Dege Lei originally prepared several rounds of artillery fire, and then ordered that the infantry of Zhenglan Banner take the lead, and then the soldiers of Han Army Banner followed closely and launched a charge.
Unexpectedly, the militiamen suddenly fell down.
Almost all the artillery fire was empty.
There is no way. Artillery in this era can only shoot directly, but of course it can also shoot in a curved direction. However, that requires function calculation. It is estimated that there is no one in Daikin who can do math.
The enemy disappeared all of a sudden. Not to mention, the Ming army's artillery was exposed in the distance, and Dege's eyes were very good. Nurhachi's descendants are basically sharp archers.
Huang Taiji can even fire an eighteen-power bow and arrow. Not much worse than Ansanxi. Of course there is no comparison in terms of archery technique and accuracy. Simply comparing strength, it's not much different.
There is no such thing as a bad archer. He saw that the barrels of those cannons were different from those of general cannons. One is thin and long, the other is short and thick. Completely two types.
However, he didn't pay too much attention to it, after all, he had also seen the slender Folan cannon. The Ming army's artillery seems to be too small, and it is estimated that it will not have much lethality, and it is so far away that it is doubtful whether it can be hit.
However, he soon discovered that he had made a huge mistake.
There is a full five hundred meters in the distance. This distance requires a second general or even a senior general's artillery to pose a sufficient threat. But these little cannons actually fired.
Thirty shells roared in, bringing with them a blazing wind.
The location of Dege's station was better, just between the two cannons, so no shells came towards him, but there were two bangs.
Dege was on the left and right, with a cannonball coming from three meters on both sides. In the originally dense military formation, two alleys suddenly appeared.
The shells shattered everyone they encountered. The people in the first row who were hit even turned into a bloody mist. Sprayed all over Dege.
The blue cloth armor he was wearing turned red with a pop.
Only then did he react. He looked around in panic and saw only two bloody alleys. He turned around hurriedly, just in time to see the ricochet of spherical solid bullets. He watched two black iron balls bounce three or four times, and then disappeared from sight.
There was a wailing sound from the military formation behind them.
Those who were hit in the torso by cannonballs were killed immediately, and even their bodies were in pieces. Those who were rubbed would have their limbs separated from the body wherever they touched. For a while, many people who were not dead were wailing on the ground.
Those who were scratched by the shells had their limbs broken and could not be treated at all. He could only watch as he gradually stiffened while wailing.
These thirty cannonballs directly opened thirty flesh-and-blood passages for the military formation of 13,000 people.
Dege was trembling with fear and almost hit him just now.
"Hu Chun, you little slave, hurry up and fight back. Quick, shoot down the cannon on the other side."
Dege was furious. He kicked the artillery officer down with one kick.
Hu Chun was not young either. He surrendered in Shenyang. Because he knew how to use artillery, he was promoted to a general under his banner.
Hu Chun knew that Lord Beile could not be offended. He was the tenth son of the old Khan. It's not something that a subordinated general like him can afford to offend.
He jumped up and stood up, deliberately keeping one leg away to prevent Lord Beile from kicking him again. He is sixty this year, but he can no longer do this.
"Master Beile, the distance is too far. It's one mile here. These generals can't hit it. Only General No. 1 can shoot at this range."
Deger's eyes almost burst out with fire. He grabbed him by the collar and swung his arms to serve as a slap in the face.
"Slave dog, why don't you hurry up and let the No. 1 general's cannon fire?"
Hu Chun was so shocked that he shivered and said, "The No. 1 General Cannon is too heavy. It weighs more than a thousand kilograms. It won't be able to bring Mongolia here. They are all in Shenyang."
When Degerei heard this, he felt dizzy with anger.
Those killed in the round of artillery just now were all bannermen of Zhenglan Banner. They were very valuable. Jiannu had a small population and could provide even fewer soldiers. Every death is a big loss.
"What should I do? You old bastard, tell me, what should I do?"
Just as he was holding Hu Chun and shaking him, another series of cannons were fired from the opposite side.
A row of fire flashed, flames and thick smoke spurted out, and another black dot flew in.
Dege was shocked. How long has it been? Did he have five breaths? One breath lasts three to six seconds, and five breaths takes less than half a minute. So quickly they reloaded and fired.
Immediately afterwards, thirty more flesh and blood passages penetrated the military formation vertically.
This time, two No. 3 general cannons mounted on trolleys were hit. There was a loud bang, and the cannon bodies were shattered. Broken metal flew everywhere, and the wood of the trolleys was also shattered and shot everywhere.
"Ah! My eyes." A grunt covered his face with his hands and wailed. This man is a white-toothed soldier, a guard of the Dege type.
Baqi's cloth armor had no visor, and a broken piece of wood pierced directly into his left eye.
Dege was so frightened that he threw Hu Chun away and crouched down quickly, as if he could avoid the shells.
Everyone on the left and right panicked. There was a commotion in the formation.
This time, they themselves also experienced the fear and despair of the white-armed soldiers when they were bombarded by heavy artillery during the Battle of Hunhe River.
Then there was another rumble of artillery, and another round of artillery shells came.
Degerei grabbed one of Hu Chun's arms and asked: "If we can't run, what should we do? Are we going to get beaten like this?" Degerei was stuck in a fixed thinking. He subconsciously thought that the only way to deal with artillery was with artillery.
Hu Chun cried out in pain and felt that his arm was about to be broken.
Suddenly, he became anxious and shouted: "Master Baile, let's rush over and fight with their infantry, so they won't dare to fire."
One word awakens the dreamer.
Dege smiled sinisterly, yes, that's what he would do, rush up and fight with their infantry, so they wouldn't dare to fire. Otherwise, if their people are in front, they will kill their own people first when they fire.
"Come on, charge on!" Degeri shouted loudly.
The white-toothed soldiers who were protecting him and supervising the battle shouted loudly together: "Ten Baile has an order, the whole army marches."
The ten war drums also began to beat rumble.
The Zhenglan Banner Infantry Armor and the Han Army Banner Soldiers, who had killed seven or eight hundred people by three rounds of artillery, rushed forward with a roar.
Zhou Yuji saw the dark crowd of Jiannu rushing up in front, and stood up and said to the deputy general, pass on the order. array.
As the officers shouted, the hundred-man phalanxes quickly recovered. The soldiers leveled their halberds, shouted slogans, and walked towards the enemy in unison.
The artillerymen behind saw Jiannu rushing up and had to stop the bombardment. Because the distance just now was a bit far, at 500 meters, this distance had reached the limit range of the hand-operated Gatling gun, so Gatling did not fire.
At the same time, the infantry of both sides finally came into contact.
The strongest heavy infantry in East Asia and the infantry group with the best equipment and training collided head-on.
