0370 Cross-fire
When they looked up, they saw the opponent on the opposite side, and they were immediately frightened! The hand is even more trying to speed up. But the more anxious they are, the more they can't fill it up! There are those who drop iron cannons on the ground, those who scatter gunpowder all over the ground, and so on!
This can't be blamed on these poorly trained iron guns. Even in the later era of line infantry, loading in the line of fire was also a very challenging move. At that time, on the battlefield, the sound of loud artillery, rows of gunfire, fighting and screams would seriously affect the nerves of the soldiers. So soldiers often have a lot of problems when reloading.
Historically, a large number of smoothbore guns were lost at the end of each campaign. One of the reasons for this is that many soldiers have problems with their reloading. Some people first loaded lead bullet and then gunpowder; Some people were only loaded with lead bullets but not gunpowder; Others did not know that they had not shot the buckshot out and reloaded.
It is not surprising that the already nervous soldiers did not even notice whether there were flames and smoke coming out of their guns, and took the sound of other people's guns as their own. You must know that at that time, the rate of dumb fire of smoothbore guns was quite high. So it's normal for them to retract their guns and reload them with a second gram of lead bullet. As a result, it is even more unbeatable!
According to historical records, in another battle, a panicked soldier successively loaded his gun barrel with 26 rounds of lead bullets, which can be described as a genius! There are even people who forget to pull out the through bar after loading, and as a result, the pass is sent out along with the lead bullet, causing the smoothbore gun to not be loaded.
You must know that the people who caused these problems were all line infantry trained in modern methods, and they were far from being able to compare with these iron cannons. They all have so many problems, not to mention these untrained iron cannons.
Without waiting for Qi Qitao's command, the families in the second row skillfully stepped out of the crowd and occupied the shooting position. Again, this is the difference between the two sides. After the iron cannon shot, the first row retreated and the last team began to load, revealing the second row to continue the aiming design. Liu Pei's family members were loaded on the spot after the first row was fired, and the second row crossed the first line to aim. This is a bit faster than the Iron Cannon Ashigaru reloads. But the few seconds that come out quickly add up to the advantage!
By this time, the second row of firecrackers had already picked up the fire. Qi Qitao immediately raised his knife and shouted: "Aim!" ”
There was another "bang", a row of guns was flattened, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at each other again. Qi Qitao paused for a moment, feeling that the family had already aimed at their opponents. He slashed the knife again and shouted, "Shoot!" ”
There was another loud "bang", and the housekeepers once again completed a neat salvo! Immediately, there was another scream from the team on the opposite side. The smoke cleared, and I saw that only a few people were still standing in the first row of the iron cannon Ashigaru opposite. And in the second row, a large number of people fell in the iron cannon ashigaru! The fallen man squirted his own blood onto his companions, and the wounded man kept screaming, which made them even more frightened!
These iron cannons have been fiddling with iron cannons for many years, so they naturally know the power of iron cannons. They know that if they are shot by lead bullets, they will definitely be dead or maimed! So those iron cannon shots who are still standing are already terrified to the extreme! If it weren't for the harsh military law suppression, they would have abandoned the iron cannon and fled at this moment!
The third row of family members once again crossed the crowd and formed a formation in the same place. With Qi Qitao's order, a long row was leveled again. The iron cannon Ashigaru standing on the opposite side was no longer loaded, just staring at the shining barrels with wide eyes of fear, waiting for the judgment of the god of death!
Another "bang". Another beautiful and neat salvo! Flames and smoke erupted from the gun's mouth, making the battlefield full of gunpowder even clearer. Qi Qitao rotated his arms and drove away the gunsmoke in front of him and looked up. He actually saw the ground behind Iron Cannon Ashigaru! It turned out that these three salvos pierced the horizontal team of the iron cannon ashigaru! There were rows of people in the third row of iron cannon ashigaru lying to the ground, which divided the originally neat three rows of horizontal lines into several sections.
