473 put an end to the supremacy of cavalry field warfare

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"Okay, old Lei, this is what you said, and then I will command for you, let these Tartars taste the power of my baby."

After Albert heard Thunderhawk's words, he shouted excitedly, and his face turned red.

He waved his hand at the artillerymen, and in broken Chinese, shouted, "Brothers, change to shrapnels." ”

Albert has long been looking forward to seeing with his own eyes what kind of lethality this new howitzer can be created with a shrapnel in actual combat.

In the past, he could only see the power of this twelve-pounder howitzer through range tests, but this was the first time in the field, and of course he longed for this opportunity.

Albert glanced at Thunderhawk gratefully, and Thunderhawk gave him the opportunity.

"Hehe, it's a pity that we only brought a twelve-pound howitzer this time, but it's the smallest caliber.

When can we bring out that big guy who is twenty-four, thirty-two, or even sixty-four pounds and have a round of banging, then it will be enjoyable. ”

Albert was talking a lot at this time.

After hearing this, Lei Ying smiled slightly and said: "You think strangely beautiful, those big iron bumps, one is heavier than the other, it is not suitable for our rapid assault this time, otherwise I will definitely bring it!"

However, the general had brought several howitzers this time, twenty-four pounds and thirty-two pounds, and it was estimated that they had already been transported to Jinzhou City at this time.

After a while, the Tartars will strike, and then there's a time when you're having fun, as for the big guy of sixty-four pounds.

We have no chance to use it, only the warships of the navy can be loaded, and our four-wheeled carriages can't pull it. ”

"That's just as well." Albert replied casually.

At this time, the howitzers that can be cast in the artillery casting workshop of the White Dragon Military Factory are mainly divided into four types, namely twelve and twenty-four. , thirty-two and sixty-four pounds.

Because, because of Jack's Westerners, the unit of measurement of pounds and catties implemented in the cannon casting workshop at this time.

At this time, according to Li Zixiao's instructions, Jack also unified the specifications of the White Dragon Army's artillery.

Three-pounder guns correspond to thirty-two millimeter calibers, six-pounder guns correspond to eighty-four millimeter calibers, and twelve-pounder guns are one hundred and twenty-one millimeter calibers.

As for the twenty-four, thirty-two and sixty-four pounder plus howitzers in Albert's mouth, the caliber reached 153, 178 and 189 mm.

As for the 64-pound howitzer, the total weight has reached more than 5,000 catties, and it can only be used on naval warships, and an army like them can't carry it at all, it's too heavy.

However, the thirty-two pounds were only more than 2,000 catties, and they could carry them in a carriage, but it was not suitable for them to run long distances this time, so Liu Chong did not bring it.

Even, Thunderhawk and the others heard that the cannon foundry was still casting larger caliber artillery.

Of course, Lei Ying also understands that most of those larger-caliber giant cannons are naval guns built for the navy, and they don't need them.

On the contrary, their army may be able to equip a batch of mortars in the future, which will be used exclusively for siege purposes.

The kind of iron lump with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters, which can collapse a city wall with a single shot, is a sharp weapon for siege.

At this time, Albert personally watched the gunner, loading the fixed-mount shrapnel with a delayed lead into the chamber of the twelve-pound cannon howitzer.

Then, Albert was excited and gave the order to launch.

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

The cannon rumbled, and one after another shrapnel flew out of the barrel, and the momentum of the shrapnel flew out was even more solid than the previous solid iron bullet, with a spark flame tail.

After the cannon fired, Albert stared at the shells that flew out.

Because the elevation angle of this howitzer fire has increased, these howitzer shotguns fly out in a higher arc, drawing a large curve in mid-air, and then falling straight towards the Tartar cavalry.

"Haha, stupid enemy, prepare to tremble!" Albert shouted frantically.

The shrapnel finally landed on the head of the Tartar cavalry, no more than a foot away.

Zakdan led his men to charge, a short distance of a few miles, but it seemed as long as a lifetime.

Along the way, shell after shell bombarded them, and more than 200 warriors had fallen, and these warriors were killed in the charge before they could even see the enemy.

"Hurry up and rush over, and their artillery will be useless." Zachdan snapped red and roared.

Immediately, Zachdan heard another burst of cannon fire, which made him frightened again, and shouted: "Spread out, spread out a little in formation, and be careful to avoid the iron cannonballs of the Ming Dog." ”

After the first two rounds of shelling, Zachdan and the others also noticed the defects of those iron shells, and as long as they spread out the formation, they could minimize casualties.

However, then Zachdan found one, and this time the shells fired seemed to be a little different.

Because he found that the shells did not come straight this time, but flew in an arc like stones thrown by a trebuchet.

"Be careful to dodge ......"

Bang!

Zakdan watched the cannonballs fall from the sky, and hurriedly shouted, telling his cavalry to pay attention to dodging the ricochet.

