After marching for a long distance, soldiers of the Qing army generally needed to rest for a period of time to recover and regain their physical strength before they could go into battle.
The reason why the soldiers of the Liberation Army had the physical strength to be able to jump into battle immediately after completing the landing.
That depends on their daily high-intensity training and the good physique they have developed!
And what about the Qing army?
A group of green camp soldiers who usually don't have enough to eat are considered elite soldiers after being pulled out for training every ten and a half months.
With a group of guys like this, how much physical strength can you expect from them?
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The front lines of both sides are confronting each other, and the clouds of war are getting thicker and thicker.
The Qing army did not launch an attack, and the Ming army chose to defend where it was.
The Qing army needed to rest and recuperate, while the Ming army continued to wait for the rear troops to complete their landing before entering the battlefield.
One by one, six-pound and twelve-pound field guns were pushed into their emplacements.
The artillerymen of the Liberation Army skillfully carried out pre-war preparations and quickly set up field gun emplacements.
The Green Camp of the Qing Army was also rapidly setting up artillery positions!
However, although both sides are called artillery positions, the gap between them is not that big.
The artillery of the Liberation Army were all imitation Napoleon cannons!
If used to attack fortresses, the power may not be enough.
But if it was only used in field battles, the Napoleon cannon imitated by the Liberation Army would be an absolute killer in this era.
The artillery used by the Qing army was a bit mixed!
Qiongzhou did not have the red cannon, which was regarded as the most important weapon of the country by the Qing Dynasty. The Qing government was reluctant to arrange red cannon for Qiongzhou, a barbaric land.
The artillery that Qiongzhou Green Camp could mobilize in this battle were mostly light artillery such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon, Wankou Gun, and Folang Machine Cannon left over from the pre-Ming Dynasty.
The range and power are very limited!
The average age of these grandpa cannons is one round older than the soldiers of Qiongzhou Green Camp!
The oldest cannon was cast during the Tuen Mun naval battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese more than 150 years ago.
The two sides in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were separated by two or three miles and faced each other silently.
Whether it is Zhu Hongyu or Yan Zitong, they both let the other party take the initiative to attack them.
Our own artillery positions are waiting for work and are ready to play their role.
But, obviously, the result is not as expected!
As time passed, soldiers from the Liberation Army continued to complete the landing. After simple repairs, they quickly entered the battle sequence.
Seeing more and more Ming troops landing, Yan Zitong couldn't sit still.
The reason why he dared to go out of the city to fight the Ming army was because he felt that although the Ming army was fierce in naval battles, it would be difficult to fight on land, so he might not be incapable of fighting.
On the other hand, it was because he was preparing to give the Ming army a half-crossing attack!
However, as more and more Ming troops saw the landing completed, the strength of the Ming army became stronger and stronger.
The plan to attack halfway was about to be ruined. How could Yan Zitong not be in a hurry?
"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, we can't wait any longer!"
Yan Zitong's deputy general said from the side.
Yan Zitong's face clearly showed urgency, and he had no time to hesitate, because the Ming army was still landing continuously, and every minute of delay, the strength of the Ming army would become stronger.
He opened his mouth and ordered.
"Instruct the left army and the right army to each launch tentative charges!"
"The Chinese army is pressing forward!"
Woo~woo!
The dull horn sound sounded, and the Qiongzhou Green Camp of the Qing Army launched an attack towards the location of the Liberation Army.
Although the quality of the soldiers in the Qiongzhou Green Camp was poor, the generals were veterans who had fought many battles.
For example, Yan Zitong was an old traitor from Liao. He even massacred Yangzhou with Duduo and massacred Guangdong with Shang Kexi.
Following the Qing army from north to south, he made many military exploits and found a vacancy in Qiongzhou's general army.
Although Qiongzhou is a barbaric land, Qiongzhou's general soldier is also a general soldier.
After decades of fighting, Yan Zitong has extremely rich battlefield experience.
Although he ordered the Qing army to attack, he did not let the Qing army run.
Instead, they walked and moved slowly towards the Ming army's array.
When the distance between the two sides is less than three or four hundred meters, it is almost time to start trotting to accumulate strength.
When the distance between the two sides is still tens of meters, it is the time to charge with all strength.
Otherwise, they would charge with all their strength from a distance of two or three miles. When the two sides engage in fighting, there is a high probability that the physical strength of our own soldiers will be exhausted.
What else to fight?
Rush to deliver food?
Only a rookie would order the army to charge with all their might from the very beginning.
When the Ming army saw that the Qing army was preparing to launch an attack, Zhu Hongyu ordered in a calm tone.
"Instruct the artillery to prepare for calibrated firing!"
"Crossfire as much as possible!"
"Musketeers reload and prepare for three-stage attack!"
Entering the age of firearms, there are actually not so many strategies available for war.
The commander’s on-the-job command has also become simpler!
Although there are also some amazing and talented commanders, such as Napoleon, who can make some fun out of rigid queues and shooting.
However, generally speaking, the competition in the firearms era is about the firepower density of both sides and their ability to withstand casualties.
Firearms turn war into a math problem!
This greatly reduces the difficulty of military command.
The same is true for Zhu Hongyu now. He has no intention of playing any "tricks" at all.
What he did was to maximize the firepower advantage of the Liberation Army!
In his opinion, any other actions besides this are redundant!
The Ming army's array was finally fine-tuned. Under the command of the commanders and with the sound of orders, each array moved in an orderly manner.
Aim more black holes at the Qing army!
The gunners were busy adjusting the elevation and shooting angle of the artillery, and sorting out the shells and gunpowder.
Boom! Boom!
Several consecutive cannon shots were fired, and bursts of gunpowder smoke filled the artillery array of the Liberation Army.
Several dark artillery shells drew arcs in the air and fell towards the front of the formation.
The cannonball hit the ground, causing earth and rocks to fly!
It rolled and destroyed everything in its path, plowing out ditches.
The artillery officer of the Liberation Army calculated the shots and ordered the gunner to adjust the position of the gun body.
Start testing again!
Boom! Boom!
One shell after another continued to leave trenches on the ground.
The Liberation Army continued to conduct test firings, which in the eyes of the Qing Army and Zheng Army was somewhat incomprehensible to them.
Ma Xin, who was beside Zheng Chenggong, couldn't help but ask.
"What is your Highness, Jian Guo, doing?"
"The Qing Dynasty is still far away. Isn't this a waste of gunpowder and cannon?"
The other people on the side also spoke.
"Is His Royal Highness, the Supervisor, so frightened by the Qing prisoners? He is so far away, so he asked the gunner to fire off the cannon?"
"This is too cowardly. I thought that His Royal Highness Jian Guo was different from other Ming Dynasty clan members!"
"..."
Zheng Chenggong couldn't help frowning and scolded.
"Shut up!"
"Why do you talk so much? Do you want to be taken down and punished for being disrespectful?"
Although he was also confused by Zhu Hongyu's operation, Zheng Chenggong would not show it recklessly.
The reaction from the Qing army was mostly the same!
Yan Zitong's lieutenant said.
"Firing cannons from such a long distance makes the pirates frightened!"
The rest of the people kept speaking in agreement.
"It's nothing more than that, a pirate is nothing more than that!"
"The pirates' land battles are indeed no match for our Qing soldiers, haha..."
"With this victory, we may be able to replicate the results of the Battle of Nanjing and completely annihilate the main force of the pirate land war."
"After this battle, we will no longer be in trouble in the southeast of the Qing Dynasty!"
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