The war horses are neighing and the wounded soldiers are screaming!
What sounded like crisp gunshots continued to sound!
There was the sound of Mini rifles fired by the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, and the sound of Guang'an cavalry rushing up and firing revolvers.
Gunshots were fired one after another, and both sides came and went!
The Guang'an cavalry approached at high speed, then passed between the car formations, and fired with revolvers at the same time. They used the wide field of vision and shooting range on the horses to threaten the Qingshan Patrol Battalion soldiers who were hiding behind the car formations with pistol bullets.
their lives.
The soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion relied on the vehicle array to carry out mechanical loading and shooting!
Although their rate of fire is much slower than that of cavalry who use six-shot manual revolvers, they also have the support of a vehicle formation and will not expose their entire body to the firing range of cavalry pistols.
At the same time, the Mini rifles in their hands also have greater accuracy advantages!
When the first wave of Guang'an cavalry rushed through at high speed, many soldiers from the Qingshan Patrol Battalion fell in the vehicle formation, but many Guang'an cavalry also fell.
In fact, after the first wave of Guang'an cavalry rushed over, they had less than fifty cavalry left!
One hundred and twenty cavalry launched a charge, and in the end only fifty cavalry were left alive to cross the defense line!
Huge casualties!
However, their sacrifice and dedication also covered the second and third waves of cavalry attack groups. The following two waves combined, at least 400 cavalrymen rushed up one after another.
Their tactics were still to approach at high speed and then attack with revolvers. The only difference was that they also carried torches that had been lit in advance and threw them on the carriage.
In addition, some cavalrymen threw bombs on horseback that were rarely used by cavalry, causing many casualties in the Qingshan Patrol Battalion.
But Qingshan Patrol Camp is still holding on!
Because even if the second and third waves of Guang'an cavalry rushed up, they could still only use revolvers to attack like the first wave of cavalry.
This is essentially a firefight, and has nothing to do with the impact of the cavalry!
What the two sides are now competing on is their marksmanship and their ability to withstand casualties.
In fact, the current battle between Qingshan Patrol Battalion and Guang'an Cavalry is completely different from the normal battle pattern between infantry square formations and cavalry.
If it is a field battle, the cavalry will not directly rush towards the infantry phalanx in a dense manner. They will mobilize the enemy's infantry phalanx through high-speed maneuvers on the battlefield, thereby exposing the weaknesses of the infantry phalanx.
After finding the weak point, they will directly launch a dense charge. This kind of charge does not use revolvers. Most cavalry will choose to use sabers!
However, although the Qingshan Patrol Battalion also formed a formation to meet the enemy, they had a vehicle formation as a defensive barrier. No matter how strong the impact of the cavalry was, they would not be able to drive away the carriage loaded with supplies!
As early as the Heng'ao War decades ago, countless actual battles have proven that encircling transport carriages to form a vehicle formation is definitely the best tactic to resist cavalry attacks.
Because the cavalry simply can't break through the car formation!
The essence of the vehicle formation is actually to give the baggage troops in the wilderness a solid city wall!
No matter how powerful the cavalry's impact is, they can't break through the city wall!
Also because of the popularity of infantry hollow phalanxes, the percussion cap flintlock rifles used by infantry have a faster rate of fire and a higher ignition rate. Even with the advancement of technology, even if it is still a flintlock rifle, its range and accuracy are higher than those of flintlock guns a hundred years ago.
Shoot the gun higher.
Various factors have caused the traditional intensive cavalry charge to gradually lose its ability to make a final decision on the battlefield!
It’s not that the cavalry can’t break through the enemy’s infantry phalanx, it’s that the gains outweigh the losses!
In recent decades, the cavalry in various vassal towns in Daheng have been seeking innovations in tactics to regain the ability to attack the enemy.
During this process, the emergence of manual revolvers using flash caps and paper shell ammunition allowed the cavalry to return to the pistol cavalry combat mode of hundreds of years ago.
Rush up and attack directly with a pistol at close range, shooting out six bullets in the shortest time. Some cavalry even carry two pistols, which means they have twelve bullets.
The ability of cavalry equipped with revolver pistols in close combat far exceeds that of traditional cavalry.
In small and medium-sized cavalry duels, pistol cavalry can easily defeat cavalry using traditional close formations and using sabers or lances, regardless of whether they are cuirassiers or light cavalry.
When attacking enemy baggage troops, it can also threaten the baggage troops that widely use vehicle formations.
However, the use of pistols in combat is still not the main combat mode of contemporary cavalry. In fact, when a wide range of cavalry units launch charge operations, especially during orthodox field charges, they are still more inclined to use sabers, and it is more effective.
This situation becomes more true the larger the scale of the cavalry participating in the battle!
A dense mass of sabers emitting cold light is far more intimidating and lethal than a revolver.
But today the tactical goal of the Guang'an cavalry's attack on the transport troops has been decided. It is impossible for them to use sabers!
Because the Qingshan patrol battalion would not give up the car formation at all and ran out to engage in a head-on confrontation with them.
Even their revolvers have limitations. The pistols have short range and poor accuracy, especially since the cavalry still shoot from high-speed horses. In addition, the soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion also have horse-drawn carriages as fortifications.
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This means that the hit rate of the cavalry will not be too high.
The only thing they can rely on is the revolver's rate of fire advantage.
They were able to unleash a storm of bullets in a short period of time, intensively killing and injuring the soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, forcing the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to collapse.
As long as the Qingshan Patrol Camp collapses, the subsequent battle will be simple.
The Qingshan Patrol Camp suffered heavy casualties!
It was so big that it made Lin Ziran feel heartbroken!
The vehicle formation he was in originally had nearly two hundred soldiers from the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, including the 1st Light Infantry Company, artillery platoon, and his guards.
But now the number of casualties has reached more than 60, which is already quite large.
but!
Qingshan Patrol Camp still hasn’t collapsed!
Even though the screams spread throughout the entire defense line, they still did not collapse!
There was no reason for the collapse, and Lin Ziran himself didn't know why.
Perhaps it was because of the morale he had raised in advance that his commitment to the soldiers had an effect.
Maybe Guang'an's cavalry is outside and the soldiers have no way to escape!
Lin Ziran didn't know why, but he could tell from the actions and expressions of the surviving soldiers of his own unit that they were still supporting him.
But how long this support can last is unknown.
Huge casualties, the threat of cavalry can overwhelm them at any time!
But similarly, when you risk huge casualties to carry out a siege, but still fail to achieve a breakthrough, you can also crush the Guang'an cavalry!