The distance of one hundred feet in the Ming Dynasty would be three hundred meters away in the future. At this moment, Ding Junjie and his team were in the first row of the young guard division, and in front were the musketeers who were advancing in scattered lines.

Just as Ding Junjie looked at Wu Wei's Right Army, Liao Yiran held the B-type musket in his hand, gently stroked the gun, and then lifted the musket. His eyes went from the gap to the sight to the target that was almost unclear in the distance. When he pulled the trigger, he heard a bang. While recoil was transmitted from the wooden stock to his shoulders, Mars and gun smoke burst out with the trajectory of the lead ejection.

The smoke of gunpowder blocked his vision, but Liao Yiran did not focus on the shooting effect. This is stipulated in the Musketeer Code. Long-term training has been integrated into the blood. Almost the moment the shooting is completed, Liao Yiran began to reload, with no gap in the middle.

After tearing open the fixed charge pack, the granulated gunpowder rolled into the muzzle, and a little compacted, Liao Yiran took out a round-headed cylindrical shell from the bullet bag, and a lead bullet with a plug in the tail end, putting it into the barrel with a spiral extension of the rifle inside. He pushed it with a push rod and reached the front end of the gunpowder without any sense of blockage.

The fixed charge package and granulated black gunpowder are technologies that the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have long used, and even special research and promotion have been carried out on the ratio of gunpowder for gunpowder for gunpowder. From the Western concept, the musket in Liao Yiran's hand is no longer a front-mounted smoothbore gun like bird guns, Lumi guns, and turtledove-legged guns that have appeared on the Chinese battlefield. Instead, it is a front-mounted rifled gun that has been rifled inside. During the shooting process, it is rotated to make the bullet have better accuracy.

Such weapons have appeared in Europe two hundred years ago, but due to their higher manufacturing difficulty, better and more expensive, and ensuring loading safety, we have to sacrifice airtightness and power. Ensuring airtightness and power requires many problems such as loading safety and weapon vulnerability caused by using a hammer to hit the push rod to force the bullet into the bullet.

It was not until four hundred years later in the 19th century that a few years after the First Opium War was released with the advent of a bullet called Minnie. The bullet that Liao Yiran just loaded was the Minnie bomb that was nearly two hundred years ahead of schedule by the Military Industry Department according to Chen Wen's requirements!

Because the Minnie bullet is made of softer metal, the tail is inlaid with corks. When the gunpowder in the chamber is ignited, the cork begins to squeeze the tail end of the lead bullet when it is pressed, causing the tail end of the lead bullet that is significantly smaller than the barrel to expand and fill the barrel, thus achieving both loading safety and airtightness.

The combination of the front-loaded rifle and the Minnie bullet has directly increased the effective shooting distance of more than 100 meters in the former smoothbore rifle era to an astonishing 500 meters in one step. Moreover, it can also ensure the shooting accuracy at this distance. This is already the pinnacle of the front-loaded rifle in the history of world military!

The B-type musket uses these two techniques that are not very skillful, but they are not brilliant until hundreds of years later when combined. It is only a distance of more than 300 meters. Liao Yiran shot out with a shot, and a man immediately fell down in the distance.

In this era, the distance must reach a certain level of caliber to cause actual damage. The heavy convex gun turtledove-footed gun that the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang once equipped has reached this distance. However, when used on the battlefield, it depends on the effective range of the armor, which is only about 150 meters, which is only half of the time!

Gunshots rang one after another, and the front of the Wuwei Right Army showed a scene where soldiers were shot and killed on the spot by such extremely long-distance shootings.

The whip was flying, and the lower-level officers tried their best to suppress it. In addition, there were only three or four hundred Ming troops in the scattered line in front of them. Putting aside the "off-target" bullets, the damage that could be caused was really nothing for such a battle formation of ten thousand people. However, at such a distance, you can't fight back if you get beaten. Even if the formation of the right army of the Wuwei Wei army was rigorous, there would be a slight commotion.

Liao Yiran and others walked forward, loaded and fired on the battlefield without any interference, but on the battlefield, only the shooters who were called hunters in the army could equip Type B muskets. Because rifle pulling is still a technology with a low tolerance rate for the Military Industry Department of the Ming Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, with no remnants and a relatively low technical maturity rate. The manufacturing of Minnie bullets is also far more complicated than ordinary lead bullets. For the time being, it cannot be equipped with troops as quickly as the type A flintlock front-mounted smoothbore guns and the type C cavalry with flintlock front-mounted smoothbore guns.

However, with their harassment, both the Wuwei Central Army and the Wuwei Left Army, the Imperial Guards on both wings, the Wuwei Right Army, and the Qing army's front line inevitably experienced varying degrees of commotion. For example, the Wuwei Left Army had a front row of musketeers trying to shoot and fought back and were immediately whipped by the officers.

At such a long distance, the commotion of the Qing army at the bottom, and the generals of the Qing army at the top were even more incredibly uproar, and they chose to dispatch more cavalry to eliminate the hunters of the Northern Expedition Army like Liao Yiran.

