Chapter 111 The True Combat Strength of the Merchant Army (Part 2)
Shi Kefa, who was watching the battle on the podium, couldn't help but feel moved. He didn't expect that the use of firearms of the merchant army could reach such a terrifying level, but the excitement was still greater than fear. After all, there was great hope to defeat the Qing army, defeating the Qing army was indeed full of hope. .&&
However, facing the almost perverted firepower of the merchant army, the Qing army still did not retreat and insisted on moving forward. After two rounds of artillery attacks, there were about twenty shield vehicles left, which had already advanced to the merchant. Within two hundred steps of the military position, this is a relatively safe distance, because nearly half of the artillery was already dead corners. Many Qing troops who had lost their shield chariots simply started running towards the positions of the merchant army.
But this does not mean that the Qing army can rest assured, because most of the Qing army did not have shield cars as cover at this time, so the rifles of the merchant army also began to exert their power. Of course, at this distance, first of all, the rifled rifle array is the first. There were a total of 120 sniper infantry in the merchant army. At this time, they were all looking for the Qing army's Jiala, Niulu, and White Armored Soldiers to aim at the target.
Sniper infantry did not shoot together, but could open fire as long as they were ready and confident. Therefore, the gunshots were sparse and almost covered up by the sound of cannons. However, the facts caused no damage to the Qing army than the cannons, because The commanders of the middle and lower levels of Jiala, Niulu, Baijia and other in the Qing army were beaten to death. The command of the Qing army also began to become chaotic.
But as the Qing army continued to advance, the sound of rifle shooting suddenly became dense, and it was like autumn rain, dense and endless. However, the Qing army could not feel a trace of romance at this time, only infinite horror of death. Once, the Qing army fell down in rows, and the bodies and blood quickly piled up on the battlefield.
At this time, Haoge looked in the formation with a gray face. He never expected that the firepower of the merchant army would reach such a perverted and fierce level. At this time, more than half of the more than 10,000 infantry soldiers who went to fight were probably injured. Haoge and It's not a fool, but I understand that when attacking Huaian, the merchant army did not use all their strength at all, and absolutely deliberately abandoned Huaian. Although Haoge has not yet figured out what Shang Yi's intention to abandon Huaian, but now The battlefield was obviously unfavorable for the Qing army. The remaining offensive forces were not enough to break through the front line of the Shang army. Now they either withdraw their troops or increase their troops and continue to attack.
With Haoge's personality, of course he would not choose to withdraw his troops, but with the current firepower of the merchant army, sending infantry troops will probably only increase casualties, and Haoge does not have too many infantry troops to send. So Haoge immediately ordered to send all the cavalry troops out as the second batch of attacking troops, hoping to use the speed of the cavalry to quickly pass through the positions and break through the merchant army's front.
In Haoge's army, there were nearly 4,000 cavalry all sent out at once. Although the momentum of thousands of war horses galloping was not as earth-shaking as when bombarded by artillery, it was also very amazing.
Shi Kefa couldn't help but become nervous when he watched the podium. After all, in the concept of people in this era, cavalry was the most powerful army on the battlefield, and the power of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was also rewarded by the Ming army many times. Therefore, Shi Kefa He couldn't help but say: "Yiheng, the cavalry of the Qing barbarians is here."
Shang Yi laughed and said, "Please rest assured, the only few thousand cavalrymen want to rush across the front of our merchant army. It's simply a dream. The era of cavalry traversing the battlefield has passed."
Shi Kefa looked at Shang Yi, but was stunned for a while but couldn't speak.
At this time, the first batch of infantry attacking from the Qing army also pushed closer to the barrier trench, and the shield chariot could not pass. The infantry of the Qing army emerged from behind the shield chariot, crossed the trench, and rushed towards the front of the merchant army.
.The archers still hid behind the shield cart and shot archers at the merchant army. However, this distance was almost the limit of the bow and arrow. They could not penetrate iron armor at all. Even if they shot a double position without the protection of the iron armor, they would not be able to get into the flesh.
In the Shenyang, the number of Qing army archers was also limited, so the blow to the merchant army was not big.
The remaining infantry of the Qing army were also charging forward with great force, but looking at the closest position, it was simply a place that was beyond the limit. Moreover, the two reconnaissance battalions of the merchant army were also attacking the Qing army.
Behind the trenches in the area, three consecutive shooting arrays were arranged, and stacked shooting was formed in this area, which increased the attack on the Qing army, and grenades were thrown out from time to time.
Therefore, at about thirty steps in front of the Merchant Army Front, it seemed as if an invisible wall was blocking it. The Qing army fell down one row in front, and the front row in the next row, and the other row in front, and the other row in the next row.
As the breakthrough came, the number of people was also decreasing rapidly, while the corpses piled up on the ground were increasing rapidly.
At this moment, the dense sound of horse hooves finally reached the ears of the soldiers of the merchant army through the sound of guns and cannons. The Qing army's cavalry finally rushed over. Although during the charge, the Qing army's cavalry was hit.
