Zhumala could not hear Geng Jimao's sarcasm, but he was over fifty years old and had always been steady. Otherwise, he would not have been able to participate in the battle as Boluo's deputy. He had just seen the situation of the two Mongolian cavalry fighting with the United States' hollow phalanx. The solemn and persistent hollow phalanx defeated his confidence in Mongolian cavalry. At this time, he understood why the green camp cavalry from Shandong often carried another bird gun after being equipped with a cavalry. It turned out to be like this.

Zhumala Laoyu was very clear that what restricted the cavalry from playing was not the flintlock rifles or shining bayonets, but the tight formation of this army. Zhumala responded: "No need, King Jingnan, this island barbarian is not panicked at all against the cavalry, and the formation is not chaotic. I think it is the elite among the island barbarians, why waste the lives of my Qing men."

Geng Jimao nodded slightly, his expression became much more relaxed. He sent several waves of messengers to urge the Shenzhen camp to send elite boys and artillery troops as soon as possible.

At this time, the United States also encountered problems in the breakthrough. The reason was that the engineers were not very successful in blasting the embankment. The embankment was raised by the Qing army on the basis of the original embankment. The increased part was flattened by the explosion. However, the original embankment was not easy to be blasted because of the long construction time. The slope was too large after the floating bridge was built. The soldiers were not willing to say that the cavalry and artillery were difficult to pass through. There were only two companies of artillery that had already crossed the bridge. One was a light howitzer company, equipped with a short-barrel howitzer, only about 240 kilograms, and the other was a flying cavalry company. The artillery dismantled the artillery and transported it to assembled. However, the army could not cross the river by relying on the heavy howitzer company and twelve-pound cannons that were the core of firepower. This also caused the artillery on the embankment to be "not saying a word" when the Mongolian cavalry was performing their crimes.

The plan for the present was to speed up the construction of the wooden bridge. The already built floating bridge quickly passed more infantry. As more and more infantry crossed the river, Li Shan, the commander of the First Division, ordered two hollow square formations to move to both sides, arrange the new crossing camps into horizontal formations, expanding the defense surface and defense depth. Throughout the day, the Qing army did not attack on a large scale. In the afternoon, the First Brigade of the First Division had crossed the river in addition to two heavy howitzers, and also received infantry support from a regiment and deployed on the front. The Qing army continued to increase its troops, and the infantry and cavalry arrived.

"What is that?" Shen Shichu asked in surprise, pointing at the artillery laid out on the frontier of the Qing army on the embankment.

"It should be a Spanish-style three-pound cannon." The artillery staff was older and came from the age of the community. Seeing that the cannon loaded on the cannon cart was thick and short, quite similar to the Spanish cannon that he had seen when Li Mingxun conquered Luzon, he immediately said.

"But the banner should be Xu Cheng's unit of the left-wing green camp of Jingnan Fan." Qian Yuxin, the commander of the First Brigade, said that Qian Yuxin was the Minister of Industry and Shipbuilding of the United States. He followed Li Mingxun to Taiwan when he was young. He is now a 27-year-old major general brigade commander and is also a representative of the young generation of the United States.

In front of you, there were about 6,000 people from the lower left wing of the Jingnan vassal, and there were more than 6,000 people in the central army of the Qing army. The left wing of the two wings was the lower cavalry of the Jingfan vassal, and the right wing was the mixed infantry and cavalry of the Dingfan vassal, while the cavalry of Zhumala was behind the formation, both suppressing the formation and supervising the army. Dingfan and Jingfan were born from the Ming army, and the tactics were similar. The Green Camp placed three-pound cannons and some Folang machines in front of the formation, and behind were three rows of bird gunners, with swordsman and spearmen behind. However, the three thousand bird gunners were spread out on the front of nearly three miles. This is a typical Ming army's fighting style, using firearms to spread the wide front, and the cavalry, as the main force of the assault, were on the flank.

The First Brigade of the Army uses the company's horizontal formation as the basic unit. One company forms two rows of basic horizontal formations, which only occupies about 25 meters of fronts. The company is fifteen meters apart. The two regiments have a total of 32 infantry companies, half in the front and half in the back, occupying a total of less than 700 meters of fronts, forming a firepower density far exceeding the enemy's army.

"It's getting late. If the enemy is not defeated at this time, when will it last?" Li Shan stood with a knife and said confidently. Qian Yuxin knew that before dark, he would build fortifications to stabilize the bridgehead. If there were established enemies in front of him, it would be unsuccessful. There were two remote villages behind the enemy to rely on, and there were only a bare embankment behind him.

