After Dege prepared several rounds of artillery fire, he ordered the infantrymen of Zhenglan Banner to take the lead, and then the soldiers of Han Army Banner followed closely behind and launched a charge.
Unexpectedly, the militiamen suddenly fell down.
Almost all the artillery fire was empty.
There is no way. The artillery of this era can only shoot directly, but of course it can also shoot in a curve. However, that requires function calculation. I guess there is no one in Daikin who can calculate.
The enemies disappeared all of a sudden. Not to mention, the artillery of the Ming army was exposed in the distance. Dege's eyesight was very good. The descendants of Nurhaci were basically sharp archers.
Huang Taiji can even fire an eighteen-power bow and arrow. It is not much worse than An Sanxi. Of course, there is no comparison in terms of archery skills and accuracy. Simply comparing strength, it is not much worse.
The sharpshooter didn't have bad eyesight. He saw that the barrels of those cannons were different from those of the general cannons. One was thin and long, and the other was short and thick. They were two completely different types.
However, he didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, he had also seen the slender Folang machine cannon. The Ming army's cannon seemed too small, so it probably wouldn't have much lethality, and it was so far away that it was unclear whether it could be hit.
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However, he soon discovered that he had made a huge mistake.
There was a full five hundred meters in the distance. This distance required a second general or even a large general's artillery to pose a sufficient threat. But these small cannons actually opened fire.
Thirty shells roared in, bringing with them a blazing wind.
The location of the Dege station was better, right between the two cannons, so no shells came towards him, but there were two bangs.
On Derge's left and right sides, three meters away from each side, there was a cannonball fired. In the originally dense military formation, two alleys suddenly appeared.
The shells directly shattered everyone they encountered. The people in the first row who were hit even turned into a blood mist and sprayed all over Dege.
The blue cloth armor he was wearing turned red with a pop.
Only then did he react. He looked around in panic and saw only two bloody alleys. He turned around quickly and happened to see the ricochet of a spherical solid bullet. He looked at two black iron balls.
It bounced three or four times and then couldn't be seen anymore.
There was a wailing sound from the military formation behind them.
Those who were hit in the torso by the shells were killed immediately, and even the bodies were in pieces. Those who were scratched would have their limbs separated from the bodies wherever they were touched. For a while, many people who were not dead were wailing on the ground.
Those injured by the shells had their limbs broken and could not be treated at all. They could only watch as they gradually stiffened while wailing.
These thirty cannonballs directly opened thirty flesh-and-blood passages for this military formation of 13,000 people.
Dege was trembling with fear and almost hit him just now.
"Hu Chun, you little slave, hurry up and fight back. Quick, shoot down the cannon on the other side."
Dege was so angry that he kicked the artillery general down.
Hu Chun was not young either. He surrendered in Shenyang. Because he knew how to use artillery, he was promoted to a general under his banner.
Hu Chun knew that he couldn't afford to offend Lord Beile. He was the tenth son of the old Khan King. He was not someone he could afford to offend as a subordinate general.
He jumped up and stood up, deliberately keeping one leg away to prevent Lord Beile from kicking him again. He was sixty this year, so he couldn't do this anymore.
"Master Beile, the distance is too far. It's one mile here. These generals can't hit it. Only General No. 1 can shoot at this range."
Deger's eyes almost burst out with fire. He grabbed him by the collar and swung his arms to slap him.
"Slave dog, why don't you hurry up and let the No. 1 general's cannon fire?"
Hu Chun was so shocked that he shivered and said: "The No. 1 General Cannon is too heavy, weighing more than a thousand kilograms. It can't even be brought to Mongolia. It's all in Shenyang."
When Degerei heard this, he felt dizzy with anger.
Those killed in that round of artillery fire just now were all bannermen of the Zhenglan Banner. They were very valuable. The population of Jiannu was small, and there were even fewer soldiers to send out. Every death was a big loss.
"What should I do? You old bastard, tell me, what should I do?"
Just as he was grabbing Hu Chun and shaking him, another series of gunshots were fired from the opposite side.
A row of fire flashed, flames and thick smoke spurted out, and another black dot flew in.
Dege was shocked, how long has it been? Is there five breaths? One breath lasts three to six seconds, and five breaths takes less than half a minute. So quickly they reloaded and fired.
Immediately afterwards, thirty more flesh and blood passages penetrated the military formation vertically.
This time, two No. 3 general cannons mounted on trolleys were hit. There was a loud bang, and the cannon bodies were shattered. Broken metal flew everywhere, and the wood of the trolleys was also shattered, shooting everywhere.
"Ah! My eyes." A grunt covered his face with his hands and wailed. This man was a white-toothed soldier, a guard of the Derg type.
Baqi's cloth mask had no visor, and a broken sawdust directly penetrated his left eye.
Dege was so frightened that he threw Hu Chun away and crouched down quickly, as if he could avoid the shells like this.
Everyone on the left and right panicked. There was a commotion in the formation.
This time, they themselves also experienced the fear and despair of the white soldiers when they were bombarded by heavy artillery during the Battle of Hunhe River.
Then there was another roar of artillery, and another round of artillery shells came.
Degelei grabbed one of Hu Chun's arms and asked: "If we can't run, what should we do? Are we going to get beaten like this?" Degelei was stuck in a stereotyped thinking. He subconsciously thought that the only way to deal with artillery was with artillery.
Hu Chun cried out in pain and felt as if his arm was about to be broken.
Suddenly, he became anxious and shouted: "Master Baile, let's rush over and fight with their infantry, so they won't dare to fire."
One word awakens the dreamer.
Dege smiled sinisterly, yes, that's what he would do, rush up and fight with their infantry, and they wouldn't dare to fire. Otherwise, if their people are in front, they would kill their own people first when they fire.
"Come on, charge on!" Degerei shouted loudly.
The white-toothed soldiers who were protecting him and supervising the battle all around shouted loudly: "Ten Baile has the order, the whole army marches."
The ten war drums also began to beat rumble.
The Zhenglan Banner Infantry Armor and the Han Army Banner Soldiers, who had killed seven or eight hundred people by three rounds of artillery, rushed forward with a roar.
Zhou Yuji saw the dark crowd of Jiannu rushing up in front, and stood up. He said to the deputy general, "Go down and form an array."
With the shouts of the officers, the phalanxes of hundreds of people quickly recovered. The soldiers leveled their halberds, shouted slogans, and walked towards the enemy in unison.
The artillerymen behind saw Jiannu rushing up and had to stop the bombardment. Because the distance was a bit far just now, at a distance of 500 meters, this distance had reached the limit range of the hand-operated Gatling machine gun, and the Gatling did not fire.
At the same time, the infantry of both sides finally came into contact with each other.
The strongest heavy infantry in East Asia and the infantry group with the best equipment and training collided head-on.
