Strategically speaking, the most important thing to deal with the nomads is to eliminate their living forces. To put it coldly, it is a large-scale killing. The population base of the nomads is a fatal flaw. No nomadic population can exceed five million. The nomads had a low birth rate and a high mortality rate, which led to their population increasing at a rate that was far worse than that of the Han Chinese. As long as the Han people start to kill, the power of the nomads will be greatly weakened, and they may not be able to recover for hundreds of years.

The same is true tactically. In battle, as long as part of the nomadic cavalry is killed, they will be demoralized and will have to withdraw from the battle on their own. The so-called wounding his ten fingers is better than cutting off one of his fingers. It's like Mo Yuegen's troops, after losing a thousand people, their strength has also been greatly reduced, and finally they have to retreat quietly.

In the battle of cold weapons, the first to die is often the elite. Especially in face-to-face, evenly matched battles, no one dares to fill up with cannon fodder. Because, once the cannon fodder gets out of control, it will collapse backwards, impact its own elite troops, and eventually the entire army will collapse. This is very different from the battle in the era of hot weapons.

"Da Da Da!"

The warriors of the Xiao Cavalry Army quickly rushed over.

They threw a lot of scarecrows on the ground as they rushed over.

These scarecrows were all targets for the musketeers. All the scarecrows were soaked in yellow mud and then taken out to dry. The mud on the surface of the scarecrow has basically condensed, and when viewed from a distance, it looks like a human body. If a mini bullet hits their "body", it will leave a visible trace.

"Bang bang bang!"

After being convinced that there was no one ahead, Chen Shouwang gave the order to shoot.

Xu Xingxia and the others were on the side, carefully listening to the density of the gunfire to judge whether such gunfire could cause fatal damage to the enemy's cavalry. To be honest, such firepower is not very strong. Every now and then, there will be brief interruptions. Such an interruption is not much of a problem for the enemy's infantry. For the enemy's cavalry, the problem was big. In a short interruption, the enemy cavalry was able to penetrate thirty or forty meters.

Due to the inherent weakness of the front-loading gun, it was necessary to reload at least ten seconds apart, which greatly reduced the sustained intensity of fire. This was compensated for by the need to rely on the number of musketeers. The musketeers of five hundred, and the musketeers of five thousand, are two completely different concepts. However, the damage caused by the finger-sized Mini bullet was enough to knock the Tatar cavalry, including men and horses, to the ground.

If a large number of Tatar cavalry rushed up, the side vans would definitely be strengthened. Under normal circumstances, the partial van takes a five-man formation and carries only five soldiers. In total, the chariot battalion had only fifty partial vans, carrying only two hundred and fifty musketeers. However, in the event of an emergency, each van can carry ten soldiers. In this way, the number of musketeers could be doubled to about five hundred.

Of course, a partial van is definitely not a panacea. The musketeers could not stop the onslaught of the entire enemy cavalry. If you want to fight a war without paying a price, it is simply impossible. The old man has long said that people are the main factor that determines the outcome of a war. Compared with the Houjin Tartars, the equipment of the Ming army was much more advanced, but in the end it was defeated in the hands of the Houjin Tartars and lost the great rivers and mountains. There really is no other reason than that the commander is too rubbish.

"The musket is not bad."

"It would be nice if there were a little more people."

After the gunfire subsided, Xu Xingxia and the others immediately rode out of the city to check the losses of those scarecrows. Overall, the power of the Moon Gun is still quite good. At a distance of two or three hundred meters, the number of scarecrows hit was about half. Such a hit rate is much more powerful than a smoothbore gun. If these scarecrows were the Tatar cavalry, it is estimated that there were dozens of Tatar cavalry, and they were already finished.

Such a result greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the chariot battalion. This means that if they encounter an attack by Tatar cavalry in the field, there is no need to be afraid. As long as you form a battle formation step by step, and then shoot and shoot, you can let the Tartar cavalry have no return. This is the most powerful counterattack of infantry against cavalry. Kill dozens of Tartar cavalry at once, or hundreds of people, and after many years, the Tartars will definitely not be able to bear it.

Even conservative officers like Yu Lijun clearly saw the dawn of hope. In front of Yue Yue, all the Tatar cavalry are scum! From now on, as long as the white-clothed army itself does not make low-level mistakes, it is absolutely impossible for the Tatar cavalry to take advantage of the white-clothed army. On the contrary, the strength of the white-clothed army will slowly accumulate, stronger and stronger, more and more, and eventually thwart all the Tatar attacks. At the right time, the white-clothed army will launch a counterattack and sweep across the desert.

