Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 977 It's easy to get hooked, but hard to unhook

The horses sprinting at high speed, the spear points and sabers shining in the sun, the sound of horseshoes rolling like thunder, and the collision between infantry bayonet phalanx and cavalry have always been the cruelest and most classic scenes in war.

There is no absolute restraint on cavalry in any infantry phalanx, and the hollow formation is only relatively effective.But the hollow phalanx was able to confront the cavalry in the modern war in the previous life, and it has repeatedly become the opponent's nightmare. It is not because of the bayonets that make the horses afraid, but first of all, their powerful firepower.

This is the easiest array to bring out the lethality of musketeers.

Several scattered infantry phalanxes, shooting across each other, and combined with the firepower of the artillery, would definitely be a nightmare for the charging cavalry.

But if there is no cannon and no friendly troops firing cross-fire, a single hollow square formation can only barely protect itself against the cavalry.

In the old time and space, the hollow phalanx held muskets + bayonets that were longer than sabers, and the cavalry's sabers couldn't cut it. disadvantage.But the hollow phalanx can cast muskets and throw grenades. Lancers will also suffer heavy casualties while killing the enemy. Moreover, when the corpses of horses and horses are knocked down in front of the battlefield, the sprint of the following cavalry will also be greatly affected. impact, and when the speed of the horses slows down, their impact is very limited, and even loses their impact.

But the Seljuks are Eastern nomadic cavalry.They have not only sabers and spears in their hands, but also bows and arrows.The Turkic Seljuk cavalry only need to use bows and arrows to harass the enemy non-stop, and after the phalanx shakes, they charge with long spears, and the phalanx is not difficult to be broken from the front.

Compared with the infantry phalanx in the cold weapon era, the phalanx composed of pure musketeers is even more disadvantaged - at least the cotton armor on them is definitely not as strong as the iron armor.

The Seljuks are all smart, except for a very small number of fanatics who rushed to the infantry formation desperately, and more chose to slow down, then deflected their horses and circled.

Don't forget, there are only 40 people lined up in the hollow formation, people are next to each other, and the space occupied by a single person is less than three feet. Such a square formation is so small in today's battlefield.

The Seljuk cavalry in scattered formations have a wide cross-section. In this way, no matter how many of them there are, only a very small number of them can make direct contact with the phalanx - the distance between the horses and the phalanx is only three or two meters. Things, five or six meters are also very common.If they really rush to the front of the array.

Facing the pincer attack of muskets and grenades, it is obvious that more Seljuks hope to shoot arrows from a distance, rather than really hitting head-on.

Under bullets, no matter how much armor you wear, no matter how powerful your martial arts skills are, you are still a pile of carbohydrates vulnerable to gunpowder-driven lead bullets!
The wounds caused by the lead bullets can't be healed by the people of Tianfang, as long as they hit one shot, they will definitely die!This is the lesson learned by the Tianfang people in the previous war.This is completely different from the killing of bows, arrows, knives and guns!
They stayed at [-] steps away, because there were very few grenades that could be thrown at [-] steps away, and they also had "Tianfang Brothers" charging into the formation.The distance must be shortened. As long as Lu Qi's camp is in chaos, they who were afraid just now will immediately pounce on him like hungry wolves.

Arrows fell like raindrops. Every Lu Qi soldier lowered his head and allowed himself to be hit by the arrows. The soldiers in the front row continued to hold their bayonets while the soldiers in the back row were either throwing mines fiercely or seizing every second to reload ammunition.

As for the arrows, let them fall.

As a decoy, the Musketeers had a pair of chain mail under their cotton armor.Although this can't withstand the slashing and stabbing of knives and guns, and the smashing and sweeping of heavy weapons, it is all armor that has a good defense against bows and arrows.

The roars of the officers and men of Lu Qi's army sounded, and the competition of wills came.

The Seljuks on the periphery also expressed a sincere surprise at this moment.In their eyes, although the number of cavalry who rushed to Lu Qi's army was small, they would surely be able to easily break through the ridiculous formation of the Chinese.Open the door to victory for them.

When the formation of musketeers is scattered, they can easily harvest the opponent's head with saber and spear.

The cavalry collided with the crowd suddenly, and the screams of the men and horses resounded through the sky.

The Seljuk cavalry with long spears cut into the Musketeers very sharply, but no matter how strong the horse is, it will also be frightened when faced with dense bayonets and resolute soldiers.Not to mention the explosion of grenades on the battlefield, and dozens of musketeers in the box with live ammunition.

The ambitions and lofty ambitions at the time of breaking the formation have withered before they bloomed bright flowers.

The scattered Lu Qi Musketeers did not lose their minds and run away, but leaned against each other and quickly gathered together to make up for the gap. At first glance, it was still a straight line.

rushed in!

The Seljuk officers seemed to see the hope of victory, and loudly ordered the remaining cavalry to follow up!
The attack of the Seljuk cavalry was like a big iron brush, which ruthlessly wiped off layers of flesh and blood of Lu Qi's army.If the Seljuk cavalry encircled by the two wings could be killed immediately at this time, it is really possible to overwhelm the Lu Qi soldiers in front of them, and then kill them all.

However, the musketeers in the two rows were not holding fire sticks in their hands. The crackling gunshots and roaring grenades completely covered up the desolate screams left after the Seljuks broke through the formation.

The eyes of Musai Limai and Rahman were all attracted by the fierce battle. The galloping horses ran around the battlefield again and again. The yellow sand covered the sun in the sky and covered many Seljuk soldiers. gaze.At the back of the battlefield, when an iron cavalry slowly surfaced to the horizon, the sentry cavalry of the Seljuk cavalry blew their horns like crazy to warn them, but it didn't reach Musai Limai's ears for a long time.

Yes, for a long time.For ordinary people, it may not be enough time to eat a box lunch, but on the battlefield, this is really a long, long time.

Gunshots rang like popping beans, bullets rained like weaving, coupled with the roar of grenades, the Seljuk cavalry had not touched victory so far.

Even though from time to time a shower of arrows fell on the heads of the musketeers, killing and wounding one person after another.

Each of the musketeers in the forefront had seven or eight arrows stuck in their armor in twos and threes. There were even more than ten or twenty arrows that turned people into hedgehogs.

But the hollow square array is still there.

"Kill..."

When the warning message finally reached the ears of Musai Limai and Rahman, many people could faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from the north.

"Brothers, reinforcements have arrived. We have won!"

In the hollow phalanx, Lu Shiqiang's voice shouted loudly, and soon everyone heard the shout of killing that was very different from that of the natives.

There is no doubt that the Seljuks chose to retreat. Musailimai was not a fool. If the battle continued, only more heavy losses would be waiting for them.Everyone will die without a burial place, and the entire army will be annihilated...

But how easy is it for a fish that has bitten the bait to get rid of the hook?

(End of this chapter)