Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 439
The huge chimneys emit white smoke, and these water droplets formed by the condensation of water vapor are simply ancient artifacts for swallowing clouds and fog in the eyes of the Eight Banners Tartars.

In addition, the ear-piercing sound of the bearings driving the tracks forward seemed like the giant steel beast baring its teeth, and a cannon mounted at the front was like an elephant's nose, pointing the black hole towards the Eight Banners soldiers in front. , so that they could not help feeling a burst of fear.

The speed of the chariot is very slow, and the Ming steam manufacturing industry has just entered the era of locomotives, so the power transmission is not very mature, which will cause the chariot to suddenly stagnate or even fall backward when the cylinder temperature rises. Only when the steam power reached the threshold again could they continue to move forward, but in this way, the corpses of the Eight Banners soldiers under the tracks were pressed harder, and the blood directly burst out and splashed on the black iron plate, which gave these Eight Banners Tartars a great shock.

Huang Taiji himself was also a little confused, he didn't expect that the Ming army would have such a monster that could march such a big iron object, so he could only order: "Command the cannon camp, bombard this thing!"

The current Huang Taiji couldn't think of any other way to deal with this iron monster, he could only think of bombarding it with cannons.

As a result, soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty who were familiar with artillery operation began to light the artillery, and several shells whizzed and smashed towards the chariot that was marching in front.

Clang!
At this time, Jiannu was still using solid shells, which had a strong impact, and even hitting a steel plate like a chariot could generate a huge impact.

After the chariot was hit, it moved back suddenly, coupled with inertia, it moved forward again, and the steel plate was also knocked out of an irregular circular pit.

The two gunners in the chariot, the two improved half-year three-eyed musket operators and the igniter, as well as the four improved wing tiger gunners and the four chariot marching operators were all shocked, but fortunately, the chariot The impact experiment has been done, and it can continue to move forward after a short shock.

The sound of clicking sounded again, and there was a sound of crackling, and new water vapor spewed out, turning into clouds when it encountered cold air.

This scene made Huang Taiji stunned again. He didn't expect that even the cannon could not deal with this iron guy. He narrowed his eyes slightly, hoping to find a better solution.

"Get in range, launch!"

Here, the artillery on the chariot also began to spit fire, and the fierce recoil caused the chariot to move back a few steps again. A flower bomb exploded behind Huang Taiji like a firework. The cry sounded, making Huang Taiji, Dorgon and other veterans in the battlefield all terrified. They had to admit that their strong bows and crossbows were useless at this time.

"Bring up the firearms soldiers and let them shoot these iron guys!"

Now Huang Taiji can only use his own firearms troops. The firearms he is equipped with have been improved flintlock guns, and most of them are lead bullets with strong penetrating power, which can break through heavy armor. Therefore, Huang Taiji wanted to see if he could use firearms to hit Wear this iron guy.

For this reason, he also asked these firearms soldiers to approach and shoot from the two wings, which reduced the shooting distance and increased the impact of the projectiles.

But soon Huang Taiji will find that it is difficult to get close to the two wings of the chariot and use the clumsiness of the chariot to deal with the chariot, because the improved version of the three-eyed gun and the improved version of the winged tiger on the chariot can almost cover The short-range 360-degree field of vision made these Eight Banners Tartars who tried to approach and shoot were shot down a lot.

When the Eight Banners Tartars had just bowed and rounded towards the rear of the chariot, the three-eyed musketeer on the chariot also spotted the Eight Banners Tartars sneaking up through the observation port, and immediately fired a shot. The lead bullet hit the tartar's chest, and a lot of blood spurted out.

At the same time, the three-eyed musketeer turned the reel and shot one of the Eight Banners Tartars hidden in the right rear, and continued to shoot down four or five other Tartars.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji couldn't help being furious, and hurriedly ordered his archers to shoot at the gunners who used the observation port of the chariot to suppress the chariot's firepower system.

A lot of light arrows were shot at, and they were extremely tricky. The musketeer was accidentally shot in the eye, and he couldn't help but screamed.

As a result, the gunners in the chariot had to close the observation port.

These Eight Banners Tartars with firearms were also able to hit the chariot at close range, but they found that even the lead bullets had no effect on the thick iron plate of the chariot, except for clanging sounds or at most leaving potholes. Accidentally, to no avail.

"withdraw!"

Since there was no way to deal with these big iron bumps, Huang Taiji no longer wanted to deal with these guys, but chose to retreat first, avoiding these behemoths before talking.

