[Chapter 306] Artillery is the master of the battlefield

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As long as they think of the terrifying casualties, whether it is Eridun or Helekin, they feel that their hearts are constantly falling. The Tatars do not have their own words, nor do they know scientific calculation methods. Not to mention Arabic numbers, even the ancient bargaining chips of the Han people, they do not understand. When calculating the number of casualties, they habitually adopt the most primitive method of using stones to calculate the number of casualties.

Simply put, if one person dies, a small stone will be placed on the open space. If two people die, two stones will be placed. Finally, based on the size of the pile of stones, we can judge whether the casualties are heavy. If one thousand people die, a large pile of stones can be piled on the open space. Such casualties are absolutely terrifying.

As Hellerjin had expected painfully before, even if the Tatars could win the final victory in this battle, it would definitely be a tragic victory. With the loss of a large number of strong men, the Hellerjin tribe could not resist the attack of Lin Dankhan of the Tumot tribe. If there were other Tatar tribes who had the idea of ​​him, he would also be unable to resist it. Destruction was only a matter of time. Now he is quite a bit like drinking poison to quench his thirst.

"Boom!"

"Chirr!"

The sound of gunfire from the white-clothed army became increasingly dense.

The powerful shock wave, accompanied by the roar of Minnie bullets, constantly overturning the Tatar cavalry to the ground. The Tatar cavalry's human sea tactics did not have much room for resistance in front of the explosive pack. If the white-clothed army had only a front-mounted rifled rifle, it would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the Tatar cavalry, but once the explosive pack was cooperated, things would be much simpler.

When there were no tubular cannons, the original trench was the most powerful cannon. The combination of cannons and muskets was enough to block the enemy's cavalry. The stronger the cannons, the greater the casualties the enemy's cavalry suffered. This was fully proven in Napoleon's history of war. What Xu Xingxia did now was just to advance this kind of fighting method by two hundred years. In fact, Zhu Di had already touched the door of the mixed guns and cannons.

The leap in the firearm era is not the emergence of muskets, but the emergence of artillery. Muskets cannot end the attack of cavalry, and even after-loading guns, it is not possible, unless the ultimate firearms such as perverted Maxim heavy machine guns appear. However, artillery can. In front of artillery, the vitality of cavalry is indeed too fragile. Well-trained gunners can easily block enemy cavalry from the front line when using bombs.

If the enemy has a large number of artillery and uses cavalry to launch a charge, this is not a tactic, but suicide. The guns in the hands of later troops and soldiers are mostly self-defense weapons. If you want to eliminate the enemy, you rely more on heavy weapons such as aircraft, tanks, cannons, etc. When there are no aircraft or tanks, cannons are the master of the battlefield. A strong and powerful artillery team is definitely a nightmare for the enemy on the battlefield.

"Thirt!"

"Thirt!"

"Thirt!"

Not only that, the scattered soldiers of the Eagle Cavalry still seemed very active. They lurked in the middle of the side van, looking for opportunities to shoot valuable targets such as the Tstern Commander and Centurion of the Tartar cavalry. The Tstern Commander and Centurion are both elites of the Tartar cavalry and the most grassroots commander of the Tartars, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of guiding other Tartars to launch attacks. Without these people, the Tartar cavalry would be at a loss and be completely in a state of chaos when encountering unexpected situations. This is definitely beneficial to the White Army.

The most important step to make the Sun and Moon Gun exert its power every minute is to delay the enemy's attack rhythm and allow the enemy to stay in front of the Sun and Moon Gun for as long as possible. As long as the enemy is still outside the muzzle of the Sun and Moon Gun, the one waiting for them is the brutal Minnie bullet. If the enemy rushes up, the situation will be a bit dangerous.

Xu Xingxia stood behind the side van, calmly observing the battle situation outside. Around him were all white-clothed soldiers shooting in an orderly manner. The sound of gunfire, the smell of choking gunpowder, and the white mist wrapped him in the middle. However, all this did not prevent him from calmly judging the situation on the battlefield. The tactics of the Tatar cavalry were actually not as terrifying as the legendary ones, especially after being combed through the explosive pack.

Of course, it is undeniable that as a representative of the powerful cavalry, the impact speed of the Tatar cavalry is quite fast. A simple sun and moon gun cannot stop the charge of the Tatar cavalry. Even with a large number of artillery, it can only block the Tatar cavalry outside. As time goes by, there will definitely be Tatar cavalry rushing up. In fact, the fastest Tatar cavalry is only a few dozen meters away from him.

The battle started less than ten minutes ago, and the Taurus cavalry closest to the side van was less than 30 meters. Then, the distance was shortened to less than 20 meters. It can be seen how fierce the impact speed of the Taurus cavalry was. Even the dust, sand and gravel that was overturned on the ground had splashed onto Xu Xingxia's face. However, it was this twenty meters distance that made the Taurus cavalry unable to move forward.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

The Tartar cavalry who entered the range shot arrows and shot.

