With the explosion of napalm, the horses in Oirat were frightened. The explosion of napalm, the huge fireball and the burned area were very terrifying.
Although the incendiary bomb warheads of these rockets only weigh ten kilograms, they are far less than the 100-kilogram and 50-kilogram incendiary bombs used by previous trebuchets.
But it also caused panic to the war horses. The entire cavalry group was in panic. The queue immediately began to commotion.
"Bindfold the eyes of the war horse and speed up the charge immediately." Gushi Khan ordered.
The knights took out strips of cloth one after another, leaned down, blindfolded the horses, and then immediately used spurs to drive the horses to charge faster.
At this time, the five hundred meters in front of the shield array had been illuminated by incendiary bombs. Although the hundred napalm bombs were sparsely distributed, it was enough for people to see the outlines of these cavalrymen clearly.
Groups of gunners ran out of the shield formation, deployed the squatting cannon ten meters in front of the shield formation, and then ran back.
The gunners and gunners behind the shields looked nervously at the half-lit battlefield ahead, waiting for the impact of the large group of cavalry.
"Brothers, do you know who they are?"
"Oirats."
"Brothers, the Oirat people are the Oara people, the Oara people who massacred your ancestors in Tumubao back then. We met on the battlefield today, what do you think we should do?"
"Avenge one's shame, one avenge one's shame."
The officers began to shout loudly to boost morale.
In fact, these soldiers in the Beijing camp are all military households, and they are all hereditary. In the tragic defeat a hundred years ago, those who died in battle were all their ancestors.
This time, after reorganizing their army, brutal training, sufficient food and wages, and their victory against the Mongols along the way, they had high morale. They were eager to fight the desert Mongols again and use their bravery and
Strength, prove yourself.
In the blink of an eye, the Oirat cavalry had rushed to a distance of 500 meters from the shield formation.
The officers and soldiers grasped their weapons tightly and were ready to fight at any time.
At this time, another buzzing sound of gunpowder was heard. On the north wall, two hundred Kangolev rockets were launched.
The speed of these rockets was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they roared and landed in the cavalry group.
Boom boom boom, one rocket after another exploded. Orange-red flames rose in the dark night.
Most of these rockets have high-explosive warheads. They are all ten-kilogram fragmentation-killing types with at least six kilograms of explosive charge. The power of these fertilizer explosives can reach the level of 3.6 kilograms of TNT.
This almost reaches the charge of a 130mm cannon shell. The charge of this modern heavy artillery is only about four kilograms.
Two hundred fireballs exploded in the cavalry group. Suddenly, each rocket exploded into thousands of fragments, sweeping a radius of more than ten meters around at two or three times the speed of sound.
The horses and knights at the center of the explosion were completely blown to pieces.
Under the shock wave, a large group of cavalry collapsed and fell to the ground.
Broken armor, weapons, and body parts of men and horses were abandoned high, and then fell with a crackle.
The whole array was suddenly in chaos. Many horses were frightened, and Hui Lu was shouting. The men stood up and threw the knights off their horses.
Gushi Khan had previously ordered them to blindfold the horses, which had a great effect.
Although these war horses heard the huge explosion and jumped in fright, they did not see the tragic scene of blood and flesh, otherwise these horses would be so frightened that they would run around and refuse to continue charging.
Although more than 70 of the 200 rockets fell into the cavalry cluster, killing and injuring more than a thousand people, these blindfolded war horses still rushed toward the shield array at high speed.
The Mongolian cavalry formation is relatively sparse, and the biggest problem with this kind of rocket is its inaccuracy.
There is a level 5 wind blowing on the battlefield now, and the rockets are falling everywhere. More than 70 rockets can fall into the enemy cavalry group, which is already very good.
Yang Fan no longer dared to continue launching because the wind had become stronger.
This kind of uncontrolled rocket has a huge difference in impact point, which makes Yang Fan worry that the rocket will fall on his side and cause casualties.
There are French cannons, various general cannons, matchlock guns, and even three-eyed muskets protruding from between all the shields in the shield array. There are also some cold weapons, such as steel crossbows and bows and arrows.
After the Oirat cavalry rushed three hundred meters, the Franco machine guns and various general cannons opened fire first.
This distance is the optimal shooting range. These firearms are all light. Because heavy artillery is not conducive to marching, we did not bring heavy artillery on this expedition.
This road is full of deserts and rivers. If you bring heavy artillery, you will have to exhaust the artillery to death.
Now that the camel cannons of the Oirats have been eliminated, these light artillery can now be used with confidence.
Spherical solid bullets weighing about a kilogram flew towards the cavalry.
Although these solid bullets were not heavy, they still penetrated three to four cavalrymen without any difficulty.
More than a hundred Franco cannons are being replaced with muskets quickly. This time Yang Fan took away all the muskets from the Ministry of Works. He also asked Xinghe Iron Works to cast some, and each Franco cannon has them.
Twenty muskets.
The gunners didn't even look in front of them or take aim. They just lowered their heads and kept firing, changing guns, and firing again.
The Oirat cavalry were knocked off their horses one by one under the continuous bombardment by the Franco machine guns, which quickly replaced their muskets.
The horses in front fell down, and several horses behind were tripped. Because they were blindfolded, these horses could not see what was going on in front of them.
However, these cavalrymen quickly rushed to a distance of fifty meters in front of the shield formation.
"Tiger Crouching Cannon fires."
With an order, the fuses of the Crouching Tiger Cannon were ignited. These fuses were all fast-burning fuses. Soon, the fuses burned to the fire door of the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
After experiencing heavy losses, the cavalry finally rushed to the front of the shield formation.
At this time, more than three hundred Tiger Crouching Cannons that had been loaded in advance opened fire.
These tiger squatting cannons are like squatting toads, with their mouths filled with gravel, iron filings and gunpowder. This kind of cannon fires a fan-shaped ballistic spread at close range.
When the cannon was fired, the cavalry forward had already reached 20 meters in front of the shield formation. At this time, three hundred tiger squatting cannons were arranged in three rows, and one row after another made a roar.
The dense rocks hit the cavalry head-on like a heavy rain.
The cavalry group attacking at high speed seemed as if a large piece of it was suddenly smashed off by a hammer. Under the blow of three rows of squatting tiger cannons, the momentum of the impact suddenly stopped. People in the front rows rushed forward and fell to the ground.
The gravel and iron filings fired by these tiger crouching cannons are very dense.
Immediately afterwards, all the matchlock guns, three-eyed muskets, etc. opened fire.
The enemy's cavalry has reached twenty meters. At this distance, even the fire door gun can cause reliable damage.
The entire cavalry group seemed to be stunned, and many knights rushed directly towards the shields covered with steel needles.
