Chapter 208 The power of the original machine gun
Seeing the artillery positions exploded and smoke filled the air, Huang Taiji had actually realized that something was wrong. Huang Taiji roared at the generals beside him: "Cabinets can't let them fire again!"
As Huang Taiji's voice had just fallen, there were no five-inch cannons with quality and design problems, there were only ten left at this time. With just three rounds of fire, nearly half of the five-inch cannons had problems to varying degrees. Obviously, there is still a long way to go to fully install the five-inch cannon, that is, the 157-mm caliber artillery, is fully equipped with the troops.
Despite this, more than 100 Flang machine cannons, four three-inch cannons, plus ten five-inch cannons, the five-inch cannons that fired flowering bullets fired again. This time, it did not hit the Jiannu square formation, but the Mongolian military formation. At this time, a large amount of blood rain was stirred up in the Mongolian military formation. Who made them stand so tightly and neatly that it made people itchy when they looked at it. It was uncomfortable not to hit two cannons?
The worst thing is that Jiannu has learned his lesson after the three guns of artillery. Instead, they are very dispersed. Even if it is a five-inch gun, not to mention reimbursing half a Niulu for one shot, it is difficult to reimburse thirty people even if it is a reimbursement.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry and Jiannu cavalry, led by Abatai, rode their horses down from the hill, and came to Jiannu's formation with a sabre high. Abatai pulled out the sabre and roared out loud: "Warriors of the Great Jin Dynasty, straighten your waists and hold your weapons tightly! Since my father Khan raised his army with thirteen pairs of armor to fight against the Ming Dynasty, we have defeated five times, ten times, and even twenty times the elites of our Ming army, Sichuan army, Zhejiang army, Guanning army, Changping army, the elites of the Ming army were ruthlessly crushed by our iron hooves. Du Song, Liu Ying, Qi Jin, Qin Bangping, Qin Minping, Xiong Tingbi, several powerful generals and generals of the Ming army have become the souls of our swords! We have defeated countless powerful opponents, we are invincible and will defeat them, and today will be no exception!"
Although Abatai is the son of Nurhaci, his status is actually quite embarrassing within Jiannu. Although he is Beile, there are only six Niulu people, which are much worse than Manguertai. This time he wanted to take advantage of his military achievements and give more rewards.
The troops under his command and the Jiannu army shouted wildly: "Wansheng! Wansheng!"
Abatai neighed and shouted wildly: "Warriors, don't be scared by their pretense firearms. Only cowards will rely on these things to fight! Jurchen warriors, ride your horses, pull your strong bows, wave your sabers, defeat them, crush them, let their bodies cover the battlefield, let them know who is the king on the battlefield! Cavalry attack!"
The Zhenglan Banner Light Cavalry controlled the frightened war horses and roared together: "Wansheng! Wansheng!"
Abatai kicked the horse's belly, and the war horse rushed out like a wind, rushing towards the huge square formation of the Ming army. Every time his command rushed out dozens of steps, he shouted wildly: "Wansheng".
The wild beast-like howling sound almost shook the clouds in the sky. Thousands of horse hooves raised and fell at the same time. The rumbling vibration of the ground was like an earthquake that made people untenable! It is worthy of being the most powerful army in East Asia. Thousands of light cavalry came from the wilderness, and the momentum was like an avalanche. Many new recruits from the Liu family army were shocked and their excitement froze in the blink of an eye!
Mao Yuanyi looked at Sun Chengzong with a serious expression and said, "Its momentum is like thunder, and it is unstoppable! So strong, really strong!"
Liu Xingzuo hurriedly walked in front of Liu Mingyu and said, "Mr. Marquis, I will ask for a fight!"
Zhao Yuanqing also bowed and said, "Marty, the last general is requesting to go to war!"
He Daqing and Salibu all asked Liu Mingyu to fight. Liu Mingyu shook his head and said, "No, it's just a group of archers who are eager to reincarnate. It's a waste of time to fight them with lancers, so I'm resting!"
The second gift that Liu Mingyu prepared for Jiannu was already placed in front of the artillery regiment's position, waiting for Jiannu to come. There was no need to issue any extra orders. Liu Mingyu had long predicted that Jiannu would definitely send cavalry to take down the artillery positions of Liu's army after being violently attacked by the Liu family's army's artillery.
Now, in front of the Liu family's artillery, there are 193 Thunder gun truck launch groups, which can fire at least five or six thousand projectiles in a row. These ninety-three launch groups are not arranged on the front line, but are arranged in a font shape, with one, two, and three layers of fire, and keep the firepower of the Thunder gun continuous to attack at all times.
This can be said to be the original version of the machine gun. In order to maintain firepower and continue to strike, this Thunder gun and the Thunder gun invented by Zhao Shizhen, a firearm expert in the Ming Dynasty, are no longer two different things. In fact, it can be said that this Thunder gun is the launch principle of a super-large revolver. In order to facilitate and fast load the gun, a huge roulette was made, which can be loaded into the roulette in advance. When firing, remove the turntable and reload it again.
Seeing Jiannu and the Mongolian cavalry rushing towards the artillery positions, more than 100 artillery pieces of the artillery regiment began to fire shells at the attacking cavalry units of the Jiannu and the Mongolian coalition. The shells smashed into the middle of the rolling in Jiannu and the Mongolian light cavalry, and overturned them again.
At this time, Abatai and the Jiannu light cavalry were almost mad, completely ignoring the splashing flesh and blood and the shrill wails of the wounded soldiers. They just put their waists on the horse's back, biting an arrow in their mouths, and holding another one in their hands, urging the war horse fiercely.