It is undeniable that this is the best solution. In the range that cannot be reached by muskets and light cannons, this is the only way to deal with it. At least, you can't just be beaten passively!

More cavalry emerged from the battle formation passage. At the same time, the Northern Expedition Army also had cavalry out everywhere and intercepted the Qing cavalry units without hesitation.

On the huge battlefield, the cavalry of both sides once again staged a fight. However, the total number of cavalry in the Qing army was twice that of the Northern Expedition Army. Even though all the cavalry, except for the elderly guard division and the guards of the Qi Prince's Mansion of the Northern Expedition Army, were still at a disadvantage in terms of number.

More and more Qing cavalry escaped from interception, and they did not try to give greater damage to the Northern Expedition cavalry through their numerical advantage, because when they were dispatched, hunters from various fronts also placed their targets on them.

With one shot, a Qing cavalry officer in the distance fell straight from the war horse, and was immediately trampled on his head by another Qing army's war horse's hooves.

Hunters fired freely in front of the battle formation, which was more threatening than the infantry fighting in the Qing army. At this moment, they naturally had to assist the cavalry to kill these Tartar cavalry. Only those that were really out of reach would continue to pour bullets into the Qing army's battle formation.

After firing this shot, Liao Yiran began to reload without hesitation. The flintlock front loading rifle uses Minnie bullets, and the loading speed is not much slower than the flintlock front loading smoothbore rifle, which can almost be said to be minimal.

However, Liao Yiran was loading, and the Qing cavalry who had just stepped on his own leader and the two Qing cavalry around him fought to death to kill the Ming army's interception net and rode his horse straight for Liao Yiran to kill.

The musket was still loading, Liao Yiran stood still, staring at the loading movements on his hands, occasionally looking into the distance, the three cavalrymen of the Qing army were getting closer and closer to him. Even though the loading speed had reached its peak, no matter how fast the movements on his hands were, they could not be as fast as the speed of the war horses.

The gunpowder had been compacted. The next step was to put the Minnie bullet into the muzzle, compact it with a push rod, then raise the gun, aim and shoot. However, the Qing army came too fast, and it was almost impossible to load it at the fastest speed he usually had. What's more, the three Qing cavalry, but he only had one bullet, which meant that he could never kill them before the horse's hooves stepped on.

Seeing this, Liao Yiran threw the musket several meters away from the left, pulled out the Qi sword worn by his waist, staring at the three Qing cavalry running towards him, clearly showing that he was going to fight against three.

Suddenly, a gunshot sounded, and the Qing cavalry who was leading the charge fell down. Liao Yiran knew that the scattered line seemed to be out of order, but in fact it was five people and one team, arranged in a row. Although they could not fight back to back, they fought shoulder to shoulder with the enemy, but the crossing of firepower was enough to make them not fight alone. The shot just now was the masterpiece of the hunter not far away from him.

The situation is still not optimistic, especially since the two Qing corpses are still cavalry, and they are already in front of Liao Yiran in a blink of an eye.

Two war horses were on the left and right, and the cavalry holding a sabre was on the left and the sword was slashed straight in his right hand, while the cavalry holding a sabre was on the right, and they also stabbed straight in the left, all of which came to his vitals.

The first Qing army was shot and killed by the robes of the same army. He didn't even look back, but just stared at the two Qing army. He had been in the army for many years and had rich combat experience. At this moment, he took the opportunity to rush towards the war horse. He leaped towards the direction of the Qing army's horse with a spear.

The collision did not happen as expected. Liao Yiran rolled over as soon as he soared into the air. His military uniform passed by the iron hooves of the war horse, and his rifle was on the left, without any chance to stab him. Liao Yiran had to save his life, rolled a few times, and removed his strength. Once he stood up, he threw Qi Dao directly at the Qing cavalry holding the rifle.

The next second, Qi's sword was inserted into the back of the Qing cavalry, and the war horse collapsed softly, and immediately died and was clear. Only the sword-holding cavalry was still slowing down to make it easier to turn and fight again.

Thanks to the habit of the musketman's practice, after the shooting, he will never give priority to whether he hits, but will launch the next attack as fast as possible. Liao Yiran threw Qi Dao, lowered his head and picked up the musket that had just been thrown here.

The time for loading was not enough, and after such a shock, the gunpowder in the barrel was also shattered and needed to be reloaded. Even if the Qing cavalry needed time to turn around and fight again, it would never be possible to shoot this person.

Seeing this, Liao Yiran picked up the musket. The cold light of the sleeve-type gun sword that had been put on the front of the musket pointed at the Qing army that was turning around. The most standard starting position of a gun sword technique used to fight against cavalry in a single soldier was shown.

The war horse rushed over, dodged the head of the horse, and stabbed the cavalry's lower abdomen. On the battlefield, there were places where life was fought with their lives, so naturally this time was inevitable. However, before the cavalry rushed over, with a gunshot, the Qing cavalry fell on the war horse, and then rolled down. The huge wound was in the back of the heart, and the white face on his body was red and his clothes were covered with red edges, and he seemed to be out of control.

