Chapter 372: Artillery Fire
Shu Mu continued with a gloomy face: "We beat them with a hundred people!" β
Tan Tai ignored him, just say a few words, there is no point in continuing, the Mongols can probably understand their Jianzhou Jurchen words, it is not good if there is a conflict.
They waited until the end of the day, the Mongols had not yet been mobilized, but fortunately, the armored soldiers were ready, and there were more than 1,000 Jurchens, Zai Sai sighed and decided to take these people to set off first, and if there was a chance, they would intervene in the war in advance, and strive to save those merchants of the Ming Kingdom.
More than 1,000 people moved quickly, but when Zai Sai, Tan Tai and the others arrived near the battlefield, they just saw the scene when the merchant soldiers were facing thousands of horses.
"Maniac." Shu Mu grimaced and made a judgment.
Tan Tai grinned, and he said: "Zhang Dongzhu's subordinates are really crazy, I don't know who is in command, Liang Xing?" He's a smart guy, but he can't do such crazy things. β
When Zhang Han arrived in Liaodong, except for Wang Changfu to take care of his family, almost all the military attachΓ©s at the general and hundred general level were brought over...... Of course, this was deliberately done by Zhang Han, the battlefield in Liaodong was the largest and most brutal, and both the Ming and Jin sides represented the highest military level in Asia at that time, and the organization, mobilization, firepower rationing, command, and post-Jin response and war methods were all of a high level in the era of cold weapons...... Of course, this is also a big man among the dwarfs, the level of training and firearms of the Ming army is not even second-rate in Europe in this era, and the post-Jin is so-so The pinnacle of cold weapons in this era, but it is also because of the severe decline in China's armed forces, and the level of the post-Jin, not to mention compared with the Meng Yuan of the year, is the ancestor they pretended, the real Jin country established by the Wanyan Ministry, they are far worse than it. Not to mention the military level of the Han Shengtang Dynasty.
Zhang Han didn't care about these, it was the highest level war in Asia in this era, and it was also a large-scale war, and there were many lessons from the Battle of Sarhu, so there was no reason not to take his subordinates to observe and learn, the opportunity was rare.
"I look like Yang Sisun, this bastard." Shu Mu's face suddenly moved, and his gloomy expression became vivid, and he said: "When I was in Hetuala, I once hunted this grandson and I to grab a pheasant, and he pulled out a knife and was about to cut me. Wilting people out of bad seeds, looking usually honest, when it is critical, it is ruthless enough. β
The two Jurchens were talking for a long time, but Zai Sai was in a hurry, and he rode over and shouted, "How is it, should we hurry over?" β
Zai Sai saw that the Jurchens were already regrouping their formation, from marching columns to horizontal formations, but the whole team had not yet been completed, and his subordinates were even more confused, and there was still a considerable distance before the whole formation was completed.
Tan Tai said: "No matter what, you can't attack without tidying up the queue." β
Shu Mu said: "Don't be in a hurry. β
Zai Sai looked at him very strangely and said, "It's you who are in a hurry to save you, and it's you who are not in a hurry now, what's going on?" β
Tan Tai smiled and said, "First, we can't be in a hurry if we don't finish the whole team, otherwise we will even fall into it." Second, the merchant army is in a neat array, all wearing armor, although few but fine, the cavalry of Su Bao seems to be many and powerful, but in fact, there is no array, that is, thousands of horsemen are running around, such an attack is like a wave hitting the reef, and it is likely to be in vain. β
Zai Sai was very dissatisfied with Tan Tai's judgment, he snorted and said, "You just said that the merchant soldiers can win the battle." β
"It's also unlikely." Tan Tai shouted in Jurchen words to order the flag Ding to hurry up and prepare to attack, and then to Zai Track: "It's just that the attack may not be successful, and if you want to win, of course, you have to rely on us." β
This is also the final judgment of Tan Tai and Shu Mu, Zhang Han and his subordinates seem to have learned something in Liaodong, the military training is very good, the array is not chaotic under the attack of thousands of cavalry, and they dare to go out of the car formation to meet the enemy...... Of course, Tan Tai and Shu Mu's unanimous evaluation was "crazy", and no one thought that the more than 300 merchant soldiers on the opposite side would win, and of course they would not win under normal circumstances.
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"Fire!"
After hearing Yang Sisun's order, the members of the artillery crew immediately stepped forward to puncture the medicine bag, and then ignited the powder bag with a bird's beak-shaped igniter, the powder bag burned very quickly, almost instantaneously, the four four-pounder guns made a huge roar, and then people saw that the cannon spewed out a huge and violent tongue of fire, and the round iron bullet flew out of the muzzle almost at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and hit the Beiyu cavalry galloping on the opposite side.
The first cannonball fell on the cavalry more than a dozen paces ahead, stirring up a large amount of dirt and turf, just as the north captives in front of them were frightened and scattered, hundreds of horsemen subconsciously strangled the reins, and a lot of northern captives fell at once, they were trampled by the war horses that continued to run, making a terrible scream, and then they were trampled into meat mud, under the legs of the horses like a forest, it was almost impossible to survive.
