With a "pop" sound, a fire commander from Supervisor Biao Camp pulled the trigger. The heavy Rumi gun in his hand spurted out a sharp burst of fire, and projectiles that were almost the same as bird gun shot out rapidly.
Although the Rumi gunslinger quickly lowered his head after shooting to avoid the several sharp arrows coming toward him, out of the corner of his eye, he still saw a long bloody arrow shooting out of the chest of a Tatar soldier on the opposite side and flying backwards. go out.
Rumi's gun's armor-piercing ability is truly well-deserved. Although the Tatar archer was wearing iron-inlaid cotton armor, his body was penetrated by him. There were two holes in the front and back. The hole in the back was bigger than the front. He would definitely not survive. . Rumi's gunslinger secretly cheered, hiding behind the wall and reloading nervously.
If it is the elite bird gunners or Lumi gunners in the Ming Army, the loading steps of their fire guns are actually the same as those of the Xiahezhai New Army. Now many elite troops of the Ming Army have already used fixed-loaded ammunition. The best method is to carry a certain amount of gunpowder and projectiles separately, and just take them directly when filling. Although this method is not as fast as fixed reloading, it is still much better than before.
The Rumi gunman wore iron-inlaid cotton armor and carried a gunpowder jar filled with propellant, another gunpowder jar filled with primer, and finally a lead bag filled with projectiles. Both the priming powder and the propellant powder are made of copper tubes. Each tube is filled with exactly one shot of gunpowder in equal parts. The only thing missing is to combine it into a fixed paper tube of ammunition.
I saw him skillfully taking out a tube of gunpowder from his gunpowder jar and pouring the gunpowder into the gun. It was also grains of gunpowder. When pouring the gunpowder, Rumi's gunhand habit has become natural. He surrounds the mouth of the gun with his thumb and index finger to prevent the gunpowder from being withdrawn. After the gunpowder is released, it is not far away.
Then Rumi's gunslinger quickly took out his stick and pounded the gunpowder into the gun tube several times to solidify the gunpowder. He also took a lead shot from the lead bag, wrapped it in tissue paper, put it in, and sent it to the bottom of the gun with a stick. Finally, Gunslinger Rumi took out a tube of primer from his gunpowder jar filled with Huomen primer, but it was finer particles of gunpowder, poured it into the Huomen pool, and closed the lid.
Rumi's gunslinger moved very quickly, and it didn't take much time for him to complete this series of dazzling movements. After everything was done, he tapped the eye of the fire, blew on the match rope, and then tiptoed to place the Rumi gun on the earth wall.
At this moment, he calmed down, closed his left eye lightly, stared at the rear sight of the fire gadolinium with his right eye, looked at the star in front, and aimed at a Tatar archer. As the firearms hand of the Dubiao Battalion, everyone was naturally unconvinced by the achievements of the Xiahezhai New Army. They wanted to prove that the Dubiao Battalion was the most elite warrior in the Ming army.
At this time, the Tatar archer whom Rumi's gunner was aiming at was very short and stocky, with full beard and blue cotton armor with red edges. He was obviously a Tatar soldier with a blue flag. At this time, the Tatar soldier was breathing thick white air from his mouth. After shooting several arrows, it seemed that the arrows he shot again were already weak.
Fighting in such cold winter weather consumes a lot of physical strength, especially when shooting with a bow, the whole body's strength is consumed very quickly. This is also one of the advantages of firecrackers over bows and arrows. It requires very little physical strength and only requires the strength to pull the trigger.
After taking a careful look for a while, the Rumi gunman decisively pulled the trigger and there was a "pop" sound. The projectile penetrated the Tatar archer's right chest and shot him diagonally.
The archer with the blue flag also deserved his misfortune. Originally, after his group of archers shot a few arrows, they could retire and be replaced by other groups of archers waiting behind them. Unexpectedly, after the archer shot six or seven arrows in a row, he still wanted to shoot the last arrow, and finally lost his life.
The rapidly coming projectiles penetrated the body of the Tatar soldier with the blue flag and came out from his back. The archer with the blue flag took several steps back, and finally fell on the low wall behind him, slowly sliding down, leaving behind A bloody stain. At this moment, his eyes were wide open, with an unbelievable look in them. He wanted to say something, but finally opened his mouth, said nothing, and died silently.
Rumi's gunslinger once again knocked down a Qing archer, triggering a barrage of crazy revenge. The gunmen of the Ming army opposite, especially there were dozens of them, were truly terrifying beings.
Many of our own warriors have died from their blunderbuss, one of them pierced both eyes, and their entire body was penetrated by them. What kind of fire blunderbuss is that, so powerful? At this time, the Qing soldiers and horses on the battlefield couldn't understand, and they couldn't think about it, because more muskets were firing. The Tatar soldiers could only continue to fight, while paying attention to their surroundings, and always avoiding the lead bullets.
After the gunman Rumi finished firing the gun, he once again shrank under the earth wall without showing his head for a long time, but his hands quickly started working again. A self-made gunman next to him gave him a thumbs up, and the two of them smiled at each other, but both of them wore iron masks, so they could not clearly see the expression on the other's face. The Rumi Gunslinger is still satisfied with his results. Their team is the Lumi Commander who supports Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town. Not to mention others, since yesterday afternoon alone, he has killed and wounded at least ten Tatars. Zibing and other brothers also gained a lot.
Their performance proved the excellent quality of the campfire makers. Excellent firearms always require excellent soldiers to use them in order to exert their maximum power. The soldiers in the Dubiao Battalion are all proficient in handling firearms and have excellent equipment, which naturally forms a strong combat effectiveness.
