Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 177: Fateful Sarhu (VII)
The four flags of the Yellow, White and two Blue flags have a full strength of 35,000 soldiers. After a morning of fierce fighting, the two Blue flags had more than 4,000 casualties out of the original 14,000 soldiers, and more than 5,000 injured. Compared with the Ming army, the only advantage is that they now occupy the battlefield, and the wounded do not have to worry about being killed one by one by the enemy. But now the war situation is so urgent, and the Later Jin army does not have a large number of auxiliary troops like the Ming army, so although some people are doing things like transferring the wounded, the efficiency is extremely low. In such a cold wind, the probability of these wounded surviving is also very low.
The Yellow and White Banners were in the battle for a short time , but they also happened to encounter the Ningxia Three Towns and the Beijing Camp entering the battlefield. Although the two sides fought for a short time, the battlefield was wide and the two sides were exposed to the enemy. Therefore, the two banners now have more than 2,000 casualties.
In short, there were only 24,000 Later Jin troops capable of attacking the last line of defense of the Ming army at this time.
But looking at the last Ming army, it is estimated that there are only more than 10,000 people? This amount of troops can definitely win in one go!
"Blow the horn and gather all the men together. The white-armored ones are in front, the unarmored ones are behind. Follow me and charge!"
"Etan! Etan!" With one person taking the lead, thousands of people jumped in enthusiasm. The Later Jin soldiers, who had been fighting for a long time, shouted loudly again under the encouragement of the two beile and four ministers. They moved their legs in unison and began to charge towards the last line of defense of the Ming army.
The waves of shouting from the opposite side, of course, reached the ears of the Ming army who were ready for battle.
As two brother armies with the same organization, equipment and training methods, Henghaiwei and Kuandianwei still have many differences. Simply put, Henghaiwei's artillery is strong, while Kuandianwei's cavalry is strong.
At this time, in order to unify the command, Xiao Bozhi took the initiative to transfer the command to Ma Chengzhao.
"Reporting to Commander Ma, the Jiannu are still three miles away from our defense line."
"Order! Artillery ready, load the ammunition!"
"Yes, artillery, load the shells!"
"fire!"
Following Ma Chengzhao's order, the flag bearer standing on a newly built platform fiercely swung the triangular red flag in his hand downward. After seeing this action, all the gunners shouted in unison to the gunners, "Fire!"
With a loud "boom", fifty chain bullets flew into the air. The huge potential energy caused the two hemispheres connected by paraffin to automatically separate soon after the projectiles, which appeared to be spherical on the surface, flew out of the barrel, revealing a long iron chain connecting the two hemispheres together!
"The southern barbarians actually have cannons?"
"Hey! It's so cold, and they still have to push the cannon up here. It's really hard for them... Hu Erhan, be careful!"
A dark shadow whizzed in the sky, and the two hemispheres kept spinning. The iron chain in the middle happened to fall on Huerhan's neck. In just a moment, the iron chain was wrapped around Huerhan's neck, and then in the blink of an eye, Huerhan didn't even make a sound. The high-speed spinning chain bullet directly broke the neck of the sturdy man, carrying his head and part of the broken spine, and flew to the next target.
After this chain bullet, more chain bullets circled down from the sky. Some of them had the middle chain hit the Later Jin soldiers, and then quickly crushed everything they touched. Some of them had the two hemispheres rotating at high speed first touch the object, then smashed everything!
Chain bullets were originally a type of bullet used by one side in the era of sailing warships to destroy the opponent's canvas and masts, thereby delaying the movement of the opponent's ships. Because this thing will spin at high speed after flying out of the barrel, the hit rate basically depends on faith, and it has no destructive power against fortresses, so it is rarely used in land battles. But as a fan of "Stealing the Ming Dynasty" before traveling through time, Zhu Youdong certainly knew how lethal this thing was to densely charging infantry!
Because this thing is rotating directly in the air, all the potential energy is consumed by air friction, and the rest must be offset by human flesh! And this thing has a biggest advantage over solid bullets in this scene: it will not damage the frozen river surface!
In fact, after these fifty chain bullets were fired, although less than thirty fell into the crowd, they caused at least more than two hundred casualties to the Later Jin army. Among these people, not to mention those who were killed in action, even those who were injured, none of them had minor injuries - broken legs and hands were minor injuries, and many people had half of their bodies directly strangled by the chain bullets, and their death was only a matter of time.
"Quick! Tell the men to disperse!" The experienced battle-hardened generals of the Later Jin Dynasty were not stupid. Although it was the first time they had seen this type of bullet, after just one round of chain bullet attacks, they immediately understood the power of this thing.
However, the order was correct. But the river is only so wide, and with the tidal flats, it is only a thousand meters wide at most. How far can more than 20,000 people be dispersed?
"Reload and fire!"
"fire!"
The Later Jin army had not yet completely dispersed, and the second round of chain bullets from the Ming army arrived: after the first round of shells was used as a calibration, the Ming army's shells hit rate was much higher this time. Fifty chain bullets, at least forty of them fell into the crowd. Then they quickly cut down a group of Later Jin soldiers. Forty holes of varying sizes appeared in the originally neat formation of the Later Jin army!
"Quick! Spread out a little more!"
"Amin! Scatter your ass! If you continue to scatter, we will rush to the front of the southern barbarians. How can we break through the formation if everyone is scattered? Tell the boys to run faster and get closer, then the shells won't be able to hit us!"
