What's even more surprising is that the update iteration speed is also so fast.
Just two years ago, the Ming army only had very ordinary self-generated fire guns, and their range and lethality were not much different from those of the Qing soldiers.
But by the time of the Battle of Hunhe, the Ming army had new self-generated guns.
Although there are not many of these new self-generating fire guns, their range is doubled, and their lethality is far beyond that of ordinary self-generating fire guns.
What's even more incredible now is that the Ming army actually has a new self-generating fire gun. Its range is twice as high as that of the new self-generating fire gun, and its lethality has also been greatly increased. How can this be possible?
Hong Chengchou couldn't figure out what was going on.
Could it be that Chongzhen attained enlightenment in Meishan and received guidance from immortals?
If there really was an immortal who gave guidance to Chongzhen, why would the Qing soldiers fight so hard?
No matter how powerful a person is, can he still fight against an immortal? Hong Chengchou felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
However, Hou Fangyu was still dominated by deep-seated hatred and gritted his teeth and said: "Hong Butang, no matter how sharp Ming Dog's self-generated fire blunderbuss is, it is just a self-generated fire blunderbuss. Our Qing soldiers also have camel cannons, Fran cannons and red cannons."
He has a cannon, so he still has a chance to win, so the outcome of this war to destroy the country is still uncertain!"
"That's true." Kong Youde agreed, "No matter how sharp the self-generated fire cannon is, it can't defeat all kinds of cannons. Even the Tiger Crouching Cannon with the smallest range and the smallest power can crush the self-generated fire cannon."
Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "What do you mean, do you want the Green Battalion to carry camel cannon and follow the cavalry into battle?"
The red cannons and the Folan cannon are very heavy and bulky, and obviously cannot fight with the cavalry. Although the squatting tiger cannon is light in weight, its operation is cumbersome and complicated, and it cannot deal with the cavalry.
Only the camel cannon was not only light enough to keep up with the cavalry, but was also extremely simple to operate.
"Hongbutang Mingjian." Hou Fangyu said, "If the Ming army's food route cannot be cut off, it will be difficult for the Qing army to defeat the Ming army. Therefore, it means that the army's food route must be cut off no matter what!"
"What if it doesn't work?" Hong Chengchou hesitated.
So far, the Bureau of War and War has built a total of 1,200 camel cannons.
Among them, 200 camel cannons were left by Dorgon to defend the city in Beijing.
The remaining 1,000 guns were given to Hong Chengchou. This is also because the camel cannon is highly mobile and is of little use for city defense. Only when used in field battles can the advantage of mobility be fully utilized.
Hong Chengchou regarded these 1,000 camel cannons as treasures.
Because his intuition as a commander for many years told him that the key factor in this war of annihilation was neither the red cannon nor the squatting tiger cannon, nor the small number of Folan cannons, but the thousands of camel cannons!
Therefore, Hong Chengchou was reluctant to take risks with the camel cannon.
The last time he attacked the Chenguantun camp, he lost 200 red cannons, which Hong Chengchou regretted deeply. If he lost a large number of camel cannons due to miscalculation of his opponent this time, the situation would be even worse.
Because Hong Chengchou had foreseen that if the two sides were forced to fight in the field, the comparison of the number of artillery would become the decisive factor. At least so far, the Qing army still had an advantage in the number of artillery.
Therefore, Hong Chengchou did not want to easily squander the Qing army's only advantage.
Hou Fangyu immediately asked Hong Chengchou: "But what if it happens?"
A hint of gloom immediately flashed across Hong Chengchou's eyes. To be honest, he was really annoyed with the supervisory army. There used to be supervisory troops in the Ming Dynasty, but now in the Qing Dynasty, there are still supervisory troops.
Can't he be allowed to let go and have a good fight as he wishes?
However, reality is reality after all, and the opinions of the supervisors must still be respected.
At that moment, Hong Chengchou asked Hou Fangyu in a consultative tone: "Then let's try deploying 200 camel cannons to the Eight Banners Mongolia?"
Hou Fangyu did not want to push Hong Chengchou into a hurry, and immediately nodded in approval: "With these 200 camel cannons, it is enough for the Eight Banners Mongolia to severely damage the Ming army's cavalry, but how to fight this battle still needs to be combined."
Hong Chengchou said with a thought: "You can imitate the Ming army and catch some fish."
"Hongbudang Mingjian." Hou Fangyu said with a smile, "The official thinks so too."
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In the next three days, the Ming cavalry continued to attack in an all-out manner.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia had no choice but to gradually gather their troops, that is, they took back the thousands of cavalry that had been scattered one by one and formed several huge cavalry groups.
Seeing the Mongolian troops gathering under the Eight Banners, the Ming army followed suit.
Because with one thousand against one thousand, the Ming cavalry could crush them with the advantage of firearms.
Even if it is one thousand against three thousand, the Ming cavalry can still have a certain advantage.
But when the difference in military strength between the two sides reaches five or even ten times, it cannot be smoothed out by the superiority of firearms alone. It must be smoothed out with the help of hollow square formations.
However, the hollow square formation has a minimum number of troops required.
That means at least one brigade of troops, four thousand!
So in the end, the Ming army cavalry also gathered into two groups.
Upon seeing this, the Eight Banner Mongolians on the opposite side simply gathered into a cluster.
