As Liu Shen, who had stepped on the battlefield for the first time, he could hear the sound of his heavy breathing, as well as the sound of his vigorous and fast-beating heartbeat.
Liu Shen's queue is in the fourth sequence of the entire queue, which is a relatively low position.
He knew that this must be the result of deliberate arrangement, and the position he was in was at a distance that even the enemy could not reach even if he shot arrows, and if the enemy could really break through the three columns in front of him, he would have enough time to evacuate in the fourth sequence.
Being able to fight has given Liu Shen the greatest satisfaction, he really doesn't just want to experience life in the army, he has a deep desire to participate in battles, and he understands how important a prince who has really participated in battles is to compete for that crown prince's throne.
If the identity of the eldest son of the imperial emperor can give Liu Shen an eighty percent chance of becoming the crown prince, personally participating in the battle will be a greater bonus, increasing the chance of becoming the crown prince to more than ninety percent.
Although Liu Shen is young, he grew up in the royal family, and his precocious maturity is certain.
No one has said or analyzed Liu Shen.
However, he knew quite well that his father would never choose a person who was not close to the military as the crown prince, he should be afraid that the military would alienate the royal family, and more importantly, once the next ruler of the empire had a relationship with the military, it would affect the overall layout of the empire.
Therefore, Liu Shen had no opinion at all about being sent to the army at the age of eleven, on the contrary, he was extremely happy.
Two armies separated by a kilometer.
The Han side was mainly divided into three parts, with riflemen armed with flintlock pistols lined up in the front, the left and right flanks were composed of various types of cold weapons, and the rear was an artillery unit.
On the side of the anti-Han axis coalition, a red Roman legion occupies the left side, and a gray Sassanid legion occupies the right side, a horizontal column formation, which looks not small in thickness, with two empires at the forefront, and behind them are armed men of various ethnic groups who have no formation at all.
Compared with the Han Empire, the Sassanid Persian Empire, and the Romans, the various ethnic groups did not have the qualifications to be called armies, but could only be regarded as armed men.
It's not just about the gaps in the outfit, it's actually about all aspects of the outfit, the most obvious of which is about organization and discipline.
"It's a very traditional legion vs. battle line."
With a telescope in his hand, Malus kept patrolling back and forth in a dark green, and said with a heavy expression: "At least five thousand firearms troops, and their artillery positions can be seen further behind." ” The telescope is no longer unique to the Han Empire, it was made in the eighth year of Yuan Shuo, and it was strictly controlled, but after so many years, it is impossible to guarantee that it will not be obtained, that is, the rest of the countries have not mastered the manufacturing technology, and the holdings are very rare.
Albata also had a telescope in his hand, the same style as the one in Malus's hand.
There were two ways for Rome and Sassanid to obtain telescopes, one was to buy from countries that were at war with the Han Empire, and the other was to purchase from the Han Empire.
Because of the importance of the telescope, the Han Empire originally didn't want to sell it, but the price offered by the two countries was really too tempting, and then it planned to paralyze the two countries, so it was not good to refuse anything, and after discussion, a small number of them were sold.
In fact, the Han Empire even sold warships to various countries, and it is really not good to list telescopes as non-sales alone.
"Artillery" Elbata's cheeks twitched: "No less than eighty guns." ” Didn't they drive armed men of all ethnic groups as the first troops to charge this time, wasn't it because the Han army dispatched bronze cannons?
Those ignorant people of all ethnic groups regarded the firearms invented and manufactured by the Han people as weapons of the gods.
For example, yesterday the Han army used firearms, and the originally good situation was immediately reversed, in fact, there are not many people who really died under firearms, and there are not many people who trample or kill each other after the collapse, but they are really afraid of firearms "The interval between the artillery firing of the Han army was about three to five minutes."
Malus looked at Elbata and said sincerely, "Our legion is too slow to rely on you. ” The Persian Sassanid army was in the front of the chariot with nearly 800 chariots, the traditional archers and light cavalry on the left and right sides, and about a thousand heavy cavalry and infantry in the rear.
