Ninety steps is not the best distance for a short-distance charge. These peasant soldiers who have been fighting for a long time understand this truth. But in the current situation, they have to charge. No one can bear to be beaten in vain!
So the soldiers of the peasant army let out heart-rending howls, raised their weapons, and charged towards the officers and soldiers dozens of steps away.
Then came the second round of volley, and the third round of volley. Although the soldiers of the Peasant Army stood loosely, the formations in front and back were still quite tight. Within a few steps of charging, the soldiers in the first three rows and even the fourth row were
They were all knocked to the ground by firecrackers.
But the footsteps of these veterans did not stop at all, and they continued to rush forward. There was no room for hesitation at this time! The officers and soldiers had sharp firearms, so if they were a step slower here, the officers and soldiers would have one more chance to reload their ammunition.
One more brother will die!
Unexpectedly, when the three rounds of volleys were completed, the gunners of the Runing Army stopped shooting. Due to the smoke generated when the gunfire was fired, Ma Shouying and the others behind could not see the movements of the gunners of the Runing Army. However,
However, there was no sense of joy in their hearts. Instead, they felt uneasy, sensing that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were still trying to pull off some tricks.
However, the charging peasant soldiers ignored them and no longer faced the metal storm. Why not take the opportunity to run a few more steps and face the hand-to-hand combat of the officers and soldiers as soon as possible. The feeling of being passively beaten was simply too oppressive.
In fact, those in the Peasant Army did not pay attention. Although the Runing Army's firecrackers were firing in turns, the firecrackers who fired did not change at all. Behind each firing gunman were two assistants, and those assistants carried
He held several firecrackers and kept handing the loaded firecrackers to the shooters' hands.
The infantry regiments of the Teaching Corps have a relatively high equipment rate of firecrackers. Each regiment has 200 firecrackers. So now there are nearly 70 shooters in the Runing Army. After three rounds of salvos, all 200 firecrackers will be used.
All the bullets in the heavy musket were fired.
The pause after three rounds of volleys was not because there were no more muskets. The more than 600 medium-sized muskets of the cavalry regiment were also handed over to the hands of the musket assistants. Just because the range was too close, they were all waiting for the peasant army.
Get closer.
When the charging peasant soldiers entered fifty steps, the sound of gunfire sounded again. But this time the shooting was quite intensive. Nine rounds were fired in a row, and all the peasant soldiers who rushed into the range were suddenly fired.
He was knocked to the ground.
As soon as they finished shooting, the gunmen ran back without reloading their ammunition. However, the surviving peasant soldiers stayed on the battlefield and did not dare to move forward into the death zone ahead.
"Run! The official dog is out of bullets." Yang Chengzu, who was still commanding from the front, could see clearly. The soldiers around him immediately drove the peasant army in the back row forward. And some experienced peasant army veterans in front finally
He rushed forward boldly.
Although you have joined a death-defying charge, you can tell whether you have experience or not at this time. Experienced veterans will suppress their speed when charging, try to dodge back as flexibly as possible, and prevent themselves from reaching the top few with the highest mortality rate.
Platoon. However, when they discovered that the gunmen of the Runing Army were running backwards, they immediately rushed towards the square formation of the Runing Army.
But after running a few steps, the veterans felt that something was wrong. Behind the musketeers on the opposite side were the roaring peasant soldiers rushing up. But they did not panic at all. They calmly ran back through the gaps in the infantry square.
behind the phalanx.
This calm and unhurried look made some veterans feel a little pessimistic: "It looks like I have to answer here today." But there was no way to stop in this state, and they could only rush towards the Runing Army's square formation as quickly as possible.
At this time, the cavalry of the Runing Army were waiting four to five hundred paces behind both sides of the square formation, and except for Li Sanhe and a few other officers, all the cavalry had dismounted. Some were still preparing their horses.
Feeding, it doesn't look like he's going to fight.
In fact, it was because of the night attack that the physical strength of the war horses was too much. The cavalry of the Runing Army could not rush the cavalry into the battle. Otherwise, if they sprinted a few more times, these war horses would be useless.
When the soldiers of the Peasant Army rushed in another forty steps, the commander of the infantry regiment standing on the right front side of the square raised his ax gun high, and several soldiers behind him immediately blew the whistle in unison.
Bronze whistle.
As the copper whistle sounded, the Runing soldiers in the first few rows who had raised their spears immediately lowered their spears. They all put their left feet in front, leaning forward slightly, while their right feet were exerting force behind them, and their strides were not long.
Big, but the left foot is always in front, slowly moving forward step by step, but this posture is convenient for exerting force and resisting the opponent at any time.
Seeing that the formations of the two armies were about to collide, Ma Shouying and others behind them involuntarily clenched their fists. To be honest, they were really a little afraid of the powerful firearms of the Runing army. Before they had any contact with the enemy,
Being beaten to death by the opponent from a distance made people feel unwilling and angry no matter what.
But the peasant army was not afraid of hand-to-hand combat. I don’t know how many times the officers and soldiers in other parts of the Ming Dynasty had fought like this. The peasant army dared to fight tooth and nail, but the officers and soldiers did not have this consciousness. They always won more than they lost.
But the veterans of the Peasant Army who were rushing at the front felt a little chilled. They found that the expressions and eyes of the soldiers on the other side, although not as fanatical as the Peasant Army, had the same determination, and some even gave off a bloodthirsty light.
.But we are already face to face, and it’s about life or death this time.
The two sides collided violently. At this moment, the shouts of killing and screams rose loudly at the same time. Facing the spears raised forward, the peasant soldiers running at the front could not dodge at all. They could only
He used his own flesh and blood to hit him hard. Even if he was afraid of the gunfire on the opposite side and wanted to retreat, he would be squeezed in by the people behind him.
Moreover, the equipment of the peasant army was of no use at all. Most of these veterans had cotton armor and leather armor captured from the Ming army. However, these cotton armor and leather armor could not withstand the penetration of spears.
The soldiers of the peasant army also had spears in their hands, but the length was far from enough. A few of them rushed into the gap between the spears with flexible movements, but when these people were in ecstasy, they were about to raise their swords to chop the spears around them.
, but was stabbed by the spears of the second and third rows.
So the charge of the Peasant Army was like a huge wave, but the phalanx of the Runing Army was like a rock in the huge waves. No matter how hard the waves beat, they would eventually be smashed into pieces on the rock. (Unfinished)