The distance between twenty or thirty meters is the distance where they are the most powerful and accurate.

A large number of sharp arrowheads, like locusts, kept falling on the wooden boards of the side van, making a tick-tick sound, as if it was raining on a banana leaf. Some arrowheads penetrated through the gaps in the middle of the side van and shot nearby white-clothed soldiers. Some arrowheads directly used the method of shooting, crossing the baffle of the side van and landing in the white-clothed soldiers' barracks. From time to time, there were also unfortunate white-clothed soldiers, or auxiliary soldiers, who were shot by the arrowheads and fell into the pool of blood.

"Tu tuk!"

"Puff puff puff!"

Various sounds intertwined.

The white-clothed soldiers who were unfortunately shot were quickly dragged away and treated behind. The white-clothed soldiers who were unfortunately shot to death were also dragged down and placed in the open space next to them. The vacancy left by them was quickly made up by the reserve team. In terms of the white-clothed soldiers, sufficient reserve teams were reserved. The sun and moon guns left by the wounded or the dead were also assigned to the auxiliary soldiers. If necessary, they would also be directly sent to the battlefield.

It has to be admitted that once the Taurus cavalry enters the range of bows and arrows, the threat to the White-clothed Army is still relatively large. If there is no baffle of the side van, the casualties of the White-clothed Army will definitely rise sharply. In the past, when the Taurus cavalry encountered the Ming army's musketeers, they rely on this move to force the Ming army's musketeers to retreat. At a distance of thirty or forty meters, the arrows of the Taurus cavalry were much faster than the Ming army's musketeers.

In fact, even if there is a barrier, the shooting of the Tatar cavalry caused certain casualties to the white-clothed soldiers. The arrowheads falling from the sky made the white-clothed soldiers unable to defend themselves, and if they were not careful, they would be shot directly. Because the white-clothed soldiers in the battle could not notice the arrowheads from the sky. In their eyes, there was only the Tartar cavalry in front, so where could they have time to observe the movements in the sky?

Even Xu Xingxia was almost shot by the falling arrow. With his ability, it was difficult to judge whether an arrow suddenly fell down, hit his head, or somewhere else in his body. The falling goose-feeding arrow was inserted less than a foot away from him. Therefore, everyone had to lean behind the baffle of the side van as much as possible to avoid the shot arrow. After all, even the arrow shot has a certain arc and cannot pose a direct threat to the person behind the baffle of the side van.

"Swoosh swish swish!"

Of course, Xu Xingxia, who was threatened, must fight back.

He held the iron-tired bow in his hand, stood at the junction of two side vans, and shot arrows from the gap to the outside. As long as it was within the range of the iron-tired bow, any Tartar cavalry that appeared could not escape his shooting. With enough power, the firing speed of the Iron-tired bow was much faster than that of the Sun and Moon Guns. Xu Xingxia alone was equivalent to ten musketeers using the Sun and Moon Guns, causing extremely serious damage to the Tartar cavalry that rushed up.

The large number of fallen war horses also make it more difficult for the Tartar cavalry to advance. The horse's hooves can be easily trampled on by human corpses. The speeding war horses can directly trampled on the human body into flesh. However, the corpses of war horses are more troublesome. Once the horse's hooves fall on the fallen war horses, the more consequences are not trampled into flesh or crossing over, but being tripped over.

Of course, to a certain extent, a large number of fallen war horses also added a lot of difficulty to the shooting of the White-Clothed Army. The originally calm Gobi Desert became uneven due to the fall of a large number of war horses. In some places, three or four war horses stacked on each other, almost higher than the wooden boards of the White-Clothed Army's side vans. Operating the Sun and Moon Guns requires a good field of vision. Once the field of vision is blocked, the effectiveness of shooting will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the placement of explosive packs does not require a straight line of vision. You only need to continuously shoot explosive packs according to the distance and orientation measured in advance. In fact, in terms of tactics against human seas, explosive packs are the main force, and the Sun and Moon guns are just supplements. Artillery is worthy of being the god of war. Even the most primitive artillery has an incomparable advantage in dealing with enemy cavalry.

If you want to talk about the shortcomings of the catapult, the only disadvantage is that the range is too close. The farthest range of the catapult is only about 500 meters. The average Folang cannon has a maximum range of about 2,000 meters. If it is a red cannon, the range can even exceed 5,000 meters. In the future, the range of firearms will become more and more important. With the development of war, the catapult will definitely be gradually eliminated. This is the law of historical development.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a loud noise came.

This is when the Tartar cavalry finally hit the top of the side van.
Chapter completed!