Chapter 259 Blood River
"Fifth brother, look at the Tartars, they really have a fierce spirit."
Qian Yueduo's eyes were revealed, and he could not help but smile at Zheng Wudao as he looked at the yellow dust rolling and the scattered tide of the Tartar cavalry.
Zheng Wu shook his head: "I think it's just because of his harshness."
Qian Yue laughed and looked up and said, "I don't know where the lord is now."
Zheng Wu had no expression on his face. Seeing that the Tartar cavalry had entered within eight hundred steps, he shook his head and said, "The Tartars are here."
He nodded slightly to the messenger beside him.
The commander immediately dispersed, waved the flag, and shouted: "The captain has an order, and the artillery formation is ready!"
More than 10,000 war horses trampled on the ground, and one breath was three or five feet long. The ground was shaking violently. The cannon array seemed to be on a huge machine that was vibrating endlessly. The cannon gunner had to press the light tiger squat cannon with force.
Small cannons have the benefits of small cannons, which are light and have strong mobility. However, in addition to being light, it is difficult to ensure accuracy when encountering such situations in front of you.
But it's okay, the enemy is full of eyes and will never attack the sky.
Eight hundred steps!
The flag was waved, the fire was ignited, and the sound of hissing gunpowder burning was connected.
"fire!"
The thunderous sound of cannons was deafening, a large area of smoke rose, and thousands of cannons pulled out long white waves in the air with flames, and slammed into the Tatar cavalry formation!
A white-armored soldier of Bayala waved his mace and shouted wildly, and then stopped suddenly. A shell passed by, half of his body flew up, one, two, and killed seven or eight people before landing, and then jumped up, killing three or four war horses before rolling down, then rolling down the dust and still not moving.
The Tatars had tactics to deal with artillery. During the years of war with the Ming army, the Tatars' cavalry had corresponding means of dealing with it, that is, loose formations.
But this round of artillery shattered the fantasy of the Tartars - they have always collectively rushed into the formation and only after entering five hundred steps would they disperse the formation. Because after exceeding this distance, the Ming army's artillery not only greatly reduced its accuracy, but also plummeted its power, and it is difficult to pose a threat beyond five hundred steps.
One step is five feet, five hundred steps is two thousand five hundred feet, two hundred fifty feet, and the contract is about seven hundred and fifty meters. This is a very long distance. At least for this era, the power of the cannon after exceeding this distance is difficult to guarantee.
Giant cannons such as the Red Cannon can even hit nearly ten miles away, but there is no accuracy at all.
The lethality of artillery is used in medium-range defense or offensive battles. Generally speaking, field battles are rarely used. Because once both sides engage in front, a distance of hundreds of steps will pass in the blink of an eye.
But Ying Yi's tiger squat cannon opened his eyes.
The 800-step volley can ensure the accuracy of a certain range. One thousand cannons, just this round of volleys, made the dense cavalry formation transparent, and at least more than three thousand casualties!
This is unprecedented.
The greatest ability of the cannon in this era is deterrence.
But Ying Yi has many cannons.
A lieutenant has 12,000 people, and more than 500 tiger squat cannons are equipped. Any unit has more than 100 new tiger squat cannons.
This lightweight new tiger squat cannon not only has very powerful performance, but is also extremely convenient to manufacture.
This is the first large-scale cluster artillery shelling since the birth of the new-style tiger squat cannon.
Even when facing Hou Xun's 70,000 Baoding soldiers, he never used so many artillery.
The guns were fired in the first round, and the gunners were extremely skilled in brushing the barrels and filling the guns. In less than ten breaths, the second round of gunfire came again!
The performance of the new tiger squat cannon shows that - the procedure for cooling the barrel is omitted - Jinyuan alloy has strong endurance.
The old-fashioned artillery, after firing a round of guns, cleans the remains of the gun barrel while cooling the barrel. The materials produced are not up to standard and once the gun barrel overheated, it will explode. Therefore, the gunner is a high-risk profession that hangs the head around the waist.
But for Ying Yi, this program is directly saved.
Ten breaths, ten seconds, were a round of artillery. When the Tatar cavalry entered three hundred steps, they endured three rounds of artillery.
Thirty seconds, five hundred steps. The cavalry's speed of rushing forward can be seen.
However, the damage caused by the three rounds of artillery to the Tartar cavalry could not be smoothed out. The first round of artillery killed at least 3,000 cavalry, and then the Tartars reacted in panic and dispersed immediately. The two rounds of artillery may have caused only seven or eight hundred casualties in total.
But even so, nearly 15,000 Tartar cavalry had become much sparse within 300 steps.
At this time, Zheng Wuling Banner waved again.
The spearmen armed to the teeth raised their guns forward, and the gunmen then covered the cannon formation. The spearmen quickly formed the formation, and the tail of the gun was deeply inserted into the soil. The spear head pointed diagonally in front of them. The soldiers were armpits and the gun body was attached to the gun rod, and their feet were pressed against the ground, waiting for the coming impact.
Two hundred steps.
The gunman exerted his strength!
The three-eyed gun cast in gold-yuan alloy has an effective distance of within 200 steps. The speed of the Tartars' charge has reached the maximum now, and they can dive into thirteen or four steps in just one breath.
Bang bang bang!!!
There are two lieutenants, now seven divisions, each with a full battalion of gunmen, with 750 people. There are 5,250 gunmen in the seven divisions. More than 5,000 gunmen are hidden behind the gun array, row after row, and in three stages of shooting, countless guns are continuously fired.
Like a heavy rain of pear blossoms, the Tatar cavalry fell down in pieces.
A piece of Tartar fell down, one behind, one behind, one behind, one behind.
Abatai is already sweating for a long time!
"Impossible! What kind of firearm has such power! Impossible!"
He roared in his heart, frightened, and even ran away if he wanted to pull out his horse!
The personal soldiers around him fell in batches. In order to cover him, they were beaten into pieces by cannons and guns, and suffered heavy casualties. On the left and right, rows of elite cavalry fell down. The usual invincible cavalry were like toasts and were powerless.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
He roared unconsciously, and he mustered up his last trace of courage, and he is approaching, he is approaching!
"kill!"
In a bang, the scattered cavalry collided with the gun array armed to the teeth. The extremely sharp and strong gold-yuan alloy spear supported the impact of the cavalry. In an instant, people were on their backs and horses were overturned!
The sound of the sharp spear head entering the flesh was thumping. The hideous faces of both sides were clearly seen by the other party at this moment.
In the sound of clanging metal attacks, maces, flying axes, chain hammers, spears, big swords, swords and swords, and bloody sky rolled up!
The whole body armor cast in gold-yuan alloy shows its extremely superior performance at this moment.
The spearmen only need to pay attention to the weapons that attack the eyes, just mechanize the gun and withdraw the gun!
A handful of blood sprinkled down, and suddenly, a river of flesh and blood formed along the gun array!
At this time, the gun array behind the gun array showed its power again!
This time, it was no longer a volley, but a free attack. The gunmen hid behind the gunmen, shot out guns from the gap, and shot over the hideous Tartars!
Zheng Wu smiled and shouted, "Cavals attack, give the Tartars the last blow!"
Chapter completed!