Chapter three hundred and eighty eighth half barrel
Just when Li Chunjing suspected that there was something strange about the Ming army rushing out of the city, Hao Bainian frowned and looked at the Ming army approaching in front of them. They had almost advanced to the effective range of their own musketeers.
The reason why he frowned was not because of the heavy pressure of the Ming army's infantry. The cavalry at the rear of the Ming army was always like a knife hanging above his head, ready to be cut down at any time.
That was a cavalry force of more than 1,500 people!
Once such a cavalry launches a concentrated charge, the momentum will be absolutely huge, and if it is not handled properly, it will cause heavy losses to one's own troops, and even the entire army may be defeated!
As the actual supreme commander of the front line, Hao Bainian must consider the overall situation, so although he saw the Ming army dispatched in the city, and Li Chunjing also sent a signal for friendly forces to cooperate, he did not let the First Infantry Regiment and the Fourth Infantry Regiment
The regiment moved, especially the 1st Infantry Regiment, which did not move even half a step!
The new army of the Tang Dynasty did not move, but the Ming army on the opposite side did. Naturally, it was not the cavalry that was wandering around behind and watching eagerly, but their infantry and a small number of artillery.
Why is it said to be a small amount of artillery? Because during the advancement process, the artillery force of the Ming Army was attacked intensively by ten artillery pieces from the artillery battalion of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty. From one artillery piece of more than 400 meters to more than 100 meters, in this process, the artillery force of the Ming Army was attacked by ten artillery pieces.
The ten heavy artillery pieces of the Tang Xin Army were almost staring at him, completely ignoring the other infantry units of the Ming Army.
When the artillery force of the Ming Army reached a distance of about 150 meters, they gathered together and the twelve 150-pound battalion guns temporarily under the direct command of Hao Bainian were also directed at the advancing artillery force of the Ming Army.
Fire started.
Although the shotgun fire of these twelve battalion guns cannot destroy an artillery truck or ammunition truck with one shot, it can kill a large number of people.
By the time the artillerymen of the Ming Army pushed the artillery into a distance of 100 meters and planned to load and fire, only 10 or 20 of them were left.
The reason why it had not completely collapsed at this time was because the artillery units of the Ming Army were relatively scattered, and it was difficult for the soldiers to see the casualties of their comrades.
If several people fall down next to you and blood is flowing at your feet, it will have a great psychological impact on you.
But if the distance is several meters or even more than ten meters, the personnel are relatively scattered, and they are still on a battlefield with tens of thousands of people, then the psychological impact will not be so great.
Especially when there are tens of thousands of friendly troops behind you, you will somehow become braver!
In addition, the generals of the Ming Army arranged a supervising team behind the artillery. Dozens of artillerymen who collapsed and fled were killed by the supervising team behind them, and the remaining people did not dare to escape.
Of course, the more important thing is that in fact, they did not suffer many casualties on the way forward from more than 400 meters to 150 meters. The solid shell bombardment of ten heavy artillery was so difficult for these artillery units without a dense formation.
The damage caused is limited. The continuous artillery fire is more of a strategic suppression, and the damage to the gunner's personnel is actually limited.
But when they entered 150 meters, especially after entering less than 100 meters, the heavy artillery of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty was replaced with shotguns. The heavy artillery fired shotguns, and its range and power were not 150 meters.
It can be compared with the cannon of the camp.
What's more, more than a dozen 150-pound battalion guns commanded by Hao Bainian also shot at the Ming army's artillery from this distance.
As a result, these Ming army gunners finally caused a large number of casualties in a short period of time!
There were so many casualties in a short period of time that these Ming army gunners had not yet reacted!
By the time they reacted, they were already a hundred meters away, but at this time, the only remaining people's hands were trembling when they were loading and trying to fire the cannon!
Because from this distance, they could clearly see that the gunners of the Puppet Tang rebel army on the opposite side had loaded their guns and were ready for a new round of shooting.
And the musketeers behind the gunners were already marching forward with their muskets in hand!
They stepped forward to the beat of rhythmic drums, holding loaded muskets and lit matches in their hands.
Walking in the front row were musketeer officers riding horses. One of the young captains rode a brown Yunnan horse. Although he was short in stature, his strong muscles held up his military uniform tightly and he wore leather gloves.
His hands were holding the reins in one hand and the unsheathed command knife in the other.
He trotted back and forth in his formation on horseback, shouting from time to time: "Keep formation!"
After his musketry team had moved forward about twenty meters, he suddenly raised his command knife high and shouted at the same time: "Stop the whole team!"
Suddenly, the musketeers who were walking in unison stopped immediately, and then began to organize their formation consciously!
