Chapter 169
In Zhao Xu's camp, Liu Qian's subordinates were Liu Qian's subordinates. Although Zhao Xu had already made He Qi sound the call for retreating, Liu Qian knew that no one could leave without blocking Zhao Fubo's pursuit. Like Zhao He, Liu Qian was not an amazing person. But at the same time, he was also a person loyal to Zhao Xu. Although the call for retreating had already sounded at this time, he still commanded his subordinates to fight and retreat.
"Shooting arrows...shooting arrows..."
But at this time, the soldiers who were only concerned about running away did not care about obeying his orders. They all lie on the war horses and flee to the distance. Because in normal times, the officers under Zhao Xu often told them that the subordinates of "Aladdin-Emperor Akkad" ate canned food, and the canned food contained human flesh. Just think about what these prisoners would look like if they fell into their hands.
Despite these legends, Liu Qian still gathered a group of cavalrymen. They held pulley bows in their hands, intending to fight against the rushing cavalry. The effective range of the Chinese army's rifle is only more than 300 meters, after all, it is a smoothbore gun. Even if the bullet is equipped with a tail wing, the attack distance is still not far. The limit range of ordinary pulley bows is about 200 meters. Although it is 100 meters away, it is only a few seconds for the cavalry.
"volley……!"
Faced with the enemy's attack, the Chinese army officers led the lower-level officers who charged and shouted loudly. They were officers, charging forward and retreating behind. This was an "Shanshan Military Order" that could not be changed. Although the casualties of officers seemed to be greater, when they could be respected by soldiers, civilians, and a lot of wealth, life was a matter that could be left out. If there was no money, where would there be so many beautiful wives and concubines? Without money, where would there be shares in the Royal Arsenal?
In the shouts of the officers, they originally charged, but they quickly adjusted their positions according to their own ungroup cavalry. The "Huaxia ii-type rifle" in their hands was raised. As a kind of gun, their gunmen were equipped with leverage. If they were accurately defined in the "language" of modern light weapons, this was a bullet-type leverage smoothbore gun.
The so-called ammunition casing type means that the ammunition supply mechanism is 10 round ammunition casing, which is different from a single-shot rifle and an ammunition casing rifle.
The so-called leverage type, anyone who wants to watch this film, has seen it. The main one is the kind of mechanism that can be pulled down to complete the shell, supply and loading. It has a similar function to the bolt of a direct-action rifle, but it is more convenient when used by cavalry than the tether of a straight-action rifle. Even during World War I, the US military still equipped a lot of rifles with leverage mechanisms.
However, this kind of rifle is far less likely to behave in trenches than in cavalry use. That is because when fighting in trenches, the movement of the lever rifle is greater than that of the bolt rifle.
“Mush…”
With the gunshots, many people fell off the horses, and more war horses were frightened by the gunshots, and they were no longer stable. However, this did not prevent Zhao Xu's subordinates from letting go of their fingers that were pulling the bowstrings in their hands, and a dark cloud formed by arrow branches immediately rose in the sky. At least when the arrow branches flew across the sky, the formation seemed much more powerful than the rifle bullets, but that was all.
Because the Chinese army's war horses are still wearing thick enough armor. Their armor cannot defend against heavy weapons, but they have good defense capabilities for weapons like arrow branches and lead bullets. Especially for this type of projectile arrow branches, the war horse's vest is a key protective position for the back, head and chest of the war horse. For this place, the arrow branches are shot, they will not be shot through at all.
Cavalry and archery are still the key skills of the Chinese cavalry. For the "lancers", they used to shoot arrows and now they are rifle shooting. Before the arrow branches on their heads fell, they still fired two rows of guns in a row. When the arrow branches fell, the injured person was driven by the injured war horse, or the injured war horse was hunched out of the battlefield. When the cavalry charges, this is not an easy task. First, it may disrupt the formation, and maybe the war horses will be stepped into meat paste by their own people when they fall.
Fortunately, the "most warhorse" is a smart enough animal, their movements are quick and fast. They hunch their owners, and do not turn horizontally or immediately run outwards. Instead, they slowly tilt their own path along the formation. It is also the charge of the "lancers". They do not need to maintain a stable formation like heavy cavalry to exert the maximum impact.
The two rifle shootings made Liu Qian's organized defense collapse almost instantly. A distance of hundreds of meters was only a few seconds for the "most warhorse" running at full speed. After completing the two shootings, the formation of Zhao Xu's subordinates was completely disorganized. They left their formation and ran backwards because their chief general Liu Qian was the first to run when the guns in the row sounded and shot many of his subordinates.
His responsibilities have been completed because his responsibilities are only to block it a little, leaving Zhao Xu with time to run away. Moreover, the violent explosion just now really shocked everyone's hearts. They never expected that the shells of the Chinese military artillery would explode so strongly. Even Zhao Xu, who had experienced the Battle of Bosaro, did not expect that the artillery of the Chinese military at that time was mainly to deal with the city walls and did not launch a large-scale killing in the city.
But now it is different. The "Hell Messenger II-type field cannons" of the "Chinese Army" have never stopped shooting since they started. This is also the reason why it is difficult for Yuanwuxu's troops to organize defense. Faced with such artillery fire and the enemy's crescent-shaped charge formation, the two wings are surrounding the back of the camp. In this case, even if some people obey Liu Qian's orders, they found that they could not stop the opponent.
As the saying goes, the defeat was like a mountain of fall, and it was impossible to stop it. However, at this time, the cavalry of the "Chinese Army" led by Zhao Fubo had already rushed into the camp of Zida. Those who had no time to run immediately saw their attack methods.
The left hand has six-shot guns and the right hand has a knife. However, it seems that the soldiers prefer to use six-shot guns. Most of the attacks under Zhao Xu were shot down by dense guns before they even reached their side.
Zhao Fubo was also a member of the charge cavalry. When he rushed into the enemy camp, he had an idea.
"If the venomous snake grenade launcher used on a chariot could equip the lances with some..."
Chapter completed!