483, Steel Crossbow versus Mongolian Cavalry Bow 3
Dasha and Taiji instantly understood that An Sanxi had a large number of crossbows. Just by hearing the sound of firing, they knew they couldn't be bows and arrows.
It is difficult to release arrows in a uniform manner. Individuals release their own arrows after hearing the order.
Only when the crossbow is controlled by the trigger can it produce such an effect with just one command.
They are all people who have fought for their whole lives and know the difference clearly.
Everyone knows that a crossbow can shoot farther than a bow.
Because bows and arrows are drawn with the arms, and crossbows are usually strung with the feet, it means that the arms cannot twist the thighs.
What they don't know is that the pulling force of a ratchet-strung crossbow far exceeds that of a cocked crossbow. The force of a person's thigh pedal plus waist strength is not as powerful as the pulley block.
Although the Mongolian cavalry bow is a recurve bow and an angular bow compound bow, when a light arrow is thrown at high speed, the range is only 150 meters. The direct shooting distance is only 60 meters or even 50 meters. Many Mongolians, like the Jiannu, for
To ensure the accuracy of shooting, heavy arrows are used, and arrows are released only after reaching twenty or thirty meters.
This ensures that it is powerful enough to penetrate armor and kill with one hit.
Yang Fan's crossbow is made of steel, and the crossbow arm is made of yellow steel. It can projectile to 300 meters or more. It also has a direct range of 90 meters.
When a general riding bow shoots light arrows, the muzzle velocity is only about 35 meters per second. When using heavy arrows, the muzzle velocity is probably only over 30 meters. Heavy arrows rely on speed and weight to win.
At this time, the range of infantry individual crossbows was generally longer than that of cavalry bows, and also exceeded that of infantry large bows. The throwing distance of infantry large bows was about two hundred meters, and the direct range was estimated to be more than 70 meters, which was slightly worse than individual crossbows.
These weapons are much different from Yang Fan's steel crossbow.
Yang Fan's steel crossbow is ratcheted, which is very labor-saving and can fire one or two hundred rounds without any problem.
Ordinary crossbows will not work. After the archer fires thirty times, he can no longer lift his arms. The man is disabled and the sword can no longer be lifted. The pulling force of the crossbow is greater. Even when the crossbow is opened, it is still stepped on the crossbow.
It has to be bent with both hands to wind it. It is estimated that it will be useless after firing it thirty times.
This kind of steel crossbow also has shortcomings. The firing speed is slow at first. After all, the stroke is used to save labor when using the ratchet. It takes time to turn the ratchet. Unlike a bow and arrow, it can be fired just after attaching the arrow. It takes an average of six seconds to fire one shot.
In addition, the recoil force when launching is very strong, which may cause shoulder pain.
Daza and others were horrified to see that the first arrow was fired and flew into the sky before it hit the ground.
After only one or two breaths, the second shot was fired. (Breathing is a concept in Chinese medicine, one breath lasts about three to five seconds.)
At this time, almost everyone changed their color.
Daza immediately realized that he could no longer use his normal charging pace and had to rush over as quickly as possible.
At this time, an overwhelming barrage of crossbow arrows fell.
On the front of the Tumut cavalry, there was a sound of thumping and thumping.
Today's Mongolian cavalry is almost all light cavalry. They are better equipped and have leather armor made of cowhide.
But the vast majority of them are soldiers recruited by herdsmen. They are just dressed in leather robes and have no stomach at all.
The ones who can use Jia Wei are at least Taiji's soldiers and Na Ke'er, or the herd masters and Na Yan.
These crossbow arrows flew down from high altitudes, whizzing like lightning, making a terrifying sound that shook the soul. They came straight towards the dense group of cavalry. The sharp steel arrows directly penetrated these cavalry and war horses.
Dasha and Zhu Taiji saw the dark clouds falling on the heads of the cavalry, and tens of thousands of crossbow arrows. With a brush, the ground seemed to have grown out like a piece of thatch, and all the arrow shafts stuck on the ground were trembling with tail fins.
A large number of people and war horses fell to the ground, and many war horses were shot and injured, jumping and neighing madly. The riders could not control it and were even thrown off their horses.
The area covered by crossbow arrows seemed as if the ground had caved in, and large areas of men and horses fell down.
The front line looked like a layer had been shaved off. It was like a piece of pie that had been bitten in countless bites.
However, before the Mongols had time to respond, the terrifying roar came from the sky again, and everyone changed their minds in fear for a while.
here we go again!
