Chapter 566
In the formation of the four or five teams, the suona sound unique to Dongjiang Town sounded sharply. Yue Tuo, who was familiar with this suona sound, was overjoyed. What? Is Dongjiang Town going to launch an attack?
Dongjiang Town still couldn't stand it. They were about to launch an attack. Now, they turned passive to active.
After obtaining this judgment, Yue Tuo immediately ordered loudly: "The guards and musket camp, come out immediately. Warriors, bows and arrows are ready, and we will annihilate this stubborn enemy."
The muskets seized these days were formed by Yue Tuo into his own personal guards. The number was small, only 100. But these muskets would be the nemesis of the enemy's strong armor.
And his three thousand archers will also bring a nightmare blow to their slow infantry.
With the order issued, all the Eight Banners warriors immediately prepared for the pre-war period. Yue Tuo also took off his treasure carving bow and put on the armor-breaking cone.
Yuetuo's archery skills are also one of the best. He firmly believed that under the attack of his archery, the enemy would be severely injured by himself.
The captain of the Fourth Brigade personally directed the gunners. He drew out his combat knife and shouted at the Jiannu formation two miles away: "All artillery fire, five rapid fires."
The steel cannons brought this time were only 40, and the range was only more than two miles. But this was enough, enough to attack Jiannu standing there.
The artillery immediately adjusted the gun mouth, and with a command, 40 artillery roared together, and countless shotgun leads roared towards the enemy formation like locusts. Faced with such a blow, the enemy fell down.
Yue Tuo, who was standing in front of the formation, was also hit by a few leads. Fortunately, his cotton armor was strong and had two layers, which made him feel that he was hit by heavy punches, but did not penetrate the thick armor, causing damage to him.
But even so, Goshha beside him still pulled him to the back of the position in horror.
The power of the cannon is terrifying. If this master is really destroyed by someone, then this matter will be a big deal.
Five consecutive shots were shot, and the firepower was continuous, causing at least 500 casualties to the Jurchens in an instant.
Seeing the enemy still holding onto the position with artillery fire, the Fourth Battalion Captain yelled: "Push the artillery half a mile forward, and shoot three times."
With his order, the artillery soldiers steadily pushed the cannons and approached the enemy despite the danger of the enemy's possible charge.
The Fifth Team Leader has already taken on the task of commanding two teams of musketeers.
When he saw the artillery advance, he immediately ordered the soldiers without hesitation: "Everyone has it, advance forward, and protect the artillery brothers."
The 2,000 soldiers, without hesitation, followed the artillery brothers tightly and advanced half a mile.
The cannon stopped, and simply adjusted the gun again and quickly added the sub-gun into the cannon. With the command of the captain, the cannon roared again.
The distance is closer, and the killing effect of the shotgun is better. After only three extremely fast shots, about 800 Jiannu were immediately knocked down.
However, the artillery also entered the shooting distance of the Jiannu musketeers, and the surviving sixty or seventy muskets exploded.
These muskets are all products of Dongjiang Town that have just been seized. The shooting distance and shooting accuracy are absolutely undeniable. They immediately caused considerable casualties to the artillery brothers.
The Fifth Team Leader immediately ordered: "The 4th Team, go forward and eliminate the enemy's musketeers."
With a command, the 4th team immediately crossed the artillery and used a dense rain of bullets to wipe out Jiannu's musketeers in a blink of an eye.
The fourth brigade captain ordered again: "Architecture, push forward one mile and continue shooting."
Push forward one mile again, and the two sides were only half a mile apart, which was the limit of shooting of the enemy's bow and arrow.
Yue Tuo was behind the formation and saw the enemy advance like this layer by layer, his head buzzed.
Because he was so familiar with this formation, he personally felt the power of this method of advancement in the Battle of Daling River.
Now that the two sides are half a mile away, the enemy's cannon will be even more powerful. After two rounds of shelling, more than 1,000 warriors have been sacrificed.
He must not be beaten passively like this. There are only two choices left for him. He either takes advantage of this opportunity to charge to death. Or he immediately retreats his troops and retreats three miles away.
If you retreat three miles, it is equivalent to allowing the enemy to advance three miles.
If you launch a charge, your soldiers will be hit by enemy artillery fire and muskets.
Yue Tou decisively ordered "retreat."
Although such a decision allows the enemy to continue to advance to Sanli Road, so what? You can readjust the formation, and then when the enemy advances, you can seize the opportunity to charge back when their formation is loose. It is always much less loss than the current straight collision.
With his order, all the Jurchen soldiers left their dead and wounded brothers and roared and retreated.
The captain of the Fourth Brigade spitted on the ground: "The Eight Banners are not worth ten thousand, and they are invincible. Bah, under my powerful guns with sharp firepower, they are not silver-like wax guns."
The captain of the Fifth Brigade stepped forward: "Take this opportunity, we will continue to move forward. But according to Lord Zhao's original tactics, every time he advances 10 meters, he will immediately rectify his formation. We must ensure that our formation is strict and do not leave any opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of."
The captain of the Fourth Brigade nodded and then looked at the way: "We are quite close to the two teams behind. The enemy's retreat will not be able to surround us. Then the artillery of their two teams will become a decoration. Please, brother, please go there yourself, lend us the cannons they arranged to strengthen the attack power of our artillery. Try to destroy Jiannu in the next time, a fire will pass by."
This is a good suggestion. Due to the early blockade of Jiannu, his team was stagnant for a while. This was a five-mile distance between the teams that followed the follow-up were now only two miles away.
In this way, even if Jiannu wanted to split the two parts, they would be under the cross-fire attack of the muskets of both sides. Within such a short distance, the cannons behind would not work, because that would cause accidental injuries to the friendly forces in front.
It is quite feasible to strengthen the artillery fire to the front, let the cannon be bayonetized, and open the formation that blocks the enemy.
The 6th, 7th, the second captain agreed to the suggestion without hesitation. He immediately sent all the 40 artillery pieces they had mastered to the front.
This time, there were eighty cannons pressing against the front door.
Chapter completed!