After the shooting was over, the musketman began to load. When using a fuse device, it was difficult to load. When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, the Ming soldiers had not loaded the bullets. After the soldiers loaded the bullets, they did not rush to carry out a second shooting, but were waiting for the commander's order. Now the Sichuan Army is exploring the tactics of the fuse gun.

Except for Mu Tan who was commanding the fleet, the remaining four trusted generals were present. Although they each commanded one, they also observed the effect of the volley of the muskets, because Deng Ming clearly stated that the Sichuan Army would vigorously develop firearms, and after the battle today, all officers would participate in the discussion on the use of firearms. Now, how to use the muskets in the Ming and Qing armies and how to cooperate with other troops is the personal habit of the generals, and there are no certain rules.

After looking at the Green Camp enemy troops that exceeded 150 meters, Deng Ming was probably knocked down a few of them, and there might be some injured. Many of these hundred musketeers were Zhejiang East soldiers who had experience in using muskets. They also had different opinions on how to use muskets. Some said they should keep shooting in pursuit of the enemy who killed the most before the enemy rushed over, while others retorted that it was this way of use that made Qi Jiguang defeat the muskets left by Qi Jiguang in Hunhe; some said that they should be put closer before firing, and the objection pointed out that if the reloading speed of the mesh gun is not on the city wall or after a field fortification, then if they are placed closer, they will encounter the enemy in one round of shooting. Instead of doing this, it is better to start shooting wildly at the farthest distance, shoot out the ammunition and change the dagger to fight.

The shooting distance this time is relatively long. Although silk that increases airtightness is used, many of the Green Camp infantry were knocked down. And at such a long distance, judging from the reloading speed of the Ming army's grenade gun, it is probably only two shots. This is still a relatively skilled musket soldier. However, the powerful thing about muskets is its power. At this distance, the brows and arrows have no accurate head or power, and the damage to the armored soldiers is zero, and the musket can be knocked down if it hits.

It was almost in the early days that the British Army lifted the ban on longbowmen's contact and learned to use the ban - this ban was set by the United Kingdom to protect the traditional weapons of their own nation. Because the longbowmen found that the power and accuracy of the ban were above their weapons, they spontaneously replaced the traditional weapons that had been hard-working for their lives with the ban. Without this ban, there would be no ban - and after this ban, which was simply out of national pride, was lifted, the last archer unit in the European troops disappeared immediately.

Deng Ming did not know the origin of this ban, but in the experiments in Chengdu, the Ming army also found that the muskets of these imperial guards were far more powerful than those of bows and arrows. After four or five months of training, the hit rate of the mezzanine gun at the same distance exceeded that of the bows. Even Wu Yuewang, who was extremely skilled in bows, admitted that after training, he seemed to have better results when shooting with a mezzanine. Tonight he was commanding a hundred musket soldiers. The main problem now is the rate of fire. The rate of fire of the mezzanine gun is similar to that of the crossbow machine, basically one-third of the bow and arrow. Therefore, the Ming army generally believed that even if Sichuan could produce this weapon itself, it was a substitute for crossbow machines rather than bows and arrows.

Deng Ming thought for a moment and ordered the front to move forward. The Ming army advanced neatly for a while, and once again stopped a hundred meters opposite the Qing army. This distance was still safe for the armored Ming army. Under the command of the officers, the Ming army's melee spearmen aimed neatly again and launched a second volley at the Qing army.

Although the distance was one-third shorter, the hit rate increased significantly, and about a dozen enemies were defeated. Deng Ming estimated that the damage caused to the enemy this time was about three times that of the last time.

"Is it a coincidence?" The first shooting effect just now was so bad. Seeing that the killing effect of this volley was very good, the three wall guards around Deng Ming couldn't help but wonder. At this distance, the crossbow machine could not hit half of the effect on the armored soldiers.

The Qing army opposite was still motionless. After the Ming army's shooter completed the loading, he carried out another volley. The effect was similar to the last time. Deng Ming did not order the troops to continue moving forward, but ordered the third and fourth shootings. Each shot could knock down more than a dozen armored enemy soldiers at a distance of 100 meters.

"Not bad!" Many Ming army officers nodded secretly and believed in their hearts that this was a very good alternative to crossbow machine. As long as Sichuan can ensure that this quality can also be produced, Wuchang crossbow machine can be stored in the warehouse.

When the Ming army conducted its third shooting, Sun Sike on the opposite side felt a little embarrassed. The distance between the Ming army and the Qing army made the bows and arrows of the Green Camp useless, and the archers of the Green Camp are not very strong. Both officers and soldiers felt that it was meaningless to attack enemies who were generally armoured at this distance except to continue wasting physical strength. When attacked by the musket, the Qing army counterattacked two rounds of bows and arrows, but it stopped soon because everyone could see that it was useless at all.

Therefore, Sun Sike felt that it seemed that the troops should be commanded to launch a charge to stop the Ming army from attacking like this. However, the physical strength of the Shanxi Green Camp was still a big problem. The soldiers could not run anymore, and the number of Ming soldiers on the opposite side was still higher than that of the Qing army.

Sun Sike's indecision allowed the Qing army to withstand the fourth round of shooting, and more than a dozen Green Camp soldiers were injured and killed. Seeing the Ming army opposite, the morale of the Green Camp began to float again, and they were unwilling to be beaten while standing like this.

