There is no doubt that the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment is one of the few heavy artillery units in the Luo An Army. The artillerymen in it are all elite soldiers. Even if they temporarily use Fuyuan muskets to fight against the enemy, they have performed operations that are no less than that of other regular army line infantry.
ability.
Perhaps their tactical literacy is not as good as other line infantry in Luo An's army, but purely in terms of bravery, morale, etc., they are undoubtedly elite.
Therefore, they can rely on the car formation to resist the enemy's cavalry impact, and counterattack calmly and stably with Fuyuan's smoothbore muskets. Even when the enemy's cavalry rushes up and attacks with revolvers from a distance of more than ten meters or even several meters, they can still
Able to maintain a line of defense.
This made Lin Ziran envious!
If the soldiers of his Qingshan Patrol Battalion have such bravery and morale, no, even if they are only half, then relying on the Tomini rifle can give Lin Ziran more confidence.
It is a pity that even if everything goes well, it will take at least half a year of training for the soldiers of his Qingshan Patrol Battalion to achieve such comprehensive quality.
Although musketeers are cheap cannon fodder, in theory, a peasant can be recruited to fight after three months of formal training.
But just like the current Qingshan Patrol Camp, if you pull it out, you will pull it out to fight, but whether it can survive is a question.
Any elite force requires the accumulation of time and blood!
Lin Ziran was able to put up a stand in the past few months and allow the soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to conduct normal marching training and even prepare for war, which was considered sufficient.
At any rate, the soldiers from his Qingshan Patrol Battalion didn’t just run away yet!
While Lin Ziran was amazed, the Guang'an cavalry also retreated.
They came and left quickly. Regardless of the time of charging on the road, the actual attack time when they approached, attacked with pistols and threw torches was only more than ten seconds at most.
They didn't show any interest in fighting, they just passed directly between the car formations at high speed and attacked.
However, the target of their attack still did not kill or injure many Luo An Army soldiers. Their target was never these from the beginning to the end.
Their goal is very clear, that is to burn these baggage vehicles!
But what they didn't expect was that they set several vehicles loaded with propellant on fire!
After seeing the vehicle loaded with gunpowder on fire, the soldiers and civilians of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment in the vehicle array were frightened and ran away again!
Bang, bang, bang, continuous explosions sounded, shaking the world.
The scale and power of the explosion this time will not be much worse than the last one, or even stronger.
Not only did hundreds of soldiers and more civilians in the car formation be collectively reimbursed, but more than a hundred Guang'an cavalry who attacked the car formation were also reimbursed.
Lin Ziran was speechless when he saw this scene. What were these Guang'an cavalry doing?
Why do you keep setting fire to ammunition trucks?
Don't you know that it will explode when it is burned and kill you too?
If the Guang'an cavalry knew Lin Ziran's idea, they would definitely curse: How did I know it was an ammunition truck? These baggage vehicles all look the same, who knows what is loaded on them!
Moreover, if ammunition is such a dangerous thing, don't you know how to pack it better and take some fire prevention measures? This torch will ignite and explode as soon as you throw it over. These safety measures are too bad.
What's more, why are you so unlucky with so much ammunition? There are ammunition trucks everywhere, and they explode at the drop of a damn. Do you understand that you are harming others and yourself?
But Cheng Hongbin also had something to say, you know nothing, do you know how much ammunition my heavy artillery regiment uses in a day? If I don't bring enough ammunition, what will my sixth heavy artillery regiment do on the front line of Chongguang City? Watch a show?
In addition to the more than 20 artillery pieces of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment's baggage, some of the remaining baggage was incidentally brought to the Third Division for supplies, food, spring and summer bedding, and other common supplies. The remaining hundreds of carts of baggage,
All ammunition!
And because of the rush of time and too much ammunition, it was impossible for them to pack the ammunition as tightly as usual. In this case, how could so many vehicles transport hundreds of tons of ammunition.
Fang Yuanxin, who was watching the battle from behind, covered his forehead with his hands. The result was a bit beyond his expectation.
How come it explodes once it burns, and it's not over yet?
Continue to burn and explode like this. Before the ammunition of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment is exhausted, all his cavalry will die first.
Shit, now he can also see that there are so many vehicles behind, mostly ammunition vehicles. Those vehicles are like hedgehogs, they will explode when burned, hurting others and themselves.
After the cavalry troops returned, he changed his strategy and asked his cavalry to attack the front, where the Qingshan Patrol Battalion was stationed.
Although the terrain is not very good, too many cavalry cannot be invested at the same time, and the speed cannot be increased, it is still better than burning bombs!
What's more, he also saw that there were many artillery pieces in the vehicle formation in the center, and they were all heavy artillery. As long as these heavy artillery were killed, the mission could be completed.
As for how to kill them, the natural way is to rush up, defeat the enemy defenders, and then kill them.
When Lin Ziran saw that the Guang'an cavalry no longer attacked the ammunition trucks in the rear, but instead turned their heads and came towards him, his face became terrifying.
He knew that the time had come to test the Qingshan patrol camp!
The enemy cavalry was still four to five hundred meters away, and Lin Ziran already raised his command sword high and shouted at the same time: "All of them are here!"
"preparation!"
The guards around him also acted as loudspeakers, shouting: "Everyone is here, ready!"
The military band behind him also beat the drum on his chest!
After the thumping sound sounded, in the nearby vehicle formations that were also stationed by the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, the leading company commanders also raised their command swords one by one, and the military band beat the drums!
The sound of drums temporarily covered up the many noises on the battlefield and became the only sound that the soldiers could hear.
More than ten seconds later, Lin Ziran saw the first wave of Guang'an cavalry in front of them approaching from a gentle slope, approaching from a distance of 400 meters.
Immediately, without any hesitation, he waved the command knife: "Fire!"
Snap!
Snap!
Bang bang bang!
The crisp sound of gunfire continued, and a burst of white smoke rose from the car formation. At the same time, among the Guang'an cavalry who had just begun to charge, the more than 20 cavalry in the front row of the dense formation fell down.
Many.
What's going on?
This is the first thought that many Guang'an cavalrymen have.
It would be fine if the opponent used artillery to bombard us, but it was obvious that the opponent's artillery was in a reloading state and did not fire at all.
The white smoke floating out of the opponent's car formation also proved that they were shooting with muskets.
But the question is, why are the two sides separated by more than 300 meters, but within a distance of less than 400 meters, more than ten cavalrymen fell on our side?
The cavalry rushing forward were filled with doubts, but when Fang Yuanxin at the rear saw this scene, he instantly remembered the last time he fought against the Qingshan patrol!