When the gunfire sounded, the body of Liu Yan, the commander-in-chief of the 11th Town of the Ming Army, trembled. He was also behind the "straw bag wall" on the front line of the Ming Army.

Soldiers and officers... Hearing the sound of cannons, both officers and soldiers showed excited expressions. The soldiers did not dare to get up without military orders, but the officers invariably stood up from behind the "straw bag wall" and looked forward. Yixin

Liu Yan, who wanted to "kill Kang Mazi again", was also one of them.

The middle section of the Qing army's line was the hardest hit area by artillery bombardment. The bombardment effect of the eighty long-barreled guns was not very good. Most of the solid bullets fired by them flew over the earthen walls built by the Qing army. Even if there were

A few cannonballs hit the earth wall without missing a beat, and then... I don't know if they penetrated or not? But even if they penetrated, they couldn't kill a few people. The damage they can cause is as high as eight

The momentum of a salvo of ten cannons is completely disproportionate.

But the Ming army’s rockets are powerful!

When the previous round of rocket fire was fired, because the rocket launcher position was far away from the front line and the target was still moving, it was naturally not very lethal - because it was far away, more propellant and less explosive were needed, and

It's not very accurate, it's just trying to scare people.

But it’s different now. Gaoyang Cave is less than two miles away from the Qing army’s front line in a straight line. The Ming army’s rocket launchers deployed in the southeast of Gaoyang Cave are less than three miles away from the Qing army’s position. And the Qing army’s position will not

What moves is a fixed target. As long as the distance is accurately measured, sugar-powder rockets can bloom on the Qing army's position!

I only saw rockets trailing long tail flames, falling like raindrops on the inside and outside of the earthen wall, exploding large areas of smoke and flames. The fragments of the rockets exploded, and the iron beads that burst out of the belly of the rockets seemed like

It swept through like a storm. The Qing army placed many anti-horse guns and deer villages in front of the formation, many of which were blown into pieces flying in all directions. The smoke enveloped a large section of the battle line in an instant. At first, it was still possible

I saw the Qing soldiers who were frightened crazy by the shelling running around, and then I couldn't see anything, only the thick smoke was left - it turned out that the rockets fired by the Ming army were not all explosive bombs, and there were some that blocked the line of sight.

smoke bomb.

Liu Yan saw that the Qing army's position was shrouded in thick smoke, and then he took out his pocket watch and looked at it. When he found that the quarter-hour had reached "four", he waved his hand fiercely: "Grenadiers... enter!"

Following his order, several half-kneeling suona soldiers began to blow the trumpet. After a burst of harsh trumpet sound, three to four hundred Ming army grenadiers rolled out from behind the Ming army's "straw bag wall"

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Now the grenadiers and skirmishers of the Ming army have been integrated into one, and there are a lot of them. Each leader (company) has forty people (one deputy leader). The reason why there are so many is mainly because of the power of the sugar explosion.

It is much larger than gunpowder, so it can make smaller wooden handle grenades, so there is no need for tall men to serve as grenadiers.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty also produced a large amount of gunpowder, so the fusiliers could conduct more shooting training, and the veterans who served as grenadiers (skirmishers) were often very good at marksmanship.

The grenadiers who came out from behind the "straw bag wall" did not form a dense formation. Instead, they dispersed, holding their guns and crouching, and walked forward quickly. However, these people did not rush to the clearing area all the time.

In front of the army's earthen wall, he advanced a certain distance and then lay down on the ground, quietly waiting for the shelling to end.

As soon as the bombardment is over, they will launch the first wave of "climbing attacks", climb up and drop bombs, and blow them up first!

While these grenadiers were lying down, the Qing army's Weiyuan General Artillery also fired.

This kind of Weiyuan General Cannon is actually a large-caliber mortar, which is used to fire sugar-powder explosive bullets!

The Qing army had little sugar and could only take the low-sugar route, so they could not afford high-sugar rocket launchers - the propellant and explosive charges of the rockets were both sugar-coated, and the Qing Dynasty, which did not produce white sugar, did not dare to be so extravagant.

