Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2138, European War

On the banks of the Danube, the two armies pressed towards each other like two huge dark clouds.

The three-stage shooting tactic is still the mainstream on the European battlefield. As the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer, each side can clearly see the confusion and fear on the faces of the other side's soldiers just like their own. But it is like wood.

Following the command of the commander, guns were stretched out, billowing thick smoke rose, and groups of people continued to fall down.

Someone fell in front, and someone behind immediately made up for it, and the three-stage shooting formation was always maintained.

"Fire!"

Another order was issued, and the Spanish army in red matador costumes billowed with thick smoke, and countless projectiles shot towards the Holy Roman Empire coalition forces on the opposite side, bringing countless blood in an instant. people fell down.

"Ok!"

On a hillside behind, Alfred, who was riding on a tall horse, nodded in satisfaction.

The ammunition and weapons of the Ming people are easy to use. They have a long range, a fast rate of fire, and high precision. Under a wave of salvos, they almost killed all the soldiers in the enemy's row.

In contrast, the Holy Roman Empire, apart from being able to fight at the beginning, gradually tended to collapse later on.

The Spaniards are rich and powerful, and they can use all the weapons and equipment of Ming Dynasty, but the Holy Roman Empire is relatively not so rich and powerful.

The first batch of troops sent up almost used old-fashioned muskets, muskets produced by themselves, which were far inferior to the Spanish army in terms of range, accuracy, and speed of fire.

Once the two sides are at war, the army of the Holy Roman Empire will be unable to withstand it, even though they have an absolute advantage in numbers.

The Spanish army has less than 3 troops, but the Holy Roman Empire coalition has nearly 10 troops. However, the performance on the battlefield is overwhelming.

The allied forces of the Holy Roman Empire, which had an absolute numerical advantage, could not beat the Spanish army. Under the powerful fire guns, their flesh and blood were useless at all.

"The tactic of queuing up and shooting was really powerful in the past, but if anyone uses this tactic in front of our Ming army now, I'm afraid they will die miserably."

Beside Alfred, Fan Mindao put down the binoculars, and couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.

The arms and weapons that Daming sold to the outside world are all old-fashioned obsolete muskets, flintlock muskets, this kind of muskets have been eliminated early in the Ming Dynasty, and now all the muskets used by the Ming army are similar to the rifles of the World War I in later generations up.

Whether it is the shooting speed, accuracy, range, etc., it is no longer what it used to be. According to the internal test results of the Ming army, this tactic of queuing up and shooting under the new rifle is absolutely no different from sending them to death.

Therefore, the three-stage shooting tactic has already been eliminated by the people of Ming Dynasty.

And with the continuous increase in the power of artillery, now Ming Dynasty is already researching new trench tactics. By digging trenches to resist the opponent's fierce artillery and rifles, it is impossible to continue to use three-stage shooting tactics.

Although the former Ming Empire used three-stage shooting tactics to push from east to west to the coast of the Baltic Sea, punching the Ottoman Empire, kicking the Japanese country, sweeping across Southeast Asia, and sweeping the world.

But this kind of tactic is really an outdated tactic, but it is still the most effective tactic in the current European battlefield.

"The cavalry is ready to attack!"

Fan Mindao looked at the Allied Forces of the Holy Roman Empire, which was gradually collapsing, and also suggested to Alfred.

"Ok!"

"Order the cavalry to attack!"

Alfred nodded solemnly. He was not good at marching and fighting, but he had retired Ming military officers by his side. They were professional soldiers.

Soon, following Alfred's order, the Spanish cavalry who were waiting for an opportunity on the two wings began to gallop their horses. Thousands of horses galloped in the open area, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

The Spanish cavalry was also established following the example of the Ming cavalry. Even the sabers they used were imported from the Ming Empire. They wore leather boots and uniformed red military uniforms. The allied forces of the Roman Empire killed it.

Like a sharp sword, it pierced fiercely into the huge camp of the Holy Roman Empire coalition forces. The Holy Roman Empire coalition forces, which were already about to collapse, were unable to organize effective resistance at all, and were easily torn open by the Spaniards. .

There was no suspense in the next battle. When the cavalry rushed to the side, the old-fashioned muskets were no match for the cavalry at all. With the impact of the horses, the shining saber kept flashing coldly.

