Chapter 313 Flintlock, grenade!(1/2)
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Guns kept sounding on the walls of Xinxiangbao, and the flintlock rifle of Shenji Camp began to show its power.
The flintlock rifle was invented by Ma Han, a Frenchman born in the family of gun artisans, locksmiths and watchmakers in 1547. It was improved on the basis of a rotary musket. The steel wheel of the clockwork was removed and a piece of flint was clamped on the jaw of the hammer. A strike anvil was installed next to the fire transmission hole. When firing, the trigger was pulled. Under the action of the spring, the flint was heavily hit by the fire door, sparks emerged, and the gunpowder was fired.
Compared with the combing gun, the flintlock gun greatly simplifies the shooting process, improves the fire rate and shooting accuracy, is easy to use, and is cheaper to make mass production.
Since the date of his ascension, Zhu Youjian ordered the scientific researchers in the department to develop flintlock rifles, but due to the lack of flintlock rifles, it is difficult to develop them based on the knowledge of half-barrel water guns learned from later generations.
This situation was not until Western missionaries such as Kinnige, Joshua Tsang, and Deng Yuhan entered Beijing. In the team of Western missionaries, the guards they hired came with flintlock rifles. With sample comparison and the help of Western missionaries, the flintlock rifles were developed in December last year.
It is just because the production process is not proficient enough and the mass production is not large, so there is no large number of troops equipped. However, the monthly output of 500 shots has been accumulated for half a year, and the flintlock rifle has been reserved for as many as 3,000 shots, which is enough to equip the musketeers of the Shenji Camp.
The Han flag was naturally completely unprepared for the Ming army's flintlock rifle. When the 20,000 soldiers of the Han flag were brave enough to charge towards Xinxiangbao, most of whom entered the range of the flintlock rifle, the deadly bullets were fired at them.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Originally like a flood in the drainage gate, the unstoppable Han army flag soldiers were as if they were hit by a transparent wall. Blood flowers were constantly bleeding in their heads, chests, and bodies. They screamed and fell down one after another, and wailing sounds one after another.
The soldiers in front fell down, and the soldiers behind rushed up again. The Han army flags continued to attack and were shot by the dense bullets like raindrops. They were either killed or injured, and fell one after another.
If the soldiers of the Han army had suffered such heavy casualties during the Ming army, they would have long since left their weapons and ran away. However, after becoming lackeys of the Chahar people, these dog traitors seemed to possess the Boxer Regiment, and turned into super Saiyans who were not swords and guns, braved the guns and fired from the Shenji Camp, and were not afraid of life and death, and braved forward.
Under the charge of the Han army flag without fear of life and death, even though the Shenji Camp achieved brilliant results and more than 2,000 enemies killed and injured, they were still getting closer and closer to the city wall of Xinxiangbao.
"Fire with all your might!"
On the city wall, Liu Qingyun shouted suddenly.
The Ming army had a total of 30,000 muskets, but in order to show that the enemy was weak, the musket troops on the city wall arranged only 10,000 people. When the Han army flag first started to attack, the range of the combs was far less than that of the flintlock rifle, and only the three thousand flintlock rifles of the Shenji Camp were shooting.
But now most of the Han army flags have entered the range of the mezzanine, so the musket team can naturally open fire and open fire on the enemy, striving to eliminate as many enemies as possible.
Because the Chahars had 90,000 cavalry, the combat plan deployed by Zhu Youjian himself was all aimed at consuming the enemy's living power. Since the enemy entered the range of the mezzanine, the mezzanine could also effectively kill the enemy.
"Bang bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang..."
After the seven thousand bullets joined the fire, the terrifying gunfire kept ringing, and the lead bullets, as dense as rain, roared towards the enemy.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
The traitors of the Han army flag fell in rows, and many enemies were knocked down by dense lead bullets before they could figure out what was going on.
Zhu Youjian stood on a roof behind, holding a thousand-mile mirror, and calmly looked at everything on the battlefield.
The traitors of the Han army flag fell down one after another under the double blow of the flintlock rifle and the flintlock rifle. In a short while, four or five thousand people were killed.
