Chapter 165 Two kicks and fireworks are also useful!
The Mingdi was an invention of the grassland nomads, and the bows and arrows of the Qing army also had this function. On the surface, this thing seems to have no practical effect, but in fact, its effect on the battlefield is not small.
The different sounds made by the sounding arrows can convey military information on the battlefield. Experienced front-line soldiers can know the military deployment of the generals based on the sounds of different sounding arrows. In addition to conveying military information, the greater function is to create huge psychological pressure through sound, so that the enemy's
The soldier has a psychological breakdown, and the sound also serves as a distraction.
"Fire three rounds of ammunition and give the order to the soldiers. Let the shooters shoot the horses first. Don't be afraid of the enemy's stray shots!" Mayu Liang watched the Qing army adjust their tactics. He also made tactical adjustments. The Qing army's bows and arrows
It can shoot far, but the muskets on his side are not close, and their armor-piercing ability is stronger than theirs. He is not vain at all by playing like this.
The effect of using signal flares during the day is not very good, but it is enough to cover a battlefield of more than a thousand people. The signal flares used by the new military are an improved version of the later two-kicker plus fireworks. The improvement over the two-kicker is that it has an iron launcher
Bobbin holder.
Two kicks soared into the sky and exploded over the battlefield. After seeing it, the soldiers and officers on the battlefield not only knew how to fight next, but also felt confident in their hearts.
Yes, the role of the second kicker is not only to convey military information, but also to stabilize military morale. Seeing their own second kicker exploding in the air, the soldiers knew that their commander was still issuing combat orders normally. The formation of the second kicker
It was also bigger than the Qing army's resounding arrows. This thing gave the Ming army a lot of momentum.
"Why does Ming Gou fire cannons into the air?" Looking at the two kicks that exploded in the air and looked pretty good, Obai was a little puzzled. He couldn't understand what this thing was used for!
However, after the Mayu Liang regiment fired the second kick, the other three regiments and the brigade headquarters also fired three times and the second kick.
Obai looked at the two kicks exploding in the air, and suddenly understood what the Ming army was doing. They were passing military orders!
The use of artillery to convey military orders was not the first of its kind for the Ming army. It had probably been around for hundreds of years at least. But after the war broke out, this thing became useless. The messy sound of artillery made it difficult for people on the battlefield to understand which one was conveying military orders.
Not to mention, setting off thunder in the air is really a good way to convey military information. Obai planned to wait until the battle was over to go back and find a way for the craftsmen to come up with these things.
Now is not the time to study. The battle has already reached noon, and Obai began to become impatient. The results of the battle were very unsatisfactory. In the whole morning, apart from the loss of 1,800 soldiers, there was little effect. The guerrilla tactics were not used at all.
As it should be. The Ming army's muskets were indeed sharp. In just one or two hours, more than three hundred shooters were shot and killed. The Qing army killers who were beaten had a psychological shadow about being within a hundred meters of the Ming array. That is,
It is said that the rangers were pinned down a hundred meters away, and the threat of the archers a hundred meters away was greatly reduced.
Strictly speaking, the distance where the Qing army was suppressed was not a hundred meters away, but two or three miles. Under the combined effect of the new Tiger Crouching Cannon and the Fran cannon, the Qing army could not gather men and horses to charge within two or three miles, and could only rely on cavalry.
Entering this range by cruising. In other words, the Qing army's offensive at this time was no longer able to exert direct pressure on the Ming army.
How to fight next? Obai was a little undecided. Fortunately, at this time, Azig came to the front line with the Chinese military tent.
"Obai, why are your soldiers and horses still circling outside the battlefield?" As soon as Azig arrived at the battlefield, he found that the situation was worse than he thought. He thought that even if Obai did not capture the Ming army, at least it was already fighting fiercely.
They rushed to the formation, but the situation on the battlefield was that the army was still wandering around the periphery of the Ming army, which did not put any pressure on them at all.
"Your Majesty, the battle situation is very unsatisfactory. The firepower of the Ming army is really fierce. Unless we forcefully fill in regardless of losses, the tactic of charging into the military formation will not work. My slave only made one charge and lost nearly a thousand soldiers and horses."
"Didn't you use Sky Thunder?"
"It's used! Our Zhentian Lei is incomparable with other people's. The thunder we bought from Guan Ningjun may have been cheated. What they sold us was defective and useless."
"Are we buying fake goods? These are thieves. I will give them a good account after I return. Oboi, in your opinion, if our army forcefully fills in people, how many people can it take to capture this Ming army?"
?" Without a trick play, Azig was ready to force it.
"I feel that if we fight hard, I'm afraid it will take at least five to six thousand people, and they all need to be good players."
Five or six thousand people? There are only three thousand people on the opposite side. Our side can only win with the sacrifice of five or six thousand people. This deal cannot be done. If you agree to this strategy, Azig is sick.
"You can't fight hard! It seems that we can only call for reinforcements. Oboi, you and your troops will surround this Ming army to death. Don't let them get away. I will mobilize a large army to fight their reinforcements. As long as it takes a long time, we will be able to defeat them."
If you don’t believe they can hold on forever, I will send you another two thousand Mongols to ride over, and you will harass the Ming array all the time.”
At noon, although the Qing army's offensive was not fierce, the harassment continued. After the brigade commander and Ma Youliang and others met, they decided to rotate the personnel. Let the personnel change their meals. If it was in the afternoon, their offensive would not be fierce.
, and arranged for some people to build the camp area. Judging from the situation on the battlefield and the military orders from the headquarters, this camp area may be used for a long time!
At this time, it was already the middle of winter outside the mouth, and the weather was freezing cold. It was not easy to build the camp area. There were about four feet of frozen soil, and digging a trench would take a lot of effort. Iron tools were needed, and it was best to light a fire to clear the frozen soil.
It has to be roasted. There is another problem. There are few materials for making fire. For example, each brigade brought a lot of coal to the battle this time to use as fuel for the soldiers to keep warm.
The fighting became less intense in the afternoon. The soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division dug trenches for a long time and built some underground shelters. Judging from this pace, in a day or two the soldiers would no longer need to live in tents.
That night, Obai also led his army to camp three miles away. As night fell, he was eating roast mutton prepared by his soldiers. Suddenly, there were exclamations and the sound of cannons outside the camp.
Could it be that the Ming army wanted to break out at night? Obai put down his leg of lamb and hurried outside the tent. Then he saw large fireworks blooming in the sky, lighting up the dark night sky a lot.
Are the Ming soldiers sick? Fireworks were set off in the middle of the night. The Qing soldiers, who had no knowledge, all ran to the camp to watch the fireworks. Many people even cheered and started making noises.
The fireworks here stopped after a while. Just when Obai was confused and didn't know what the Ming army was doing, fireworks also appeared in the sky in the distance. This should be the Ming army setting off fireworks in another camp.
It took more than half an hour before the fireworks at the Ming camp were finished. The Ming army, which was surrounded by the Qing army, did not completely stop and set off two more waves of fireworks.
In the second half, Obai suddenly became excited. The Ming army was not setting off fireworks blindly, but reporting news! They actually had this method. Through these fireworks, the Ming army scattered throughout the war zone could communicate with each other and determine the military situation.