Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 217 Fighting wits and courage
"Boom..." The artillery of the new army fired quickly, and the shells exploded among the cavalry of the Qing army, sending earth and rocks flying.

The horses were overturned, and the cavalry fell from the horses one by one, making all kinds of screams.

In particular, the huge explosion made many war horses run wild in panic, which had a considerable impact on the formation of the Qing army.

Duoduo looked at all this through the binoculars, and his heart was shocked. The artillery really had a greater impact on the horses than the firearms of the new army.

He knew that after the bombardment of these two artillery pieces, the new army still had a smaller artillery piece, and then there was still that terrifying burst of firearms waiting.

With the current situation, this cavalry team of hundreds of people may not be able to really get close to the new army, and continuing to launch a tentative attack will undoubtedly lead to death.

So Doduo immediately ordered to retreat, and the horn to retreat quickly sounded.

The cavalry, who had been blown dizzy, pulled the reins and started to retreat in an arc after hearing the sound of the horn.

After the disheartened attacking team retreated, Doduo also saw the soldiers of the new army immediately dismantle the artillery again, and then continued to retreat.

"Only two cannons have such power." Duoduo was horrified. He knew that one of the main reasons was that the cannons of the new army fired too fast, which was far beyond the comparison of the cannons in red.

In addition, the powerful explosive ammunition was used, so the lethality caused was terrible. I am afraid that the twenty red cannons may not be able to match the power of these two new army artillery.

He couldn't figure out why such a powerful artillery of the new army could fire explosive bullets, but the red cannon could only fire solid bullets and shotgun shells with a much shorter shooting range.

He knew the structure of the flower bomb, but the shell of the flower bomb was relatively too fragile, and the inevitable result of firing it through the red-clothed cannon was that the chamber would explode, but the new army's advanced artillery obviously did not have this kind of trouble.

The blooming bullets that Duoduo knew could only be ignited by hand and thrown out. They were much smaller, and the distance that could be thrown by manpower was also very short, so they couldn't be compared with the blooming bullets fired by artillery.

"This is not their most powerful artillery." Thinking about the far more terrifying explosion in the camp in the morning, Doduo still had lingering fears.

"How many good things are there in the hands of the new army?" Duoduo was terrified and envious at the same time.

Nikan came to Dodo's side and said in horror, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to keep them."

Duoduo frowned slightly, and said coldly, "Hmph, they only have two cannons. If Huang Hairu brings out more cannons, wouldn't we have to run away?"

"I heard that there are dozens of cannons on the large warships of the New Army Navy. And there are dozens of warships on the ancient canal of the New Army..."

"If this is the case, won't Yangzhou City never be taken down?"

"This time Huang Hairu is supporting Ying Tianfu, leading an army of only [-] people. If Tangning leads the main force of the new army to the north with more than [-] people, wouldn't we, the Qing Dynasty, not even have the courage to fight?"

A series of questions left Nikan speechless. It was obvious that Prince Yu thought farther than Nikan.

Duoduo's eyes narrowed slightly, "Field battles outside the city are the strengths of our Eight Banners elites. If we don't fight and flee like this, how can our Eight Banners Army have the face to compete with the new army?"

"Huang Hairu took the initiative to evacuate, which means that he has no good way to take us, otherwise, he will definitely take revenge."

"Pass the order, send a small number of cavalry to attract the enemy's firepower, and then send two surprise soldiers to attack from the two wings. Let me see how Huang Hairu distributes his artillery..."

Duoduo knew that the continuous fire of the new army's firearms was extremely powerful, and his main purpose now was to harass, so it was enough to send a small number of troops, and more casualties would only increase.

So, Duduo sent another [-] cavalry, but this time they were divided into several directions, the rear, the sides, and even one team was going to detour to the front of the new army.

Anyway, the new army is basically on foot, and there is no way to compare with them in terms of speed.

