The soldiers of the Han Army Banner are all veterans who have practiced for two or three years. They all know how to fight with firecrackers, and they all understand what the high rate of fire of the Huben Division's rifles means. If there was hope of victory before, if it is said that before this
If this kind of hope supported the Han army flag and endured casualties, this hope has now been shattered by nitrocellulose and the rate of fire of Huben Division's rifle.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, the first row of soldiers fired a volley, and more than 600 people in front of the Qing army were once again wiped out. Blood arrows spurted out from the wounds of the injured soldiers like fountains. More than 600 people were killed.
The screams merged into one, sounding like a "boom".
The Qing soldiers were in confusion, with so many casualties, and the battle was still unwinnable. Why did they continue to sacrifice themselves?
The Han soldiers of the Qing army and the Han banner lost all their courage in just one moment.
The Qing troops in front were afraid of being shot to death by the soldiers of the Huben Division again, so they turned around and fled. The flight of these deserters quickly attracted other fire gunmen. In the end, the more than 20,000 fire gun soldiers collapsed with a bang and panicked.
When Kong Youde saw the defeated fire gun soldiers, his face was ashen.
Unexpectedly, 30,000 firecrackers rushed into the battle, but Li Zhi killed 6,000 of them before the cannons were fired. The whole army collapsed. The firecrackers built by the emperor himself easily defeated the 50,000 Ming army, but were completely defeated by Li Zhi.
Under Master Hu Ben.
The emperor put himself in such high regard and appointed him as the commander of the Han army's flag-fire guns, but the battle ended like this. This time when he goes back, the emperor will not let him go lightly. His future in the Qing Dynasty is ruined.
This Li Zhi is really terrifying. How come his fire gunners fire so fast that it eclipses the fire gunmen with twice the number of Han soldiers. With Li Zhi here, how can the Qing Dynasty defeat the Ming Dynasty?
Kong Youde, full of resentment, withdrew with the defeated fire gun soldiers.
At the Ming Army's Central Military Department, Hong Chengchou was so shocked by the changes on the battlefield that his face turned red.
Li Zhi defeated the Qing army's firecrackers. Thirty thousand firecrackers were killed and several thousand were defeated! Does this mean that the battle on the east wing ended with the Ming Dynasty winning? Li Zhi's troops defeated the Qing army.
After the army, can we support the 70,000 Ming army who are fighting hard on the west flank?
However, Hong Chengchou suddenly saw among the defeated Qing army's gunners, a cavalry team that had been guarding there for a long time came upstream and rushed towards Li Zhi's troops.
Behind the defeated fire gun soldiers, there is still a killing move.
The fire gunners ran back a few steps, then did not dare to escape further, but fled to both sides. Because in the middle of the broken army, a ten thousand Eight Banners Manchurian cavalry came out and fought against the collapse of the fire.
The musketeers streamed up. As soon as the musketry soldiers blocked the path of the cavalry, they were immediately hacked to death by the cavalrymen holding sabers.
Among the musketeers running to both sides, 5,000 cavalry soldiers and 5,000 infantry soldiers from the Eight Banners Manchuria rushed forward. When the cavalry rushed out of the defeated group of soldiers, they were only fifty steps away from the Huben Division's battle line.
The Tatar cavalry drove their horses at full speed, and the horse's sprinting speed was probably thirty kilometers per hour. At this distance of fifty steps, it didn't take even ten seconds for the Tatar cavalry to charge forward.
Li Zhi secretly thought that Duduo was so cunning, he just hid such a troop behind the gun soldiers. Now the plan was revealed, and 10,000 Tatar soldiers charged with cavalry from such a short distance, hoping to overwhelm the Huben Division at once.
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In the center of the Qing army, Duduo stared at the 10,000 cavalry who rushed out, his eyes blood red. After the fire gun soldiers were defeated, these 10,000 cavalry were Doduo's last trump card. Now the fire gun soldiers have advanced the battle line to
In front of the Huben division's formation, the cavalry rushed out from such a distance. Li Zhi's soldiers might only be able to fire one shot before the cavalry rushed to the front of the formation.
