Then, Wang Jianguo issued defensive tasks to each division, and the herald still sent someone to convey it to the headquarters of each division.The Musket Corps has begun to approach the model of a modern army, and this is the result of Wang Shuo's emphasis on military academy education.The selection of musketeers is quite strict, and only veterans who have been in actual combat and performed well are eligible to become musketeers.Although these soldiers are excellent veterans, and they train all kinds of musket tactics quite hard, today, this is the first time they really use muskets in actual combat.The combat power of this musketeer army depends on today's battle.The second division and the first company were used as the beacons, and the company commander was even more energetic, looking at the Qing army on the opposite side.The so-called trumpet is the company that was the first to shoot in the whole army.The commander of this company shall judge the distance between friend and foe, and choose the time point of battle, and no other company shall shoot first before this company fires.This is the great trust of their superiors and their great honor.Therefore, the company commander has a heavy responsibility, and he must muster all his spirit to do this work well.This is the first actual combat of the first musketeer corps in history, and it is the first shot of the musketeer corps in history, which is of great significance.The company commander watched intently as the Qing army's large array in front of him moved forward, seeing that it was about to be close to three hundred paces, he drew his saber under his ribs, raised it high, and shouted: "First row, prepare" The company commanders of other neighboring companies, seeing him raise his saber, also drew out the saber and raised it high.Suddenly, the long trench defense line, under the reflection of the sun, glowed with a bright light.The establishment of the musket corps naturally adopted the "three-three" system, which facilitated the continuous discharge of muskets, with 15 people in one shift, three shifts in one platoon, three platoons in a company, and so on.In this way, after the first platoon of non-commissioned officers cast their muskets, they loaded their ammunition and prepared to fire, and the third platoon of non-commissioned officers finished the first round of firing, and the first platoon happened to be connected again, ensuring the continuity of the shooting.The Qing army did not understand these tricks of the musketeer army, and when they saw that they were still 300 paces away, the enemy showed their blades, thinking that the other party was afraid of them, so they didn't care at all, and continued to advance easily.They would never have dreamed that the firearm in the other party's hand was not an old shotgun that could only shoot a hundred and ten paces.The musket of the musketeer army is not a loose sand bullet, but a single conical bullet with a tail, within 400 steps, even if you wear heavy armor, you will be pierced by this bullet The reason why Wang Jianguo wants to put the Qing army within 300 steps is not to consider the distance and the power of the bullet cannot be reached, but to consider the shooting accuracy of the musketeer.The northwest is barren, and every bullet costs a lot of effort and labor for the workers of the military factory, and he can't let this bullet go out in vain if it can't hit the enemy.Finally, the sabers in the hands of the captains and company commanders rained down.Perpendicular to the Wei River, distributed on both sides of the river, in the long trenches, a cloud of blue smoke rose, and the sound of firecrackers came out one after another.The Qing army advanced in consideration of the fact that the other side would release arrows to block it, and the front army brought shields, and even the rear army also carried hand shields to defend against the sky to prevent the arrows from crossing the front army in a parabola and falling from the sky.As for the opponent's muskets, the Qing army directly ignored them.With their experience, fire guns, wearing padded jackets in winter, as long as they cover their faces with their hands, they are fine.The musket could not penetrate the cotton jacket, let alone the armor.As for why you want to protect your face, you are naturally afraid that the gun will leave a scar on your face and turn into a pockmark, and it will be difficult to find a daughter-in-law in the future.This time, they were very wrong, they went home by mistake and came back by mistake.As blue smoke rose from the opponent's trenches, the soldiers in front of the Qing army's formation fell to the ground in pieces.Some were howling on the ground, apparently badly wounded.More often than not, there was no reaction at all, and they died on the spot.The Qing army in the back row looked at this scene, and didn't know what was going on for a while, but they were stupid, looking at the fallen people in a daze, not knowing what to do.At this moment, the second row of muskets rang out.In the Qing army brigade, but when I heard the sound of "chirping" endlessly, I don't know what it was, at a speed that could not be seen by the naked eye, the "chirp" entered the body of the soldier, bringing up a piece of blood light, and the soldier would immediately be harvested by this invisible thing and turned into a dead corpse.Occasionally, when this thing appears, it is a flash of fire, and wherever this fire touches, it will be shattered.When it enters the human body, it immediately explodes into a mist of blood, or even pierces from behind the person, bringing up the flesh and blood the size of the bowl.There are even those who were hit in the head, and half of their brains were blown away in an instant, which was miserable.The Qing army was horrified, and finally reacted, and could no longer care about military discipline, and if they were not hit, they ran back with their legs and ran for their lives, and the entire army array was in chaos in an instant.Look at the Qing army out of musket range, the musketeer army also stopped firing.Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were behind the military formation, looking at the battle situation ahead with a monocular clairvoyant.The scouts sent out have reported that the opponent is not many in number, except for the 20,000 cavalry who have just engaged, there are also a comparable number of infantry troops in the rear, and there are no other troops.Only then did Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming rest assured that they would order the troops to attack.When the enemy dug trenches to block the attack, he didn't care too much.After all, the number of the other party is far less than their own.Seeing the blue smoke coming out of the opponent's trenches, I knew if the enemy was casting muskets, or I didn't care.The distance between the two sides is too far, and at this time the musket is fired, and it is impossible to fight.It seems that such enemy soldiers have never fought, and they are some raw melons and eggs.This musket is said to have a killing range of 100 paces, but it actually works, you have to put the enemy within 50 paces, otherwise you can only leave a few pockmarks on people's faces, and the rest is useless.After the battle, if you take prisoners like this from the other party, you must teach them how to make muskets, otherwise it will be useless to waste gunpowder.Before they could finish their sexual immorality, something that violated the laws of nature happened before their eyes.As the blue smoke rose from the opponent's trenches, a large number of soldiers of the front army on their side fell down one after another.Then, blue smoke rose again from the opponent's trenches, and then looked at his side, and a large number of soldiers pounced.The two men put down their clairvoyances almost at the same time and looked at each other.It can't be, it's not scientific, and the two of them hurriedly ran down the high slope used for command, and ran towards the retreating soldiers.Looking at the fist-sized hole on the leather shield, the two of them couldn't say a word, this is terrible but, Tongguan has been taken down, and it is blocked on the Weihe Plain, which is already very close to Xi'an, and they can't move forward, how to explain to Dolgon Can Dolgon believe this fact?
It's so mysterious, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. ”Geng Zhongming naturally felt that what Kong Youde said was reasonable, and the two ordered the army to line up in place to defend, hurriedly mounted their horses, and ran towards Duoduo's rear army
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