Regarding the guns and artillery of the bandit suppression army, Li Shiyao and others studied for a long time but could not come up with any good countermeasures.
The final solution they came up with was to give the charging men and horses in front some thick wooden shields that could block as many bullets as they wanted, and then charge together as a group after closing the distance.
Just pull in to a distance of one hundred feet, and then charge with the army. Thinking about it, the casualties in this hundred or so seconds are still bearable.
As a result, the Qing generals who had countermeasures became dissatisfied.
According to their plan, it is indeed good. With a thick shield, it can indeed block musket bullets within a hundred feet.
However, they never thought that the bandit suppressing army would have artillery or so many artillery.
They did block the bullet. But how could the Qing troops carrying wooden shields withstand the power of the cannonballs?
"ah…"
Amidst the sound of artillery, the attacking Qing army was bombarded and turned upside down.
After being hit by artillery shells, the Qing soldiers who were not protected by shields behind were knocked to the ground by mini bullets. At the beginning of the Qing soldiers' attack, there were many wailing sounds from the Qing soldiers who fell to the ground.
"Damn it, the despicable rebels actually hid so many artillery pieces. Didn't they always have no artillery before?" Li Shiyao looked at the miserable situation of the Qing army being bombarded and couldn't help but clenched his fists and cursed loudly. .
Indeed, in the several battles since the bandit suppression army fought against Li Shiyao, the bandit suppression army has never used artillery. Sitku and Yang Yingju had heard that the bandit suppressing army had artillery, but they had never seen the artillery.
After several battles between Li Shiyao and the bandit-suppressing army, he never saw the bandit-suppressing army using artillery. If the bandit suppressing army really had artillery, they should have taken it out and used it long ago. Is there any need to hide it?
Therefore, Li Shiyao and others agreed that the bandit suppressing army had artillery just for words, and they could not have artillery.
Making artillery is different from making muskets, and the difficulty is much different.
Even though the Han Army Flag has several artillery pieces, they are just old artillery pieces that are extremely difficult to transport. These will definitely not be used to suppress the bandit army on the battlefield.
"Boom..."
Another salvo of artillery fire
The battlefield was filled with smoke. After several shellings and volleys of gunfire, the thick smoke greatly reduced the visibility of the battlefield.
"What's going on with these rebels? Are the artillery firing so fast? Aren't you afraid of exploding the barrels?" A Qianzong of the Green Camp asked loudly during the charge.
"Don't worry about whether the rebel's artillery can explode or not. Think about how to rush over," another President Qian replied.
"What else can you think about? I can just rush through and not die." Mr. Qian replied.
"Come on!"
With the difficult support of the army, they finally reached a distance of one hundred feet, and the Qing army began to charge.
I have to say that this is not a solution for Li Shiyao and others, but it is a good solution. Because apart from relying on the number of people to create a bloody path, they couldn't imagine that they could crack Zhang Rui's mini bombs in this way.
A distance of one hundred feet would only take an average person two minutes to sprint with all their strength.
Two minutes is not a long time, and a short time is not a short time.
When the Qing troops began to charge with shouts, the artillery soldiers fired the last solid shell and began to change to shotgun shells, waiting for the Qing troops to approach.
Thirty-two artillery pieces loaded with shotguns formed a fan-like sweep, and the effective range of 100 meters was enough to make it a nightmare for the attacking Qing soldiers. Not to mention that when the Qing soldiers attacked, the musketeers were still firing.
Nowadays, with the three-stage volley, the bandit-suppressing army can fire at least three times a minute.
The bandit suppressing army has more than 3,000 musketeers, and nearly 3,000 bullets are fired every minute. Even if only 30% of the hits are hit, nearly 1,000 Qing soldiers will be killed or injured, let alone more than this?
When the Qing soldiers shouted to charge, the Qing army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties in the short distance. The Qing army did have a large number of people, but the terrain prevented them from deploying tens of thousands of troops, so they could only use the tactic of adding fuel.
At this time, no matter how stupid the charging Qing soldiers were, they were still scared. No enemy could be seen in front of the smoke, but behind him there were wailing sounds all over the place.
A gust of river wind blew away a lot of the thick gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, and the visibility was greatly improved.
The Qing soldiers walking in front almost changed positions several times under the gunfire and shelling of the bandit suppressing army. After a brief charge, the Qing army could now see the general situation of the bandit suppressing army on the opposite side.
"No, it's a cannon. Get down quickly." A charging Green Battalion soldier saw the bandit-suppressing army's arrayed cannon muzzles and shouted loudly.
However, when he was lying down, he clearly saw the musket cord with the fuse set on fire.
"Boom..."
Many of the charging Qing troops were swept away by the cannon shells of the bandit suppressing army before they heard the cry of the lying Qing soldier.
"Ah...ah..."
Later, when I saw the Qing soldiers in such miserable condition in front, I couldn't bear it anymore and became frightened.
Rather than going to fight, this is clearly going to die.
"Bang..."
Another volley of gunfire followed the artillery salvo.
"Ah...run away..."
A Qing soldier was completely shattered by this tragic situation. He dropped the only sword in his hand, turned around and ran away quickly.
"puff…"
There was a sound of a knife piercing flesh, and the Green Camp soldier who turned around and tried to escape was stabbed to the ground by Mr. Qian behind him.
Then Mr. Qian pulled out the knife from the green soldier. Without looking at the green soldier who was lying on the ground twitching, he raised the knife and shouted loudly: "Get them all..."
"Bang..."
A volley of gunfire
"puff…"
A bullet flew over and hit Mr. Qian directly.
Before Mr. Qian could finish what he said, he covered his wound and died in disbelief. He died faster than the Green Camp soldier he killed.
"ah…"
The green camp soldiers around President Qian couldn't help but scream wildly after being splashed with blood on their face by President Qian, and then they yelled loudly and ran away.
The Qing soldiers in front were killed by shotgun shells from the bandit suppressing army's artillery, and many of them were still wailing.
The artillery soldiers of the bandit suppressing army seemed to have loaded another shot, waiting for the Qing soldiers to approach again before firing.
These retreating Green Camp soldiers officially caused the entire attacking Qing army to retreat.
"Run away quickly! If you run too slowly, you will die."
A green battalion soldier who was stumbling to the ground while retreating and escaping quickly put his hands on his body and climbed up and shouted loudly.
Yes, the bandit suppressing army was indeed in front of the attacking Qing army. However, the instantaneous damage caused by these thirty-two artillery pieces was completely unbearable physically and mentally by the attacking Qing soldiers.
On the battlefield, they fought while holding their breath. Now the morale of the Qing soldiers has been reduced to the point where the muskets and artillery of the bandit-suppressing army are close to nothing. Does the Qing army still need to fight?
If the escape is not stopped, it will lead to the retreat of the army.
"The Qing army is defeated, charge!"
Looking at the retreating Qing soldiers, the bandit suppressing army began to shout loudly
