About 80 to 100 steps away, there was a cloud of white smoke. The officers and soldiers of the Suzaku Army could hear the noise of the officers and soldiers in the distance. Perhaps behind the white smoke, they were changing their muskets and preparing to shoot again, because the Shenji Battalion's three-stage attack was such a tactic. Front row
After the shooting, hand the muskets to the back row in exchange for loaded weapons. This will take turns to ensure the shooting speed. The soldiers placed in the first row are selected to be the best at shooting.
"Steady! Steady!" Commander Huang from the left post of the First Army shouted loudly to boost morale. The skin on this general's face was dark and rough, but he should not be more than thirty years old. Most of the officers of the Suzaku Army were very young.
Everyone stood there waiting, the fallen wounded soldiers were groaning in pain, and some of the survivors couldn't help but turn over their shields to look at the bullet marks on them.
The white smoke gradually blew away in the wind. Looking around, I saw that the officers and soldiers had once again set up the scaffolding and arranged the firearms. At this moment, the soldiers of Suzaku could only pray, but did not know which bottle of gods to pray to. Commander Huang said to
A general next to him solemnly said: "The second round." It was as if everyone had lost count. Maybe he was just emphasizing, because every number had to pay the price of death and injury. As soon as he finished speaking, there was a flash of fire.
There was a flash, and the "cracking" sound of gunpowder explosions was heard.
Some more soldiers of the Suzaku Army in the front row died. Amidst the shouts of the generals, the soldiers in the back stepped forward to pick up their shields and fill the gaps left. The camp remained motionless.
The battlefield was very noisy. Not only were people screaming for help, but when there were more people talking loudly, it became as noisy as a market. There were many people giving orders to fill vacancies and asking for fire. Then came the third shooting, and the first army
The left sentry stood at a distance of more than eighty paces and received three volleys.
After the rain of bullets passed, the commander finally shouted: "All the troops obey the order and move forward in unison!" The generals everywhere blew their wooden whistles, and the people abandoned the wounded and the corpses on the ground and began to advance again. The fire started.
The sound of gunfire stopped, and only the occasional roar of cannons came from the distance. The march of the extremely wide linear formation was not very neat, but it was advancing like a wave, and the momentum was still very spectacular.
Sure enough, the Shenji Battalion's muskets were extremely slow to load. After three rounds of volleys, they could not prepare to attack again for a long time. When they loaded the muskets after the first round of volleys and then teleported to the front, the left side of the Yongding Battalion's First Army
The sentry had already approached within forty paces.
The smoke in the open space in the middle has dissipated after a while, and even the appearance and expression of the opponent can be seen clearly from such a close distance. More than forty steps is neither far nor close, and long guns are used on the battlefield.
As a weapon, it is just to increase the attack distance by a few steps. It can be seen but not touched.
A whole row of matchlocks were calmly raised amidst the shouts, and it was time for the officers and soldiers on the opposite side to panic. Thousands of people stood densely in a small area, and it was difficult to even move. Once the weapons were not ready, the situation
The disadvantage is that there is nothing you can do about being pointed at a gun.
"Bang bang bang..." The fire seemed to be spraying in front of us, and white smoke rose up on the horizontal plane two arrows away. The scene was very powerful. The people in the Shenji Camp fell down like mowing grass, so close
Volleys fired from a distance and dense lead bullets were consuming lives as if they were being harvested. At least more than half of the first platoon of the Shenji Battalion suffered casualties, and the mortality rate was extremely high. The rage caused by the explosion of gunpowder, if a person who has been suppressed by hatred for many years finally breaks out.
, approaching a volley is like a devastating trial.
Human will and courage have been greatly tested in the face of the instant destructive power of gunpowder weapons. When a person at the back of the team felt safe for the time being, he suddenly found that almost all the brothers in front died in an instant. You can imagine how he felt in his heart.
Know.
As soon as a round of volleys was completed, the formation of the Suzaku Army immediately began to move, and the soldiers exchanged positions under the orders of the generals. The left sentry was not attacked after marching to the combat position. The team was well established and well organized.
The actions were still very efficient.
When the Suzaku Army's second row of muskets were raised and spears stood up, the formation of the Shenji Battalion was already in turmoil, and the team was in chaos. Most of their front row was killed, and the newly loaded firearms were scattered everywhere, and the people behind were still
He was busy preparing ammunition and had no strength to fight back.
As a human being, can we really regard death as home and overcome the basic desire to live? If we can really not be afraid of death, I'm afraid no one would be willing to die like this... Like criminals, they are gathered together and slaughtered like animals. There is no excitement and excitement.
Whether you are a hero or a coward, the bullets will come to an end. "Kill!" "Kill!" Suddenly I heard someone shouting twice, like a cry before death, and then I heard someone shouting: "Brothers, fight,
rush!"
The Shenji Battalion is indeed an elite force. It can still intend to counterattack at this time, but elite soldiers are also composed of people. Charge attacks are only easy to succeed when they gain an advantage. They were already beaten into chaos, and with temporary orders and command
There was no coordination, the battle formation was more than 200 steps wide, and the scene was noisy. Many people couldn't hear the shouts. So some people actually drew their swords and rushed forward, while others stood there and didn't know what was going on.
The counterattack only attracted a second salvo from the Suzaku Army. The bullets rained down mercilessly in the smoke and fire. A large number of living people fell down like sacks, flesh and blood splashed, and a red blood line formed in the air.
