The Minie rifle is a rifled gun, and its effective range is actually very long. Although it uses a front-loading method, its range is not much different from that of later breech-loaded rifles.
In later history, when the first Minie rifle was installed in the French army in 1849, the French army found that this rifled gun could kill the enemy at a distance of more than 900 meters and could ensure accuracy at a distance of 550 meters.
The main thing that limits the range of a rifle is the sight distance. After Li Zhi's rifle is equipped with a scope, it is not difficult for an excellent shooter to kill the enemy at 450 meters. However, killing at such a distance requires a high level of personal quality of the shooter.
.Not only does the shooter need to understand the characteristics of the gun he carries, but it also requires the shooter's hands not to shake and his eyesight not to be dazzled.
Therefore, considering the average level of sharpshooters, Li Zhi still set the firing distance at four hundred meters.
Boss Wei violated the regulations this time.
The platoon leader of the Marksman Regiment and Boss Wei's superior commander saw that Boss Wei was shooting without waiting for orders, and glared at Boss Wei. But he also saw Boss Wei knocking off a senior officer. For a moment, the platoon leader
He didn't know whether to punish Boss Wei or not. He froze there, his face red with anger.
Boss Wei quickly loaded his rifle without even looking at the platoon leader, preparing to continue shooting with the other sharpshooters.
At the front of the Manchu and Qing queues, the charging Jurchen cavalry all had bloodshot eyes.
Prince Azig of England died in battle.
Azig used his death to wash away the shame of losing 10,000 horse-armed soldiers in his tower.
In this battle, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty had no way to retreat. Ever since they followed Nurha Chisar in raising troops, these warriors who followed the Aixinjueluo family knew that they had no choice but to move forward. Now Jinzhou is gone, and Shengjing is gone.
No more, Emperor Dorgon led the entire clan to flee to Alchukha in the far north, with no further step to retreat.
Even if they surrender at this time, the devil-like Duke Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty will destroy the Jurchens. Instead of being humiliated and slaves for life, working as cattle and horses every day and unable to reproduce, it is better to fight and die here with a saber.
The die-hard bannermen of the Aixinjueluo family are basically bandits. They are not good at production and only know how to plunder with tiger spears and bows. They know nothing but robbing.
But they are brave and skilled robbers.
They understood that once this battle was lost, the 60,000 bannermen who first followed the Aisin Gioro family would be hunted down by Li Zhi, attacked by the Mongols and even other Jurchen tribes, and would die without a burial place.
This desperate charge is a fight for survival.
Azig's death in battle did not intimidate these bandits who fought for survival. Instead, they became more determined and charged forward with their horses waving their sabers.
Dorgon's central army was on a higher hill. He held up the telescope he bought from Shanxi merchants and saw his brother Azig's death in battle.
Dorgon closed his eyes in grief, but still couldn't stop the tears from flowing down.
His brother Duduo died at the hands of Li Zhi, and now his brother Azig was also killed by Li Zhi's sharpshooters.
After a long time, Dorgon opened his eyes and said loudly: "Sound the horn to encourage my Qing warriors to rush faster."
Dozens of desolate conch horns were blown violently, and the desperate cavalry howled. Sixty thousand iron hooves were like sixty thousand flying chariots, rushing towards the thin Tiger and Ben army.
"Sharpshooter shot!"
Four hundred meters away, the officers of the Sharpshooter Regiment issued an order, and crackling gunfire rang out in front of the Tiger Army's formation. Twenty-five hundred sharpshooters aimed at the Tatars' heads and began shooting.
In this charge, Dorgon ordered 3,000 heavily armored horse soldiers to charge in front, followed by 5,000 heavily armored infantry soldiers. These Tatars were all wearing two layers of heavy armor, and bullets hit the torsos of these Tatars.
It cannot penetrate the armor. But for sharpshooters with scopes, they can aim at the heads of these cavalry and shoot.
The Tatar soldier's helmet has only one layer, which cannot block the penetration of cone-shaped bullets. Although the shooting hit rate is low, maybe only about 20%. But shooting 2,500 rifles together can still cause a lot of damage.
of killing.
One by one, the Tatar cavalry were shot in the head, with blood mist or blood arrows shooting out of their heads.
The cavalrymen who were shot and fell from their horses fell to the ground, and together with the out-of-control horses, they became obstacles on the battlefield, reducing the charge speed of the Tatar cavalry.
Blood was sprayed in front of the formation, and the smell of blood on the battlefield became stronger and stronger.
Du Du, the king of Anping County, also rushed to the front of the team, his eyes were also blood red. This was the last battle of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If they lost, the Jurchens in Jianzhou would be annihilated.
Li Zhi did not give the Jurchens a way to survive, so the Manchu soldiers had no choice but to risk their lives and survive.
Du Du had forgotten life and death and rode his horse into the middle of hundreds of horse-armored soldiers.
"Charge! Charge forward and kill Li Zhi!"
His bodyguards looked at Du Du, who was taking the lead, and knew that the prince was dying. They couldn't help crying until they burst into tears. While crying, they squeezed to Du Du's side and shouted in a tearful voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty!
For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, please stay back!"
However, Du Du didn't even look at the guards. He just shouted desperately: "For the Qing Dynasty! For my Qing Dynasty! Charge! Charge up and kill Li Zhi!"
The surrounding cavalry soldiers were so stimulated by Du Du's roar that they forgot about life and death, and shouted loudly in response to Du Du.
"rush!"
"Kill Li Zhi!"
They rushed forward while bypassing the corpses of men and horses on the ground, trying to reach the front of the Tiger Army's formation as quickly as possible.
Suddenly, a bullet shot from an angle and hit Du Du's gold-plated fish scales. Du Du's body shook violently and he almost fell off his horse.
However, at a distance of more than 300 meters, the conical bullet failed to break through Du Du's three layers of heavy armor. Du Du was only shocked and returned to normal.
Du Du laughed loudly, raised his riding crop and shouted: "Incompetent Nanmanzi! Warriors, rush forward! Let the Nanbarbarians know how powerful we are."
However, Du Du's gorgeous armor was too eye-catching. I don't know how many sharpshooters were aiming at the Manchu prince. Before Du Du could finish his sentence, a bullet was fired from the front and hit Du Du's forehead.
inside.
Du Du felt his eyes go dark, and a mist of blood shot out from his forehead. He immediately died and fell under the horse with a thud.
Du Du, Prince of Anping County, died in battle.
In front of the sharpshooters with scopes, the Manchu nobles who took the lead simply came to die.
Zu Dashou excitedly put down his telescope and shouted loudly: "My lord, Du Du, the Tartar prince, has been beaten to death."
However, Li Zhi could not hear Zu Dashou's words, which were covered by the sound of cannons. In front of the circle formation, a hundred heavy cannons spit out tongues of flame and made a deafening sound. From a distance of 300 meters, more than 20,000 iron projectiles were fired.
Flying towards the two layers of heavily armored Tatar cavalry.8
