The shells were as dense as locusts, and the smoke from the explosion was as high as a sandstorm. It was like a god swinging a giant hammer, and in one fell swoop, the most elite vanguard of Agubai's army was stewed!
There was thunder on the ground, and Aquba in the rear was sitting in an exquisite camel cart, wrapped in a thick carpet, and beside him were two stunning female slaves serving him fruits.
This camel cart is also wrapped in gauze, so no dust can blow in!
Looking at the charging army, every hair on Aguba's body felt relieved. "Zuo Zongtang is the last general the Qing people can send out. These soldiers are their last expeditionary force!"
"As long as we can get through it, the Qing Dynasty will no longer be able to deal with us, and we can negotiate with them and finally get my country recognized by all nations!"
"Warriors! Use scimitars to harvest the heads of these infidels. We are invincible..."
Boom, boom, boom... A burst of thunder interrupted Agubai's arrogant words. The sudden explosion caused him and the slave girl to completely lose the ability to think within five seconds!
"Ah..." screamed, "What is this? Is this a cannon? Impossible... Where in the world are there such artillery... Not even Rakshasa people?"
People of that era had never seen such a spectacular scene of artillery cluster shooting!
In the understanding of Agub and others, although artillery bombardment and cavalry charge were powerful, they were not invincible. At that time, there were very few cannons in Central Asia, and most of them were muskets that fired solid shells!
Most of the time, the artillery shells would sparsely explode a few dust flowers in the tide of cavalry, and only the unlucky soldiers closest to them would be hit!
It can be said that those soldiers who died under the cannons did not have firm faith, or that they were sent to heaven to enjoy happiness!
With the blessing of religious fanaticism, the impact of such casualties on morale is very small!
In the eyes of Agubai and other Central Asian Turkish warlords, the role of artillery is actually to siege the city. It is only used when knocking down city wall fortifications and other things. To deal with cavalry attacks, it is just to scare the horses with sound and fire!
But today, the Chinese's cutting-edge weapons gave him a bloody war lesson. Agubai screamed and fell off the camel cart, and half of the veil was torn to pieces!
The scene in front of him at this moment was the gate of hell opening. What he saw was not the artillery fire in his impression, but a real carpet bombing!
The artillery fire was like a burning carpet, engulfing all the cavalry vanguard!
Boom boom boom... boom boom boom... the sound of the cannons was completely connected together, like one continuous explosion!
Black smoke billowed, blocking everyone's view. The wave of more than 3,000 cavalrymen in front of them was suddenly invisible and was engulfed by the black smoke!
These rebels in the black smoke are unlucky. High-explosive artillery shells rely on fragmentation attack. After the explosive explodes, the high temperature and high pressure tear the shell into countless fragments, and then fly out into hidden weapons all over the sky!
The men and horses had no way to survive under such a barrage attack. The screams of the horses and soldiers were endless, and the arrogant shouts just now suddenly turned into howls!
The soldiers at the artillery position have gone crazy. They took off their shirts and tied their braids around their necks. Their eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, they only had one thought, which was to keep firing!
"Load...put...load...put..."
"No need to aim...fire straight ahead...accelerate shooting..."
The breech was opened, and the empty shells came out with white smoke. Some even hit the soldiers' feet, making them scream and scream!
But even if their feet were burned, it could not extinguish the enthusiasm in the hearts of these soldiers. They fell into an extremely excited state, constantly opening ammunition boxes and loading them!
"The left battalion extends its fire...the right battalion changes the scale...fire coverage...damn, fire coverage, don't waste shells on dead bodies!"
Agubai didn't know that in the artillery position, there was a group of soldiers wearing fake pigtails, who were madly cursing these Qing troops who didn't know how to feel about the artillery shells!
Xiao Letian provided not only cannons and shells, but also some military talents. This is the treasure in Zuo Zongtang's heart!
Not only Xiao Letian's people are here, Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun also has some New Army officers commanding here. Duoluo and Guanlu, who cross Central Asia from the Indian Ocean to Xinjiang, are also on the front line at this moment!
Doro was at the artillery position and commanding together with Chinese military experts. He was hiding behind the hot sand wall, waiting quietly!
Wearing a yellow camouflage suit, he disappeared in the desert. The wrapped telescope was watching the movement of the explosion site vigilantly. It was as if he couldn't hear the shouts of the Chinese colleagues behind him!
Suddenly Doro raised his hand, "Get ready...the enemy is approaching...rushing in...get ready to shoot..."
Agubai invested 50,000 main troops in this attack. No matter how powerful the artillery was, it was impossible to kill them all. Finally, a second batch of cavalry, covered in blood and gunpowder smoke, rushed out!
"Kill them all...kill them all...the infidels...kill them all..." The desperate soldiers rushed forward with the will to die.
Doro looked at them with a sneer, "Put in a little more...Put in a little more...Fire..."
One hundred and fifty meters, when the vanguard rushed to a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, Doro suddenly jumped out of the camouflage area, threw away his camouflage clothes and gave the shooting order!
At the forefront of the artillery position, a line of thirty Gatling gun positions in a semicircle suddenly appeared!
It turns out that these positions were piled with sandbags, and then a layer of fine sand was carefully laid facing the enemy, and then a yellow canvas was used to cover the machine guns and shooters above the positions!
After the order was given, the canvas was suddenly opened, and thirty Gatlings suddenly erupted with a copper sound, and tongues of fire swallowed bullets and belts back and forth to harvest the lives of these charging cavalry!
Heavy machine guns and artillery are the most important weapons for mankind to end the era of cavalry! In the face of industrial power, the cavalry, the God of War that dominated the Middle Ages, were as fragile as children's toys!
Just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, no war horse can break into the place covered by the bullet chain!
"Attack... attack... You are only more than a hundred meters away from them. Charge forward! Hack these heretics to death..."
Agubai screamed like a madman with his bare feet, but it was so easy to break through 100 meters, this is the trench of hell!
In just half an hour, the front line was covered with corpses, and the smell of blood rose into the sky from the yellow sand. The number of cavalry killed in the battle must have been as many as 5,000 if not 8,000!
No matter how fanatical the religious warrior is, he can't withstand such casualties, and the tide of attack suddenly becomes irresistible!
