The soldiers in front of the formation kept falling down, making Yue Tuo turn pale.
These are brave warriors of the Qing Dynasty. Although they belong to the Eight Banners of Mongolia, they are still precious armed forces. Against the Ming army, the combat power of these Mongolian warriors can be compared with the most elite Ming army. However, in the face of Li Zhijun's firearms, these Mongolian soldiers
Before the soldiers even faced off against the enemy, they fell one after another.
Yue Tuo could see clearly from his horse that the Eight Mongolian Banners had rushed seventy steps in front of Li Zhi's formation and had already left behind more than 3,000 corpses. If they wanted to rush into Li Zhi's army, they would have to sacrifice at least 3,000 more people?
Can your own army withstand such casualties without collapsing?
Yue Tuo was very nervous. The enemy's firepower was too fierce and they were equipped with countless firecrackers and cannons. Yue Tuo originally had more than 20 red cannons, but this time he marched thousands of miles to attack Li Zhi's lair. Yue Tuo didn't have any.
Bringing a heavy cannon. At this time, when facing Li Zhi, Yue Tuo felt that there was insufficient firepower without the cannon.
Only cavalry can win! The enemy's front is very strong, but what about the sides? Yue Tuo waved his hand and shouted: "Charge from the side!"
A horn sounded, and the flag of the Chinese Army was waved. After hearing the order, 4,000 Manchu vests and 6,000 Mongolian cavalry galloped out from the Chinese Army. They rode out from behind the Mongolian infantry, gradually accelerated, and went around to attack the side and rear of the Huben Division.
They hoped to encounter a vulnerable flank that they could crush with the iron hooves of cavalry.
It is said that the Qing army was overwhelming and invincible. At this time, 10,000 Qing cavalry rushed towards the flank of Huben Division.
However, what they encountered was the flanks of the Huben Division as hard as iron.
Li Zhi's square formation had the same number of people in the four directions. Except for the artillery, which moved in the direction of the enemy's main attack, the infantry on the four sides had almost the same combat effectiveness. Guarding the left and right wings were 6,000 musketeers with live ammunition. For the Qing army,
They have been waiting for a long time.
The Manchurian vests and Mongolians roared around the front of the Tiger Division, separated to the left and right, and rushed to the two sides like two uppercuts. What responded to them was the roar of the soldiers of the Tiger Division from the side, which echoed throughout the fields.
"Kill the slaves!"
The soldiers guarding the left and right wings were the Polu Regiment and the Entrapment Regiment. Although these two regiments were established later than the Selection Regiment, most of the soldiers in these two regiments still killed the bandits and withstood the charge of the bandit cavalry.
Of course, there are two thousand recruits in the two regiments, but these recruits have also recently captured Hanjiazhuang and have seen blood in the Battle of Gaoyang. At this time, there is no problem in shooting calmly on the battlefield.
Especially at this time, the whole army's killing sounds were loud and united. The recruits also suppressed their inner fears and devoted themselves to fighting to kill the enemy.
The soldiers aimed diagonally at the Mongolian cavalry rushing from both sides, killing them on both sides, and pressed the trigger.
The crackle of gunfire rang out, more than two thousand rifles spit out tongues of fire, and two thousand rounds of bullets were fired at the Manchu Tatars and Mongolian Tatars who were charging into the formation. The Qing army stretched a front two miles wide and was hit hard.
The platoon of cavalry seemed to have hit an invisible wall and fell from their horses with a roar.
The four thousand Manchu vests were okay. They wore two layers of armor. A rifle shot from 200 meters away could not penetrate their armor. After being shot, they just paused on their horses. The Mongolian cavalry wearing cotton armor was miserable. After volleying, several
The hundred Mongolian cavalrymen were immediately killed, fell from their horses, and fell to the loess ground without making a sound.
In the eyes of Master Huben, these proud Mongolian cavalry are just moving targets.
There were also injured people: their stomachs were punched through, their hands were broken, and their legs were broken. Screams and moans rang out from the mouths of the injured Mongolian warriors, which suddenly affected the morale of the cavalry behind them.
It fell into the freezing point. The corpses of cavalry and military horses lying on the ground became obstacles for the rear cavalry, blocking the charge of the rear cavalry.
The cavalrymen fearfully walked around the corpses on the ground, or stepped over the wounded without being able to avoid them, trampling the wounded on the ground until they were bloody and bloody, and continued to rush towards the side of the Huben Division.
