Chapter 691: The Decisive Battle of Jiangnan (4)
Seeing that the enemy was still more than 100 steps away, and most of his body was still hiding behind the earthen wall, no one cared about the shooting of the Ming army, and most of them were still aiming at the opposite side with firearms, just waiting for the officer's order to attack the enemy.
Unexpectedly, the Ming army's bullets flew over the edge of the earthen wall as if they had eyes. Those Qing soldiers who poked out of the earth wall with their chests and even only their heads were suddenly pierced by the high-speed rotating bullets, and a large red blood mist floated on the mile-long defense line in an instant, mixed with a large amount of white brains, splashed everywhere.
In this round of salvo alone, more than 500 Jianjun were killed on the spot!
The captives who were still probing their brains immediately fell into hell, and their eyes widened in horror one by one, looking at their companions who were either dead or still convulsing, and sat down under the earthen wall with their legs limp, and no one dared to look out of the wall for a while.
Then the Ming infantry line carried out a wave of suppressive shooting, but because the captives were almost unpresented, only more than ten people were shot.
"Reload! Ten steps forward! ”
With Li Ying's order, the entire infantry line was pressed ten steps in unison.
"Aim!"
"Put!"
"Reload! Ten steps forward! ”
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Sinebku saw the southerners on the opposite side approaching eighty paces ahead of his own line, but his army of nearly 10,000 was so frightened that he cowered under the earthen wall and did not dare to move.
There was no way to do it, although he had nearly 10,000 horses, he was only equipped with less than 5,000 firearms, of which 3,000 were old-style soldiers.
And the Ming army's rifled guns even in the face of their new flintlock guns, there is a generation gap, whether it is range, accuracy, lethality and other aspects, they have obvious advantages. Therefore, when shooting at a long distance, Jian Yu was almost powerless to fight back.
There were also a few brave soldiers of the Yellow Banner who tried to raise their guns to fight back, but almost all of them were killed by the dense hail of Minnie bullets as soon as they appeared, and the captives next to them were so frightened that they couldn't go underground.
Next, the Dragon Guard stood still eighty paces away from the enemy, and took turns firing guns to suppress the fire.
At the same time, ten cannons were also dragged to the side of the military headquarters and fired at Jianyu's face. At such a close distance, even a six-pounder cannon could break through the thin earthen wall, and a twelve-pounder cannon was a gap three or four feet wide. After several rounds of artillery came down, the earthen wall of the Qing army had collapsed more than 100 zhang, and the captives hiding behind were crushed to death or crushed to death by six or seven hundred.
Seeing this, Sinabku was very anxious, no matter how resilient the army was, if it was always beaten and could not fight back, it would be demoralized and collapsed in an hour at most. And looking at the earthen wall, I'm afraid it won't last long.
He didn't care about the danger anymore, and personally led hundreds of guards to urge the horse to the front of the battle, drew his sword and shouted to the officers of the station, "Get up and fight me!" Those who dare to dodge in fear of battle, slash immediately! ”
As his henchmen and guards cut down more than a dozen captives who were cowering under the earthen wall in a row, the battle formation finally moved. A large number of non-commissioned soldiers, under the pressure of the officers, took advantage of the gap between the loading of the Ming army, and poked their heads out tremblingly, each raising their bows and guns to shoot at the opposite side.
Eighty paces may not seem like a long distance, but the only weapons that the Qing army can pose a threat to the Dragon Guard are the two thousand eleven money flintlock guns.
For a while, there was a chaotic sound behind the earthen wall, and someone in the infantry line of the Dragon Guard Army was immediately shot and fell to the ground.
However, at such a distance, the hit rate of the flintlock was completely unsightly, and immediately twenty or thirty soldiers in the back row quickly filled the vacancy of the casualties.
The next moment, as thousands of Dragon Guard soldiers shouted in unison, "Release!" ”
A storm of bullets rushed straight into the Qing army's defense line, and the captives who had just shown their heads were suddenly a bloody storm, and six or seven hundred people were killed instantly.
The Dragon Guard artillery battery on the flanks was unscathed under the protection of the cannon shield. When they saw the Tartar rising, they immediately switched to shotshots. Less than a hundred paces away, these ten cannons burst out with small iron beads in the sky.
The Qing soldiers who had just been stunned by the infantry salvo immediately screamed again, and almost no one was alive in the area nearly twenty zhang wide in front of the cannon!
Sinabuku was shocked, nearly 10,000 Qing troops risked their lives to shoot, but the southern army that hit was almost negligible, but their own people were shot and killed nearly a thousand!
"General, the barbarian firearms are extremely sharp...... Bah! Spell the cannon we ...... Bah! Big loss! The adjutant general beside him spat out the sand in his mouth that was broken out by the cannon, and arched his hand, "If you rush up and fight the enemy with a sword and spear, there will be many ...... Bah! Or there's a silver lining! ”
Sinebku glanced up at the sky, and it was still 108,000 miles away from noon. He originally planned to rely on the earthen wall to drag the Ming army until noon and then withdraw his troops to the north, but judging from the current situation, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold it for even half an hour.
He gritted his teeth and nodded: "The order, the guard camp and Pei Guozhen will directly attack the front of the southerners, and Zhang Jie's troops will attack the enemy's left flank artillery." As soon as the cannon sounds, they will all be killed! ”
"Huh!"
In a moment, a cannon rang out not far from Sinabku's side, and the Jianyu officer swung his sword to drive away the soldiers behind the earthen wall. The 8,000 Qing troops who were still alive stood up with their swords in their hands and looked at the neatly arranged infantry lines on the opposite side.
Zhang Jiayu held a telescope on a mound on the east side and looked at the scene on the battlefield, the corners of his mouth hooked up a sneer, and said to the adjutant next to him: "The thief must fight hard." The order was given, the infantry line retreated and fired in a row, and the cavalry covered. ”
"Yes!"
The next moment, on the mile-long earthen wall, the Qing army jumped out like a tide, screaming and running towards the Dragon Guard.