414 Shooting
Neither Richard's undead legion nor the two-headed giant appeared.
This is not Richard's conscience, but Richard was afraid of scaring away the Yue family army...
The Undead Legion has more than 1,000 guards of the deceased graves. As long as Yue Fei has his brain, he will never fight head-on with the Undead Legion!
As for artillery, it poses little threat to the current Yue Family Army.
Because the Yue family army has experienced the baptism of artillery fire and has become accustomed to the battlefield where artillery fire is endless, it is no longer a rookie who just encountered artillery fire and was beaten by artillery fire.
Everything has a place to adapt. The Yue family army and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties in the battle, but at the same time, it also absorbed a lot of valuable practical experience, especially its resistance to artillery attacks!
If the current Yue Family Army is equipped with flintlock guns and artillery, and modern military training is carried out in time, the Yue Family Army will soon grow into a modern army no less than the continental infantry!
Unfortunately, Richard could not give the Yue family army a chance to catch up again, nor would he give the Southern Song Dynasty a chance to slowly imitate the flintlock rifle, thus achieving the opportunity for mass production.
In fact, the two sides fought so many times, in addition to artillery, samples of flintlock rifles have been transported back to the heart of the Southern Song Dynasty for imitation and research and development.
This kind of individual weapon cannot be completely eliminated on the battlefield, not to mention that the Beiwei Army led by Yue Fei also won a battle.
With the samples, the spring of the flintlock rifle, the biggest technical problem that plagued the Southern Song Dynasty, was solved.
The difference in weapons technology generation in this era is very low, and can be knocked out by hand, so it is relatively easy to imitate. If we reach the technological level before World War I, we cannot imitate samples without two industrial revolutions and receive samples.
Therefore, if Richard did not use this war to completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, and given the Southern Song Dynasty a few years to develop, the Southern Song Dynasty could have carried out a military reform and fully equipped the flintlock rifle!
After all, the industrial chain of firearm workshops in the Southern Song Dynasty was very developed, and as long as the technical barriers were broken, mass production was quite easy.
Sixty thousand Yue family troops vs. more than ten thousand Ming troops, which is why Yue Fei dared to fight this decisive battle.
Yue Fei believed that with his subordinates who had adapted to the artillery battlefield, he could definitely use the advantage of the number of people to kill the Ming army on the opposite side, even if the Ming army on the opposite side was not afraid of death!
At the beginning of the battle between the two sides, Yue Fei launched a charge at the Ming army's artillery positions with several large Spanish formations.
It is a real charge, even with the elite level of Yue's army, it also showed varying degrees of looseness during the charge.
Of course, it is impossible to maintain the formation perfectly in this kind of charge. Just keep an approximate density and complete system and rush forward.
The Ming army's artillery positions were only more than 2,000 infantry and 100 cavalry guards. As long as they rushed up and entered the hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army's artillery positions would be abandoned.
Without artillery, the Ming army could not defeat the Yue family army with those ten thousand cavalry alone!
Although the Yue family army is all infantry, they have rich experience in fighting against cavalry rushing.
After the Yue family army launched a charge, a feast of artillery fire was quickly ushered in.
First, there were long-distance Congreve rockets, and flames continued to bloom around the Yue Family Army's front.
However, just 10 Congrive rockets did not even disrupt the charge formation of the Yue family army. This thing has a great blow to morale, but if the number is insufficient, the lethality is far less than that of the shrapnel.
Then came the solid bullet shooting of 30 cavalry cannons.
The Yue family army has become accustomed to being bombarded by solid guns, and the charge array of the first echelon can still barely maintain the formation intact, although a whole row of infantry will often be taken away by a solid bullet...
The casualties of the Yue family army were increasing. Yue Fei, who was behind, looked at him expressionlessly, but his heart was bleeding. Those who died were all veterans who had followed him for many years!
These veterans are all good at hand-to-hand combat, but they are taken away before they can get in touch with the enemy on the battlefield today!
After the solid bullet, it is the most lethal shrapnel bullet, which is also the biggest test for the Yue family army!
The lethality of 20 6-inch howitzers exploded far exceeds that of 30 cavalry cannons!
One by one, the dazzling explosion fireworks bloomed above or around the Yue family army, taking away several or even dozens of lives!
Finally, the Yue Family Army formation, which was as stable as Mount Tai, began to loosen and became chaotic. Many square formations could no longer be maintained, but the overall rush continued!
Only the Yue family army can do this. If it were the army in the ordinary cold weapons era, large-scale fleeing began to occur at this time...
When the first echelon rushed to the range of howitzers, the Yue family army in the second echelon also set off. They will serve as a final force, or in case all the members of the first echelon collapse, they will continue to rush towards the enemy artillery positions.
However, as soon as the second echelon set off, a sound of bean-like explosion broke out on the front line. Ten Parker cannons lived up to expectations and gave another devastating blow to the Yue family army!
The Yue Family Army in the front row was almost completely lost under the shooting of Guard infantry and Parker artillery!
The tenacious Yue Family soldiers shouted "Loyalty to the country" and launched a charge selflessly. Many soldiers even rushed and shed tears. The scene in their minds of Yue Fei standing on the high platform before the battle revealed four blood words behind them!
When a man is born in this world, it is his responsibility to defend his country!
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Yue Family Army, Beiming was the invaders, they were the victims, and their war represented justice!
Finally, the first and most elite Yue Family Army officers and soldiers successfully reached the front line of the Guards' infantry defense line, and then the Yue Family Army, who suffered heavy losses, fought with more than 2,000 guards' fronts!
Next is the most terrifying scene. All the artillery behind did not entangle the infantrymen of both sides to stop shooting. The curved artillery was OK, but direct artillery like cavalry artillery had been replaced with shotguns and specifically bombarded in the direction of many troops in the Yue family, no matter where there were friendly troops!
In this way, it is equivalent to the guards blocking the Yue family's advance and staying in place to accept the bombardment!
This scene was something Yue Fei could never imagine. He knew that Richard was cruel enough, but he didn't guess that Richard would not even let him go!
The spirit of those guards who were accidentally injured by friendly forces behind their backs was greatly shocked by the Yue family army!
Finally, the Yue family army could not withstand the first step. They were living people, of course they could not bear the pain of continuous artillery attacks at close range...
When the Yue Family Army collapsed in the first lance, 5,000 lancers had already prepared to set off. Like a torso lamb, they used the collapsed Yue Family Army as a front drive and penetrated into the Yue Family Army's front of the second attack wave!
The artillery of the Ming army arrived as scheduled, and together with the lancers, the Yue family army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, were shrouded!
Chapter completed!