Wanli 1592

Chapter 535 Fire! !

The besieged besieged captives probably wouldn't have thought that the Ming army in the city had quietly undergone a makeover, and their equipment had also been updated.

Now, the Ming army in the city is using the most advanced firearms and the most powerful cavalry of this era to fight them. It is completely different from the previous group of people who only knew how to run away crying.

In addition to the terrifying Hongyi Cannon, there is also a special force following Xiao Ruxun.

Among the thousand pistols brought by Xiao Ruxun, 300 were Xiao Ruxun's personal guards, using rifled flintlock guns, with guaranteed shooting accuracy and range, basically within 80 meters, where to hit, and 100 meters away. quasi-head.

After a long period of meticulous training and feeding a large amount of ammunition, the shooting ability of this team of flintlock soldiers dare not be said to be unique in the world. At least there is no firearms unit in Ming Dynasty that can be compared with it.

Except for a few rifled flintlocks in Xiao Ruxun's army, they are smooth-bore matchlock guns. Some generals suggested that Xiao Ruxun give up rifling and make more flintlocks, because they feel that flintlocks are more convenient to use. After paying the financial bill, Xiao Ruxun resolutely rejected their request.

As far as the ignition rate is concerned, the flintlock is not much higher than the matchlock gun. It is just that one uses an open flame and the other does not use an open flame, and there is one less shooting step. The cost of flint is higher than that of matchlock, which is now mature.

In terms of shooting efficiency, smoothbore flintlock guns are not necessarily much higher than matchlock guns. There is no obvious advantage over the matchlock gun.

What makes flintlocks better than arquebuses is the innovation of musketeer infantry tactics. Arquebuses require a lot of personal space to display and cannot form a tight line infantry phalanx, while flintlocks do not.

The flintlock allows soldiers to fit closer together, and the firepower density is greatly increased, which affects the innovation of firearm tactics.

As far as Xiao Ruxun's firearms workshop is concerned, there are still very few qualified spring steels that can be produced, which are not enough to meet the requirements of installing flintlocks. The cost is also under great pressure, hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands. Xiao Zhennan, who is like a landlord and rich man, can't afford to swallow money in it.

Therefore, before the European sea route was successfully opened and the technology was innovated, the installation of flintlocks was unrealistic and could only be made up for by more matchlock guns, and the significance of the existence of these rifled flintlock guns was to make future As an example, instead of making a smoothbore gun, it is better to make a more advanced rifled gun in one step.

This batch of flintlock gunners, Xiao Ruxun, was trained as snipers. Their purpose on the battlefield is not to swarm the opponent’s soldiers, but to target conspicuous officers. When arquebus soldiers shoot indiscriminately, Xiao Ruxun They are needed for precise shooting, targeting the opposing officer.

In several battles with pirates, including the battles with the Spaniards and the Filipino natives, these fusiliers have made great contributions. This time, Xiao Ruxun specially brought these precious soldiers here, just to make a good fight. It is better to open foreign meat for these northern captives.

The northern captives below began to drive the captive soldiers to operate the siege weapons. Thick and long arrows and stones were put on the bed crossbow and the trebuchet, ready to attack the Ming army on the tower at any time. Make an overwhelming blow.

This situation has happened frequently in the past half month.

Today, however, things have changed.

"Admiral, the gunners are ready!"

"Admiral, Li Zongbing is ready!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded, looked at the black captives outside the city, and pointed his sword at them.

"fire!!"

"fire!!"

"fire!!"

Accompanied by the angry shout of the messenger officer, the first batch of ten Hongyi cannons began to roar, and a loud noise like a thunderbolt exploded in everyone's ears. The huge roar exceeded all the artillery used before The roaring sound and the strong vibration shook the bodies of the soldiers on the tower.

Only now did Chai Guozhu know why Xiao Ruxun asked them to plug their ears tightly.

Only now did Li Rusong and Nurhachi know why Xiao Ruxun insisted on plugging the horse's ears with cloth.

People can really be deaf!

Horses are sure to be frightened!
These artillery pieces are really different from the previous ones!
Thick gunpowder smoke permeated the entire city tower in an instant, and the howling cold wind quickly blew them away. For the Ming army, the side effects of the Hongyi cannon ended here. The lethality of the cannon has only just begun.

They knew the firing range of the Franc guns, so the main force hid outside the range of the Franc guns, and let the captured soldiers operate the trebuchets and bed crossbows to enter the range of the Ming army's artillery.

Because the range of bed crossbows and trebuchets could not keep up with the Francine guns, they forced the prisoners to do so, and drove them with bows and arrows behind them.

If you don't go, you will die. If you go, you may still be able to live. It's a simple choice.

As usual, the captured guards were desperately ready to wait for the order to launch an attack, but unlike before, the artillery of the Ming army rang out before them. The sound was earth-shattering, and the terrifying sound scared them all. They had to fall to the ground, and the harsh feeling made them cover their ears involuntarily.

They wait for death in despair and fear.

However, this time, death did not come as promised.

The aiming point of the Hongyi cannon was not them, but the Beilu army behind them at an obvious distance, and the solid projectiles wrapped in thick smoke and carrying a hot temperature roared and smashed towards the Beilu.

Those northern captives just watched objects wrapped in thick smoke flying over them, and then they fell to the ground in fright due to the terrifying sound, and then, the terrifying objects crashed to the ground, causing a violent shock and dust.

At this moment, they heard countless shrill screams, and some even realized that they were sprayed with warm blood. They screamed in horror, but the shrill voices never stopped.

After the solid bullet falls to the ground, it can still bounce up and strike the dense infantry phalanx for the second and third time. This kind of attack is not over until there are no soldiers on the way forward or you can't continue to jump forward.

Therefore, what people often say about killing a bloody road has been actually verified by these Hongyi cannons.

That is to rush all the way and kill all the way, killing a bloody hell road full of broken limbs, limbs, arms and internal organs.

The northern captives, who had never seen the terrifying range and lethality of the Hongyi cannon, formed a dense army formation, and such a dense army formation brought them a disaster, a real disaster.

(End of this chapter)