Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 232
"The firearms battalion is retreating, and the archers are ready..." The commander of the Guan Ning Army immediately dispatched archers, abandoning the mutilated bird gunners.

But the new army remained unmoved and continued to shoot steadily according to the steps. The enemy archers who approached also screamed and fell down in groups, so they had to fight back ten feet away.

Seeing the arrows flying towards them, the soldiers of the new army were still unmoved, even if they were hit by arrows, they would not be moved, unless it affected their own shooting, they would reach out and pull them out.

The reason for this is that the lethality of the bows and arrows of the Guan Ning army at this distance is far worse than that of the muskets, and they cannot penetrate the plate armor of the new army at all.

Therefore, as long as the exposed body parts are not shot, the lethality to the new army will be much smaller.

After several rounds of shooting, the Guan Ning army seemed to have discovered this, because their archers suffered more casualties than the new army. Behind and around them were the bodies of soldiers of the Guan Ning army. ground wounded.

On the other hand, the new army seemed to be still in that line of formation, firing neatly in turn.

The melee infantry following behind the archer seemed to have also noticed this, and also saw the huge damage to the gunner and archer, and they had already approached a relatively short distance.

The commander immediately gave an order, "Attack."

"Kill..." Amidst a burst of shouts, the melee infantry of the Guan Ning Army began to charge, raising their shields and charging fiercely at the new army camp.

"Bang bang bang..." As a puff of smoke drifted out in front of the soldiers of the new army, the soldiers of the Guan Ning army who were rushing forward screamed and fell down.

As soon as the formation of the new army was changed, the second row quickly changed to the front row. Immediately, they raised their guns to aim. After the order was given, they started firing neatly again. The interval was only a few breaths. The connection was very good, and the firepower was well guaranteed. continuation.

Moreover, at such a close range, the accuracy is even higher, and coupled with the dense formation of the enemy, it is almost a hundred shots.

Even if some soldiers did not hit the target they were aiming at, they still had a high probability of hitting other targets in the rear.

Repeatedly, the firepower of the New Army Musketeers continued to output efficiently.

"Thump, thump..." Guan Ning's army, who was charging forward, was harvested in a large area. The short distance was less than ten feet away, but it seemed as far away as a moat.

Seeing the rapid reduction of comrades in arms around them, some even saw that they were alone around them, and then saw that as far as they could see, a dense row of soldiers from the new army aimed their guns in their direction.

A feeling of despair quickly spread in my heart. Under such intensive firepower, it is already great luck not to be hit by now. Is there still such good luck to rush into the camp of the new army?

The answer is obvious.

Finally, fear got the better of him, and the first soldier turned and fled, then a second, a third...

However, the heavy infantry who followed blocked the retreat of many people. These heavy infantry continued to advance with long shields. Although the shields were pierced from time to time, and the soldiers hiding behind continued to fall, the gap quickly closed. is filled.

These heavy infantry also had spears in their hands. Under the command of the commander, the spears pierced forward from the gaps in the shields, piercing the retreating deserters one by one.

No way, the melee infantry who were about to flee were immediately forced to turn around and move on.

Seeing this scene, two thousand cavalry from the Guanning Army immediately launched an attack from the right wing of the new army's front.

"Boom boom boom..." The new army carried out a round of shelling according to the range of various guns and shells, solid shells, grape shells, and shot shells.

The famous Guan Ning cavalry was also stripped of a layer by the artillery fire, but they did not flinch at all, but accelerated their speed and continued to attack.

"Boom boom boom..." There was a rhythmic drumbeat.

"Thump, thump, thump..." The soldiers of the new army, carrying flintlock guns, were divided into three rows and marched forward in neat steps.

For the soldiers of the new army, orderly and standard steps are the most basic.

"Stand...fix..." Following the commander's order, the whole team stopped with two clicks.

There were two clicks, and the moment they stood still, the soldiers immediately changed their gun holding positions.

Strict formation and command training have invisibly enhanced the discipline of the soldiers of the new army.

After the enemy cavalry got close to Baizhang or so, the commander immediately ordered, "Get ready."

"aim……"

"Shua..." The soldiers in the first row immediately raised their guns and aimed at the target.

This aiming is not a free choice, nor is it aiming at the target closest to oneself, but aiming directly in front of oneself, even if there is no enemy directly in front.

The reason for this is to make the barrage of fired bullets cover a wider area, and try not to let multiple bullets hide in the same target, so that each bullet can exert a greater effect.

The enemy cavalry was very fast, and quickly approached to a distance of several tens of feet, and when it was about thirty feet.

"Fire..."

"Bang bang bang..."

One by one, the cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses. Some horses were hit and fell to the ground in pain. Some horses were frightened and temporarily lost control, and the cavalry on horseback quickly controlled them.

The soldiers in the first row who had finished shooting turned around immediately after giving an order, and took a few steps forward to their right, passing through the gap between the second row and the third row to the last row.

After the first row of soldiers passed through, the second row of soldiers immediately took two steps forward to become the first row.

"preparation……"

"aim……"

"Fire..."

The rushing cavalry fell one by one, and the horses neighed endlessly.

At the back of the battle formation, Tang Ning, the generals and staff officers stood on a high place and observed everything closely with binoculars. Seeing the enemy cavalrymen being shot down one by one, the generals were very excited.

"However, the cavalry is still too fast. It may be difficult for our Musketeers to stop them all."

"Yes, the enemy cavalry is about to rush in through the gap in our defense line. Do you want to set up the machine gun to block the gap?"

Tangning shook her head and said, "No need, let the musketeers try. If they can't even stop the cavalry rushing in, it proves that there is still a big problem with this tactic."

While speaking, the enemy cavalry who were lucky enough to break through the firepower net quickly rushed over from the gap in the defense line. Even in front of them, there was a group of soldiers with muskets waiting side by side.

What surprised them was that these soldiers of the new army did not raise their muskets to shoot at such a close distance.

In fact, this was Tangning's intention. He wanted to take this opportunity to exercise the musketeer's fighting courage when facing the enemy cavalry, who could no longer shoot and could only fight recklessly with bayonets.

Therefore, the flintlock guns in the hands of these new army soldiers were not even loaded with bullets.

The cavalry investment of the Guan Ning Army was not very large, and even fewer were able to break through the firepower net and charge over.

If you don't have enough fighting courage to face this point of cavalry, you will be unable to resist the more numerous or even stronger Eight Banners of the Qing army.

"Kill, kill..." After paying such a high price, they managed to get close to the formation of the new army. These Guan Ning cavalry who rushed towards them all had a huge anger in their hearts, raised their swords and roared to kill the generals.

Seeing more than a dozen enemy horses approaching ferociously, listening to the sound of rumbling horseshoes and the harsh momentum, it would be a lie to say that the soldiers of the new army are not nervous.

After all, there has never been a precedent for pure musketeers resisting cavalry before, and this looks like sending them to death.

However, today's results have shown that this tactic is not as fragile as imagined. Based on their trust in Tangning, they summoned up their courage and none of them retreated.

(End of this chapter)