A Qing gunner was torn apart by fragments and was blown into the sky by the shock wave!
Using explosive shells to deal with the Qing artillery is indeed the best choice.
Compared with solid bullets and shotgun shells, blooming bullets pose a much greater threat to artillery.
Because the killing effect of blooming bullets on gun crew members is far greater than that of solid bullets and shotgun shells!
The artillery of this era is, to put it bluntly, a big iron lump. It is not as easy as imagined to destroy an artillery.
Unless you can directly hit the barrel of the artillery with a solid bullet.
Otherwise, it is almost impossible to destroy an artillery piece!
However, as long as the explosive shell hits near the artillery group, even if it cannot directly destroy the artillery, it can destroy the entire artillery group.
As long as the gunner is gone, even if the gun body cannot be destroyed, it will just be a large ornament!
Looks good but looks useless!
Gunners in this era are a technical branch, and all the gunners are dead on the battlefield. It is not as easy as imagined to recruit enough gunners for a while.
Boom!
The fire caused by the explosion of the flower bomb caused the gunpowder on the Qing army's artillery position to explode.
Several barrels of gunpowder exploded together, and the shock wave directly lifted an artillery nearby into the sky.
With a bang, the gun body fell to the ground and was deformed. An unlucky Qing soldier was hit by the heavy artillery.
The body below the waist and abdomen turned directly into pulp, and the person died suddenly on the spot!
The Ming army's artillery group concentrated its firepower on the Qing army's artillery positions. Amidst the rumbling explosions, the Qing army's artillery positions suffered heavy losses.
But the war between the two sides continues!
Shang Kexi ordered the Qing army's artillery group to fight back. The roar of the cannons was loud, and the Qing army's artillery group also changed its target and wanted to attack the Ming army's artillery position.
However, compared with the rifled guns used by the Ming army, the smoothbore guns of the Qing army had a limited range.
The artillery of the Ming army could reach the artillery array of the Qing army, but the artillery of the Qing army could not reach the artillery array of the Ming army.
The shells flew into the air one after another and landed on the ground!
It rolled forward on the ground, exhausted its kinetic energy, and was blocked by the anti-gun ramp in front of the Ming army's artillery array.
It dripped and stayed on the ground, no longer moving at all!
"Young guys, cheer up, pack enough medicine, and don't make any small moves."
"Aim at the cannons of the Ming thieves, let these damn Ming thieves see the power of our Qing Dynasty's red cannons!"
Deng Yuan, who had a money rat tail and wore a green camp coat, roared loudly.
Deng Yuan was full of confidence in the red cannon of the Qing Dynasty.
He was one of the first traitors to follow King Sanshun to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Over the years, he has conquered countless fortresses for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Fighting all the way from north to south, we are almost invincible!
The red-coated cannons of the Qing Dynasty can produce amazing results in every battle, and he believes that this battle will be the same.
However, Deng Yuan looked quite ugly when he saw that his own artillery obviously had insufficient range and could not reach the Ming army's artillery group.
But as an old artilleryman, he was quite familiar with the artillerymen's tricks.
Seeing that the range of the artillery was insufficient, he thought that the gunners were afraid of exploding the barrel, so they tried to reduce the amount of powder when charging.
Deng Yuan patrolled around several artillery groups, supervising the gunners to fill 100% of the charge, then stuffed the shells into the barrel and ignited them.
Boom! Boom!
A violent shelling sounded.
Before the Qing army's artillery had time to fire, another round of artillery bombardment from the Ming army came over.
As the cannonballs flew across the sky, another large number of Qing gunners were wiped out!
Near the entire artillery array, there were broken corpses and blood from internal organs everywhere...
The smell of blood is mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and the stench is unpleasant!
The Qing army's artillery fired back again, and the shells flew towards the Ming army's artillery array.
However, the scene that happened next was completely different from what Deng Yuan had imagined.
The artillery shell still ran out of kinetic energy and fell to the ground halfway, and was easily blocked again by the anti-artillery slope built by the Ming army in advance.
He had personally supervised the loading of the gunners just now. He could confirm that the Qing army's artillery had insufficient range and it was not because the gunners were being naughty.
Now...the problem becomes serious!
Deng Yuan's face was extremely solemn. This was the first time in his life that he encountered a situation where the power and range of the red cannon were insufficient.
As the saying goes, if you are undecided in trouble, you will be the cannon in red!
Over the years, Deng Yuan personally operated the red cannon and destroyed many fortresses for the Qing Dynasty. He fought bloody and hard battles and was invincible every time.
I have long been filled with enchanting confidence in the red cannon.
Now, he suddenly discovered that the red cannon was dead!
After a period of panic and confusion, what came up immediately was confusion similar to the collapse of faith!
"Quickly, report to the prince!"
"There is something wrong with the Ming thief's cannon. My Qing Dynasty's red cannon cannot reach the Ming thief's artillery array!"
It can only be said that the range and accuracy of rifled cannons are completely different from smoothbore cannons.
The roar on the battlefield continues!
The artillery power that the Qing army was proud of in the past was now being beaten unilaterally.
Shang Kexi received the news reported by Deng Yuan, and his face became quite ugly.
But more than anything, I was still confused!
The artillery is out of reach!
This very serious problem was clearly before his eyes.
After thinking about it, I was happy to give the order.
"Mobilize some horses from the baggage camp, then pull the artillery forward, advance in and shoot!"
This is the only way Shang Kexi can come up with now!
Since the range is insufficient, reduce the distance between the enemy and ourselves as much as possible!
Just push the cannon forward!
Deng Yuan received the order and began to direct his men to push the artillery cart forward.
As the Qing army's artillery positions began to move, the shooting accuracy of the Ming army's artillery groups dropped significantly.
Because the Qing army's artillery was moving, the Ming army's gunners could not accurately aim. They could only predict the movement trajectory of the Qing army's artillery, and then preset to shoot Zhuyuan in advance.
Therefore, the accuracy of bombardment decreases rapidly!
The artillerymen from both sides exchanged fierce fire, and the sound of artillery resounded on the battlefield!
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The infantry on both sides also began to continuously close the distance.
The Ming army's infantry formed an array and kept advancing towards the Qing army's array. The sound of shooting never stopped along the way.
Muskets crackled and the battlefield was filled with smoke!
Before the two sides formally engaged in battle, the Qing army suffered hundreds or thousands of casualties.
If it weren't for the Eight Banners cavalry holding down the formation from behind, the Green Battalion fighting in the front would have been defeated long ago!
The Ming army stopped a hundred meters in front of the Qing army's array, and fired with crackling rifle rifles using Mini bullets, thereby causing damage to the Qing army.
This distance is just outside the range of the Qing army's armor-piercing arrows!
The light arrows thrown may be able to hit them, but the damage caused by the light arrows to the Ming army is limited and they are not worth being afraid of.
Seeing this, the Qing army had no choice but to take the initiative to attack in order not to be beaten unilaterally.
One by one, the Green Camp soldiers shouted to kill and charged forward to kill!
"kill!"
"Kill the Ming thieves and the Qing Dynasty will be victorious!"