After the Ming army cavalry found out the news, they also merged into a cluster.
Then the two cavalrymen began to slowly move closer, getting into a decisive battle posture.
When the cavalry of both sides was still thirty miles apart, an outpost battle broke out between the Ye Bu Shu and the scout cavalry of both sides. The situation was still a crushing one, with the Ming army's scout cavalry crushing the Mongolian Ye Bu Shu.
Even so, the Eight Banners of Mongolia did not flinch this time.
It wasn't until the cavalry groups on both sides were ten miles apart, and the other side's cavalry line could be seen far away on the horizon, that the scout cavalry and Ye Bushou from both sides finally withdrew.
Because by this time there is no need to block the battlefield anymore.
Both sides have already met directly, and there is no way they can dig temporary traps or anything else.
At this time, no matter what the two parties do, they are under the eyes of the other party.
Of course, even under the nose, you can sometimes deceive the enemy.
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For example, at this moment, the Ming army is preparing to do something that the Mongolian cavalry cannot see.
Hu Guozhu, who was riding alongside Zhu Cijiong, suddenly turned his head and said to Jie Yuancai, who was following him on horseback on his right: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's all for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, why bother talking about it."
After Jie Yuan finished speaking, he slowed down his horse and disappeared into the cavalry formation behind him.
The Ming army's cavalry formation, which was originally moving forward rapidly, also gradually slowed down.
After a while, the Ming cavalry stopped in the wilderness and formed a strange "human" cavalry formation, with the tip of the "human" character facing the Mongolian cavalry coming forward, and then used the cavalry on both sides of the human character to
Due to the obstruction of the formation, Jie Yuancai quickly dismounted with his two thousand cavalry to do their work.
Jie Yuancai came here last night, and he also came with the 2nd Mountain Artillery Brigade.
The reason why Jie Yuancai came here was because the Ming army had received a secret report.
The Eight Banners Mongolia planned to take 200 camel cannons to fish and plot against the Ming army cavalry.
After Yan Yingyuan learned about it, he urgently ordered Jie Yuancai to lead the 2nd Brigade of the Mountain Artillery to rush to the rescue.
At this moment, Jie Yuancai was leading the officers and soldiers of the mountain artillery brigade to quickly assemble the mountain artillery.
Although there have been many trainings, this is the first time to assemble it in actual combat.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers were inevitably a little nervous, and their speed was not as fast as in usual training.
But it’s not a big problem, there’s definitely enough time.
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Ming army cavalry in front of the formation.
Hu Guozhu asked with a smile: "King Ding, can you see the camel soldiers who formed the slave formation?"
A camel is larger than a war horse, and its height is much higher than that of a war horse.
Under normal circumstances, the cavalry cannot block the camel soldiers, but if there is smoke and dust, it is a different matter.
"You can't see clearly." Zhu Cijiong said bitterly, "Hong Chengchou, this traitor, is really insidious. If we hadn't received a secret report in advance this time, we might have really suffered a big loss."
"This is God's will." Hu Guozhu said with a smile, "The destiny of the country is in the future, that's what it says."
"God's will? National destiny?" Zhu Cijiong was quite disapproving in his heart. How could this be God's will or national destiny? It was clearly the secret that his father had so painstakingly planted began to take effect.
While the two were talking, the Eight Banners of Mongolia also began to change their formations.
Because the Ming army set up a "human" formation, the Mongolian cavalry set up an inverted herringbone formation, which was to turn the herring upside down, with both sides facing forward, so that they could wrap up the Ming army through this opening.
As the horses' heads moved, the Mongolian cavalry rolling forward kept pulling away from the two wings.
The distance between the two cavalry was less than a thousand steps. The Mongolian cavalry finally separated completely, revealing the two hundred camels following the cavalry. As soon as the two hundred camels appeared, they lay on the ground under the control of the camel hands.
Divided into two rows, front and back, the Persian carpet on the camel's back was soon lifted off, revealing the camel cannon underneath.
The operator of the camel gun began to adjust the firing angle and load ammunition.
However, at this moment, the Ming cavalry suddenly dispersed to both wings.
After the Ming cavalry dispersed, they immediately revealed the artillery position behind them.
I saw 90 25-inch mountain guns lined up and loaded.
Just as the Ming cavalry dispersed, Jie Yuan decisively gave the order to fire.
The 90 gunners immediately inserted the ignition rod into the fire door, and the next moment, 90 mountain guns roared at the same time.
Accompanied by a huge roar, 90 solid bullets weighing 4 kilograms instantly emitted a scream that seemed to tear the air apart, and fired like lightning at the Camel Artillery in front.
The camel artillery on the opposite side was caught off guard and was hit immediately.
What's even more unfortunate is that the formation of the camel artillery is still very dense. Although there are gaps between each row of camels, when the two rows of camels in front and behind are superimposed, there are almost no gaps.
The Ming army's artillery had already calculated its ballistic trajectory. When the solid iron bullet hit about 500 steps, it was almost three feet above the ground. This height happened to hit the camel's torso and the artilleryman's crotch.
There were a total of 90 solid iron bullets, about half of which missed the target.
The remaining half of the solid iron bullets hit the intended area.
In an instant, Jiannu's camel artillery position was covered in blood and flesh.
At least 30 camels suffered fatal injuries, and other camels were also severely frightened. The entire artillery position fell into chaos in an instant.
