1867, the fight between the prairie wolf and the sea wolf
Erlunqi never dreamed that he would be kicked off his horse as soon as the war started.
He spit out the sand in his mouth angrily, sat up and looked into the distance. There was a camel city there, but it was much smaller. The outer ring was composed of 10,000 camels, while the inner ring only had 5,000 camels.
At this time, firewood stacks, yurts, and various flammable objects were ignited by rockets, and the flames burned brightly, illuminating the outer camp like daylight. Heshuote's cavalry was completely exposed to the light.
At this time, because of their good vision, the Heshuote people fought hard and rushed inside at a very fast speed. They knew that only by engaging the enemy as soon as possible could they reduce the damage caused by firearms.
They are experienced people who have been fighting for a long time.
They have been traversing the Western Regions for hundreds of years, starting from the Four Sons' Western Expedition. They know how to fight.
Now the inner circle is dark and nothing can be seen, but the outer circle that people like them rush into is as bright as day. This situation is extremely unfavorable to them.
Moreover, I rushed in without encountering an enemy, which was also extremely strange.
What does this mean? It means that the other party has long expected their night attack and immediately evacuated everyone to the inner circle.
The mines exploded one after another, and orange-red fireballs rose up all over the sky. The broken shrapnel was like a torrential rain, sweeping away all living things within ten feet.
These iron-making wastes, cast iron with high phosphorus content, are so brittle.
It is so easy to be exploded into tiny pieces.
Today, a 25-pound mine can explode into more than a thousand tiny fragments.
With the explosion point as the center and a radius of ten feet, it is waving like the scythe of death, harvesting life.
Erunqi was stunned. He had never seen a weapon like a mine before. He didn't know where the gunpowder came from. He didn't see the cannonballs coming, nor did he hear the sound of the cannons.
I saw the broken limbs and broken arms of cavalrymen everywhere.
Zhao Ting stood on the nest car and raised his binoculars.
This telescope has an anti-reflection coating, and the field of view is particularly bright, especially when the outside world is dark, and it can be used at night with the moon and stars.
There is no problem now. There are burning fires and explosions everywhere outside.
The Heshuotes had no cover at all, and were all exposed to the range of the Fran cannon in the inner circle.
"It's time to fire. Twelve rounds of shotgun fire. After firing, the fusiliers will immediately start shooting in three stages." Zhao Ting gave the order.
The Heshuote people were all elite soldiers. Although they were stunned by the bombing, they never broke up.
They were knocked to the ground by the air waves. The man and the horse got up, mounted their horses again, and rushed towards the inner circle.
Zhao Ting and others looked at each other, this was a silent army.
The other party didn't yell or scream, nor did he show his teeth and claws to increase his momentum.
They just gritted their teeth, lowered their heads, and tried to reduce the head-on projection area of their bodies. They clamped their legs on the horse's belly and rushed forward as hard as they could.
The camels in the inner circle were equipped with 500 Fran machine guns, and there were 125 facing this side.
Because there was no way to determine which direction they would attack from, they could only arrange them evenly.
By the time we knew they were coming from the swamp, it was too late to disassemble and reassemble the camel cannon.
Zhao Ting could only transfer all the musketeers. After all, it was very convenient to carry the muskets and leave.
At this time, a large number of musketeers were arriving.
This time they had received flintlock rifles before setting off.
There is a large inventory of these guns, and 150,000 were produced initially. Later, an additional 50,000 rifled guns were produced.
Originally, Yang Fan thought that he would conquer the world with this flintlock rifle package. Unexpectedly, metal case bullets and primers such as mercury fulminates would break through so quickly. Even live cotton films could be mass-produced.
Not long after, the final obstacle to smokeless gunpowder was cleared.
Then the team led by Chen Xi solved the problem of bullet jamming in the magazine.
At least the single-row single-feed magazine is very reliable. There is basically no jam problem.
Currently, double-row single-feed magazines and three-row single-feed magazines are also being tested.
These two high-end magazines are mainly prepared for the high-rate Ying 79.
After all, this is a bolt-action rifle that can fire 36 rounds per minute at an abnormal hand speed. It requires a large magazine to supply ammunition. The three-row single-feed magazine with 48 rounds is the perfect configuration.
As for the 100,000 flintlock rifles currently equipped with front-line troops, Yang Fan didn't know what to do with them.
Now, the special forces and directly-affiliated troops have all replaced the old sleeves, which are Hanyang-style five-round bolt-action rifles. They also have a six-round revolver.
Fifty thousand old sleeves were also produced, and now they have the same embarrassing status.
After all, the future will be dominated by Yingqiu and mortars.
When infantry fights cavalry, in the absence of light machine guns, they mainly rely on volley firepower.
The Ying 79, a high-rate rifle that can be fired by hand, is equally useful when used as a substitute for a light machine gun.
The squad fired a hail of ammunition instantly, causing all the cavalry in the world to kneel down.
This time the Third Pirate Regiment went to the northwest, Yang Fan directly approved 1,500 flintlock rifles with a stroke of his pen.
This kind of rifle, which is 1.38 meters long and has a bayonet of 1.8 meters, has surpassed the British and French flintlock rifles during the Second Crow War.
It can even be said to be the highest technical level flintlock weapon before the breech-loading rifled gun.
Even the last 50,000 additional ones had even rifling added. All that was missing was the magazine and metal bullets. The appearance of the 98K was completely imitated. It looked very beautiful.
The bugle sounded, and a large number of pirates put their fish-head knives back into their scabbards, grabbed their flintlock rifles, and ran toward the enemy's main attack direction.
One of the battalions consisted of 500 men, forming three lines of 170 men, standing behind the Franco machine guns.
The other two battalions were also formed in three columns, walking out of the inner circle of the camel city, arriving at the outer circle, and outflanking the Heshuote cavalry group from both wings.
The four battalions of auxiliary soldiers wore triple armor (strengthened head and shoulder armor, lined with leather armor, and lined with cotton armor.) Two by two, they followed a rifle battalion of the Fusiliers Pirate Regiment as escorts.
.walk towards the enemy.
At this time, in the inner circle of the camp, there were 125 Fran machine guns, 500 musketeers, and 1500 pirate regiment infantry armed with spears and steel crossbows facing the enemy. There were three battalions of 1,500 people on each side facing the enemy.
They outflanked him.
Because the mines on this side have basically detonated, completely destroying their offensive formation.
At this time, the Heshuote people's front arrow formation was completely chaotic. Although these warriors were still rushing in dutifully, they were all fighting on their own.
At this time, they were bombed so much that Paizitou (the ten-captain was called "Paizitou", or "Albanayan" in Mongolian) could not find any soldiers.
Zawunayan (called "Zawunayan" by the heads of hundreds of households) can't find the sign.
The five thousand captains (the heads of thousands households are called "Minhan Nayan") are all separated. No one can find each other, and they don't know whether each other is dead or alive.
The most terrible thing is that none of them can find Mr. Wanhu (the head of Wanhu is called "Tu Mian Nayan"), that is, Mr. Zaisang Elunqi.
Someone saw Lord Zaisang fell from his horse. People everywhere were panicked.
E Lunqi tried to get up by the light of the fire, but there was a sharp pain in his waist and he couldn't move.
By the light of the fire, he saw the black muzzles of the camel cannons on the Camel City in the distance already pointing at the warriors of Heshuote.