The Rise of the European Emperor

For a time, the musketeers on the left wing of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms and the right wing of the Beihai Kingdom Army fell into a vicious circle of "harming each other".

If considering the tactics of later generations, the best choice for the Beihai musketeer at this time is to charge with a bayonet. However, in this day and age, it is not wise to charge with a bayonet. Because three-quarters of the enemy's soldiers were spearmen. The mere bayonet, in front of a spear a few meters, is not enough to see.

In addition, this is also the first large-scale musket-to-fire war in European history, a rare opportunity. The reason why Marin let his subordinates shoot with each other stupidly is to make his soldiers adapt to this extremely cruel shooting.

Why are guns so cruel to shoot? Because, being hit by tens of grams of spherical lead bullets is basically not good. Dozens of grams of lead bullets cause too much damage. What is even more frightening is that the spherical lead bullets will tumble in the human body, stirring the flesh and blood. Once the lead bullet penetrates into the human body, it will not stop until it creates a big blood hole. of course there are exceptions. That is, the buckshot hit the bone...

But, that's just as miserable. Because, this means that the bones will be broken or even smashed by lead bullets. Even if they can be rescued, they will become disabled.

Also, lead bullets are poisonous. After entering the human body, it will have adverse effects on the human body. In addition, when the lead bullet is shot into the human body, it will also be shot into the human body with pieces of the victim's clothes. And the rags of clothing, including the buckshot itself, were dirty. If you come into contact with flesh and blood, you can easily get infected.

Therefore, when Marin was watching movies about the South American War in the old America in his last life, the doctors always saw the legs amputated for the soldiers who were shot in the legs, which was very scary. For this reason, the musket shooting of this spherical lead bullet is cruel.

Even, the damage of this spherical lead bullet is much heavier than the damage of the pointed bullet of later generations. The pointed bullets of later generations, although more powerful, have a longer range. However, when ingested into the human body, it will not roll violently. If it is a steel bullet, it is likely to pass through the human body, leaving a blood hole directly on the human body. Such wounds, as long as they don't hit the vitals and arteries, are bandaged, and pay attention to hemostasis and disinfection, they will be fine. The smaller the caliber of the bullet, the less damage it does.

For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, Guizi's 38th cover, because of its small diameter, was only 6.5 mm, plus it had a long range and great power. As a result, he hit the Eighth Route Army and passed through his body, leaving only a blood hole. Many Eighth Route Army soldiers wrapped up the blood hole and continued to fight, and it was fine. On the other hand, it was made by Hanyang and Zhongguang. Because of the large caliber of 7.92 mm and the short range, the bullets are easy to stay in the body after being shot into the human body (the pointed bullets will have a certain rolling effect if they stay in the human body), and the damage is higher. Of course, this refers to close range shooting. If it is a long-distance shot, it must be the top three or eight.

The spherical lead bullet is different, because the shape of the spherical bullet has a large resistance, and it will definitely stay in the human body after being shot into the human body. In addition, it will roll and stir in the human body, which often hurts more than the pointed bullet. A single shot would be more deadly than being hit by a modern rifle of later generations.

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Right now, the musketeers on the two sides who are shooting at each other on the battlefield feel the deepest feelings about this. Especially, the unlucky ones who got shot. At this moment, they are simply in pain...

In comparison, the 50g projectiles of the Earl of Galden Musketeers did more damage. Of the dozens of Beihai musketeers who were shot, several were killed on the spot. And those who survive are either not far from death, or are destined to be disabled.

But before dying or being maimed, they can only now fall to the ground in pain and wailing...

However, war is cruel. The pace of war will not stop because of their pain and wailing. The two sides continued to shoot at each other, but the North Sea country musketeers had the advantage.

Why? Because the North Sea country musketeers use clockwork muskets. Because there is no match, I am not afraid of accidentally igniting the ammunition of my comrade-in-arms. Therefore, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom are more closely arranged and their firepower is more dense. And the musketeers of the Earl of Galden, because they used arquebuses,

They had to be separated by 1 meter from each other. In terms of firepower density, it is naturally inferior to the opponent.

In addition, the reloading of clockwork muskets is faster than that of arquebuses. Because, when the matchlock gun is loaded, the matchlock must be removed from the fixture first. Then, start loading the ammo. After the ammunition is loaded, the match rope tied to the left hand must be clamped again to the clamp on the musket. Then adjust it so that it can smoothly extend the burning matchstick into the gunpowder pool after pulling the trigger.

As a result, the reloading speed of the arquebus was slowed down. Marin's clockwork musket, the average loading time is only about 30 seconds. And the arquebus of the country of Galden, it takes at least 1 minute to reload.

At the beginning, in the first round of three-stage strikes, I couldn't see it. But after the first round of three-stage strikes, the gap was revealed—the second round of three-stage strikes for the musketeers in Beihai Kingdom started soon, while the arquebusiers from the Earl of Geldon were separated by more than 30 seconds. It took time to restart the second round of three-stage strikes...

Taking advantage of the 30 seconds of waiting, the commander of the Beihai National Musketeer took the opportunity to send someone to carry the injured musketeer to the field hospital for emergency treatment...

After a few rounds of shooting, the musketeer commander of the North Sea Kingdom felt that something was wrong-why did more musketeers on their side fall than the other side? However, he didn't have time to think about anything else, so he could only grit his teeth and insist on continuing to shoot...

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At this time, the central army and the left wing of Beihai Kingdom were not idle - they were waiting, waiting for the artillery of the coalition of the eight kingdoms...

Sure enough, 40 small bronze cannons appeared in the central army of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms...

These 40 bronze cannons belonged to the feudal lords of the Eight Kingdoms. They were assembled together by the 8 feudal lords, and were specially used to attack the Central Army of the Beihai Kingdom. However, these guns are not large in caliber, generally only one or two pounders, and the largest is three pounders. Moreover, its style is also the most popular French rear-mounted gun in Europe.

Originally, these artillery pieces should have been placed in front of the line early. Because these guns are old-fashioned guns without gun mounts and gun lugs, only a bare barrel. Before each battle, people must be sent to dig a pit and bury it in front of the formation.

However, Charles, Earl of Geldon, thought that setting up so many artillery pieces too early would scare Marin from taking the main force out of town to fight. Therefore, these artillery pieces were not pulled in front of the formation at first, but were hidden in the middle of the battle formation.

When the musketeers on the left wing of the coalition army took the lead in exchanging fire with the musketeers of the Beihai Kingdom, the coalition artillery hidden in the middle of the road was finally carried to the front of the formation, and began to dig holes and bury...

And Marin, who has been observing with a telescope at a high place behind the formation, also ordered at this time:

"It's finally out! Just waiting for you! The order, our three-pounder should also appear!"

Therefore, under the rhythmic command of the bugle, the Beihai Army Middle Route Army also pulled out dozens of three-pounder guns from the inside to the front of the formation, aiming at the opposite artillery position...