Chapter 65: Light Artillery Truck
"Whoa!" After receiving the order from the Great Emir, all the cavalry of Sagetus began to turn and rush to the south to begin to line up, and they numbered more than 5,000 men, several in front and behind, and the dense horse's head and shining scimitar were overwhelming. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At the same time, the Pyro Throwers emerged from the gap in the Guardian Brigade's array, dressed not much differently from the Brigade Soldiers, except for the black armbands of the Paulicians on their armor and the iconic umbrella-shaped horsehair feathers on their helmets, but the archery carts they were pushing in pairs managed to catch the attention of Merrick and all the Danishmond cavalrymen.
This kind of shooting car is very light, with two small wheels on both sides, in fact, it is a modification of the original "Rohm fire tanker", there is an upside-down "H" shaped wooden frame in front of the car, the wooden frame and the central half-pipe chute form a cross-shaped, and then in the holes on both sides of the wooden frame are equipped with a "bow arm" made of cherry wood, at first glance this shooting tool is a short and thick version of the "big cross crossbow bow", but in this shooter chute is not inserted into the iron spear or iron ball, but a leather elastic pocket, there is a hanging ring on each side of the elastic pocket, and the two bow arms are wound with strings, There is also a hanging ring in the bottom center of the back pocket, which is also wound with a string and a small knob at the end of the chute, and the three strings just form a "Ya" shape.
Each archery cart, only two pyrinometers can be controlled (in fact, in an emergency, only one person can also be used), about dozens of such light shooters were pushed to the front of the formation, lined up in two columns before and after, one person is responsible for pushing the cart, one person carries a wooden box with shoulder straps and iron hooks, and after arriving at the designated position at the front of the position, the two firethrowers will follow the procedure of the drill, the archery car is fixed on the soil with ropes and nails, and the wooden box is placed next to the car, and then the two of them each take out the shovel on the shoulder strap behind their backs, and dig a shallow pit around the shooting car, For a time the earth was flying—and at the same time, the remaining 500 or so flamethrowers, armed with various iron cylinders and brass pipes with wooden handles, hula and lala in a line, lined up in a line not far in front of the shooting cart, and knelt down in unison, either with their mouths or arms wrapped around a hemp rope or paper rope, and sparks and smoke roared around the brave and brave men, and this kind of fuse was soaked in a special liquid, and burned very slowly.
Soon the whole battlefield fell silent, the sun slowly shone down, and the detachment of Branas, with more than 6,000 men, was silent, trying to recover the physical strength of the previous night's crossing and rapid travel, and all that was left to their ears was the sound of the burning arquebus.
On the bank of the river over there, all the Red Hand Cavalry and Red Hand Brigade were rushing towards the river in front, and only Gawain and his two Praetorian Flag detachments and mounted cavalry regiments lined up at the edge of the river, watching the battle situation here.
Over there, the Danishmond cavalry, who were lined up in a stormtroop formation more than a thousand feet away, suddenly burst into laughter, and many cavalrymen leaned forward and backward on horseback, "Rom's fire tankers to defend against the assault horses, and those pipes that can spray the fire?" It's simply unheard of, let's charge and trample the corpses of the enemy under the hooves! Then, as the first cavalry roared and drew his sword, the rest of the cavalry all drew their swords, or leveled their horses, and the tips of countless weapons shone terrifyingly, and many of the Turkic barbarians of Sagitus who galloped up simply took off their iron helmets, let their bald heads face the sun, or let their horseman-like beards and braids flutter in the wind, and their mouths kept chopping empty knives, and they kept making unbelievable screams.
The hooves of the horses of the first wave of Turks were like countless hammers striking the same number of drums, and the earth in front of the light guns was shaken and flipped and loosened in waves, and the firethrowers and gunners behind them, hearing the loud sound of "preparing for the projectile", prayed quickly in their hearts—the Germans and Anatolians prayed to Jesus or the Virgin, or the patron of the soldiers, while the Paulineans prayed to the true Jehovah, The former then stuck the Gospel at the end of the gunner, as is the old custom, while the Paulicians did not do so, so they were divided into separate groups and never mixed together, lest they clash with their companions.
Then one of the pyrineers began to stand up, bowing down, and they looked at the rapidly rushing Danishmund cavalry, and silently urged themselves in their hearts, because once they were a hundred feet away, the murderous people of the plateau would come in and shoot arrows that could penetrate all armor and hats, and they had to hurry—so the firethrower began to bend down and hold the small wheel at the end of the chute with both hands, and quickly shook the handlebars on both sides, making a rapid "squeak" sound. The big string began to straighten and lengthen rapidly, driving the bow arm to stretch back, and the pouch was also pulled to the tail position, and then clicked and buckled with a mechanism.
In this time, another pyradenale opened the wooden box, which was divided into eight compartments by partitions, padded with paper and hay, on which were placed eight iron fire sticks, one of which he quickly took out and rested calmly on the bombardment, and a slight cooing sounded one after another. The firethrower then pulls out the red-hot iron cone or pestle that had been inserted in the tinder jar.
At this moment, the first Podanishmund cavalry along the corridor along the river had reached a distance of only about four hundred feet from the Branass detachment, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth, and countless arms were waving their sabers, and the horses' hooves were flying, like a swarm of invincible locusts.
On the other side of the river, Gawain stared at all this, the hand holding the reins continued to ooze tiny beads of sweat, and the forehead under the red feather ornament continued to sweat from the dilated pores: it seemed that the Danishmond cavalry had overwhelmed the Guardian Brigade and the large detachment of Pyrinomers in one fell swoop, which was the inevitable end of the next half of a second.
"Ignition."
With this command, the latter firethrower lit the fuse of the fire in his pocket with the red-hot iron cone and pestle in his hand, and the sparks flew out violently with the white smoke.
"Projectile!" Finally, Leotius, who was standing in front of the two rows of light artillery carts, took half a step, then flattened the halberd in his hand and pointed it at the large group of enemy cavalry that rushed at him.
"Click, click", the previous firethrower cannon loosened the mechanism on the wheel, more than a hundred iron fires almost at the same time, with the fierce flicking of the bow arm, "Teng Tengteng" was shot into the air from the chute at an angle of forty-five degrees, and then crossed all the half-kneeling pyrinomers in front of him, and at the same time crossed the first wave of cavalry charging queues in Danishmund, with fireworks after quickly drawing a parabola, scrambled to land on the head of the second wave of raiding cavalry, one after another burst open, flames, Toxic smoke, lime, and debris debris exploded with the (albeit limited) blast of the shockwave and covered the entire second wave of assault cavalry in Danishmund. (To be continued.) )