The barbed wire array was broken, which in Dodo's view was a sign of victory.
Because this is the only fortification that the National Defense Force relies on, as long as it is crossed, it will be smooth sailing.
The Ninth Division was a pure infantry division. How could it fight against the elite Qing cavalry on this great plain?
He had already seen Tun Qi leading the cavalry to cross the barbed wire formation and was about to join the battlefield.
This made Dodo's blood boil with excitement and his heart was full of expectations.
In the Korean battlefield, Huang Taiji personally commanded it, but still failed to defeat the National Defense Forces.
If he now wins the battle against the National Defense Force, wouldn't it mean that... he has surpassed Huang Taiji and become the number one general of the Qing Dynasty?
If that happens, his reputation will reach the sky.
Since his brother Dorgon can become the regent, can he do it if he works hard?
Or maybe find an opportunity to kill that boy Fulin and replace him?
Dodo, who was still very young, began to think brightly and felt that his future had infinite possibilities.
The frightened war horses went crazy and rushed back and forth in the array, creating even greater chaos.
What he doesn't even know is that his life span may be even shorter in this time and space.
He still doesn't know that he is actually a short-lived ghost, and his life is not as long as Dorgon's.
In the eyes of the Qing army, exploding artillery shells were already terrifying, but the National Defense Forces never stopped researching and developing them and kept enriching their arsenal.
During this process, although the artillery unit had completed loading, it did not fire immediately.
Tun Qi almost wanted to vomit blood, so he had to let the guards around him wave the flag and then rush out.
In previous battles, due to barbed wire barriers and the absence of Qing cavalry, the artillery still used traditional artillery shells.
The gun array has been rotated three times to ensure continuity of firepower.
Most people were frightened and didn't know what to do.
However, the number of Qing troops was simply too great. If this continued, sooner or later the Qing infantry would charge forward.
The newly arrived 38th Regiment killed batch after batch of Qing soldiers on the plain, making it impossible for them to get within a hundred meters.
It's finally time to use the new guy.
But just when the cavalry gathered nearly 10,000 people, the scouts in the hot air balloon discovered something unusual about the Qing army and immediately sent a signal to the rear.
Under the command, all the artillerymen opened the new boxes on the side and took out new artillery shells one after another.
Seeing the little red flag waving desperately, Yu Lichun sounded the alarm.
The new artillery shells came out of the barrel, jumped into the high altitude, and then spanned a distance of several thousand meters before slamming into the Qing cavalry array.
He walked out of the headquarters and shouted orders to everyone.
Whether it was a person wearing armor or a horse wearing armor, they all turned into blood gourds under such a blow.
It was another bloody massacre, and the number of Qing soldiers who fell was no less than in the first wave.
Moreover, the cartridge case was also grilled to a certain extent when it was cast.
This side of the barbed wire formation was already within the coverage of the National Defense Force's artillery, but the cavalry did not encounter any blows during the assembly, which made Tunqi feel vaguely uneasy.
He is afraid of long nights and many dreams.
Now that Dodo has sent out his treasured cavalry, the National Defense Force has also brought out its big killer weapon.
"Each artillery position obeys orders and replaces fragmentation bombs."
The heavy artillery regiment was waiting for the order.
"Let the ones behind move faster. As long as we gather 10,000 cavalry, we will attack first."
The emergence of shotguns gave certain inspiration to the artillery research and development department.
Tunqi, like Duoduo, believed that when the cavalry participated in the battle, the Qing army would win.
He kept urging the cavalry to quickly cross through the gap in the barbed wire formation, and then quickly organized their formation on the opposite side.
They made a batch of new artillery shells.
Scientific military development will inevitably promote scientific weapons progress.
Anyway, there are hot air balloons high in the sky monitoring them at all times to ensure that they don't miss the best opportunity.
"Order the artillery regiment to open fire."
Xue Hongtu, commander of the heavy artillery regiment, was overjoyed.
This kind of cannonball is ineffective when used to hit city walls, trenches, and fortresses. But it is very terrifying when used to kill people in open spaces.
The order was conveyed quickly.
During this process, the infantry of the Qing army was still attacking the defense line of the National Defense Forces to buy time for the cavalry and disrupt the formation of the National Defense Forces.
Countless steel storms roared and swept around, and the steel as small as raindrops was far from being stopped by flesh and blood.
They are waiting.
However, in the aftermath of the explosion, everyone temporarily lost their hearing and could not hear his shouts at all.
Seeing the Qing army rushing through the barbed wire formation, Yu Lichun had a smile on his face and looked incomprehensible.
In this new type of artillery shell, the charge was reduced by half and replaced with a more powerful collodion explosive. The spare space inside the shell was filled with various iron balls, steel balls, iron nails and other debris.
In this way, when the shell explodes, the fragile shell and the debris inside will turn into the most terrifying life harvester, sweeping all the space within 40 to 50 meters crazily.
How could the Wehrmacht artillery miss such a good opportunity?
The second round of bombardment arrived soon.
Tunqi decided to change the pace and not wait until all the cavalry were assembled.
"Tell the artillery to use new types of artillery shells and knock out all the Qing cavalry."
Almost in the blink of an eye, nearly two thousand Qing cavalrymen fell.
However, all the cavalrymen who were still passing through the breach in the barbed wire fence were blocked, making it impossible to move them around in a short period of time.
After years of battlefield practice, the National Defense Forces have discovered that simple explosive shells are very effective against fortifications, but are less effective against living forces.
Dozens of heavy artillery fired fierce roars at the same time, quickly covering up all the cries of killing on the battlefield.
The souls of the dead in Tunqi appeared in great numbers, and they hurriedly shouted.
"Spread out! Spread out quickly! Charge forward, don't stay where you are."
Obviously the sound of the shells exploding was much quieter than before, but the experience of the Qing cavalry was even more tragic.
When more Qing cavalry crossed the barbed wire formation, they could no longer look back.
This move was indeed effective. When the cavalry who were still in fear saw their general launching a charge, they didn't need to think too much and followed suit one after another.
It's just that the formation that Tun Qi painstakingly organized has been completely messed up. Is such a cavalry charge really still powerful?
Compared with the chaos of the Qing army, the National Defense Force's tactics were always orderly.
The observer on the hot air balloon accurately transmitted the data, allowing the heavy artillery regiment to complete the adjustment and hit the third wave of shells on the path of the cavalry charge.
The originally mighty Qing cavalry suddenly became sparse after three rounds of attacks.