Looking far from the high platform.
Second Artillery Bureau teachers Sun Youfu, Wan Ting, Wang Chuxuan and others were looking nervously at the battlefield ahead.
Wang Chuxuan's face was slightly dark, his hands were covered with thick calluses, and he was holding on to the railing with a serious look on his face: "Yang Rong and the others have been looking at the heavy armor of Timur's heavy cavalry that they sent for three days. Do you have any clues?"
The tall and thin Wan Ting touched his beard and sighed: "Clue, what clue do you expect us to have? Judging from the impact spots left on the heavy armor, the depth of the dents, and the size of the damage, the fire blunderbuss is at 150 When on foot, it has no killing effect on the charging heavy armored cavalry, and even scratching them is not enough."
Sun Youfu rubbed his overgrown belly and took a step forward. The high platform seemed to be shaking: "Fire blunderbuss are ineffective, and iron crossbows are not effective either. Although the Eight Bull Crossbow is very effective, in terms of heavy armor, The Eight Bull Crossbow mainly relied on its strong force to kill heavy armored cavalry, and most of the heavy armor was not penetrated, leaving only quite shallow grooves."
Wang Chuxuan motioned to Sun Youfu not to move around. With your physique, you really should stay in the capital. Why did you come so far? Besides, I didn't see you losing any weight along the way. "Not only the Eight Ox Crossbow, but also the Tiger Crouching Cannon." The damage and damage are very limited, and now the pressure is on our Second Artillery Bureau. If we can't come up with a charter, we will be betraying the emperor's trust."
Wan Ting and Sun Youfu were silent.
The Second Artillery Bureau sent people to follow the army in the Western Expedition. It was not only responsible for providing gunpowder, gunpowder shells, and firearm maintenance, but also needed to truly test the killing effect of the firearms from the battlefield.
Since the fire blunderbuss and the tiger crouching cannon were not lethal enough, the Second Artillery Bureau could only find another way to find a way to be more powerful and lethal, enough to eliminate the heavy armored cavalry!
Sun Youfu pondered and said, "The emperor once mentioned that Tao Zengguang, Hu Yuancheng and others have also studied that if the lead of the fire gun is adjusted and replaced with a three-inch-long sharp iron bullet, the killing effect can be improved. I don't know if it will be better." Will heavy armored cavalry be effective?”
Wan Ting shook his head: "That kind of warhead can indeed increase damage, but there is still a long way to go before it can penetrate iron armor. By the way, have you heard about Suo Jing killing forty Harry guards by himself, right?"
Sun Youfu was puzzled: "I heard, why are you mentioning him at this time? We are discussing firearms."
Wan Ting said solemnly: "Firearms are not isolated. We need to learn wisdom from elsewhere."
Wang Chuxuan didn't quite believe Wan Ting: "Suo Jing is a soldier. The weapons in his hands are either darts or spears. He rarely uses firearms. The only firearm he has is only a grenade, which is not helpful for the current matter."
Sun Youfu nodded. How could a rough guy like him inspire firearms?
Wan Ting looked at the distance. Timur's fully armored cavalry was getting closer and closer, and he said, "Suo Jing said that the reason why he was able to kill forty people in a row was because of the word "quick". In his words, To put it bluntly, in the world of martial arts, only fast ones cannot be defeated."
Sun Youfu's eyes lit up: "What do you mean?"
Wang Chuxuan stared and understood what Wan Ting meant. He believed that lead bullets and iron bullets could not penetrate armor because they were not fast enough or powerful enough. Perhaps, this is the future research direction of the Second Artillery Bureau.
"The enemy is close!"
Sun Youfu changed the topic, and Wang Chuxuan and Wan Ting looked nervously at the battlefield in the distance.
Taylor frowned. He and his cavalry had already entered the Ming army's formation a hundred steps away. They still didn't make any movement. There were no roaring firearms or crossbows. The powerful crossbows were not arranged in front of the formation. Instead, A group of heavy armored infantry. The weapons in these infantry's hands are mostly heavy axes, heavy hammers, and heavy knives.
There are no gunpowder bombs flying in the sky. That being the case, and Bart and Fuzhe's team have also followed. Since Daming has no countermeasures, it's our turn!
"charge!"
Taylor didn't believe what tricks the Ming army could play at such a distance. Even if they used firearms, it would be too late. The heavily armored cavalry was no longer afraid of firearms!
Boom!
A drum sound suddenly rose from the Ming army formation.
Then I heard the drums of war drums ringing, and the sound resounded throughout the desolate world! This is the drum of war, this is the drum of battle.
Three thousand heavy armored infantry stepped out with heavy steps.
There were cruel smiles on the masked faces of Taylor, Bart and others. Using heavy armored infantry to fight against the charging fully armored cavalry was looking for death!
The drumming suddenly stopped, and the world seemed to fall into a moment of silence.
Zhou Dazhi gave the order, and the thick gunpowder fuses were ignited. Sparks flew from the fuses and penetrated deep into the ground. At a certain node, the flame fuses extended in different directions and burned in different directions. When a fuse burned to a gunpowder packet in a pit, the fire suddenly disappeared.
boom!
A dull loud noise rolled out from under the soil on the ground, like a giant dragon covered in magma, spewing dark red tongues of fire straight into the sky! The powerful energy tore up the soil and set off huge waves. The seemingly heavy fully armored cavalry was like a rag doll, and was thrown into the air with terrifying energy. The four hooves of the war horse were immediately torn to pieces, and the cavalry's hands seemed to be burning. !
Taylor watched in horror as each of the cavalrymen flew up and fell heavily to the ground. He looked at the heavy armored horses that he was proud of and only whined! His eyes suddenly became hot, and blood spurted out!
"This, this is?"
