Tie Chaodu, who finally fought his way out of the rear of the Ming army, was immediately surrounded by the swarming Menggu cavalry, who were then wiped out. No more than 500 Tie Chaodu escaped and ascended to heaven.
Tie Chaodu was very uncomfortable facing the wall-mounting tactics adopted by the Ming army, but he was even more uncomfortable facing this mad dog tactic of blindly beating without focus.
The 20,000 Menggu cavalry were led by the Tengjisi Division, and their offensive was like mercury pouring down the ground. The chiefs of each tribe were eager to perform meritorious deeds and especially wanted to show off, so they violently beat each other with fists.
The row-by-row tactics of the Ming Army cavalry require extremely high discipline. The sloppy Menggu cavalry have not yet learned how to learn it. A hungry tiger is perfect for this.
Judging from the results of the battle, the results were good, and all the chiefs understood that the majority of the battle merits belonged to the emperor's troops, and they only had to eat a small part of the Donglu in their duty.
This small group numbered no less than four to five thousand people. As the war progressed, many Donglu cavalry rushed out of the rear of the Ming army from other directions.
They are the best prey for the cavalry of Menggu tribes in Monan. It is better to fight with the greater numbers than the smaller ones. After the victory, the silver and materials can be cashed in. Where can I find such a good thing?
Therefore, everyone fought bravely, fearing that after passing this village, this shop would be gone. Some cavalrymen even threw lassoes to drag their fruits of victory and then put them on their horses to prevent others from snatching them away.
"Brother Qi! Should we fight or leave?"
Azig loudly asked Abatai who was not far away. Judging from the current battle situation, the Qing Dynasty Iron Chaodu was really no match for the Dogmanzi Cavalry!
The barbarian cavalry is equipped with a rapid-fire gun. Even if it does little damage to Tie Chaodu, it can still cause considerable damage to war horses with thin vests.
After fighting for less than half an hour, according to visual inspection, there were less than 100,000 Tie Chaodu who could continue to fight on the battlefield, which meant that 80,000 Tie Chaodu had died or been injured and lost their combat effectiveness.
If this continues, even if the battle lasts until dark, I am afraid that not even a single Tie Chaodu will be able to return.
Because no matter how many iron superpowers we have on our side, there are not as many bullets as the barbarians carry!
Barbarian's tactics are very simple, that is, first kill the horses of the Qing cavalry, turn the cavalry into infantry, and then cover up the kill easily.
The Qing Tie Chao Du itself is a heavy armored body protector. Without the war horse, the reaction and speed of fighting on foot are slower than those of ordinary armored infantry.
Whether it was Barbarian's hammer or other weapons, they could cause fatal damage to Tie Chaodu.
Even if the barbarian was not in a hurry to take action, it would be extremely difficult for Tie Chaodu to retreat from the battlefield on two legs.
Azig was worried about this, so he asked Daishan in time.
"...Oh~! Withdraw!"
After observing the situation on the battlefield and consulting Du Du next to him, Abatai made a retreat gesture to his twelfth brother and shouted such words as retreat, which was really hard to say.
Tie Chaodu was the basis for the Qing Dynasty's imperial division to fight against the barbarian northern invaders. Once Tie Chaodu was severely damaged or even annihilated by the opponent, it would be equivalent to severely damaging the Qing Dynasty's imperial division's vitality.
The current losses alone may exceed 80,000. If the retreat is delayed any longer, not even 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry can be saved.
"Airship! Your Majesty! My Qing Dynasty's airship!"
At this moment, the soldiers around him hurriedly reminded his master that maybe this thing could reverse the current unfavorable battle situation.
No less than fifty airships flew from the direction of Zaotu Mountain. They were extremely large and looked like huge black clouds in the sky. When they were grouped together, the black clouds could suppress the surroundings.
For the sake of the battle, Huang Taiji also gave everything he had and ordered the airship troops that had just arrived on the battlefield to take off immediately and give Gou Manzi a fatal blow.
Although only about half of the airships were deployed in this battle, Huang Taiji still believed that these magical weapons could play an extraordinary role.
Each airship carries ten aerial bombs. A single aerial bomb weighs five kilograms. However, unlike the same type of weapon of the Barbarian, it needs to be lit with a fuse first and then thrown down...
The Manzi airship is painted with a black, red and white shark's mouth, while the same part of the Qing airship is painted with a black, yellow and red tiger's mouth, which is a good response.
The crew members have received many years of training and are no longer unfamiliar with flying. After the airship takes off, they will become real soldiers and generals.
However, the wind direction today was not very good, which was not conducive to take-off, so it took nearly an hour for the airship to reach the sky near the battlefield.
"My Qing airship is here! Warriors! Kill all the barbarians!"