In the eyes of all Jiannu, the Liu family army was powerful, and as long as it rushed through the firepower network, the Liu family army would be defeated by them without any suspense. This concept is so deeply rooted.
Sun Chengzong couldn't help but clenched his fists, his palms were covered in cold sweat, and murmured: "Jiannu is so fierce, can he stop it?"
Although Sun Chengzong's official position is greater than that of Liu Mingyu, Liu Mingyu did not give him command, and even had no right to suggest. At this time, Liu Mingyu drove a carriage and RV for Sun Chengzong in front of the podium. The carriage was isolated from the lounge, bathroom and tea room. Of course, the most important thing is that you can climb to the roof of the car through the ladder in the car, and then you can stand at a position of one or two feet to observe the situation on the battlefield.
Mao Yuanyi said: "Ge Lao, from the perspective of students, the champion Hou's face is calm and he should have absolute confidence and confidence!"
Sun Chengzong shook his head and said, "Zunjun Hou has experienced many bloody battles. He should know very well that all generals must be in front of him and his face remains unchanged, because he is the courage of a single army. If even he is afraid, the morale of the entire army will fall to freezing point. A cowardly general cannot bring out soldiers who are fearless."
Mao Yuanyi was a little nervous, and his palm was also sweating. He bowed and said, "Student... thought..."
Before Mao Yuanyi could finish speaking, Liu Mingyu's voice was heard in his ears: "How many good horses! If we can grab half of it, our strength will be greatly increased!"
Sun Chengzong felt relaxed when he heard this: "Did you see it? The champion Hou looked directly at the cavalry. In his eyes, there was only the horse under their crotch!"
I have to say that Sun Chengzong is also a mature man. Liu Mingyu did have this idea at this time. He even thought about snatching these excellent war horses and forming an elite cavalry.
The same idea as Liu Mingyu was still the Mong Lady. She looked at these war horses, which were even more excited than other beauties who saw jewelry and rouge and powder, without blinking. She thought of snatching these war horses and forming a powerful cavalry that could rush to the state and run across the world in the future.
The Hongniang looked at Liu Mingyu and said, "Mr. Marquis, can you discuss something?"
"What?"
"We won today. I will give me four hundred war horses I snatched... not five hundred!"
"So you like these war horses too!"
Liu Mingyu seemed to have met a fellow fellow man. He smiled faintly and said, "No problem, when I grab it, I will give you six hundred pieces!"
The Hong Madam glanced at him and said, "Keep your word?"
Liu Mingyu slapped his chest violently: "A man is a real man, and he will be as good as he can!"
Liu Mingyu's attitude was quite relaxed. The soldiers of the Liu family on the entire battlefield watched Liu Mingyu talk and laugh with Hong Niang, and slowly calmed down.
Finally, the vanguard of Jiannu rushed into the Liu family's artillery position one hundred and fifty steps ahead of the Liu family army's artillery position, and the officer in charge of the front line shook off the small flag.
"Bang bang bang..."
The first round of Thunder gun began to shoot. In fact, according to later standards, a caliber of about 32 mm, such as the Thunder gun, should be considered a cannon, not a gun.
Regardless of the name, the dense guns fell into the cavalry formation of Jiannu's attack. Three or four hundred Jiannu's light cavalrymen or war horses shot in the first round suddenly burst into blood mist, screaming, neighing, and falling down with a bang. The entire front line was almost wiped out.
Abatai almost fell from the horse's back, and he blurted out: "Damn it, the Ming army's muskets were so far, so accurate?"
Seeing this scene, Liu Mingyu showed a grim smile. Now it seems that everything is worth it. With rifling, the bullets shot out are surprisingly accurate. Although there is no better gunpowder to fire, and the bullets are used to use granular gunpowder, and the bullets will hit farther and more ruthlessly. Jiannu suffered a great loss this time.
Zhao Shizhen appeared in an awkward era. He was a genius weapon designer. He invented Xinduo's excellent weapons throughout his life. In addition to this thunder gun, there is also a lightning gun. This is developed by the advantages of European Lumi guns and Folang machines. The working principle is to separate the gun from the gun. He no longer adopts the common method of installing gunpowder and stuffing lead in this era. Instead, he makes guns in advance like Folang machines cannons, installing fuses on the gun, and detonating the gun by ignition. The gun explodes in the chamber and pushes the projectiles.
This kind of bullets in later generations can be said to have the same principle and the structure, but there is no chance to be equipped on a large scale, the court has no money, and of course there is also a rocket launcher. It can give the rocket a certain shooting direction and angle, and is the prototype of a modern rocket launcher.
It's just a pity that Zhao Shizhen died too early, otherwise all his great inventions could be improved, and they could enter actual combat, which would definitely improve the strength of the Ming army.
With the continuous firing of Thunder guns, these Jiannu and Mongolian light cavalry were far from entering the effective range of the cavalry, and they were forced to charge against the rain of bullets.
The gap between the fire of the muskets that Abatai imagined did not appear. The Thunder gun kept firing bullets every three breaths and one shot, constantly harvesting the lives of Jiannu's attacking cavalry.
"Bang bang bang..."
The sound of the dense raindrop-like Thunder gun fire sounded from time to time, and each sound seemed to hit everyone's hearts, making their hearts tremble. Sixty-one Thunder guns fired Thunder guns formed a terrible metal storm, sweeping the front line of the Jiannu Light Cavalry.
After several improvements, the current Thunder gun has two specifications, both 28 consecutive shots or 36 consecutive shots, and the effective range is from 120 steps to 180 steps.
Even sixty-one launch groups can shoot out more than two thousand projectiles, equivalent to more than two thousand musketeers shooting at one volley, causing hundreds or thousands of cavalry casualties to the Jiannu cavalry.
Chapter completed!