Chapter 279: Can the Russian army test the limits of the Ming army?

every time.

Whenever this elite division riding Don horses is dispatched, it can bring victory to Russia.

Will it be the case this time?

Paul Petrovich, the crown prince of the Russian Empire, did not have much confidence in his heart.

He heard that the Guards Cavalry Brigade beside the Ming Emperor was a very elite shock cavalry.

I thought that the Ming Emperor would send out his Guards Cavalry Brigade to fight Russia.

But who would think so.

What the Ming Empire sent was only a partial force, which was just the remnant force of the Qing Empire that they collected.

But what's even more unexpected is.

It’s just such a residual force that’s so difficult to deal with

"Cossacks! Charge! For the Tsar, for Russia! Charge! Ula!!"

"Come on! Ula!!"

A regiment of 2,900 Cossack cavalry began to gallop at the same time.

And on the other side.

Repnin squinted his eyes and observed the Ming army's position.

in this case.

He still didn't see the shadow of the Ming army soldiers. But there is a feeling that there are dark muzzles of Ming army's guns all around.

The current tactics of the Ming army.

It is different from all European army tactics.

This is a brand new tactic based on the development of firepower!

And with the precise hit rate of rifled guns, this tactic is extremely lethal.

Moreover, the loading speed of the Ming army's rifled guns was obviously much faster than that of smoothbore guns - at least they did not have to use a prod to push the lead bullets into the muzzle. The diameter of the minie bullet was slightly smaller than the diameter of the muzzle, so it could be fired directly. The muzzle slides in.

Boom boom boom.

The dense artillery fire started again.

Repnin looked at the smoke trails left by the shells streaking across the night sky.

The Ming army completely abandoned cannons that fired solid bullets at direct sight.

Instead, a howitzer was used that fired curved bombardment shells.

What was fired was the Ming army's iconic date-core-shaped copper-cased bullet.

It's filled inside.

It is an explosive filled with nitrated starch.

The shell hit the ground.

There was a brilliant firelight.

Under the firelight.

Intensive screams sounded.

The steel shell wrapped under the copper skin burst, bursting out countless fragments.

The fragments of steel turned into the reaper of death.

Death's scythe is sweeping across the earth.

The elite Cossacks were harvested like grass by the extremely elite Tsar's sword.

If it is an ordinary army.

I'm afraid it has collapsed after suffering such a blow.

But the Cossacks lived up to their reputation as the spears of the Russian Empire. They still covered their heads and rode forward on horseback to accelerate.

"Everyone is ready! Fire!!"

Fan Baoyi's liver was trembling.

If he had been with the Qing army before, he would have abandoned his musket and ran away by this time.

But now, with the support of being a Heavenly Soldier, he actually didn't run away, and even waved the command knife forcefully to order his soldiers to fire.

Because he knows.

It was not easy for those extremely brave Cossacks to rush over.

Bullets fired from more than a thousand rifled guns roared past.

One Cossack was killed.

But soon there were Cossacks from the rear.

"Hurry up and reload!"

"Damn! These Rakshasa ghosts are crazy!"

"Grenade! Get your grenades ready!!"

"Bayonets! Attach bayonets!!"

Under the sound of Beijing movies.

More than a thousand soldiers quickly completed reloading, raised their guns in a kneeling position, and aimed straight ahead.

"Fire!"

Along with the order given.

More than a thousand rifled guns vibrated suddenly, bursting with smoke and fire. The bullets were pushed into the barrel, engaged with the rifling driven by the gunpowder gas, and spun out at a discharge speed of at least 800 meters per second. The rotating bullets brought The stable ballistic trajectory allowed the soldiers of the Ming Army to accurately hit the human-shaped laughing target at a distance of about two hundred steps - the cavalry target was even larger.

So the hit rate is very high.

"The Russian Empire must also be equipped with rifled guns!"

Repnin thought.

"Charge! Charge! Charge up!"

He decisively issued the charge order.

The wave of Cossacks had already rushed very close to the Ming army soldiers.

All he needs to do is continue to send troops to press forward and form waves of attacks.

