For Wanli, the offensive tactics of the Rakshasa people are not much different from those of the Donglu people. Other changes may not be as good as those of the Donglu chief Taiji or Dorgon!
Pushing the middle and flying together on both wings is the most stable routine. In other words, it is also the most mediocre strategy. It has been used thousands of times since ancient times.
It's like playing chess. If you don't know how to play, just be the first to shoot, and then jump the knight...
With the thinking of the Rakshasa people, in addition to letting the Cossacks rob and fight guerrillas, they might do this.
After fighting all the way, Wanli has become accustomed to the reaction of the enemy in front of him, and it is basically impossible to make any big tricks.
His subordinates have long understood how to kill and injure Rakshasa soldiers as much as possible while saving their lives on the battlefield, and then happily touch the corpses!
Ten thousand Russian cavalry rushed upward under extremely fierce artillery fire. The scene was extremely spectacular and tragic.
A heavy artillery shell that hits a cavalry group can penetrate at least seven or eight Russian cavalry adjacent to each other.
Although the power of the Folang machine's shells is relatively small, it is better than the shotgun shells, and its rate of fire is very high.
At close range, the firepower of a few cannons can create a bloody barrage that heralds death.
Since the enemy troops were already desperate, the Ming Army's heavy artillery battalion located on the high ground opened fire at a maximum rate of two rounds per minute.
The mortars behind the infantry have already fired four or five volleys. Although it is a direct-fire artillery, as long as the gunners with many years of experience calculate the lead time, they can still hit the target in a large area.
The Ming cavalry, like the Menggu cavalry, would not rashly launch a countercharge as a courtesy before they had a general.
Either fire on the spot like infantry, or fire arrows while shooting, so as to minimize losses.
If he rushes forward and is accidentally injured by his own fierce artillery fire, he may lose an arm or a leg or his family may directly receive pensions!
Because it was a crusade against the Rakshasa people who rebelled against the Golden Horde, and the direction was consistent with Genghis Khan's western expedition.
In this regard, the Menggu cavalry are also very proud, and they can still make a fortune and eat good military food, so they fight very hard.
The weapons and equipment are also completely different from the rags he used to wear before. Everything about him has been replaced except for the bow in his hand.
The armor and helmet are arrow-proof plate armor and chicken helmets. Arrows are also manufactured on a large scale in the pass. They were originally issued to Yimin for hunting and self-defense.
However, due to the needs of the Western Expedition, each Menggu cavalry was issued two hundred arrows. The arrows were steel needle armor-piercing arrows forged with a steam forging press.
It is also equipped with five grenades. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to use a relatively complex musket. Just light the grenades and throw them out.
It can be said that in terms of weapons and equipment, these Menggu cavalry have far surpassed their predecessors in the Western Expedition.
Since the Ming Army cavalry was equipped with revolvers and magazine-type rifles, they were naturally superior in combat effectiveness.
Each of the two groups of cavalry has two horses, one riding and one carrying a pack, and they are used alternately to save precious horse power.
If we add in the guys from the opposite side who took the initiative to "send horses" today, the previous loss of horses can be made up for in one go.
"Ouch..."
The Cossacks holding their sabers high raised their killing cries at first. In the area west of the Ural Mountains, they were not even afraid of the Ottomans, let alone the yellow-skinned monkeys on the opposite side.
In the imagination of the Cossacks, those ridiculous and short yellow-skinned monkeys would soon be hacked and trampled to death by them like a whirlwind of wind!
However, the actual situation was far beyond their expectations. The opponent's firepower could be described as a violent storm. This was something they had never seen before.
Companions continued to die under gunfire on the battlefield, and those behind them were tripped and fell in succession. This must have been several times more violent than the Ottoman artillery fire.
The charging distance of less than a mile felt longer than the usual three or four miles, and it seemed like I was losing my companions every minute.
When the yellow-skinned monkey's infantry line was clearly visible, a hail of bullets came from the opposite side, mowing down the cavalry rushing in front of them.
What's even more frightening is that the opponent's infantry did not change positions, but continued to fire at themselves!
It probably took more than five rounds of firing before the front and rear infantry would change positions, which made the Cossacks shocked.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
In order to ensure the density of firepower, Mandai ordered each combat unit to maintain at least three rows of soldiers at the front firing simultaneously.
In other words, there were some lying down, some squatting, some standing, and there were infantry standing or lying on the roof of the tank.
In short, no matter what method is adopted, when dealing with the enemy's cavalry group assault, the firepower density will be high.
Wanli didn't care whether his men rode on other people's necks and fired, or hugged each other and played with each other, as long as they could knock down the prey.