Therefore, the Qing army could only use black powder to fire sugar-powder shells, and it was impossible to use all-sugar shells. They could only use part of the sugar shells and part of the black powder shells, and the two types of shells were sandwiched between them.

When Kangxi guessed that the Ming army might use the cover of Gaoyang Cave to attack his own center, he immediately mobilized more than 20 Weiyuan general cannons and placed them behind his position in the middle. When the Ming army placed their positions in Gaoyang cave and

After the artillery and rocket launchers around it started firing, they began to fire bombs towards Goyang Cave.

However, the accuracy of these mortars cannot be praised. After firing for a quarter of an hour, not a single shell landed on the Ming army's rocket launcher position. On the contrary, Gaoyangdong suffered several large black powder shells, two of which exploded.

A fireball appeared which looked quite scary.

But compared with the scene where the Qing army was bombarded by rockets in the middle, this scene was nothing like the same thing.

According to the plan of the Ming Army Palace and Military Affairs Department, the artillery preparations before the launch of the main attack will last for four quarters of an hour, from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. when the artillery is finished, it is time for the infantry to move in!

The four-quarter-hour artillery preparation seemed to be very long, but at the same time it seemed very short, and it was almost here all of a sudden.

Liu Yan had been looking at his pocket watch. When the engraved needle gradually approached the Chinese character "six", he issued an order again, "First formation... go out and form a team!"

It was the same suona soldiers, and another ticking sound of the suona was played. The eight battalion generals who were already eager to try and were organized into the "first formation" heard the signal to attack, and took the flag bearer's hand from the hand next to them.

Receive a camp flag, then jump on the "straw bag wall", stick the camp flag on the wall as a signal to attack, and at the same time raise your arms and shout: "The Ming Dynasty... Wan Sheng!"

The commanders below these battalion commanders also witnessed almost the entire bombardment. This was a concentrated firing that lasted four quarters of an hour, using as many as forty rocket launchers and eighty long cannons, and ten consecutive rounds were fired.

Several rounds of rocket volleys! Can anyone really survive such a fierce and dense bombardment of sugar-powder rockets?

Just when they were wondering, their superior officer had already put the camp flag on the wall - this was the signal to move out and form a team!

So the chief leaders immediately urged their subordinates, who were sitting on the ground with their backs against the straw wall, to attack. They all shouted, "Soldiers of tomorrow, come out!"

Then I saw the leaders taking the lead to climb out of the straw bag wall one by one, followed by the soldiers under their command. These soldiers had been huddled behind the straw bag wall before, and basically no one saw the spectacular scene of the shelling. Now suddenly they saw rockets.

Flying all over the sky, the Qing army's position was completely enveloped in smoke and fire, and everything was boiling.

They almost cheered while quickly getting into formation. They did not form a firing line, but formed eight battalion-level columns that were convenient for marching.

As soon as they finished forming their team, the artillery fire preparations came to an abrupt end as if the earth was shattering.

Then the marching drums sounded on the battlefield, and they were very rhythmic.

Eight Ming Army infantry battalion-level columns, accompanied by this rhythmic drum beat, marched in neat steps at walking speed towards the Qing Army position that had just suffered a violent shelling.

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On the mountain city of Xingzhou, Kangxi's pockmarked face turned a little livid again... This time the Ming army's performance was not too unexpected. It was just a little stronger than he originally imagined at its strongest state!

This “white sugar freedom” is really amazing!

After obtaining a sufficient supply of tung oil, the casings of the Ming army's rockets have become made of iron, and the cost has been greatly reduced. The only more expensive thing is sugar medicine. But the Ming Dynasty has plenty of sugar, and can use it in an almost squandering way.

"Your Majesty, the firepower of the rebels..."

Gabra, who was guarding Kangxi, had a worried look on his face and quietly came up to him. He seemed to want to say something, but stopped when he reached his lips.

Kangxi looked back at him and said with a smile: "Gabra, just watch... I have laid a trap for the traitor, and I am just waiting for the traitor to get in. When you see those eight
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