Even though these heavy armored infantrymen are all strong men, it is not easy to stand up again after falling to the ground with armor weighing dozens of kilograms.
Normally, they would be able to get up by turning around, but now on the battlefield, as soon as you fall to the ground, they will immediately stab you at the weak point of your armor's protection!
In terms of combat effectiveness, the heavy armored infantry on both sides are actually about the same. After all, the heavy armored infantry on both sides are carefully selected. They are not weak in terms of physical fitness or combat skills, and the equipment is not too essential.
There is a huge gap, so the fight is a half-match.
But the Tang army had more heavy armored infantry. The more than 100 people in the front rushed forward a lot, and there were more than 100 people in the rear who continued to charge upward!
As for the Ming army, there were originally over a hundred people. At the beginning, more than twenty were killed by the assault battalion's pistols. Now they only have over a hundred people. In a fight, they are at a disadvantage of twice as many troops.
Soon, the heavy armored infantry of the Ming army in front of them had to retreat gradually due to heavy casualties, but the battle was still not over!
Because the musketeers of the Ming Army Supervisor in the rear had already raised their muskets inside the ruins!
Seeing this scene, several officers of the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers immediately shouted: "Retreat, retreat!"
"Get down!"
"Get down!"
These sword and shield soldiers have already completed the first phase of their combat mission, and the next battle does not belong to them!
In this kind of battle for ruins, the sword and shield soldiers and the musketeers have always cooperated with each other. If the sword and shield soldiers cannot defeat them, they will retreat. Then the musketeers will open fire and drop bombs, and the sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side will die!
But if the sword and shield soldiers rush in front of the musketeers, the musketeers will die!
The sword and shield soldiers of the assault battalion quickly got down and used the rubble of the ruins to avoid the bullets. However, many people were still unable to escape and were hit. Those who were hit were either dead or maimed. They were shot by muskets at such a close distance.
, even though they were wearing plate armor, with the thickness of some important locations reaching more than four millimeters, they still couldn't stop bullets!
Bullets can easily penetrate and kill them!
Even if it cannot penetrate, the huge impact of the bullet will dent the plate armor and indirectly cause casualties to the soldiers. You are lucky if you only break a few ribs.
When the heavy armored infantry in front was instantly suppressed, more than a hundred grenadiers in the rear and more than a hundred musketeers in the rear caught up in time, and then raised their flintlock guns!
To fight against musketeers, especially musketeers wearing cotton armor like the Ming army on the opposite side, the best thing to use is your own musketeers, and archers are useless.
As the grenadier captain swung his command knife down, he shouted: "Fire!"
The grenadiers and ordinary line infantry who came forward fired the first round of volleys. Nearly two hundred muskets opened fire, sweeping away the Ming army musketeers on the opposite side with more than twice the firepower of the opposite side!
The Ming army musketeers who had just fired a round of muskets in front suddenly fell in large numbers!
At this time, the distance between the two sides is only a dozen or twenty meters, and there is basically no need to consider the issue of accuracy when fighting, because when fighting in line, if you cannot get super high hits at this distance, then there is no need to fight!
Otherwise, why do you think the Tang Army likes to shoot volleys within thirty meters? It’s because the hit rate is high!
Shooting from this distance is basically the same as shooting right in the enemy's face!
Accuracy and power are not a problem, so the competition between the two sides is naturally quantity. But can the Ming Army Superintendent Biao who uses matchlock guns outnumber the Tang Army who use flintlock guns in terms of the number of muskets? This is impossible!
The matchlock is subject to its own limitations. The distance between soldiers is relatively large and the firepower density is limited. However, the flintlock gun has no such limitations and can completely fight side by side.
In this way, in this small section of ruins of the city wall, although there are many musketeers on the Ming army's side, there are actually less than a hundred people who can actually engage in front-line battles, and they still use round-robin shooting, which is even more devastating.
The power of the first round of shooting.
The gap in firepower between the two sides is what truly causes the gap in strength between the two sides!
The total strength of both sides is almost the same, with five to six hundred men. Although there is a slight gap between the heavy armored troops, it will not put the Ming army's supervising camp at an absolute disadvantage. But now, when a flintlock assault is used,
When the campfire gunners and grenadiers stepped forward to shoot, they instantly stunned the Ming army matchlock musketeers opposite.
How could they gather so many musketeers in such a narrow area and still fire at the same time?
Why do they have a lot of musketeers in total, but they can only send half of the opponent's musketeers to the front line?
This isn't fair!
A round of volleys from the musketeers in the rear suppressed the opponent. The heavy armored infantry also took the opportunity to run forward quickly. They wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to kill directly and completely resolve the battle!
The heavy-armored soldiers of the assault battalion were flying. Under the cover of the musketry troops in the rear, they ran into the Ming army's array in front. First, they broke into the previously retreating Superintendent's heavy armored infantry, and then broke into the Ming army's array.
