The artillery battalion's more than two hundred artillery pieces were all firing at this time. The Franco machine gun bombarded the rear of the Qing army at its maximum elevation angle, while the rocket launcher concentrated its firepower to bombard the middle of the Qing army's cavalry formation. The Hu Zun artillery with the closest range were all deployed in front of the infantry formation, relying on a considerable number of chariots to bombard the vanguard of the Qing cavalry formation at close range.
The three types of artillery in the artillery battalion can complement each other in terms of range. The long, medium and near are intertwined to maximize the lethality of the artillery.
At this time, the Qing army's cavalry formation suffered heavy casualties. The special equipment was the light cavalry and dead soldiers at the front. They became the key "objects of attention" of the Tiger Zun Cannon. Countless shotguns were fired, causing those Qing army soldiers and horses to fall on their backs. In front of each infantry battalion, a "corpse line" about two miles long was formed, all of which were the corpses of Qing soldiers and war horses!
However, even though the artillery battalion's firepower was very powerful, the Qing cavalry continued to charge despite casualties and began to charge at several square formations of the New Army infantry. The Tiger Cannon in front of the formation began to fire desperately. Amidst the huge noise, Thousands of projectiles rushed out of the muzzle, turning into metal rain in the thick white smoke, and rushed towards the Qing cavalry.
In just the blink of an eye, countless blood arrows were sprayed out. In the screams and chaos, a large number of the archers wearing light armor and the dead soldiers with heavy armor fell down. Faced with such fierce firepower, the light-armored archers of the Qing army were unable to shoot effectively. They were hit by artillery fire before they even had time to release arrows, or the horses under their crotches were frightened and began to run away, so that the arrows fired by the Qing army were sparse. There is no effective damage at all.
Even the horses driven by the Qing army's cavalry were not allowed to approach. Many were killed by the shotguns of the Hu Zun cannon. The remaining horses were frightened and fled around in a neighing manner. Not only did they fail to break through the battlefield in front of the new army, The car instead disrupted the formation of the Qing army's cavalry.
At this time, the light cavalry and horses in front suffered heavy casualties, either fleeing or turning into corpses on the ground. Then the heavy cavalry of the dead soldiers of the Qing army appeared in front, becoming the next batch to be bombarded by the Huzun artillery. object.
In fact, the power of these dead soldiers charging into battle cannot be underestimated. If both men and horses are heavily armored, they can sometimes even charge into some fortresses. However, facing the shotgun shells of the Tiger Cannon, those dead soldiers were destined to die. Even if they were wearing three layers of heavy armor, they would not be able to withstand the close range bombardment of the artillery. Moreover, in order to increase the power of the heavy cavalry, these men and horses were lined up closely, making them even more targets for shotguns.
"boom!"
There was another round of volley. At this time, the dead soldiers had rushed to a distance of 120 steps in front of the formation. They were hit by the scattered bullets of the Tiger Cannon one after another in front of each formation. The dead men and horses fell down in a crowd. Many bloody horses jumped wildly in fright, causing great obstacles and confusion to the following people and horses.
The momentum and formation of the Qing army's cavalry suddenly slowed down, but with the help of inertia, there were still some remaining men and horses in front, and there were still heavy cavalry rushing towards them. As a whole, the Qing army's cavalry continued to advance forward, getting closer and closer to the New Army's infantry formation.
Liu Yan was watching the situation on the battlefield from the rear, and he had to admit that the Qing army's fighting will was still very strong at this time, at least stronger than the vast majority of the Ming army. Coupled with the strict military law among the Qing army, , and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was on the rise at this time, which already affected the strength of the Qing army.
Of course, all this will end now. After all, with the arrival of Liu Yan, whether the Qing army can still enter the pass is already a question. Liu Yan is even confident that as long as his power continues to grow in the future, whether the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be firmly entrenched in Liaodong will be a big question!
At this time, the forwards of the Qing army had already rushed within a hundred steps of the formation. Liu Yan immediately ordered: "Send the order to all battalions: the gunmen open fire!"
As a swan whistle sounded, the front of each formation of the New Army in Qinglai Town was suddenly shrouded in white smoke, and fierce cannon fire began. Three infantry battalions, with a total of more than 21,000 cannons, began to fire in turn. Such ferocious firepower, Neither the generals of the Qing army nor Wu Sangui in the distance had ever seen such a huge sound.
At this time, Liu Yan could no longer see clearly what was going on outside the formation, and his view from the Chinese army was blocked. However, Liu Yan was not worried, because he knew in his heart that under such fierce firepower, the Qing army in front of the formation would definitely be in a mess of casualties. If the Qing army's iron cavalry can rush to the front of the formation and break through the vehicle formation in front of the formation under the salvo of more than 20,000 cannons and the artillery attack, then it will really be a humanoid Gundam!
In the distance, Wu Sangui was always paying attention to the battle situation here. He saw the situation in front of the formation in the telescope, and looked at the fierce firepower of the cannon. He was already in a daze and was stunned.
"Liu Yan's troops are so powerful!"
Wu Sangui finally understood why Liu Yan's new army could repeatedly defeat the Qing cavalry, and why other military towns also had firearms, but they could never compare to Liu Yan's army.
Speaking of blunderbuss alone, the Ming army was equipped with a lot of blunderbuss, but Liu Yan was the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty who was equipped with so many well-made blunderbuss with all flint hair!
"Maybe after this battle, I will learn from Liu Yan and start training the new army!"