Two hundred paces away, Mandai ordered the soldiers equipped with revolvers to shoot at will.
After entering the fatal distance of two hundred steps, you have to use a magazine-type rifle.
The enemy's cavalry can cover two hundred steps very quickly, so the revolver rifleman with a relatively small ammunition capacity cannot be allowed to continue killing the enemy.
This distance is the decisive moment between the magazine-type rifleman and the enemy cavalry!
If you can rush over before I finish firing fifteen bullets, that's half the battle.
Otherwise, don’t even think about rushing over and riding!
The replaced revolver riflemen did not have nothing to do. The last distance was their bomb-dropping performance moment.
In groups of three, two are responsible for ignition and one is responsible for the warhead.
On average, one grenade can be thrown every two seconds, and the entire army can fly out at least 30,000 grenades in half a minute!
This kind of gameplay was completely unknown to the Cossacks. For the Russian cavalry who had gone through many difficulties and dangers to rush to the front of the formation, it was like a blow to the head.
Faced with the dense explosion of grenades that were almost everywhere, almost everyone including people and horses were blown to the ground.
Before they died, many people finally understood the powerful firepower and basic gameplay of the yellow-skinned monkey, but it was too late!
Nearly a thousand Russian cavalrymen who rushed to the front of the Ming army fell down one after another because they encountered a circular horse trap.
This is a family heirloom used by the Ming Dynasty King to deal with enemy cavalry, and it will never be forgotten in his life.
A complete circle was dug around the defensive position, which was three feet wide and so dense that there was one hole per foot.
Except for a dozen channels left for our own cavalry to attack, the rest were isolated by horse traps.
Facing the Rakshasa cavalry who came to kowtow to themselves, the entire army of the Ming Dynasty was happy to receive the victory!
Under the fierce blockage of the Ming army, only less than 3,000 of the 10,000 cavalry returned, and the rest basically fell in the process of charging and escaping.
The opponent's infantry did not rush over, because firstly, they were far away, and secondly, they had been disabled by tactical missiles.
In the end, Schein had to retreat to the city of Kazan with the remaining defeated soldiers, and at the same time sent his cronies to quickly go to Moscow for help...
The firepower of the yellow-skinned monkeys on the opposite side was absolutely unstoppable by his 50,000 men. His Majesty the Tsar must send at least another 100,000 men to reverse the situation of the battle.
This can be regarded as the largest victory since the Western Expedition, and the most fruitful victory achieved by Wang Shi.
But Wanli was not complacent because Kazan City was still occupied by Rakshasa people.
If Jibu cannot cross the river for the time being, he must find a place to spend the winter.
It is naturally impossible and unnecessary to retreat. It would be more appropriate to directly knock down Kazan City.
So Wanli ordered his troops to advance slowly, surrounded the city, and directly bombarded the city wall with heavy artillery.
If the main force of Rakshasa dares to go out of the city to fight, then it will be stewed in one pot!
Otherwise, just wait to be bombarded to death...
For Schein, the situation is now between a rock and a hard place.
If you choose to stick to it, it is obvious that the opponent, with its powerful firepower advantage, may be able to collapse the city wall and forcefully enter the city before the cold winter.
Kazan City is not a bastion, and the city does not have the defensive strength of a quasi-bastion.
After the fall of the Golden Horde, the Kazan Khanate that emerged from this place was also a large nomadic tribe.
After the Muscovy Principality captured this place, since the surrounding enemies were not strong, it naturally would not spend huge sums of money building bastions.
The city walls of Kazan Castle are mainly made of stone, supplemented by rammed earth, and are naturally much more defensive than the original wooden walls.
But it still can't be compared with the bastion. It's just that the Russian-style buildings in the inner city are more beautiful.
Under the fierce fire from the enemy outside the city, the stones of the city wall were blown away dozens of feet away.
The Russian soldiers who were stationed at the top of the city also wanted to use heavy artillery to counterattack, but because the rate of fire was too slow, they were quickly silenced.
Almost every relatively wide gap should be preceded by a heavy artillery deployment.
But after the two sides fired at each other, in many artillery positions, even the people and artillery were basically missing...
For every time the defenders fired once, the Ming army's artillery could fire ten times, or even more.
Even if you shoot three or four times first, you can still calmly beat the opponent into a piece of scrap metal before he fires for the second time!
Half an hour later, the defenders lost most of their heavy artillery, which meant that they would only be beaten passively in the future.
More importantly, the Russian cavalry had already fled to the northwest, leaving the infantry trapped in the city.
If we can't hold on, we can only break out towards the Volga River.
Even if they could run to the river, facing the cold water, it would be extremely difficult for the entire army to cross smoothly.