Musketeer array!
In just a few seconds, nearly two hundred heavy armored infantry completely shattered the Ming army's defense line. The Ming army's musketeers had no power to resist in front of the heavy armored sword and shield soldiers.
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If you want to reload and shoot, it's too late. You can directly use the bayonet to fight. Even if you are wearing heavy armor, you can carry the bayonet and chop!
Although they also wore cotton armor, the protection was quite good, but after all, it was not armor specifically designed to protect against cold weapons. It had no practical effect at all when faced with countless steel knives.
The major commander of the third assault battalion commanding operations on the ruins looked at the battle situation ahead through his mask. Although he was blocked by the mask and could not see his expression, the exposed eyes showed excitement.
look!
He turned around, then made a few gestures towards the rear, then turned around again and waved the stainless steel sword in his hand vigorously, shouting: "The whole army attacks! Expand the depth!"
Then he jumped off the boulder he was standing on, and followed the pace of his comrades in front and rushed forward.
At the same time, about fifty meters behind, Colonel Qi Shoulin, who was wearing an infantry colonel's combat uniform and a breastplate, also saw the hand signal sent by the friendly force in front, the commander of the 3rd Assault Battalion. The signal meant very much.
Simple: Breakthrough successful!
Colonel Qi Shoulin withdrew his gaze, then turned around slightly. What he saw was the well-prepared Seventh Infantry Regiment. This was his infantry regiment!
As the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment, he was ordered to attack the first blast point. Not only was the 7th Infantry Regiment under his command, but the 3rd Assault Battalion was also temporarily under his command!
Previously, he was sitting in the rear, commanding the 7th Infantry Regiment to support the 3rd Commando Battalion in combat, providing them with fire cover, and also serving as their reserve team. Once the 3rd Commando Battalion successfully broke through, he would have the 7th Infantry Regiment take over.
Follow up quickly and expand your results.
At this point, it's time!
I saw his hand with black gloves reaching to his waist, and then pulled out the gold-plated dragon pattern command sword from his waist. This is the imperial sword that can only be obtained by the graduates of the imperial academy who rank third after the reform. It is basically the same as the imperial examination.
The Jinshi degree or the Doctoral degree here are of similar value. Only the first grade can be obtained, and the first grade is the top three.
The handle of the sword is entirely gold-plated and engraved with dragon patterns. It is also engraved with the word "Royal Gift". The body of the sword is engraved with the name of the owner who received the Royal Sword and the number of the Imperial Academy!
When he took out the command sword, he could see Qi Shoulin, the number one in the fourth phase of the Imperial Academy, engraved on the blade. A young officer behind him saw the sword with envy in his eyes.
You must know that the Imperial Academy before the restructuring had more than 600 graduates. Although there were imperial swords at that time, they were not uniform. There were more people who had obtained them. More than a hundred people had obtained them. Therefore, the imperial swords at that time were
The gold content is actually very average, and many of the winners are lost to everyone, including senior generals like Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing.
However, the restructured Royal Academy has so far graduated four phases, with a total of more than 800 students, and a total of twelve people have received gold-plated dragon-patterned royal swords!
Only three people can win each issue: first place, second place, and third place!
Therefore, all in all, in the entire Tang Dynasty, only twelve people received this kind of gold-plated dragon-pattern royal sword, and almost every one of them was a proud son of the emperor!
Qi Shoulin, as the number one in the fourth batch, is naturally the benchmark among the graduates of the fourth batch of Imperial Academy. Although he was awarded the rank of major when he graduated like everyone else, he immediately served as the main infantry battalion in the field force as soon as he graduated.
The battalion commander.
Within a few months, he was transferred back to the Privy Council as a senior combat staff officer and promoted to lieutenant colonel. A few months later, he was transferred to the 7th Infantry Regiment as the regiment commander, and was successfully promoted to colonel after serving as regiment commander for one month.
In other words, it actually took him less than a year to graduate. It took him a total of seven months to go from major to colonel when he graduated, and also served as the commander of the main infantry regiment!
Yes, that’s seven months!
You must know that with the gradual formalization of the Army of the Tang Dynasty, unless you make great contributions, you have to work hard step by step. In recent years, most officers have been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant colonel, it is not impossible for a major to be promoted to colonel in two years. This situation also exists. There are always lucky people with outstanding talents and good luck.
But basically don’t expect to be able to serve as the commander of the main infantry regiment as soon as you are promoted. Even if the superiors want to train you, they will often arrange deputy chiefs of staff of divisions, deputy commanders of mixed regiments, military staff officers, division chiefs, and various departments of the Privy Council.
Positions such as section chief and martial arts instructor serve as transitional positions.
As soon as he was promoted to colonel, he served as the commander of the main infantry regiment. Ordinary Imperial Academy students could not expect that, let alone ordinary officers.