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Chapter 110
The heavy artillery that continued to roar, like a giant hammer, hit the spirits of the soldiers on both sides.

Because the bandits chose the wrong target at the beginning, they wasted nearly ten rounds of firing opportunities and made no achievements.

It also caused one's own side to be bombarded by at least sixty or seventy shells.Before the battle was fought, nearly a hundred people were directly killed, and the number of soldiers with broken arms and legs screaming and wailing was no less than this.

Even if at least half of the artillery shells of the officers and soldiers were blown away, as long as the remaining part could fool the crowd, they would basically be able to wade out a bloody path.

Especially the thieves put on a posture of preparing for a general attack from the very beginning, and a large number of elite and heavily armored soldiers also gathered on the front line, resulting in a high proportion of elite soldiers among these casualties - before the cannon, all beings are equal, regardless of whether you have heavy iron or not Wearing a cotton armor, if it gets to the torso, it will kill you instantly, if it gets to the limbs, it will cut off your limbs.

However, He Jin and He Yilong, in the process of learning lessons and adjusting their deployment, still failed to see the real malicious intentions of the officers and soldiers in building forts in the camp.

In their view, the purpose of the officers and soldiers building the fort higher than the wall and looking down at the shelling was nothing more than to allow the bullets to pass over the wooden wall of the camp and prevent their own camp wall from being blown up by mistake.

This kind of thinking, in the eyes of modern people who understand ballistics, will appear ridiculous, because any elementary school student in modern times knows that cannons can be regarded as ballistic curves.There must be other malicious intentions to raise the fort.

But the thieves at the end of the Ming Dynasty didn't know that they lacked cultural and theoretical literacy, and their only tactical and strategic level was based on long-term experience and instinct.

When commanding infantry, cavalry, and crossbowmen, you may be able to rely on accumulated experience, but for artillery, which requires a theoretical basis, it is basically useless, and there are few opportunities for practice.

After the bandit army adjusted their deployment, they bombarded each other for at least ten rounds, and the Frang machine turned off one or two more doors.

I don't know if the gunners suffered too many casualties, there were not enough manpower to operate the guns, or the gun bore was overheated and the fire must be temporarily stopped to dissipate heat.

The bandits suffered hundreds more casualties, and finally saw the walls on both sides of the official barracks, three gaps were blasted on the left, and two were blasted on the right.

He Jin's face was livid, and he also knew that he could no longer maintain such a state of being beaten unilaterally, which was too damaging to morale, and finally gave the order for a general attack.

"Assault from the whole army! The archers go up first, and then lean on the wall of the officer's camp to throw bows and crossbows for cover! The Tiezamian armored soldiers wait for the bowmen to attract firepower before going up, and go straight to the gap!"

He Jin is quite thoughtful. He knows that his military strength is at least seven or eight times that of the enemy army, and it is very important to use the advantage of deploying troops.So not only let the elite soldiers charge, but also let the miscellaneous troops charge together to share the firepower of the officers and soldiers.

The crossbowman rushed towards the intact part of the official army's wall. Although it was not easy to turn in after rushing in front of him, he could still shoot arrows into it on the spot.

And once the Tieza cotton armor elite soldiers rushed in through the gap while the officers and soldiers were still shooting at their own crossbowmen through the wall, the cotton armor soldiers could immediately circle around to both sides and hack from behind. The long-range soldiers of the officers and soldiers who are willing to retreat will double-team back and forth, and the officers and soldiers will collapse in an instant!

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"The bandits are finally charging! Brothers, the gunfire of the bandits is about to stop! They dare not take the risk of accidentally injuring their own people by firing indiscriminately! Prepare to get up and fire in three rows!"

On the wall on the left side of the camp gate, Mr. Qian Zonglu squatted in disgrace. He patted the soil and jumped up bravely after hearing the noise outside.

If I said I was not afraid, that would be a lie.

The sound of Flang machine guns on the opposite side was also continuous, and one could be heard every ten or so breaths, seven or eight guns fired in turn.Every time a shot landed on the wooden wall, it directly blasted a big hole, and even broke three or five strong wooden stakes.

When hitting the pile of rammed earth, although no one can be hurt, you can still feel the slight vibration of the ground within ten steps, as well as the loud noise and the falling soil.

Soldiers in the Ming Dynasty did not know much about physics and physiology.When Shen Shuren left, he also forgot to pay more attention to some small countermeasures that were too detailed, such as "open your mouth wide when you hear the gunshots, so as to prevent the excessive pressure difference between the inner and outer auditory canals from damaging your hearing and causing dizziness."

Many soldiers forgot to open their mouths, and they were inevitably shaken by the sound waves. Some of them were in poor health and even slightly vomited blood.

