Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 126 Xunzhou Artillery Battle
At this moment, Li Quan was filled with fear!
Just a little bit, just a little bit, he was going to be torn apart by the cannonballs...

Li Quan's heart was beating violently, and his hands and feet were extremely weak.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, he tried to get up from the ground.

But just as he made a move, he felt the back of his head tighten, and his braid was grabbed.

Immediately, his neck felt cold.

A stream of warm blood gushes out from the wound, dyeing the gown on Li Quan's chest red.

Before his consciousness faded, Li Quan could only hear the hysterical roar of the supervising team officer.

"Did you see it? This is what happens when you are too timid to fight!"

"For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, come to me!"

"Serve the Qing Dynasty, long live the emperor..."

Li Quan raised his head and fell on the cold ground. His blood continued to seep out, making the soil warm little by little.

Li Quan's last thought was, I am not prepared to be a deserter...

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The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke.

The artillery was still roaring, and the shells shot through the air and roared one after another.

The forward battalion of the Ming Army had already made preparations for the attack.

Boom!dong dong!

The war drums were beaten.

The dull sound of drums immediately resounded across the battlefield. The moment the sound of artillery stopped suddenly, the soldiers of the Ming Army's forward battalion began to advance forward.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, divide the fields and divide the land!"

"Expel the Tartars and restore China!"

"..."

In an instant, the Qing Dynasty was overturned and the Ming Dynasty was restored, and the shouts of dividing the fields and dividing the land shook the sky.

Seeing this scene, the Qing army in front of them had obviously shocked expressions on their faces.

But the supervising team responsible for supervising the battle would not give the Qing army any time to be in a daze, and would just continue to urge the troops.

As the distance between the arrays on both sides became closer and closer, the Ming army's artillery began to adjust and fire at Zhu Yuan.

The fired projectiles were changed from solid bullets to shotgun shells, and the muzzle of the gun was raised, preparing to use curved trajectory to hit the Qing army's rear formation and provide fire cover for one's own infantry.

However, it is not necessarily true that it is a shotgun.

In order to ensure that the gunpowder gas would not leak out under the premise of using shotgun shells, and thus ensure the range of the artillery after switching to shotgun shells, the Ming army

When the Ming army loaded the artillery, they first loaded it with a solid bullet to "block the air."

Then put a series of small lead bullets into the barrel!

boom!Boom!

The sound of shelling sounded again, and the shotshells and solid bullets were pushed out of the gun barrel by the gunpowder gas generated after the gunpowder exploded.

The shotgun shells were scattered in the air into a dense mass, and the solid bullets were also among them, and they all shot towards the Qing army's array according to the predetermined parabolic trajectory.

Pfft!Pfft!
In an instant, shotgun pellets fell from the sky like raindrops, clearing an open space directly in the Qing army's array.

The ground was covered with wounded soldiers of the Qing army who were still wailing and screaming!

Every time the artillery fire from the Ming army sounded, a clearing was cleared in the Qing army's array.

The pace of the Qing army's advance obviously began to slow down, and even the Qing army's supervising team couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts when they saw this scene.

Fortunately, as the two sides were about to come into close combat, the Ming army's artillery was afraid of accidentally injuring its own people, so the artillery fire was suspended after a few rounds.

However, what the Ming army paused was only the artillery attack, not the infantry offensive.

The soldiers of the Ming Army's forward battalion rushed forward with roars.

Before the war, Liu Mingyou had clearly informed the entire forward camp.

There is no going back in this battle!

If you want to divide your military power, you have to move forward.

Even if you die in battle, as long as you die on the way to charge, Ming Dynasty will give the pension field to your family.

However, if you dare to retreat without orders, don't blame the Ming army supervising the battle for being ruthless.

Moreover, if you die at the hands of the war team, your death will be in vain.

Ming Dynasty will not provide compensation to deserters who run away from battle!
Under the training of the Ming Dynasty sweet dates and big sticks, these green soldiers who originally fought against the Ming army behaved in various ways like crotchless green soldiers.

After transforming into the Ming army, his combat effectiveness soared several levels!
They were originally timid in hand-to-hand combat, but after putting down their shotguns and shouldering their spears, they were able to rush forward and fight the enemy with howls.

The sound of shotgun shooting continued. The shotgunners in the front row of the Qing army fired their shotguns. Amidst the crackling sound of shooting, people in the front row of the Ming army fell to the ground one after another.

However, because the Qing army's shotguns fired scatteredly and failed to form a salvo, some Qing soldiers even pulled the trigger when the two sides were about a hundred meters apart.

Therefore, although the Qing army's guns fired lively, they failed to cause large-scale effective damage to the Ming army!
It only slightly curbed the Ming army's offensive.