At the same time, on the battlefield, among the bullets flying all over the sky, some dead soldiers were beaten to pieces on the spot, and more were beaten to pieces by lead bullets and covered with blood holes. Just listen to the sound of people falling one after another in front of the New Army infantry square. The screams and screams continued, and countless bloody and mad horses rolled and crashed in all directions.
The dead soldiers in front of the formations are now at the end of their strength. Even if the heavy cavalry is about to rush in, there is no place for them to release their power, because at this time, the ground in front of the formation is already full of corpses, and even walking will be tripped. Not to mention horse racing.
"Shaking thunder!"
Seeing the Qing cavalry in front of them in a mess, Liu Yan ordered the thunderbolts to be thrown at close range. At this time, a large number of Qing soldiers and horses gathered within a hundred steps in front of the military formation. They were either still charging with shields, or They were running around trying to escape, or they were frightened by the fierce firepower, squatting, standing, or even lying on the ground crying.
At this time, it is a great opportunity for Zhentian Lei to show its lethality!
The order was quickly passed on, and the sword and shield players in each battalion who had been prepared stepped forward one after another, ignited the thunder ropes in their hands, and then threw them forward with force.
"boom!"
The explosions of sky-shaking thunder were heard one after another, mixed with the volleys of cannons and the roar of artillery, making the already noisy battlefield even more lively.
Amidst the rising flames and gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, toxin-filled caltrops and gravel flew across the battlefield. The Qing army's cavalry that surged in were blown away and turned upside down, causing howls of ghosts and wolves.
"put!"
There was another round of volley, and the gunners in each square formation of the New Army sprayed large amounts of thick gunpowder smoke outwards. The thick white smoke quickly covered these vehicle formations. Then it spread, covering each square formation, and finally it seemed that the entire infantry square formation of the New Army in Qinglai Town was shrouded in thick smoke.
Suddenly, after a gust of breeze, Liu Yan saw through the smoke that some of the heavy armor of the Qing army actually rushed forward. Those Qing army cavalry all dismounted and fought on foot, holding large shields and walking forward quickly. He couldn't help but admire the Qing army's strength at this time. tenacious.
Immediately afterwards, the heavy armor of the Qing army stood next to the chariot, holding a shield in one hand and throwing some iron bones, javelins, throwing axes and other sharp weapons into the formation with the other hand.
But that was all. Those heavy armors of the Qing army had just thrown one round, and were shot dead by bird cannons. Then many thunderbolts fell, blowing their bodies into pieces.
A little further away, there were still a large number of Qing army cavalry rushing over. In order to avoid the thunder and artillery fire, they unconsciously moved closer to the center. However, those Qing army cavalry seemed to have forgotten that the blunderbuss of the new army in Qinglai Town could break through heavy armor in about a hundred steps.
So amidst the fierce sound of muskets, fire burst out one after another from behind the deck of the chariot. Heavy projectiles continued to hit the Qing cavalry rushing in front. Many Qing soldiers and horses were hit by bullets in front of each formation. Throw it down.
Under such a charge, it was like dying in vain. The Qing army has suffered very heavy casualties since the start of the battle. How many casualties have been suffered by the new army in Qinglai Town? It is estimated that only the iron bones, javelins, and flying axes thrown by the heavy armor just now caused some casualties to those hateful Qinglai Town new troops, some almost negligible casualties!
In this way, although those dead soldiers and sharp soldiers are elite, how can they withstand artillery, shotguns, thunder and more than 20,000 sophisticated bird guns? 33
After every roar of artillery and every volley of cannon fire, a large number of Qing soldiers and horses fell in a pool of blood, and the miserable howls could be heard endlessly, even though their equipment was very sophisticated, even though they all had martial arts skills , but in front of firearms, they are so cheap.
At this time, in the Qing army's formation, almost all of Ji'erhalang, Haoge, Azig and others were looking into the distance with red eyes. Everyone also held up telescopes to watch the battle. Seeing the heavy casualties of their own soldiers and horses, Everyone's heart was bleeding.
When did the warriors of the Qing Dynasty become so cheap that they needed to use their lives to break the enemy's battle formation?
"Damn Liu Yan!"
Hauge gritted his teeth and cursed, but the arrogance in his eyes was gone. Even Azig beside him was like this. Looking at the battle ahead, he could only feel anxiety and heartache. The arrogance before had disappeared along with the arrogance in the distance. The roar disappeared.
"Prince Zheng!"
Haug couldn't stand it anymore and shouted loudly: "What should we do now? The casualties of the warriors are too great!"
Jierhalang, uncharacteristically, did not retreat as before, but said: "Prince Su, please remember! If you withdraw your troops at this time, the sacrifice of those warriors who died in the battle will be in vain!"
Jierhalang pointed to the battlefield in the distance and said loudly: "Look, the warriors of all banners are almost rushing to the front of Liu Yan's army. If they work harder, they can break through Liu Yan's army and engage in close combat with them." fight!"
Hauge also suppressed the anger in his heart when he heard this. If it was a close combat, he didn't believe that Liu Yan's troops could be stronger than the Qing warriors?
Azig also gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, then some of the soldiers and horses left behind by the Chinese army will be pressed forward and fight with Liu Yan! As long as we can break through Liu Yan's army formation, we, the Qing warriors, will be like tigers among sheep. No matter if Liu Yan has 50,000 people or 60,000 people, they will all end in defeat!"
Some people died, but not completely...
