Valley Emperor

The artillery was firing, and the shells fell into the infantry arrays of both sides one after another. Every shell that fell into the infantry array was able to set off a **** storm, whether it was the well-trained Datang Army infantry or the Ming Army. The half-assed line infantry had no defense capability in front of the shells.

At this point, the only thing they can pray for is that the shells don't hit them!

However, although the shelling caused certain losses to the infantry formation of the 6th Infantry Division, it still did not stop the advance of the 6th Infantry Division!

The infantrymen of the 6th Infantry Division, all armed with muskets or spears, marched slowly under the command of the officer, neither fast nor slow.

The Ming army on the opposite side was also ready to fight. Those generals ran back and forth, shouting loudly, trying to maintain the stability of the Ming army's formation, and the Ming army who could line up in front and shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the right wing of the point guard was obviously the same ten Although the main force of the Wanming Army was severely bombarded, and soldiers of the Ming army were killed and wounded every moment, their formation was still able to be maintained.

This is a frontier army with a number of more than 10,000 people, which assumes the core defense center of the right flank.

Even though there are second-line troops in the Ming army, and there are even tens of thousands of young men, the Ming army generals on the opposite side are also very clear that the attack launched by the Tang army in the first round is definitely fierce, while the central army and the left and right are definitely fierce. On both wings, a main force must be deployed to serve as the core, otherwise, those second-line troops would be defeated by a charge of Tang Jun's troops.

But being able to maintain the array during the shelling doesn't mean anything!

In the past history of war between the Tang army and the Ming army, there are many Ming troops who can maintain the formation during the Tang army's shelling. In fact, most of the new troops in the Ming army can do it.

However, if it can withstand the slamming of the Tang army's infantry line in the follow-up, then there will be not many troops, and all that can be done are the main force of the Ming army.

But being able to maintain the front line, withstand the artillery fire of the Tang army, and withstand the line fire of the Tang army's infantry, still can't explain anything.

Many front-line main troops of the Ming army can do it, and they can even shoot against the Tang army!

But what about the end result?

Without exception, they were finally defeated, never without exception!

Whether it’s Zhang Yue’s superintendent in Changsha and Hengyang, Huguang’s training army, or Wang Yiqi’s Jiangnan new army and frontier army in Jiangnan campaign, in large-scale field operations, they often start with shelling and infantry shooting. Stage, they are able to play vigorously.

However, they still failed!

Why?

Because whenever the Datang Army launched the final bayonet charge, the Ming army on the opposite side couldn't hold on and was defeated!

This point, the Datang Army itself sees it very clearly. Although the advantages of artillery and muskets have brought them a lot of benefits, it is actually the last that really allowed the Datang Army to win in many large-scale frontal battles in the wild. Bayonet charge!

But did the Ming Army know?

Maybe they know, maybe they haven't seen it yet!

But whether they know it or not, they always focus on the sharpness of Tang Jun's guns, and they are constantly trying to catch up on this side.

They imitated the arquebuses of the Tang Army. Except for the limitations of their own reasons, the arquebuses imitated by the Ming army were difficult to achieve a large-scale uniform caliber. Most of the other aspects, including details, were exactly the same as those of the Tang army. If you don't distinguish the arquebus carefully, it is actually difficult to see the difference from the Tang's arquebus.

The same is true of artillery. They imitated and produced a large number of artillery. The five-jin field artillery had already become the absolute main force of the Ming army artillery. The seven-jin artillery was also a large-scale equipment.

On firearms, they almost followed the pace of the Datang Army!

It's just that the production of ordnance in the Ming Dynasty still remained on the traditional hand-made, which caused the inconsistency in data, the output was relatively low, and the cost was relatively high.

Hand-made, and industrialized mass production, the cost of both can be quite large.

However, although the Ming army imitated everywhere in ordnance and imitated tactics, there was one thing they could not imitate, and that was the unique training method of the Datang Army.

It's not that the Ming army didn't know how the Tang army trained, but they couldn't replicate it.

Because Tang Jun's training intensity is quite high, and the training intensity is high, not only the ammunition used in training is large, but also means that the requirements for physical fitness are very high, and thus the requirements for nutrition are quite high.

Nutritional supplements cost money!

The ammunition used for training also costs money!

The Datang Army's annual military expenditure exceeds 20 million taels of silver, which is worthy of supporting the Datang Army.

However, as for Emperor Zhengde, he spent only a few million military expenses in the last year, but he also maintained such a huge new army. These military expenses are used to purchase firearms, artillery and ammunition, and they are used to maintain operations. The soldiers eat two meals a day, and it is not easy to barely eat. There is still extra money for the soldiers to manage every day.

After all, there is no money!

The result of lack of money is that the quality of the soldiers of the Ming army is generally not as good as that of the Tang army.

