"Lower, low, load!"

Fu Dahai was lying on the trench, still squinting his eyes, but his face was full of excitement.

The twenty-one Ming-1 guns made of copper-tin alloy began to slowly lower the muzzle under Fu Dahai's command. After Fu Dahai's orders, the deputy gunner also began to prepare to load gunpowder.

Zhu Youxiao was about to come out. At the current distance, the Tartars could not use their powerful arm strength to shoot the bow and arrow here.

However, the latest artillery developed by the Ming Dynasty can already cover bombing at this distance.

Zhu Youxiao really wanted to see what effect the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty, which were galloping in thousands of horses, was bombarded by dozens of artillery pieces.

However, like other generals, they were a little worried. After all, this was the first time to use artillery to directly fight against the Eight Banners Cavalry that dominated the world.

The artillery shell development expert Song Yingxing, the artillery chief designer Sun Yuanhua and Johnson Chan also followed Zhu Youxiao at this time. Their task was to observe the effectiveness of the latest artillery combat in the Ming Dynasty.

Before this, they bombarded thousands of pigs or sheep, but now they bombarded the fierce Tartars, and their psychological feelings alone were different.

"Sun Yuanhua, can this artillery work?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have tried many times, and the Imperial Guard has also practiced many times. If there is any problem, Your Majesty can immediately chop off my head."

Although Sun Yuanhua said that, Zhu Youxiao did not dare to cut off his head. The Ming Dynasty lacked scientific and technological talents, and now these people are national treasures. The Donglin Party scolded Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao could ask the Dongchang to take people without saying a word. However, if these people were disrespectful to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao would at most scold him.

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Dai Shan also saw the muzzle in front of him at this time, but he didn't think much about it. The Ming army's artillery fire often went silent, and even if it was not silent, it was difficult to hit it accurately.

Generally, as long as the cavalry rushed over at a speed fast enough, the artillery could not react.

Moreover, Daishan now prefers to form intensive sprint formations, which can directly scare the artillery's courage.

"Snap faster. Now the Ming army's artillery fire cannot shoot us. Sukshaha. Once it enters the artillery range, shoot arrows immediately."

Dai Shan was talking, while Fu Dahai waved directly: "Let it go!"

After the squeaking sound, there were several loud bangs, and dozens of shells fell into the middle of the Tartars like flowers scattered by the celestial women. After the explosion, I clearly saw the scene of the Tartars rising up and overturning.

The huge air wave caused Daishan to fall to the ground. When he got up, another round of artillery shells came.

Countless Tartars were blown up again and covered in blood, and their horses were shockingly dead.

"Distract quickly!" Dai Shan touched the scorched rat tail of Jin Qian, shouted loudly, and couldn't help but say inwardly: "When will this Ming army cannon become so powerful?"

Now Daishan dared not sprint in a dense manner, so he dispersed and continued to charge.

The Tartars were not afraid of death, but they were also extremely cunning. After learning the lesson, they kept using their skillful riding skills to change positions. In this way, the damage caused by the No. 1 artillery with a relatively long range was also reduced, but due to the simplification of operation and the improvement of flexibility, they could still bombard a small group of Tartars.

However, Fu Dahai also began to immediately order: "Cannon No. 1 is back and use the Cannon No. 2 to conduct free strikes."

Suddenly, the more flexible and lightweight No. 2 cannon began to spray 0 shots. The Tartars did not expect that the more they stabbed inside, the more the Ming army's artillery fire density would be greater.

However, the brave Tartars still approached the effective range of the bow and arrow after losing hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers. If the artillery does not retreat in time, professional gunners will become the living targets of these Eight Banners soldiers.

"The artillery battalion returns to the camp, and the infantry battalion is ready to fight!"

With a command, Fu Dahai's artillery battalion immediately turned the gun and retreated immediately. Chang Yanling took three infantry battalions to form three arc positions, waiting for the Tartars to approach.

The Tartars were good at shooting, and their powerful arm strength could make the power of bows and arrows no less than traditional rifled rifles. This is one of the reasons why the open flame troops could not gain any advantage in front of these Tartar cavalry.

The Eight Banners Tartars were very familiar with the horses galloping, and they pulled their bows and shot arrows on the horses that were moving forward quickly. In an instant, the rain of arrows was covered with rain of arrows. Fortunately, the trenches in the infantry battalion in front were deep enough, and the chance of hiding in the trenches was far less than the chance of standing on flat ground.

Moreover, the Tartars were very casual in pulling bows and arrows, and they were basically spontaneously shooting arrows, so they could not cause large-scale killing.

The Imperial Guard Infantry Battalion is different. Chang Yanling's first battalion is in the first trench at this time. Their movements are very consistent, and they are all completed under Chang Yanling's command.

"Rise the gun! Prepare the ammunition!"

When the Tartars began to draw strong bows and shoot long-term shots and the favorable arrows came from time to time, Chang Lenin issued the first order.

The officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the infantry of the Imperial Guard calmly and calmly followed the command of Chang Yanling, then placed the paper shell flat beside him, squinted his eyes and began to determine the shooting target through the sight of the flintlock rifle.

"aim!"

Chang Yanling tilted his head slightly and avoided the arrow shot by the Tartars. He glanced at his officers and soldiers with a slanted glance. Seeing that they were all ready, he shouted: "Battle!"

Slap!

Suddenly, a sound like fried beans sounded, and the white smoke formed by the burning of black gunpowder floated over from the first position.

In this way, it was difficult for the Tartars to hit the target, but the infantry battalions could not continue to aim. Seeing this, Chang Yanling had to order people to shoot directly without aiming.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh. Although he knew that smokeless gunpowder was better than black gunpowder, he never thought that the two would bring such a big difference when applied to the battlefield.

Fortunately, the intensive shooting also caused considerable casualties to the Tartars. Dai Shan was surprised and angry when he saw countless Eight Banners cavalry beside him falling to the ground by the bullets fired rapidly, and countless fierce horses fell to the ground in a blast. He did not expect that the muskets in the Ming army could shoot so far, and also form continuous fire strikes.

"Roar over! Kill!"

Dai Shan realized that the range of his Eight Banners soldiers' bows and arrows did not look very good in front of the musket, so he could only pull the distance closer and use a more powerful rain of arrows to disrupt the formation of the Ming munitions soldiers, and it would be best to defeat them directly.

In the dense rain of bullets, these Tartars were still approaching the Imperial Guards' positions with their excellent riding skills. And because of the shortening of the distance, the force of sharp arrows was obviously much stronger, and many Imperial Guard soldiers were accidentally penetrated directly through their necks.

Fortunately, the Imperial Guards were strict in military discipline and did not lose because of the fall of one or two soldiers. They were now listening to Chang Yanling's command and firing like machines.

The dense bullets caused great damage to the Eight Banners cavalry, and many of the Eight Banners soldiers fell directly on the way.

Seeing this, Dai Shan felt that this was not a solution, so he immediately ordered his Eight Banners troops to disperse in three groups, and he led the central army to continue stabbing in. The two sides attacked from both sides, attempting to attack the first infantry battalion.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao was hurriedly ordered the Second Battalion and the Third Battalion of the Infantry to move rapidly through the traffic trenches to the left and right ring positions, and when the two Tartars arrived, they began to form a dense firepower attack.
Chapter completed!