Chapter six hundred and sixteen.
This is another major tactic in the era of later powers, the queuing and shooting tactic.
No matter how advanced Mao Jue made the flintlock rifle in his hand, he never got rid of the shackles of the bore-forward rifle. During the Shanhaiguan War, tens of thousands of people fought against Liu Zongmin's dense cavalry company a hundred meters away, but he only killed hundreds of them every time. In the end, he still did not stop Liu Zongmin's cavalry from rushing to the formation, and he still used bayonets and obstacles to knock them back and cry.
This is the elite soldiers who have a large number of muskets in Liaodong and have been trained with guns for more than ten years. Some of the stationed troops were accurate and even more than the regular army. When the capital army and the Shandong army recruited a large number of children from Li Zicheng's surrendered army and Shandong peasants. It would be nice to train the formation and practice the four months. The shooting accuracy and loading speed require bullets to be piled up. Mao Jue has so much time.
So Mao Jue brought the tactics that the British lobster soldiers relied on to conquer the world again. The secret of the tactics was too simple, but it was to pull horizontally and fire! The musket lethality was maximized!
But don't underestimate this and put it in the fight! In Fontenoy's British defeat, the British army once relied on this tactic to resist the French three-round shooting, and the price of falling hundreds of people reached 20 to 30 meters. In two rounds of volleys, they killed two or three thousand Frenchmen, directly defeated the opponent's front and slightly saved the defeated Ju.
In the just emerging American Revolutionary War, the British army's gentleman tactics that never fired the first shot were also the Yin Ba's fight. The Americans cried and shouted to their parents. In the past, Mao Jue passed through a movie, "The Patriot", which was about being beaten by lobster soldiers in the War of Independence. In the end, he had to learn Grandpa Mao's guerrilla tactics and relying on foreign aid forces such as the French to defeat the British army.
The British army's greatest record is also the most shameful record for the Chinese, which was produced by the Qing army in modern times. In the Opium War, more than 20,000 British troops defeated nearly 800,000 Qing troops from south to north.
However, if you move closer, you will also test the soldiers' fighting will and discipline. After all, you must not fight back dozens of meters under the enemy's muskets or bows and arrows. If you want to line up to kill people, you must have the courage and awareness to be shot in line first!
In this era, Mao Jue, who emphasized discipline and practice, could replicate the morale tactics of the British Empire at its heyday. This time he learned it tremblingly. More than 10,000 people in the front row were executed by his officers just because they could not withstand the pressure and wanted to raise their guns to shoot. The courage required to face the enemy was considerable.
Fortunately, the result of the battle was worthy of the blood. In the close range of 17,800 flintlock rifles, Huang Degong's more than 5,000 cavalry were killed at least 2,788 at one time. Even Huang Degong himself was shot down from his horse. He didn't know his life or death. In ancient times, the casualty rate of ordinary troops in general was one-tenth, and even Huang Degong's army was elite soldiers, and it was almost half of them. The cavalry at fifty or sixty meters behind were simply frightened. He looked incredibly at the blood and mess in front of him, and he stopped. The Luzhou Infantry Group, more than 300 meters away, didn't know what was going on, and was still moving forward in a daze.
This terrifying record instantly greatly boosted the morale of the Liao Town soldiers. Holding the saber high, Shen Rong shouted loudly.
"The front line collects bayonets and charges! The back team beats the drums and advances!"
There was another clamoring sound, and the first three rows of guns were bayonetized and reloaded into the barrel. The three rows of the back who did not participate in the battle walked forward with flintlock rifles and took the initiative to meet Huang Degong's army.
Just as the neat army boots were trampling on the dry land, another series of gunfire sounded. In front of the Chenyang Legion, more than 6,000 Huang Degong infantry who went to intercept almost lost two-thirds of the volley. Then, Zhao Cheng, a veteran Liaodong general who replaced Hong Chengchou, simply ordered the bayonet to rush forward.
The despair screams of this team of Huang Degong's partial division can be heard throughout the central army battlefield.
On the right wing, Kong Youde's Shandong Corps had already forced him to the front of Lizhuang Town. He had no chance to line up and shoot him. He could only gather the troops slightly in front of several entrances, and shoot fiercely with the Luzhou army guarding Zhuangkou. The wooden chips of the fences splashed with bullets and bows and arrows.
In the situation, Huang Degong's Corps was not defeated. After all, it still had nearly 100,000 troops, but in the situation, it was completely in a passive state. Huang Degong was brave and fought side by side with the soldiers every time he rushed forward. In the face of the battle, he became the biggest defeat of his battle. The vanguard cavalry suffered a heavy blow, and the commander was not sure about his life and death. The entire army was in a state of being in a state of being in a leader. Seeing the long array of Chen Rong approaching, the five generals who followed Huang Degong to fight were no longer in mind for a moment.
Retreat? There are more than 60,000 infantry formations now, and the number of people looks thicker than the thinner Liaozhen infantry. I am really unwilling to retreat, but I am not willing to advance? None of the five generals did not have the courage. When the Luzhou army hesitated at the least, then today is destined to be their sacrifice day!