Qian Yuxin immediately commanded the attack, and the hollow quadron on both wings remained maintained, but he was deployed slightly forward, and the attack was the main force of the central army. Qian Yuxin felt much more at ease when he heard Li Shan just ordered the enemy to be defeated. There were no cavalry in the main formation crossing the river, so he couldn't pursue it.

As the order was issued, the two central regiments began to attack. The soldiers used the company's horizontal formation as the basic formation, and quickly advanced about 200 steps per minute, until less than 400 meters away from the front of the Qing army. At this time, the artillery on the front of the Qing army had begun to bombard the guns of various generals, the victorious cannons and the three-pound cannons were lit up, mixed with orange, yellow and black green smoke covered the front of the Qing army. Except for the three-pound cannons, the rest were extremely messy. I think the artillery medicine of these cannons has not been completely unified.

The Qing army artillery fired for a while and found that it had no effect at all. The distance between the two sides was still too far. Until the horizontal formation stopped moving forward, the three-pound cannon only played some of the effects. The solid shells bounced on the ground, taking the lives of several army soldiers. Four hundred meters was the limit range of the three-pound cannon jump. At this time, the shells were very low and seemed to be able to stop at any time. The soldiers' eyes could easily catch the rolling shells. Even if they knew they would hit them, they could not escape or even avoid them, because the density of the line infantry was too high.

A soldier only occupies half a meter in width, and is surrounded by the soldiers on both sides, standing shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers. Not to mention escaping, he cannot even bend around and bend down. The soldiers who were killed and injured were dragged down, and the vacancy was filled by the people in the back row, and the array was still serious.

"Don't worry about artillery, shoot in battalions and defeat the enemy!" Qian Yuxin conveyed his order.

According to the regulations of the Army's Code, the volley should be controlled between 100 meters and 250 meters, so that the firepower advantage of the flintlock can be exerted. If it exceeds 250 meters, the muzzle must be raised appropriately and no longer aim directly. Of course, with the development of the army, the upper limit gradually increased to 300 meters. After all, the processing accuracy of the flintlock rifle is improving. At this time, the army's flintlock rifle looks similar to that of 150 years later. In fact, the gap between the bullet and the barrel is relatively large, and the direct shooting distance is relatively short.

Within a hundred meters from the enemy's line of fire, and even many later people think that thirty or even eighteen meters is not the main combat method of line infantry. According to the infantry practice, only when facing line infantry troops with the same tactics, the same technology and high morale can the front-line commander, that is, the major general, orders to advance to a relatively close range for volleys, use a few volleys to cause huge casualties in the enemy, and then win the war. However, such tactics have not been realized for a long time in the future. Although flintlock rifles are also popular, it will take a long time to appear line infantry troops. It is completely unnecessary to deal with the Green Camp with weak firepower and low fighting spirit. Although the lives of soldiers are just numbers in the eyes of generals, no one will ignore the lives of soldiers.

Four hundred meters, the battalion-level volley was launched.

Because battalion-level volleys do not pursue speed at all, and the shooting intervals will continue to expand, the soldiers were able to load the medicine slowly and use iron strips to push them. Then, under the command of the battalion commander, they shot the enemy array, load, volley, and load volleys, and repeated the soldiers became machines for repeated movements.

The hit rate is very low, and it will definitely not exceed three thousandths. Moreover, the bullets flying over the curve caused mostly contusions and minor injuries to the Qing army in cotton armor. The Qing army that was killed was hit by lead and soft positions such as soft positions. The battalion-level volley lasted for fifteen rounds. The infantry lined with wet cloth to dissipate heat for the barrel, while the Qing army array opposite was in chaos because they were completely passively beaten, without any obstruction. Seeing the bronze cannon be smashed around them and hit the chest, the dodge of the array caused the suppression of Jingfan's personal soldiers, and the Qing army who died at the hands of Goshha surpassed those who died at the lead.

Neither the Jingfan nor the Eight Mongolian Banners had seen such tactics. At this time, two artillery companies of the First Brigade had arrived at the forefront. Four howitzers (without two heavy artillery) and six four-pound artillery were laid out. The grenadiers, who were reserves around the commander, helped the artillery push artillery and transport ammunition. Without pulling the horse, it was difficult to operate the light artillery. The well-designed sports car was vulnerable in the muddy rice fields.

At a distance of 400 meters, the four-pound cannons and light howitzers all chose heavy shotguns. Shotballs filled with tin cans were filled into the cannon chamber, and then shot at the enemy array in the distance by gunpowder. Qian Yuxin felt that the enemy's morale was declining. In order to make the enemy's choice in advance, ten artillery guns chose rapid shooting. The rapid shooting of the four-pound cannons can be achieved in four shots per minute, much faster than the flintlock rifle. The speed of the heavy shotgun at a distance of 400 meters was far higher than that of lead. When hit by a walnut-sized artillery shell, it was useless no matter how many layers of armor were used. At a distance of 400 meters, the spread of the four-pound cannon heavy shotguns remained at about fifty meters. The shooting hit rate increased very quickly, and only the artillery commander looked extremely ugly. In the field, the four-pound copper cannon could shoot more than 3,500 times when using solid bullets. When using shotguns, the lifespan dropped rapidly to 300 times, and the artillery's heart was bleeding.