Abata immediately canceled the retreat order and shouted in public. The Tie Chaodu also looked up at the sky and saw that a large number of airships belonging to their own side were about to fly in. Their morale was instantly shaken.
Now that we have airships to help us, but Gou Manzi does not bring enough armored chariots, the Qing King's chances of winning have increased sharply, and the dog barbarians will be defeated immediately.
"Your Majesty, we found that the Donglu airship is approaching the battlefield!"
"Order the anti-aircraft artillery unit to open fire immediately! Shoot down one ship and get a reward of 10,000 taels of silver!"
A certain new emperor originally did not intend to give a reward, but the ground troops' braided cavalry and infantry had money to earn, so they could not let the anti-aircraft artillery troops work in vain.
Besides, once these airships fly over our own sky and drop bombs, they may really cause a lot of casualties.
As long as there are casualties, he will have to pay a pension. Instead of that, it is better to give the money to the anti-aircraft artillery unit.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Each infantry brigade of the East Palace Guards and the four divisions of Hu Dawei, Meng Ruhu, Gao Jie, and Liu Guangzuo have an anti-aircraft artillery company. Each company is equipped with twelve long-barreled French bronze cannons.
Bronze cannons are more heat-resistant than iron cannons. The sub-gun mode of the Folan machine can increase the firing speed. It also has a removable turntable-shaped chassis that allows the maximum elevation angle of the anti-aircraft gun to reach 75 degrees.
Coupled with two high-end sights and matching special ammunition, the cost is naturally quite high, more than twice as expensive as the Imperial Cannon.
Otherwise, it would not be limited to just a few troops. The eleven anti-aircraft artillery companies have airships to fight airships. Without airships, they can also be used for ground fire support.
In the past, anti-aircraft artillery did not fire often, and most of them hit the braided infantry rushing down the mountain. However, with the missile troops directly concentrating fire to clear the ground, they did not have many opportunities to show off their skills.
Now the Chieftain Taiji has finally brought delicious prey to everyone, so you're welcome, you can take it all as ordered.
The effective shooting height of the anti-aircraft gun reaches 600 steps, which is only 900 meters, and the maximum shooting height exceeds 800 steps.
A certain new emperor didn't believe that the braided airship could climb to a height of one thousand meters and drop bombs on himself, so the accuracy would be even more insignificant.
Judging from visual estimation, the height of the braided airship is no more than 700 meters, which should be within the shooting height of the anti-aircraft gun, that is, within the range that can be hit.
"Get higher quickly!"
The Qing airship troops originally thought that the barbarians on the ground were so frightened by their own majestic lineup that they forgot to fire back.
Just when they were proud, they suddenly saw smoke rising from the ground, and then artillery shells roared towards them. Some airships had been hit, and a hole was torn in the air bag.
After that, it began to lose altitude, and even because the air bag came into contact with the injector, a raging fire ignited, turning into an aerial bonfire that could not be extinguished.
It takes a certain amount of time for the airship to climb. At the same time, it is still being pushed to the battlefield by the wind, which is equivalent to actively flying towards the position of the Barbarian artillery...
"Throw the bomb quickly!"
The bombs that were set on fire and dropped did not achieve any results at all because the impact point was still some distance from the target. They just reheated the foot of the mountain that had become a piece of scorched earth.
When dropping bombs, they also have to avoid barbarian artillery fire, which is too difficult for the airship members.
Moreover, given the size of the airship, it is a living target flying extremely slowly in the air.
A certain new emperor did not let the airship take off because he had such concerns.
Since Huang Taiji chose to let the airship participate in the battle, let's teach this chicken a painful lesson.
If my troops don't take off, even if your airship takes off, it will be shot down to honor the flag!
"good!"
In less than ten minutes, the anti-aircraft artillery units shot down a whopping thirty-seven airships.
Achieving such astonishing results is inseparable from high-intensity training in peacetime, otherwise we will only be blind on the battlefield.
A certain new emperor used a real airship as a target for the anti-aircraft artillery troops, but the shells fired were training shells.
The warhead is just a ball of paint. If it hits an airship at a certain height, it will be difficult to cause damage to the airbag.
However, the amount of paint on the air bag can be used to identify and count the hit rate of each company. This method can be regarded as high-cost and high-yield.
There are only two kinds of shells for anti-aircraft guns, one is live ammunition and the other is training ammunition without grenades.
Because the small iron beads in the grenade may cause some damage to Jingui's barrel before being pushed out of the barrel.
Due to the use of a fixed charge, as long as the dose and quality of the propellant do not change, the shooting height is relatively consistent.
When the ballistic trajectory does not deviate from the target and the flying height of the target is limited, it will be easier to hit the target by firing a few more shots in succession.