However, before he could finish his words, those shells that were more than a foot high above their heads suddenly exploded one by one.

The sudden explosion directly made Zachdan say no more, only to see clusters of flames exploding above their heads, like fireworks blooming one by one.

Zakdan's eyes were also flashed by the strong light generated by the sudden explosion above, and he was temporarily blind, he couldn't see anything, only a white light was left in front of him.

His heart was flustered and frightened, and his ears were buzzing with the sound of huge explosions like thunderbolts.

He didn't understand why the shells fired this time exploded above their heads.

However, in the next moment, there were countless sharp sounds of breaking through the air.

Zachdan's right shoulder suddenly felt a huge impact, and then his whole body was smashed off the horse.

He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and when he reached out and touched it, he felt his hands sticky, as if they had touched the paste.

"Ahh

A moment later, there was a sharp pain in Zachdan's right arm, it was a heart-piercing pain, and Zachdan cried out in pain.

At this time, Zachdan was still conscious, he knew that his right arm was injured, but he didn't know how.

The cannon howitzer achieved amazing results with the first combat firing of a howitzer with a howitzer.

Albert commanded the gunners and disposed of the shrapnel fuse, changing the timing of the explosion.

Originally, they would use the lead to control the shell to explode when it almost hit the ground, but this time he changed it to a volley explosion and exploded right above the enemy's head.

Shrapnel grenades, which contained a lot of gunpowder and shotguns, successfully hit the heads of the Tartar cavalry, and exploded in the air like sparks in full bloom.

Brilliant and beautiful, yet extremely lethal.

Each shrapnel exploded in the air, sending countless small lead bullets at the Tartar cavalry below.

Compared with the solid big iron ball, this kind of shotgun that explodes on the head is ten times more lethal.

Each shrapnel can envelop and kill enemies within a radius of a few feet.

Although these Tartar cavalry have learned to be obedient one by one, and the formation is very scattered, they can't stand the many shrapnel fired by the artillery of the White Dragon Army this time.

A shrapnel exploded, and countless small lead bullets shot downwards were enough to cover a range of several zhang, and dozens of them were enough to cover a large area.

What's more, these shrapnel shells are volleys exploding, small buckshot bullets from the top of the head, small iron beads, so that these Tartars and the Mongol cavalry have nowhere to avoid at all.

Even the Tartars didn't even think that there would be such an attack.

Puff puff!

Laughing at the shot of lead bullets, iron balls, and iron pieces, one after another the Tartars were hit, and they were knocked off their horses, making a muffled 'poof' sound.

Although many Tartars wore cotton armor, even double armor, and wore iron helmets, they were not very prone to death.

The lead bullets and iron balls blown out by these shrapnel shells could not penetrate as much as the flintlock pistol.

However, the mounts of these Tartars and the Mongol cavalry were at most covered with layers of leather armor, and they could not bear these lead bullets at all.

Compared with the Tartars who were directly shot, they were shot more by their horses.

The horses were wounded and fell, and even the Tartars who were not shot would be thrown off their horses and trampled to death by the chaotic horses behind.

In this round, all the six-pounder, eight-pounder and twelve-pounder guns under Thunderhawk came to salvo strikes, firing dozens of shrapnel shells, causing hundreds of casualties to the Tartars at once.

"Reset, clear, load, come again!" Albert roared.

The rest of the artillerymen were too late at this time, and seeing their achievements, they immediately reloaded their ammunition and prepared for the next salvo.

And the infantry soldiers in the phalanx next to them, after seeing this scene, they were all shocked with their mouths wide open, their eyes frightened, and they were frightened.

"Is this what the general said about the power of the cannon howitzer? This is still against cavalry, and if it is used against a dense infantry charge, it is simply a massacre! ”

At this time, Liu Chong, who was in the array, also exclaimed after seeing this scene.

The infantry is the most dependent on arrays, and the strongest part of the infantry formation is the outer layers of shields or spears, which may be able to withstand the fire of flintlock muskets.

But now, this kind of howitzer shotgun exploded in the air on the head, how can this be defended

"The appearance of flintlock pistols and artillery not only ended the supremacy of cavalry in field warfare, but even the way our infantry fought had to be changed.

In the future, if anyone dares to set up a dense infantry formation and charge us, it will be no different from sending us to death. ”

Liu Chong exclaimed in his heart at this time, how could he have thought that one day weapons would have such a big impact on the battle situation.

"Three hundred meters!"

At this time, one of the observers shouted loudly, reminding Liu Chong, Lei Ying, and Albert that the Tartar cavalry had rushed to a distance of three hundred meters.

Although the shelling of the White Dragon Army caused a lot of casualties with the Tatar cavalry, and even delayed their charging speed, the speed at which these Tatar cavalry galloped at full speed was indeed very fast.

Albert commanded the artillery, and after another round of shrapnel bombardment, he ordered the artillery to retreat, and they had no time to carry out the shelling.

(End of chapter)