As the napalm exploded, Oirat's horses were frightened. The explosion of napalm bombs, the huge fireball and the burned area, are very terrifying.
Although the incendiary warheads of these rockets only weigh ten kilograms. Far inferior to the 100-kilogram and 50-kilogram incendiary bombs used by previous trebuchets.
But it also caused panic to the war horses. The entire cavalry group was in panic. The queue immediately began to commotion.
"Bindfold the eyes of the war horse and accelerate the charge immediately." Gushi Khan ordered.
The knights took out strips of cloth one after another, leaned down, blindfolded the horses, and then immediately used spurs to drive the horses to charge faster.
At this time, the five hundred meters in front of the shield array had been illuminated by incendiary bombs. Although a hundred napalm bombs were sparsely distributed, it was enough for people to clearly see the outlines of these cavalry.
Groups of gunners ran out of the shield formation, deployed the squatting tiger cannon ten meters in front of the shield formation, and then ran back.
The gunmen and gunners behind the shields looked nervously at the half-lit battlefield ahead, waiting for the impact of the large group of cavalry.
"Brothers, do you know who they are?"
"People from Oirat."
"Brothers, the Oirat people are the Oara people, the same Oara people who massacred your ancestors in Tumubao back then. We met on the battlefield today, what do you think we should do?"
"Avenge one's shame, one avenge one's shame."
The officers began shouting loudly to boost morale.
In fact, these soldiers in the Beijing camp are all military households, and they are all hereditary. In the tragic defeat a hundred years ago, all those killed were their ancestors.
This time, after reorganizing their army, brutal training, sufficient food and wages, and their victory in fighting the Mongols along the way, they had high morale. They were eager to fight the desert Mongols again and use their bravery and Strength, prove yourself.
In the blink of an eye, the Oirat cavalry had rushed to a distance of 500 meters from the shield array.
The officers and soldiers clenched their weapons and were ready to fight at any time.
At this time, another buzzing sound of gunpowder was heard. On the northern wall, two hundred Kangolev rockets were launched.
The speed of these rockets was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they roared and landed in the cavalry group.
Boom boom boom, one rocket after another exploded. Orange-red flames rose in the dark night.
Most of these rockets are high-explosive warheads. They are all ten-kilogram fragmentation-killing types. The charge must be at least six kilograms. The power of these fertilizer explosives can reach the level of 3.6 kilograms of TNT.
This almost equals the charge of 130 cannon shells. The charge of this modern heavy artillery is only about four kilograms.
Two hundred fireballs exploded in the cavalry group. Suddenly, each rocket exploded into thousands of fragments, sweeping across a radius of more than ten meters at two or three times the speed of sound.
The horses and knights at the center of the explosion were completely blown to pieces.
Under the shock wave, a large area of cavalry collapsed and fell to the ground.
Broken armor, weapons, and body parts of men and horses were abandoned high, and then fell with a crackle.
The whole array was suddenly in chaos. Many horses were frightened. Hui Lvlu screamed, and the men stood up, knocking the knights off their horses.
Gushi Khan had previously ordered them to blindfold the horses, which had a great effect.
Although these war horses heard the huge explosion, they jumped in fright. But after all, we didn't see the tragic images of blood and flesh flying everywhere, otherwise these horses would be so frightened that they would run around and refuse to continue charging.
Although more than 70 of the 200 rockets fell into the cavalry cluster, killing and injuring more than a thousand people, these blindfolded horses still rushed towards the shield array at high speed.
The Mongolian cavalry formation is relatively sparse, and the biggest problem with this kind of rocket is its inaccuracy.
There is now a Category 5 wind blowing on the battlefield, and rockets are falling everywhere. It is already very good that more than 70 rockets can fall into the enemy cavalry group.
Yang Fan no longer dared to continue launching. Because the wind has gotten stronger.
This uncontrolled rocket is huge
The difference in landing points made Yang Fan worry that the rockets would fall on his side and cause casualties.
Franco machine guns, various general cannons, matchlock guns, and even three-eyed guns protruded from between all the shields in the shield formation. There are also some cold weapons, such as steel crossbows and bows and arrows.
After the Oirat cavalry rushed three hundred meters, the Franco machine guns and various general cannons opened fire first. qδ.net
This distance is the optimal shooting range. These firearms are all light. Because heavy artillery is not conducive to marching, this expedition did not bring heavy artillery.
Along the way, there are deserts and rivers. If you bring heavy artillery, you will have to tire the artillery to death.
Now that the camel cannons of the Oirat people have been destroyed, these light artillery can now be used with confidence and boldness.
Spherical solid bullets weighing about a kilogram flew towards the cavalry.
Although these solid bullets were not heavy, they still penetrated three to four cavalrymen without any difficulty.
More than a hundred French cannons were rapidly replacing their guns. This time Yang Fan took away all the weapons from the Ministry of Industry. I also asked Xinghe Iron Works to cast some. Each Fran cannon has twenty muskets.
The gunners did not look ahead or take aim. Just lower your head and keep firing, change the gun, and fire again.
The Oirat cavalry were knocked off their horses one by one under the continuous bombardment of the Franco machine guns, which quickly replaced their muskets.
The horse in front fell down, and several horses behind were tripped. Because they were blindfolded, the horses couldn't see what was ahead.
However, these cavalrymen quickly rushed to a distance of fifty meters in front of the shield array.
"Tiger Crouching Cannon opens fire."
With an order, the fuse of the Tiger Crouching Cannon was ignited. These leads are fast burning leads. Soon, the fuse burned to the fire door of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
After experiencing heavy losses, the cavalry finally rushed to the front of the shield formation.
At this time, more than three hundred Tiger Crouching Cannons that had been loaded in advance opened fire.
These squatting tiger cannons are like squatting toads, with their mouths filled with gravel, iron filings and gunpowder. This type of gun launch presents a close-range fan-shaped ballistic dispersion.
When the cannon was fired, the cavalry forward was already twenty meters in front of the shield array. At this time, three hundred tiger squatting cannons were arranged in three rows, and one row after another made a roar.
The dense rocks hit the cavalry head-on like a heavy rain.
The cavalry group attacking at high speed seemed as if a large piece of it was suddenly smashed off by a hammer. Under the attack of three rows of squatting tiger cannons, the impact momentum suddenly stopped. People in the first few rows rushed forward and fell to the ground. The gravel and iron filings fired by these tiger crouching cannons are very dense.
Immediately afterwards, all the matchlock guns, three-eyed muskets, etc. opened fire.
The enemy's cavalry has reached twenty meters. At this distance, even the fire door gun can cause reliable damage.
The entire cavalry group seemed to be stunned. Many knights rushed towards the shields covered with steel needles.
