Qiming 1158

Chapter 969 The musket is fierce
Inside the military village, Zhou Wu, the head of the Zhou family, stood on the observation deck, looking at the darkness outside the Ming army, and some iron pipes at the front of the array, quite puzzled.

"Is that an ordnance?"

The cronies around him looked out and shook their heads.

"I haven't seen it before, but since it is on the battlefield, it should be an ordnance. Judging by the way the soldiers are holding torches, these pipes are likely to be firearms."

"firearm……"

Zhou Wu said: "I have heard for a long time that Ming's military has excellent firearms and is very good at using firearms to fight, such as the famous Thor Cannon, which was a great contribution to gold-enclosed people back then. Now that they have taken it out, I think it shouldn't be. For something simple, be careful."

Zhou Wu then ordered his army to be careful with Ming weapons to prevent accidents.

But at the end of the day, they didn't know how to prepare for it, so they didn't do anything, and watched the Shenji Camp artillery get ready to shoot, and they didn't plan to fire crossbow arrows in advance.

After the front-line gunner commander was ready, he asked He Feihu for shelling, He Feihu nodded and allowed the shelling.

"The first row of gunners listened to the order and raised the fire!"

The commander raised his flag, and the gunners in the first row immediately raised fire.

"ignition!"

The gunners lit the leads.

With the burning of the lead, Su Haisheng's interest gradually climbed to the peak.

It was on this summit that the artillery burst into flames.

Although the chariot general artillery is a light field artillery, its power is far less powerful than the large general artillery that can destroy the city wall, but it is still driven by gunpowder.

The solid shells burst out of their chambers and charged towards Zhou's military stronghold at an ultra-high speed far exceeding that of crossbow arrows. With a scorching air current, they easily penetrated the civil structure fence of Zhou's military stronghold and faced the Ming army head-on. Walled defense played a smashed.

An empty large gap appeared directly opposite the Ming army.

And this, the bed crossbow really can't do it.

Su Haisheng, who had seen everything with his own eyes, could guarantee that with the defense level of the Zhou family's military village, the largest crossbow would not dare to directly smash the frontal defense of the military village. These civil structures are similar to the defense of a city wall, which is not so good. deal with.

But the artillery did it.

Not only that.

The artillery shell wrapped in the scorching air flow easily penetrated its frontal defense, and its formidable power was not diminished, and even the Zhou rebels who were waiting in the general fortress turned their backs.

The place where the cannonball fell was exactly where the Zhou's rebels were waiting. The densely formed Zhou's rebels were hit by the cannonball and blossomed in the center. Immediately, blood splattered everywhere. People were directly crushed.

Such a terrifying scene instantly caused the brains of those who saw this scene to shut down and go blank, not knowing what to do.

However, the bombardment of the Ming army did not end there.

The second round of artillery shelling began soon. After the first round of firing, the artillerymen pushed the gun carriages to retreat quickly. The second round of firing artillerymen pushed the gun carriages forward, raised fire, ignited, and fired.

The second round of ten shells came galloping like lightning.

This time, more places were destroyed. The arrow towers and the bottom of the lookout in the military village were affected, and some arrow towers were even directly hit by shells.

Su Haisheng watched the arrow towers that he feared collapse as if they were broken, the archers above them fell, and they didn't know whether to live or die.

This is not over, there is a third round of shelling.

Raise the fire, set it on fire, launch it.

Another ten shells rushed into the Zhou's military village like lightning, directly knocking down three arrow towers and a watchtower, completely destroying the defense of the entire front door of the Zhou's military village. The gate of the Zhou's military village opened wide. The armament prepared for defense is also festering.

Seeing this scene, Su Haisheng opened his mouth wide and looked at such a scene in shock.

He Feihu didn't care about Su Haisheng's shock, looked at the situation in the army village, and ordered to prepare for the second round of shelling.

The second round of shelling was soon ready.

It was another three salvos. Thirty rounds of artillery shells caused the frontal defense of Zhou's military village to completely fester, and the interior of the military village was also in chaos. No archers could be seen on the remaining arrow towers and they could still threaten the Shenji camp from a height. The army is out.

