Daming pirates

After reading it, Yu Xiaotian nodded slightly. Firstly, he was satisfied with the accuracy of the artillery fire. Secondly, he was satisfied with Chen Wencan, who was commanding the troops on the opposite side. After all, this was the strongest army in Fujian. Although they were hit by a round of shells, they were still

There was no chaos on the spot, which was rare.

The officers and soldiers continued to advance slowly, but Chen Wencan still did not give the order to start the assault, because he knew that at such a distance, manpower was limited. Once an assault was launched in advance, the officers and soldiers would have already begun to attack before they could reach the front of the enemy formation.

If the force is too strong, the charge will lose its impact. You must wait until you are about a hundred steps away from the enemy before you can launch an assault. Even the cavalry must be at a distance of two hundred to three hundred steps before you can gallop.

, so as to ensure that you will not collapse from exhaustion when you rush in front of the enemy's formation.

On the artillery company's position, after they started firing, they did not stop and launched a round of rapid fire. At the rate of two rounds per minute, they began to bombard the officers and soldiers. At first, they slammed those who were walking in front of the queue.

After several consecutive rounds, the dead soldiers of the army did not see that they were defeated, so they turned to Li Dazui's order, raised the muzzle of the gun, and began to bombard the main force of the army that followed behind.

There were many rabble among the main force of the official army, and they could not maintain their formation in the face of the bombardment like those dead soldiers. After two rounds of shelling, the main force of the official army began to become a little chaotic. A few timid people who were afraid of death had already turned around.

Body shape, Sayazi ran backwards.

But how could Chen Wencan let the team disperse now? He placed his soldiers behind the formation and personally led his troops to suppress the formation. When he saw someone turning around and trying to escape, he immediately ordered his soldiers to fire arrows.

Some of the soldiers were archers, and their archery skills were quite good. However, after just one round of shooting, a dozen officers and soldiers who were trying to escape were shot dead on the spot.

"Whoever dares to run away from the battle will face your fate! Keep moving forward, and we will never withdraw our troops until we capture the camp today!" Chen Wencan shouted sternly.

Seeing that being a deserter meant death, he suppressed the desire of many officers and soldiers to escape, and had no choice but to continue to push forward.

Thousands of people pressed forward at the same time, and the momentum was quite large, which inevitably caused some psychological pressure on the Sea Wolf tribe. Some recruits who had never seen a battle were already nervous at this time, and their whole bodies became stiff, and their hands

He gripped the weapon hard and felt a little sweat on his forehead.

But for the veterans, the pressure from this situation is nothing, because they know their own strength very well and have seen battles, so they don't react much.

When the officers and soldiers had advanced to a distance of about 200 meters in front of the Sea Wolves formation, Li Dazui suddenly ordered: "Take ten steps forward in a row and arrange in three rows horizontally! Prepare to shoot!"

One battalion and one company are actually the first musketry company formed by Yu Xiaotian that all uses Wolf fang rifles. This company is the elite of the Sea Wolf Army, all equipped with rifled Minie flintlock rifles, also known as Sea Wolf rifles.

The Wolf Fang Rifle, as the wolf calls it, has all the companies equipped with the Wolf Fang Rifle. The entire Sea Wolf Army has only formed two companies, and the other company is deployed in the second battalion. This is their first time.

Show your face before the battle.

In order to test the actual combat capabilities of a company that all used Wolf Fang rifles, Li Dazui took them out directly and placed them in front of the formation.

After the first company came out, it only took a short time to spread out in front of the formation and arrange themselves into three horizontal rows. There were seventy soldiers in each row, and there were thirty grenadiers lined up behind to wait for orders.

After such a company is lined up, the width of the row is only about fifty meters, and there is about two punches between each soldier.

"Reload!" The company commander drew out the Yan Fei Dao from his waist and raised it above his head, shouting loudly.

There was a crashing sound, and the soldiers of the company quickly put the butts of their long guns under their feet amidst the orders, took out the ammunition from their waists with the muzzles facing up, loaded it into the barrel of the gun, and then pulled out the gun under the barrel.

Pick up the stick, insert it into the muzzle of the gun and pound it lightly a few times to compact the projectiles and gunpowder. Insert the stick back, pick up the gun, pour the remaining gunpowder in the bamboo tube into the fire door, and cover the fire door.

The door was opened, and the flintlock mechanism opened with a click.

"Two hundred steps on the scale, aim!" the company commander shouted again.

After the successful trial production of the Wolf Fang rifle, Yu Xiaotian asked the gun manufacturer to make a small improvement to the Wolf Fang rifle, that is, the original fixed rear sight was modified into a selectable movable rear sight, with a ruler added on it.

Adjusting the rear sight scale according to the distance greatly improves the accuracy of the Wolf Fang rifle, and also reduces the trouble of training, making it easier for soldiers to master the aiming and shooting skills of this gun.

Two hundred meters is the absolute effective range of the Wolf Fang rifle. Although absolute accuracy of shooting cannot be guaranteed, when using concentrated fire salvos at this distance, the accuracy can still be guaranteed. In addition, there is no problem with the penetration of the projectiles, which is very

Suitable for shooting enemy cluster targets.

