Chapter 603: Square Gun Formation!
"Bamboo guns are laid flat! Advance! ”
Peng! Peng! Peng!
The 2,500 militiamen, marching forward under the orders of the generals, seemed to have such a mighty force.
Although they are not as good as the armor-clad Ashigaru, it seems from their ranks that these militias can also fight.
Obviously, these militiamen also have some training in their spare time.
2,500 people are not a lot, but the bamboo spear in the hand is laid flat, and when the queue is slowly pressed up, the bamboo gun is dense, which makes people's scalp numb.
In particular, the Japanese bamboo spears are very long, and if you rush over recklessly, you will definitely not have any good results if you are stabbed by that bamboo spear.
Fortunately, the Praetorian Guards of the Song Empire were not so idiotic, and they had to play some charge with each other.
When the general of the Praetorian Guard saw that the other side was pressing on the other side with militia, he immediately ordered to stop the advance, and then asked his soldiers to check the ammunition.
"Check the ammunition! Shoot! ”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Flintlock pistols are fired in rows, and the team reciprocates layer by layer.
The queue for shooting began to be staged again, and at the same time, the harvesting of human lives began.
This time against the militia, it was much easier than dealing with the Ashigaru who had just listed the Crane Wing Formation.
Although these militias may seem difficult to deal with, they are just militia after all. It's different from those elite ashigaru.
Moreover, they don't know what a formation is.
Therefore, these militiamen just formed a small square line like this, and slaughtered the Janissaries little by little.
The army of the Song Empire was most afraid of face-to-face battles.
Cyan smoke rose in the night, making it look like white smoke.
Fortunately, it is not far from the coast, and there is a strong sea breeze blowing at night, so the smoke can be blown away quickly.
Therefore, the Janissary Genetic Soldiers can see the enemy's position clearly by the light of the moon. Make your shots more accurate.
"Aim! Shoot! Change teams! ”
Bang! Bang! Phew!
Yes!
In the eyes of the militiamen, the foreign soldiers opposite them were circulating in a line at the moment, and the front team immediately retreated to the back after shooting, and then let the soldiers in the back row continue to shoot.
There are five layers of queues, a total of 500 people.
Although the number is not very large, it has caused them a lot of damage.
When the general who commanded the militia in the back saw this, he felt that he couldn't go on like this.
The militia in front fell like straw, layer by layer, and the speed was staggering.
The iron cannon was actually used like this. It's going to be so powerful!
This was the first time he had seen such an iron cannon tactic used, and he felt the power of the five-stage shot.
If this tactic had been for the Europeans who used arquebuses, they would have achieved good results, but they would never have been able to shoot so quickly.
After all, it was the time when arquebuses were all the rage, and flintlock muskets were already being used in the Song Empire in the Americas.
Compared with the arquebus, the flintlock pistol did not increase the firing speed by a little bit, not to mention that Zhao Hongyu also used a certain amount of paper ammunition.
In this way, a lot of trouble is avoided.
Basically. The flintlock gun could only fire one shot after the flintlock had fired three shots.
Moreover, this shot also depends on whether the gunpowder is loaded too much or too little, whether it is blown up or dumb.
After all. When the musketeers faced the enemy's attack, the psychological pressure was not ordinary.
Therefore, at that time, it is not good to fill gunpowder, clean the chamber or something, and you will go wrong.
And something went wrong. There will be explosions or other accidents.
Besides, the iron craftsmanship of this era is not comparable to the future generations hundreds of years later.
And Zhao Hongyu they used a flintlock pistol. However, it was created using the manufacturing process of later generations, which is absolutely unmatched by that country in this era.
"Whole army! Charge! ”
The general, who commanded the militia, immediately gave the order to charge.
He could also see that if the march was so grinding, these more than 2,000 people would be killed sooner or later.
Rather than being worn to death by the enemy like this, it is better to take the initiative to charge, and maybe there will be a chance to break through the enemy's kind of battle formation.
Besides, the militia during the charge is chaotic and wave-fighting, so that the enemy will not have a neat target.
As a result, their lethality will also be greatly reduced.
Maybe the enemy's battle formation really broke through itself.
When the time comes, what Tanaka didn't do has been done by himself, how can Lord Ishida take a high look.
This military general thought beautifully.
Up to now, none of the generals in Osaka thought that they would fail.
Although there were some defeats in the previous battles, what could they do in their opinion.
