Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 118
"Low, low, reload!"

Fu Dahai was lying on the trench, his eyes still squinted, but his face was full of excitement.

The 21 Daming No. [-] guns made of copper-tin alloy began to lower the muzzle slowly under the command of Fu Dahai. After Fu Dahai gave an order, the assistant gunner also began to prepare to load gunpowder.

Zhu Youxiao also walked out. With the current distance, the Tartars couldn't use their powerful arms to shoot the bow and arrow here.

However, the latest artillery developed by Ming Dynasty can already cover the bombing of this distance.

Zhu Youxiao really wanted to see the effect of the galloping Houjin Eight Banners under the bombardment of dozens of artillery pieces.

However, like other generals, they were a little worried. After all, this was the first time that artillery was used to directly fight against the Eight Banners cavalry who ruled the world.

Cannonball development expert Song Yingxing, artillery chief designer Sun Yuanhua, and Tang Ruowang also followed Zhu Youxiao at this time. Their task was to observe the actual combat effect of Daming's latest artillery.

Before this, what they bombarded were only thousands of pigs or sheep, but now they are bombarding fierce Tartars. The psychological feeling is different.

"Sun Yuanhua, can this artillery work?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have tried many times, and the Imperial Guards have also practiced many times. If there is any problem, Your Majesty can immediately chop off the minister's head."

Although Sun Yuanhua said so, Zhu Youxiao didn’t dare to chop off his head. The Ming Dynasty lacked scientific and technological talents. Now these people are national treasures. The Donglin Party scolded Zhu Youxiao. Dongchang took people, but if these people were disrespectful to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao would at most give a few words of warning.

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Daishan also saw the muzzle in front of him at this time, but he didn't think much about it. The artillery fire of the Ming army often misfired, and even if there was no misfire, it was difficult to hit it accurately.

Generally, as long as the cavalry rushes past at a fast enough speed, the artillery can't even react.

Moreover, now Daishan prefers to form a dense sprint formation, which can directly scare the courage of the artillery.

"Hurry up, the artillery fire of the Ming army can't hit us now, Sukeshaha, once you enter the range of the artillery fire, shoot arrows immediately."

Daishan was talking, while Fuhai waved directly: "Let go!"

After the creaking sound of burning, there were several loud bangs, and dozens of shells were seen falling into the middle of the Tatars like celestial maidens scattered flowers.

The huge air wave made Daishan fall to the ground, and when he got up, another round of shells was fired.

Countless Tartars were blown up to be covered in blood again, and the horses were startled to death.

"Scatter quickly!" Daishan touched the burnt tail of the money mouse, roared loudly, and couldn't help but wondered: "When did the artillery of the Ming army become so powerful?"

Now Zi Daishan didn't dare to sprint intensively, so he spread out and continued to charge.

The Tartars are not afraid of death, but they are also extremely cunning. After learning the lesson, they kept using their skilled riding skills to switch positions. In this way, the damage caused by the No. [-] artillery with a longer range was also reduced a lot, but Also due to the simplification of operation and the improvement of flexibility, it is still possible to bombard a small group of Tartars.

However, Fu Dahai also began to immediately order: "The No. [-] gun is retreated, and the No. [-] gun is used for free strikes."

Immediately, the No. 0 cannon, which was more flexible and light, began to fire. Unexpectedly, the more the Tartars thrust in, the denser the artillery fire of the Ming army would be.

However, the brave Tartars still approached the effective range of bows and arrows after losing hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers. If the artillery did not retreat in time, professional gunners would become living targets for these Eight Banners soldiers.

"The artillery battalion is back, and the infantry battalion is ready to fight!"

With an order, Fu Haihai's artillery battalion immediately turned its muzzle and withdrew back, while Chang Yanling led three infantry battalions to form three arc positions, waiting for the approach of the Tartars.

Tartars are good at shooting, and their strong arms can make bows and arrows as powerful as traditional rifled guns. This is one of the reasons why the Ming firearms troops can't take advantage of these Tartar cavalry.

The Eight Banners Tartars are very familiar with galloping their horses, while drawing their bows and shooting arrows directly on the fast-moving horse. In an instant, the sky is covered with arrow rain. Fortunately, the trenches of the infantry battalion in front are deep enough to hide in the trenches. The chance of shooting an arrow is far less than the chance of standing on flat ground.

Moreover, the Tartars draw their bows and set their arrows very casually, basically shooting arrows spontaneously, so there is no way to cause large-scale damage.

The infantry battalion of the Imperial Guard was different. Chang Yanling's first battalion was in the first trench at this time. Their movements were very consistent, and they were all completed under Chang Yanling's command.

"Raise the gun! Prepare the ammunition!"

Chang Yanling issued the first order when the Tatars began to draw their strong bows and shoot long-range shots and from time to time favorable arrows came.

The well-trained officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the Imperial Guard Infantry calmly followed the order of the commander Chang Yanling to pick up the Tianqi No. [-] flintlock gun, then put the paper shells on their side, and squinted their eyes to pass the flintlock gun. The front sight on the gun determines the target of the shot.

"aim!"

Chang Yanling dodged an arrow shot by the Tartars with a slight tilt of his head, and squinted at his officers and soldiers, seeing that they were all ready, he shouted: "Fight!"

clap clap!

Suddenly, there was a sound like fried beans, and the white smoke formed by the burning of black powder floated downwind from the first position.

As a result, it was very difficult for the Tartars to hit the target, but the infantry battalion could not continue to aim. Seeing this, Chang Yanling had no choice but to order people to shoot directly without aiming.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help sighing secretly. Although he knew that smokeless gunpowder was better than black gunpowder, he never thought that the application of the two on the battlefield would bring such a big difference.

Fortunately, the intensive shooting also caused a lot of casualties to the Tartars. Daishan watched countless Eight Banners cavalrymen beside him being knocked to the ground by the bullets fired rapidly, and countless fierce horses fell to the ground with a bang. It was surprise and anger. He didn't expect that the firecrackers in the hands of the Ming army could shoot so far and form continuous firepower strikes.

"Rush over! Kill!"

Daishan realized that the bow and arrow range of his Eight Banners soldiers was not very good in front of the firecrackers, so he could only shorten the distance and use more powerful arrow rain to disrupt the formation of the Ming army's firearms soldiers. Direct defeat.

In the dense hail of bullets, these Tartars were still approaching the position of the Imperial Guards step by step by virtue of their excellent riding skills, and because of the shortened distance, the strength of the sharp arrows was obviously much stronger. Accidentally, it was directly pierced through the neck.

But fortunately, the imperial guards had strict military discipline, and they were not defeated because of the fall of one or two soldiers. Now they are like machines, listening to Chang Yanling's command to load and shoot.

The dense bullets caused great damage to the Eight Banners cavalry, and many Eight Banners soldiers fell directly on the way.

Seeing this, Dai Shan felt that this was not the way to go, so he immediately ordered his Eight Banners soldiers to disperse in three groups.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao also hurriedly ordered the second and third infantry battalions to quickly move to the left and right ring positions through the traffic trench, and when the two groups of Tartars came, they began to form intensive firepower strikes.

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