Chapter 1028

As Liu Shen, who set foot on the battlefield for the first time, he could hear his heavy breathing and the vigorous and fast beating heartbeat.

Liu Shen's queue is in the fourth sequence of the whole queue, which is relatively backward. He knew that this must be the result of deliberate arrangement. His position was a distance that could not be reached even by the enemy's arrows. If the enemy could really break through the front three to column, he could have enough time to evacuate in the fourth sequence.

Being able to fight has been the greatest satisfaction for Liu Shen. He really doesn't just want to experience life in the army. He has a deep desire to participate in the battle. He knows more how important a prince who has really participated in the battle is to compete for the crown prince's throne.

If Liu Shen's identity as the eldest son of the emperor of the empire can give him an 80% chance of becoming a prince, personally participating in the battle will be a greater bonus, increasing the probability of becoming a prince to more than 90%.

Although Liu Shen is young, he grew up in the royal family, and his precocity is certain.

No one told Liu Shen... Or analyzed it. However, he was quite clear that his father would never choose a person who was not close to the military as the crown prince. He should be afraid that the military would alienate the royal family. More importantly, once the next ruler of the Empire had a dirty relationship with the military, it would affect the overall layout of the Empire.

Therefore, Liu Shen had no opinion about being sent to the army at the age of 11. On the contrary, he felt extremely happy.

Two armies separated by kilometers.

The Han army is mainly divided into three parts. Riflemen with flint guns are arranged in the front, the left and right wings are composed of various arms with cold weapons, and the rear is the artillery.

On the side of the anti Han axis coalition, a red Roman Legion occupies the left and a gray Sassanian Legion occupies the right. It is a horizontal vertical formation. It seems that the thickness is not small. The two empires are at the forefront, followed by armed men of all ethnic groups with no formation at all.

Compared with the Han Empire, Persian Sassanian and Rome, all ethnic groups are really not qualified to be called the army, but can only be regarded as armed personnel.

That is not only reflected in the gap in packaging, but also in all aspects including packaging, the most obvious of which is about organization and discipline.

"Very traditional Legion against the battle line." Marus had a telescope in his hand. He kept patrolling back and forth in a dark green. With a heavy expression, he said, "at least 5000 firearm troops can see their artillery positions in the rear."

Telescope is no longer unique to the Han Empire. It was made in the eighth year of Yuanshuo. It is under strict control. However, after so many years, it is impossible to guarantee that it will not be obtained, that is, other countries do not master manufacturing technology, and the holdings are very rare.

As like as two peas in Al Bhatta's hands, the same telescope has the same pattern.

Rome and sassanne had two ways to obtain telescopes. One was to buy from countries at war with the Han Empire, and the other was to buy from the Han Empire.

Knowing the importance of telescopes, the Han Empire did not want to sell them, but the price offered by the two countries was really too attractive. In addition, it planned to paralyze the two countries and refuse everything. After discussion, a few sold a batch.

In fact, even the warships of the Han Empire were sold to other countries. It's really bad to list the telescope as a non-sale item alone.

"Guns..." albata's cheeks twitched: "no less than 80 guns."

This time, they either drove the armed men of all ethnic groups as the first batch of charging troops, or because the Han army sent out bronze guns?

Those foolish people of all nationalities regard the firearms invented and manufactured by the Han people as the weapons of the gods.

For example, the Han Army used firearms yesterday, and the original good situation was immediately reversed. In fact, there are not many people who really died under firearms. There are many people who trample or kill each other after they have not collapsed, but they are really afraid of firearms!

"The gun firing interval of the Han army is about three to five minutes." Marus looked at albata and said sincerely, "our army is too slow. We can only rely on you."

In the front of the army array of bossashan, there are nearly 800 chariots. On the left and right sides are traditional archers and light cavalry. About 1000 heavy cavalry and infantry exist behind.

In today's world, chariots are still regarded as a powerful arms. For example, sassanne has a huge chariot force, Rome, which can't play with cavalry, also has its own chariot force, and other regional powers will bite their teeth to form chariot forces.

Bursts of long horn like decadent sound were sounded, which was a military instrument used by the Persians for more than 2000 years.

The neighing of war horses and the battle bugles that were constantly roared out resounded through the battlefield, and 800 Persian chariots in front of the military array were driven.

Persian chariots are pulled by two groups of horses. The body is like a spoon. The wheels on both sides have serrated spikes that go out to the outside. They keep twisting when the wheels roll.

The huge war drums were sounded in the Han Army, followed by the firing of bronze guns like thunder.

The projectiles were driven out of the barrel by the thrust of the gunpowder explosion. They were hot all over, rolling their bodies in mid air, and the fuse was burning.

What are fired are flowering bombs. When the fuse is burned out, they will detonate the explosives in the core of the projectile. Generally, they will explode at a position three or four meters high from the ground and shoot lead pellets at the periphery in a circular attitude.

What was just fired was a bronze gun with a caliber of 120 mm. In less than 30 seconds, the projectile flew more than 1200 meters. It exploded over the troops of the anti Han axis coalition that did not move. Under the sweep of lead pills, blood blossomed from the human body, and brought a lot of howls and groans.

Marus was awakened by seeing the covered with his own eyes. The people within the explosion range were swept down in pieces, and each bullet could cover about 10 meters. After the explosion, the people in that area fell to the ground in pieces.

"The artillery firing range of the Han Empire is farther than that in our data." Elbata was very glad that he didn't fly the flag: "shall we step back some distance?"

The reason why they did not play the general flag was that they were deliberately targeted by the Han army two days ago, and they were afraid of being saturated and covered by the Han Army's artillery.