A temporary defeat doesn't mean that they will definitely lose this battle.
Besides, even now, they still have an advantage in numbers.
There are only seven or eight hundred enemies, and there are three or four thousand on their side.
Therefore, they do not think that they will be defeated.
With the order of the general, the militiamen lined up in a neat queue ran and charged like a tide, and the indomitable momentum was also very amazing.
"Square Gun Array!"
The enemy is really difficult to deal with, especially when there is still an advantage in numbers.
Because this is completely to seize the weakness of the queue to shoot.
If the enemy is honestly marching in formation, then the effect of lining up and shooting will be greatly enhanced.
However, as soon as the enemy charges, then their side is a bit of a mouse-trap.
Because those enemies who are charging have no formation at all, and they are scattered and separated.
This makes it very difficult for genetic people to aim at a target.
However, in the face of such a situation, the Song Empire of the Americas had already expected it when it was training.
Those guys in the staff headquarters don't eat for nothing and receive salaries.
As for what the Reich's army might encounter in the future, they had already made an early prediction and had a set of training plans.
Square gun formations, this is how to prevent in the event of a disadvantage in numbers. Tactics of self-preservation surrounded by enemy charges.
Seeing the five hundred Janissary Genetic Human soldiers, in the face of the militia who charged violently, the unhurried two wings began to turn back, forming a small impermeable phalanx in a short period of time.
By the time the phalanx had formed, the 2,000-odd militiamen had already charged to the front and outflanked the Janissaries from both flanks.
Ha Lu Ha!
The Osaka military commander who commanded the militia had a look of ecstasy on his face at this time.
In his opinion, it was already a matter of time before the encircled enemy destroyed them at this time.
"Circular shooting! The outer layer retreats, and the last team advances! ”
But. The scene that the general wanted to see did not appear, but the foreign infantry who were surrounded were still inflicting a lot of casualties on the militia.
Like the five-stage shooting, the Janissary genes who formed a small phalanx still adopted the method of circular shooting.
It's just that it used to be lined up in rows, but now the outer layer of the phalanx shoots first, and then retreats and is topped by the soldiers in the rear, and so on, like a flower of hell that is blooming.
Although this flower is brilliant, it is also very bloody.
Because of the nourishment of this flower. It's a human life.
For such a situation, it is obvious that the military general did not expect it.
He could never have imagined that the surrounded enemy would be so powerful, and that there would be such strange and surprising tactics.
These foreigners were a real eye-opener for them today.
It's not just this military general who thinks so. Even the merchants of the Ming Dynasty who were watching the battle from the camp not far away, as well as Wang Fuzi and Liu Da Scar, also thought the same way.
The sound of fighting on the nameless plain shook the sky, and the militia continued to surround the Praetorian Guard, and the people launched charges from all directions, but none of them succeeded.
Instead. Quite a few fell on the way to the charge.
Even if a few lucky guys occasionally rushed in front of the foreigners, they would be hit to the ground by the bayonets and bayonets that the foreigners loaded on their muskets.
Hiss!
It's so fucking like a hedgehog.
This kind of square battle array. It is based on the battle formations that were popular in Europe in the eighteenth century.
This kind of battle formation, after being formed, becomes boxy, as if it were a hedgehog.
It is often used against cavalry, or when it is surrounded.
Moreover, at the end of the eighteenth century, the British used this tactic to fight against more than 30,000 cavalry on the African side with hundreds of troops.
It can be seen that this tactic has its own uniqueness.
Moreover, at this time, the Japanese people were all using cold weapons to fight.
They were no worse than the African cavalry of the late eighteenth century.
Therefore, it is not surprising that they were unable to defeat the phalanx of the Praetorian Guard.
You must know that the genetic people of the Song Empire in the Americas received education from across the era, although they were cultivated by the virtual world, but they were stronger than the natives of this era in terms of knowledge.
Therefore, standing on the shoulders of historical giants, this tactic, which is very suitable for this era, how could they not learn it.
It is precisely for this reason that this square gun formation, which was very popular in Europe in later generations, began to shine in this war.
You must know that even Napoleon in France used such a square gun formation.
It can be seen that the practicability of this square gun array is still very strong.
"What kind of battle formation is this, it can still be inseparable from the enemy when it is surrounded, this is simply too incomprehensible and shocking!"
Such a thought rose in the hearts of those who were watching the battle in the rear camp. (To be continued......)