Chapter 107 - Shooting
At a distance of 100 steps, the archers of both sides had already started shooting at each other. However, the distance was too far, and the shooting accuracy could not be guaranteed. However, the Ming army adjusted the musketman up at this time, which was beyond the expectations of the Qing army.
The only three-eyed guns and bird guns that were truly equipped in the Ming and Qing armies was the only three-eyed guns and bird guns.
The three-eyed gun appeared earlier, but now only the cavalry in the army of the northern border army was occasionally used. The reason for this result is very simple. The loading speed is too slow and the range is too large. Fifty steps are basically used as a stick. Bird guns were popularized in the Ming army when Qi Jiguang was alive, and the Qing army later began to use them, especially the Han Eight Banners Army. However, the effective range of bird guns is only about 80 steps. Shi Tingzhu is a firearm expert in the Qing army. He knew that bird gun players would reduce their use of medicine to prevent blow-offs, and prevent their eyes from being injured by Mars and did not aim when shooting. This was the case with both Ming and Qing armies, so the range and accuracy must be calculated further. It would be good if they could have a valid range of seventy steps.
This will also be done.
There is nothing else, you are used to it.
However, at this moment, the Ming army, who had just shown great abilities in the entire team and the marching, adjusted the musketeer up at a distance of 100 steps. Such a low-level mistake was indeed worth Shi Tingzhu's words, "This is impossible!"
However, the moment when the shock filled with doubts came out, a burst of gunfire and a sound that only came when the fire broke out in front of the Ming army. The gunners, gunners, and loaders in front of the Qing army almost fell down, and in an instant, they were shot and injured by the Ming army.
The Qing army artillery soldiers who were busy restoring, clearing the slag and loading were all stunned. Logically speaking, they only need to pay attention to those close to the effective range limit and their strength is far inferior to the initial arrows. This is not a difficult task for these veterans who have been around for a long time. As long as they pay a little attention, they will suffer a lot of injuries. As for the muskets, this distance cannot hit people at all, and only those nervous new recruits will choose to shoot at this distance.
But what had just happened really scared them, and there was more fear in their incredible eyes - the range of the Ming army's muskets was far beyond the past. If we think of the tenacity of the defenders last night, many soldiers in the Qing army who saw this scene had thoughts like the Ming army's use of the Yangmen formation or some unknown magic.
However, before they could react, the second round of shooting of the Ming army began. What made them most at a loss was that the one who shot was not the musketeer who had replaced it, but the evil guys just now.
As an evil guy, Zhang Yida, a musketeer from Shentang Camp, had just completed the shooting, and quickly reloaded under the command of the officer, without hesitation at all.
In fact, with his qualifications and contributions, he should have been promoted to the captain or deputy captain of the Firearms Team. However, due to the organization of the Shentang Camp, the infantry teams of the four bureaus were not transferred except for the addition of new recruits, and his promotion was temporarily shelved. However, according to the military supervisor, he already had the rank of deputy lieutenant accompanying Rong, and he had obtained the right to be promoted first. When the next expansion or position is expanded, he would always be promoted.
Zhang Yida didn't quite understand what the word meant by a high vocational school, but since joining the Ming army, he not only got rid of his identity as a slave, but also obtained his own tax-free land, moved his grandparents and parents' graves, and even married a wife. It would be even better if he had a child who inherited the blood of his surname.
It was the appearance of the Ming army that gave him these happy lives and desires. All of these made him feel particularly content with life in the army. While providing Chen Wen with a tablet of immortality at home, he was also happy to believe what the officers said, because all the promises promised in the army had been realized, and this should be no exception.
From archers to musketeers, Zhang Yida quickly adapted to this new thing. This thing looks more complicated, but it is far easier to form combat power than archers. The best example is that when he saw the Qing army cannon leader who was a hundred steps away from the attack just now, he saw with his own eyes that the Qing army cannon leader was knocked to the ground by a hundred steps away.
