Chapter 541
"Fire!" Yao Su waved his right arm fiercely and looked nervously at the Jin army outside the city, not daring to breathe.
With a muffled sound, several plumes of black smoke rose from the top of the city, and artillery shells roared towards the Jin army's formation.
Wanyan Yuying was about to order an attack when he saw several iron bullets flying into his army formation with a roar. The iron bullets came quickly and urgently, directly smashing a path of blood in the army formation. Suddenly there were dozens of people missing.
Their arms and legs were broken, and they screamed in the military formation. Many people lost their lives directly.
Wanyan Yuying was stunned by this sudden sight. She stared there blankly, not knowing what to do for a moment.
When the Jin Army hesitated, the Song Army's second round of artillery fire was fired. The whistling shells flew towards the front, and one accurate shot penetrated the Jin Army's formation.
As the artillery in Shenshan County was fired, the two nearby villages also adjusted their muzzles and opened fire together. The Jin army arrayed in front of the city became a living target, and almost no cannon was missed. The shells hit the crowd, and the people they encountered were light.
Severe injuries may result in injury, severe injuries may result in death.
In a few breaths, the Jin army's formation was already in disarray.
Wanyan Yuying was terrified. He shouted loudly: "Withdraw! Withdraw! The entire army retreats immediately!"
How could the densely formed Jin army react at that moment? As Wanyan Yuying raised his flag, some people wanted to turn around, and some wanted to retreat. Coupled with the large number of seriously injured people, they were all crowded together for a while.
, a mess.
Every time the Song army at the top of the city fired three artillery pieces, someone would carry a bucket and pour water on the barrels. Even so, the barrels would still turn red after a while.
At this time, the Jin army outside the city seemed to have entered the Asura Hell. I don’t know how many people were killed and how many were injured. The formation was completely chaotic. Except for a few people who successfully retreated, most of them were huddled together. Cannonballs on the city were still falling.
There were screams everywhere.
On the hillside in the west of the city, Jiang Min shook his head. He put down the telescope, shook it vigorously with his hand, tried it again, and handed it to Liang Xing beside him.
Liang Xing only saw chaos in front of the city. He couldn't see clearly from a distance and didn't know what was going on. He picked up the telescope and took a look and was startled. He said to Jiang Min, "Zhaofu, what's going on in front of the city?"
Jiang Min said: "There are cannons on top of the city. The Jin army arrayed in front of the city. Aren't they looking for death? We have cannons in the army, and war will be different from now on."
When artillery first appeared, it did not change the shape of war. To a certain extent, it was just better-used crossbows and better-used swords and guns. War was still the way it used to be. But when field artillery matured, war was no longer
When the city was defended, the war changed. In the face of powerful artillery, the city could not be defended, and a dense offensive formation could not be formed in the field. Even because the artillery at high altitudes had a longer range and better vision, some important highland positions
Sex exceeds the city.
In Europe, the improvement of cannon was a process of contradictions. At first, city defense cannons were commonly used, and the attackers also tried their best to drag the cannons to the city, or cast them directly in front of the city. At this time, there were basically no field battles for cannons.
ability, the most typical form of warfare is bastion offensive and defensive warfare. When field artillery develops maturely, the attacker can use a small number of troops to control the bastion even if it does not capture the bastion. The form of warfare has changed. City, bastion
The importance of the fort was greatly reduced, the war became mainly field battles, and the size of the military force also increased rapidly.
Due to special historical conditions in China, field artillery did not develop, especially powerful field artillery, which did not become the main force of war. In China's history, it was actually a form of warfare dominated by cold weapons, which directly fast-forwarded to modern times.
The form of war with firearms. How to fight a war with front-loaded field artillery? This has never happened in Chinese history.
Wang Xiaolie didn't know much about artillery, and he was trying to figure out how to use it in actual combat. However, due to his past life memories, when making artillery, he focused on field artillery, with special emphasis on the mobility of the artillery. These field artillery
The addition of the United States has actually fundamentally changed the shape of war.
Wanyan Yuying's three thousand men were the first army in this era to directly face artillery. The fact that they were not completely destroyed by more than a dozen cannons in front of Shenshan County was already the result of the Jin Army being particularly powerful. For them, failure was inevitable.
avoid.
Liang Xing watched for a while, then put down his telescope and said to Jiang Min: "Zhaofu, the Jin army has retreated, should we pursue it?"
Jiang Min said: "It's not that easy to run away. Once out of the artillery range, Jin Shuai will try to regroup his troops. If he can't think of a way to retreat, then it's time for us to pursue. General, my five hundred cavalry,
In addition to your five hundred cavalry, how about eating all these three thousand gold troops?"
Liang was startled and said: "I came to Shenshan because I thought that if I recruit more than a thousand troops to fight against three thousand Jin troops, I'm afraid I won't be able to defend the county. Who would have thought that these Jin troops would be vulnerable to the recruitment. This,
this--"
Jiang Min said: "As a commander, you should have enough understanding of the war. You must know clearly how your own soldiers are, how the enemy's soldiers are, the morale of both sides, and the weapons. If Wanyan Yuying can wake up quickly and adjust his tactics
, how could three thousand people be so vulnerable? If he couldn't react and insisted on letting his soldiers go to the city to die, who could save him? Since Jingkang, have there been few cases of the Jin army fighting ten against one? Are all Han people afraid of death?
If the war is defeated, the commander must bear a very heavy responsibility. In other words, it is not a problem of one commander, but a problem of the entire war command system."
Liang Xing was silent. Jiang Min, who had the best academic performance in the military academy, had naturally considered these issues. As a leader of the rebel army who rose up during the war, why did Liang Xing consider these issues? What Liang Xing wanted to know now was when to pursue the pursuit.
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Jiang Min raised the telescope and observed the situation in front of the city. Today's telescopes are very difficult to use and have various problems. When using them, they often suddenly lose sight. Patting and flicking is a common action.
After seeing Yan Yuying on horseback, he looked at his reassembled army and then at the city head. He hesitated for a long time. In the end, he ordered the retreat. Jiang Min put away the telescope and said decisively: "The Jin army is about to retreat! Let's go!"
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After finishing speaking, he said to Liang Xing: "Five miles away is the Laohe River. The Jin army must leave people there to guard the ferry. Let's seize the ferry and fight to the death with the Jin army on the river bank! Jin Shuai no longer tries to attack, but
He retreated decisively, not an ordinary person!"
Liang Xing accepted the promise. Together with Jiang Min, he led the army along the hillside and rushed to the Lao River in the north. It was spring now. If they found a suitable place, the Jin army could wade across the river. However, if they were suddenly attacked by the enemy,
Chapter completed!