Completely defeat the enemy in person!

"The Rakshasa ghost army is coming!"

Fukangan held the telescope in his hand.

As a long-defeated general, I felt like I was going to be defeated again.

Chen Liansheng was very calm.

"Order the second battalion to circle back to the left and form a crossfire with the first battalion. The third battalion is also dispatched to cut off their retreat from the left!"

Following Chen Liansheng's order.

Two battalions of Ming soldiers quickly advanced in columns.

Enter the preset position to ambush.

at the same time.

Fan Baoyi's first battalion has already been under considerable pressure.

The enemies he faced were all coming for his camp.

Bang bang bang!

Another volley of gunfire rang out.

The bullets roared and knocked the enemy on horseback to the ground.

The man fell on his back and his horse fell over.

The momentum of the charge seemed to be temporarily blocked for a moment by the sudden appearance of a wall of bullets.

But soon there were Cossacks rushing from behind.

Go on, charge! !

Now.

This is the only way to charge.

The Russians paid the blood of thousands of soldiers.

"Fix the bayonet!!"

Suddenly.

The soldiers who were lying on the ground or kneeling on one knee to shoot all stood up and quickly moved closer.

Arranged in two horizontal formations, the dense bayonets formed a steel jungle.

at the same time.

The second battalion had already come in a roundabout way.

Dense bullets shot diagonally towards the rear formation of the Russian charging army.

The artillery fire of the Ming army also extended in this direction, dividing the firepower of the two armies charging front and rear of the Russian army.

Tong Wei's arms were shaking.

Facing the Cossacks charging forward on impossibly tall Don horses.

Tong Wei instinctively felt fear.

"I'm going to die. I'm done."

Almost all the soldiers thought so.

They had taken advantage by shooting from a distance with rifles.

But now it's time for close combat.

How can infantry stop cavalry?

Boom boom boom.

Twelve howitzers fired with all their might.

Grenades rained down.

But it could not completely stop the Cossacks' attack.

'Rush over! Trample them to death! ! '

The Cossacks had gnashing teeth on their faces.

For this moment.

They paid the price of thousands of deaths! !

"Ula!"

The Cossacks who shouted the charge seemed to see the infantry of the Ming army wailing under the hooves of their horses.

Repnin's heart was bleeding.

Just for a while.

The losses of the Russian army were too great.

But it's come to this.

Is there still a way out?

Can only rush.

We can only use our lives to test the limits of the Ming army.

Know how powerful your enemy is.

Only then can we make targeted deployments.

Bang bang bang!

The sound of horses hitting human bodies was heard intensively.

The war horses running at high speed crashed into the steel jungle of the Ming army!

"Finally caused huge casualties to the opponent!"

Repnin thought.

Tong Wei felt like his whole body was falling apart, and several ribs must have been broken.

But the bayonet on the head of the musket in his hand also penetrated the chest of a Don hippopotamus.

"Free Fire!"

Fan Baoyi bit the bullet and pulled out the revolver from his waist.

crazy.

All crazy.

The infantry's body actually blocked the cavalry's charge.

Although it was said that the price paid was the death of dozens of soldiers.

Snap, snap, snap.

Fan Baoyi fired continuously with the pistol in his hand, killing five Cossacks at once.

Then he pulled out a long knife from his waist.

"Damn it, just die, I'll risk my life!"

A lot went through Fan Baoyi's mind at this moment.

His parents, the ridiculous idea of ​​dreaming of being a coater, and all the other things after joining the Ming army.

ahead.

A Cossack fell off his horse and quickly turned over, drew his saber and rushed towards Fan Baoyi.

Fan Baoyi roared angrily to encourage himself.

Right now.

Snapped!

The Cossack suddenly twitched and fell to the ground, with a bloody hole appearing on his chest.

not far away.

Lu Fuhai, commander of the 1st Platoon of the Second Battalion, was loading while squatting.

And at this time.

Bang bang bang!

More gunfire rang out.

'Second battalion support is coming! '

Fan Baoyi is ecstatic!

(End of chapter)