The second shooting begins.
There was another crackling volley of gunfire, and a large amount of white smoke erupted from the Huben Division's position. The smoke filled the surroundings of the soldiers, making the Huben Division look like a group of magic soldiers. Two thousand rounds of bullets broke through the smoke and fired.
The Qing cavalry rushed towards the formation, tearing open small wounds while spinning, and penetrated hard into the Qing army's flesh.
Blood bloomed on the bodies of nearly a thousand Mongolian cavalry. The soldiers who had been driving their horses recklessly just now lost the ability to move and screamed and fell under their horses. The ground was filled with corpses and wounded for a while, gurgling out.
Blood. The Mongolian cavalry in the rear row went around and stepped over the corpses and wounded on the ground, but they lost the courage to charge into the formation.
This is not charging into battle, this is charging into death!
The central army of the Qing army stood on a higher ridge. Yue Tuo, riding on his horse, saw the tragic scene of the Mongolian cavalry charging into the formation, and felt his heart bleed. In one fell swoop, he lost nearly 2,000 Mongolian cavalry and more than 3,000 Mongolian infantry soldiers.
, how to explain to the emperor after returning to Shengjing? Although these Mongolians are not Manchurians, now that Manchuria and Mongolia have made peace, the Mongolians also play an important role in the Qing Dynasty.
Li Zhi's soldiers and horses have not been injured yet, but he has lost thousands of people. Can he win this battle? Is this battle really not something that should be fought?
Yue Tuo gritted his teeth so hard that he didn't even notice it.
The Mongolian nobles in the Chinese army were even more heartbroken. They could no longer bear to see the horrors on the battlefield. They all looked pale and closed their eyes, as if the warriors who died in the battle were their brothers. This goddamn Yue Tuo,
They actually used my Mongolian soldiers as cannon fodder!
Du Du, Yue Tuo's lieutenant, looked at Yue Tuo and then at the battlefield, speechless.
The firepower of the Ming army was so fierce that the Qing troops in front of the formation, especially the Mongolian cavalry, were shrouded in fear of death. Their bodies were shaking and their faces were pale. The horses rushing into the formation slowed down and the formation became a little erratic. If it weren't for the Manchurian cavalry,
Still around, the Mongolian cavalry has collapsed.
But the four thousand Manchurian vests had not been damaged yet, and their structure was intact. Wearing two layers of heavy armor, they howled and charged forward, rushing to the front of the team.
The third volley of gunfire began.
"Kill the slaves!"
"Kill the slaves!!"
Under the command of the platoon leader, the riflemen at the rear stepped up to the shooting position, and one platoon after another began to shoot at the Tatars charging into the formation. Red flames appeared one by one, and two thousand Mini rifles were beyond this era.
A cone-shaped bullet, symbolizing death, was fired into the Manchu vest.
At a distance of one hundred meters, the cone-shaped bullet had enough kinetic energy to break through the armor! The bullet hit the body of the vest soldier, broke through the cotton armor of the vest, broke through the chain armor under the cotton armor, and broke through the vest warrior
His skin penetrated into the body of the vest fiercely.
Brutal blood bloomed on the bodies of the horse soldiers in the front row, and blood poured out from the wounds like a fountain. The horse soldiers fell off their horses one after another, hitting the ground hard, rolling and groaning on the ground. Their helmets
It fell to the ground, revealing the smooth scalp and ugly money rat tail of the vest soldiers. After twitching a few times on the ground, their corpses stopped moving.
For soldiers with hot weapons, the difference between a good shooter and a poor shooter is huge. The former's combat power is even several times that of the latter. In order to improve the hit rate, Li Zhi's soldiers practice an amazing amount of target practice, and recruits practice every day.
In target shooting, a gun will be scrapped after three months. Veterans often practice maintenance after reaching the target, and practice until 99% of the time they hit the target at 200 meters! It is not an exaggeration to say that all of them are excellent shooters.
At a distance of more than 100 meters, the soldiers' hit rate was astonishing, at least 70%. But this time, the Eight Banners Manchurian cavalry soldiers rushed to the front, and more than a thousand were killed in one fell swoop.
Seeing the Manchurian cavalry soldiers being killed in groups in front of the formation, the soldiers of the Polu Regiment and the Entrapment Regiment were filled with the pleasure of revenge. They shouted in unison:
