The two regiments from the Beijing Camp in the distance followed the drumbeats and walked towards Yarkant's infantry in uniform order.
They walked slowly and leisurely, without any fear or nervousness when they first entered the battlefield.
After more than a dozen battles, large and small, over the past year, they have become mature veterans.
The tribal chief, Sadir, led his five hundred warriors to the front. His warriors are fanatical believers who are not afraid of death and dare to die with any enemy.
These people, wearing helmets and chainmail armor with iron plates attached to vital parts, holding small bucklers in one hand and scimitars in the other, rushed forward with shouts.
"Three-eyed gun, three consecutive shots, ready, fire!" Hu Zuxun is the firearms captain. He is from a hundred households, and he has a hundred three-eyed gunmen under his command. After the Beijing camp was reorganized, it was all fully staffed. However, due to combat attrition, each regiment is now less than its original number, but some special units are still at full strength.
The soldiers in the first row pushed their wheeled aluminum alloy shields forward. These shields come in groups of ten, with a gap of about one meter in between. The middle is connected with chains and barbed wire.
Behind the shield are firearms sentries, that is, hundreds of households. Further behind, there were three rows of pikemen.
The three-eyed firearms team was hiding behind the shields. Behind each shield are two teams lined up in two columns.
Following Baihu's order, the shield soldiers immediately put down the stand and supported the shield on the ground.
In this way, even if the opposing cavalry collides, these large wheeled shields cannot be knocked down. There are also one-foot-long steel nails on the shield surface that tilts back, specially designed to deal with horses and cavalry.
At the same time, the shield soldier also locks the bottom plate to lock the wheels to prevent the shield from moving forward and backward.
At this time, Ye Erqiang's infantry had already rushed to a distance of ten meters.
They saw that there were iron chains and barbed wire connecting the opponent's tall shields. It's not easy to rush in. I was thinking about how to rush in from the space between the opponent's big shields. Either drill or climb from below.
At this time, two Ming soldiers suddenly appeared from two adjacent shields. They held long poles under their armpits, held a three-eyed gun in one hand, and lit the fuse with the other hand.
Today's three-eyed muskets all use fast leads and will fire in almost a second or two.
Bang bang bang! The three firecrackers are connected in parallel. Three leads are twisted into one, one is lit, and then it is quickly burned into three leads. Almost less than a second apart, all three lead bullets from the three-eyed gun were fired.
At this distance, it is the most accurate distance of the fire gate gun. It is also the most powerful distance.
The two men missed the three-eyed musket, immediately dodged left and right, and retreated to the protection of the shields on both sides.
Six lead bullets flew towards the dense Yarkant army. Three people were knocked down directly.
In fact, when they saw the three-eyed gun, they immediately raised their shields.
Yarkant's small round shield was mainly used on horses because of its small protective area. It can also be carried on the back to resist enemy bows and arrows when retreating. These small bucklers were made of two millimeters of iron and lined with rawhide. No problem blocking bows and arrows.
However, after Yang Fan reorganized the Beijing camp, he improved the existing weapons. One is to reshape the barrel of the three-eyed gun. Because these barrels are not straight enough.
Yang Fan took the simplest approach. The caliber of the muskets of this era was relatively large. Moreover, the caliber of each fire gun is different, some are thicker and some are thinner. Lead bullets cannot be used universally, so you can only cast your own from molds.
By inserting the barrel, the caliber is unified. And go directly to the steel pipes produced by a Xincheng Iron Works. The caliber is still sufficient.
The specific method is to burn the three-eyed gun red, causing the caliber to become larger, and then insert a steel pipe. Beat it with a hammer. Squeeze out air bubbles and bridge cracks in these iron pipes.
After cooling, the metal shrinks and will tightly hold the steel pipe inside.
The barrel is straight, the precision is high, and the accuracy is naturally improved.
The second one is the propellant, all replaced by maroon gunpowder. The combustion linearity is good and the propulsion force is uniform, which not only prevents the chamber from exploding, but also increases the muzzle velocity of the bullet.
The third is to switch to steel-core bullets with lead-wrapped steel balls to improve armor-piercing capabilities. After all, lead is too soft and its armor-piercing ability is somewhat insufficient.
After seeing the three-eyed gun, they also know the goods. After all, matchlock guns are also common in Central Asia. They somewhat despised these Ming army's Beijing camps. I heard that they were the emperor's personal troops, protecting the capital.
As a result, what was equipped was actually the fire door gun that they had long since eliminated.
Even if three fire gate guns are connected in parallel, you are still a fire gate gun.
The range is short and the accuracy is extremely poor.
They immediately despised the Jing camp. It seemed that these Han people had nothing to fear, that's all. As for Tumut and Haraqin being so unbeaten, it must be that their bones have been corroded by the fertile grasslands of Monan. An embarrassment to our great ancestors.
It’s not like they sleep with a machete on their head in Central Asia, a land of four wars.
But they despised and responded very quickly. He immediately bent down to reduce the projected area, raised a small buckler at the same time, and stretched his arms forward to block most of his body.
Steel smelting is relatively developed in the Western Regions, and their shields are made of cold forged iron.
Cold forging is actually cold rolling. The metal is not heated throughout the process and is shaped by external force. During this process, the metal hardens and becomes incredibly defensive.
They were confident that the warped, cold wrought iron on their shields could block fire portal guns. After all, lead bullets are too soft.
But what actually happened surprised them. Gunshots sounded like exploding beans. All shields, as long as they are hit, will be penetrated.
Two millimeters of cold wrought iron skin did nothing.
The lead bullet hit the small round shield with a curved surface, and the soft lead immediately adhered to the shield surface in a cake shape. Because of the high temperatures during firing, the lead was softer and unable to penetrate the shield. However, these soft lead are surrounded by steel balls on the inside.
The result is a steel core that penetrates the cold wrought iron and continues through the rawhide. Then it hit the Yarkand warrior's torso. The chain armor was defenseless against the steel-core bullets that penetrated the shield, and was easily penetrated.
Forty or fifty people were immediately knocked down in front of them. It was obvious that their chainmails had been penetrated and they all fell to the ground. Some were beaten to death directly, while others rolled to the ground and screamed.
Ani yelled, "Charge forward and engage the enemy as soon as possible."
However, after firing from the front, the two three-eyed gunmen quickly hid behind their shields. Two more people appeared behind them, and they appeared immediately after lighting the fuse. The time connection is very tight.
Bang bang bang! Another three consecutive shots. More than 40 Yarkand men fell again.
After three shots were fired, the two quickly flashed back behind the shields.
Then the three-eyed gunmen in the third row, fourth row, and fifth row also opened fire.
After five rounds of shooting, the momentum of the Yarkand people's attack suddenly stalled. Nearly three hundred people were knocked to the ground by the three-eyed gun. Some were dead, and some were still struggling.
After firing the three-eyed musket, these gunmen immediately retreated without any hesitation.
During the training, anyone who complained was served with a military stick. At this time, they fired quickly, rotated quickly, and retreated faster than rabbits. Being so numb is the result of being beaten with a military stick.
As soon as the three-eyed gunslinger retreated, three rows of spearmen immediately charged forward.
At this time, the Yarkand people had already rushed to the front of the shield at the cost of heavy casualties.
Battalion Commander Jiang Zhong shouted, "Assassinate with spearmen."
The shield soldier opened the shooting port on the shield, and the spearman immediately thrust his spear out of the shield's shooting port. These ten centimeter square holes are not only convenient for musket shooting, but also can be poked out with a long gun.
Behind the barbed wire between the shields were also soldiers from the Beijing camp holding spears, stabbing with their spears.
The Yarkand officers and soldiers who rushed to the shield were immediately hit. These spears were four and a half meters long and immediately stabbed the enemy soldiers in the first row to death in front of the shield.