In today's countries around the world, the chariot is still regarded as a powerful type of troops, such as the Sassanid has a huge chariot army, the cavalry that can't play Rome also has its own chariot troops, and the rest of the regional powers can form chariot troops with their teeth.
A flurry of horns sounded, the military instrument used by the Persians for more than 2,000 years, was sounded.
The neighing of horses and the constant shouting of battle trumpets resounded throughout the battlefield, and the eight hundred Persian chariots lined up in front of the army were driven.
The Persian chariot was drawn by two groups of healthy horses, the body of which was in the shape of a spoon, and the wheels on each side had jagged spikes that went out horizontally, and they twisted as the wheels rolled.
The sound of war drums was beaten in the Han army's military formation, followed by a thunderous sound of bronze cannon fire.
The projectiles were driven out of the barrel by the thrust of the gunpowder explosion, and they shot out with heat all over their bodies, rolling their bodies in mid-air, and the fuse was "clattering".
When the fuse burns out, they will detonate the explosives at the core of the projectile, which usually explode at a height of three or four meters above the ground, and shoot lead shots into the periphery in a circular manner.
In less than 30 seconds, the projectile flew more than 1,200 meters and exploded over the troops of the anti-Han axis coalition that did not move.
Malus was awakened by the fact that he was covered, and the people in the area of the explosion were swept down in pieces, each projectile could cover about ten meters, and after the explosion, the people in that area fell to the ground in pieces.
"The artillery firing range of the Han Empire is farther than in our information."
Elbata was glad he didn't raise the flag: "Shall we go back some distance?"
The reason why they did not raise the flag was that they were deliberately targeted by the Han army two days ago and had a psychological shadow, and they were afraid of being saturated and covered by the Han army's artillery fire.
If it is really saturated and covered by artillery fire, it is equivalent to the end of the war as soon as it begins, not only will the country's army lose command and will collapse, but the armed personnel of all ethnic groups will definitely run faster than anyone else, and they will simply not wave the flag.
It was only right to ensure his own safety in order to command the troops in battle, but Malus was disdainful of Elbata's temporary desire to retreat.
In wartime, the main general can only advance and not retreat, but the Persians have repeatedly done things that are in the middle of the war but the main general retreats, so that the enemy army can seize the opportunity to defeat the Persian army that is obviously not at an absolute disadvantage.
The most famous is the battle between Darius and Alexander.
The battlefield situation is that the Persian army is forcing the Macedonian army to retreat constantly, Darius only because he found that there is a cavalry charging straight towards him, as the ruler Darius retreated, directly made the Persian generals confused, Alexander spread rumors that Darius fled, and the Persian army, which was originally in the advantage, turned around and ran.
A war that would have been won, because of the cowardice or misjudgment of a ruler, not only did not pluck the fruits of victory, but swallowed the bitter consequences.
Similar things are common in the history of warfare, but the Persians are the people who appear the most.
"The Han army did not move."
Malus chose to ignore Elbata's proposal: "They are now just using the advantage of weapons to carry out the necessary deterrence. ” The 120-millimeter bronze cannon of the Junjishan Lieutenant's Department is only eighteen, and even every time each bronze cannon fires, it can cause dozens of casualties to the enemy, and in the face of the enemy army in units of "10,000", it is impossible to wipe out the enemy from the opening to the explosion of the barrel.
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The existence of bronze cannons is more of a deterrent, and then it is to seize the opportunity to shell a certain part that needs support to stabilize the front that may collapse.
Wait for the type of artillery to develop to a certain stage, so that it has the qualification to influence the course of a war, for example, a shell can sweep a range of tens of meters, or it is more powerful, has a higher rate of fire, and has a longer range.
After the Persian chariot unit charged, it was about 800 meters away from the Han army's battle line, and the rest of the Han army's bronze cannons also opened fire one after another.
The number of projectiles that swept and exploded was not exaggerated, and they only interfered with the Persian chariots.
"They deaf the war horse."