Another way is to wait until the Volga River freezes in December and walk directly across the frozen river.
But it is only the beginning of October. With the weak Kazan city, how can we persist for more than two months?
Now it seems that compared to the dead place of Kazan, perhaps it is better to station in Nizhny Novgorod on the west bank of the Volga River.
There was no place to buy regret medicine, so Schein had to order all his troops to hold on to the city and be prepared for hand-to-hand combat.
If we have no choice but to break through to the other side overnight, we cannot let the yellow-skinned monkeys annihilate the main force of our infantry in Kazan City.
The number of troops currently stationed in the city is close to 30,000. Although there are many wounded soldiers, they are still capable of fighting.
With the advantage of the city wall, it can withstand the attack of at least 50,000 yellow-skinned monkeys.
Even though it was inconvenient to cross the river, Schein also hoped to rely on the Russian army's historical bravery and fearlessness to severely damage the enemy through close combat and force it to retreat eastward.
Wanli learned about the enemy's strength and commander's situation from the prisoners' mouths, and now he knew himself and the enemy.
Regarding the capture of Kazan, Wanli is relatively confident in view of the contrast between the situation between the enemy and ourselves.
It would be more troublesome if we did not engage in large-scale hand-to-hand combat, otherwise we would have to pay a certain price of casualties.
On the contrary, it is necessary to adopt the strategy of besieging the city and recruiting reinforcements, using the enemy troops in the city as bait to lure the opponent's reinforcements to the bait.
But the premise is that wooden houses must be built on a large scale outside the city, otherwise our soldiers will not be able to survive the five-month winter.
"Report~! Commander! Found a local treasure!"
"Oh? Submit it!"
Wanli took it and took a look. It was a dark stone, but it was nothing else but coal!
"Where was this obtained? How much is the total amount?"
"It is located about thirty miles outside the city, covering a radius of two miles, and the total amount should be quite a lot!"
The subordinate is not an expert in this field, so it is difficult to estimate the quantity for fear of lying about the situation.
Wanli immediately ordered relevant geological experts who accompanied the army to check. After all, the Master attached great importance to this aspect and assigned a certain number of senior personnel to each army.
The next day, experts came back and reported that the raw coal reserves in the area were very rich, enough to support an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people for the winter, and that they could be mined in the open air without drilling.
The collected coal was tested in public and the heating effect was indeed good. It was no problem to use it for cooking, so Wanli decided to make preparations.
If the heavy artillery is severely worn due to frequent firing, the strategy of siege and reinforcements will be adopted.
Otherwise, they will go all out, use heavy artillery to open the gap, and then send infantry to attack the city.
After a large number of tungsten-headed bombs were fired, the cracking effect of the bombarded city wall was much more obvious than yesterday.
The artillery expected to fire another thousand shells, and the city's east wall would collapse massively.
"Warriors of the Empire! The time has come to serve His Majesty the Tsar! Those damn yellow-skinned monkeys are trying to occupy our land and destroy the great Tsarist Russia! This is impossible! As long as the yellow-skinned monkeys are defeated, I will reward everyone One Hundred Warriors
For a silver coin, each person can also own two serfs and 500 acres of land! "
After inspecting the situation at the top of the city, Schein also understood that the city wall was in danger and it seemed that he could not hold on for long.
So they gathered the defenders in the city and promised high rewards in public, making everyone willing to fight to the death.
"For the Tsar!"
"Kill the yellow-skinned monkey!"
"Hail! We are invincible!"
Hearing that there were high rewards and he could become a master, the previous low morale was swept away.
The infantrymen couldn't help but get excited again, planning to turn defeat into victory and take all the benefits into their own hands.
At about 3:10 in the afternoon, the east wall finally failed to hold up and began to collapse on a large scale.
Wanli received the report, looked at it with a telescope, and did not order the siege. Instead, he ordered the siege troops to have a good rest.
Who stipulated that as long as artillery can blast a gap, infantry must rush in immediately?
Let’s play with the Rakshasa demon for a while first!
The defenders in the city, including Commander Schein, were prepared to fight tooth and nail.
But what we expected didn't happen. It was thundering outside but not raining...
The cunning yellow-skinned monkey may want to take advantage of one's own unpreparedness and launch a night attack.
Schein ordered his troops to remain on high alert and prepare for night battles.
But the other side didn't attack the city all night long...
The same was true on the second day. After three days in a row, the defenders' energy had been consumed by more than half.
The king's division rested normally, but did not allow the defenders in the city to rest. Every once in a while, they would shout with a loudspeaker.
Cooperate with the artillery fire and pretend to attack the city, making the chickens and dogs inside restless!
This is Wanli’s strategy, a true inheritance from a certain revered master...