The artillery attack, but only lost less than 500 cavalry, the overall impact was not great, and now it has reached most blind spots that are difficult to reach in artillery, and the infantry of the merchant army was then attacked by the Qing army.
Contained, so the cavalry rushed to a position where the shield chariot was only fifty or sixty steps away from the Merchant Army Front, which was the position where the shield chariot was blocked.
Nearly 4,000 cavalry rushed to the nearest position, and the pressure on the soldiers of the merchant army was also very huge. The distance of fifty or sixty steps was only a matter of more than ten seconds for the high-speed horses.
At this time, the first batch of infantry attacking the Qing army had been beaten to pieces and would not block the cavalry's charge. The cavalry was about to rush into the front of the merchant army.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"
The 50 thunder chariots of the Merchant Army finally played a role in this battlefield. As early as the Qing army's cavalry began to launch an offensive charge, they were discovered by the Merchant Army, and the front-line commander Cheng Jin immediately ordered to
All the thunder chariots were pushed to the appropriate position to face the attack of the Qing cavalry.
The sound of gunfire that was densely striking as heavy rain hit the earth suddenly sounded, and the rain of bullets, which was denser than heavy rain, swept towards the Qing army's cavalry under the operation of soldiers swaying left and right. As the thunder chariot began,
After showing off his power, a long list of firepower nets that cross and are airtightly connected to each other.
In front of this firepower net that surpassed this era, the cavalry charge of the Qing army immediately stopped. The cavalry was like crops eaten by locusts, and they were gnawed in a blink of an eye.
The horse neighed, the body was penetrated by ruthless projectiles, the muscle tissue was torn apart by force, the bones were hit and crushed, and all the wailing screams and screams burst out. The entire battlefield was also scattered in a flash.
Covered by a large amount of gunpowder.
Fifty Thunder Chariots, one hundred 128-tube organ guns, a total of 12,800 bullets, were all blown away in just over three minutes, because in this
In the era, cavalry charges were all dense formations, so it has to be said that this most primitive machine gun is indeed the best weapon to deal with cavalry charges.
However, the war smoke was quickly blown away by the strong wind, and the battlefield, which was twenty to fifty steps ahead of the Merchant Army Front, was almost all covered by the corpses of men and horses. Even if there were some gaps, it was still full.
There were also many injured and undead Qing soldiers or horses lying among the pile of blood and corpses, screaming and crying, and struggling repeatedly.
More than 3,600 cavalrymen were left, and in a blink of an eye, only about 5,600 cavalry were left. They were spared because they all fell at the end of the team. But at this time they were also stunned by what happened in front of them.
I forgot to continue charging, but just stood there in a daze, wondering if I was dreaming.
In the main formation of the Qing army, Haoge, Jueluo Bahana, Shi Tingzhu, Xu Dingguo and others were also stunned. The weapons used by the merchant army had completely exceeded their ideas. Even Li Chengdong put them away.
In his gloating heart, a cold air arose from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the battlefield hundreds of steps away, then looked back at Haoge and others who were already stunned. Suddenly he realized that as long as there is Shang Yi and merchants
The existence of the army may not necessarily lead to the capture of the world, and it is even possible to lose this war. The decision to surrender to the Qing court was indeed too hasty. Now it is necessary to rethink it and it is time to stand.
That side.
In fact, even the soldiers of the merchant army were shocked by their own results. Cheng Jin opened his mouth wide. Although he also heard that the Thunder Chariot showed his power on the Shandong battlefield, he only heard that after he witnessed the process with his own eyes, he also said that
I was so shocked that I couldn't say a word for a long time.
Fortunately, Shang Yi still maintains a clear mind. Although the power of the Thunder Chariot is huge, Shang Yi has witnessed the real machine guns in later generations, let alone artillery fire cover and carpet bombing. Compared with these things, the so-called primitive machine guns
, in fact, it was just a gadget. Therefore, Shang Yi issued three orders in a row: one was that the sixteen three-inch and six-point bronze field artillery immediately launched artillery bombardment at the main formation of the Qing army; the other was that the cavalry regiment immediately attacked and attacked the Qing army.
The army's positions launched an attack; thirdly, all infantry followed the cavalry and launched a counterattack on the Qing army, completely defeating the Qing army in one fell swoop.
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-"
After a long time of silence, the sixteen-game Napoleon cannon finally began to show its power in this battle, spraying the shells to the Qing army positions that were almost a thousand meters away.
In fact, the main formation of the Qing army has always been within the range of sixteen three-inch and six-point bronze field guns, but Shang Yi did not intend to use artillery to bombard the main formation of the Qing army from the beginning, but wanted to wait for the Qing Dynasty.
The army's offensive was frustrated and its troops were lost. When launching a counterattack, using this trick would not only defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop, but also achieve the greatest results.