Tear the paper fixed charge pack with your teeth, then charge the medicine, press the fire, load the bullet, load the door medicine, and cover the fire door cover until the captain of the Firearms Team gave the order. He opened the fire door cover again, aimed and then pulled the bolt to shoot. As long as he operated according to these habits developed by long-term training, he didn't even need to go through the brain, just follow the habits of the muscles.
The paper fixed-loading package made him not need to worry about the amount of gunpowder on the battlefield. It was enough to tear the paper bag open. This undoubtedly increased the loading speed of the musketeers. However, Zhang Yida knew that the Nantang Camp on the right side of their camp, the musketeers in the Marquis' first battalion had already equipped musketeers without fuses. They called the flintlock musketeers, also called the self-generated musketeers. The reloading speed of that thing was much faster than he used, and it was safer.
With a "bang", another round of shooting, and the central army had already completed one more round than the two wings. Shi Tingzhu's eyes swept through Liu Zhiyuan, but what he got was the answer "The last general had never fought with this Ming army in field, and he was not sure why their firearms were so sharp."
This answer is certainly not enough to convince Shi Tingzhu. He suspected that the Ming army used a musket with a longer range, but how did the faster shooting speed come from. There are certain rules for the reloading of muskets. Not all cannot be omitted, but it will not be inferior to this. Moreover, the Ming army on the central army's reloading speed is obviously faster than the two wings. Even if he had seen the camp flag of Nantangying, Shi Tingzhu could not convince himself. Now the Qing army's bird gunners did not move, but even when shooting at the target, they were definitely not the opponent, which was obviously beyond his understanding.
The Eight Banners of the Han Army appeared as firearms troops. Even if they can fight independently, the musketeers in their units will be much more than archers. It is definitely not a solution to be beaten like this. In a few more rounds, his gunners, infantry archers, and bird gunners will all be knocked out by the Ming army. At that time, there will be no sufficient long-range fire support. It will be too difficult to win by relying solely on infantry and cavalry.
This Ming army has shown too many unreasonable things, which has made Shi Tingzhu give up his patience to continue to waste. With the forward leaning of the flag and the ringing of the war drum, the Han Eight Banners soldiers who were targeted by the Ming army for several rounds finally no longer need to endure it and shout to kill the Ming army.
Among the long-range attack weapons used by the Qing army, the Red Cannons had the longest range, even the small caliber they used. However, this was far enough, but the loading was the slowest; and then the Folang machine cannons had no shooting speed. Unfortunately, after the four guns were fired, they had to slowly reload, and it was already silent. Further down there was the archer bow, with a range of 120 steps, which was too few in the organization of this army, and a few arrows flew back and forth; the bird guns that made up for this distance were the bird guns, which were a little shorter, only about seventy steps; as for the tiger squat cannons, their range was only a little longer than the javelin flying axe, and it was not enough to reach the Ming army here.
Between seventy steps and one hundred and twenty steps, the Ming army can maximize the shooting distance, not only the proportion of archers, but the Ming army's muskets have long been updated, and the bird gun has been eliminated from the war barracks. Now the Ming army uses the Lumi gun with an effective range of about 100 steps, and uses the pelletized gunpowder of a fixed charge package, which has faster loading speed and greater power. The Nantang camp has used a flintlock bolt, which has further reloading speed.
At this moment, the advantage of the firearms that the Han Eight Banners Army, which was originally built with artillery, has disappeared in front of the Ming army. It is not that they lack experience and have few veterans, but because Chen Wen and his staff calculated the range of firearms more refined and professional, and the technological innovation has also transformed the Ming army's firearms unit in terms of quality, and what they lack is just scale.
Everything in the distance is undoubtedly revealed in the telescope. The Qing army has not used this kind of observation instrument that is generally used on nautical to observe the situation on the battlefield, but Chen Wen has already begun to build a workshop for manufacturing telescopes.
"On the battlefield, fighting slow with fast and fast with slow, is nothing more than the word rhythm. Now those fake Tartars can no longer hold back, but I will not give them a chance."
Chapter completed!