Some of the men began to control their horses and run to the side, and the already untidy line became even more chaotic, and those who were running behind were stopped by the front, and they also had to start slowing down their mounts, so the team became even more chaotic.
The second shell landed farther away, but also caused some confusion.
The third and fourth shells were much luckier, and of course it was also the misfortune of the northern captives, as the two shells fell directly into the middle of the horse team, and the huge kinetic energy directly killed more than a dozen cavalrymen and war horses.
When they saw that people's heads were smashed, people's bodies were torn apart like ragdolls, people's legs and arms were flying in the sky, and horses were hit by cannonballs and flew in the air, the cavalry was almost in chaos at once.
Although there are many "experienced" among the subordinates of Su Nang and Bu Nang, they just look at the experience of others being shelled, and if they have been shelled, of course they will die, they are shouting in the formation, trying to stabilize the morale of the army, but the spirit of those horse thieves and herdsmen who saw this scene for the first time has become extremely nervous, so the team has become more chaotic, the cavalry has become very mixed, originally looking at the past from a distance, there is still a little tide hitting, the feeling of ten thousand horses galloping, at this time it is already a dog's tooth staggered, the cavalry is fast and slow, some advance and backward, There were also those who collided with each other, and under the bombardment of artillery, many war horses also became panicked...... Untrained war horses, as they were when they first heard the roar of artillery.
"you girls, there are so many targets, and two shots missed."
The two guns are commanded by a flag captain, and the command of the four guns has to be commanded by Tang Wangzong, the general manager of the bureau, but the Li Zhuang Firearms Bureau has just cast four new guns, and Tang Wangzong has taken over the new artillery to train the new artillery team members.
Zhu Wanling is a grumpy old soldier, born in the border army, scolding is commonplace, but his subordinates are also scolded by him, in the scolding, the gun commanders of the two guns shook the rocker stick, the wooden screw drove the gun body, the gun commanders were sweating profusely, after a short and nervous calculation, the gun mouth was finally redetermined.
At this time, the clearers finished clearing, and then loaded the loaders into the medicine bag, Zhu Wanling did not wait for the order, and directly ordered: "Second round, put!" β
The standard-bearer waved a small red flag, and the four light-bearers lit it together, followed by four roars that sounded almost together.
Zhu Wanling held a monocular in his hand, this thing has begun to equip the troops in batches, of course, they are all officers, and the artillery unit is also the first batch of priority equipment, in the telescope, Zhu Wanling clearly saw that the four shells fell in the cavalry, the shells hit the cavalry, almost ploughed a bloody road, the sky was full of people and stumps, the war horses were hit, blood was splashed, and the mud and turf were mixed together, you can imagine what kind of scene it would be if you were in the Northern Captive Cavalry.
"Our artillery, it's fucking good!"
Zhu Wanling scolded again, but this time he didn't scold, first praised it, and then ordered loudly: "Hurry up, use the fastest speed!" β
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The artillery crew fired at a distance of about 400 paces from the enemy, and when the cavalry of the Northern Captives came within 100 paces, the artillery crew fired three rounds, and the fourth round was being reloaded.
After seeing the flag, the two flag team bird-gunners raised their guns diagonally, the tinder jar had been blown up, and the fire rope was also lit, just waiting for the trigger to be pulled.
Zhang Chunniu was also holding a bird gun, standing on the far right side of the team, on the far left was his team officer, and the flag captain was also beside him, holding a saber and a flag gun, and the entire flag team had to wait for the flag captain's order before firing.
Almost no one was nervous...... Because the escort mission this time was very important, almost all of the veterans who were transferred were veterans who had experienced several battles.
Everyone's movements are very steady, no one is afraid because they feel that this is a defeated operation, veterans know a truth, the more afraid people on the battlefield, the faster they die, sometimes as long as they grasp the slightest opportunity, it may be victory.
"Ready to take over." Yang Sisun pulled out his saber, which was a well-made Qi knife produced by Li Zhuang, which was extremely sharp, with a thick back and a long streamlined blade, and the whole knife exuded strength and beauty.
This is a man's love object, and Yang Sisun almost glanced at his saber with loving eyes.
He was surrounded by staff officer Li Gui and others, and it was Li Gui who proposed the attack last night, Yang Sisun glanced at Li Gui, and admired these young people very much in his heart.
After Li Gui and his partners came out of the school in Xinpingbao, they first collected grain with Li Yuchun, the second cabinet, and experienced some practical training, and then were recommended to the archer army because of their excellent performance...... In fact, most of these newly graduated young people, as long as they are not too cowardly or lazy, and are not suitable for serving as soldiers or living in the barracks, most of them will be "recommended" to serve in various archer units, not only that, but each of these young students starts directly from the rank of deputy officer, after all, they are far stronger than ordinary miners or farmers in terms of knowledge and experience.
Xia Xiping, who graduated with Li Gui, went to the Attendant Division, and Li Gui went to the Staff Division, both of them were good at calculation, Xia Xiping's stage seemed to be bigger, and Li Gui had been holding back his breath in his heart to compete with Xia Xiping.