No matter how much the Liaodong Army shields their backs, the sharp arrow shooting will still cause considerable damage to this side, and a considerable price will inevitably be paid in a dense formation.
Of course, the price is not without reward. With the stand of the eagle-billed musket already set up, the heavy-duty musket took the lead in firing.
Amidst a series of roars, the Jianzhou Qingqi, which passed by like a black comb, had not yet crossed the front of the Liaodong Army's infantry, but were only close to the flank when they encountered this wave of attacks.
Amidst the bursts of gunfire, the cavalrymen fell one after another like dead leaves in the wind and rain.
However, this round of blows was still acceptable to Jianzhou Qingqi. They continued to draw their bows and shoot arrows. The formation of the soldiers of the Liaodong Army on the opposite side continued to collapse and missing, but every time one fell, a substitute soldier immediately took over. Affects the integrity of the formation.
When the Jianzhou Qingqi infantry formed a frontal formation, the test of Jianzhou Qingqi had just begun.
The firecrackers were already in full formation, and their slow but rhythmic advance came to an abrupt halt. The soldiers quickly raised their firecrackers, pointing their muzzles forward.
Amidst the shrill whistles, the soldiers who had developed conditioned reflexes aimed and fired in unison, then retreated, cleared and reloaded their guns, while the comrades behind them stepped forward from the side and continued to draw and shoot. The same process of retreating, clearing, and reloading was followed by the comrades behind to take up positions, grab guns, and shoot, and the cycle started over and over again.
I have to say that Jianzhou Qingqi performed very well. When they realized that fire, smoke and loud noises continued to erupt from the opposing formation, and then dense projectiles struck, it was like a hailstorm sweeping across dozens of riders. In an instant, dozens of riders fell to the ground after being hit by bullets. This huge damage was unacceptable, and they quickly began to adjust. The formation, unfolding, becomes loose and irregular.
However, this adjustment still cannot stop the huge blow caused by the serial rounds.
There is only an invisible gap between the formations of the entire Liaodong Army and the Northern Front Army. The entire horizontal formation is five hundred steps long. Running all the way through these five hundred steps is enough for these Jianzhou cavalry to go through several rounds. Being baptized by the storm of projectiles is like walking through the hell gate of Hell Palace behind closed doors.
It is not that E Yidu's subordinates have never encountered Liaodong fire gun soldiers, but to be honest, what they encountered before were basically the earliest old-fashioned three-eyed fire gun soldiers. In that kind of battle, the large bow of the Jianzhou Army was slightly recurved. It was basically an overwhelming victory. Whether it was proficiency, shooting efficiency or even combat morale, they firmly suppressed the Liaodong Army.
Even in the past two years, they have encountered the changed Liaodong Fire Gun Soldiers, but they faced small groups of Fire Gun Soldiers, either in close encounters or sneak attacks, and basically did not encounter them. I have been to such a large-scale formation battle, so I have not really felt the transformative damage caused by the three-stage shooting of the fire gun soldiers.
But this time they encountered a completely different blow. The dense formation, huge size, hierarchical arrangement of heavy fire cannons and ordinary fire cannons, the skilled and efficient operation brought by long-term training, and the length of the front line are all enough to maximize the power of the three-stage fire cannons. Extreme.
The improved self-produced fire cannons of the Gyeonggi Military-Industrial Complex have greatly improved the quality and yield rate of hot pots. The probability of explosion or misfire has been greatly reduced in fire cannons, which makes the fire cannons strike in dense formations. The power is even more prominent.
The first to bear the brunt of this blow was E Yidu's Jianzhou Qingqi.
Although they quickly passed by the infantry formations of the Liaodong Army and the Northern Front Army and continuously drew their bows and fired, they were the best Jurchen hunters in Jianzhou and indeed caused a lot of damage to the Liaodong Army and the Northern Front Army, but Facing this hot pot phalanx armed with hot weapons, the damage caused by intensive rounds of fire far exceeded the losses that Jianzhou Qingqi could bear.
When nearly a thousand Jianzhou light cavalry passed by like a strong wind and arrived at the end of the infantry formation on the northeastern Liaoning front, more than 70% of the cavalry had already fallen off their horses on the way to Hell.
Whether they themselves were hit and fell from their horses, or their horses were frightened and injured and fell to the ground, all in all, this wave of attacks brought a loss of five to six hundred light cavalry to Eyidu, while the Liaodong Army and the Northern Front Army only paid Less than two hundred casualties.
Sitting on the horse, Qian Yidu still maintained a straight spine, but his slightly trembling body revealed his inner shock and confusion.
When did the Liaodong Army and Jizhen Army have such a gun army? Why is it completely different from the original Fire Gun Army?
Such a lethal fire gun army completely overturned Er Yi, who had always admired mounted archery and had great confidence in the combat effectiveness of his own Eight Banners armored elites. He didn't know what his elite armored infantry would do when they encountered such a battle. How is the performance.
But he quickly regained his confidence.
