear team of the Qing army, and then defeated the headquarters of the Qing army, but its own losses were very small, and it was considered a successful completion of the original battle plan.
This time, the Huaxia Army used a new weapon, that is, the kind of rocket artillery fired from a long metal tube, but it was a new weapon that had been developed recently.
The Huaxia Army originally used Congreve rocket artillery, that is, the rocket has a long guide rod behind it, and the launcher is a wooden thing that looks like a ladder, with a maximum range of 1,900 meters and an effective range of 1,200 meters.
This Congreve rocket launcher is very convenient to move, and its power in field combat is also good, but when the shells are running, they are easily affected by external factors such as wind direction, and the hit rate is also low, so it is not easy to control.
In 1840, the British army invented the Hale rocket on the basis of the Congreve rocket launcher, which has a fumarole and three arc-shaped iron plates behind the shell.
Just as the rifling of the chamber of a gun helps the bullet rotate to increase the chance of hitting, the Hale rocket launcher also allows the shell to rotate, which greatly increases the accuracy of the shot.
However, the launch frame of the early Hale rocket invented by the British army was an open launch frame composed of two long strips, and the military factory of the Huaxia Army simply changed this launch frame to a long metal cylinder, and also installed a sight and angle adjuster, which could further improve the hit rate and greatly improve safety.