The bombardment continued. The Ming army's 400 large and small artillery bombarded the area for almost half an hour and still did not stop.
They would not stop until all the solid projectiles were fired. Although the gunners were sweating profusely from exhaustion and choking to death, they not only did not complain, but cherished this hard-won opportunity.
This is a Franchise machine gun. The sub-gun and the mother-gun are separated, so there is no need to worry about the barrel overheating and exploding the barrel.
The same ten muskets took turns firing and reloading ammunition, almost seamlessly, pouring projectiles into Jiannu's camp at a rate of two rounds per minute.
Such dense projectiles, no matter how limited their lethality and low their hit rate, were, they would still blast the earthen walls in front of the three camps full of holes.
The carriages and military tents in the camp were also shattered to pieces by the bombardment, and the 60,000 Han soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Their limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground, and their livers, intestines, and intestines were covered with grass. The piercing screams almost drowned out the sound of the cannons.
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If it weren't for the usual good treatment and generous rewards, and this time Dorgon promised to reward one acre of land for killing one enemy, killing three enemies would directly lead to promotion and flag raising, I'm afraid it wouldn't have collapsed immediately after a round of shelling.
At first, Dorgun didn't pay much attention, but as the bombardment became longer and longer, he couldn't sit still anymore and even became a little panicked.
Because the Ming army's cannons were bombarding them like this, there was no need to fight at all. The cannons alone could kill them. I'm afraid it would become a big joke by then.
"Sir, I didn't expect the Ming army's artillery fire to be so fierce and dense. What should I do?" After seeing the Ming army's Flange machine cannon, Dorgun felt that the red cannon was not very good.
Hong Chengchou's face was also extremely solemn, and he obviously did not expect that the Ming army's French cannons were so densely packed.
Knowing that if he didn't come up with a countermeasure, he might really be doomed, his eyes flashed with wisdom, and he pondered for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty, the Ming army's artillery shells hit the earth wall. Although it can destroy the earth wall,
But there was no momentum, and the soldiers hiding behind suffered few casualties.
Moreover, after the artillery shells hit the grain bags on the carriage, they also lost momentum. In this way, people put the soil in the sacks, and then piled the sacks in the camp. The soldiers hid behind the sacks and should be able to avoid the shells very well!
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It has to be said that Hong Chengchou's vision was really vicious. When he saw the Ming army's artillery shells flying around on the ground and hitting the bags containing grain, but there was no movement, he immediately thought of using softness to overcome hardness and using sacks to hold soil to prevent solid bullets.
bounce.
Duo Ergun was already at a loss. After hearing the words, he immediately ordered to go down and follow the instructions. Not only did he load a large number of sacks in a short period of time and send them to the three camps in front, he also planned to remove the earthen walls of the six camps in the back.
, they all used sacks of soil to build walls.
Fortunately, in the past few months, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses have consumed a lot of food, and there is nothing else, but there are many empty sacks.
Sure enough, as the sack walls made of sacks appeared in the slave camp, the casualties of the soldiers immediately decreased.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Cixi knew that the shelling would not have much effect, and most of the shells had been consumed, so he finally ordered to stop the shelling and prepare for the attack.
The three battalions of the Chinese army were already ready. As the war drums sounded, the three battalions began to advance forward. The swordsmen, shield soldiers and spearmen took the lead, and the archers pressed behind.
"Soldiers, it's time to make meritorious deeds, serve the nation, serve the country, and serve His Majesty!"
"Soldiers, His Majesty is watching us from behind. The time has come to kill the enemy and serve the country!"
"The Ming Dynasty is mighty and the Ming army is victorious!"
"Soldiers, follow me and kill!"
"Kill!"
When the three battalions approached a hundred steps away from the main camp, all the students from the Jiangwu Hall pulled out their swords from their waists, roared, and then took the lead and charged forward.
The more than 10,000 Ming troops all had red eyes, and they rushed forward with shouts and kills.
"Fire the arrow!"
Boo hoo hoo…
Boo hoo hoo…
The archers on both sides drew their bows like a full moon, wildly throwing rain of arrows at each other, and screams of pain were heard for a while.
Although there were shield hands holding shields to protect them, the charging Ming army still had people hit by arrows from time to time, but not many people actually fell.
Obviously, the cotton armor of the Ming army can resist bows and arrows very well. As long as they are not shot directly in the face, their internal organs and bones are almost unharmed. Therefore, after many Ming soldiers were hit by arrows, they just staggered, grunted, and gritted their teeth.
Keep charging.
Some even acted like crazy, directly pulling out the arrows and throwing them on the ground.
The traitor soldiers who were defending were all wearing leather armor, with only one layer. The defensive effect was not as good as cotton armor. Anyone who was hit by arrows in the body or head almost lost their combat effectiveness.
Even some who had arrows in their thighs lay on the ground and kept wailing.
Obviously without the smuggling of traitor merchants, Jiannu would not be able to equip ordinary Han soldiers with cotton armor and iron armor, even their own cotton armor and iron armor would be enough.
On the contrary, it was the firecrackers in the three large camps that caused a lot of casualties to the Ming army. Due to the obstruction of the earth wall, the firecrackers were of little use. The firecrackers of the Ming army were all deployed to defend the carriages on both wings.
However, although the fire cannons could break through the cotton armor of the Ming army, the rate of fire was too slow. After only two rounds were fired, the Ming army rushed to the ditch.
The one-meter-deep ditch, plus the one-meter-high earth wall behind it, is a full two meters long. It is really difficult to jump and climb directly without ladders or planks.
But it was difficult for the Ming army to escape. They saw a famous shield-bearer jumping into the ditch, bending down and holding the shield on his shoulders, forming a series of ramps from low to high.
It's not that the Qing army didn't want to insert some more wooden thorns into the trench, but it was simply too late. It was very rare to be able to dig such a deep trench and build such an earth wall in one night.
With the ramp formed by shields, the sword-shielders and spearmen behind them immediately rushed forward on their shields, and then jumped off the earth wall to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army.
The spearman stood beside the pit, holding a two-foot-long spear for cover. Whenever the Qing army stood up from behind the earth wall to kill or stab the Ming army on the shield, they would be stabbed to death by the spearman.
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The Qing army's spears were too short and could not reach the spearmen on the other side of the trap, so the Qing army did not dare to show their heads.
"Brothers, if you kill an enemy, you will be rewarded with an acre of land! Give it to me!"
Seeing more and more Ming troops, they jumped off the earthen wall and fought in. The officers of the Qing army also cheered and shouted. As expected, they were heavily rewarded, and they were usually not short of food or pay. Although the Ming army
All of them were as fierce as wolves and tigers, fearless of death, and looked like mad dogs, but the traitorous soldiers also dared to rush forward and fight with them.
It has to be said that the ancient Han people were indeed born to be soldiers. As long as they had enough to eat and paid careful attention to the military, almost all of them dared to fight and kill.