Ningxia Town can be described as a place of four wars, and the white-clothed army has naturally become the army of four wars. To the north, it was the territory of the Tatars. To the northeast, it was the territory of the Mongols. To the west, there were the territories of the Yarkand, Khorasan, and Ottoman empires. No matter which direction the white-clothed army attacked, it could continue to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"Report to Senho-sama! The artillery battalion is ready! Please advise! ”

Compared with the drill of the tank battalion, the drill of the artillery battalion is relatively simple, but the technical requirements are higher. After all, something like an explosives bag carries a certain dangerous surname, and if it is done by an unskilled person, it is easy to cause an accident. In the event of an accident, it is not one or two people who die, but a group, at least more than ten. Once the explosive package explodes, it doesn't matter if the people around it are their own or enemies.

Yun Qifeng has specially researched and improved the explosives package. He made the brick-shaped explosives bags used by the infantry into spherical shapes to accommodate the projectile needs of trebuchets. From an aerodynamic point of view, if the ejected object is spherical, its flight trajectory is the most stable, the range is the farthest, and the landing point is also the most accurate. Of course, Yun Qifeng doesn't understand aerodynamics, but he also knows it.

The most critical technical difficulty for the ejected explosive package lies in the material and length control of the fuse. At that time, there was no such thing as a fuse, and it had to rely on the fuse. A good fuse must be cut continuously, it cannot be extinguished, it will never stop burning halfway, and it will not fall off under violent vibration. In a word, as long as it is ignited and ejected, it will definitely be able to detonate the explosive bag and will not be destroyed by the enemy.

According to the different loads, the explosives bags used by the artillery battalions are divided into various models such as No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5. Among them, the one with the closest range and the most powerful is the No. 5 explosive package, with a charge of 50 catties, codenamed "Watermelon". The farthest range and the least powerful is the No. 1 explosive pack, with a charge of ten catties, codenamed "Walnut". The range and power are relatively balanced, and it is the No. 3 explosive package, with a charge of 30 catties, codenamed "Pomegranate".

The first test shot was the No. 5 explosive pack, which was 50 catties. With Yun Qifeng's order, a huge brown ball, dragging the fuse of the fuse, was forcefully launched by the trebuchet. Due to the relatively large weight of the No. 5 explosive package and the slow speed of flight, the arc drawn in the sky is very obvious and clearly visible to the naked eye. After flying about a hundred meters or so, the explosive bag fell.

"Boom!"

There was a loud sound of the sky cracking and the earth cracking.

The 50-pound explosives bag is indeed very powerful. After the violent explosion, a huge crater was left at the scene. If this was a real battle, basically, the Tatar cavalry within a radius of thirty meters would have no possibility of continuing to advance.

"Not bad! Very good! ”

Xu Xingxia was quite satisfied with the effect of the explosion.

If the Tatar cavalry rushed up in a dense manner, a fifty-pound pack of No. 5 explosives would definitely be enough for them to drink a pot. It's a pity that the firing range is a bit close, only about a hundred meters, and when used in the field against the enemy's cavalry, the effect will not be very good. If it is used against enemy infantry, it is too tough. Especially when the enemy adopts the tactics of crowds to attack the city, such a big watermelon can definitely reimburse hundreds of people at once.

"Boom!"

Another earth-shattering bang came.

What was detonated was the No. 3 explosive package, with a charge of 30 catties, codenamed Pomegranate. The distance it was ejected from was about two hundred meters. Thirty pounds of explosives pack, the explosion power can only be said to be average. Of course, this is relative to Xu Xingxia's vision. On the video of his later life, he saw the American Daisy Bomb, and the power of the explosion was simply awesome, and it was razed to the ground the size of a football field. For people of this era, the power of the No. 3 explosive pack is already quite good.

"Boom!"

There was another dull explosion.

The last test shot was the No. 1 explosive bag with the smallest load, with a loading capacity of only ten catties. The biggest feature of this small walnut is that it has a long range, a full 500 meters. As for the power of the explosion, it naturally cannot be forced. How powerful can a ten-pound amount of black gunpowder be? After the explosion, at most, it will cause damage to the anti-inner people of about ten meters around him. Its main function is to disturb the enemy's infantry build-up. If the enemy sorties are cavalry, it is used to disrupt the ranks of the enemy's cavalry.

In fact, a ten-kilogram bag of explosives can be thrown more than 500 meters away, which is already a very powerful number. Compared to such explosive packs, the Franc machine artillery and the like are weakly exploded. Even, red-coated cannons and the like, compared to trebuchets, are greatly inferior. The firework shells fired by the red-coated cannon are actually not very powerful. However, when the redcoat cannon fires shotguns, the power is indeed not to be underestimated.

(To be continued)