The best range of the Ming Dynasty's fire cannon is about thirty steps. At fifty steps, the projectiles fired by the fire cannon are still lethal. However, if the projectiles are fired seventy, eighty or even a hundred steps away,
, then only gods and bodhisattvas know their trajectories. No one knows where these projectiles will fly and what they will hit.
The Spanish muskets were better than the Ming dynasty's muskets in terms of range. This has been compared. However, in terms of shooting speed, the Ming dynasty's muskets were faster than the Spanish muskets.
These fire blunderbuss acquired by the disease and equipped with their own Jinyiwei, in the Shenji camp of the Ming Dynasty, which is good at using firearms, also have a name, called "Thunder blunderbuss". They are named because they are so fast that they can't cover the ears. I think the rate of fire should be
How fast.
Of course, the bigger difference is not the range and rate of fire of this fire gun, but that Spanish muskets are fired from a single barrel without exception, while the Ming Dynasty's Thunder Guns, in addition to single barrels, also have double barrels and triple barrels.
One tube, four tubes, or even eight tubes. Of course, the eight-tube Thunder Gun is an important weapon of the country. Qian Wubing would never even think about it. Even the four-tube Thunder Gun, the one in Jinyiwei is extremely
There are few, but despite this, in the hands of the Jinyiwei from Luzon, many people have double-barrelled and triple-barrelled thunderbolts.
Let's put it this way, the single-barreled and double-barreled Thunder Gun did not leave much fame in later generations, but the three-barreled Thunder Gun was famous, that is, the "Three-Eyed Fire Gun" that was once equipped with the frontier army. This three-barreled Thunder Gun
The cavalry in charge of the fire cannons were used to full effect by the cavalry of the border army. The two armies were connected, and the cavalry armed with three-eyed fire cannons fired crackling fire cannons at the opponent. They didn't care whether they hit the opponent or not, and just released them.
By the way, after firing it, the firecracker was thick and heavy. When I turned around, it was just an iron rod. I really didn’t even need to change the weapon. I just carried it and smashed it towards the enemy. This was struck by the firecracker.
The enemy who was killed was also dead. The enemy who was not killed had not recovered from avoiding the opponent's fire blunderbuss, and the dark iron rod was smashed head-on. The outcome of this battle can be imagined.
And know it.
In the late Ming Dynasty, this three-eyed fire blunderbuss became a magical weapon for cavalry to defeat the enemy.
Eric was well aware of the performance of both sides' fire guns, which was also the source of his confidence in letting Xu Qianqian watch a good show. As long as they could get close enough to be within the range of his weapons, the number of people would be quite large.
They shoot at each other, there is no suspense at all.
Eric arranged his 100 men into four rows. He was very cunning. In the first row, he placed all soldiers holding single-barreled muskets. His intention had to be said to be extremely sinister, and
The three rows at the back were basically all armed with multiple firecrackers. What was even more outrageous was that not only were there multiple firecrackers, but some of these soldiers even carried more than one firecracker.
There is no need to reload, just throw away the firecracker in your hand, take out another loaded one, and fire directly at the crowd.
When the Spanish drum beat came over, Eric also began to organize his team. He actually felt very awkward in this kind of array fighting. Compared to the opponent's neat pace, his men's formation was loose.
Much more.
The two teams were approaching each other. From a distance of more than a hundred steps, they could already see the faces of their opponents clearly.
"What a loss!"
Looking at the approaching formations of the two parties, Xu Qianqian suddenly became annoyed, "Our people don't seem to be carrying weapons, but they only carry some firecrackers. These cunning red-haired ghosts, they all have short knives. If they have fire weapons,
After the musketry was fired, they didn't stop to reload, but rushed over directly, wouldn't we suffer a big loss?"
"Come here before we talk!" Mu Siniang showed a slight smile on her lips. Eric focused almost all his firepower on these one hundred people. With such intensive firepower, the other party, let alone one hundred people,
Even if there are twice as many people as our army, there won't be much of a threat. Just rush over, rush over. This fire gun is very powerful, but its accuracy is really hard to praise. This is closer, and it can be hit blindly.
Hit it!
The Spanish formation paused amidst the officers' shouts. The soldiers in the front row took a few steps sideways to reveal their companions behind them. This was because they were adjusting their formation, trying to exert a larger and more concentrated attack in the salvo.
Firepower.
However, the soldiers of the Jinyiwei were still advancing. When the Spaniards stopped, the formations on both sides were about eighty steps. When the formation was adjusted, the soldiers of the Jinyiwei advanced again. At this time,
It has already reached the effective range of both sides' firearms.
The commanders of the two men gave the order to fire almost at the same time, and plumes of white smoke suddenly rose in front of the two armies.
In Xu Qianqian's eyes, almost at the same moment, more than ten soldiers in the front row of both sides fell down, and then the Spanish soldiers began to reload nervously.
No one in Spain paid attention to the fallen soldiers, and no one paid attention to the fallen soldiers in the Imperial Guard. These people may have died on the spot, or they may not have died. All this will be known until after the war.
The soldiers of the Jinyiwei did not stand there and reload their guns after firing the guns like the Spaniards. Instead, the entire formation began to speed up. It was not a neat formation in the first place, but at this time, it seemed even more loose.
"A bunch of idiots!" The major calculated the distance. These people wanted to rush over to fight melee without loading their ammunition. But they made the wrong decision. At a distance of thirty steps, he was confident that his soldiers would be able to fight again.
In fact, the effect of this second round of volley should be much better than that of the first round. If the opponent hesitates a little, he might be able to fire a third round. In this case, if they fight hand to hand, the battle will be won.
Got it right.
Before he could even finish his words, something happened that made him furious. In the hands of these advancing Ming soldiers, they had just fired one round of firecrackers without any pause, and then fired the second round. This time
, causing the Spaniards who were nervously reloading to fall down a lot more.
"Despicable!" His eyes were red, and he shouted loudly: "Move quickly, after shooting, prepare for melee combat!"
The matter was not over yet. When Kankan was approaching forty steps, the muskets in the hands of these damn Ming soldiers fired a third round of volleys. I don’t know if the other side’s shooters deliberately avoided them.
He and the other party also followed the tacit agreement in noble wars not to attack the other party's commander. These three rounds of shooting did not even scratch the major's skin. And when he looked around, the soldiers in front of him were sparse, and half of them were already dead.
There is no more, but this half is hurriedly throwing away the musket in his hand and picking up the short knife at his waist.
What's even more outrageous is that the dozen or so soldiers in the back row have already thrown away their weapons and started to flee towards the fortress castle where they came from.