But even so, the traitors of the Han army flag were still like walking corpses, turning a blind eye to huge casualties. As long as there was no Shangguan's order, they would charge forward without fear of death.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but shake his head. It seemed that these traitors were not afraid of the Ming army's muskets at all. They were really courageous.
Zhu Youjian couldn't help but sigh in his heart that some people are really born to be traitors, such as the Song army at the end of the Song Dynasty and the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
When they served the Han Dynasty, they were afraid of the enemy as if they were tigers. Often thousands of people were chased by dozens of people on the other side, which made the other side’s bullshit xx, who was not worth tens of thousands, and was invincible.
But when they changed into dog skin and became dog slaves of alien races, my good deeds were so awesome that I was as angry as a tiger. Most of the country of the Yuan Dynasty and the country of the Qing Dynasty were defeated by dog traitors such as Zhang Hongfan and Wu Sangui.
Regarding traitors, no matter why they defect to the alien race, Zhu Youjian only has one way to deal with it, that is, kill without mercy!
For the traitors of the Han army flag, the road to Xinxiangbao wall has become a road of death. As long as they embark on this road, few people can escape the fate of death.
However, for the Chahar people, the lives of the Han army flag are worthless, they are just cannon fodder. Even if the casualties of the Han army flag are severe, Lin Danhan and Ezhe still ignored it and did not order the Han army flag to withdraw.
According to Lin Danhan's arrangement, the Han army flag was originally used as cannon fodder. Their only purpose of existence was to test the strength of the Ming army. As long as this goal was achieved, it would not matter even if it was dead.
In just a cup of tea, the Han army flag fell five or six thousand corpses outside Xinxiang Castle, and the casualty rate has exceeded one quarter. According to this casualty rate, even the tenacious troops should be afraid.
But they were still like walking corpses, only knowing to rush forward, their eyes were numb, their movements were mechanical, and their hearts were already dead when they saw the Jingguan of ten thousand colleagues in front of the gate of Datong City.
Lin Danhan was also observing the situation on the battlefield on a small hill several miles away from the battlefield. Seeing the Han army flag falling continuously, Lin Danhan felt no worries.
On the contrary, through the Han army flag's test of the Ming army, Lin Danhan had a rough understanding of the strength of the Ming army.
"Notify Ezhe, you can let go of the attack." Seeing that the Ming army did not have much movement, Lin Danhan ordered the messenger beside him.
"As for the order, khan." The messenger responded and hurriedly left.
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"The whole army attacked!"
After receiving Lin Danhan's military order, Ezhe suppressed his excitement and calmly issued an order for the entire army to attack.
At this time, under the charge of the Han army flag without fear of life and death, soldiers had already carried a ladder to the city wall of Xinxiangbao.
As Han people, the Han army flag was no stranger to siege. After they arrived under the city wall, they immediately set up the ladder.
However, after the attack of bullets, the number of soldiers who could rush to the bottom of the city wall was only one or two hundred. They raised the ladder and had just climbed to the center, and were immediately pushed down by the Ming army on the city wall. The soldiers of the Han army flag fell down like mutton skewers to the ground.
Don’t forget that Zhu Youjian’s army was as many as 70,000. In addition to half of it being a firearm unit, the other half was a traditional cold weapon unit.
Of course, in order to hide its strength, the Ming army on the city walls only arranged 10,000 people in addition to the 10,000 musket troops.
When the Han army flag rushed under the city wall, the Ming army's cold weapons troops finally had a place to use their skills. They just pushed the ladder on the city wall and could easily push down the ladder that the enemy had set up.
More and more people rushed to the city wall with Han military flags. They had already set up fifty or sixty ladders in succession, but in the end, they were all pushed down by the Ming army on the city wall.
The falling ladder often leads a string of people from the sky, smashing the enemies below, making people scream in squeal.
However, the Chahars who had been watching the show later finally went out. Although they could not ride horses in the siege, the combat effectiveness of the Chahars was still very strong.
In order to gain military merit for his only son, Lin Danhan specially selected 10,000 particularly strong soldiers from the 90,000 Chahars to commander Ezhe.
Combined with their strong physique, the various weapons they use are all relatively heavy weapons, such as big hammers, big axes, maces, etc.
