1868, The fight between the sea wolf and the prairie wolf II
When he saw the muzzle of the cannon, he realized that they had expected him to attack at night.
They didn't place the artillery on the first circle of camel city at all, but placed it directly on the inner circle.
Now the outer ring was ignited by their rockets, and all the combustibles that could be ignited were blazing. The entire outer ring was illuminated. At this moment, they were living targets.
Boom boom boom! As expected, the 125 Fran cannons opened fire.
Although there were only a quarter of the Fran cannon facing the main attack direction, the abnormally high rate of fire of this cannon was enough to defeat them.
Twelve rounds of shotshells have been loaded into the gun in advance.
The gunners behind the camel loaded the muskets one round after another. The second gunner stuck it with a wedge, and the first gunner then rotated the handle and sealed the barrel with threads.
The gunner used an awl to pierce the propellant bag at the fire door, and inserted a fire tube into the propellant bag.
Then with a rough aim, he jerked the rope connected to the fire tube.
Flames burst out at the fire door, igniting the propellant. The entire artillery suddenly recoiled.
There was a loud bang, and dense small steel balls were sprayed out from the muzzle.
The Heshuote cavalry, which surged forward like a tidal wave, was hit head and face by a hail of steel ball bullets.
At this time, the front of the entire charging cavalry group seemed to have been hit by a huge hammer. The formation instantly sunk.
The penetrating power of the rain of steel ball bullets was so strong that the five hundred heavy armored cavalry at the front were like paper, being riddled with holes. The five hundred armored cavalry were almost wiped out by one shot.
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The steel ball directly penetrated the armor, turning the body behind into a sieve.
The war horse also screamed and fell to the ground.
These three to five millimeter rusted steel balls punched dense holes in the chests of the war horses. Some of the horses' foreheads were smashed, and their eyeballs flew out.
On the entire east front, a line of war horses and knights rushed forward to grab the ground and fell to the ground. The knights behind them immediately trampled them into a pile of rotten meat. Because they could not hold back when charging at high speed.
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The gunners fired the first three rounds rapidly, taking an average of less than twenty seconds.
When they shelled each other on merchant ships at sea, they competed to see who was better equipped and better trained. They trained every day because Yang Fan had money and enough gunpowder.
At this time, under the continuous bombardment of twelve muskets, the thirty meters in front of the inner circle of Camel City became an insurmountable wall of flames.
As long as the cavalry rushes here, all the men and horses will be destroyed.
Many steel balls even penetrated the first row and then penetrated the knights in the second row.
The dense rain of steel balls did not hit the people in the first row, but also flew through the gap and hit the people in the back.
After all, this era is all about the impact of dense formations. Only with dense formations can it be possible to break through the infantry square and cause the infantry to collapse.
At this time, Er Lunqi no longer dared to get up.
He lay on the ground and tried to reduce the frontal projection area of his body as much as possible.
Because the cannon shot from the Fran cannon fired a terrifying, dense rain of bullets.
There was a whirring sound in his ears.
He is a man who has fought an old battle.
He knew very well that the sound of wind blowing in the grass meant that steel pellets were flying very close to his ears.
If it were any lower, he would be beaten to the point where his brains would burst.
Strong winds flew across his back, and steel balls even scratched the back of his quill armor. He had stacked three layers of armor on himself. The outermost layer was chain mail, the middle quill armor, and the innermost layer was a layer of cotton armor.
This shows that the chain armor has been opened by the shotgun. Otherwise, the steel balls would not fly past the feather armor.
He watched at least a thousand people fall down. A distance of more than 30 to 100 meters in front of the camel city was covered with corpses of people and war horses. One layer after another, blood flowed everywhere like a stream.
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There were still injured people and war horses, wailing and neighing, rolling and struggling desperately, trying to reduce the pain. However, no one paid attention to them at this time, because the battle was too fierce.
The mid-level officers of the Hoshuote people were all battle-hardened. As long as they were not killed, they all forced their subordinates to rush forward desperately.
At this time, all you have to fight for is your willpower. No matter how powerful the artillery is, it will eventually be finished.
Reloading artillery in this era is very time-consuming. Once the shot is finished, it will take a long time to reload.
This was common sense to them. At this time, they already understood that the gun on the opposite side was a Franco machine gun. After shooting this thing, it depends on how many rounds of muskets are allocated to a Franco machine gun.
However, even if he turned around and ran back, he would not be able to escape the fate of being continuously bombarded from behind.
Therefore, they simply bit the bullet and rushed forward. Since they would be bombarded if they retreated, they simply piled casualties on the way to attack.
They bet that the Franco machine guns would soon run out of ammunition.
The twelve-shot musket was finished in less than five minutes. The open space in front of Camel City was full of dead bodies.
On the defense line of Camel City, the camels were tied up and wore blindfolds so they could not see what was going on.
But the strong smell of blood and the thick blood flowing under their bodies made these camels tremble.
The Hoshuote people are all real warriors. Even if their war horses fall to death, they crawl out from under the dead horses, pull out their scimitars, and stagger towards Camel City.
Finally, the last shot was fired, and the Fran cannon fell silent.
Reloading takes a lot of time.
The moment the gunfire stopped, the Heshuo people let out a cheer.
They immediately emerged from various temporary shelters, mainly behind the dead horses. They shouted and rushed towards the camel city. The cavalrymen who were scattered behind also mustered up the courage to use their spurs to severely stimulate the abdomen of the horses.
The pained war horse screamed, burst out its final strength, and rushed forward.
The whole heart was broken. I didn't expect this partial army to be so skillful with firearms. They, Mongolia, didn't know enough about them. Their firearms skills were far worse than these pirates.
However, he also understood that as long as his warriors could rush in, the battle would be reversed immediately. These skinny southerners were no match for their Mongolian warriors.
A large number of people who got up after their horses fell down automatically formed the first echelon. Under the shouts of their respective leaders, they rushed towards the last circle of camel city like a tide.
They rushed to ten meters in front of the camel city. In just a few seconds, they would jump into the camel city and fight to the death with these pirates with their machetes.
Er Lunqi was determined. When it came to hand-to-hand combat, the Heshuote people were not afraid of anyone.
When they rushed to the front of Camel City, there was a sudden sound, and three rows of riflemen holding flintlock guns stood up behind Camel City.
The first row of these people squatted with their muzzles just above the lowest point of the camels. The second row bent over with their muzzles higher. The last row stood in a standing position with their flintlock rifles held flat.
They even saw bayonets gleaming in the darkness and firelight.