I wonder if this last trump card can defeat Li Zhi's troops.
Du Du said loudly: "Prince Yu, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses will not be able to withstand the charge from such a close cavalry charge!"
Duduo swallowed, glanced at Dudu, and said nothing.
However, Master Tiger is not so easy to defeat.
Seeing the Tatar horses rushing over, the grassroots officers of the Tiger Division immediately reacted. In daily training, the training of facing the cavalry at close range has been done countless times. The platoon leaders did not need to wait for Li Zhi's response.
Order, he subconsciously issued the correct order and set up a bayonet array.
The soldiers in the first two rows quickly installed bayonets in front of their guns. They squatted down and pointed the heads of their bayonets at the rushing Qing horses. The butts of the bayonet tails were pressed against the ground and they stepped on them with their feet. The soldiers in the third row
Then quickly load the rifle and prepare to shoot the Tatar cavalry over the two layers of soldiers in front.
Li Zhi's soldiers used flintlock muskets, and each soldier only occupied half a meter of battlefield width. At this time, the two rows of soldiers in front pressed their bayonets to the ground, and a forest of bayonets suddenly formed. It took about a month for a Tatar war horse to gallop.
The width of the battlefield is five meters. In other words, every Tatar cavalry who rushes to the front of the Huben Division has to face six bayonet soldiers.
Those gleaming bayonets are not so easy to break.
The Tatar cavalry rushed to the front of the formation and saw the dense formation of bayonets. They stopped their horses one by one and wandered in front of the formation, confused.
There were also a few tough Qing soldiers who rode into the bayonet array. But how could one person withstand the call of six bayonets? The Tatar war horses were immediately stabbed to death by random knives. The Tatars on the horse could not withstand several bayonets.
He stabbed suddenly, and was quickly stabbed to death by bayonets coming from both sides.
When other Tatars saw this formation, their scalps felt numb. How could they dare to jump in and die?
Seeing that they could not charge forward, some Tatars stopped their horses and used their rifle bows to shoot at the soldiers of the Huben Division. The soldiers of the Huben Division lowered their heads one after another and blocked their faces with their helmets.
The Tatar's bows and arrows penetrated the full-body armor of the soldiers of the Tiger Division. But how could the Tatar's bows and arrows penetrate the full-body armor made of high-carbon steel? Their arrows were not as hard as the high-carbon steel of the full-body armor. Even at close range
Even with a direct shot, the bow and arrow could only penetrate an inch of Master Hu Ben's armor. Those who were slightly injured by the arrow would be unable to break through the armor.
Master Tiger Ben's full-body armor was not close-fitting, and the plate armor was still some distance away from the skin. The arrow penetrated an inch of the plate armor, and probably only penetrated half an inch of the flesh. Although the injured soldier's wound was painful, a strong-willed person could still carry it.
Wounded, keep fighting.
The hundreds of cavalrymen in front of the formation fired a round of arrows, but only slightly injured more than 400 infantrymen of the Tiger Division.
The Tatars wanted to fire a second round of rifle fire, but the soldiers in the third column fired at them.
One thousand one hundred rifles fired at the Tatar cavalry who were close at hand, and only screams were heard. The Tatars who were still riding horses were shot from their horses one by one, and fell to the ground screaming.
Blood spattered in front of the bayonet formation, and the blood turned into rain like water and sprayed everywhere. The two rows of Tiger Soldiers in front were sprayed all over.
Seeing that the Tatars stopped in front of the formation to shoot arrows and lost their horse speed, the soldiers of the second row of the Tiger Division no longer positioned their bayonets, but stood up to load their ammunition and prepare to shoot at the Tatars.
The hesitant Tatars then realized the power of this bayonet formation. Six to seven hundred armored soldiers were killed in one fell swoop. The Tatars felt as if they had been struck by lightning and did not dare to stay in front of the formation. They lost their fighting spirit and turned their horses one by one.
head, galloping towards the road. (To be continued...) r
