With 2,000 unicycle chariots lined up in front of the formation, Charlie Earl of Gelden understood that the cavalry raid plan was completely bankrupt. The 2,000 unicycle chariots lined up in front of the formation became an insurmountable gap for cavalry.
In desperation, Count Charlie had to shake his head at his general Munster and canceled the plan to dispatch cavalry to raid the enemy. However, Count Charlie was not particularly disappointed. Because he had a second plan...
Earl Charlie discovered that when the unicycle was fixed on the ground, it could certainly withstand the impact of the cavalry. However, facing muskets, the soldiers behind the unicycle were difficult to stop. After all, the unicycle did not have the wall panels that could cover arrows and stray bullets like the unicycle.
In fact, Qi Jiguang later created a side van to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from riding and shooting on the basis of Yu Dayou's unicycle. Yu Dayou's wheel van can certainly block the charge of the Mongolian cavalry, but it cannot stop the long-distance shooting of the Mongolian cavalry. Therefore, Qi Jiguang created a side van with a wall panel with blocking arrows to prevent the charge and riding and shooting of the Mongolian cavalry. At the same time, soldiers can also hide behind the wall panel and shoot the enemy with muskets.
But as the original Yu Dayou unicycle, it only had the function of blocking the cavalry's charge. In addition, there were also small tiger squat cannons and other attack weapons on the Ming Dynasty chariots. But Malin did not do these because the small tiger squat cannons were not necessarily much more powerful than muskets.
In addition, it is actually not cost-effective to install small tiger squat cannons on wheelbarrows. Because after installing tiger squat cannons, the wheelbarrow cannot be used for one car and is usually a transport vehicle. If you need artillery support, it is better to just use three-pound cannons.
With the cover of the wheelbarrow chariot, the Beihai Kingdom's army was no longer worried about being suddenly attacked by the opponent's cavalry. Then, the Beihai Kingdom's army gradually walked out of the city gates that were blown up in Tucheng, came to the front of the formation in an orderly manner, and arranged the formation.
Earl Charlie is very familiar with the formation of the North Sea Kingdom. It is nothing more than a spearman with a musketeer, with a musketeer in the center and a spearman guarding on both sides.
However, this kind of concise arrangement of troops and troops was puzzled by Earl Charlie - isn't it lack of gunpowder? Why do you still use so many musketeers?
You know, in the previous siege battles, the Beihai Army had hardly used musketeers. If a large number of musketeers were used when defending the city, it would have been estimated that the coalition of the eight kingdoms would have suffered a lot of casualties. Therefore, the eight princes at that time all concluded that the Beihai Kingdom had no gunpowder. However, looking at the current formation, it doesn't seem to be very similar...
How could they know that before, Marin deliberately restrained himself and did not allow the musketeers to participate in the war too much, because he was afraid of excessive firepower and scaring his opponent. If the opponent was scared away, it would be bad. Therefore, he did not dispatch the musketeers, but fooled the opponent with inferior bows and arrows. Now that the war has officially started, there is no need to hide it.
Seeing that the North Sea Army was about to be deployed, Charlie Earl of Gelden snorted coldly - no matter whether you have gunpowder or not, let's see...
So, the army of Geldenberg, the spearmen in the front row, suddenly gave way to both sides, revealing the 600 mesh gunners behind...
The Geldenberg's melee guns are all the original Spanish Mushket muskets, which are heavy muskets. When firing, they even need a bracket. Because their power is too great. The 50 grams lead bullet is powerful and has a strong recoil during shooting. Therefore, the bracket has to be installed.
In addition, the musketeers of the Geldenberg Kingdom were also arranged according to the standard of three-stage strikes. That is to say, 600 musketeers of the Geldenberg Kingdom were divided into three rows, with 200 people in each row, and took turns to shoot.
In fact, this time, the eight-nation coalition of princes was not only the Geldenbo State had musketeers. The other seven vassal states also had some musketeers. However, the proportion of the Geldenbo State's army was not as high as that of the Geldenbo State's army.
For example, the two Dukes of Henry had two or three hundred musketeers each. After all, because Marin's North Sea army shones on the battlefield, and the Spaniards defeated the arrogant French with a bullet, German countries also introduced musketeers one after another. However, the musketeers in these vassal states did not seem to be in scale. Moreover, the musketeers were not used in a centralized manner, and they were not even arranged in three attack formations. Those musketeers seemed to be more like auxiliary support shooters, more free. Of course, because they could not be used in a centralized manner, their power was reduced a lot.
Charlie, Earl of Gelden, once suggested that these musketeers be used in a concentrated manner and included in the muskete line of the country of Geldenberg. You should know how big the musketeers of various countries are 1,300. If they are used in a concentrated manner, their power will be quite large.
However, his suggestion was rejected, because the two Dukes of Henry believed that this would undermine the integrity of their respective armies. In fact, they looked down on Charlie, Earl of Gelden...
Earl Charlie was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood when he was shortsighted by the two Dukes of Henry, but he had no choice. After all, for now, the two Dukes of Henry were much more powerful than him, and he had no say in front of them.