The blood was dyed red to the end, gathered into a trickle, and finally all flowed into the Rhine River, and soon dyed the river completely red.

A fortress on the western-French border in the Pyrenees is here.

"Fire!"

With the order of the Spanish commander, a total of 500 Miyun cannons were aimed at the bust fortress built by the French.

"Dong dong!"

"Dong dong!"

The sound of the rumbling guns was deafening and resounded through the sky, constantly echoing among the mountains, billowing gunpowder smoke continued to rise, and when the strong wind blew, the hideous cannons were exposed.

In the sky, with the howling sound of cannonballs smashing into the fortress, the terrible flowering bomb exploded again, and the terrible air wave lifted everything around. Countless shrapnel harvested humble lives like the scythe of death.

Round after round of bombardment poured on this strong fortress. The French army in the fortress was dizzy by such fierce artillery fire. Many people couldn't even hear it directly. They could only see the The shells fell, and a large number of houses, buildings and other places crashed down.

Suddenly something fell on his face, and he stretched out his hand to smear red blood and stumped limbs.

"too frightening!"

Every French soldier feared from the bottom of his heart. He had never seen such a fierce artillery fire before. In contrast, the artillery in the French's own hands was like iron bumps, and they couldn't hit the opponent at all.

"Why do their guns have such a great range and power?"

"Our cannons have already been forged by imitating those of the Ming people, why are they still not working?"

Above the fortress, the French commander looked at his own artillery, and then at the Spanish artillery. He wondered why the gap was so large.

"The city wall is down!"

"The city wall is here!"

Before he could figure out the situation, a section of the city wall crashed down, and the guarding French soldiers immediately shouted in horror.

At this time, the Spaniards rushed up like a tide, billowing gunpowder smoke continued to rise, countless lead pellets flew everywhere, blood stained the fortress red, and corpses littered the field.

In a blink of an eye, this strong fortress fell into the hands of the Spaniards, and it was released to the north. It was an endless plain. After this fortress was laid down, the Spaniards' army could drive straight in and directly attack the hinterland and heart of France. .

English Channel.

As the gusts of sea breeze blew away the dense fog that permeated the sea, one could faintly see huge warships with the flag of the Spanish Empire flying on them.

"clang!"

"clang!"

Immediately, the bells on the English and French warships rang, and immediately, the sailors on the entire station began to get busy.

The cannons pushed out of the muzzles, revealing the ferocious barrels.

"Fire!"

Accompanied by an order, the sound of rumbling shelling echoed, and shells roared to attack the Spanish warships.

"Enemy ship!"

Here on the Spanish warship, they also found the enemy army, and immediately became busy.

"Boom! Boom!"

On the surface of the sea around the warship, as shells fell heavily, huge jets of water rose into the sky, and the splashed seawater drenched the decks of nearby warships.

A few unlucky warships were hit directly, and holes were smashed out, sawdust flying, and the sailors around were killed and injured.

"The armored warship rushes over!"

"Form a triangle attack formation!"

The Spanish commander took a telescope, carefully observed the enemy, and quickly arranged.

With the semaphore soldiers waving the flags in their hands, the surrounding Spanish warships quickly adjusted their formation. The three armored warships purchased from the Ming Empire were like three tanks at sea.

Wearing thick iron armor and billowing black smoke, he took the lead and rushed towards the warships of England and France.

As the distance between the two sides got closer, shells continued to fall on these iron-clad warships. However, for the warships covered with thick iron armor, these shells seemed to be tickling, and they were only thick. There are traces on the iron armor, but there is no effect or function other than that.

However, the Spaniards relied on these three armored battleships and easily tore off their buttons. The warships were like sharp swords piercing the enemy's heart.

Accompanied by billowing thick smoke, shells fell on the French and English warships one after another, smashing these wooden warships into huge holes, causing heavy casualties on the warships.

You come and go between the two parties, and there is constant confrontation back and forth.

The warships were riddled with holes, some sank directly, and some began to withdraw from the battlefield with their scarred bodies. Gradually, the Spaniards began to gain the upper hand.

Relying on the strong defense of the armored battlefield, terrifying speed and fierce artillery, the English and French could not stand it at all, and gradually showed signs of collapse.

In the surrounding sea area, countless wreckages are floating, accompanied by cold corpses, the sea area is stained red with blood, but the war has just begun.

(End of this chapter)