open sea

Chapter 989
The French were the first to use field artillery and design earpieces in Europe. In the final stage of the Hundred Years' War eight or ninety years ago, heavy artillery that was difficult to maneuver, such as stone-shooting artillery and long artillery, was temporarily used as camp artillery to make the French fight in the war. gain much.

However, in the sixteenth century, France's use of heavy artillery on the battlefield made it difficult to maneuver, because it was difficult for infantry to fight against the progressive Spanish phalanx, and the advantage of a small number of heavy weapons was difficult to match the advantage of a large number of light weapons.

Even now, they are still very good at artillery.

But no one has ever tried to concentrate heavy weapons to accurately project a point, and now they have seen it—in the battlefield very close to the middle, huge gunpowder smoke erupted at the same time as the angular battlements on the fortress, and dozens of shells were fired at a dense formation at the same time The company bombarded them, and scattered a few shells even collided and shattered on the way.

In broad daylight, there was a loud bang, and a full phalanx disappeared, leaving only a few limbs and broken arms and a few breathing soldiers crawling in the direction of the French commander.

Not to mention the company that was hit by [-] or [-] shells, even if the company on the right was only hit by a [-]-pound shell, a bloody path was plowed out from the middle of the formation, and even the knights dared not move forward.

The infantry phalanxes on both sides of the battle stopped for a while, and then reacted. The two companies belonging to Juan on the edge of the battlefield should have been defeated. Hong... Maybe they haven't changed in any way, but the enemy is afraid of fighting with them.

The Spanish company belonging to Carlos in the rear of the army has taken steady steps forward with spears in hand under the command of the captain. The small phalanx formed by nine musketeers at each foot of the phalanx fought mercilessly.

Our own heavy artillery from the top of the city launched a bombardment, so that they no longer have any worries.

The most important thing is that all the cavalry on the two wings of the Xiyong Battalion, now under the command of Franco, started to move. The Spanish light cavalry with Moorish shields, spears and mail armor were not as well-trained as the French cavalry, but they were assembled scattered The charge of the dense formation still puts great pressure on the opposing French team.

Because they charged towards the artillery positions on the sides of each company.

Correspondingly, the well-trained French knight squad spread out from the center of the battlefield, crossed the gap between their own formations, raised their spears and galloped towards the flanks and even the back of the Spanish phalanx that was fighting on the left and right.

Even Chen Jiujing at the head of the city couldn't help being startled when he saw the momentum of the French knights rushing towards the phalanx. They formed a team of four or even eight cavalry, all heavily armored and armed with heavy spears. Entering the phalanx of the Western Army, the spearmen of the Xiyong Battalion had just adjusted their direction under the order of the officer, when the knights turned from the other side to attack, and all those in the way were knocked and knocked into the air.

First attack the musketeer squad that lacks protection, and then attack the spearmen who have no time to turn around in the dense infantry formation from the other direction.

On the contrary, after one or two shocks, those who broke their spears would take out their complex-structured revolver guns from their horses and shoot at the phalanx nearby.

Even if you are lucky enough to be stabbed by the spearmen of the Western Army and the horse fell off the horse, unless you are suppressed by the horse, you will stand up and draw out the wide sword of the horse corpse, and continue to attack the infantry with the big sword in both hands in the form of heavy infantry. Sweep away the stabbing spears, and you will be unstoppable when you hit the front line.

Ten knight squads joined the battlefield, like a shock wave blasting in the air, all the companies in front of them were washed away, and the infantry who had lost their formation could only scatter and flee like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Even after three French companies were defeated and one company was bombarded with heavy artillery, the Ming army still had a disadvantage.

But immediately after the bombardment of the heavy artillery at the top of the city, the round was evened.

Another company was overrun.

This time the bombardment effect caused a qualitative change. After the bombardment, almost all the French infantry companies gave up the enemies who fought and began to flee in an "orderly" way-the two companies closest to the bombardment point ran first, and then the company next to them ran, and then The whole army was defeated like a mountain.

The most terrifying thing on the battlefield is the stage of tug-of-war and stalemate. People will continue to kill endlessly if they don't know the outcome clearly.

Unless there are cavalry.

Franco's cavalry had moved to the forefront of the two wings of the battlefield at this time, and the howling light cavalry charged one after another with Franco cannons and standard breech-loading tenon valve guns. After discovering the defeat of the French infantry, they immediately separated into large groups. The Ministry chased and killed the defeated army.

The infantrymen of the Xiyong Battalion, who were lucky enough to escape death by kneeling and surrendering earlier, also picked up the weapons scattered all over the ground and joined in the hunt.

But the knights did not retreat. In the line of vision exposed by the gothic helmets, they always had an absolute advantage. Just relying on their broad two-handed swords, they could cut a smooth road leading to victory in the infantry formation.

If you only focus on this, it is indeed the case. After losing the musketeers, a 200-man infantry phalanx has nothing to do with the knights on the horse, and it is also helpless against the knights under the horse. They are even more flexible under the horse. The foot knights of the Greatsword can slash into infantry formations and slash entire companies to pieces and give chase - although most of the time the infantry will not catch up as soon as they start running.

But when the infantry began to run, it meant that the phalanx had disintegrated.

Until the sound of trampling horseshoes sounded beside him, before he could turn his head, the heavy short-handled bone hit the helmet with its horsepower, and the huge force tore the helmet and lifted it in the opposite direction. The exquisitely crafted helmet was intact, and the neck strap was pulled The shock that came caused the knight dismounted to collapse on the ground straight.

Jurchen cavalry with poor equipment and poor equestrian skills passed them by laughingly, and gave meager support to the infantry company. Regardless of whether the attack on the knights was successful or not, they knocked and stabbed them. , It doesn't matter if there is no effect, just continue to charge forward.

The Jurchen heavy infantry of the Baishan Battalion who passed through the battlefield next were the real killers.

Four or five steps away, the knight who had just recovered from being attacked by the cavalry was raising his sword to make a defensive posture against the swarming infantry, but the Jurchen heavy infantry in front of him shot towards the head with his bow fully drawn.

This kind of cheating method is usually not fatal. The heavy and sharp arrows are like hammering the moment they collide with the helmet, and then the arrow clusters that cannot withstand the huge force will shatter.But the one who pretends to be the most handsome has to be beaten the most viciously. The tribal warriors in the white mountains and black waters resorted to hunting methods in groups of three or four. Whether it is a sling with a stone hammer tied at both ends, or a bone that is close to each other, they will be singled out in a blink of an eye. The knight fell on all fours.

Manually lifted the mask, and with a hammer head down, the poor and poor Baishan hunter got a set of dented Gothic armor.

Huang Xi, a North Korean guerrilla at the head of the city, looked at the one-sided battlefield and gritted his teeth: "Why kill those who wear plate armor, general, I heard that these things can be exchanged for ransom!"

Chen Jiujing finally breathed a sigh of relief until now, raised his hand and hammered slowly on the battlement twice, turned around and rubbed his left ear: "What did you say?"

"The general's ears were shaken when he said the ransom?"

"It's okay, what's the ransom?"

Chen Jiujing rubbed his left ear, raised his hand to scratch twice, looked over the fine blood scabs that had solidified between his nails, and looked at the French craftsman who was making the gun carriage for him in the bastion, and let out a long breath: "We will go to Bordeaux to get it by ourselves." .”

(End of this chapter)