At the same time, the Qing army's artillery also began to fire.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire sounded, and dense iron nails, gravel and bullets flew. The Ming army in the front row fell down in large pieces like wheat.

The blood flowing on the battlefield gathered into a river!

But even so, the Ming army's offensive only stalled for a moment.

Soon, the forward battalion of the Ming Army, forced by the supervising team, stepped over the corpses of their companions and continued to rush forward.

"Reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, divide the fields and divide the land!"

"Reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, divide the fields and divide the land!"

"..."

The soldiers of the forward battalion shouted slogans to cheer themselves up while charging. Thinking of the fertile fields outside Guangzhou Prefecture, their morale quickly returned to its peak.

Since the artillery of the Qing army had a range of up to a hundred meters, and the Ming army rushed faster, the two sides were in close combat in the blink of an eye, fighting together.

The battle front is also getting anxious!
Therefore, the Qing army's artillery fired only one round and then stopped because they were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people.

For a moment, there were only sporadic musket firings, deafening shouts of killing, and the sound of weapons clashing on the huge battlefield.

"Kill!"

"Kill the Tartars and restore the Ming Dynasty! Divide the world and bring peace!"

"Put down thieves and eliminate rebellion, and serve the Qing Dynasty."

"..."

On the front line of the battlefield, the Ming and Qing Dynasties fought hard.

But the situation of the battle is obviously that the Ming army's spearmen are pressing forward the Qing army's shotgun soldiers.

He Gui gritted his teeth as he watched his side fall into a disadvantage on the battlefield.

"Send the order and let the vigilantes come up!"

Unlike the Qing army's green battalions, which were mostly equipped with firearms, most of the militiamen were equipped with spears and swords.

In He Gui's view, it was just right for the militia to go up to fight the Ming army, while the green camp was withdrawn to repair and provide support.

Anyway, the vigilante group is worthless, so don’t be afraid if you die too many times!
However, after the order was issued, He Gui discovered that the green battalion soldiers on the front line were bitten too tightly by the Ming army and could not withdraw at all.

As soon as the green camp troops retreated, the Ming army pursued them.

As a result, there will inevitably be omissions in the Qing army's array, and it is not impossible for the Ming army to break through as a whole.In order to barely maintain the defense line, He Gui could only let the Green Camp soldiers hold it back.

Then he ordered the militia to attack the flanks of the Ming army, hoping to repel the enemy.

The cry of killing resounded through the sky, and the situation on the battlefield changed again.

Under the attack of the militia, the flanks of the Ming army inevitably showed fatigue. In addition, He Gui sent his own Zhenbiao to fight back on the frontal battlefield at the critical moment.

Therefore, the Ming army's offensive troops began to retreat slowly.

Seeing this, Liu Mingyou narrowed his eyes and said.

"Xie Gao's troops were ordered to come forward to assist the forward battalion and temporarily retreat. After our army broke away from the Qing troops, the artillery unit continued to start shelling."

Liu Mingyou quickly made arrangements. Without saying a word, Xie Gao led his troops to advance and began to assist the forward battalion in retreating.

Although the forward battalion of the Ming army was not an elite one, it still managed to maintain its formation during the retreat despite the elite troops from the Ming army headquarters holding down the formation, preventing the Qing army from taking advantage of it.

Seeing that the Ming army had withdrawn, the Qing army was about to send troops to pursue the retreating Ming army, but they were met with two rounds of musket fire and had no choice but to give up this tempting idea.

All we can do is watch the Ming army retreat!
However, before the Qing army could breathe a sigh of relief, the roar of artillery began to ring out on the battlefield again.

The Ming army's artillery spit out gunpowder smoke, and solid bullets mixed with a large number of shotgun pellets fell towards the Qing army's array...

Gaps were blown out of the Qing army's array, and the casualties were piled high.

Seeing this, He Gui ordered the Qing artillery to start fighting back.

However, the range of the wrought iron cannons equipped by the Qing army's green battalions was only half that of the Ming army's Type 65 field gun.

Compared with the Type 90 field gun, which has a longer range and is more powerful, only one-third is left.

Even if all the gunners of the Qing army used full charges, they could not reach the Ming army's array.

Not to mention that due to the well-known quality problems of firearms in the Qing army, no gunner dared to fully charge them.

Seventy-eight percent of the Qing army's artillery charges were at risk of exploding the barrel. Generally speaking, skilled gunners loaded [-]% of the charges, or even made do with [-] to [-]% of the charges.

As a result, the range of the Qing army's artillery will be closer!
Where is the ability to shoot against the Ming army's artillery?

As a veteran in the army, He Gui is naturally aware of the problem of the gunners under his command reducing the charge and reloading.

Seeing that the range of his own artillery was insufficient, he immediately spoke.

