The 15,000 soldiers of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Regiment quickly divided into five squares, each of which consisted of 3,000 men, and not all of these soldiers were musketeers.

In the center of each phalanx was a phalanx of fifteen hundred pikemen, flanked by a line of musketeers, and at the four corners were small phalanxes of musketeers, each with two hundred and forty musketeers.

They were still in a row, but they could shoot independently in their own phalanx, and the standard-bearers were placed in the middle of the pikemen.

All the musketeers were not in a predetermined position, they were very flexible, they could come forward and shoot in a long battle line.

At the beginning of the formation of the large phalanx of Franco, the size of the space occupied by the phalanx of 3,000 people was already specified, and the distance between each pikeman and the adjacent soldiers was 0.64 meters, and even the space of each soldier was calculated.

The musketeers on both sides of the pikemen phalanx lined up in a column with a width of five marksmen, and the main musketeers were deployed at the four corners of the large phalanx to guard against the enemy on all sides.

In this position, the musketeers could fire at the enemy infantry, while the pikemen formed a defensive fortress that allowed the musketeers to dodge attacks when the enemy cavalry charged.

This is the famous Franco machine phalanx in later generations.

Undoubtedly, Arthur, the leader of the mercenary regiment who had experienced the Thirty Years' War in Europe, was the leader in commanding the Great Phalanx.

Ma De, the profiteer of Yiguan Zheng, actually asked for 200,000 taels of silver to let his fleet cross the Daming Sea, this is simply extortion and robbery!

The head of the regiment also helped them fight the Dutch, which is really not interesting, profiteers! Arthur, the leader of the mercenary group, seems to have a problem talking to himself.

If it were me, I guess I would do the same! Arthur thought to himself, after all, who can't get along with money!

"Abagon, where is Wencheng Fan of the Qing Dynasty? Why didn't I see it? Arthur turned back to the fat man as he marched.

"Commander, Wen Chengfan is in Shengjing City ahead, we must defeat this group of Ming troops to see him." With a smile on his face, Abagun bent down to Arthur and said that humility was his motto.

"Hmph, these ignorant savages are such a waste, they can't even pay the commission, so they want to hire the great blood wolf mercenary group!" Arthur was angry when he remembered that he wouldn't have come here if he hadn't really had no gold to pay his men's salaries.

Although the Ming Dynasty is very rich, there are more rich places around the ocean, and the Ming Dynasty is controlled by a profiteer, Zheng.

Thinking of this official Zheng, Arthur caught fire again, the two had done several business, and had the Dutch, a common enemy, but his fleet crossed the Daming Sea, and he was still charged a full 200,000 Daming silver taels.

This is already half of the deposit paid by Wen Cheng Fan of the Qing Dynasty!

This trip must not lose money, we must rob a lot of silver, a lot of slaves! Arthur thought to himself.

"Commander, the Ming soldiers have stopped!" The fat man Abagun's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly reported it when he saw this.

"Tell Joseph, get ready for battle!" Arthur ordered.

His phalanx was an all-infantry phalanx, and the best way to fight was to form a tight formation and wait for the enemy to come to the door.

When the two armies were still 300 paces apart, Liu Hong gradually waved his hand to stop the army.

"Chang Yu, rifled guns are ready, let this group of listen to the sound first!" Liu Hong gradually ordered.

Chang Yu immediately motioned to the flag officer to wave the flag.

Bang bang - bang -

The 20 million-year-old soldiers of the Thousand Households took the lead in shooting, and the distance of 300 steps was the limit of the Ming Dynasty's front-loading rifled guns.

Or rather, demonstrations.

The Ming Dynasty's platoon gun phalanx was all trained by Liu Hongji, but it was the simplest platoon gun formation mentioned in the history books of later generations, and the rifled guns that were all equipped by the thousands of households in the Long Live Mountain were also the farthest in attack distance, and they were arranged in the middle of the Ming army camp.

What Qianhu was shooting was a phalanx of 3,000 people in the middle of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group.

There was a burst of gunfire, and dozens of people in the center of the mercenary group's phalanx fell to the ground, but the phalanx did not move.

"What? The muskets of the Ming army can hit so far? Arthur's eyes widened.

In all previous wars, Furlong's muskets have been on a par with the Dutch, and they have been at large for the whole of Obarro.

Like the old Dutch muskets, the Furlong machine was a rifled gun, and the attack distance was about 250 paces according to the Ming Dynasty.

What he never expected was that Da Ming's musket could hit so far, which was too unexpected for him!

Attack range means an advantage, which is enough to win a victory.

"Command, Joseph advance fifty yards! Fire now! Arthurph hurriedly ordered.

Shao leaning, the blood wolf mercenary group team began to move forward against the muskets of the Thousand Households of the Long Live Mountain, and at a distance of fifty yards, the Thousand Households of the Long Live Mountain had already completed a full ten rounds of guns in a row.

The phalanx in the middle of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group was almost crippled, and at least a thousand people fell.

However, the entire phalanx of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Regiment is still neat and unmoving, discipline, military orders! It is the essence of the big square!

Arthur's army, except for the generals, was all black slaves recruited from Levia, and these black slaves were trained to be the most qualified musketeers as long as they were fed.

They are not afraid of death and have excellent physical strength, which is the source of Arthur's self-confidence.

Bang bang - bang -

After the phalanx of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Regiment came within attack range, they immediately opened fire.

“TF？ The muskets of these can shoot two hundred and fifty paces? Liu Hong gradually couldn't sit still!

The musket in the hands of the Shenji Battalion was the first generation of front-loading smoothbore rifles of the Ordnance Institute, and its attack distance was only one hundred and fifty paces, only thirty-four steps more than the bow and arrow.

This will be a great test for the Ming army, if the entire Shenji battalion cannot play its role, the Ming army will be extremely passive.

Kong Er was stunned! Bombard him! While ordering the Shenji Battalion to retreat slowly, Liu Hongjian gave an order to Kong Erzi, who had already been prepared.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

Cannonballs, whether Tartars or blacks, began to wreak havoc directly in the camp of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Regiment.

"Master Overseer! The is speeding up! Do the cannon camp want to retreat! "A herald came to ask for instructions.

"Stand back! Long live the top of the mountain and the thousand households! Fight and retreat! Wu Binghao, the 3,000 battalion each took two grenades and stood by! Liu Hong became depressed.

The commander of this gang of was shrewd, and knew that the cannon was slow to reload, and as long as the phalanx kept approaching, the cannon would have to retreat with the army, and the cannon on the move would not be able to complete the reloading.

Moreover, the discipline of this group of was too strict, and the volley of fifteen cannons caused at least a thousand casualties in several phalanxes.

But these five phalanxes seem to have been completely unaffected, and they are still advancing steadily, which is terrifying!

These foreigners are really the originators of the queue shooting tactic, and they really did it.

Liu Hong's heart was shocked! If Da Ming hadn't worked hard for him for a year, he would definitely not be the opponent of this gang of!

"Wu Binghao! Three thousand battalions charged, and I bombarded him with grenades! ”

PS: Historical Science Popularization: Franco, present-day Spain. Europa, present-day Europe. Levia, present-day Africa. Daming Sea, present-day South China Sea. Little Toyo, today's Benhai. Luzon, an island in present-day northern Philippines.