The Chu army liked to bombard the enemy with cannons. As long as the enemy's formation was disrupted, they could send cavalry to attack the enemy and completely disrupt the enemy's formation.
Once the enemy's formation was completely thrown into chaos, the Chu army would be able to take advantage of the situation to launch a general attack!
At this moment, the Han army was using the Chu army's tactics!
"Zhu Yuan is complete!"
"Ready!"
"Release!"
The four artillery battalions under the four infantry regiments gathered 100 cannons and aimed at the attacking Chu soldiers. They opened fire!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Deafening explosions rang out in the middle of the Chu army. The charging Chu army was bombarded by the Han army.
This was the first time the Chu army had personally experienced the power of the Han army's artillery fire on the battlefield. After the first round of artillery fire, the number of Chu soldiers in the charging formation was reduced by a large amount as if they had been filtered through a sieve.
A large number of Chu soldiers 'corpses and wounded soldiers lay on the ground!
This scene not only shocked the Chu army, but even the prisoners of war who had been pulled over to watch the battle also sucked in a breath of cold air!
Fortunately, they were not the ones who appeared on the battlefield. If it were them, who knew how many people would have died in this round of bombardment!
Liu Jintang was also very surprised by the artillery fire of the Han army. He did not expect the artillery fire of the Han army to be so fierce!
This level of artillery fire had completely caught up with or even surpassed the strength of their Chu army's artillery fire!
One had to know that among the Xiang, Huai, and Chu armies, the Chu army had the best equipment and the highest proportion of cannons!
But even so, they were still unable to match the firepower of the Han army!
This made Liu Jintang feel a little uneasy. Since when could a rebel army have more cannons than the regular army of the imperial court, and the elite troops of the regular army?
Shouldn't this be the other way around?
"Don't panic, the enemy's artillery fire is very slow. Charge over and kill them!”
Realizing that the morale of his soldiers had been shaken, Liu Jintang immediately shouted.
Although the enemy's artillery fire was indeed very fierce, so what?
The distance between the two sides was so close that there was not much time for the artillery to fire. They could only fire another round of artillery at most before their soldiers could charge forward!
As long as they charged forward, the enemy's artillery would lose its effect!
Liu Jintang had a good plan in his mind. His idea was quite useful when dealing with the old artillery. After all, the old artillery could only fire a shot in a few minutes. This period of time was enough for them to rush up and cut the artillery into pieces!
However, the artillery of the Han army was not using the old cannons. Instead, it was the revolutionary rapid-fire cannon developed by the European overlord Gauls thirty years later!
The firing speed of this cannon was dozens of times faster than traditional cannons!
As a result, before he could finish his sentence, the Han artillery on the opposite side fired a second round of artillery fire!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A rain of artillery shells, even more intense than the first round, landed on the ranks of the Chu army.
With the experience of the first round of shooting, the accuracy of the Han army's artillery had increased by a lot. The result was that the Chu army suffered even more casualties than the first round!
Hundreds of corpses instantly appeared on the battlefield, and the Chu army's offensive formation was completely disrupted.
And this was not the worst. The worst thing was that the third round of bombardment had arrived!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fierce bombardment lasted for more than a minute. After firing more than 1500 shells, the Han artillery finally stopped firing.
The short period of rapid fire caused the barrel to heat up. It needed to be stopped to cool down. Otherwise, it would affect the life of the barrel and might even bomb the artillery, threatening their own safety!
However, the effect of the previous 15 rounds of artillery bombardment was enough to cause the Chu army to suffer heavy casualties and fall into chaos!
"Save me, save me, I don't want to die!”
"Ah, ah, my leg!"
"Mommy, mommy, I want to go home…"
Almost all the Chu soldiers who were attacking the Han army were killed by the explosion. The few who were not killed were also heavily injured, screaming and moaning on the ground.
Looking at their painful expressions, they might as well be blown up on the spot. At least they wouldn't have to endure such pain.
Seeing the scene on the battlefield, Liu Jintang's eyes widened. He could not believe what he was seeing!
He slapped his face hard, trying to wake himself up because he felt like he was dreaming!
How could there be such a fast cannon in this world?
This must be fake. It must be an illusion!
The 20,000 Chu captives who were watching the battle had the same thoughts as him. After seeing the terrifying scene on the battlefield, they felt as if they were dreaming. They couldn't believe that what they saw was real!
However, no matter how Liu Jintang slapped his face, even if his face was red, he still could not wake up from what he thought was a dream!
"The enemy has been blown up. It looks like it's about time!”
Lin Yu saw the reaction of the Chu army and nodded in satisfaction. He ordered Lee Xiucheng,""Give the order to attack!"
The Han army had fewer cavalrymen, and the terrain here was not suitable for cavalry attacks. Therefore, the Han army did not follow the Chu army's tactics and sent cavalrymen to attack the two wings. Instead, they directly let the infantry advance from the front!
"Line up, line up, prepare to face the enemy!”
Seeing that the Han army was about to attack, Liu Jintang immediately woke up and quickly called out to the remaining Chu soldiers, trying to calm them down from their panic and reorganize their formation to face the enemy!
However, the Han army would not give them a chance!
"Shoot!"
"Da da!"
Dozens of machine guns began to fire at the Chu army, and the flames swept the soldiers to the ground.
The concentrated bullets were like invisible sickles, cutting the Chu soldiers along the way like weeds!
The thousands of soldiers in front of the Chu army seemed to have been hit by an invisible wall. In the blink of an eye, they were all hit!
When the soldiers at the back saw this scene, they were all scared silly. How could they dare to stay where they were? They all started to escape!
"Cavalry Battalion!"
"Attack!"
At this time, the Han army released the few cavalry in their hands. Taking advantage of the moment when the enemy was defeated, they began to pursue the Chu army!
The fleeing Chu soldiers realized in despair that they couldn't beat them, and they couldn't outrun their warhorses.
"Surrender your weapons and we won't kill you!"
Just as they thought that they were going to die here, the Han army heard a voice urging them to surrender!
The desperate Chu army seemed to have found a life-saving straw. They threw down the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground, surrendering to the Han army!
This battle, which many people thought was unprecedentedly intense, lasted less than half an hour before the Han army won!
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