In fact, when it comes to riding and shooting, the Mongolian Army is the best in the world! , on the one hand, they have grown up on horses since childhood, are familiar with horses, and have excellent riding skills! On the other hand, because they often ride horses to shoot prey on the grassland, such as wolves, rabbits and other animals, they all have good archery skills!
But the Mongolian gunmen are not without their weaknesses, because most of the time they shoot at targets on horseback, so they are required to aim and shoot in a very short time, so they never fully draw their bows when shooting. , and then let go after pulling it halfway at most! This is using this method to achieve the purpose of rapid shooting!
And because their prey are generally small in size, after all, the largest prey on the grassland is probably the wolf, which is as big as a dog! Therefore, their bows are generally soft and have weak penetrating power! This is the way their living environment determines their riding and shooting!
Therefore, these Mongolian cavalry must shoot at a very close distance so that their bows and arrows have enough lethality, otherwise it will be difficult to pose a sufficient threat to their opponents! In addition, the current Mongolians are short of iron, and many herdsmen are even using bone arrowheads, so the lethality is even worse!
In addition, many people say that Hou Jin Dynasty relied on riding and shooting to conquer the world. In fact, what Hou Jin Dynasty was really good at was infantry combat! When the Later Jin army fought with the Ming army, they would often dismount in front of the formation, and then, under the cover of bows, arrows and firecrackers, rely on heavily armored soldiers to break away from the opponent's battle formation! Among them, Bagala of each flag is a master who is specially used to open up the opponent's battle formation!
As for the war horses, they gave their soldiers strong mobility, but in terms of riding and shooting, they were not as good as the Mongols!
But what should be mentioned here is that because the Houjin people were fishing and hunting rather than nomadic, and they lived in deep mountains and old forests, the prey they faced were generally larger animals, such as tigers, pigs, bears and other animals. , so the bows and arrows they use are generally hard bows, so that they can shoot through the fur of these animals!
And their feather arrows are also specially constructed. In addition to ordinary arrows, there are two special arrows. One is that the arrowhead is hammered flat into the shape of a flat shovel, which is very heavy! In close range attack, the opponent is a huge wound!
There is also a heavy arrow specially designed to break armor! This kind of arrow has the same shape as an ordinary arrow, but is extremely large and heavy! The armor of the Ming army can be penetrated by one shot within thirty or forty steps!
The Hou Jin army relied on these two special forms of feather arrows to first disrupt the formation of the Ming army, and then used the Bagala soldiers as the spearhead to break through the Ming army's position, and cooperated with other soldiers to kill! After the Ming army completely collapses, they can then use the cavalry to cover them up! So when the Hou Jin cavalry stopped their horses, the Ming army's team had already reached its eighth stop!
But now this situation will soon be completely changed! Because Liu Haojia took out a most advanced muzzle-loading gun that does not exist in the world! This gun was already the most advanced rifle before the advent of integrated bullets!
Moreover, Liu Haojia has already started to develop Mini rifled guns. At the same time, attempts were also made to mass-produce artillery and develop explosive ammunition. As long as these three types of equipment are in place, the so-called unparalleled riding and shooting of the Jin Army will become a joke!
At this time, the soldiers were already in position. Liu Haojia bowed and said, "Long live Lord, can we start now?"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "You can begin!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several guards gathered around him and wrapped him in the middle, leaving only a gap in the gap for him to watch the shooting performance. Neither Emperor Wanli nor Liu Haojia said anything about this situation. After all, Emperor Wanli is the Ninth Five-Year Plan, so he should be careful no matter how careful he is!
Especially when you are facing a fire drill, you need to be even more careful! What if one of the soldiers was impulsive and shot at Emperor Wanli? This fire gun cannot be stopped by flesh and blood!
After Emperor Wanli was protected, Liu Haojia signaled to the commanding officer. The officer immediately pulled out his command sword and shouted: "Aim!"
With a "crash" sound, the soldiers in the first row all flattened their muskets and pointed them at the wooden target opposite. At the same time, his right cheek was pressed against the butt of the gun and he began to aim!
At this time, the commander officer shouted loudly: "Shoot!"
As smoke rose like clouds, there was a loud "bang" sound, and the gunfire instantly
Time to start! And a whole row of firecrackers were fired, and no single sound of firecrackers was heard at all. It can be seen that the movements of this group of soldiers are very neat!
But Emperor Wanli didn't care to watch them shooting. He stuck his head out from the wall of people and looked in the direction of the wooden targets. As a result, he saw many wooden targets shaking, which showed that lead bullets had hit them!
At this time, he turned back to look at the soldiers who were shooting, and saw that the soldiers who had just finished shooting had pulled out their purges to clean their guns, and at the same time they were walking sideways to the back row. The soldiers in the second row took a step forward and took aim with their flat-ended blazing guns without the command of an officer!
Then just after the officer gave an order, another platoon of mounted fire started! Then they also retreated to the back, and the third row of soldiers stepped forward to complete the third round of volley!
Before hesitating, their muskets were loaded with explosives, so the first three rounds of volleys were fired densely and quickly! But the speed slowed down from the fourth round, but it still remained stable at the speed of shooting one round in twelve or thirteen seconds!
While the soldiers continued to fire volleys, Liu Haojia explained: "Long live my lord, this shooting method is called three-stage attack. It was invented by Prince Mu during the Taizu period! This shooting method can effectively improve the shooting performance of firecrackers. The speed greatly increases the density of firepower! Now the front of the phalanx can be said to be airtight. No matter how many people come up, they will suffer heavy casualties! If there are many enemies, I can even arrange five or six rows of people! At that time, the shooting It will be faster!"
Seeing this situation, Guard Zhang's expression changed! He subconsciously whispered: "If the whole world had such an army, wouldn't it mean that there would be no room for strong generals in the world?"
At this time, each soldier had completed three shots, and the commander shouted: "Fix the bayonet!"
The soldiers immediately put up the muskets, pulled out the bayonets from their waists and put them on the muzzles. They twisted them again and heard a neat "click, click, click" sound. All the muskets had an extra handle under the muzzle. What a long three-edged bayonet!
As soon as the soldiers took the muskets back into their hands, the officer shouted again: "Charge!"
The soldiers immediately fired up and rushed forward, shouting loudly and rushing forward! And during the run, they remained roughly in a group of three!