If it is saturated and covered by artillery fire, it is equivalent to the end of the war at the beginning. Not only will the National Army collapse when it loses command, but the armed personnel of all ethnic groups will certainly run faster than anyone else, and they will simply stop playing the general flag.

It was right to ensure his own safety in order to command the troops. Marus despised elbata's temporary retreat.

In wartime, the commander can only advance but not retreat, but the Persians often do things that the commander retreats in the midst of the war, so that the enemy can seize the opportunity every time to defeat the Persian army that is clearly not at an absolute disadvantage.

The most famous was the battle between Darius and Alexander. The battlefield situation was that it was clear that the Persian army was forcing the Macedonian army to retreat. Darius only found that a group of cavalry was charging straight at him. As the ruler, Darius retreated, which directly stunned the Persian generals. Alexander rumored that Darius had fled. As a result, the dominant Persian army turned and ran away.

In a war that would have won, because of a ruler's timidity or misjudgment, not only did he not pick the fruit of victory, but he swallowed the painful consequences. Similar things are common in the history of war, but the Persians are the nation with the most.

"The Han Army did not move." Marus chose to ignore elbata's proposal: "they are just using the advantages of weapons to carry out the necessary deterrence."

There are only 18 120 mm bronze guns of junjishan Colonel's headquarters. Even each bronze gun firing can cause dozens of casualties to the enemy. In the face of the enemy with "10000" as the unit, it is impossible to destroy the enemy when the gun barrel is blown up.

The existence of bronze guns is more of a deterrent, and the other is to seize the opportunity to artillery a part in need of support to stabilize the front that may collapse.

Only when the type of gun develops to a certain stage can it be qualified to control the process of a war. For example, a shell can sweep tens of meters, or it has greater power, higher firing speed and longer range.

After the Persian chariot troops charged, they were about 800 meters away from the front line of the Han Army, and the other types of bronze guns of the Han army continued to fire.

The number of projectiles sweeping and exploding is not exaggerated. They only interfere with the Persian chariot.

"They deafen the horses." Yang Rui put down his telescope and said to Li Kuang, "it should be not only the horses pulling the chariot, but also the rest of the cavalry mounts."

After the emergence of firearms, war horses really need special training to stop being afraid of those loud explosions, including the explosion of ammunition.

The Persians did not know how to train the war horse correctly, so that the war horse would lose its fear of firearms. Their practice is quite simple and rough, stabbing deaf horses and blindfolded them.

The opening of the bronze gun will certainly kill the Persian chariot troops, but the effect is not obvious. When nearly 60 bronze guns of various types shot at the most in one round, they destroyed nine Persian chariots. For 800 Persian chariots, it is a drop in the bucket.

The rifle array line was already busy when the Persian chariot launched the charge. They placed the prepared platoon anti horse in front of the array line from 80 meters to the nearest 10 meters. Before long, four obstacle lines composed of anti horse were placed in front of the whole array line.

The Han Army on both wings was doing the same thing, and a few bed crossbows also started their own shooting.

Liu Shengang just carried the anti horse for placement, returned to the rear, looked forward from the gap of the human wall, and happened to see the rifle soldiers in the front row firing in volley amid the whistle.

The maximum range of the twelve type flint gun can reach 400 meters, but that is only the maximum range. The effective range is only 120 meters. After the effective range exceeds 120 meters, the projectile actually has no strong lethality. Even if it hits the target, it is just a little "bite".

After shooting, the riflemen retreated. They were already ready to shoot. The second row took too strong aim. They pulled the trigger in the officer's whistle. After shooting, they also retreated.

With the vision of Persian chariot soldiers, the distance made them watch the Han Army lift out of the horse resistance and set up obstacle lines. When they saw the long rows of horse resistance, they not only scolded the Han Army as timid as a mouse, but also looked ignorant and desperate for the next fate.

The chariot without axle does not have any small turning maneuver after galloping. It is a large circuitous way to turn.

At the same time, Persian chariots have no braking device. They used to run wildly. If they wanted to stop, they could only restrain the chariots to reduce their speed until the previous kinetic energy was consumed. It is impossible to stop when they want to stop.

"The artillery position should be set at the of the array line." Xu Guang looked at the Persian chariot in front of him, which hit the horse and looked terrible. He turned to Liu Shen and said, "the artillery can launch shotguns. The range is closer, only 50 meters, but the coverage area is very wide."

The Han Army didn't have many opportunities to use bronze guns. For the time being, it didn't sort out a set of combat methods that could match its own positioning.

In the use of bronze guns, many generals actually regard them as a tool of intimidation and do not release the real power of bronze guns.

"The enemy's infantry charged." Liu Shen didn't understand the usage of bronze cannon. Even if he knew how to use it most effectively, he wouldn't express his opinion. He said without expression, "we have a chance to shoot."

The second wave of charge was still launched by the Persian army, which looked like a sullen charge with no formation at all.

The short legs of Rome, after the second wave of Persian army charge, formed a large column of scattered soldiers in a row of nearly 1000 people, and began their own advance at a trot.

The barrier line temporarily set up by the Han Army played a great role. 800 Persian chariots stormed fiercely and were restrained. They were destroyed by gunfire. About 30 vehicles hit the horse resistance front. The rest continued to rush on the road where their companions waded out with blood, but under the discharge of guns by the Han army riflemen one after another, Only less than 20 rifles successfully rushed into the line of the Han army.

Not far from Liu Shen's left, a Persian chariot collided. The riflemen on that side did not do any evasion. They just accepted the impact. The horse hit the human wall in the way. The remaining impact force was only about four meters forward, and then submerged by the riflemen.

It's not that the riflemen can't hide, but their tactics don't allow them to hide. Once a square array moves, the whole rifleman array line will fall out of order, and the consequences may not be as simple as losing dozens of people in the war, so they can only be forced.