But what he didn't expect was that at this time, the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard had already killed him from both sides behind him.

At the same time, the flying battalion had also taken off and reached the sky above the main force of the Eight Banners of Huang Taiji, and directly dropped the burning bag.

The raging fire accompanied by cavalry field cannons exploded continuously in the middle of the main camp of the Eight Banners, like azaleas blooming in the mountains, extremely gorgeous, but for the Eight Banners Tartars, it was a nightmare for them to bear .

One Eight Banners Tartar rolled off the horse directly, and he was unable to get back on the horse when he was going to retreat, because his whole body was full of fire, and he could only roll around on the ground Go, howling in pain.

At the same time, the other Eight Banners Tartars who were fighting horses and retreating were hit by the shells that happened to come at a high speed. The whole body was immediately split into limbs, and the waist was directly torn apart. The blood and fat fell into the fire and made a crackling sound. The crackling sound.

With just one attack, the main force of the slave establishment who was about to retreat completely became chaotic. However, at this time, there were still burning bags falling down and burning pairs of blazing fires.

Huang Taiji knew that he couldn't retreat to the rear and bypass Yaoziling to enter Monan, because even if he escaped the artillery bombardment and the fireball attack from the sky, he would still have to fight the Ming army cavalry ahead. Even if the main force really breaks through, they will lose a lot.

Therefore, Huang Taiji had no choice but to bring most of his main force to break out in the direction of the chariot.

Although the chariots were always firing cannonballs and lead bullets to attack the main force of the Eight Banners of Huang Taiji, but because the sensitivity of Ming's chariots was too poor, the accuracy was not high, and the shooting frequency was not good, so it was against Huang Taiji's construction. The threat posed by the slave force is even smaller.

It's just that the chariot is too large, and Yaoziling is a bottleneck-like terrain at this time, and the location of more than a dozen chariots happens to be at the bottleneck, which makes it difficult for Huang Taiji's main force to build slaves to pass quickly. Yaozi Ridge, and it can only be passed by riding alone.

For this reason, Huang Taiji had no choice but to let Dorgon lead the main force of the Zhengbai Banner to attack the Second Army of the Imperial Guard Cavalry first, using this as a cover for himself.

And in this way, Dorgon directly rode his horse towards the second cavalry army of the imperial guards, while Huang Taiji continued to advance towards Yaoziling, making its main force too scattered, and the burning casualties caused by the flying battalion The cavalry field artillery was greatly reduced, and the distance between the second cavalry army and Jiannu was shortened, and the main force of the Eight Banners began to gradually disperse, so that the artillery could no longer kill a large area.

However, the frantic burning and bombing just now still caused a huge trauma to the main force of the slave establishment, which frustrated its arrogance.

Even when Dorgon brought his Eight Banners cavalry towards the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard Army, he was much more cautious than before. Immediately, a rain of arrows was launched in the sky, in an attempt to intercept the fast-rushing cavalry of the Imperial Guard and break down its formation. At the same time, after two consecutive waves of intensive shooting, these Eight Banners dispersed skillfully, The two wings came in a detour and directly attacked the waist of the second army of the Imperial Guard.

Fortunately, the muskets in the hands of the Imperial Guard cavalry were faster. When the arrow rain came, a series of bullets had already been fired, and directly knocked down the Eight Banners Tartar soldiers.

In this way, the dense arrow rain that could have covered the sky became much sparser, and even if there were still a large number of bows and arrows shooting towards the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Guard directly raised their shields, except for a very few soldiers who were injured because of legs and feet. Except for the arrows or their horses being hit by arrows, there were no major casualties.

However, Dorgon also knew that the Imperial Guard cavalry had sharp firearms, so while the Imperial Guard was resisting the rain of arrows, he directly approached from the left and right wings and fought hand-to-hand with the Imperial Guard cavalry.

In this way, the advantage of firearms of the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guards could not be brought into play, but the cavalry of the Imperial Guards were not afraid of these Eight Banners armored soldiers in direct hand-to-hand combat. Even with rigorous training, they can be brave and not afraid of death.

After a fierce fight, both sides failed to defeat each other. Except for the corpses left behind, Dorgon's Eight Banners soldiers did not break through.

However, Huang Taiji was directly attacked by firearms from the infantry battalion of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard.

