Talking about the firecrackers of both sides, although the Japanese iron cannons look good, the lead bullets they use only have about 123 grams. The lethality is reasonable at close range, but it is difficult to penetrate armor beyond 50 steps!
The firecrackers used by the Wu'an Army were all large-caliber. The amount of ammunition loaded in the firecrackers was more than three times that of the Japanese iron cannons. The lead bullets were all 26-gram fixed ammunition, which was extremely powerful! The effective range could reach
More than one hundred and twenty steps, but the accuracy is just a little off! At about eighty steps, the armor worn by the Japanese can be penetrated with one hit!
You must know that Liu Haojia chose the Suifa gun template, which was the Brown Bess musket used by the British Empire when it spread across the world! This gun traveled all over the world with British soldiers, and it can be said to be the musket that has experienced the most wars in the world!
Huang Guojun is a junior officer in the Wu'an Army and a company commander. He is already qualified to take charge of an independent branch. Now he is in charge of the central government.
At this time, his face was flushed with excitement! After training for so long, the battle was finally about to begin! Moreover, the materials given out in advance also allowed him to understand the details of the Japanese, so he was confident of winning!
Seeing the Japanese attacking, he carefully estimated the distance between the two sides. When the Tiepao Ashgara took 120 steps, he shouted loudly: "Check the firearms!"
All the gunmen immediately picked up the gunpowder and inspected it carefully, looking at the flint and gears on the faucet. Then they opened the lid of the medicine tank and checked whether there was gunpowder in the medicine tank. Sure enough, some mistakes were made while busy, and they found that there was no gunpowder in the medicine tank.
He quickly replenished the gunpowder. The pikemen fumbled with their helmets and breastplates to make sure they were all tied up properly, and then maintained their solemn posture again.
Whenever the soldiers finished checking themselves, they would report loudly to their superior officers, and then the information would be summarized to Huang Guojun. When the square array became quiet, Huang Guojun shouted loudly: "Raise the blunderbuss!"
The firecrackers immediately raised the firecrackers and held them in their hands. Then Huang Guojun shouted again: "Leave it alone!"
Hearing a "crash" sound, the gun soldiers in the front row immediately leveled their rifle butts on their shoulders, pressed their cheeks against each other tightly, and began to aim at the opponent. 33??qxs??.???
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After waiting for a few seconds, the gunman heard someone behind him shouting: "Shoot!"
The firecrackers who had long been trained to have muscle memory immediately pulled the triggers continuously, and then the firecrackers in their hands fired first! Then several other phalanxes also fired almost at the same time, and the firecrackers sprayed out smoke and projectiles!
The Japanese soldiers who were still advancing slowly were still very nervous, but when they saw the other side leveling fire cannons a hundred steps away, they were no longer nervous! Some people were actually whispering and laughing at these Ming soldiers.
I don’t know how to use the iron cannon!
Normally, soldiers are not allowed to talk and laugh in low voices when the army is in action, but this time the samurai leading the team did not stop them. Because he also felt that the Ming army opposite was ridiculous. How could there be such a separation?
Pick up the iron cannon from a distance! At such a long distance, by the time we get closer, the arms of the soldiers on the opposite side will be trembling, let alone aiming!
But what surprised him was that they had just walked a few steps away when they saw a flash of red light on the opposite side. The Ming army actually fired the iron cannon first from a hundred steps away! This made him almost laugh out loud.
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But when the corners of his mouth just curled up a little, six soldiers in the front row actually fell down! Two of them were lying motionless on the ground, obviously they were killed directly! The other four dropped their iron cannons and fell to the ground loudly.
Wail!
The scene in front of them made the commanding warrior of this phalanx almost stunned! How could the Ming army's iron cannons hit so far?
Just when he was surprised, the sound of firecrackers was fired again from the opposite side! The samurai looked up in surprise. He was sure that five more soldiers had fallen in the front row! And at this time, the soldiers had begun to panic.
This situation of being beaten without being able to fight back is the most demoralizing!
Moreover, this samurai was also sure that his casualties were indeed caused by iron cannons! Because a lead bullet flew over his head, and he was very familiar with the whistling sound! However, the lead bullet woke him up, and he panicked and turned to other directions.
Looking at the formation, I saw that other square formations were also hit by fire cannons!
The only difference is the number of casualties! The smallest phalanx lost five people in the shooting just now, and the largest phalanx lost eight people!
The familiar smell of war made him quickly calm down after many years of war career. The quick order he issued was to order the ashigaru to speed up and move forward! In his imagination, as long as he could approach the opponent and shoot at each other, he would soon be
You can defeat the opponent!
But what made him despair was that as soon as his order was given, a third row of lead bullets roared out, knocking down seven people in his team! The warrior shouted desperately: "Speed up the pace! Speed up the pace! They are shooting at such a rate.
Fast because the gunpowder has been loaded in advance, and now they will slow down soon! Take this opportunity to get close to them! Fast!"
The only soldiers gritted their teeth and stopped looking at the dead and injured, and stopped listening to the wails of the wounded, and tried their best to lower their heads and move forward. Several other warriors in the phalanx also issued the same order almost at the same time.
The formations all speeded up in unison!
The iron cannon ashigaru in the front row strode forward, driving the phalanx behind to speed up, but their mood was completely different! The people behind thought that the forward had gained an advantage and were advancing happily! And the iron cannon ashigaru strode forward, but their mood was completely different!
Pao Ashigaru suppressed his fear and moved forward quickly!
They thought that they could defeat the enemy as long as they got closer and entered the shooting phase. They also thought that their opponents would not have such a high rate of fire after firing the preloaded ammunition. But if they could get closer to the opponent, they would find that Wu An
The commanders of several army phalanxes invariably strengthened all the firecrackers on the other three sides of the phalanx to the front! Only a few people were left to maintain the formation!
This method formed six rows of human walls in front of the phalanx, and the rain of bullets they fired in turn would bring terror to the Japanese throughout their lives!
After the firecrackers in the phalanx fired the first row of firecrackers, the nervous soldiers immediately relaxed and quickly entered a training state. They almost relied on instinct to shoot, retreat, and reload.
Step forward and shoot! It's smooth as clockwork!
The result was that there would be a salvo almost every less than ten seconds, and lead bullets were fired at the opponent like a heavy rain! The opponent's phalanx was filled with gaps! Although the Japanese soldiers bravely stepped forward to fill their positions.
, but the formation was still shattered by the fire cannon!