At this time, many people who were not hit by the arrow began to think of ways to resist.
Some held the small round shields on their arms above their heads, covering their heads and faces. Some played and hid under the pedals, relying on their good riding skills to get under the horses' bellies. More people shook their bodies in panic,
Trying to avoid this.
However, these methods are of no use. The crossbow arrow is a short, heavy arrow made of all steel. Its huge muzzle velocity and recoil determine the momentum of the dive from a high altitude, which cannot be blocked by an arm shield.
The arm shield, which was only covered with a thin layer of iron and covered with rawhide and wooden boards, was directly penetrated. The crossbow arrow penetrated the arm shield and then shot through the forearm.
Because the arm shield is fixed on the forearm with a leather sheath.
More than a thousand people fell to the ground and were trampled to pulp by the cavalry behind them.
Da Sa's face was ashen. Thirty thousand cavalrymen were beaten like this by ten thousand crossbowmen with two rounds of arrows.
Who is the nation that rides and shoots? It has brought shame to the Mongols.
"Blow the trumpet, attack at full speed, rush up and shoot at them. Those who fall behind will be killed," Daza roared.
More people would die slowly. So he made a prompt decision and launched a high-speed charge in order to quickly engage the enemy. At this time, if he wanted to reduce casualties, the key was to speed up the enemy attack.
Standing hard like this and being shot down non-stop, not to mention casualties, Daza was even worried that the spirit of these herdsmen conscripts would be destroyed, they would collapse directly, and they would scatter in all directions before they could even charge forward.
A large number of horns sounded, which was the order to attack at full speed.
Along with the horn blowing, dozens of cowhide drums were also beaten.
Suddenly, the sound of rumbling drums shook the ground.
The Mongols knew that this was an order issued by Tumut's most severe military law. Everyone must charge at full speed immediately.
The chaos immediately stopped visible to the naked eye, and the military qualities of the Tumut people that were stronger than those of other Monan tribes were revealed.
Everyone no longer ignored the crossbow arrows falling from the sky, and immediately arranged themselves and their horses, bypassing or jumping over the dead men and horses on the ground, and rushed towards the enemy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! An Sanxi sneered, Daza, the old immortal, is really capable. So far, his responses have been correct.
The Mongols faced the six-second round of crossbow arrows and charged desperately.
Charge at high speed, because the performance of the horses varies widely, and the gaps between the cavalry groups are widened, reducing casualties.
But every time the black cloud fell, at least four to five hundred people were shot to death. After all, there were tens of thousands of arrows covering each wave.
Soon the horse's speed was picked up, and he quickly rushed to 200 meters. He endured rounds of crossbow arrows and huge casualties, and pushed forward desperately.
When they reached 150 meters, the Mongols grabbed their riding bows and launched them at the enemy.
The Mongolian projectiles were so messy that it was impossible to measure the range and launch them uniformly.
At this distance, the Mongols used light arrows. The arrow clusters were small and sharp. Shooting arrows at this distance completely interfered with the opponent and disrupted the formation of the opponent's crossbowmen.
You must use light arrows to throw, heavy arrows cannot be thrown.
Light arrows can only deal with enemies without armor-piercing stomachs. Or they can hit the exposed part of the body with armor-piercing stomachs.
And heavy arrows are armor-piercing arrows.
It must be used at a distance of forty or fifty meters. Heavy arrows are too heavy and have strong armor-piercing ability, but they just can't fly too far.
When the Tumut people saw the Han people opposite, all of them were wearing black cloth cloaks and hoods, they thought they were not wearing armor.
In this case, light arrows are enough to kill them.
Mongolian archers shoot light arrows on horseback very efficiently. An excellent archer can shoot out all thirty light arrows in the quiver in about two seconds.
During their Western Expedition, they were covered by a storm of light arrows, which blinded the European infantry and cavalry. They directly destroyed the formation and were then massacred by heavy cavalry. At that time, the Mongols had 40% of their heavy cavalry.
At this time, in Daza's view, Changshengtian was also on the side of the Mongols.
Because the wind is blowing from the west today.
The wind blows from the Mongols to the enemy.
Although the wind is not strong, it will also give a certain bonus to the light arrow and increase its power.
In the blink of an eye, the crossbowmen had fired four rounds of crossbow arrows, and nearly two thousand of the charging Mongols were shot down. This was a very heavy casualty.
As the distance got closer, the Mongols raised their riding bows and fired. The dense light arrows rose, flew, and fell like dark clouds covering the sun. They flew towards the enemy in a steady stream.