Another way is to let the musket soldiers of the Han Eight Banners shoot on their heads. Sun Sike has two hundred musket soldiers under his command. However, the Han Eight Banners ran to the front row to exchange their lives with the Ming army's musket soldiers. Sun Sike would rather exchange their lives with the Green Camp soldiers and the Ming army. Unfortunately, the musket soldiers who had not been trained in the Green Camp, so even if Sun Sike was willing to lend the muskets to the Shanxi Green Camp, they would not be able to compete with the Ming army.

"Order the Green Camp to attack." Sun Sike pondered for a while. More than ten years ago, the main work of the Eight Banners of Han was to use artillery and muskets to bombard the Ming army trapped in the lonely city, or attack the uprising farmers holding wooden sticks. After entering the pass, the Green Camp took on the responsibility of the casualties.

As the war drums moved, the Green Camp began to take steps and launched an attack on the Ming army. However, the Green Camp did not charge violently. Not only did it not move forward at a fast speed, but it also had different orders.

The Ming army noticed the fatigue shown by the enemy. After their 100 musket soldiers loaded the fifth bullet of today, the Green Camp soldiers on the opposite side were still fifty meters away. Deng Ming issued a banner asking muskets to not rush to shoot but to put them closer and then shoot.

"The enemy's physical strength is not good today." The guards beside him stared at the battle situation in front of him and said to Deng Ming: "If it's an enemy with good physical strength, they rushed up all at once. They could only shoot one shot and probably hid behind the military formation."

Once the musket soldiers hide behind the spear and sword and shield soldiers, they are completely unable to cover their troops. The bows and arrows can pass through the friendly forces in the front row for projectiles. Although the lethality is very suspicious - the power of the close-range shooting is extremely small, and the damage to the armored soldiers is basically no. However, it can at least play a role in interfering, and the damage is not zero in any case. If the crossbow machine is half a string, it can also be projected at close range. Of course, the power of the crossbow machine is no different from that of the bow and arrow at this time. But the musket cannot even project. When Deng Ming went to Kunming, Wu Yuewang even tried to shoot half of the medicine to the sky... The conclusion was that the musket could not be projected.

When they saw the Green Camp rushing up, everyone knew that the performance of the musket soldiers ended here. Then the musket soldiers could only stay behind the formation and wait for the hand-to-hand combat to decide the outcome. If the battle situation is in a crisis, the musket soldiers could only put down the musket and replace it with a long dagger to use it as a melee combat soldier. However, they should not be used today. The green camp on the opposite side seemed to have no ability to force Deng Ming into this situation, so the muskets and fire another shot, and then you can wait for the end of the battle.

Not only the guards, but even Deng Ming was thinking about what happened after the war. Today's performance of musketeers confirmed Deng Ming's statement, that is, volleys are better than free shooting - at least they look better. However, even if they are allowed to volley, their role is more similar to artillery rather than infantry: it is a long-range strike force that requires infantry cover, is slow to load and lacks melee ability. Its long-range power is higher than bows and arrows, but it is not as good as bows and arrows in melee combat, and it is more like artillery in both characteristics and usage.

"What is Captain Wu doing?" Deng Ming was distracted for a few seconds, and then suddenly woke up. He was originally in a daze because he knew the whole situation of the next battle: swords and shields collided, and life-threatening battles. After a loophole in the enemy's front line, Deng Ming would ask his subordinates to launch an attack, and might even rush out with his cavalry. The opposite green camp was in a bad condition. It was estimated that the Ming army would get a chance to counterattack soon, but that was enough to make Deng Ming go away for a few seconds.

However, Wu Yuewang did not order the musket soldiers to shoot, but asked them to keep their original posture and stay in front of the military formation.

The Green Camp approached a little more, but Deng Ming still did not see the Ming army's muskets firing.

"Everyone stood up." On the contrary, Wu Yuewang issued an order to get up and be alert.

All the Ming army's musket soldiers stood up, behind them were densely packed with friendly soldiers, and they had already left a passage for them; in front of them were soldiers of Green Camp quickly approaching the ground. Now the Qing army in the middle is less than fifty meters away from the Ming army front.

"Kill!" The Green Camp roared, and the officers and veterans took the lead in starting the charge. They also knew that today's battle had entered the most critical moment. Even if they were tired, these two steps of charge could still be done.

"Aim." Wu Yuewang issued a command.

All the Ming army's musket soldiers stood straight, holding the musket flat in front of them, closing their eyes to point at the enemy in front of them.

"All these musket soldiers have the courage to stab the enemy soldiers with daggers." During training, because Deng Ming did not agree to use these musket soldiers as hand-to-hand combat soldiers under any circumstances, Wu Yuewang once protested to the superiors like this.

Zheng Yaojun was also among the row of musket soldiers. The targets he could choose in front of him were constantly decreasing, and in the end, there was only one lonely enemy soldier left. The enemy soldier was very close. When they rushed up, the two of them were facing each other. Zheng Yaojun's fingers were on the trigger, and the musket in his hand went from pointing to a group of enemy soldiers to pointing to a few rows of green camps to pointing to the enemy in front of him. Now, his muzzle was steadily pointing to the forehead of the enemy soldier. Just like every time he stabbed the enemy soldier with a dagger in his hand, the Ming army shooter held his breath...

"Open fire!"
Chapter completed!