For this reason, He Feihu was satisfied, and ordered the shelling to be stopped, and the firearms were arrayed, ready to be dispatched.

The firearm phalanx was designed and trained by Su Yonglin himself. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were all proficient in this phalanx, and under the command of the front-line officers, they formed several firearm phalanxes to attack.

Swordsmen, musketeers, spearmen, bowmen and cavalry work closely together to attack at a faster speed.

The arquebus in the musketeer's hand had already lit the arquebus, and the first shot was ready.

They entered the Zhou's military stronghold without any hindrance, and saw the chaos in the military stronghold, as well as the Zhou's rebels running around and screaming.

Obviously, the previous two rounds of shelling had stunned the Zhou rebels, who were not regular troops. They could no longer form an organized resistance. The visible chaos in the military village had already heralded their end.

But this is not the reason why the soldiers of the Ming army are soft-hearted.

On the battlefield, there is no warmth, only life and death and victory or defeat.

"Raise the gun!"

The army officer gave the order.

The musketeers in the first row immediately raised their guns, ready to shoot.

The sword and shield players in the front row all squatted down, leaving the shooting space for the musketeers.

"put!"

The firing order was issued, the musketeers in the first row pulled the trigger, the arquebus ignited the gunpowder, and the lead shot rushed out of the barrel. With the sound of an explosion and the white smoke rising in an instant, the Zhou rebels, who were running around and screaming, were swept away. hit.

Immediately blood splattered, stumps and broken arms flew around—

That's right, it's almost the same effect as artillery.

Soft lead bullets often cannot penetrate the human body, but will stay in the human body, or directly interrupt the human limbs, causing huge damage to the human limbs.

No matter how you touch it, as long as you get hit, as long as you bleed, your life will be in danger.

The fire poison of gunpowder and the lead poison of lead bullets are combined into one, so that the arquebus has all the advantages except the disadvantages.

Some of the rebel soldiers were hit by lead bullets on their arms, and one arm was suddenly interrupted. The whole person fell to the ground, vomiting blood, and trembling all over.

Some were hit in the leg, and a large blood hole was torn open immediately. Depending on the situation, the entire thigh may also be directly broken, and people fell to the ground, and many died on the spot.

Some were hit on the upper body, and basically a big blood hole was hit, and people died instantly, and it was not painful.

Others were hit in the head, and their heads suddenly burst like a watermelon that exploded. Half of them were gone, or all of them were gone, leaving only the headless corpses that exploded with blood.

This scene is much bloodier than the cold weapon battlefield.

However, the musketeers were all professional soldiers who had transferred jobs, so they already had psychological expectations for such a scene and would not feel panic.

They are only excited that they have completed the shooting mission and killed the enemy.

After the first row of musketeers finished firing, they quickly and skillfully retreated to the rear of the pikemen and the front of the crossbowmen to re-establish the queue, and then began to reload.

The musketeers of the second column immediately advanced a step, raised their guns, and waited for the order to fire.

"put!"

The second row of musketeers pulled the trigger and then fired, waiting for another round of blood and rain and stumps and broken arms flying around the Zhou rebels.

Then they also quickly retreated to the predetermined position and loaded the ammunition.

The third row of musketeers followed suit and fired their guns, bringing extremely fiery killings to the Zhou rebels.

Because of the blessing of gunpowder, this kind of killing has become different from the killing of cold weapons. It has become extremely hot, and the battlefield is no longer without temperature. As the temperature rises, the lethality and lethality of the battlefield also increase greatly.

The Zhou rebels were bloodied by three rounds of musket salvos, and the powerful and ferocious lethality of muskets to people was only recognized by everyone.

After finishing the shooting, they also retreated to the predetermined position.

At this point, the three rounds of musket shooting were successfully completed. All the musketeers retreated to the center of the army to reload the ammunition. The heavily armed lancers rushed forward, and the sword and shield fighters stood up collectively, replacing the musketeers' offensive task.

Following the officer's order, the army formation began to advance.

They will remove all obstacles in front of them.

(End of this chapter)