Chapter 1156 Counterattack against the Rossi

Although the Luo people used matchlock guns, their fierce attack should not be underestimated.
They came in a dense formation.
This sudden attack caught the Ming army off guard.
As soon as they approached, two or three dozen people were shot and fell off their horses.
This included Zhu Cilang.
Under the command of Zhu Cilang, a regimental commander named Huang Chong quickly pulled the reins and shouted, "Protect the division commander!"
With his command, the others quickly rushed towards Zhu Cilang and surrounded him, while shooting towards the opposite direction.
The second row of Russian musketeers came one after another, protecting the Ming army in front of Zhu Cilang.
In the short moment that Huang Chong has yet to arrive, Natasha has already arrived. She flips off the horse, lifts up Zhu Cilang, throws him onto the horse's back, and quickly mounts herself before turning around to retreat.
This woman may have been doing farm work for a long time and is very strong.
Zhu Cilang is at least 1.8 meters tall, having stayed in the military for over a year, with a strong physique, weighing at least 150 kilograms.
She actually lifted it so effortlessly, leaving Huang Chong somewhat speechless.
Huang Chong dismounted and shouted loudly, "Come quickly and provide cover!"
The people behind skillfully surged forward and launched a counterattack.
At this moment, the third row of musketeers from the Rossman has launched an attack.
The Ming army has clearly regained their composure, and the person at the front got off his horse and prostrated on the ground.
The ones behind quickly started retreating.
The limited range of the matchlock gun is very short, about 50 meters or so. As long as the distance is greater than this, the firepower of the Russian soldiers' shooting has little killing power.
Huang Chong and his men lie on the ground, waiting for the Russian guns to finish firing before they start rescuing the wounded.
Seeing this situation, Kolorov immediately ordered open fire.
This is a European tactic, queuing up to fire can concentrate firepower, but it's too rigid.
When there are many of our own people and we have the advantage, we can shoot freely.
If at this time, we were to play a game of lining up for execution, the flanking musketeers would have a very narrow coverage area due to the longer diagonal distance.
These military knowledge about musket formations are also taught at the military academy of the Ming army.
When Huang Chong saw that the Russian line had scattered, he knew that the enemy was going to engage in free shooting, and the enemy forces on both wings quickly converged.
Taking advantage of the enemy's changing formation, he turned around and ran with his men on his back.
Other Ming soldiers carried people and followed him running.
Huang Chong shouted as he ran, "Quickly reform the formation!"
The Ming soldiers behind quickly turned their horses around and extended their formation, pulling the trigger and firing a volley of rear-facing guns.
In this kind of distance, the advantage of the Ming army's firearms is indeed huge.
In this wave of attacks by hundreds of people, whether in the middle or on both wings, there will be killing power against the enemy.
The Ross people, who have just extended their free shooting, were suppressed by this sudden wave, and more than a hundred people were shot, creating a vacuum by the Ming army.
The reason why Kurov was ambushed there was indeed to ambush a small-scale Ming army.
Hasn't he been scared off yet?
To be honest, he has long been scared off.
When the Ming army attacked and went on a killing spree, he was scared off.
He fled in a hurry all the way, and when he came to his senses, he realized that if he returned to Moscow like this, he would probably be killed.
So he gathered the defeated soldiers along the way and started thinking about hiding in a place to sneakily fire shots.
The purpose of ambushing the Ming army was not actually to kill more of them.
He had already lost the courage to engage in large-scale frontal combat with the Ming army, he just wanted to capture some Ming soldiers and take them back.
In this way, you can understand the situation of the Ming army, including their weapons, military system, number of soldiers, and so on.
These are things that Moscow does not have, and everyone is fighting blindly.
According to normal military logic, a small team ambushing the enemy with 2000 people would be more than enough.
The initial blow did unfold as expected by him.
The Ming army was caught off guard.
But the situation changed too quickly.
Just as the three rows of musketeers finished shooting and adjusted their free shooting formation, the enemy surprisingly reacted and launched a counterattack.
The strength of this counterattack far exceeded Kolov's imagination.
There is only one thought in his mind: The enemy's firearms are much superior to ours!
This is a technological gap.
And this kind of gap, is at least six generations apart!
This cannot be compensated with just numbers alone.
Kolov only realized that today's defeat was not due to a sneak attack by the Ming army.
The real reason for the defeat was the disparity in weapons!
He shivered and looked around. In the short time it took for the soldiers on both wings to rush towards the center, the Ming Army had already loaded their bullets.
This process took only about eight to ten seconds.
The second wave of attacks by the Ming army followed closely.
Instantly, over a hundred Ross soldiers were shot.
This scene dumbfounded the Ross soldiers.
This completely goes against military knowledge.
His matchlock gun takes half a minute to fire a shot, while the Ming Dynasty's fifth-generation musket only takes 8 to 10 seconds to fire a shot.
This is already a dimension reduction strike.
The situation changed suddenly, and Kolof's brain almost exploded on the spot.
The soldiers on both wings of the Russian army are still gathering rapidly.
But the Ming army has completely smoothed out and will kill as many as they come.
And because of the distance, even if the Ros’ people were on the opposite side, it would be difficult for their muskets to hit him.
In Kolov's mind, there is only one word left: escape!
He doesn't hesitate, turns around and runs away, running very quickly.
If there were Olympic Games in this era, with his current speed, he would definitely win the short track championship.
Others look on...
Damn!
The general ran away?
A tall person shouted, "General Korolev has escaped!"
As soon as people see him like this, more of them immediately refuse to continue and turn around to run away.
The originally neat and rigorous military formation was completely broken and defeated during the brief adjustment period.
If Kolov could escape back to Moscow, he would definitely not disclose the details of the war to others.
Of course, the precondition is that he is able to escape back to Moscow.
Upon seeing the enemy fleeing, Huang Chongyi quickly shouted, "Chase after them!"
He turned around and ran towards Zhu Cilang himself, shouting: "Commander!"
"Quick! Quick, send him back to the city, there's a military doctor there! Hurry!"
It wasn't until late at night that Zhu Cilang was finally sent back to the city.
朱慈烺中枪昏迷的消息没有公布出去，黄充找到随军医师。
Upon seeing him, the physician exclaimed, "Damn! Your Highness!"
His face turned pale.
"Quick! Quick, check on how the person is!"
脱下朱慈烺的上衣，这才发现胸口处已经是血肉模糊。
此时朱慈烺正发着高烧，额头大汗如雨。
The physician hurriedly disinfects the wound with alcohol and then starts cleaning the rotten flesh with a knife.
"The injury is very severe!" said the doctor, furrowing their brows. "Surgery may be necessary!"
The surrounding doctors and nurses are all tense.
The person lying in front of them is no ordinary person.
Prince!
If there are problems during the treatment...