Such thoughts flashed through Dong Ke's mind, but he actually did the same thing.
Compared with Cheng Yan's retreat from the port, there was no artillery fire in the army at all, but Dong Ke led the army. Although there were only 4,000 troops, the army carried dozens of squatting tiger cannons.
As the most common and most common auxiliary cannon in the military, the performance of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is quite good.
The improved Crouching Tiger Cannon is naturally more powerful than the original one. Although dozens of Crouching Tiger Cannons are not many, if they are placed in front of the formation, they will not be flesh and blood if they are fired at once.
what can be tolerated.
Following Dong Ke's order, a group of soldiers came out carrying artillery pieces one after another.
These artillery pieces look like tigers, so they are called Crouching Tiger Cannons. In fact, Crouching Tiger Cannons appeared during the Qi Jiguang period and were the most common among the Qi family army.
Chu Yi had a deep memory of the name of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, so he ordered the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to improve it on the basis of many artillery pieces of the Ming Dynasty, and personally named it the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
A large number of squatting tiger cannons were manufactured and then distributed to the Ming army. The most obvious one was the hundreds of thousands of troops that conquered Japan. There were no less than a thousand of the new squatting tiger cannons alone.
According to the ratio of Tiger Crouching Artillery equipped by Qi Jiguang in the army later, it was almost three artillery pieces for every five hundred men. Chu Yi almost doubled the equipment on this basis, so the four thousand soldiers and horses led by Dong Ke were about the same.
Equipped with fifty or sixty squatting tiger cannons.
Dozens of squatting tiger cannons were placed in a row in front of the army, which was naturally quite spectacular.
Through the telescope, every move of the Ming army was naturally seen in the eyes of Governor George and Earl Harry. When the cannons were pushed out one after another, the two of them couldn't help but froze for a moment.
Governor George and the others were naturally no strangers to artillery. During this period, artillery had already been equipped in the military in the West, and artillery battles were the most common way of fighting.
But in their impression, the bigger the artillery, the better. But when they saw the artillery that seemed to weigh tens of kilograms, George and Harry couldn't help but wonder, could these be considered artillery?
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Anyway, in the impression of Governor George and others, according to the specifications of artillery, these small-looking firearms are not enough to be classified as cannons.
The two of them were naturally a little confused about the firepower of the Tiger Crouching Cannon. After all, this was the first time they had seen this form of artillery. They said the cannon was not big enough, and it was not an artillery, but it was much bigger than a firecracker.
That's a lot.
As for ordering the military formation to stop, George and Harry had no such idea at all. Advancing in the face of artillery fire was the most common way of fighting between the two countries in the West.
After all, the artillery shells of this period were almost all solid bullets, so the lethality of the artillery shells was not that great at all. The biggest role of the artillery was to form a psychological deterrent to the army. After all, no matter who looked at it,
After the big iron ball rolled over, the bloody corpse on the ground was so dazzling.
If we really want to talk about the lethality of artillery, it is far inferior to arrows and firecrackers.
"Up the shield!"
Although Dong Ke didn't quite believe the words of the fleeing soldiers, as a general of an army, even if he didn't believe it in his heart, he had to take precautions. As the saying goes, be prepared.
When he saw that the distance between the two sides had shortened to about 200 meters, Dong Ke gave an order and saw a large shield being erected on both sides.
After gathering all the shields in the army, they saw shields blocking the way of the army.
Thousands of Scottish longbowmen drew their bows and set arrows in unison. Whoosh, whoosh, a wave of arrows washed over the ground. Suddenly there was a crackling sound and the screams of soldiers being shot.
I have to say that the lethality of this Scottish longbow is indeed very astonishing. Even though Dong Ke had taken certain precautions, the penetration rate of those arrows was extremely amazing. Almost 10% of the shields were directly hit by those arrows.
penetrate.
Many soldiers were still injured by the wave of arrows even if they were hiding behind shields. Fortunately, they had prepared in advance, so even if this wave of arrows caused some damage, the losses were minimized.
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Dong Ke waved the spear in his hand to push away an arrow. Feeling the power coming from the spear, Dong Ke understood why these arrows were able to break through the defenses of many shields.
In fact, because these arrows are long enough, when they are thrown down from the air, they have great potential energy, and the lethality caused by converting them into kinetic energy is naturally great.
Dong Ke may not understand the principle of converting potential energy into kinetic energy, but as a general, he knows how to shoot arrows to maximize the power of arrows.
"Archer, fight back!"