All anti-aircraft artillery groups can reach the ultimate firing rate of one shot every three seconds, which is undoubtedly extremely fatal to the braided airship in the sky.
Although the Ming army only had a total of 132 anti-aircraft guns, it could fire about 2,500 shells per minute.
And what's even more terrible is that this happened not only in one minute, but also within ten minutes.
This is tantamount to being annihilated in broad daylight...
The Japanese army facing the western foot of Zaotu Mountain had just repelled the attack of tens of thousands of Qing infantry who rushed down the mountain with the help of missile troops.
At this time, the battlefield at the foot of the mountain was almost covered with the corpses of Qing infantry, the number of which would not be less than 10,000, and there were also many wounded soldiers who had lost the ability to move.
These people were either affiliated with King Sanshun and Duke Xushun, or were members of the newly formed Han army, but their identities were no longer important at this time.
There is no way to survive after death. People who are seriously injured can only spend their last moments looking up at the airship in the sky.
Those who had injured their legs and wanted to escape from the battlefield were crawling in the sea of blood like giant maggots.
The previous massive charge had completely failed, and now there was no trace left, leaving only a large number of wounded soldiers lingering on.
The Japanese army still stood firm on the defensive line. Instead of sending troops to kill the wounded soldiers one by one, only those who could escape would fire a volley of iron artillery fire.
Anything left on the battlefield will be regarded as spoils of war for the Japanese army. If the enemy does not move, the Japanese samurai and ashigaru will naturally not kill them for the time being.
Zaotu Mountain, where King Sanshun's headquarters is located, especially on the west side, was almost completely barren of vegetation by thousands of missiles, and even the exposed surface of the mountain was billowing with smoke from time to time.
When the artillery team suffered heavy losses and the cavalry attack at the foot of the mountain failed to succeed, Kong Youde, who had a face full of smoke and dust, looked at the soldiers who had returned in defeat and did not know what to do.
Geng Zhongming and Shang Keai felt the same way. They originally wanted to wait for work and stop the barbarian invasion from the north, but they didn't expect that the battle would turn into a tough battle.
The ability of the dog barbarians to form formations quickly is really amazing, and the flying evil objects are much scarier than the red cannons.
The airships from the Qing Dynasty finally arrived, but they were shot down one by one by Goumanzi's artillery fire.
An airship is a glimmer of hope. As more and more airships turn into turkeys, King Sanshun's hope of making a comeback is about to be dashed.
The demon boy came really well prepared. Even though he did not bring a large number of armored chariots, his unit's combat power was still quite high. Even the siege of 200,000 iron chariots and more than 100,000 armored soldiers could do nothing to him.
The previous charge launched by the three infantry units plus the newly formed Han army of the Six Banners had a strength of no less than 60,000 to 70,000 people. Without being able to engage the dog barbarians in close combat, they were met with a frantic blockade by a large number of flying evil creatures.
No less than 10,000 people died or were injured on the spot, while the rest ran back in despair.
As a result, he was driven down the mountain again. Before he could reach his destination, he was hit head-on again.
After finally rushing in front of the opponent, almost every armored soldier was outnumbered.
As a result, less than half of the ten could escape alive, and the rest were left behind forever.
After this back and forth several times, the combined strength of each department was less than 30,000.
Facing the 500,000 to 600,000 Japanese troops waiting in formation at the foot of the mountain, it was no more than hitting an egg against a stone.
I wanted to launch a bombardment, but even the red cannons had been lost...
Kong Youde had already seen that it was not that the Qing Dynasty King was incapable of fighting, but that the dog barbarian was simply too powerful.
Our own side does not have an advantage in terms of military strength, and it is far inferior to the opponent in terms of firepower.
The only thing they relied on was Tie Chaodu, but in the face of the barbarian's powerful firepower, Tie Chaodu seemed to be at the end of his strength.
What's more, the Yumanzi really dispatched no less than 100,000 cavalry, combined with a large number of infantry, so that Qing Tiechaodu was attacked from both sides.
Due to his good location, Kong Youde was lucky enough to see Tie Chaodu's charge into the formation on the mountain, as well as the entire process of the subsequent cavalry battle between the two sides.
After the infantry charge failed, they could only count on the cavalry to turn the tide. Unexpectedly, they still failed...
"Onboard! Onboard!"
The Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain saw the enemy airships being shot down one after another, and the Ashigaru couldn't help but shout excitedly.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so powerful. Not only could he build airships, he could also build weapons that could shoot down airships!
When it was first sold to Huang Taiji as fuel for the airship, a certain new emperor asked the Academy of Sciences to start studying how to make anti-aircraft guns.
Using high-tech weapons to consume Huang Taiji's resources was also one of the original established routines.
I just didn't expect that after so many years, this trick would be considered effective. Fortunately, it was used and it didn't fail.
