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Chapter 479 The Secret Weapon of the Ming Army

As dozens of artillery were fired in the second round, the Qing army gunners rushed to the remaining artillery that had not yet been fired. The Ming army's chariot had reached two miles away from the Qing army's artillery formation. As long as you go forward another mile, the medium-sized Folang machine cannon loaded on the side van would cover the Qing army artillery formation in front of you within the firepower range.

That's right, the nearly 100 side vans that were leading the car were loaded with medium-sized Folang cannons weighing 500 kilograms. The range of solid projectiles of this Folang cannon has reached more than 200 steps, and the range of the shotgun can also cover all targets within a hundred steps.

Just as the Qing army gunners fired the remaining small red artillery cannons on the second floor, and then rushed to the first row of the most numerous Flang machine cannon formation, the side vans of the car camp had already reached the range, and the drivers deflected the car over and quickly blinded the bull's eyes. They ran to the inside to take care of the bull's pulling the car. The baffles of the side vans also fell down with a bang.

A sharp and short horn sounded, and a shocking loud noise, nearly a hundred Folang machine cannons roared almost in no order.

Unlike the backward method of the Qing army's artillery firing in sequence, the gunners, who were strictly trained by Portuguese regular army officers, adopted the method of volleys according to the habits developed during normal practice. The lethality of this volley was far greater than the effect of point shooting.

After a short flight, nearly a hundred black projectiles fell from the sky like hail. Things within the coverage of the projectile were instantly smashed into pieces. More than ten Qing army gunners who ran to the front row of artillery were smashed into meat paste. Hundreds of gunners were screamed and fell to the ground. More than a dozen of the front row of the Folang machine cannons were hit by the projectile and then tilted to the side.

The two yellow flag infantry and horse teams in the middle of the two artillery formations survived by chance because they were not within the shooting range. Otherwise, the Qing army, which was closely formed, would have suffered huge casualties under this round of bullet rain.

Before the Qing army gunners could react, after slightly correcting the firing distance and target position, there were loud bangs again and again. The second round of Ming army bombardment followed one after another. This time the killing effect was even more significant. Dozens of Qing army gunners and hundreds of loaders were directly or indirectly hit by projectiles.

After two rounds of artillery, more than half of the Qing army's gunners were killed and injured. The remaining alive turned their heads and ran backwards, trying to escape the killing of the shells as soon as possible. However, the advantage of the rapid reloading of the Folang machine cannon was fully reflected at this time. The projectiles fired in the third round chased the fleeing Qing army, and more than a dozen Qing army gunners fell to the ground and died. The gunners, who originally had less than a hundred, now only more than twenty survived.

Seeing that the Qing army gunners could no longer pose a threat to their side, Sun Yingyuan gave the order, and the drivers quickly took off the cotton cloth from the cow's eyes, then turned the front of the car and rushed to the north. After taking all the vehicles to complete the start-up procedure, amid the short sound of horns, the chariot camp continued to slowly face the Qing army formation behind the artillery array.

Just as the Ming and Qing artillery bombarded each other in the middle, the right-wing Ming army on the east side of the front of Jinzhou City also fought against the two blue flags of the Qing army.

The Ming army led the battle with 14,000 Xuanda Border Army, and these two border troops have always been the strongest combat power among the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the front line of Xuanda is closest to the capital, it has been responsible for the important responsibility of defending the capital for many years. In addition, due to the convenient transportation, it has not lacked food, salary and military supplies for a long time, and the morale of the military units has remained at a good level.

In recent years, two important officials, Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng, have successively supervised Xuan Da. During this period, they have strictly rectified the various departments of Xuan Da, so the current Xuan Da border army is stronger than before.

If it weren't for the fact that the firearm configuration was smaller than that of the Yongwei Camp, the Beijing Camp, and the combat power was simply compared, the more than 10,000 people selected were only slightly worse than that of the Yongwei Camp, the Qin army, and the Baigang soldiers, but they were obviously better than that of the Jingying Camp and other border troops.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei are also veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time. Although their old style of generals is a little heavier, their control and on-site command ability are not inferior to Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji and others.

In addition, after the two led their troops to the battlefield, they saw so many strong troops as their backing, so whether they were the two of them or their generals and soldiers, almost everyone wanted to show their skills in front of friendly troops.

As the three people on the left, center and right were moving at the same time, more than 20,000 people from the two blue flags on the left wing of the Qing army on the opposite side also began to move their formations to welcome them.

After observing the banner of the right-wing Ming army, Jirgalang felt relieved and secretly happy.

As long as it was not against the Ming New Army, the Qing army had almost no defeat when they were in the traditional Ming army for many years, and they basically won a great victory every time. This huge psychological advantage made the Qing army with the two blue flags regain their confidence.

According to the tactics formulated in advance, just when the formations of both sides were approaching about one mile, the formation of the Ming army stopped in the sound of horns, and two hundred Ming soldiers took the lead in leaving their formation and running forward.

These soldiers carried or carried many round and square things of different sizes, stopped more than a hundred steps away from the formation, and then quickly arranged them with the call from the battalion officials. The Qing army formation on the opposite side was still firmly marching towards the Ming army.

It seems that it is because of the frequent exercises in normal times. These two hundred Ming soldiers were extremely skillful in their movements, and they arranged the things they carried in a moment. At this time, the Qing army vanguard on the opposite side was only more than 200 steps away from them.

"Catch fire!"

Because the Qing army did not have a cavalry team, the battalion officer led the team waited for a while. It was not until he saw thousands of archers of the Qing army set out and began to line up to prepare for a sudden attack that the brave battalion officer issued an order loudly.

After hearing the order, soldiers holding fuses ignited the fire heads and ignited the fuses of different lengths behind the objects. As the fuses burned rapidly, the camp officer shouted again, and the hundreds of Ming soldiers turned around and walked towards their formation.

Before they could take a few steps, accompanied by the continuous sound of cannons on the battlefield in the middle, sharp whistles suddenly pierced the sky. As the large number of white smoke rose, more than 10,000 long arrows flew into the sky one after another, twisting and swaying in various postures in the air. Then, after the kinetic energy disappeared, the arrow dived down towards the Qing army archers and forward arrays on the ground.

These Ming soldiers set off the traditional large-scale and dense weapons of destruction of the Ming army: hundreds of tigers ran together and swarmed, as well as the Divine Fire Flying Crow who carried only four heavy arrows.

Hundreds of tigers run together, as the name suggests, a square launcher is filled with one hundred long arrows, while a swarm of bees is filled with thirty-two long arrows in the circular launcher. These rockets are filled with fuzes and priming drugs under them. Finally, there is a total fuze that connects these fuzes together. When casting, just ignite the total fuze.

The Divine Fire Flying Crow is made of thin bamboo strips, fine reeds, and cotton paper. The belly is filled with gunpowder, and four rockets are nailed diagonally underneath. The rocket cannot be nailed too deep, otherwise the front end of the cartridge will be burned through. The rocket's aperture is better to be able to accommodate three firing wires.

When used, it is also ignited the total fuses at the micro-ends of the four rockets. Multiple gunpowder cartridges are propelled in parallel, which can increase the range or increase the delivery weight. However, due to the uneven gunpowder installed between each cartridge, the direction often leads to out of control.

Since the Mongolian Tartars faced by Xuanda for many years, even if they occasionally violated the border, there were only a few hundred people, so these long-range strike weapons that could only be used during the war have never been used. This time, when Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei led their troops out of seclusion, they simply brought all the inventory in the warehouse outside the seclusion.
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