Today, the 6th Infantry Division is advancing, and although the Ming army on the opposite side is still maintaining its formation amid the rumble of artillery, can they stop the attack of the opposite pseudo-Tang bandit army?

Even though today's battlefield spreads for several kilometers, the battle on the 6th Infantry Division's side is only part of it, but this battle is so crucial that it attracts the attention of high-level officials on both sides.

Li Xuan's telescope frequently looked towards the 6th Infantry Division!

And Emperor Zhengde, at this time, was also looking to the right wing with a telescope.

The telescope in his hand was naturally not produced by the Ming army, but seized from the Tang army. The Ming army and the Tang army fought for many years, not to mention the mere telescope. Even artillery and inland warships were seized, but the number Very little, far less than the Ming army lost.

Through the telescope, Emperor Zhengde saw that his right-wing troops were adjusting the array, because the opposing Tang army attacking troops were also adjusting the array.

It didn't take long for the distance between the two sides to be shortened to only about 80 meters, and this distance was enough for the musketeers on both sides to fire and cause damage.

At this time, the musketeers on both sides used arquebuses, and even the details were similar, but the reloading speed and hits of the musketeers on both sides were quite different.

Emperor Zhengde could clearly see that after multiple rounds of shooting from both sides, the fallen soldiers of his own side had to surpass the strength of the Tang army on the opposite side.

And this gap is not small, I am afraid at least double the gap!

This is because although the offensive troops of the Tang army are not many, there is only one division and three infantry regiments, but the proportion of musket equipment on the Ming army is lower.

The proportion of musket equipment of the new Ming army varies from one to another, but generally it can only reach 30%. No matter how high it is, their musket output will not be so much.

The Datang Army was also in large-scale industrial production, and at the same time, it was also able to achieve a one-to-one equipment ratio of arquebuses and spearmen only when many Ming army arquebuses were seized.

On the side of the Ming Army, it is obviously impossible to do so.

The 6th Infantry Division went up to shoot, and the shotgun team under the 6th Infantry Division also pulled the artillery up and fired close to it. When the shotgun fired at close range, its power was quite amazing. It can even kill a row of people on the other side.

But the Ming army on the opposite side also had Folang machine guns and Wankou guns.

Simply shooting shotguns and muskets against each other is obviously not what the 6th Infantry Division wants, so when they shoot against each other, they are actually advancing steadily.

They used progressive shooting, and although the speed was not fast, it was still advancing slowly!

Eighty meters, fifty meters, thirty meters!

At this time, the grenadiers in the rear also began to line up, struggling to throw grenades into the queue of the Ming army on the opposite side.

Coincidentally, the Ming army on the opposite side also threw some grenades, but the Ming army has never had many grenades. Although it caused some losses to the 6th Infantry Division, it was far less than the grenadiers of the 6th Infantry Division. of casualties.

Seeing that it was almost over, the officers who commanded the battle in front were also shouting: "Charge!"

Shooting against each other has never been the basis for the victory of the Datang Army. It was the bayonet charge at the last juncture!

When the officers gave the final charge order, the first infantry regiment on the left charged directly, and then the remaining two infantry regiments!

At this time, the heavily armored spearmen in the infantry regiment finally showed their worth after suffering many casualties from one side in silence!

Wearing plate armor and holding a four-meter-five-long spear, they became the backbone of hand-to-hand combat!

At the moment when the infantrymen of both sides came into contact, the casualties caused by both sides exceeded the total number of casualties caused by the previous shelling, gunshots, and grenade explosions!

In just a few seconds, countless people on both sides of the infantry screamed!

However, if you listen carefully, you will find that the screams from the Datang Army are much less!

The full-body armor, half-body armor of the spearmen, the cuirass of the musketeers, and the helmets per hand helped them block a large number of spears and bayonets!

However, compared to the nearly 100% armor coverage rate of the 6th Infantry Division's front-line combat infantry, the Ming army's armor coverage rate was less than 50%.

And even if half of them are equipped with armor, their armor protection level is very ordinary, and it can't be compared with the plate armor that is several millimeters thick in the Tang army.

So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ just over ten seconds later, a very terrifying scene appeared on the battlefield!

After the 6th Infantry Division rushed up, the more than 10,000 Ming troops on the opposite side were desperately resisting, but the casualties were too heavy, and finally they lost the courage to continue to resist, and then, like all routs, let the Ming army generals. No matter how they shouted, the soldiers still fled in a swarm!

In the first battle of the decisive battle between the two sides, the 6th Infantry Division of the Datang Army won an overwhelming victory.

When the troops on the right wing of the Ming army collapsed one after another, and the entire right wing was about to be completely destroyed, Emperor Zhengde, who was at the rear of the central army, closed his eyes slightly!

At this moment, no one knows what he is thinking!

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