It turned out that after Huang Taiji braved the firepower of chariots and entered the center of Yaoziling, he found that there were more than a dozen chariots slowly approaching at the other end of the bottleneck of Yaoziling, and behind the chariots was a large group of armed forces. Ming army of firearms.

This Ming army is the infantry battalion of the third army of the imperial guards. The training method of the infantry battalion of the third army is to conduct combat training with the land aircraft carrier as the core.

At this moment, the infantry of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard directly took the chariot battalion as a cover and fired rapidly at the main force of the Huangtaiji Eight Banners who was coming rapidly.

Due to the narrow area of ​​the valley, Huang Taiji's archers could not form a lethal force, and the firearms troops could not shoot in a row, and the shooting frequency was not as high as the firearms in the infantry of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard. Time was once again caught in the situation of being suppressed by the Third Army of the Imperial Guard.

However, this Huang Taiji also seemed to know the truth of meeting a narrow road and the brave wins, knowing that if he stayed in this valley all the time, he could only be wiped out bit by bit.

So he himself rushed forward with his personal guards, as if he was not afraid of life and death, but in fact, there were his loyal servants in every direction, ready to block bullets for him.

However, the Infantry Battalion of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard, which used the chariot as a cover, was not intimidated by his charging momentum. When these Eight Banners cavalry rushed, dense bullets were also shot.

Lead bullets shot these Eight Banners Tartar cavalry down to the ground like meteors, making them have to pay a heavy price without taking a step forward.

The chariots began to turn, and every three chariots lined up at the intersection, directly forming several lines of defense.

Although these Eight Banners soldiers were extremely brave and broke through the first line of defense composed of chariots, the infantry battalion of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard was able to quickly retreat to the second line of defense, and then destroyed you with intensive firepower. Your fighting spirit forces you to continue to pay a heavy price to break through another line of defense.

You can't even retreat, you have to move forward, and you have to try your best to break through, because once you retreat or stop, the chariot behind will run straight towards you.

As long as Jiannu's Eight Banners soldiers break through to the next line of defense, the chariots of this line of defense will immediately turn around and roll over behind the main force of the Eight Banners.

An injured Eight Banners soldier could only watch helplessly as the gigantic monster that was making an ear-piercing sound drove towards him and ran over him, while the other Eight Banners soldiers who were a few steps slower were also quickly hit Flying out, some were hit by flying on the rocks and fell to death directly, and some were caught under the car, and after a few wailings, they quickly fell silent.

Fortunately, Huang Taiji has the advantage in military strength, so even though he paid a heavy price and lost countless staff, his main force of slavery still broke through several lines of defense.

Although Dorgon held back the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard Army because of Huang Taiji's reverse breakthrough, he also suffered a lot of losses. Army to fight, because now he finds that he can no longer meet with Huang Taiji.

Because between him and Huang Taiji, there was suddenly another imperial guard.

What Dorgon and Huang Taiji didn't know was that this Imperial Guard was also an infantry battalion of the Third Army. The task of this part of their infantry battalion was to rely on this part of the tanks to cut off the gap between Dorgon's department and Huang Taiji's department. Connect, divide and surround it.

Dorgon obviously also saw the purpose of the imperial guards, and his troops were all cavalry, so he couldn't break through the line of defense formed by the chariot battalion, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​meeting with Huang Taiji, and instead Find a way to break out from the direction of the Second Army of the Praetorian Cavalry as much as possible.

However, what makes Dorgon very depressed now is that the Second Cavalry Army of the Imperial Guard seems to have seen his desire to break out from his own side, so as long as Dorgon and his men want to break through, the Imperial Guard The second cavalry army will immediately bite up like wild wolves, stop your way, and force it to go back.

At this time, the artillery of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard and the field artillery of the cavalry of the Second Army of the Imperial Guard are re-establishing the best bombardment positions, and they are preparing that as long as the people of Huang Taiji or Dorgon successfully break through the encirclement, The next wave of indiscriminate bombing will be carried out immediately, making it impossible to retreat quickly after breaking through, because during this bombing period, the infantry of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard and the Second Army of the Cavalry will immediately adjust their positions. Continue to divide and surround you.

Therefore, Huang Taiji and Dorgon can only continue to struggle to break through.

However, the imperial guards had no superiority in strength. Although they blocked Huang Taiji and Dorgon's troops, they could not completely annihilate them.

Therefore, now we can only wait for the first and fourth armies of the Imperial Guard to arrive, so as to achieve the result of quickly and completely annihilating the main force of the slave establishment.

(End of this chapter)