Dorgon thought so, and so did the Green Battalion Artillery.
As soon as the first shot was fired, the Green Battalion artillery quickly began to clean the gun barrel and prepare to load it again.
The loading process of the camel swivel cannon is basically the same as that of the red cannon. First, the sparks in the barrel are extinguished, then the gun barrel is used to clean the residue, and then the barrel is wiped dry.
Then load it with gunpowder and solid iron bullets.
It took almost five minutes for Green Camp to finally complete the reloading.
The Green Battalion's second wave of artillery fired almost simultaneously with the Ming artillery in the central position opposite.
At the same time that the green battalion's artillery shells hit the hollow square formation of the Ming army, the Ming army's artillery shells also hit the green battalion's temporary artillery position, and the two camels were beaten to pieces in an instant.
On the Ming army's side, another seven or eight sidecars were beaten to pieces.
When Dorgon saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a burst of physical pain.
I don’t know if the two camel swivel cannons are still intact?
It's easy to replenish the camel after it's dead, but casting the camel revolving cannon is quite troublesome.
At that moment, Dorgon shouted: "Pass my decree, the Green Camp will immediately move a hundred steps sideways after completing the loading."
As early as the Battle of Hetao, Dorgon had already realized the biggest advantage of the camel swivel gun compared to the red cannon, that is, it can run when you stand up and move quickly!
It takes a long time for the red cannon to adjust its firing angle.
Therefore, although the red cannon has a longer range and is more lethal, it is still difficult to suppress the camel swivel cannon.
Dorgon's order was conveyed quickly. After receiving the order, the Green Battalion reloaded as quickly as possible, and then got up with the camels before the Ming artillery fired again.
Almost as soon as the Green Camp left, the Ming army's artillery shells fell.
Hundreds of cannonballs instantly plowed deep grooves into the black soil.
However, the Green Camp, which had completed the transfer ahead of schedule, remained unscathed.
After quickly moving a hundred steps sideways, the green camp led the camel and lay on the ground again. The black muzzle once again aimed at the hollow square formation of the Ming army in the northwest corner, boom!
Another row of artillery shells passed by, and another seven or eight sidecars were smashed into pieces.
And this time, two shells hit the gap in the wall of the side carriage that had been smashed before. Now the Ming army soldiers who lined up and stood behind the wall of the side carriage suffered a big loss.
Because the Ming army soldiers stood in a dense array.
How crowded is it? Three people can stand sideways within one meter.
Therefore, these two shells instantly killed and wounded eight Ming army soldiers, two of whom died on the spot, four of whom had their arms shattered and completely lost their combat effectiveness, and two of whom were also slightly injured, but fortunately their injuries were not serious.
The medical soldiers in the formation rushed forward to treat him.
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"A thief!"
Xu Yingwei cursed bitterly in his heart.
But there was no expression on his face at all.
Xu Yingwei's battlefield insight is also very keen.
He keenly foresaw that it would be difficult for the 4-inch field artillery to effectively suppress Jiannu's camel artillery, so it was inevitable that the side carriage walls of the four outer hollow phalanxes would be destroyed.
Even the side carriage walls of the central square array may not be able to be saved.
Once the protection of the side carriage walls was lost, the soldiers of all five infantry brigades would be directly exposed to the muzzles of Jiannu's camel cannon and rifles. At this time, they could only change their formations.
The dense formation is to enhance the density of firepower.
When dealing with cavalry, you need to strengthen the firepower density.
But to deal with the slave infantry, there is no need to increase the firepower density.
Because the slave infantry did not have as strong an impact as the cavalry.
At that moment, Xu Yingwei shouted: "Instruction, the 1st Infantry Brigade immediately repairs the damaged sidecar, and does its best to ensure the integrity of the sidecar wall. At the same time, the distance between the infantry queues must be increased. In addition, the field artillery no longer needs to pay attention to the slaves."
Use the camel cannon to re-lock the attacking Jiannu infantry formation and blast me with full firepower!"
Since there is no ability to suppress the camel cannon of Jiannu, then you can only shoot yours, and I can shoot mine.
Jiannu used camel cannon to hit the Ming army's infantry phalanx, and the Ming army used 4-inch field artillery to hit the Jiannu infantry phalanx. Then we saw which army could withstand the bombardment better.
"Yes!" the orderer quickly issued the order in flag language.
The 1st Infantry Brigade in the northwest corner and the field artillery in the central position responded quickly.
In Chongzhen's future plan for the Ming army, each infantry brigade had a baggage battalion, which was specifically responsible for taking care of the baggage carried by the infantry brigade.
According to the organizational structure of the Ming army, each team was equipped with a sidecar.
Therefore, the number of sidecars equipped by each infantry brigade is 135.
The two infantry brigades first brought by Xu Yingwei to Liaodong and the four infantry brigades brought by Chongzhen did not have their own baggage battalions, but there was an infantry battalion that temporarily took charge of the baggage battalion.
Then every once in a while, another infantry battalion will take charge.
Therefore, after Xu Yingwei's order was issued, the infantry battalion under the 1st Infantry Brigade, which was also in charge of dispatching the transport battalion, quickly broke away from the line array and found spare parts such as carriage wheels, shafts and guards to repair the camels that had been cannoned by the slaves.
If the damaged sidecar cannot be repaired, the extra sidecar will be used to replace it.
