The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 145

bang bang bang...

The rhythm of the elite Musketeers of the Sauron family in the frontal cavalry began to become chaotic. Although their formation did not collapse under the strong restraint of the grassroots officers, the mentality of the soldiers when they loaded and fired had already collapsed.

Once people become flustered, it is naturally difficult to do what they are doing, especially when loading.

Although the flintlock bullets of this era have already completed the standard of paper casings, each lead bullet is equipped with a special small package of gunpowder, so soldiers will not have too much powder when loading.

However, if the hands shake too much when loading, the situation of charging less will still happen.

As we all know, the firing range of a flintlock gun has a lot to do with the amount of charge. If the charge is small, the explosive power of black powder is low when it burns, and the initial velocity of the lead bullet is naturally small, so the shooting range is naturally shortened.

Theoretically, the more charge the flintlock has, the better, but because the technology is not up to standard, the breech of the barrel can withstand a limited chamber pressure, and if there is too much charge, the chamber will explode and become dangerous.

Therefore, there will be a standard of no more and no less when the flintlock is charged.

It can not only exert the maximum effective range, but also prevent the barrel from exploding.

This is also the reason why the range of flintlock guns produced by different countries or even different workshops varies greatly.

If the barrels are all made of steel, the flintlock can even hit more than 200 meters and has the power to shoot through plate armor!

However, not to mention the high cost of doing so, the smoothbore characteristics of the flintlock gun can hardly guarantee the hit rate from 200 meters away.

The high cost restricts the possibility of installing steel pipe flintlock guns on a large scale, so it is impossible to use large-scale shooting to kill targets 200 meters away without paying attention to the hit rate.

The characteristics of the musket are destined to make it difficult for a high-quality flintlock to become an accurate sniper rifle. This is the fundamental reason why the steel pipe flintlock is not popular.

In a panic, many soldiers opened fire before the charging cavalry entered the 50-meter distance required by the officer.

You know, the speed of the charging cavalry is not comparable to that of the infantry. The musketeers basically only have one chance to fire when facing the charging cavalry.

But this precious opportunity was wasted in the panic of the musketeers...

This group of elite musketeers in Sauron's legion can't compare with the elite European elites who have experienced various wars. They can't even shoot charging cavalry at close range!
If these musketeers of the Sauron family can get closer and shoot a volley, there will definitely be a large-scale vicious collision among the cavalry charging on the opposite side, and a large number of cavalry and their horses killed in battle will force the cavalry in the rear to slow down their charge. speed.

Naturally, the impact of cavalry on infantry can also be greatly weakened.

This is why in the era of queuing up and shooting, there were very few organized assault cavalry charging into the infantry phalanx equipped with muskets.

The lethality of muskets is really terrifying!

Even the cuirassiers that came out later were nothing more than the super-thick plate armor on the cavalry's chest that was bulletproof, and lead bullets hitting other parts could still force the cavalry to stop.

After all, shooting horses is easier than shooting people. In fact, the charge effect of cuirassiers is only a little bit better than that of ordinary charge cavalry, and it is far less magical than what is passed down in later generations.

The biggest advantage of the cuirassiers is that they can crush other lightly armored or unarmored cavalry units and form a wall charge of the cuirassiers. No cavalry unit can stop them. Yuri's previous life was the nomads and Cossacks in the history of the earth. The cavalry was defeated like this...

In the history of Yuri's previous life, the collapse of the nomads was not after the appearance of machine guns. From the 17th to the 19th centuries in continental Europe, the nomadic civilization was already dead. The bloodline of Genghis Khan is extinct...

In this way, the Donghu Lancers suffered minimal losses in the panic of gunfire. When their spears inserted into the sunken infantry line, the commander of the main front army of the Sauron Army knew that something was going to happen!
The musketeer phalanx with more than twice the number of Donghu Lancers was completely pierced by the Donghu Lancers in less than half an hour.

After piercing through, these Donghu Lancers immediately divided into several groups, turned around, and charged again towards the infantry phalanx that had lost the cover of the formation but was still under the restraint of the officers and wanted to regroup!

Although many Donghu Lancers had no spears this time, the knives in their hands...

Oh no, I mean the saber can still cut through the unarmored Musketeers of Sauron's Legion with ease.

The bayonet in the Musketeer's hand is a joke in front of the high-speed cavalry saber, because the Musketeer often has his head chopped off by the cavalry rushing like a whirlwind before he can aim at the target...

Fighting infantry against cavalry is a desperate experience, just like trying to intercept a motorcycle at full speed alone.

As long as it is not a strong person whose reaction and strength surpass ordinary people, it is basically impossible to win.

The infantry phalanx of Sauron's Legion, which was several thousand in size, collapsed like this, with no temper at all.

The former army commander dispatched all the reserves to try to save the friendly army. As a result, those Donghu Lancers also bravely separated nearly half of their cavalry, and once again formed a tyrannical assault phalanx. Swipe towards the enemy infantry who came to support them!

As expected, after killing hundreds of Donghu Lancers, the supporting Sauron Legion Musketeers collapsed again.

The tens of thousands of elite Musketeers of the former Sauron Legion were beaten to pieces, and the Musketeers who lost their formation cover were completely reduced to pigs and sheep slaughtered by the Eastern Hu Lancers, leaving only the qualifications to cry in despair.

However, the former army of Sauron's Legion is large in number after all, and they also have reinforcements sent by the main central army!
Andrew did not expect that the former army collapsed so quickly, so the reinforcements arrived a step late. What they saw was a scene of friendly soldiers who were scattered all over the place or struggling needlessly being massacred by the Donghu Lancers.

Donghu Lancers are really soft-hearted. Many times, too many enemies is not good news, especially when the soldiers on trial must kill every enemy!
After the bloody battle, there were less than 1000 Donghu Lancers left. If they want to kill tens of thousands of former troops, a Donghu Lancer needs to undertake the business of killing at least 10 people...

If the Donghu Lancers didn't have horses, they wouldn't be able to kill them all no matter how much time they were given!
After all, these enemy soldiers have arms and legs, so they can run!
However, when the main reinforcements of the Central Army of Sauron's Legion arrived, the moment of wanton massacre by the Donghu Lancers was over.

Thanks to Huaxia Seven Seconds Civilization for rewarding 2500 starting coins.

Thanks to the lazy Xiaobai for rewarding 200 starting coins.

Thanks to the big crow mouth for rewarding 100 starting coins.

(End of this chapter)