Chapter 298: The Bank of the Gaoliang River is Not the Past (3)
The newly formed musketry infantry regiment of the Song Army has artillery battalions and three artillery teams, with a total of twelve Type 05 120 field guns and six Type 04 95 field guns. The six musketry infantry regiments have a total of 72 guns.
120 field guns, thirty-six 95 field guns.
The Seed Division also has a direct artillery regiment with six artillery teams and thirty-six Type 05 120 field guns.
"Wu Jie, convey my order. All artillery fire three rounds of solid shells first. The order is directly under the artillery regiment, and all artillery is aimed at the Yin position, covering the Bingyin and Dingyin areas. The mortar artillery team covers the Yihai and Binghai areas.
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The Geography Institute of the Song Dynasty Academy of Geosciences compiled a set of orientation maps for the army using the heavenly stems and earthly branches.
The earthly branches are directions, Zi is true north, and noon is true south. Then the two earthly branches are 30 degrees apart. The twelve earthly branches are a 360-degree circle.
Tiangan is the tenth of the distance. For example, the effective range of a field artillery is one thousand meters, then the distance between two Tiangan is one hundred meters.
The Bingyin and Dingyin areas are 60 degrees due north to east, covering an area of 300 to 400 meters. The Yihai and Binghai areas are 30 degrees due north to west, covering an area of 200 to 300 meters.
As the order was conveyed, one hundred and forty-four artillery pieces aimed at their respective targets and then opened fire rapidly.
The artillery battalions of each regiment decide on their own when to fire.
The sound of artillery continued one after another, and the huge sound tore this huge curtain between heaven and earth into strips. Huge thick smoke spewed out, like the fireworks spouted by wild monsters in ancient books.
The whizzing iron bullets made a bloody groove in the dense crowd of Liao soldiers.
Yes, it's a blood tank.
Wherever the iron bullets flew, a piece of the person's head, body, or limbs were neatly cut off. Viewed from a distance, it really looked like a sharp chisel was used to cut off the ground.
A neat groove was cut out. But instead of gravel, it splashed hot blood and flesh.
This tragic scene made even the hard-hearted veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles feel numb. Many Liao soldiers dropped their weapons, fell to their knees on the ground, and vomited out yesterday's lunch together with bile.
Clean the barrel, load the propellant and spacers, stuff the ten-pound iron bullet into the barrel, and then fill it with the obstruction. The gunner pours the igniting powder, and the igniter stands aside holding the matchlock pole, waiting for the gunner.
Recalibrate the position and angle with the deputy gunner.
At this time, the ten mortars behind opened fire.
The 260 mortar, which was finalized in the 8th year of Tianqi's reign, has a caliber of 260 mm and can fire explosive shells weighing forty kilograms. Ten explosive shells drew an arc in the air and flew over the artillery positions of the Song Army and over the Liaoning Province.
The top of the army's head fell to the place where the Liao army was most concentrated, and then exploded with a bang.
Prefabricated iron shrapnel flew in all directions, killing or injuring the surrounding Liao troops, and a large area fell down in the blink of an eye.
Before the Liao army could recover, the field artillery opened fire again. The roaring iron bullets created another blood groove.
After five rounds of fighting, Yeluhuli and Xiao Chilian finally realized that the Song army, which looked harmless from the side and was just waiting for them to fight, was actually the most ferocious existence on the battlefield. If they did not kill them,
Not to mention breaking through the main left wing of the Song army, whether the Liao army can retreat completely is still a question.
Fortunately, the Song troops on this front line looked small, less than 20,000, and there were more than 60,000 of them. The pile would kill them all.
After the order was issued, the Liao army changed the direction of attack and rushed towards the Song army's musketry infantry regiment.
When the Liao soldiers approached Juma Mulu District and had to slow down, the entire battle line rang out commands.
"Everyone is here! Raise your gun! Aim!"
"shooting!"
The banging sound continued from one end to the other, as if a coastline encountered a typhoon. Huge wind waves beat wildly against the rocks on the shore.
Almost at the same time as the gunshots were fired, flowers of blood bloomed on the chests, arms, feet, or faces of the Liao soldiers on the opposite side. Some Liao soldiers fell to the ground and cried bitterly; some Liao soldiers looked like they had been chopped down. Trees fell straight to the ground; some Liao soldiers were completely limp, as if the bones in their bodies were suddenly taken away.