On the battlefield, even if you have just experienced a thrilling battle, you must not be relaxed at all. Liao Yiran looked around and was about to kill a group of cavalry towards the hunters in the distance.

The gunpowder was compacted, the Minnie bullet was compacted, the gun was raised, the aim was aimed, and the end was completed in one go. And the unlucky guy shot by him, the brains of the war horse were squirting out like mist, and the huge body directly pressed it under the horse, unable to move at all.

In the division of arms of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, hunters are troops that can only be competent by old soldiers in a hundred battles, just like grenadiers. They have experienced many bloody battles, experience, mentality, reaction, and combat skills that are not comparable to new soldiers. Even in the Qing court today, there are very few such veterans. They have long wanted to keep them by their side as treasures and wait until they decide the winner and lose a fatal blow.

Chen Wenduo saw the hunters' every move on the battlefield. He created this army so that he could better harass the new army's battle formation when the number of cavalry was at a disadvantage. At this moment, the purpose of harassment was achieved, and he forced the Qing army to dispatch more cavalry. Now the Qing court has fewer trump cards, and his trump cards are far from being revealed.

The cavalry of both sides chased and fought in front of the two armies. However, as the battle formation of the Northern Expedition Army progressed, the fear left to them became increasingly narrow.

The jungle of spear came over like a road roller, and no cavalry of the two armies wanted to hit him to death. The cavalry got rid of their opponents and returned from the passage. After returning to the formation, between the two armies, only the painful wails of the dead bodies and the wounded soldiers and the wails of war horses were left.

The New Army strictly guarded the front line, and the Northern Expedition Army was advancing step by step, taking the initiative in the battlefield. Once the Qing army's wounded soldiers fell into the hands of the Ming army, they would be dead. Anyone who could climb the horse to escape here was doing their best, just for that road of life. However, the Ming army's speed was not slow, and there were even hunters in front, and there were very few who could escape. The casualties of both sides at this stage were becoming increasingly unfavorable to the New Army.

The strength of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was proved by the lives of the Eight Banners of Manchuria with the lives of two Heshuo princes plus tens of thousands of Zhenyi Banners. In this first round of confrontation, the Qing army suffered more severe injuries, but most of them were borne by the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han. The Eight Banners of Manchuria did not go into battle, and in terms of quantity, it was just a fur to the army.

The battle formation of the new army was as solid as a rock, and the Northern Expedition Army's front was pressing step by step. When it was 120 to 30 meters, the phalanx of the Northern Expedition Army stopped. The next second, the order was issued, and the formation suddenly changed. The muskets, who were originally guarded by the spearmen, changed positions with the front team, but they stood out of the range of the new army, one by one, raised the muskets and shot at the battle formation of the new army in a volley.

"Damn it, this is the move again!"

It is indeed an old routine. Chen Wen used the range advantage of Lumi guns to bully the Qing army's bird guns. Now the Qing army has equipped the bird guns. The Military Industry Department of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has developed a Type A musket with a better range and power. It is the ultimate truth of the world where it is behind and will be beaten!

The Northern Expedition Army fired first, but this equal distance was the edge of the effective range of the Type A musket. In addition, the accuracy of the front-mounted smoothbore gun was not high, and the excitation rate issue could not guarantee the certainty of the shooting. The volley fire was huge, but the actual killing was not ideal.

However, this is not the case in all directions. The camp heads protruding in front of the Gustav square array were closer to the muzzle, and the shootings they were subjected to increased geometrically. Only after this moment, the battle formation, which was originally neatly cut into tofu, became a wolf-toothed dog, and the sudden casualties made the battle formation inevitably shake, especially the spearman square formation in the front.

Chen Wen has never revealed this matter on the battlefield. Even in Henan, the musketeers of the Northern Expedition Army would hit the target before they were close. And when they hit the target before they were close, how can they see clearly how much range they could have?

It is definitely not possible to be beaten passively in this way. It does not require Liu Cheng's plan, Oboi's advice, and Shunzhi's orders. The third and fourth units of the new army issued orders to advance.

Since the current war is to exert the power of firearms, it is necessary to provide better shooting conditions for the firearm troops. This is the truth, and they all know it. However, after the Northern Expedition Army showed its range, it did not continue to shoot. Instead, it stopped and began to load ammunition, as if it was ready to wait until the new army approached before fighting.

"The Zhejiang bandits' muskets are no fewer than those of the new army. I only have one grenade force in the vanguard battalion. What should I do?"

On the platform, Shunzhi held the telescope tightly and looked ahead, his hands were filled with sweat. At this point in the battle, the new army was led by the Northern Expedition Army. Shunzhi was already panicked. Liu Cheng had to put down the deduction and comfort Shunzhi: "Prince, please rest assured. There are grape bullets in each unit of the new army. The new army has many cannons. It is not certain who will suffer at that time."

The real battle had just begun, and Liu Cheng was as calm as before. However, although Shunzhi relied on him and knew that this person knew the most about the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he still had to look at Oboi's opinions at this critical moment.
Chapter completed!