The captain officer continued to shout: "The first row, the second row raise their guns, and the other rows are ready!"
Immediately, the musketeers in the first row were half-kneeling and raising their guns, while the soldiers in the second row were standing. The soldiers in the four rows behind began to check their muskets to see whether the loading was intact and whether the matchlock was lit!
"preparation!"
"aim!"
"shooting!"
As soon as the word "shoot" came out of his mouth, the two platoons of musketeers under his command simultaneously pulled the triggers!
The captain officer was still riding on his horse. He turned his head and looked at the Ming army gunners directly in front of him. Several more people had fallen. At the same time, he continued to issue orders: "Third row, fourth row, step forward and prepare!"
"aim!"
"shooting!"
"Fifth row, sixth row, step forward and prepare!"
"aim!"
"shooting!"
At this time, his musketeers adopted the most standard progressive round-fire tactics among the New Army of the Tang Dynasty!
The troops shot at the enemy in rounds while advancing slowly!
This tactic can prevent the soldiers in the front and rear rows from retreating and causing the formation to become disordered during the advance.
However, such tactics also require high quality of troops, because the closer they are to the enemy, the more dangerous they are. Often in the end, they need to take the initiative to launch a bayonet charge.
At this moment, there is naturally more than one musketeer team firing. In fact, on the entire front, there are more than ten musketeers firing one after another, and more than a thousand musketeers. Depending on their actual situations,
Fight with six rows of rotating fire, three rows of rotating shooting or salvo shooting.
The spearmen also always accompany the musketeers as they advance or retreat, providing close combat protection to the musketeers.
As the musketeers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty opened fire, the soldiers of the Ming Army on the opposite side also fell down in rows!
There is no exaggeration, they really fell down in rows and rows!
With so many muskets firing at a dense crowd, the hit rate will be quite high. If a single musketeer hits a person, a person 100 meters away can hit the person. Apart from saying that you are possessed by a god, there is really nothing else to say.
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But if one hundred musketeers are allowed to attack one hundred enemies, the hit rate will be doubled. Why?
It is thought that soldier A aims to shoot enemy soldier A, and soldier B aims to shoot enemy soldier B. However, the final result is very likely that soldier A hits enemy soldier B, and soldier B hits enemy soldier A.
Although from the perspective of individual soldier's hit rate, this still does not count as a hit, but for an army, it does not matter who targeted whom, but if the enemy falls, it is considered a victory.
In fact, what modern musketeers pursue in combat is not individual hit rate, but area hit rate. Therefore, it can be found that since muskets appeared on the battlefield, generals have been trying to pursue greater firepower density.
Changing from six-row tactics to three-row tactics, from rotating fire to salvo shooting, etc. are all manifestations of this tactical thinking.
So when thousands of people fired at the same time, even though the distance was slightly further, the hit rate was still quite impressive, and the Ming soldiers on the opposite side almost fell down in rows.
A relatively unlucky Ming army with a small phalanx of about 600 people almost came under concentrated fire from several musketeers. The front row fell completely almost immediately, and even the second and third rows at the back
Soldiers also fell one after another.
At the end, less than half of these hundreds of soldiers were shot and killed in a short period of time. What would be the result? Naturally, they would collapse!
Some Ming soldiers turned around and ran away, crying and shouting, while others lay on the ground and refused to get up no matter what.
More than a thousand people, and even more musketeers, entered the battle one after another, and the killing effect was quite obvious.
For a time, more and more soldiers fell down on the side of the Ming army. It seemed that every row that rushed up to them was killed, and they had no power to fight back. But in fact, this was not the case. Why?
Because the Ming army has more than 20,000 people!
When the musketeers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty can fire and effectively hit the enemy, it means that the artillery of the Ming Army can actually fire and cause damage to the New Army of the Tang Dynasty at this time, and the archers will soon be able to invest.
Fight back.
Even though the Ming army's artillery units suffered heavy losses during the advance, more than ten artillery pieces still successfully entered the battlefield, loaded and fired!
Some of these Ming army artillery fired empty shots, but some caused heavy casualties to the new army of the Tang Dynasty!
Artillery was not only possessed by the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, but also by the Ming Army!
However, these Ming army artillery could not continue firing for long, because the artillery units of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty were still bombarding them. At the same time, the musketeers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty also aimed at these Ming troops when they fired at the first time.
gunner.
The Ming army's artillery fired only twenty or thirty shots, but the Ming army's artillery position gradually disappeared and the smoke of gunpowder when the artillery was fired was gone!
There was a strange dead silence on the artillery position. An overturned and damaged artillery was lying on the ground, with only the damaged half of the barrel facing the sky, as if to tell the cruelty of war!