Three hundred meters, too short for the capital army, who was almost marching in a dream! In just two or three minutes, he was almost approaching. Seeing the aggressive Liaozhen infantry, Tian Xiong, the general in charge of commanding the front line, simply ordered the shooting. The archers strode to the front. The gap was mixed with more than 3,000 southern bird gunners, and there were still more than 100 meters away. The Luzhou army started to flew ping-bang. The flying arrows were mixed with hot muskets, attacking Chen Rong's troops like raindrops, and several small cannons roared. This momentum was much grander than the capital army just now, and it was lethal...
The rain of arrows fell in front of the team. Except for the cannon shells shot into the team, they took away six people. An infantryman was shot in the thigh with a bird gun and knelt on the ground with screams. There was no big profit.
The Nanjun Bird Gunman knelt on the ground, filling his body with sweat, and there were many mistakes in the intercourse. Some of them stuffed the projectiles into it and remembered that they forgot to load gunpowder. As for the Nanming cannons, they were even slower to load. In this kung fu, the capital army, who was shouting horns, advanced more than 30 meters.
The second round of bows and arrows fell down like raindrops again, and fell into the team in a mighty way.
Even the trained Liaozhen infantry can't avoid fear of this fatal thing. Some have weak legs and some have wet pants again. But the power of military discipline is reflected again. Even if you are afraid, no one dares to retreat. On the one hand, the commander holding a knife is by his side and is also under the arrows. The retreating person is not about playing. On the other hand, long-term training has also habitually driven them forward.
It is really not a coincidence of history that muskets can replace bows and arrows. This round of arrow rain has filled the capital army with an effective range. Only dozens of people were killed, and two or three hundred people were seriously injured and fell down, making the capital army army camp a little messed up.
The strong cold-forged armor blocked most of the damage, and some infantry even shot into hedgehogs on their bodies and were still moving forward.
This terrifying scene even more frightened the bird gunners of the Southern Ming army. It was not until the capital army approached about 30 meters and in more than 40 seconds that they reloaded the second bullet.
However, history no longer gives them a chance. Although thirty meters is not the limit of being shot in line, it is almost enough for the dense Luzhou soldiers! The front-row commander decisively raised his command knife and waved it forward suddenly.
"Master!"
The Nanjun Bird Gunner, who had just taken the gun, was as if he was punched hard by someone. He suddenly shook his chest, shoulders or abdomen, and then he blew blood and fell on the front line. The archers at the back were not much better. They were killed in the array in rows. The traditional infantry formation was far more dense than the cavalry formation, and the results were even more outstanding this time. Tens of six thousand flintlock guns were fired, and at least four or five thousand were injured on the spot. The front line was covered with blood, and the bloody flesh collapsed on the face of the infantry in the back row.
"Attack! Kill!!!"
In fear, Tian Xiong waved his sword forward in fear and anger, and stepped on the body of his teammate just now. The spearmen and the sword and shield hands shouted in fear, and rushed forward to the Beijing Army that had fired a shot. This seemed to be a good opportunity. As we all know, how fragile the musketeer after fired the gun was. Although Dongjiang has proved it many times that this is a fallacy, the traditional view is still deeply rooted in people's hearts.
But Shen Rong was still addicted to this desperate opportunity. He shouted, and the first three rows turned around and left, interspersed in the gaps, and once again exposed the troops in the back three rows without guns. Just so, the distance reached more than twenty meters, and the golden distance of the line-up was shot. The capital infantry, who had already gained experience, pulled the trigger with confidence.
The rich gunpowder smoke covered the battlefield. In the white smoke, there were thunderous sounds and screams, just like the execution ground in hell. The bodies were stacked layer by layer between fifteen meters and thirty meters. Such a huge instant killing completely shocked Huang Degong's ministry.
Three shootings completely expelled the morale of the capital army. With a thunderous sound, they were trapped by the sharp bayonet and shouted and broke through the smoke screen. Finally, the close-knit fight that the Huang army had most hoped for, but they had no intention of fighting at this time. They screamed and turned around and fled to Lizhuang Town. Even if they were stabbed to death by a bayonet behind their back, they would never dare to turn back and fight back.
Swords, guns, swords, halberds, cannons and guns were thrown all over the floor in chaos.
The battle ended so quickly that the Napoleon Column tactics specially prepared by Mao Jue were useless. Even Zhao Cheng, who quickly solved Huang Degong's partial master, came to grab the merits without having time. He could only look at Huang's fleeing in panic and slapped his thighs in depression.
Mao Jue was killed on the spot in an encounter and was satisfied with the effect of this training. He did not rush to continue the attack. Instead, he organized the military formation outside Lizhuang Town and quietly waited for the arrival of cannons.
But today, the cannon was destined to be unable to play the protagonist. More than ten minutes later, a white flag hung high above Lizhuang Town, dragging his wounds. Tian Xiong and several generals were embarrassed, naked with sticks tied with bare backs, and kowtowed and surrendered.
Chapter completed!