The four sidecar formations of the Ming army on the periphery were spliced horizontally, so each formation only used 112 sidecars, and each infantry brigade was assigned 135 sidecars, so there were 23 sidecars.
You can have extra as a spare.
In addition to repairing the damaged sidecar, the formation of the 1st Infantry Brigade also changed from three rows to nine rows.
The line array changed from three rows to nine rows, and the entire hollow square array immediately became much sparser, no longer crowded as before.
The series of changes made by Xu Yingwei had immediate results. The sidecar formation in the northwest corner was quickly repaired, and the Ming army soldiers in the formation were effectively protected again.
Of course, this is only temporary. As long as the bombardment of the JI slaves continues,
The Ming Army's sidecar array will eventually be destroyed, and the Ming Army soldiers will still be exposed to the muzzle.
But at least, at this moment, the soldiers of the Ming Army were effectively protected. They no longer had to bear the bombardment of the Jiannu Camel Cannon, and there would be no unnecessary casualties.
At the same time, the Ming army once again began to shell the Jiannu infantry, and the Jiannu casualties increased sharply.
Because at this time, the Eight Banners Han Army, which was attacking in separate directions, was less than 600 steps away from the Ming Army's formation, and less than 800 steps away from the Ming Army's central main position. At this distance, the Ming Army's artillery battalion
The accuracy of the equipped 4-inch field gun has been greatly improved, and the killing efficiency has also been greatly improved.
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The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.
The smiles of the die-hard traitors who were chatting and laughing just now froze.
Dorgon's face suddenly became so gloomy that he could shave off frost.
The reason why Dorgon and the traitors around him changed their faces was because every artillery bombardment of the Ming army would inevitably plow dozens or dozens of bloody paths in the formation of the two Eight Banners and Han armies that attacked.
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However, the Green Battalion's shelling of the Ming Army's hollow phalanx suddenly had no effect.
Because whenever the Green Camp destroyed several or even a dozen sidecars, the Ming army in the formation would find spare parts such as wheels, shafts or fenders to quickly repair the damaged sidecars.
The Green Battalion has now fired no more than six rows of artillery shells.
However, the Ming army's hollow square formation was still intact.
Hou Fangyu said with a dark face: "Master, Chongzhen plans to trade lives with us."
"I also see it." Dorgon said with a dark face, "But this is his delusion, and I will not go as he wants."
After saying this, Dorgon shouted again: "According to my decree, the attacking Eight Niulu Eight Banners Han Army immediately withdrew, and the Green Battalion's camel revolving artillery attacked across the board, first destroying the Ming Army's sidecar formation."
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I have to admit that Dorgon’s ability to summarize learning is really strong.
In such a short period of time, Dorgon keenly grasped the weaknesses of the Ming army.
When the order was issued and the horn sounded to retreat, the attacking Eight Niulu Eight Banners Han Army immediately changed from the rear to the front, and the front quickly retreated dragging their sidecars.
At the same time, more green soldiers drove their camels out of the formation.
Of the one hundred camels that started the attack, there are now ninety-eight left. Including the camels that attacked later, there are a total of 398 camels, divided into eight artillery brigades, facing the four corners.
The Ming army's hollow phalanx launched an artillery bombardment, and they changed positions after firing a gun, never firing two rounds in the same place.
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Now it was Xu Yingwei's turn to be dumbfounded again.
"It's too abominable to be a wife and a slave!" Now even Gao Qiqian could see something was wrong.
"Xu Geijian, now we have nothing to do with Jiannu. The Jiannu's artillery can hit our side carriage formation, but our artillery can't hit the Jiannu's infantry square formation, nor can it hit the Jiannu's artillery.
, wouldn’t we just have to watch helplessly as the Jiannu artillery chewed up our sidecar array bit by bit?”
Xu Yingwei's face became extremely embarrassed, because that was pretty much what happened.
If the current situation continues, parts such as wheels, shafts, fenders, and spare side cars will be exhausted within an hour at most, and by the end of the afternoon at most, all four side cars in the periphery will be exhausted.
They were beaten to pieces and could no longer provide effective protection to the Ming soldiers in the battle.
But fortunately, the Ming army still has a trump card.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zheng Sen's flying car happened to land.
Because the four barrels of tung oil carried by the speed car have been burned out and need to be replenished.
Xu Yingwei immediately ordered: "Send the order, the air force will attack, carrying full ammunition!"
After receiving Xu Yingwei's order, Zheng Sen and the air force officers who were originally sitting on the ground cheered excitedly, and then began to assemble the aircraft and prepare grenades.
Soon, the other nine flying cars also ignited and began to inflate.
Zheng Sen then led the air force officers to load two barrels of tung oil and twenty hand grenades into the gondolas of all ten flying cars.
The payload of the No. 1 flying car currently equipped by the Ming Dynasty Air Force is 400 kilograms. The payload is the excess load weight after removing the hull, gondola, blast furnace and other devices as well as the crew.
It means that you can lift an object weighing 400 kilograms into the air, but it can't fly very far.
If the 400 kilograms of payload is used to carry tung oil, the flying car can fly in the air for two hours and can fly as far as a hundred miles. Zheng Sen has been floating in the air for nearly two hours from morning to now.
Full ammunition means carrying 200 pounds of tung oil and 20 ten-pound hand grenades.