Originally, based on the performance of the Wolf Fang Rifle, it was completely guaranteed to effectively kill and injure enemy targets within 300 meters. However, for the sake of safety, Li Dazui decided to launch a salvo at the enemy group at 200 steps.

After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately adjusted the rear sight scale to the position of 200 meters, then raised their guns, put the butts on their shoulders, stabilized the gun bodies, and pointed the muzzles at the person who was heading towards them.

The officers and soldiers who advanced.

Chen Wencan had been watching the movements of the Sea Wolf from the horseback behind the team. When he saw that his dead soldiers were still about 200 steps away from the opponent, the Sea Wolf's men began to line up and raised the "Bird"

Gun" was stunned for a moment, but immediately a look of disdain appeared on his face.

As a military general, he is of course very familiar with the performance of bird guns. The bird guns of this era, even the most sophisticated bird guns, have an effective range of no more than seventy steps, and can often only hit fifty steps. If you want to

It is still difficult to accurately hit a human-sized target.

But the sea wolf started to aim his gun when he was two hundred steps away. This was simply a joke. Unless they didn't shoot, it would be impossible to hit their own people. If they really didn't shoot, two hundred steps away.

It takes a long time to reach seventy steps. How long can they hold on with a blunderbuss?

Therefore, Chen Wencan believes that Sea Wolf looks well-trained on the surface, but in fact he is just a rookie. He has the same moral character as the army. When he sees the enemy approaching, he just fires his gun.

After they have fired, it will be very troublesome to reload the muskets. As long as they take this opportunity to rush over, the muskets in their hands will become fire sticks. No matter how well they line up, they will not have to worry about being sent out by themselves.

The dead soldiers dispersed.

So when Chen Wencan saw this, he began to feel a little relieved, thinking that Sea Wolf was not actually that powerful and he could still win this battle.

Chen Wencan looked at it this way, and many of his subordinates also looked at it this way. The generals who were originally panic-stricken now also showed knowing sneers.

Even those who dared to die at the front saw the actions of the sea wolves on the opposite side, and none of them felt nervous at all. They might be afraid of those cannon shells, but for these muskets, they were

Don't worry, after all, in order to achieve success in the first battle, Chen Wencan and his generals spared no expense this time and put on all the cotton armor they had in the army.

These people have experience and have some understanding of the performance of bird guns. In their opinion, as long as they are wearing cotton armor, they will be hit by a bird gun even at fifty steps. Unless they are unlucky, the gun will not be able to penetrate their cotton armor.

A, not to mention that at a distance of 200 steps, it is even more impossible for the sea wolf to hit them.

So when they saw Sea Wolf's men starting to line up and raise their guns, instead of feeling nervous, they relaxed a little and even shouted arrogantly to cheer themselves up.

The leader Qian, when he saw the Sea Wolf tribe raising their guns, felt that an opportunity had come. Although two hundred steps was a bit far away, as soon as the other party opened fire, it created an opportunity for them. They were completely

You can rush over to your opponent after they have finished firing, but before they have finished reloading, to break up the opponent's formation.

So Mr. Qian immediately raised his sword and roared wildly: "Come on! Kill! Kill one to get enough, kill two to earn one! If you break into the camp, there will be a big reward! Brothers, charge!"

After hearing Mr. Qian's roar, these warriors who dared to die also let out a loud roar, raised their weapons one after another, howled and began to run towards the front.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers began to rush towards the Sea Wolf formation like a tide. At this time, the company commander of the first company showed a cruel sneer at the corner of his mouth and roared: "Fire!" The roar sounded at the same time.

, he swung the single sword forward heavily in his hand, pointing the tip of the sword directly at the officers and soldiers who were rushing over.

The musketeers in the front row had already completed their aim at this time, and were just waiting for the order to fire. As soon as the order was heard, they immediately pulled the trigger.

Immediately in front of the sea wolf formation, there was a sound of musketry like exploding beans. Each musketeer's body shook slightly when he fired, and his shoulders flashed back to relieve the recoil generated when the gun was fired.

Dozens of bullets flew out of the muzzle of the gun and hit the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

The sword players who were at the front of the army suddenly seemed to have hit an invisible wall. Some fragments flew from the shields in their hands, and a huge force was felt on their arms.

Many people were startled, lowered their heads to check, and suddenly saw holes appearing on the shields in their hands. Looking at them again, there was also a ball of blood on their bodies.

These people don't believe their own eyes at all. How is this possible? The shields in their hands are made of solid wood, some are covered with a layer of rawhide, and some people's shields are even covered with a layer of iron. How is this possible?

Punctured by a cannon?

This is a distance of nearly two hundred steps! What's more, they felt a sharp pain in their bodies. It was obvious that these muskets not only penetrated the shields in their hands, but even the cotton armor they wore did not stop them.

The opponent's blunderbuss.

Some people howled in pain, and fell to the ground with disbelieving eyes and unwillingness.