"The gunners are ordered to use full charges. They are not allowed to cheat or reduce the charge without authorization. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."

After He Gui's murderous military order was issued, the Qing gunners no longer dared to cheat.

All they could do was grimace, shake their hands, and start loading the artillery.

A young gunner tremblingly held a torch and lit the newly loaded artillery...

At the same time as the burning sound of the fuse was heard, he ran out more than ten meters away.

But only a loud bang was heard, and a cloud of smoke and dust exploded on the spot.

The cannon exploded!
In an instant, the fragments generated by the explosion spread out under the shock wave.

The young gunner was hit in the back by a fragment from the explosion of a forged iron cannon. The fragments penetrated his body and made a large transparent hole from the front and back.

The frightened expression on his face had not yet completely appeared, and then he stiffened.

It is true that the Qing army's wrought iron cannons were made of too brittle material and had little toughness. They fell apart as soon as the barrel was exploded.

If the Qing army used steel cannons from the Ming army, or copper cannons with high ductility, after the chamber is exploded, the barrel will "bloom" at best, and generally there will be no fragments flying around.

The sound of the artillery exploding here attracted the attention of many people.

Eyes gathered one after another, and many old gunners secretly cursed this guy for being young.

"What a raw melon, how dare you be so full of medicine? You must be a young man who is not afraid of death!"

"The military gate thinks we have too little charge. Can't we just increase the charge a little, to [-] to [-] percent? It's impossible for the military gate to really come to the artillery to supervise us."

"It's okay if it's full of medicine. I don't know how to leave the lead longer. Tsk, tsk, I'll take this as a warning..."

The sudden explosion greatly dampened the enthusiasm of the Qing gunners.

The gunners couldn't help but start slipping again...

How should I put it, even if someone is caught cheating and cheating, there might still be a chance to get rid of the crime and make meritorious service.

But if the artillery explodes, it will be killed immediately, without even a chance to make meritorious deeds.

The Qing army's artillery continued to fire feebly. The roaring sound of the artillery sounded lively, but at first glance, the actual effect was almost nonexistent.

The farthest impact point of the Qing army's artillery shells was still a hundred meters away from the forefront of the Ming army's array...

This wave of hunting cattle across the mountain belongs to yes!

However, the Ming army's artillery shells were frighteningly accurate.

I dare not say that all of them are successful, but at least seven or eight out of ten shots can achieve actual results.

The artillery shells plowed through the Qing army's array, leaving stumps of limbs and broken arms all over the ground, as well as the seriously wounded waiting to die.

While the Ming army's artillery launched its firepower projection, it also began to rectify the retreating forward battalion soldiers.

Soon, after a group of deserters who were the first to retreat were singled out and executed, the morale of the forward battalion suddenly dropped.

Coupled with the recovery of morale after a wave of rewards was released in front of the formation, the Ming army's forward battalion was quickly reorganized.

I saw an order from the Ming army, and the bombardment was suspended. The Ming army's forward battalion, which had been reorganized, charged towards the Qing army again.

The huge battlefield was filled with shouts of killing one after another.

Seeing that the Ming army sent infantry to rush forward again, He Gui had no choice but to hurriedly order the Qing army to prepare for battle.

The two sides fought fiercely again, and the battlefield was full of casualties.

After a long time, the forward battalion retreated again with the support of the Ming army, while the shelling continued...

The Ming army fired artillery and then the infantry charged, and the infantry charged and the artillery fired, alternating for three consecutive rounds, the Qing army could no longer withstand it.

The trend of collapse gradually began to appear!

At this time, the sky was also setting, and it was almost getting dark.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the morale of the Qing army had reached rock bottom.

A Qing soldier, whether from the Green Battalion or the militia, had a look of panic and fear.

Finally, Liu Mingyou made a decisive decision, withdrew the forward battalion, and sent out his trump card to make the final decision.

Two thousand Ming Army musketeers lined up and marched forward. They sang war songs, marched in neat steps, put their bayoneted muskets on their shoulders, and strode forward.

"The cloud follows the dragon, the wind follows the tiger, fame and fortune, dust and soil!"

"Looking at Shenzhou, the people are suffering, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren!"

"Look at the world, make all the hustlers, and make up for the incompleteness of heaven!"

"Good boy, don't leave your parents, just for the common people and not for the Lord..."

The Ming army musketeers soon advanced to 50 meters in front of the Qing army's array, but they still held their chests and heads high and continued to move forward.

Snapped!clap clap!

Qing musketeers responded with scattered shotgun fire.

Occasionally someone fell to the ground on the Ming army's side, but it didn't affect the overall situation. The array continued to move forward like a mountain bearing down on top.

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PS: Finally the code is out, go to sleep!

Goodnight everybody!

(End of this chapter)