Tushetu Khan's cavalry rushed five hundred meters and entered the range of the camel cannon.
In order to be mounted on camels, these guns are high-strength, short-barreled, and low-pressure guns.
Because the strength is high enough, the gun barrel is very thin and the weight is greatly reduced. The bracket is made of high-strength aluminum alloy to cushion the impact on the camel when the gun is fired.
"Camel cannon, solid spherical bullets, ready, fire." With a wave of An San's hand, the artillery commander immediately gave a big order.
Boom boom boom! Five hundred camel cannons lined up in a row opened fire, and five hundred solid spherical bullets roared towards Tushetu Khan's cavalry.
The camel swivel gun first appeared in Egypt. During the Battle of Diu in 1509, the Mamluks of Egypt noticed the advantages of the Portuguese Caravel ship's naval swivel gun, and then imitated the camel swivel gun and used it in land battles.
After the Ottoman Empire annexed Egypt, the camel revolving gun was quickly absorbed into the empire's army, and was taught to the Persians during the war between the empire and Persia, and then spread throughout Central and South Asia through the Persians.
Although the camel swivel gun was not adopted in Europe, it shined on the battlefields of Central Asia and South Asia and was widely imitated. This weapon that combines mobility and firepower is very suitable for the poor road conditions in Central Asia and South Asia. In the future If Yang Fan goes to fight in Central Asia, he will definitely encounter a large number of them.
In the famous Third Battle of Panipat, the camel swivel artillery of the Afghans and Mughals defeated the proud cavalry force of the Marathas.
In this battle that decided the fate of India, the power of the camel cannon caused the Maratha European-style infantry to be blown up by the Muslims outflanking it, resulting in the complete collapse of the Maratha army.
Thus began the Mughal Dynasty of the Mongols. After that, Muslims began to rule India.
Considering the camel's endurance, Yang Fan positioned the cannonball at a weight of three and a half pounds.
The Camel Cannon has a caliber of 76mm and an effective range of 500 meters. It is wrapped in silk and can be loaded with spherical solid bullets or shotgun shells with a hundred small steel balls.
Tushetu Khan waved the Damascus scimitar in his hand. This scimitar was inlaid with gems and was a fine product from Persia. Seeing his instructions, the warriors on both sides of him immediately accelerated and rushed towards the enemy.
Tuxie Tuhan was over sixty years old, and he led the charge just for show.
This distance has reached the distance for the Mongolian Qingqi to accelerate and impact, so he slowed down his horse.
However, at this time, he saw in the distance, there seemed to be some black things on those fiery red camels. Then those things suddenly emitted black smoke.
Bad! Firearms.
Tuxie Tuhan was shocked. The Ming army had a large number of firearms.
He immediately hid in a stirrup, turned over and got under the horse's belly. His agility was not that of a sixty-year-old man.
At this moment, artillery shells flying at high speed came with a sharp whistling sound.
Bang! A loud noise.
Tuxie Tuhan was under the horse's belly and clearly saw a spherical solid bullet hit from his right side. A dozen cavalrymen on the right were passed through. There was a burst of blood mist as the man and horse were shattered. An alley of blood filled the air.
The remains of flesh and blood sprayed into his face. He opened his mouth in horror.
What was this? An artillery piece that could be mounted on a camel. He was so horrified that he didn't react for a long time.
The cannonballs created a passage without cavalry, and there were fragments of men and horses along the way.
Due to the reduced power of the cannonballs, the men and horses behind were struck by the cannonballs, and their arms and thighs were instantly separated from their bodies. The men also fell off their horses and fell to the ground, howling miserably.
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He was then trampled to death by the cavalry charging at high speed from behind.
"Accelerate! Accelerate! Rush over, rush over. Don't give them time to reload." Tushetu Khan shouted loudly.
The rate of fire of the three-pounder was two rounds per minute.
At this time, the impact speed of the Mongolian cavalry was four to five meters per second, which was the maximum speed that the Mongolian horse could run. It could not be sustained for too long.
In other words, it takes about two minutes to rush to the infantry.
After one round of firing, the camel cannon went silent. The Mongols knew clearly that they were charging and would soon usher in the next round of firing.
Now that the two sides are closer, they can clearly see the situation of the enemy on the opposite side. These artillery pieces are mounted on the enemy's camels, with a rotatable bracket on them to fix the artillery pieces.
Another five hundred rounds of artillery shells opened another five hundred bloody alleys for Tushetu Khan's cavalry.
The Mongols were somewhat confused. The formation was in chaos. The horses also stood up and threw the knights off. The Tabu Nangs and Yan men in front immediately waved their scimitars and hacked to death those who were cowering.
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Khalkha's war horses rarely experienced battlefields with so many firearms, and many jumped up in fright. The chaos in front slowed down the impact speed.
Because of the fear of people and horses, the knights behind them pushed forward, while the horses and people in front tried to slow down to let others rush forward.
Tu Xietu cursed in a sweaty voice, calling for his soldiers and Na Ke'er to rush forward and chop all the cowards who were afraid of death to death.
Under the severe suppression of the officers, the cavalry group suffered more than 3,000 casualties under two rounds of artillery fire, and then plucked up the courage again and charged forward.
Boom boom boom! Another volley.
Tushetu Khan's troops were once again overwhelmed, and their broken limbs were flying in the sky.
Then, the cavalry finally rushed a hundred meters.
Tuxie Tuhan breathed a sigh of relief. He rushed over a hundred meters away in just a few breaths. As long as the Mongolian warriors could get closer, they could start a one-sided massacre of these gunners.
Immediately afterwards, Tushetu Khan saw three rows of musketeers standing in front of the camels.
He wailed in his heart. It's over!
Having suffered so many casualties and rushed forward, I didn't expect these Ming troops to have back-ups.
However, he comforted himself that the muskets of the Ming army were famous for being easy to explode. What kind of civilian officials in the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty were known to Tuxie Tuhan even though he was far away in the grassland.
"Replace the camel cannon with shotgun shells and wait for orders." An Sanxi ordered immediately, because the enemy's cavalry had already rushed within a hundred meters.
"Three levels of horizontal formation, fire." An Sanxi ordered.
The soldiers in the first row immediately raised their flintlock rifles. At this time, there were three regiments of fusilier soldiers in front, and each regiment formed a three-row horizontal formation.
What was used this time was not the formation where the front and rear teams took turns to fire forward, and the three-stage attack was repeated in rotation and reloading.
Because if the front and rear teams are to rotate, the formation cannot be too close. There must be room for forward and backward movement.
The flintlock gun relies on dense formation to increase the density of firepower.
Yang Fan directly changed this formation.
Instead, the first row serves as the firing hand, and the last two rows serve as the loader.
The loaded rifles were directly handed over to the first platoon, and after the first platoon finished firing, the empty rifles were turned around and handed over to the loaders behind for reloading.
In this way, the tightest formation of side by side is achieved. The tighter the formation, the denser the barrage will be. In the same way, the lethality will be greater.