Seeing that the North Sea army had basically completed the formation of troops, Earl Charles nodded at Munster. Munster understood and immediately led his men to the army office of the Geldenberg in front of the formation to conduct on-site command. As for Earl Gelden, he and the other seven princes stood on the high platform behind to watch the battle...
After coming to the left wing where the Geldenberg army was located, Munster ordered loudly:
"Minderman, light the fuse!"
So, the musketeers of the Geldenberg country pulled out the thread tip from a bundle of fuses on their shoulders and began to ignite. After igniting the fuse, the musketeers blew the fuses to make them burn fully and avoid extinguishing. Then, the fuse tip was around the musketeer's arm and temporarily fixed it to the musketeer's left arm.
Then, Munster ordered loudly:
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With the order issued, the Geldenberg's melee gunners began to load gunpowder in an orderly manner and then tamp it with iron strips. Then, following the practice of the Beihai musketeers, they wrapped the lead bullet slightly smaller than the caliber, pressed into the barrel, and stabbed the iron strips into the bottom of the barrel, tamped it with the tamp...
After loading the ammunition, the Geldenberg's melee gunmen clamped the burning fuse head that had been wrapped around the left arm through a clamp above the fire door at the bottom of the melee gun, and entered a state to be fired...
At the same time, the musketeers of Beihai Kingdom opposite also began to load ammunition. However, the musketeers of Beihai Kingdom lined up more densely. After all, the musketeers of Beihai Kingdom used clockwork to fire muskets, and they were not worried that the fuse would ignite the gunpowder bags of the comrades next to each other. The musketeers of Geldenberg, who used the fuse, had to maintain a standard distance of 1 meter with their comrades because they were worried that the fuse would ignite the gunpowder bags of the musketeers next to them...
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Seeing that the preparation was almost done, Munster immediately sent someone to send a signal that the preparation was completed. The two Dukes of Henry also wanted to see the strength of the Geldenberg Musketeers, so they nodded to agree to the attack.
Then, a sound of war drums sounded, reminding the Beihai Army on the opposite side that we were going to attack...
Then, Munster, who heard the drums, shouted:
"First row, raise your gun and aim right in front!"
The Geldenbo musketeers in the first row immediately placed the Mushket mesh rope gun in their hands on the stand in front of them, aiming at the soldiers of the North Sea in front...
"put!"
With Munster shouting, the musketeers in the front row of Geldenberg pulled the trigger one after another, and the head of the fuse above the fire door was pressed by the bolt and sent into the fire door...
Suddenly, waves of rolling eyes appeared, and then, a huge sound came from the front of the Geldenbo army...
"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-" With a dull loud noise, a lead bullet shot out from the barrel of the Mushket mesh rope gun, heading straight to the line formation of the Beihai Army...
Although the hit rate of the smoothbore gun is touching, the problem is that both sides are lined up with very dense line arrays. Even if the hit rate of the smoothbore gun is low, it can always attract the opponent's troops...
How powerful is the 50 grams lead bullet?
When two hundred 50 grams of projectiles flew into the Beihai Kingdom's army, they immediately caused huge damage.
Although only twenty or thirty lead bullets actually fell into the enemy's formation, they still caused extremely terrifying damage...
"Bang--"
"Puchi--"
A lead bullet shot into the body of a Beihai Musketeer in the front row. The lead bullet weighing 50 grams immediately shot through the leather armor of the unlucky Beihai Musketeer and then entered his body.
After entering the unlucky musketeer's body, the huge lead bullet did not move forward in a straight line, but rolled in his body.
Suddenly, the musketeer was forcibly torn a huge wound by a rolling lead bullet in his belly. Although the diameter of the Mushket mezzanine was less than 2.3 cm, the irregular rolling of the lead bullet in his body actually caused a trauma that was large in the bowl...
Then, the unlucky guy let out a painful wail. Blood gushed out from the wound as big as a bowl. The person who was shot quickly fell to the ground, and it seemed that he could not save him anymore...
Moreover, in this round of shooting, it was not only this unlucky guy who fell to the ground, but twenty or thirty... with a distance of hundreds of yards. Although the hit rate is low, there are almost one-tenth of the hitting hit - who said that both sides are so close in formation? They can always attract some unlucky guys...
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However, the painful wails of the companions did not shake the firm will of the Beihai Musketeers. It is not the style of the Beihai Army that just gets beaten but doesn't fight back. So, Marin ordered the drum that represents the attack signal behind the formation...
The drums rumbling, and the commander of the Beihai Kingdom musketeer in the front row also issued an order in an orderly manner:
"Fill in the seat (the rear row of musketeers fills the positions of the dead musketeers), first row, raise the gun!"
"Open fire!"
"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-" A loud noise sounded, and white smoke came out in front of the formation...
Although the caliber of the Beihai Kingdom's clockwork musket is not as good as that of the Mushket musket used by the Geldenbo Kingdom, the caliber is close to 20 mm, and each bullet is about 30 grams. Therefore, the power of its lead bullet should not be underestimated.
Chapter completed!