Blood mist, weapons and debris were scattered everywhere, and the battle formation was in a mess. Those who survived were no longer willing to stand at the entrance of this hell and wait stupidly. The officers and soldiers of Shenji Battalion fled backwards, and all the soldiers and horses in this group were
collapse.
The left post of the First Army was ordered and did not charge in pursuit. People were taking out the gun barrels and busy reloading. There was a muffled "rumbling" sound on the ground. Commander Huang looked back and saw a black mass of cavalry soldiers coming from behind.
Cantering on the left wing, the horse herd spread like a flood. It was the cavalry regiment of the Suzaku Army, because it was running from west to east, and it was known before the war that the Shenji Battalion that crossed the river did not have an organized cavalry.
Not long after, three orderly soldiers with command flags on their backs came running in a formation on horseback. When the orderly soldiers saw the officers, they did not dismount. They just raised their left arms to salute, then handed over the written military order and said loudly: "China."
Military order, the left post of the First Army advances forward, engages the enemy and defeats the main force of the enemy on the left front."
Many officers and soldiers present heard the general content of the military order. At this time, people gradually became more confident. On the one hand, they had just won the battle for a while, and on the other hand, they could see that their own cavalry had been dispatched and they were no longer fighting the enemy alone.
The cavalry regiment led by Feng Youxian had more than 2,000 soldiers. They mobilized together with great momentum. Everyone within a radius of one or two miles could see it, and the sound of horse hooves spread further. The left-wing officers and soldiers faced the threat of cavalry and had no choice but to gather together.
Form a dense square formation to fight; if it is still a long and flat linear formation against infantry firearms, it will definitely be a living target for the cavalry to charge and chop.
The left wing officers and troops were mobilizing, and there were crowds of people everywhere. The ministries gathered together and gradually formed a large square formation, with an estimated number of four to five thousand people. The artillerymen also ran into the square formation. Many artillery pieces were thrown on the ground, and there was no one around.
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Although the scene was turbulent, the cavalry was not that scary. The regular army of the Ming Dynasty had been fighting the northern nomads for a long time. They had long been accustomed to facing cavalry. When encountering cavalry assaults on flat ground, resisting the enemy with dense spears was undoubtedly a more effective infantry.
tactics.
A large number of horse soldiers poured into the Shenji Battalion's phalanx from the left wing. When they were two to three hundred steps away, there was a sudden "thunder" from the horizon, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky. After a while, the roaring cannons roared into one piece, and the earth began to tremble.
Suddenly, many iron balls flew in front of the phalanx and into the crowd, and the flying artillery shells bounced rapidly and penetrated the depth of the phalanx. The crowd was filled with blood and flesh, and there were endless shouts. There were dead, wounded, and people knocked over by fright.
, the sea of people with swords and guns was like a field of wheat, with many holes torn open by the "strong wind", and the team became chaotic.
At this time, the cavalry group in the front has accelerated and entered the charging stage. The armor reflecting the sun, the yellow flag crackling in the wind, the sharp arrow-like lances, the shouts are earth-shattering, and the galloping horse hooves are sprinting at a rate of several seconds per second.
They rushed towards the enemy camp at a high speed of over ten feet, and the distance of less than two hundred steps only took ten seconds. In such a short period of time, the torn formation had not yet reacted, and there was no time to reorganize.
"Kill!" an angry man at the front shouted. Before he finished speaking, the war horse had already moved into the chaotic position caused by the cannon. The lance quickly pierced the chest of a soldier, and the scream was quickly thrown away.
Behind them, the cavalry penetrated directly into the depth of the crowd. The angry man immediately pulled out his slender knife and slashed sideways. More cavalry followed and rushed in. In the sea of people, swords and swords were shining, and cold weapons were shining brightly in the sun.
Under the light, it looks like a fish jumping on the water has its snow-white belly exposed
The impact of most of the cavalry was weakened by the crowd and fell into a melee. However, the Shenji Battalion's phalanx had been stirred up like a mess, like civilians in a market without order. One of the larger cavalry tore apart
A large bloody path was opened, and after a burst of killing, the huge phalanx was split in the middle, and a part of the cavalry penetrated directly behind the phalanx.
At this moment, the left sentinel infantry of the First Army of the Suzaku Army arrived in front of the formation, followed closely by Zhang Chengzong's troops of the Third Army. The linearly deployed muskets fired a volley at the fragmented phalanx.
The Shenji Battalion infantry in the square formation had pikemen in front and people with muskets behind them, but the formation was chaotic and they were unable to organize a counterattack immediately. They suffered heavy casualties in the hail of bullets. The army in the front had already collapsed, and the cavalry was divided in the center.
To make matters worse for them, a large number of officers and soldiers on the periphery lost their formation and were in disarray. They could only fight back with muskets and swords, but most of them could not find their opponents.
At this time, another group of cavalry took the opportunity to attack the flank of the enemy formation. The progress was very smooth. The crowded and chaotic crowd could not withstand the violent impact of the cavalry. The elite army of four to five thousand people fell apart in a short period of time.
The iron-forged army turned into a sand-like fortress, which collapsed and collapsed, surrounded by scattered and fleeing people. Bodies could be seen everywhere on the ground, and blood flowed into rivers.