The optimal killing distance of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is around 100 meters. Compared to the Scottish Longbow, which can cause a certain amount of damage from almost 200 meters away, if the Crouching Tiger Cannon is used at this time, I am afraid there will be no
What a great effect.
The Crouching Tiger Cannon cannot be used, but the archers in the army can take action.
They are both archers, even if the Scottish longbow has a short range, the archers in the Ming army are not much different. Even if there is a certain difference in the range because of the different bows and arrows in the hands of both sides, when the Portuguese and Dutch coalition forces gradually get closer.
At that moment, a wave of arrows flew out, covering the allied formations on the opposite side.
If this wave of arrows falls, at least hundreds of people can be killed.
But at this moment, shields were erected one after another, blocking the wave of arrows and only causing a little disturbance to the coalition forces.
The mere casualties of a dozen people did not affect the overall situation at all. Even the formation of the phalanx was not affected at all. All the coalition soldiers still moved forward step by step according to the drum beat.
Arrows poured down like a torrential rain. Dong Ke finally understood why nearly a thousand soldiers led by Cheng Yan collapsed in such a short period of time. The arrow rain was really too lethal.
In the short time of less than one stick of incense and a distance of one hundred meters, at least thousands of arrows fell, causing great damage to the army. Almost hundreds of soldiers were shot dead on the spot, and hundreds more were killed.
The taxi soldier was injured.
Finally, when the coalition forces entered the shooting range of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, they heard Dong Ke shout: "Fire."
The artillerymen, who were desperately protected by the shieldmen, heard the military order and almost instinctively set up the Tiger Crouching Cannon, and then lit the fuse.
Boom, boom, boom.
Suddenly, a cloud of smoke filled the air in front of the armies of both sides. The smoke from dozens of cannons obscured the area, but through the mist-like smoke, one could see that the neatly arranged coalition formations on the opposite side seemed to collide all of a sudden.
As if standing on an invisible wall, a figure suddenly fell down.
At least hundreds of soldiers in the three or five rows in the front were struck by lightning one by one, with blood splashing all over their bodies. Some of them were even hit by the flying gravel and broken iron, which created ferocious bloody holes one after another.
Governor George and Earl Harry, who had watched the army advance steadily and even caused considerable damage to the Ming army on the opposite side, had smiles on their faces.
Both sides had full confidence in their armies, believing that their troops were superior to those of the Ming Dynasty.
However, along with the bursts of roars, Governor George and Earl Harry were stunned. The smiles on their faces froze, and they looked at the astonishing scene in the distance in disbelief.
Dozens of artillery pieces spit out flames like monsters, and rubble shot out from the sky, completely covering the space in front of them.
Under the coverage of dozens of artillery pieces, it can be said that almost no one in the front row can escape the coverage of the artillery fire.
Therefore, under the watchful eyes of Governor George and others, at least three to five rows of soldiers fell down like wheat.
The coalition soldiers in the first two rows looked the most miserable. Almost everyone had more than a dozen blood holes on their bodies, and they almost died on the spot. As for the soldiers in the two or three rows behind them, although there were people in the front row.
It blocked a large wave of artillery fire for them, but several blood holes were also punched in their bodies. These blood holes were not fatal but were very painful.
With blood flowing all over their bodies and the pain of not being able to survive or die, these coalition soldiers fell to the ground and rolled around, wailing incessantly.
The soldiers of the coalition army, who had always been going smoothly and had never suffered such a big loss in foreign campaigns, were dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
The psychological quality of these soldiers is not very good. After all, the coalition forces have always been smooth sailing, and the targets of foreign campaigns are only indigenous people armed with spears, daggers, etc. No matter how large the number of those indigenous people are, they cannot be
Allied forces armed with muskets, Scottish longbows and even cannons from large ships.
Smooth sailing can naturally cultivate a daring heart to fight. As long as things go smoothly, a victorious army can indeed be cultivated. However, such an army may not be able to withstand a defeat.
This is the case for the coalition forces at the moment. A group of soldiers saw hundreds of their comrades suffering heavy casualties, especially some soldiers who were beaten to a bloody pulp and almost turned into rotten meat. Many people had never seen such a tragic scene.
, to be precise, I have never seen my own people in such a tragic situation, so some soldiers actually vomited on the spot.
Such a scene would be very shocking for any army, but if it were placed on those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who had spent the rest of their lives fighting, it might also have a huge impact, but those soldiers might also feel sad
He is scared, but he will never stay there with a confused look on his face. He will either turn around and run away, or he will immerse himself in the attack.