These Qing army cavalry spread out as much as possible, and then harassed and provoked the new army from all directions.

Their most common method is to lure the new army to use advanced firearms to attack them at a certain distance, trying to consume the new army's ammunition as much as possible.

Because Duoduo guessed that the new army did not have a lot of advanced weapons and ammunition. In the previous battles, a large part of the reason for the failure of the new army was that the ammunition was not enough, so it could not effectively block the fast charge of the cavalry.

Without the support of advanced firearms, the new army would be a tiger with its teeth pulled out, and the threat would be much smaller.

They were all less than a hundred feet apart, and the new army hadn't used that powerful continuous firearm. The Qing army confirmed that the new army didn't have a lot of ammunition, so they became more courageous.

Suddenly, "Bang bang bang..." The 98K of the new army opened fire, and the harassing cavalry fell off their horses one by one.

Some horses were hit, and the horses neighed in pain.

However, the Qing army was not intimidated. After all, only a small part of the new army was equipped with German-style weapons. Among the more than a thousand people, only five or sixty people were shooting with 98K, and they had to be divided into several directions.

Therefore, it is impossible to stop so many mobile and flexible cavalry. Huang Hairu also thought of this, so he deployed musketeers in every direction.

When the enemy cavalry appeared at a distance of more than thirty feet, the Musketeers mainly played their role.

However, these Qing army cavalry did not really launch an attack, but mainly harassed them, so they often leaned down and leaned against the horse's back, or directly hid on the other side of the horse, so that you could not even see him. Shooting has increased a lot of difficulty.

If you shoot a horse, the power of the flintlock is slightly insufficient. Even if you hit the horse, but miss the vital parts, it may not be as good as a few whips whipped by the cavalry.

Because of this, some of the horses that were shot were still being urged forward by the cavalry with their whips.

After approaching within a distance of [-] feet, the Qing cavalry will also look for opportunities to shoot arrows.

The arm strength of the outstanding cavalry of the Qing army is amazing. Even with heavy arrows, there are many people who can shoot a bow to a distance of forty feet, and they have very strong lethality.

But in the entire Ming Dynasty, very few people could do it, and the same was true for the new army.

There is still a big gap between the two sides in terms of riding and shooting. Even the most elite Guan Ning cavalry in Ming Dynasty has a big gap with the Qing army in terms of riding and shooting.

Now, under the leadership of Wu Sangui, Guan Ning's iron cavalry has joined the Qing army, and the gap between the Ming army's cavalry and archery capabilities and the Qing army's is even greater.

"Swish, swish..." The arrows flew back and forth, and the new army inevitably suffered casualties.

But if Huang Hai remained unmoved, he still retreated while fighting back.

In order to achieve a better harassment effect, the Qing army had to continue to take risks and get closer.

After seeing the enemy cavalry approaching to a range of about [-] feet, Huang Hairu immediately hit with a submachine gun.

Since there are only a dozen submachine guns in total, and they have to be divided into four directions, they only attack enemies that are close to each other, so as to prevent them from suddenly rushing into the battle and causing panic.

In the end, the Qing army could not get closer, let alone launch a charge. The main reason was that too few troops were dispatched.

Duoduo knew the reason, but his expression was still a little hesitant, because Huang Hairu gave him the feeling that he was too calm, and the new army's response was very methodical, so he was also worried whether there was a trap in it.

Huang Hairu had no choice but to stay calm. Only a few people including himself and the artillery knew the situation of his own ammunition, and he couldn't last long.

If the soldiers knew about this situation, especially those soldiers in Xu Yong's department who were not strong enough to fight, it would inevitably shake the morale of the army, and it would not be surprising that the camp was even bombed.

Once such a situation occurs, the new army of only a thousand people, relying on a few advanced firearms, can cause a certain amount of damage to the Qing army, but it can only be defeated.

Therefore, the process of this retreat is also a process of fighting wits and courage between the two sides.

(End of this chapter)