During these two days of fighting, Dubiao Camp’s self-generated fire guns also showed their talents. They did not require a match rope and could be used in cold weather. Compared with firearms such as bird guns and Lumi guns, the filling steps during combat were greatly simplified. In the same manner, Within a period of time, more lead bullets can be fired. Using this kind of fire gun is not cumbersome and makes people feel relaxed.
However, this self-generating fire gun, that is, the flintlock gun, also has a problem, that is, when pulling the trigger, the index finger requires too much force, which greatly affects the aiming and shooting of the fire gun. Moreover, after the flint is fired, the ignition powder often cannot be ignited, and the trigger needs to be pressed several times, which is really fatal.
Regarding this situation, many self-made fire guns were cursed, and they all planned to return to camp and exchange their fire guns for bird guns or Lumi guns after today's battle.
Rumi's gunslinger knocked over a Qing soldier, triggering a wild rain of retaliatory arrows. In fact, this rain of arrows, placed in the left defense line of the entire Xuanda camp, was only an insignificant part of the sky full of arrows. Even Lu Xiangsheng's two hundred gunmen who supported Yang Guozhu, the projectiles they fired were only a small part of the projectiles fired by the left-wing Ming army.
At this time, Yang Guozhu's left-wing defense line had been exhausted by the hard work of the Ming army's three-eyed muskets, rockets, etc. and the Qing army's bows and arrows.
By this time, the Qing army was raining arrows wildly, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were also furious. By the afternoon, the Qing troops attacking both wings of the Ming army had pushed their layers of wooden shields closer to thirty or twenty steps away from the earthen wall.
At this distance, the heavy arrows of the Qing army could break through the armor of Yang Guozhu and the soldiers of Hu Daweizheng Barracks. Each of the bird gunmen, three-eyed gunmen, or archers were shot to the ground by their sharp arrows. The heavy arrows fired by the Qing army broke through their cotton armor, iron armor, or iron masks, and penetrated deeply into their bodies.
The various units of the Qing army attacked very fiercely, and they gathered many archers on both wings. If there were thousands of Qing archers attacking the frontal defense line of the new army in Xiahezhai, then the number of Qing troops attacking the two wings of the Xuanda camp reached more than 10,000. They attacked in multiple batches, and the attack seemed to never end.
At this point, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei had already secured all the cold weapon masters in the camp. Each team of the cold weapon masters in their camp included archers, hook shooters, rake masters and other soldiers. Every soldier carries a bow and arrow. After these people were taken into custody, the firearmsmen were able to take a breather at noon, rest for a while, and have a bite of food.
The deafening sound of three-eyed cannons and rockets kept ringing, and the entire area around the earthen wall on Yang Guozhu's left wing was shrouded in extremely thick smoke.
The three-eyed muskets of the soldiers in the camp were all mounted on the earthen wall. The guns were constantly emitting flames and making loud "boom, boom, boom, boom" noises. The three-eyed gun is famous for its loud noise, much louder than firecrackers, and the smoke coming out of the gun's mouth is also famous.
Moreover, the shooting speed of the three-eyed gun is also very fast, which is not inferior to the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers. When the hot coal is pressed into the eye of the gun several times, several projectiles will be sprayed out one after another. Or the three-eye blunderbuss shared by the medical pot. As long as there is a little fire coal, the ammunition of the three blunderbuss tubes will be sprayed out at the same time.
At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, the Ming army's three-eyed muskets posed a huge threat to those Qing soldiers who were filling the trenches without armor. Perhaps the Qing army's archers wearing iron-inlaid cotton armor and shooting arrows were also a huge threat, and at this moment, the Ming army's three-eyed muskets The projectiles fired by the gun were dense and large, and it had a firepower advantage that the bird gun could not match. The Qing soldiers on the opposite side fell to the ground one by one, and their blood flowed into rivers.
Even if the Qing soldiers on the opposite side were not killed by the three-eyed bullets, they would not survive easily because the Ming army also used intensive rockets.
The thunderous sound of the rockets kept ringing. In front of the earthen wall on Yang Guozhu's left wing, the roar of the rockets seemed to never stop. Flying spears, flying knives, flying swords, swarms of bees, and large rockets such as hundreds of tigers running together, always rushed towards the wooden shield of the Qing army dozens of steps ahead like a sudden rain and wind.
The wooden shields of the Qing army were shot like hedgehogs. Every time a wave of rockets was fired, all the Qing army archers who dared to show their heads, or the auxiliary soldiers and soldiers throwing mud were shot over and flew away.
While the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army on both wings were launching various large rockets, the Ming Army on both wings also continued to fire some detonating rockets in an attempt to burn down the wooden shields of the Qing army.
When they entered the defense this time, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's troops both carried a lot of detonating rockets. The arrows were greased to ignite, and the arrow shafts had gunpowder to propel them forward. The rakemen in the two wing armies all mounted this detonator on their own rake, then lit it and fired it.
At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, the wooden shields of the Qing army were mostly large targets that were as tall as one person and as wide as two people, and all of them were missed. However, most of the wooden shields were made of thick felled wood bundled together. Each piece of thick wood was as thick as a human thigh or calf, and was damp and green. Although the cold wind was blowing at this time, it was difficult to burn the wooden shields.
Only when the rocket hits the wooden shields made of several thick wooden boards nailed together, will the wooden shields burst into flames. The cold wind will blow, and the fire will be filled with thick and extremely dense smoke, which will make people extremely uncomfortable. The Qing soldiers hiding behind the wooden shields all hurriedly retreated and ducked behind the remaining wooden shields.
Every ignited wooden shield will cause chaos in the surrounding area. However, there were too few wooden shields, and they still could not change the overall situation of the Qing troops advancing step by step.
Some people died, but not completely...
