"Great Khan, this boat is the one that set fire to us. It came upstream from the lower reaches. It is probably the Jingying boat. There were originally five boats towed behind it. I don't know why those boats were left in the Yellow River at this time.
We're in. Only this strange smoking ship chased us in." Tumen Taiji hurriedly came up to report.
Gushi Khan was a heroic figure with transcendent vision and decision-making ability. As early as this period, he saw that he should invest in Huang Taiji instead of Chongzhen and Lin Dan Khan.
After his Heshuote tribe occupied Qinghai-Tibet, it gained the recognition of the Manchus for a long period of time. The notice on the plateau was impregnable.
"Huh, that's too much! We, the Oirat Alliance, have hundreds of thousands of troops here. Uncle Dingyuan actually sent a boat to burn all our food and grass. It's really intolerable." Gushi's mouth was full of sweat.
The Dalai Lama also had a gloomy face, looking at the gunboats on the distant tributary that were blowing black smoke and chasing the Mongolian cavalry on the shore. He said doubtfully: "I don't see any sails on this boat, and no one is rowing it."
, how can I walk by myself?"
Hara Huqi also said doubtfully: "This boat seems to be on fire, emitting such thick black smoke. It's so hot in summer, what are you doing with the fire? Is it cooking?"
In fact, it’s no wonder that people like the Mongols in the desert live inland and rarely see ships. The boats used by the people here are canoes. You have to go to the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea to see big ships. The Ming Dynasty’s canoes
They are all big ships.
Although the Mongols were very familiar with sea-going ships when they ruled the Han Dynasty and the great development of sea transport replaced water transport. However, more than 200 years later, they no longer remember what ships looked like.
Gushi Khan looked into the distance, seeing the tongues of flame spouting from Gatling guns and the S-shaped flame whips shooting back and forth. Everywhere they went, people fell on their backs. The cavalry had no way to deal with this monster whose superstructure was covered with steel plates.
He originally thought that the camel cannons of the Oirat people were very powerful. These weapons imported from Egypt and the Ottoman Empire made them invincible on the grasslands of Central Asia. They were quite proud and complacent. At this time, when he saw the black ship,
Unknown firearms spit out deadly flaming sickles, and you realize how big the gap is between your side and others.
In front of that unknown firearm, the riding bow that the Mongols were proud of was useless.
The cavalry bow can project 150 meters and shoot directly 70 meters. The range of that firearm is ten times that of the cavalry bow. The intensity is greater than that of a thousand-man volley.
His old face was twitching. Before he came here, he was full of confidence as the leader of the Oirat Alliance. After breaking away from the control of the Tatars in these years, the four Oirat tribes have achieved great development. They successively conquered the Kyrgyz and Tajik people.
, Uzbeks and some Kazakhs.
This made him feel that he had the strength to intervene in Mongolia's affairs. Especially after the three Khalkha Khanates kept getting closer to him. He felt that after the Oara people died first, they would once again compete with the Tatars for supremacy.
Opportunity.
This is how he acted to avenge King Shunyi and the Monan brothers. They came to expel the Ming Dynasty and restore the Mongolian rule in Monan. In fact, they wanted to control Monan and compete with the Chahar people for supremacy. This is the Oara and Tatar people.
struggle.
At this time, a shadow cast over his heart. The Wara people had been away from the Central Plains for too long, and now he discovered that the world in the East might no longer be what they remembered.
Today, a single boat made the more than 50,000 Mongolians in Linhe City go crazy and burned the city. Not only did this damn black boat not escape, but it now drove arrogantly into the river in the Houtao Plain.
In Chali, the Mongolian cavalry were chased and killed, and the Mongolian camp was bombarded.
Hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops must rely on water sources to camp separately and herd cattle and sheep separately. This gave this broken ship an opportunity. It bombarded one camp after another, and when the camp was blown up, it used machine guns to straf
.
What's terrible is that this crescent-shaped fertile soil has crisscrossed river branches as dense as a spider web. This is also the reason why the water and grass here are rich. This is a rare large wetland in northern Saibei. It is full of migratory birds and wild animals. At the same time, it also gives this area
The shallow-draft gunboat is convenient for maneuvering.
The rivers in most areas here have a depth of more than two meters and a width of more than 20 to 30 meters. The shallow water heavy gunboats can completely enter and exit.
"Hurry up and draw maps and waterways. Measure the water depth. Record them all." Yang Fan ordered as he watched another camp being set on fire and the Mongols fleeing in all directions.
At this time, driven away by machine guns, there were no cavalry too close. The soldiers ran to the deck, measured the water depth with plumb bobs, and drew maps and waterways.
The Gatling cannon has an ultra-long range of 1,500 meters. Even if the Oirat cavalry runs far away, it is still within the fire coverage. Although the accuracy is greatly reduced, things like machine guns do not require accuracy for dense targets.
. Just aim at the approximate range and scatter the ammunition.
However, shotgun shells cannot be used when the distance exceeds 300 meters. The resistance is too great and cannot fly far. Only single-point bullets can be used.
The power of such a large-caliber single-point bullet is even more terrifying. It basically beats people to pieces. One shot hits a horse's butt, and a horse's leg flies off in an instant. Half of the horse's butt disappears.
Just when Gushi Khan and others were watching from a mound with eyes wide open, the firearms on the boat finally stopped firing.
Huang Hao walked into the cab and said: "Sir, the barrel of the gun is overheated. It has been firing for an hour. You should take a rest."
Yang Fan nodded. From the Yellow River to here, he had indeed been shooting non-stop. It was normal for the barrel to overheat.
The sailors tied buckets with ropes and threw them down from the side of the ship to draw water. Then they poured water on the gun barrels covered with quilts. A large amount of water vapor came out of the red barrels.
"Stop shooting first. There is a battalion ahead of us by the river. Let's drive over and take a look."
"It looks like a camp of the Dulbert people. There are probably more than 3,000 people." Zhang Wudian said. He has done a lot of research on the Mongolian flags.
The shallow-water heavy gunboat turned its bow and entered another river covered with reeds. The reeds grew very tall and blocked a large part of the line of sight.
Yang Fan felt that it was a mistake to sail into this river. The reeds here are too dense and it is difficult to see the surrounding situation clearly. It is also prone to fire. If the Mongols hide the boat here, they can launch a surprise attack.
However, he shook his head and smiled again. The Mongols didn't have boats, but the locals only had canoes.
The top of the ship's mast is fifteen meters high. There is an observation post on it. You can see far away in the open grassland.
Draftsmen draw pictures on it, and lookouts observe the enemy's situation on it. This is a hut with a three-millimeter armor plate, which is not afraid of enemy bows and arrows.