Jianzhou Qingqi are basically all lightly armored. Many of them even do not wear armor in order to be flexible and easy to control horses and shoot arrows on horseback. When encountering this kind of fire blunderbuss shooting, it is acceptable to suffer huge losses.
However, their armored infantry are all heavily armored, and their vital parts are protected by iron leaves. These fire blunderbuss should hardly pose a life threat to them, which makes E Yidu feel a lot more at ease.
But even so, such a huge loss still makes E Yi feel heartbroken.
These are the most elite riders of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou. It takes a lot of effort to cultivate such an elite team, but they suffered such heavy losses inadvertently.
Two rounds of light cavalry passed by, and the exchange of archers and gunmen cost both sides a huge price. However, the Jianzhou Army was in pain, while the Liaodong Army and the Northern Front Army could accept it.
After all, the training time and cost-effectiveness ratio of fire gun soldiers and light cavalry archers are very different. It takes more than ten years for a light cavalry archer to mature. However, a fire gun soldier can basically take shape after half a year of hard training as long as the fire gun is in place. After a few battles and training, you will basically be a qualified or even excellent fire gunner.
The cavalry of the Liaodong Army was slightly farther away from the infantry formation. They were hung far away on the far ends of the wings. There was a huge gap between them and the infantry camp, which seemed to attract the Jianzhou Army to insert through these two gaps. However, After the Jianzhou Qingqi encountered the fire gunners' rounds of fire, they no longer dared to easily step into the gap that seemed to be the entry point. They hesitated briefly and quickly passed by.
They would rather have a head-on confrontation with the Liaodong Army's cavalry than easily step into an unknown and dangerous situation. The Han's gunmen taught them a hard lesson that they will remember deeply.
Er Yidu looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart was a little throbbing. It seems like a wise move for the light cavalry not to rush into the gap between the enemy's cavalry and infantry, but in fact it also means that the light cavalry's courage was shattered by the enemy's fire blunderbuss, so that they did not dare to do it easily again. Try, this kind of blow to the state of mind is particularly fatal, which means that they will be at a psychological disadvantage in future confrontations with the Fire Gun Soldiers.
He must bring this game back, otherwise the psychological blow to the entire Jianzhou Army will be fatal. You must know that in the past, the Liaodong Army only had an advantage over the Jianzhou Army in city defense battles.
In the field battle of measuring soldiers, the Jianzhou Army had always been in an absolute advantage, but today, this result was overturned. So he has to turn around.
The only way to get back is through heavy armored cavalry and armored infantry, but the key is armored infantry.
Heavy armored cavalry can be used as a breakthrough point, but they cannot play a decisive role. The spearmen of the Liaodong Army also have amazing combat effectiveness. They can withstand the impact of heavy armored cavalry. Unless they pay a huge price for a forced attack, few Liaodong commanders will The spear infantry will fall apart.
He pressed his hand forward fiercely, and the flag bearers on both sides noticed the commander's actions, and a series of orders were passed on. Soon, a group of heavy armored cavalry began to line up and make noise, while the armored infantry began to talk about organizing their armor, and the spears in their hands , daggers, and shields were in a decisive battle stance, like a pack of wolves preparing to hunt and showing their claws.
Zhao Lijiao and You Shilu on the opposite side also noticed the movements of the Jianzhou Army.
They all know Er Yidu very well. He is brave and tenacious and has a tenacious will to fight. However, his shortcomings are also obvious. He is not good at changing his thinking and prefers to use traditional formations to fight. Enemies sometimes find it difficult to deal with this. But once he gets angry, the opponent will persist to the end regardless of casualties. In other words, he is ignorant of current affairs. Compared with Fei Yingdong, He Heli and others, he lacks some agility.
Now that the other side is urging the army to move forward, it means that the other side still decides to fight on the infantry.
However, if it were him, he would do the same thing, giving full play to his best advantage, and the heavy armored cavalry is just the icing on the cake, used to break through the wedge that causes chaos.
Just in line with my wishes, Zhao Shujiao and You Shilu both thought at the same time.
The positive effect of this battle is to consume the opponent's troops and use this kind of battle without many tricks to hold the opponent back. In other words, this is a confrontation of will, firepower and quantity.
Whoever can hold on will have the last laugh, but even if the opponent thinks they can have the last laugh on this battlefield, as long as Cao Wenzhao and Mao Wenlong can break through from both wings, our side can still return with a smile.
Once the huge Jianzhou armored infantry moved, the entire wilderness seemed to become restless, just like the huge herd of bison on the East African grasslands began to stir, surging from point to surface, from surface to whole, surging forward.
Zhao Lingjiao and You Shilu began to issue a series of orders, and the entire Chinese army began to adjust its formation. The tiger crouching artillery began to line up, but this formation was in the center of the infantry square, and could only be found from the opposite side of Eyidu. The other party seems to be adjusting in the central area, but it is impossible to see clearly what the other party is doing.
For Er Yidu, no matter how the other side adjusts, the outcome will ultimately be determined by the soldiers on both sides.