Fortunately, after so many rounds, there were basically no casualties, and Lu Datou's nerves and will finally survived this wave of experience.The soldiers next to them didn't shake their hands anymore, and stood behind the wooden wall again and set up their guns. After seeing 120 steps, two hundred light and heavy muskets fired at Lu Datou's side.

In the defense area on the other side of the camp gate, there were almost as many muskets, doing the same thing.

"Frangji is nothing more than that! Fuck him! Brothers, fight well, and Mr. Futai has kept his promise. We played well last year and practiced well. We expanded our recruitment from pikemen to firearms soldiers. , we can't lose face!"

After shooting and killing people, the soldiers became more and more numb to the machine, and they couldn't care less about fear. The second row and the third row went up one by one.Everyone fired two rounds, and the whole army fired a total of nearly [-] rounds of ammunition.

The bullets that landed on the front of the enemy's crossbowman remained the same, as long as they hit, they would either die or be disabled.It's a pity that the crossbowman's formation was relatively loose when he stepped forward. As long as he missed the target he was aiming at, it would be difficult to catch the people next to him.

A small number of gunners of the officers and soldiers near the two sides of the gap aimed at the Tiezamian armored soldiers rushing into the gap on the opposite side.At the beginning, it was impossible for the officers to predict the deployment of the enemy, so they still pre-loaded the shotgun according to the conventional code.

After a round of shelling, there were not many cotton-armored soldiers down. A relatively close firearms soldier next to Lu Datou had sharp eyes and saw the situation clearly after firing. He couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Mr. Qian! The bandits are probably in cotton armor! Shotguns can't pierce the armor!"

"Change the slug for the second shot! Retreat as planned after shooting!" Lu Datou felt dizzy for a while, but he couldn't order everyone to change the bombs. He could only let the brothers around the gap where he was in charge change. bomb.

The last round of slug salvo was already within fifty paces. Although the number of projectiles dropped sharply, fortunately the distance was close enough and the enemies were crowded together. The momentum of the thieves rushing towards the gap was suffocated.

After firing, the disciplined firearms soldiers immediately rushed back according to the original plan, and retreated behind the second trench wall in front of the fort.

The spearmen of the official army completely abandoned the first camp wall from the very beginning, and set up formations behind the trenches in advance, leaving some corridors for friendly firearms to pass through.

Zuo Zixiong's deployment also has a deep meaning. He has trained as a soldier for a year, and he knows the quality best.

The elite soldiers have all been selected into the bayonet and musketeer team, and the new recruits are all first to be pikemen, or to practice bows, crossbows, waist knives, so the kind of work that needs to retreat and change positions during wartime can only be handed over to the elite soldiers. .Otherwise, if you run, you will not be able to stop it.

"The camp gate and the gap have been captured! The rear army is speeding up! We will wipe out Shen Gouguan's troops today!" He Jin and He Yilong were in the distance, seeing their heavy armored soldiers finally rushing into the gap like tidewater ants , and finally shouted with joy.

Because of the bombardment threats from the officers and soldiers, they had killed and wounded dozens of soldiers in their flag array. These two thieves did not dare to risk their lives to supervise the battle, for fear of being caught by the artillery of the officers and soldiers.

Not only did he delay and shift his position, he didn't even dare to stay with his own flag. Under the flag array, there were only some soldiers carrying the flag, and there were no senior officers at all.

This also made it inconvenient for them to observe the battlefield situation, and they couldn't see the real truth for a while.

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Wearing the highest quality and heaviest iron-clad cotton armor, He Tianming rushed into the gap where the official army camp was blasted together with the elite old battalion brothers around him, excitedly but anxiously.

Until this moment, he finally let go of his hanging heart: the morale of the officers and soldiers is so low!When you see the wall is broken, you dare not defend it!Then the follow-up is not a hand-to-hand combat like chopping melons and vegetables!The total strength of the army is seven or eight times worse, and the official army must be finished today!
He Tianming is the distant nephew of the commander-in-chief He Jin, he came out with his uncle, and became a captain in the army. The captain is Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and the name of a military officer in the fifth battalion of Gezuo, which is equivalent to the sixth rank of the army. Product defense.

If I can make the first achievement today, I am afraid that I will have the title of general when I go back!

Thinking of this, the resentment caused by witnessing batches of brothers being killed by muskets just now is not so deep.

Unfortunately, He Tianming was not happy for long, just a few breaths after he stepped into the gap, suddenly there was a loud noise, and thousands of iron sand, nails, and gravel whizzed towards his face.

Even though he was fairly nimble and surrounded by many guards, he subconsciously bowed his head and was still covered in splashes of blood.

"Ah—" Countless screams instantly resounded throughout the audience.

12 pounds of iron sand gravel can contain at least two or three thousand chips, each about three cents to half a cent.It was sprayed over a hundred steps, even if more than half of it was sprayed into the sky or smeared on the ground, it was still enough to form a storm of blood rain.

