As the flag was waving, the army stepped forward when they heard the sound of drums.

In this way, the Ming army did not rush to launch a charge and slowly moved forward so that the cannon trucks could keep up with the queue.

During the journey, several of the Ming army's staff members always used telescopes and other tools to calculate the distance between them. Until they entered the range of the artillery, the entire army stopped, began to load and aim, just like in the previous battle.

"The last time, this was the thief on the opposite side."

Hong Chengchou remembers clearly that Bai Guangen had mentioned before that the range of the Ming army's firearms was farther than that of the Qing army, and they were also good at using this range difference to achieve greater damage. Seeing this, Hong Chengchou immediately issued an order, and then the Qing army's war drums sounded, and the army pressed towards the Ming army at a slow speed like before.

"fire!"

With the experience of the last time, Hong Chengchou's reaction was naturally faster than Bai Guangen at that time. However, when the Qing army moved, the loading work on the Ming army was completed. Orders were issued, and the cannons roared one by one. In a blink of an eye, the shells cut through the sky one by one and blasted into the Qing army's queue.

The Qing army was in progress, and its queues were as dense as usual. Every shell fell from the sky, which would mean one to several casualties of the Qing army.

This is a normal thing. If you suffer a loss in range, you must enter the range as soon as possible before you can fight back. The life and death of the Qing army at the bottom, and even the life and death of the Qing army commanders around you, were not placed in Hong Chengchou's heart. His only purpose was to try to defeat the main force of the Ming army, that's all.

The gap in artillery range between the two sides is actually not very big. It is simply that the fixed charge package prevents the artillery from subconsciously reducing the loading amount of gunpowder to prevent the explosion during the loading process, and the increase in the power of granulated gunpowder.

When the Qing army entered the range of its own artillery, the artillery also stopped, began to load and aim. However, the Qing army's phalanx did not stop, but continued to move forward.

"Don't worry about those Tartar artillery, shoot with jumpers and bomb the Tartars' square formation!"

It is unrealistic in this era to aim at artillery positions in the distance for precise strikes. Chen Wen would not make such mistakes. Even if he had the intention, the staff members next to him would make suggestions. This is their job and his duty, in order to make as few mistakes as possible on the battlefield.

As soon as the order was issued, the gunners of the Ming army shook their guns down.

Increased angle does not mean that the range will definitely be increased, but reduction will often lead to a decrease in range. According to experience, they are very clear about how much elevation angle is needed to maximize the range. This is the basic quality of artillery - their existence on the battlefield lies in the advantages of range and power.

However, according to ballistics, even many experienced gunners may not know that when the angle of the artillery is reduced to a certain level, although the range of the shell will be reduced, it may form a jumping effect, resulting in greater damage!

The Qing army's artillery was loaded quickly. These gunners were very experienced. They knew very well how much angle the cannon they used should be and how much gunpowder to load to reach the farthest range. Even because the guns used too much medicine, the chamber might explode, and they would subconsciously reduce the amount of medicine, but it was probably enough to get this distance.

Ignite the lead line, and the first round of artillery bombings of the Qing army began. A large number of shells flew over the sky of the Qing army's stalemate, and rushed straight into the Ming army's formation.

Just like the Ming army before, after each artillery, there would always be several casualties from the Ming army. Although the Ming army always maintained a vertical formation to avoid firearms, there would always be some artillery shells that could not enter the battle formation, but overall it still satisfies Hong Chengchou. However, in the next second, when the Ming army's artillery began to counterattack, Hong Chengchou realized that his use of the word satisfaction seemed a bit too cheap.

The angle of the Ming army's muzzle was reduced, and the range of the shells would inevitably be affected. The artillery fired one by one, and the first shell was fired. It had already hit the ground before it reached the Qing army's phalanx. However, it did not smash a crater and splashed a piece of plaster, but instead it flew into the air again, just like throwing stones at the water from a specific angle, easily bounced into the Qing army's phalanx.

The Qing army used the Spanish phalanx. According to the Jesuit priest's training method, each battalion was organized into a square formation, leaving a gap between the battalions to facilitate the entry and exit of the cavalry.

This method of training is normal, but a square array of as many as 700 people cannot avoid forming dense areas after dense area. After the previous test firing, the corrected Ming army artillery was aimed at these square arrays.

The first shell blasted into the front battalion of Jingbiaozhong Town, starting from the knee of the first spearman's left leg, thigh, lower abdomen, chest, neck, and when it hit the bird gunman in the back row, the head was smashed like a watermelon, and the red and white splashed the Qing army around him. However, this gun was not over yet. After it smashed the Qing army's head, its momentum only slowed down a little, but it did not prevent the Qing army behind them from being beaten to the ground. It was not until the last Qing army was beaten to the ground with gravity, and the energy contained was completely exhausted.