This type of weapon looks very scary. Once it hits each other, it may not even have the entire body left, and its lethality is very huge.
Even without riding their beloved horse, the Chahars ran very quickly. Because the Han army flag in front opened the way, they quickly ran under the wall of Xinxiangbao.
The Ming army's musket team immediately aimed at the Chahars and kept shooting at them, knocking the Chahars to the ground one by one.
However, because more and more Han flag soldiers had rushed to the bottom of the city wall and had set up hundreds of ladders, the musket team on the city wall was distracted and lost their accuracy, which made most of the Chahars successfully approach the bottom of the city wall and climb up quickly along the ladders set up by the Han flag soldiers.
The physical fitness of the Chahars is really nothing. Not only does it run fast, but it is also quite agile when climbing the ladder. Seeing that the Chahars were about to climb the city wall, Lin Danhan, Ezhe, and Liu Chong, who were watching the battle behind, all shouted excitedly.
It is not for the Chahar people to be so excited, because it is well known that people's physical weakness is well known.
If it were the Han Dynasty, the Han grandfathers beat the whole world, and there was a saying that one Han was the Five Barbarians; however, in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming people were beaten by foreign tribes in the north, and none of the five Ming people could beat a Tartar.
So as the Chahars were about to climb up the city wall and fight with the weak Ming army, Lin Danhan, Ezhe and even Liu Chong all thought that they were sure to win.
"Run up!" Ezhe shouted excitedly.
According to past combat experience, as long as you successfully set up a ladder and climb the city wall, you will be sure to win.
The reason why the Ming army was able to fight against the Mongols and Jurchens for a long time was that it was due to the sharpness of the Ming arms and the blockade of the city walls.
But if the Ming people were asked to fight with the Mongolians and Jurchens in hand-to-hand combat, the Ming people would almost never win except in the early days of their founding.
"Mickey Taiji!"
On the hillside several miles away, Lin Danhan, who was looking at the extreme, saw that the Chahar troops were about to climb the city wall of Xinxiangbao, turned to shout at a young man beside him.
The young man is named Miotto Taiji. He is Lin Danhan's younger brother and the only competitor of Lin Danhan's son Ezhe.
Mittu Taiji knew that he was not favored by Lin Dankhan. When he heard Lin Dankhan's call, he did not dare to neglect. He quickly performed a Mongolian etiquette and said respectfully: "What are the instructions of the Great Khan?"
"Did you see it all?" Lin Danhan pointed to the city wall of Xinxiangbao and said, "If you learn about E philosophy in the future, how did he attack the city."
When Mittu Taiji heard this, he was so angry that he didn't even bother to manage his expression. He blew his beard and stared at him, and his dark face was swollen and red.
That's right, Lin Danhan attacked Mittu Taiji's prestige in front of the generals. Before he passed away, he paved the way for his son Ezhe and set the upper and lower ranks of Ezhe and Mittu Taiji. The only heir to establish the Khan throne was Ezhe.
"Guru!" Mittu Taiji swallowed hard and said with extreme far-fetchedness: "Yes, I understand, I will learn from Ezhe's nephew."
"Yes." Lin Danhan nodded lightly, feeling quite proud.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
But just as Lin Danhan, Ezhe and others were proud, deafening explosions kept coming under the walls of Xinxiang Castle.
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When we pull the timeline back a few minutes ago.
“Dududu…”
As the horn of the attack sounded, the Chahar people like tides made shouts of killing like landslides and cracks, and rushed towards the city walls.
Ladders were laid on the city wall, and the fierce Chahar man was carrying a hammer, axe, and wolf teeth, and quickly climbed up towards the city wall.
Seeing that the Chahars were about to climb up the city wall, the musketeers on the city wall were holding cold weapons troops holding various swords, guns, swords and spears, but instead retreated.
Instead, a group of Mingjuns holding a small jar in their hands rushed forward. They held the small jar in one hand and the red-burned wooden stick in the other hand, ignited the leads of the jar. When the hissing and burning leads were about to burn to the end, they suddenly threw the jar under the city like a hot potato.
To be continued...