At this time, the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and Liu Pei and Huashan Jiugao couldn't see the enemy's movements clearly, but they could see the situation of their own people very clearly. Liu Pei saw his family approaching the enemy and fired three volleys. After that, although the smoke of gunpowder was filled with gunpowder, he couldn't see the specific situation of the other party clearly, but Liu Pei could definitely judge that the other party had suffered heavy casualties! At this time, his family members did not lose much. So Liu Pei has complete confidence in this war!
And Biryama Hidaka is the complete opposite. He clearly saw the tragic image of his iron cannon being broken through the line by the other party! I also saw the rows of bloody corpses! His heart was bleeding! Those iron cannons were also selected by the Shimazu family, and the enemy slaughtered nearly half of them with only three salvos, how could this not make him feel distressed?
But what worries him more is the toughness of these iron guns. He already knew that these iron cannon ashigaru could no longer hold on, and was on the verge of collapse. So he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and give the order! Remove all the iron guns! ”
Kayama Hisakaka is not just to feel sorry for these iron cannons Ashigaru, but he is worried that these ashigaru will collapse on the battlefield! If the iron cannon Ashigaru failed in the confrontation with the opponent, but was able to withdraw in an orderly manner, then the loss was a little greater. He's still perfectly acceptable. But if these iron cannons collapse on the battlefield, the blow to the morale of the entire army will be fatal!
At this time, Qi Qitao in front of the formation was also surprised by the toughness of these iron cannons! In his estimation, these iron cannons should not be able to withstand the blows of three rounds of fire, and they should have collapsed a long time ago! But at this time, although their front was beaten in disarray, they still stood still! In the face of such tenacious soldiers, Qi Qitao also had to sigh about the resilience of these widows.
Qi Qitao gritted his teeth and turned sideways to watch the progress of the housekeepers' loading. Moments later, the first row of men had loaded their guns and began to move forward to the front row. When they reached the front row, Qi Qitao stared at the officers to sort out the ranks. When the officers had also returned to their positions, he raised his sword again and shouted, "Aim!" ”
The servants flattened their guns one after another, and once again pointed their guns at the iron cannon on the opposite side. Qi Qitao stared at the shadowy figure on the opposite side with red eyes, and when he was about to chop the war knife, he heard a chaotic shout of "boom" on the opposite side, and those iron cannons collapsed!
It turns out that they have been defeated, and they are maintained by the last sanity. When they saw the flattened firearms again, the fear in their minds crushed the last of their sanity! They threw away the iron cannon in their hands and ran desperately in all directions. All that was left for Qi Qitao was a running back!
Qi Qitao was stunned by this sudden change! However, he still reacted immediately, smiling and slashing his sword, shouting, "Shoot!" ”
The Musketeers immediately fired another round at the fleeing backs. Those iron cannon ashigaru who had collapsed themselves became even more crazy when they saw the people around them who were fleeing with them suddenly shot to the ground! They roared and cried, throwing away everything they could throw away from this battlefield desperately, even if they had military law, they couldn't care about it! The only thing they want at the moment is to get out of those devilish opponents as soon as possible, as far away as possible!
At this time, the second row of musketeers had also been reloaded, and they moved forward again. However, Qi Qitao did not issue an order to aim this time. After he made sure that the iron cannon ashigaru on the opposite side had indeed collapsed, he immediately ordered: "All the musketeers retreat to the two flanks of the main formation!" Arrive at the position and line up in the phalanx! The general flag and the small flag should pay attention to check the fire gun, and clean up the problem as soon as possible! ”
After receiving the order, the officers immediately gathered their men to carry out the order, and the three rows of musketeers split into two teams and ran to the two flanks of the main formation. They formed a full formation there, forming side-firing fire. And Qi Qitao took a few personal soldiers and ran quickly towards the center of the main formation. At this time, he was very proud, and his face was red with excitement!