As the Liao army gathered around, the power of the field artillery became even more powerful, scaring the Liao army into scattering to both sides to avoid these scary iron weapons.
"Send the order, move the artillery forward! Change to shotgun shells!" The commander made a judgment and issued a new order.
The field artillery was moved forward, and the muzzle of the gun was almost against the Jimamulu formation, so the fan area covered on the left and right became larger. The artillery captain adhered to the principle that artillery must be used concentratedly and directed the artillery to aim at the area with the densest concentration of Liao troops in his line of sight.
"ignition!"
There are eighty standard musket pellets in a shotshell, and it is fired from artillery propellant, so its lethality is much greater than a single shot fired from a musket.
If the target is close enough, just in front of the point where the shotgun shells disperse, the huge lethality is enough to turn the target into a bloody rain and scatter it violently.
This was the case in Yeludai during the Battle of Jiatugou.
Under the repeated ravages of artillery and muskets, the Liao troops who rushed forward fell one by one. In less than a quarter of an hour, the position in front of Juma Mulu was filled with corpses and wounded people. The ground was full of stumps, minced meat, and unknown bodies. Human tissue. Blood flows everywhere like a stream, soaking the solid hard earth into mud.
The Liao troops who surged up from behind were stunned by this scene. They thought they were in hell on earth. The officers behind them urged them to move forward quickly, but the fear in their hearts and the mud under their feet made them move slower and slower.
Half an hour later, the Liao army had lost an unknown number of casualties, and the Juma Mulu formation stretched out for more than a hundred meters, creating the same tragic scene. The result of their repeated attacks was that thousands of their comrades were sent into the Juma Mulu formation. Then he died there.
Seeing the Liao army rushing forward like silly roe deer, Wu Jie couldn't help but ask Zhong Shizhong: "General, why are these Liao troops so stupid and still rushing forward with all their strength?"
"They have been paralyzed by fear and turned into a group of sheep. They will go wherever they go. But it will be fast. When one of the sheep wakes up from the numbness and escapes first, all the Liao troops will be driven away. All wake up."
Wu Jie looked at the Liao army that was advancing numbly in the hail of bullets, and continued to ask: "General, our formation is obviously to allow the Liao army to run parallel to our musketeers so that we can maximize our power. Why can't the Liao army generals see it? Is there any deceit in it? Still rushing straight in."
The cultivator turned around and asked: "Wu Jie, if I hadn't given you a map, marked all the terrain on the map, and marked the situation of the enemy and ourselves one by one, would you have been able to see the trap here?"
Wu Jie thought for a while and shook his head.
"General, without a map, hundreds of thousands of people are just a lake in my mind. A battlefield with a radius of twenty to thirty miles. I can't tell who is where and who is going to do what."
"That's right. It's hard to imagine all this if you don't have a map. It's hard for the Liao generals to imagine it if they don't have a map. Since ancient times, some famous generals have a talent. They can circle around the battlefield.
It can be shown in his mind. When fighting, he can map it out in his mind where our army is and where the enemy's army is. So he wins the battle just like drinking water."
"Most good generals have developed intuition through years of experience. When they see the enemy's formation, they can guess what their purpose is. But the officials invented the map operation, and the terrain was fully displayed. The enemy and ourselves were marked in detail on the map.
Even a young officer like you can understand what the entire war situation is about at a glance. This is what officials say, first turn war into a science, and then turn it into a science.
An art.”
Speaking of this, Zhong Shizhong said in a profound voice: "The Liao army has no map operations, and all experienced generals have been killed or injured. Most of the generals who are now in charge of various ministries are brave and foolhardy. How can they see that the radius of two or three
A layout of ten miles? What’s more, most of them have never tried the power of our muskets and artillery."
Just as he was talking, the Liao army finally collapsed. They ran back like a group of goats with their butts burned. However, at this time, Yang Shishi had already commanded the front army and put six huge spear phalanxes across the battlefield.
On the retreat of the Liao army.
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
Moreover, the heavy sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance, and the Song Army cavalry, who had been waiting behind for a long time, had also set off to hunt. This chapter has been completed!
