The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Start a continuous bombardment at a hundred steps."

Wu Zhankui had already understood the tactics of this unit, and saw that Wei Meng arranged the gunmen in five rows on both sides of the spear phalanx, so he quickly gave the order.

He has been with this unit for more than a month. During the training in Zhenjiang, he was surprised at first by the formation method of placing gunners on both sides of the pike square. After learning more about the role of gunners, After the slash shot, I thought hard for a long time before I finally understood what was going on.

But now that he was on the battlefield, he didn't have time to think about how effective this formation would be. Everything would be revealed soon.

The Japanese pirates were not moving very fast, but after they reached about a hundred steps, their running posture became weird, swaying left and right from time to time, a bit like convulsions.

This group of Japanese pirates didn't have many shields, but their charge formation was very loose, which was definitely very disadvantageous for their troops, which used cannons as their main weapons.

In fact, Wu Zhankui already knew that ordinary shields did not have much defensive advantage against gunshots, but the opponent also knew how to sway his body to avoid the gunman's aim, which was a bit unexpected to him.

After the Japanese pirates entered a hundred steps away, the small flag commanding the gunmen in the front row had already waved the saber in his hand and slashed forward, and then more than twenty bird cannons fired one after another.

"Bang bang bang"

After the gunmen in the first row fired their guns, they turned around in panic and walked through the crowd to stand at the back of the gunmen's queue and began to reload their orders. The gunmen in the second row stepped forward to take up their positions and stood where they were just now. The place where you stood.

The flag officer continued to wave his saber, and all the gunmen in the second row picked up their guns and began to aim in the central direction. As the flag officer slashed his saber, a series of "bang bang bang" sounds were heard.

White smoke rose up from the two wings of the Ming army's formation amidst the sound of gunshots. The Japanese pirates charging over from the opposite side also suffered casualties after the first shot. Some people kept falling while running.

Only a few of these people could still stumble to their feet, but there were also a few who lay completely motionless on the ground.

When the gunners in the fifth row fired the projectiles in their hands, the gunners in the first row had also completed the loading work and had returned to the first row of the team to start the second round of shooting again under the command of the flag officer Saber.

In the entire formation of gunners, the only motionless thing was the small flag directing the firing. It stood there motionless, just waving and slashing the saber in its hand.

"It's still a little slower than during training."

Wei Meng saw the gunman firing continuously, and he also had concerns in his heart.

When the gunslingers who had just retreated were reloading, many of their hands were still trembling. It was obviously their first time on the battlefield, and for them, the movements they were already very familiar with in their usual training were also affected.

"Better than spearmen. Those in front are also shaking. I don't know if they can withstand the battle later."

Wu Zhankui could clearly see the performance of the soldiers in front of him while riding on his horse, so he was naturally aware of the changes in the soldiers in front of him.

"These Japanese pirates are quite ruthless. They have already laid down 20 or 30 corpses, and they are still charging."

After continuous bombardment by gunmen, about thirty of Xiao Erbai's Japanese pirates had been killed, and they all lay down on the charging road.

However, the death of their companions did not seem to affect these desperadoes. Maybe they were used to it when they were on the sea. Actually, there was nothing like what the elders said, that if ten of them died, the military formation would easily collapse.

There are still hundreds of Japanese pirates rushing forward as if they are desperate. As the distance approaches, the soldiers of Qianhu Station of the Right Army also feel the threat of death. The gunmen are still doing well at the moment. The second round of Japanese pirates The shooting was continuing, but there was a little commotion among the shield bearers in the first row and the spearmen in the two rows behind.

"Xiao Liu, bring people up to suppress them. No one is allowed to look back or retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."

Wu Zhankui noticed the changes in the military formation ahead, and immediately issued an order to the leader of his own soldiers. After the voice fell, several soldiers in full body armor rushed out from behind and entered the military formation. For those who kept looking left and right, they seemed to have a will. The soldiers who were wavering went over and stabbed them with swords, and kept yelling and cursing.

The soldiers who were retreating slightly were slashed several times with the back of their swords. The severe pain seemed to temporarily make them forget their fear, and they stood there with their weapons in hand, but they did not dare to do anything else. action.

The Japanese pirates were already sixty steps closer to the military formation. Not only the soldiers in front, but also Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng could clearly see the fierce faces of the Japanese pirates charging towards them.

The Japanese pirates at the front are the most ferocious among this group of Japanese pirates, and they are also the elite of this group of Japanese pirates.

Naturally, Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng did not know that the group of Japanese pirates that rushed towards their army was actually a group of stragglers led by dozens of real Japanese. As long as those real Japanese could be defeated, the Japanese pirates would be defeated.

This group of Japanese pirates is a group of capable men around the Japanese pirate leader here. They are also a group of desperadoes, and their methods of killing the enemy are naturally extremely brutal.

The most ferocious group of people just ran among the Japanese pirates at the beginning of the charge. It was only at this time that they gradually rushed to the front.

They are about to encounter the army. They have experienced countless slashing and killing confrontations. They all know clearly that as long as the initial offensive is harsh enough, it can break the opponent's morale. As long as the opponent's morale is broken, it can easily be defeated. Win the battle here.

This group of officers and soldiers was a bit powerful. It was different from the previous battlefields they had encountered. They were actually able to keep their numbers close to each other and not collapse when they rushed forward.

Then I'm sorry, your brothers want the heads.

Thinking of the imminent killing, cruel smiles appeared on the faces of many bloodthirsty bandits.

At this time, the second round of shooting has ended, and the third round of shooting has just begun, but obviously there is no time to finish it.

When there were still about twenty steps away from the military formation, Xiao Qi, who commanded the phalanx of gunners, put away his saber and turned around. The gunners beside him all turned around at the sound of the command, and then quickly trotted back to the rear of the military formation. .

Wei Meng estimated in his mind that there were still about a hundred Japanese pirates, and the two and a half rounds of cannon fire only killed and wounded dozens of the Japanese pirates.

Closer, closer. When the Japanese pirates were more than ten steps closer to the formation, Wei Meng knew it was time to take action.

"fire."

At this moment, Wei Meng suddenly shouted loudly. A soldier beside him quickly waved the red flag in his hand. Several gunners in front of the gun and shield man who had been under great pressure saw the firing signal and hurriedly lit it. He caught the fuse and then quickly ran back to the formation.

Just a few steps after they entered their own military formation, they heard a series of gunshots behind them.

"Boom boom boom"

The seven bowl-mouth blunderbuss lined up in front of the formation were fired, and countless rubbles were pushed out of the blunderbuss tubes by the explosive gunpowder in the medicine chamber and flew forward in all directions.