One cannon was fired one by one, and the Ming army's artillery aimed at the square formations in the front row and set out a series of flesh and blood alleys. Although Hong Chengchou could not see what was going on in front of him, the Ma Yaozi King 1 Fushou could still vaguely see that with the sound of the Ming army's cannons, the Qing army's spear forest seemed to be knocked down by a bowling ball, disappearing in the square formation one by one.

"Master Zhengli, you can't let the bandits continue shooting!"

The Ming army's artillery firing speed was far better than that of the Qing army, and its jumping shot was even more amazing. However, the Qing army's Spanish phalanx was notoriously moving slowly. After being used as a target for several rounds, it was estimated that the battalions in front would never be able to enter the hand-to-hand combat anymore.

The person who advised him was not Wang 1's assistant minister, but Hu Quancai, the Jiangxi Rao Nandao, who was responsible for assisting him in handling military affairs in the Nanchang Shogunate.

This man was once the governor of Shaanxi and Ningxia, and his talent was outstanding, which was beyond the reach of ordinary civil servants. Before entering the Nanchang Shogunate, he was demoted to his current position for a while, but as he was valued in the Nanchang Shogunate, almost everyone could see that this former governor was about to turn over, and the only difference was a great victory.

In history, after entering the Nanchang shogunate, Hu Quancai served as the governor of Yunyang and the governor of Huguang. He died in office and was posthumously awarded the Minister of War by the Qing Dynasty and received the posthumous title. At this moment, although he was still a Taoist platform, his advice was something that Hong Chengchou could not ignore. What's more, the situation here did not allow him to hesitate at all.

"The left-wing cavalry was dispatched to target the artillery positions of the bandits."

Solid shells can be regarded as powerful crossbows, but once a jumping effect is formed, the multiple killings caused by the shells bounce in the crowd are sometimes even more terrifying than some flowering bullets. The highest record of jumping shooting in history is to kill 105 soldiers in one shot, but if the jumping shooting is to achieve the effect, the opponent must adopt a dense square array. Only by rolling out of a flesh-and-blood alley like a bowling ball can it truly show the power of this artillery shooting technology.

Before this, the Ming and Qing armies were more purely upward and direct shooting, and the jumping effect could sometimes occur, but it was basically accidental.

In Chinese history, there was an experience summary of arrow ballistics during the Western Han Dynasty, but it was not passed down, let alone using it on cannons. Chen Wen vaguely remembered that Galileo, who threw iron balls on the Leaning Tower of Pisa, had studied ballistics. Although it had not reached the level of Newton, it had already set a precedent for this.

After countless experiments, the Ming army's artillery also accumulated some experience, but it still takes more time to truly understand ballistics. Fortunately, these experiences can be applied to actual combat. Before heading north to Ningshao, targeted training was already started in the Nantang camp in Jinhua, and the effects shown here also strengthened Chen Wen's determination to make greater investment in ballistics.

On the battlefield, the Ming army plowed deep ditches in the Qing army's phalanx, but the number of artillery carried by the Ming army, which was accustomed to hand-to-hand combat, was the same as before. Otherwise, Chen Wen even once doubted whether he could rely solely on artillery to defeat the Qing army.

After the artillery bombardment, the Qing army's artillery attack entered the range of the Ming army's Folang machine cannons and began again. During the two armies' shooting, Chen Wen quickly noticed that the Qing army's left wing near the mountainous area had dispatched a large number of cavalry.

"Master, the Tartars are obviously coming to our artillery. Should we let the cavalry go out and restrain them?"

The meaning of this young staff officer is nothing more than maximizing the shooting of artillery. When anyone sees the jumping shot can cause such huge damage, he will think so. However, Zhang Gongyan, who had specialized in artillery training in order to deepen his understanding of the feasibility of artillery coordination tactics some time ago, shook his head.

"The angle is not enough now, so it may be difficult to cause such damage in the future."

Jumping shooting has requirements for shooting angles. If the angle is too large, it will be even worse if it is too small. Now the Qing army is getting closer and closer. Although it is still so fast, it seems to be slower after the shelling, but if the angle is not enough, the jumping effect cannot be formed, and the shooting effect is often not as good as shooting upwards.

"We have few cavalrymen. The Tartars have not used all their strength yet, so we cannot release the cavalry. Besides, the role of artillery has been played, so there is no need to force the Tartars' cavalry to shoot."

The order was issued. As the cavalry on the left wing of the Qing army roared, the artillery of the Ming army retreated, and the infantry began to move forward, and soon took a look like a frightened hedgehog, forcing the cavalry of the Qing army to give up their attempt to rush into the battle formation.

The outer layer was a dense forest of spears, and the inner layer was the shooting of the Qing cavalry by musketeers and archers, which lost some cavalry. The Qing cavalry quickly gave up the cavalry, but they still roared over the periphery of the Ming army's battle formation, in order to prevent the Ming army from unleashing the fearful artillery here.