The Qing army could not withstand such firepower, so Geng Jimao ordered a retreat and retreat into the village, using the soil enclosures and adobe walls around the village as cover for fortifications. The soil enclosure with a thickness of more than half a meter requires four pounds of cannons to reach a distance of 200 meters before it can be destroyed. Each time it hits, a gap of less than one meter is created. Even if the flying cavalry cannons are used up, it is useless, but this does not mean that the army has no choice.

Four light howitzers were placed in front of the formation. The diameter of the light howitzer was only about 4.5, and the gun weighed less than 250 kilograms. It could drive a 24-pound flowering bullet to a distance of 400 meters. The heavy howitzer was the same as the shells it used, but the diameter was larger and the range could reach 700 meters.

The howitzer company is generally equipped with four light guns and two heavy guns. Heavy guns with more than 800 kilograms cannot pass through the floating bridge. Now only light guns are in place. In the rice fields, the howitzer company sets its formation, which is only ten meters away from the cannon positions that use solid bullets. In order to prevent the shells from exploding, the howitzer's gun positions are fifteen meters apart. The ammunition truck loaded with forty shells (also the towing vehicle) is thirty-five meters behind the gun positions. In addition to the ammunition truck, there are twenty shells on the gun cars.

Unlike the mortar gun that requires a grenade fuse, the howitzer does not need to be like this. After the loaded gun medicine is filled, the grenade is stuffed in. After the artillery company commander observes and calculates, the gunners at each gun position turn to adjust the appropriate elevation angle. The gunner uses a copper fire door to pierce the gunpowder pack and pour in the lead drug. After receiving the order, the lead drug ignites the launch drug. The launch drug ignites the launch drug. The launch drug ignites the grenade and pushes the grenade out. The gunpowder gas generated by the explosion ignites the fuse on the top of the grenade. The smoke-emitting grenade flies to the deserted village in the distance. The artillery company commander uses a telescope to observe the landing point.

After a moment, the shells fell into the village, three explosions were made. Obviously, one shell was a dud. For today's howitzers, the fire rate was still very high. This was related to the dry ground in the village. When the Qing army was bombarded, the grenades were not used because the rice fields restricted the explosion of grenades.

Twenty-four pounds of grenade exploded in the village, and iron shells flew everywhere, taking the lives of many people. The inadequately burned gunpowder turned into arson at this time, igniting the thatched walls and fences. Black smoke rose and flames bloomed. The artillery company commander was still dissatisfied and ordered the gunner to cut off one-third of the grenade tubes. In the second round of volleys, only two grenades exploded successfully, but exploded in the air at the top of the deserted village.

The shelling lasted for a quarter of an hour. Each cannon fired fifteen grenades, and a total of forty-seven explosions were exploded. The effect was very obvious. The flames in the village had not been extinguished, and groups of green camp soldiers ran out of the village, which meant that the Qing army generals' control over the soldiers was decreasing.

Qian Yuxin immediately placed the grenadiers at the forefront, using bayonets as units, with bayonets, and four-pound cannons pushed forward to support infantry attacks. The howitzers used the advantage of the curved fire not affecting the infantry's attack, and prepared to launch a rapid fire at the appropriate time. The army pressed forward, and the Jingfan began to retreat. The first group of retreating were artillery soldiers, especially those three-pound cannons, pulled out of the village by people and horses. Then the infantry was on the verge of collapse, and finally the Jingfan cavalry who were under the pressure of the formation.

Without any restraint from the Qing army, the First Division began to cross the river on a large scale. That night, Qian Yuxin reported to Li Mingxun who crossed the river, killed 320 Qing troops, captured more than 70, seized seven cannons, more than 70 bird guns, and many armored weapons.

At this time, the wooden bridge was also completed. Before dark the next day, the engineers carried out another blast, blowing the northern embankment by more than two meters. After lowering the slope, the artillery carts had to go up the shore. After three days, the United States Army's First Division and the Mixed Brigade had completely crossed the river, and two floating bridges were opened for the remaining Allied troops to cross the river. The Allied 80,000 land divisions and massive ammunition supply were all crossed in the twelve days. On this land in Shenzhen, the Qing army, the United States Army, the Ming army, the Shun army and the Western army, all five major military and political groups had already appeared in the late Ming Dynasty.
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