The six original Dutch red cannons in the army have been used stably so far without heat dissipation.When the bandits charged just now, the cannons stopped firing for a short while.

But that was only because the officers and soldiers were urgently adjusting the gun mounts and muzzle orientation, sharpening their knives so as not to miss the woodcutters, and saving two shots in exchange for precise aiming at every gap in the battalion wall.Even if individual gaps cannot be allocated firepower, it is not harmful, as long as most of them can be covered.

Just now, the old camp brothers who were able to shoot down the turtledove and Lumi guns freely, and were still brave to charge when they were hit, are now easily covered with more than a dozen pieces. No matter how good the armor is, it is completely useless. I can only die with the feeling that all living beings are equal.

It only took He Tianming a split second before he was frightened and paralyzed to the ground. Although he escaped the face-smearing from the bullets, he fell into an equally terrifying trampling on himself.

The follow-up soldiers of the Old Rogue Battalion rushed up frantically, trying to pass through the gap as soon as possible, but the ones in front fell down. They could only assume that the fallen ones were dead, and stepped on them directly.

Those who were crushed below were not shot. Although they couldn't breathe, they also avoided being bombarded again.No matter how many pieces of cannonball the cannon had, it was impossible to penetrate through several layers of corpses and kill those under it.

The military firearms soldiers who retreated to the fort also knelt behind the earthen wall which was almost only the height of the parapet, and shot in an orderly manner.

Their muskets have also been equipped with hoop-type bayonets, which do not affect the firing, and they can switch to melee combat at any time, without worrying about switching formations after being approached.

Other long-range cold weapons such as bows and crossbows also rained down like rain for a while, and the officers and soldiers did everything they could to pile up all the available long-range output firepower.

Several gaps in the camp wall were quickly piled up by the mountain of corpses to the same height as the original rammed earth wooden fence.

Those who wanted to rush in later still had to climb the pile of dead people, and finally found that it was better to carry a thick wooden plank on a slope, and rush up along the slope more securely.

The former army of the rogues has entered a dilemma. Those who have already rushed in cannot retreat, and the rear army is blocked there and wants to climb the wall to enter, but the speed is too slow.

As a result, the number of rogue troops between the two battalion walls is always in a disadvantageous state of being partially beaten.There are 2000 troops in the air, but they can't use them. It is only the first [-] people who fight with the officers and soldiers every moment.

The battle between advance and retreat only made morale more frenzied, and the losses far exceeded the initial tentative attack four days ago.As the rear army was blocked there and killed in vain, and even batches of deserters began to appear, He Jin and He Yilong finally had to consider withdrawing their troops.

"I fell into the trick of the dog officer again! It won't work if you fight like this, and the troops won't be able to deploy! I didn't expect the army to build a second earthen wall in the camp! The Hongyi cannon is so powerful! But retreat What to do next?"

He Jin's scalp was numb, and he was still holding on. The soldiers in front were dying at a rate of more than a hundred people per minute. His brain was thinking hard, and after hundreds of people died, he finally thought of a way.

"We can only let people set off rockets and throw torches at night to light up! Then let our remaining Francophones hit the wall in the dark and far away! The fortifications of the government and army are completely smashed, and there is no danger to defend them. We will launch them again tomorrow morning." A total attack!"

He Jin finally realized that he was too careless at first, not knowing that the officers and soldiers had Hongyi cannons to restrain him, yet he dared to openly deploy the artillery positions during the day and blast the wall in a slow manner.

This led to all the passive situations in the future!
If I had known that the cannons of the army were heavier, more accurate and sharper, I should have bombarded the camp wall in the dark!

Anyway, the battalion wall was dead, and it was impossible to miss it. The artillery position was one or two miles away, and it was difficult to accurately observe and aim through the occasional fire in the dark.

Erhe checked it out urgently, felt that this strategy was feasible, and finally chose to retreat again—in fact, it could not be regarded as their active choice, because before the order to retreat was given, the former army had already been defeated and retreated.

Today's casualties are at least twice as heavy as those in the first battle.

There were also 2000 elites from the former army battalion who were blocked in the battalion. Because the back road was blocked by the corpses of comrades-in-arms, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to escape. Their morale collapsed and they knelt down and surrendered.

Zuo Zixiong didn't rush to kill them all, he used muskets and cannons to threaten them to put down their weapons, and then asked the pikemen to come forward and tie them all together in groups of ten.After counting, more than 600 soldiers were captured, and most of them were stubborn old battalion soldiers, accounting for at least [-].

After this battle, the temporary battle damage of the bandit army was at least 6000 people, about 2000 people were captured, [-] people were killed or seriously injured, and there were [-] to [-] people who were slightly injured and trampled on each other. .

What's more important is that the two consecutive games were dominated by the officials and the army. The low morale caused by this losing streak has reached a very dangerous level.

(End of this chapter)