After all, Fei Yingdong was an experienced general who often led the charge. He saw the problem accurately. Under his roar, the soldiers of the Later Jin Army were . However, their years of fighting instincts made them speed up their already slow pace again, following their respective Ezhen and rushing towards the Ming Army's defense line as quickly as possible.
"Reporting to the commander, the Jiannu are still 700 meters away from us."
"Artillery, stop firing, switch to grapeshot and wait for follow-up orders. Infantry, get ready, command authority is transferred to each thousand households!"
"Yes, sir!"
Following Ma Chengzhao's order, the command flags fluttered, and the eight thousand households of the two guards who were lined up behind the frozen chevaux de frise began to roar at the same time.
"All troops, get ready! Set up your guns, fire!"
"Bang, bang, bang~~"
"First row, retreat and reload. Second row, fire! Third row, fire! First row, come again, fire!"
After completing a full three-stage attack, the new recruits were nervous, but years of repeated training had already made their bodies instinctive. After firing and reloading were basically in order, each captain nodded with satisfaction: "Free firing!"
When the Ming army fired the first round of flintlock muskets, the brave white-armored soldiers of the Later Jin army, who were running in the front, suddenly collided with an invisible wall. They almost all leaned back and even jumped back at the same time. Then their bodies fell heavily on the ice and could not get up again.
When these warriors fell, the following Later Jin soldiers rushed forward over their bodies for less than two steps, and then fell back as if they had hit a wall. Then, there was another round of collective falling back...
In three rounds of volleys, the Ming army fired a total of 8,000 bullets, and at least 2,000 Later Jin soldiers lay down and could never get up again.
"Hold up your big shield! Cover your body! Just listen for the sound of the barbarians' bird guns and charge forward!"
No one is stupid, and everyone knows that they are facing a tough opponent this time. But after so many casualties and rushing here, the big red flag on the opposite side is within reach. As long as they chop down the red flag, they will win the battle! Can they retreat?
Therefore, the Ezhen of the Later Jin Dynasty had no intention of retreating. Instead, they stood up one after another and loudly encouraged their soldiers to continue charging.
"Pikemen, move forward. If the enemy rushes within a hundred meters, use the grenades provided by Fangshan to deal with them first! If they can still rush forward, lean against the fence and stab them to death with your spears! Protect our musketeers!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Wang Shunwen!"
"Captain Cao, I am here to serve you."
"Did you see that Jiannu who was yelling there? He must be an officer. Knock him down for me!"
"Yes, sir!"
With a swish, Wang Shunwen placed a spear that was completely different from that of other soldiers on the frozen barricade.
What Wang Shunwen is holding in his hand now is a purely hand-crafted muzzle-loading flintlock rifle that was meticulously crafted by Fangshan's ironware group. There is also a monocular telescope polished by the most outstanding lens-grinding technician of Daming in Fangshan's laboratory installed on the gun - this is actually a sniper rifle.
For such a sniper rifle, each sniper has three rods: the sniper is responsible for shooting, there is also a special observer, and three auxiliary soldiers are responsible for loading.
"Charge! Kill them! As long as we can get close, none of the southern barbarians can defeat us..."
"Bang!"
Manggurtai, who was shouting loudly, was suddenly hit hard. His thick helmet was directly pierced. The bullet carried huge potential energy. After penetrating into his frontal bone, it crushed his brain into a paste and then opened a huge bloody hole on the back of his head.
"Well done! Did you see the guy who made the tassel of his helmet with peacock feathers? Damn, this show-off, who else should I hit? Knock it!"
"Bang!"
"I got it. Next time, that guy, that nine-foot-tall giant, knocked me out!"
"Bang!"
“Bang!”
Not only Cao Wenzhao, but also each thousand-householder in the area under his charge, in addition to commanding his soldiers to continue shooting, also ordered his snipers to start calling out the names of officers at all levels of the Later Jin Dynasty.
From the 700-meter mark in front of the Ming army's front to the 100-meter mark of the frozen barricades, the corpses of thousands of Later Jin soldiers covered the short one-mile road during the half-hour of non-stop shooting by the Ming army.
Of course, the output density of flintlock rifles of this era could not exceed the density of soldiers on the battlefield. Therefore, despite the heavy losses, many Houjin soldiers still rushed to the Ming army's defense line.
They were greeted first by wooden-handled grenades , and then by a uniform shout of "Stab to the right!"
Therefore, those Houjin soldiers who had managed to avoid the baptism of chain bullets and flintlock rifles and finally saw the nervous and pale faces of the Ming soldiers on the opposite side had no chance to chop the Ming soldiers who were so close with their swords!
What's worse is that the four flags of the Later Jin Dynasty were put into the battlefield at different times, and the remaining physical strength of the soldiers was uneven. In order to fully mobilize all the combat power, they had to break the formation as soon as possible. Therefore, according to the pre-war arrangement, the Later Jin Dynasty put the most capable white armor in the front for this charge, and the Ezhen at all levels led the charge. This resulted in that although the four flags of the Later Jin Dynasty still had more than 10,000 people, the backbone of the entire army had been lost.
Gradually, some of the Later Jin soldiers began to turn around and flee. At first, this behavior was isolated, but as the Ming army's artillery completed the reloading and adjusted the muzzle angle, the grapeshot exploded over the Later Jin brigade, and the entire Later Jin army suddenly shouted, and more than 10,000 people turned around and collapsed!
"Order to all troops! Artillery, hold fire. Infantry, charge with bayonets. Cavalry, charge!"
"Send the signal, let our friendly troops on both sides charge together! Hunt down the Jiannu!"
"Victory~~!"
“Awesome~~!”