With the dispatch of cavalry, the Qing army's goal was soon achieved. The Ming army's artillery attack stopped, and the Qing army's infantry phalanx also stepped forward again after a round of reorganization.

After a while, the Qing army's cavalry began to evacuate, and even the artillery stopped shooting because the two armies were too close. There were still dozens of steps away from the battle. However, since he knew that the Qing army had abandoned the javelin and flying axe tactics, Chen Wen did not hesitate to put out the firearm team, even if they could only carry out the last round of shooting.

"First row, squat down!"

The Qing army was still moving forward, but the volley of the Ming armament team began.

The muskets were pounding, and the infantry in the first row of the Qing army was almost wiped out. However, with the help of cavalry, after reorganization, the front row of the Qing army's most severely damaged battalion heads were replaced by subsequent battalion heads. Although this round of shooting was quite harmful, the queue of the combs was already sparse, and the shooting accuracy of the front-mounted smoothbore gun was extremely touching. The killing effect was not enough to completely make the Qing army scared.

The Ming army's volley ended, and the Qing army seemed to have learned this. The square formation stopped, and the front battalion heads sent bird gunners to the front line to carry out a round of shooting in the battalion.

This distance has entered the effective shooting range of bird guns, and the front row of the Ming army was immediately shot. Fortunately, the Qing army's square formation was only spears and bird guns, and the only thing that could protect them was armor on their bodies. On the side of the Ming army, there were long cards in the front row of the vertical formation standing in front of the formation to protect the spearmen behind them from the wind and rain.

The bang sound was the sound of a lead bullet hitting the long card wrapped in iron sheet. The long card player tried his best to resist the enemy's injuries to his teammates behind him, but they often could not take care of themselves. The long card player, who was the new recruit Liao Yiran from Yanzhou Prefecture in Nantang Camp, is an example.

Just now, Liao Yiran was behind the commander of the sergeant. Seeing the Qing army's bird gunners approaching, the long card players on the Ming army's front all took on combat postures, but although the long card was large, it was not as good as the door panel. After this round of shooting, Liao Yiran, who was nervously closing his eyes, opened his eyes again, and saw that the commander had fallen to the ground.

"Fire Soldier!"

While Liao Yiran shouted, the fire soldiers of our team had already rushed over, and he sniffed and quickly dragged the sergeant backwards.

At this moment, the Qing army's shooting ended, the distance was too close. The reloading of the cotspellet took too much time and was not enough to reload and then shoot. While the Qing army continued to advance, the Ming army soon formed a defensive formation, but the Nantang Camp was still in a vertical formation.

After a while, the Qing army had already marched to about twenty steps. For the Ming and Qing armies today, only the archers fired by the Ming army could be involved. But at this moment, the firearms team, which had just retreated to the gap in Nantang Camp, rushed out again. After standing still, it was a new round of shooting towards the Qing army's square formation.

The shooting of a clamp gun requires as many as forty-three steps, both the Lumi guns of the Ming army and the bird guns of the Qing army. However, Nantangying has been equipped with flintlock guns. This operation step simplifies nearly half of the firearms to be reloaded in less than half of the time, and immediately caught the Jingbiao Zhongzhen off guard.

"good!"

Liao Yiran wanted to shout this sentence, but as a recruit, he also knew the discipline of the battlefield and had to suppress this admiration in his heart.

The Qing army was caught off guard, but did not stop and reorganize, because they were the only ones who were hit by a new round of attacks by the Ming army, and the other troops were safe and had to maintain the balance of the front and continue to move forward.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the spearmen of the Qing army had already laid the spears flat, and the same was true for the Ming army. The spears approached little by little, and soon passed through each other's spear tips. With the loud shouts that sounded almost at the same time, Liao Yiran thrust the spears at the Qing army with a square face and big bearded man facing him.

"kill!"

A spear was stabbed out, and Liao Yiran directly stabbed the spear into the mouth of the Qing army. The metal head of the spear was poked out a little from the back of the head. Then, the bearded Qing army fell to the ground with Liao Yiran's gun retracting.

Liao Yiran was very lucky. Not only did he stab a Qing army to death, but he also avoided the assassination of a spear, but he still drew a shallow blood mark on his face. The two armies confronted each other, and this little injury was nothing. After retracting the gun, Liao Yiran immediately aimed at the Qing army that stabbed him, and stabbed him with his arms as soon as he tried his best!

The hand-to-hand combat had begun, but the Qing army still had no movement, as if they were about to continue to waste. The infantry of both sides opened a flesh-and-blood mill at the confrontation, but Chen Wen couldn't help but frowned.

"In such a formation battle, the Yuanyang formation is too disadvantageous."

Facing the spearmen in the Spanish phalanx, the spear killers may be better, but the Yuanyang Formation can only defend on the spot. However, Chen Wen chose the breakthrough point there.

"Let the Iron-faced man be prepared." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!