As the artillery fired, dense shells erupted like a volcano. Steel balls hit the Mongolian cavalry surrounding the shield formation like a downpour.
How can a body of flesh and blood withstand such a blow? Although these steel balls are scrapped balls purchased by tons at a low rate, with different sizes and stains, they are all genuine materials.
Qualified products.
In this era, steel is a scarce material. It is much more precious than iron.
The reason why these rusty steel balls are used is that one is cheap and is collected at the price of scrap iron. The other is that it is highly lethal. The penetrating power of the steel balls is enough to penetrate the triple armor of Jiannu. Moreover, rust can easily infect tetanus.
, there is no place to get tetanus shots in this day and age.
Once infected with tetanus, death is almost certain. This is equivalent to secondary damage, which is at the level of biological and chemical weapons. Small steel balls are easy to stay in the body and cannot be taken out. Even if the person who is hit does not die, he will still be injured in the days to come.
, he has lost his fighting ability. He can no longer be a soldier. Even whether he can work is a question.
The Folan cannon has a very fast rate of fire. The first three cannons only take 20 seconds. The sustained rate of fire is terrifying. It was originally equipped with only three muskets, but Yang Fan specially asked Zunhua Iron and Steel Works to increase the number to ten. Five-shot ball stars
Solid bullets, five-shot shotshells.
In less than a minute, all five rounds of shotshells were fired. The bombardment stopped. But the steel crossbows and two thousand Lumi guns on the arrow tower began to fire.
The Mongolian cavalry behind the shield formation were completely stunned. They did not know the arrangement on the arrow tower. Soon, the cavalry behind the shield formation retreated crazily and broke away from the shield formation.
At this time, after artillery strikes, as well as steel crossbow and Rumi gunfire, the Mongols suffered heavy losses, and the organization and organization of the troops were completely chaotic. They returned to the starting point of the attack one after another, trying to reorganize the team.
Yang Fan saw that the Mongols were retreating and ordered the troops to withdraw with gold.
As the gongs rang, the soldiers on the first front immediately put away their pickaxes, maintained an undeformed formation, pulled their shields, and slowly retreated.
At this time, they were almost exhausted. The fighting for more than an hour was very intense. Even in the later generations, when playing a football game, they had to rest after 45 minutes of the first half. These professional athletes only played one game a day.
Two halves, ninety minutes.
Dasa's gray-yellow eyes were full of disappointment. They were defeated again. This time it was worse than the one in Duolu. The superior cavalry force surrounded the infantry, but they were still defeated.
The soldiers in the first line retreated again, while the soldiers in the second array heard the sound of drums. This was an order to advance. On the battlefield, the first front was retreating while the second front was advancing. Because they were arranged in a staggered manner.
The shield array of the second front is facing the gap of the first front. Therefore, the two fronts meet in the middle to form a straight line.
Then, the general flag of the first front continued to retreat. It did not stop until the starting position of the second front. From the camp behind, many medical soldiers with red cross armbands on their arms immediately ran out and began to treat the wounded. As these retreated
Many officers and soldiers sat down on the ground one after another, and some even lay directly on the ground.
"Don't take off the armor, don't take off the armor. Wait until the sweat subsides before taking off the armor. Otherwise, there is a risk of armor removal wind." Tang Zijie shouted loudly. He was a medical officer responsible for the treatment of the wounded in a regiment.
The first general banner of each hundred households has finished fighting their war. They know very well that their work is done. What is left is the matter of the second general banner. They have thrown down their weapons and are even preparing to take them off.
Armor, take a good rest. After all, leather armor can’t rest well.
In ancient wars, soldiers not only faced the risk of death on the battlefield, but also faced the risk of sudden death in the military camp after leaving the battlefield if some things were not handled properly. Among various dangers, the most common
, the one with the highest frequency is undoubtedly the "armor-removing wind".
Armor-removal wind is mainly caused by the sudden changes in the internal and external environment after officers and soldiers remove their armor, which can cause strokes and lead to sudden death of soldiers.
Especially in the hot summer, ancient armors were lined with leather to prevent the armor from wearing away clothes and skin. Leather is not breathable, and combined with fighting on the battlefield, hormones and adrenaline hormones soar, resulting in high mental stress, congestion in the brain, and blood vessels all over the body.
The body is in a state of extreme excitement and agitation.
There is both fear and excitement and impulse to kill the enemy. At this time, the heart is overloaded and the blood flow is accelerated. The body temperature rises sharply and sweat is flowing.
Once the battle is over, everyone is parched and thirsty, and they just want to take off their armor and clothes that are stuffy, hot, soaked, and sticky on their bodies as if they have received an amnesty, and get some cool air.
Then drink a lot of cold water.
At this time, the pores all over the body will open, and there will be a sudden stroke, or even cerebral hemorrhage and death on the spot. It is said that Chang Yuchun died suddenly like this.
Although it is early spring now, the weather has turned warm, but the cold wind in the grassland is still very strong. No matter how hot it is, you cannot remove your armor. You must wait until the sweat subsides. This has clear military regulations and violates the requirement to fight in the military.
Sticky.
The officers and soldiers were in mourning all over the place, and had no choice but to endure it wetly. The Beijing camp had now been taught to obey by military sticks. No one dared to call in pickets wearing white helmets.
But soon they became happy again. They smelled the aroma of food.
The cooks carried their burdens and came to these shield formations in groups.
"Everyone, our cooks are watching from behind. You guys are men and you did a good job. It's really encouraging. This is the hot soy milk that the master asked us to send. It's also sweetened with saccharin. It's very sweet. Each person has a lunch box, and they are all hot.
Drink, hahaha, there are also fried dough sticks, they are still hot right out of the pan, fragrant and crispy. The master has spoken, enough is enough, eat hard. Hahahaha." He Kui, a hundred households of cooks, greeted loudly.
One advantage of Yang Fan's leadership is good food. Yang Fan equipped the cooking soldiers with cooking carts. They used honeycomb briquettes in groups of six to make stoves, and usually kept the fire sealed. When it was time to cook, he opened the bottom baffle and started cooking immediately.
Burned violently.
Six stoves are used to cook, stir-fry, steam buns and make soup very quickly. The heavier items are even more complete and easy to transport. Just hitch up the mules and horses and go. A cooking class is a 100 million tael cooking caravan.
The soldiers in the Beijing Camp love to drink soy milk very much. The soy milk in the military camp is much better than that outside. The soy milk here is made by soaking soybeans, rice, millet and black beans together, grinding them with a millstone and cooking them. This kind of soy milk
It tastes so good that the officers and soldiers even licked the bowl clean! It has a mellow and rich aroma, and a silky and delicate taste, absolutely amazing!
This chapter has been completed!