Taylor looked at the arm that fell on him, with the remaining black armor still on it! The earth was trembling, and the sound of huge thunder came from the earth! Taylor's ears trembled, and he saw a burst of fire coming from the ground beside him, and a huge force blew him off his horse. As soon as he hit the ground, a burst of power erupted from the ground!
Fly, fly!
Taylor didn't know why he was flying like a bird. He only felt that his back was filled with burning pain. It seemed that the fragments of the black armor had penetrated into his body, and it seemed that his internal organs were shattered by an energy through the black armor!
Bart saw Taylor's death and the hell-like scene ahead. The horse beneath him seemed to feel fatal fear and slowed down continuously.
"Charge, don't stop, charge forward, the enemy's gunpowder is in the ground, you can't stop!"
Bart was keenly aware that Daming had buried gunpowder underground, and the explosion started from the east and spread all the way to the west. However, there was no gunpowder explosion in the area after the explosion!
As long as you rush out of this land that has not yet exploded and go to the front of hell, you will definitely be able to kill it!
But amidst the loud noises and the panicked shouts of the war horses and cavalry, Bart's voice could not reach far. Many cavalry could only stop in place, and even the war horses could not move!
Bart charged loudly at the top of his lungs, leading the cavalry on the side. Although the ground continued to explode, no matter how many people died around him, Bart rushed out bravely, and there were dense explosions behind him, and countless smoke and dust drifted along with the rain of blood. .
Between heaven and earth, what is left is gray and red.
Bart looked back and saw that some of the cavalrymen had lost half of their heads, and their gray and white things were flowing all over the floor. He saw that the heavy armor on some of the cavalrymen had been torn apart by strong force, and even their clothes were torn to pieces, leaving a dark mess. Only thick blood holes were left, and some cavalrymen were seen falling to the ground, with their feet on the ground and their heads in the pit, staring with bloodshot eyes...
Even though he had seen tragic battlefields and experienced countless wars, Bart still felt frightened and uneasy. The defeated Zhe in the distance did not choose to retreat this time. Braving the beacon fire and violent explosions, he rushed over with the remaining soldiers, but Because there were too many potholes on the ground, and the weight of the fully armored cavalry was too great, the horses would fall into the potholes as soon as they became unstable. The cavalry would either be thrown out or be crushed under the horses.
Failed Zhe fell heavily to the ground, tried his best to support his body with his spear, took off his mask, and looked around. There was blood and fire all over the place, and the pungent smell was choking.
"***, why do we have to suffer such tragic sacrifices!"
Failed Zhe looked up at the sky with tears streaming down his face.
Bart couldn't help but wanted to cry, but this was not a place for crying, this was a battlefield, so he shouted to the surviving cavalry and sergeants: "Look, the sky is still there, the light is still there, this is not hell, charge with me, Complete the mission entrusted to us by the Sultan!"
rush!
Bart's eyes were red, he looked in the direction of the Ming army formation, and rushed out without fear, fighting
The horse nimbly avoided the big pit and advanced towards the Ming Dynasty's military formation. Some heavily armored sergeants who had lost their horses and were seriously injured also stood up.
The one-legged sergeant jumped forward step by step with a spear in hand, his broken leg bleeding continuously. Blood seeped into the soil, but the sergeant gritted his teeth and moved forward. Some sergeants banged their heads, and the huge impact and sound instantly destroyed and weakened their hearing. Their red eyes saw the charging sergeants, and they all stood up and moved towards the direction of the Ming army's formation.
Zhu Di took out the cotton from his ears and looked at this scene solemnly. The gunpowder bag made by the Second Artillery Bureau greatly damaged Timur's fully armored cavalry. The sparse charging military formation in front of him was the best. Proof!
Of the 6,000 heavy armored cavalry, only 500 are left to charge. After these 500, there are 800 heavy armored sergeants, but they are also at the end of their strength, and more heavy armored cavalry are coming. They were either killed by gunpowder on the spot, killed by the shock wave, or seriously injured and unable to fight.
Three hundred thousand kilograms of gunpowder were exchanged for nearly 5,000 heavy armored cavalry by Timur!
On average, sixty kilograms of gunpowder can damage a heavy armored cavalry, which is a pretty good deal.
Zhu Di raised his hand and was about to give the order to deal with the remaining cavalry in front of him when he felt the ground tremble. His eyes swept across the battlefield and looked into the distance, and his expression changed involuntarily: "Timur actually launched a charge at this time. He is crazy. Can’t do it?”
Liu Jun, Yang Rong, Zhou Dazhi, Qiu Fu and other generals were also a little stunned. Logically speaking, such an earth-shattering battle was enough to destroy Timur's military morale, and the tragic end was enough to undermine Timur's will to attack!
But Timur gave the order to attack at this moment, and it was not all one way, but three. Timur's army surged in like a tide. Two cavalry of ten thousand people were divided into the left and right wings. Ten thousand cavalry troops are heading straight for the Chinese battlefield!
Yang Rong also couldn't understand Timur's thoughts. At this moment, facing the heavy armored cavalry with heavy losses and the unknown power of gunpowder, Timur's most rational approach should be to retreat, without thinking of ways to attack the formation again. Well, at least we should go back and hold a mobilization meeting to boost morale and use the dead to inspire the living. This is to kill the enemy bravely.
But Timur did not go back, and launched a large-scale attack without waiting! And looking at the formation, I'm afraid it's not just the more than 50,000 people brought by Timur, smoke and dust are also coming from the direction of the army camp.
"Commander, Timur wants to take this opportunity for a decisive battle!"
Yang Rong shouted quickly.
Zhu Di stood up, looked sharply at Timur's military formation in the distance, and shouted: "What a Timur!"