Yang Rui put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Li Kuang: "It should not only be the war horse that pulls the chariot, but the rest of the cavalry mounts should also be like this." ” After the appearance of firearms, the war horse really had to undergo special training, so that it would no longer be afraid of those loud explosions, including the movement of ammunition exploding.
The Persians did not know how to properly train their horses, so that they lost their fear of firearms.
Their approach was rather simple and crude, stabbing the deaf horses and blindfolding them.
The opening of the bronze cannon will definitely cause damage to the Persian chariot troops, but the effect is not obvious, nearly sixty bronze cannons of various types are destroyed nine Persian chariots at most when a salvo is due, and for the number of Persian chariots of 800 times, it is simply a drop in the bucket.
The line of riflemen was already busy when the Persian chariots were charging, and they placed the pre-prepared row of repulsors from eighty meters in front of the array line to the nearest ten meters, and it was not long before the entire line of resistance was at the mercy of four lines of obstacles consisting of rejecting horses.
The Han troops on both flanks were doing the same, and the few bed crossbows also began to shoot their own.
Liu Shen was carrying the rejection horse to place it just now, and when he returned to the rear and looked forward from the gap in the human wall, he happened to see the riflemen in the front row firing a volley at the sound of the whistle.
The firing range of the Twelve-type flintlock pistol can reach up to 400 meters, but that is only the longest range, the effective range is only 120 meters, and after the effective range of more than 120 meters, the projectile actually does not have any powerful lethality, even if it hits the target, it is only a slight "ding".
The riflemen, who had finished shooting, retreated, and the second platoon, which had long been ready to shoot, made an overly strong aiming maneuver, pulled the trigger at the officer's whistle, and after the shot was finished, they also retreated.
With the vision of the Persian charioteers, the distance made them watch the Han army lift out the rejection horse and set up the obstacle line, and see the long row of rejection horses, in addition to scolding the Han army for being cowardly as a mouse, they were confused and desperate for the next fate.
A chariot without axles does not have any small turning maneuvers after galloping, and it is a large detour to make a turn.
At the same time, the Persian chariots did not have a braking device, and they had previously tended to run wildly on their horses, and if they wanted to stop, they could only restrain the horses from reducing their speed until the previous kinetic energy was consumed, and it was impossible to say when they wanted to stop.
"The artillery positions should be placed on the array line."
Xu Guang looked at the Persian chariot in front of him that was crashing headlong into the horse rejection and looked miserable, turned his head and said to Liu Shen: "The artillery can fire shotguns, and the range is a little closer, only fifty meters, but it covers a wide area. ” The Han army did not have many opportunities to use bronze cannons, and for the time being, it did not sort out a set of combat methods that could fit its own positioning.
In terms of using bronze cannons, many generals actually used them as a tool of intimidation, and did not release the true power of bronze cannons.
"The enemy's infantry charged."
Liu Shen didn't know how to use the bronze cannon, and even if he knew how to use it to be the most effective, he wouldn't express his opinion.
He said with a blank face: "We have a chance to shoot." ” The second wave of the charge was still the Persian army, which seemed to be the kind of stuffy rush that had no formation at all.
The Roman short-legged men, who, after the charge of the second wave of the Persian army, formed a large column of nearly a thousand men in a row, trotted and began their own advance.
The Han army's temporary horse rejection obstacle line played a great role, the 800 Persian chariots were restrained by the fierce charge, they were wiped out by artillery fire more than 30 vehicles, nearly 100 were stuffy and crashed into the horse rejection line, the rest of those were on the road that their companions trampled out with blood, but in the face of the Han army's riflemen round after round of guns, only less than 20 successfully rushed into the Han army's riflemen array.
Not far to Liu Shen's left, there was a Persian chariot that collided, and the riflemen on that side did not do anything to evade it, but accepted the impact like that, and the war horse hit the wall of people blocking the way, and the remaining impact force only advanced about four meters forward, and then was drowned by the riflemen.
It's not that the riflemen can't dodge, it's that their tactics don't allow them to dodge, once a certain phalanx moves, the entire riflemen array line will be messed up, and the consequences may not be as simple as dozens of people lost in battle, so they can only be hard-hitting
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