Talking about the firecrackers of both sides, although the Japanese iron cannons look good, the lead bullets they use only have about 123 grams. The lethality is reasonable at close range, but it is difficult to penetrate armor beyond 50 steps!
The firecrackers used by the Wu'an Army were all large-caliber. The amount of ammunition loaded in the firecrackers was more than three times that of the Japanese iron cannons. The lead bullets were all 26-gram fixed ammunition, which was extremely powerful! The effective range can reach more than 120 steps, but the accuracy is a little off! At about eighty paces, the armor worn by the Japanese was pierced with one strike!
You must know that Liu Haojia chose to launch the rifle, which was the Brown Bess musket used by the British Empire when it conquered the world! This kind of gun has traveled all over the world with British soldiers. It can be said that it is the musket that has experienced the most wars in the world!
Huang Guojun is a grassroots officer in the Wu'an Army and a company commander. Already qualified to take charge of an independent responsibility. He is now in charge of the center.
At this time, he was already flushed with excitement! After training for so long, the battle is finally about to begin! Moreover, the materials sent out in advance also allowed him to understand the details of the Japanese people, so he was confident that he would win!
Seeing the Japanese attacking, he carefully estimated the distance between the two sides. When the Teppanyaki Ashigaru took 120 steps, he shouted loudly: "Check the firearms!"
All the fire gun soldiers immediately picked up the fire guns and inspected them carefully, looking at the flint and gears on the faucet, and then opened the lid of the medicine pool to check whether the medicine pool was filled with gunpowder. Sure enough, some people made mistakes while busy. They found that there was no gunpowder in the medicine pool and quickly replenished the gunpowder. The pikemen fumbled with their helmets and breastplates to make sure they were all tied up, and then maintained their solemn posture again.
Whenever the soldiers check themselves, they will report loudly to their superior officers, and then the information will be summarized to Huang Guojun. When the phalanx became quiet, Huang Guojun shouted loudly: "Raise the blunderbuss!"
The firecrackers immediately raised their firecrackers and held them in their hands. Then Huang Guojun shouted again: "Calm down!"
Hearing a "crash" sound, the gun soldiers in the front row immediately leveled their guns, put their rifle butts on their shoulders, pressed their cheeks against each other tightly, and began to aim at the opponent.
After waiting for a few seconds, the Fire Gun Soldier heard someone behind him shout loudly: "Shoot!"
The fire gun soldiers, who had long been trained to have muscle memory, immediately pulled the triggers continuously, and then the fire gun soldiers in their hands fired first! Then several other phalanxes also fired almost at the same time, and the firecrackers sprayed out smoke and projectiles!
The Japanese soldiers who were still advancing slowly were still very nervous, but when they saw the other party leveling the muskets a hundred steps away, they were no longer nervous! Some people were actually whispering and laughing at these Ming soldiers for not knowing how to use iron cannons!
Normally, soldiers were not allowed to talk and laugh in low voices during military operations, but this time the samurai leading the team did not stop them. Because he also felt that the Ming army on the opposite side was ridiculous, how could they hold up iron cannons from such a distance! With such a long distance, by the time we got closer, the arms of the soldiers on the opposite side would be trembling, let alone aiming!
But what surprised him was that they had just walked a few steps away when they saw a flash of red light on the opposite side. The Ming army actually fired the iron cannon first from a hundred steps away! This made him almost laugh out loud!
But just when the corners of his mouth curved a little, six soldiers in the front row fell down! Two of them were lying motionless on the ground, obviously beaten to death directly! The other four dropped their iron cannons and fell to the ground wailing loudly!
The scene in front of him almost shocked the commanding warrior of this phalanx! How could the Ming army's iron cannons shoot so far?
Just when he was surprised, the sound of gunfire sounded again from the opposite side! The samurai looked up in surprise. He was sure that five more soldiers had fallen in the front row! And at this time, the soldiers had begun to panic. This situation of being beaten and unable to fight back was the most damaging to morale!
Moreover, this samurai was also sure that his casualties were indeed caused by iron cannons! Because a lead bullet flew over his head, and he was very familiar with the whistling sound! However, this lead bullet woke him up. He looked at the other phalanxes in fear, only to see that the other phalanxes were also hit by fire cannons!
The only difference is the number of casualties! The phalanx with the fewest fell down five people in the shooting just now, and the phalanx with the most
Eight people fell in the formation!
The familiar smell of war made him quickly calm down after many years of war career, and the quick order he issued was to order the Ashigaru to speed up and move forward! In his imagination, as long as he can get close to the opponent and shoot at him, he can quickly defeat the opponent!
But what made him despair was that as soon as his order was given, a third row of lead bullets roared in, knocking down seven people in his team! The warrior shouted desperately: "Speed up the pace! Speed up the pace! They are shooting so fast because they have loaded the gunpowder in advance. Now they will slow down soon! Take this opportunity to get close to them! Hurry!"
The only thing the soldiers did was grit their teeth, no longer look at the dead and injured, and no longer listen to the wails of the wounded. They lowered their heads and moved forward hard. The warriors in several other phalanxes also issued the same order almost at the same time, and all the phalanxes speeded up in unison!
The iron cannon ashigaru in the front row strode forward, driving the phalanx behind to speed up, but their moods were completely different! The people behind thought that the forwards had gained the advantage and were advancing happily! But Tiepao Ashigaru suppressed his fear and moved forward quickly!
They thought they could defeat the enemy simply by getting closer and entering the shooting phase, and they also felt that their opponents would not have such a high rate of fire after firing preloaded ammunition. But if they can get close to each other, they will find that the commanders of several phalanxes of the Wu'an Army have unanimously strengthened the fire rifle soldiers on the other three sides of the phalanx to the front! Only a few people are left to maintain the formation!
This method formed six rows of human walls in front of the phalanx. The rain of bullets they fired in turn would bring a lifetime of terror to the Japanese!
After the firecrackers in the square formation fired the first row of firecrackers, the nervous soldiers immediately relaxed and quickly entered a training state. They shoot almost on instinct, back off, reload, move forward, shoot! Smooth like clockwork!
The result is that there will be a salvo almost every less than ten seconds, and lead bullets will be fired at the opponent like a heavy rain! The opponent's formation was filled with gaps! Although the Japanese soldiers bravely stepped forward to fill their positions, their formation was still shattered by the fire cannons!
