The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 199
The two armies gradually approached each other under the artillery fire of the other side. After a while, they heard the Longwei army shouting in unison, "Stand still!"

"aim!"

The battalion on the far right added a sentence, "Target left front!"

The Qing soldiers on the opposite side hurriedly raised their heads when they heard the shouts, only to realize that the Ming army was seventy paces away from them, but what greeted them was a thunderous bang of firecrackers.

Nearly [-] flintlock guns were fired at the same time, and the lead bullets entered the Qing army formation like locusts flying all over the sky.

Although there were more than 30 chariots that had not been destroyed by artillery before the formation of the army, it was far from enough to cover the eleventh of the nearly two-mile-long front.

The dense six-dollar lead bullets tore apart the body of Jianlu in the front row with an unstoppable force, and the huge impact force messed up the internal organs of the person who was shot.In an instant, more than three hundred captive soldiers fell to the ground, and the screams of dying could be heard endlessly.

Although the Tulai people were in the rear team, their eyelids twitched when they were shocked by the massive volley just now.

But he calmed down immediately. Although the salvo was powerful in a single shot, it couldn't continue to shoot.It takes a very long time to reload ammunition between two salvos, and it is easy to be suppressed by the opponent with a volley.

He turned to the messenger officer and shouted: "Sound the horn, and quickly strike the enemy with the bow and blunderbuss!"

In fact, before his order was issued, Niu Luzhang, who commanded the Qing army phalanxes, had already ordered the musketeers in the formations to fight back.At the same time, the soldiers with heavy bows also began to bend their bows and shoot arrows.

Immediately, Jianlu's side also burst out with gunfire, and thousands of feathered arrows flew out of the gunpowder smoke, which was quite powerful.

However, the firearms used by the Qing army were learned from the Ming army. Although they were willing to invest and were well-made, but influenced by the Ming army, they still used the three-coin bird gun.

At a distance of seventy steps, this kind of light firecracker has no lethality at all against the soldiers in cotton armor in the front row of the Dragon Guards.

As for the bow and arrow, it is even less threatening.At this distance, the bow and arrow are inaccurate, and even if they hit it occasionally, they still cannot penetrate the cotton armor.

But the six-coin flintlocks of the Dragon Guards can shoot through the cotton armor of the Qing army [-] paces away, not to mention that the ordinary soldiers in the front row only have less than [-]% of their armor, and they will die immediately after being shot.

However, the combat capabilities of the regular Jianlu Eight Banners Army should not be underestimated. Even if they are violently shot, they can still fire in bursts according to orders.

After the first row of gunners fired the guns, they loaded them on the spot.The last row of musketeers ran forward to become the first row, raised their guns to shoot, and then reloaded on the spot.The last row went forward to fire guns.

Shooting alternately in this way, at the same time the entire formation will gradually move forward.After nine rounds of shooting are completed, the entire phalanx will advance six to twelve feet, and then nine rounds of shooting will be performed before advancing.

This is the continuous shooting tactic that the Qing army is proud of. In the past, under the cover of the chariot, this method was almost invincible against the Ming army.

But this time Jianlu's gunners in the second row let go of the guns, and saw the Ming army on the opposite side burst into flames again, followed by the ear-piercing roar of the guns.

Unsurprisingly, the gunners in front of the Qing army were stripped off by the "rain of lead bullets". Nearly [-] captive soldiers were killed immediately, and the corpses were scattered everywhere.

The battlefield was shrouded in gunpowder smoke. Although Tulai could no longer see clearly the situation of the Ming army, he could clearly hear the loud noises of the salvos.Just now he roughly counted, his side fired a little more than three times, and the Ming army has completed two salvos!
This rate of fire is amazing!You know, taking turns firing is equivalent to dividing the gunners into three to five groups, and only one group shoots at a time, while the others are loading or switching queues.

But the Ming army was firing in full volley, and the rate of fire was not much slower than his volley.He roughly estimated that the rate of fire of the Ming army was at least three times that of his!
This is the overwhelming advantage brought by the two technologies of flintlock and paper-packed ammunition.

Of course, Tulai had no way of knowing about all this.However, according to his past information, almost all of the Ming army were gunners, while his side only had [-]% gunners.In addition, the rate of fire of the Ming army was three times that of his. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble with firecrackers? !

According to the continuous burst shooting tactics, the Qing army usually used the chariot cover and superior firepower to defeat the opponent's formation first, and then the spearmen and sword shieldmen swarmed up.

Because the enemy has been shot by firearms and bows and arrows, most of them have no intention of fighting, and they are usually defeated in one blow.

But this time the Ming army not only had the upper hand when firing artillery, but also had an overwhelming advantage in firing guns, and its formation was far more orderly than that of the Qing army.This is completely different from the previous battles... Tulai couldn't fight for a while.

At this moment, he vaguely heard shouts of killing from the north side, and then a messenger came to report that Master Zhuobutai had led the main force of cavalry to the right flank of the southerners and was attacking and killing the enemy.

Tulai was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thought that although Azig had an arrogant and violent personality, he still had a way of fighting.The cavalry came just in time!If my side attacked the Ming army at the same time, why would they not be defeated under the enemy on both sides?
Since the Ming army had excellent firearms, it was better to cooperate with Zhuobutai to defeat these southerners in short close combat.

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately issued an order: "Pass on our military order, and march in with drums! The whole army will directly attack the southerners' main formation!"

"Whoo!"

A moment later, drums sounded in the Qing army formation.

Although Niu Luzhang Jing in the various formations was a little surprised, why did the enemy order a strong attack before they were in chaos?

However, the military order was like a mountain, and Zhang Jing immediately ordered the head of the station to form a simple formation of gunmen, swordsmen and shields to attack the Ming army.

Originally, the burst shooting tactics were carried out according to the standard. At this time, the gunners lined up to make way for the gap, and the hand-to-hand troops rushed out of the gap.But after eight or nine salvos from the Dragon Guards, almost all the musketeers in Jianlu's formation were killed.

The spearmen and sword and shield players didn't have to wait for the musketeers to change their formation. The elite infantry were in the vanguard, and the ordinary soldiers were behind.

Seeing the captive army rushing up, the Dragon Guards immediately made adjustments. The whole army and the officers of each battalion shouted, "Stand back and shoot!"

Then the infantry line was changed to the front row to shoot at the enemy, and then to the last row to load.The original second row fired and stepped back to reload.The original third row fired, backed away.

In this way, a very high firing frequency can be maintained, which can greatly slow down the enemy's charge speed.

The hunters who had difficulty finding their targets in the dense Jianlu army before were all refreshed at this time—the one who ran in the front was carrying a big flag, wearing eye-catching armor, and riding a horse. He simply didn't know what to do first Which one to play.

Afterwards, the two hunting companies that remained on the infantry side raised their hunting guns one after another, aiming at the Qing soldiers who seemed to be the most valuable.

(End of this chapter)