Growth means the maturity of thought, but also the coldness and ruthlessness of the mind. Although they are both Liao people, they are mortal enemies. He will not show the slightest mercy or show the slightest softness.
Training the mind is not just about killing; the biggest influence is on the comrades around you.
Over the years, countless comrades-in-arms were either injured or killed in battle. Their names, voices, and smiles have always remained in Zhang Xiaoxi's mind and will never be forgotten.
It is precisely this kind of nostalgia that will lead to deeper hatred and a more ferocious desire for revenge. No matter who dares to raise a sword or gun against him and his comrades, he will never forgive them.
Like officers, like soldiers are formed. Zhang Xiaoxi's subordinates were the same as him, perhaps motivated by his performance, perhaps it was simple hatred, or the pleasure of killing and revenge.
The Ming army pursued them relentlessly until the call to retreat was sounded, at which point they reluctantly stopped and returned to their camp.
The Han army on the left was defeated, while the Han army on the right, under the command of Tong Yangxing, was still resisting stubbornly. However, under the firepower from both sides, failure was only a matter of time.
Only then did Tong Yangxing truly realize that equipping the Han soldiers with muskets and training them in loading and formation was only the first step in the army's firearms transformation. He still had much more to learn!
Unfortunately, Tong Yangxing knew better in his heart that he probably didn't have much time to make progress.
Whether it was resources or manpower, coupled with the support from the upper echelons of the Later Jin Dynasty, it was impossible for him to improve upon the experience he had learned.
The formation of a tactical style of play does not happen overnight.
For example, the Ming Dynasty equipped its army with firearms from the very beginning of the dynasty. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, they were still immature and were defeated by the Jiannu, who mainly used cold weapons.
The military reforms promoted by Zhu Youxiao had a solid foundation and were gradually improved.
Over the past few years, the Ming army has evolved from a defensive posture to a focus on chariots and artillery, and then to infantry using flintlock rifles and bayonets as their primary means of combat. Officers and generals at all levels, even soldiers, have been constantly exploring and making progress.
The Later Jin's idea of employing Han soldiers and preparing firearms was correct, at least in terms of concept it was progressive.
However, whether in terms of weapons and equipment, personnel quality, or combat methods, it was difficult to compete with the Ming army in a short period of time.
Tong Yangxing learned a lot from this battle, but failure was inevitable. He persisted only because Yue Tuo's troops in the middle had not given up.
However, the defeat of the Han soldiers on the left wing had changed the situation on the battlefield, which Yue Tuo had not expected.
After defeating the enemy attacking from the left wing, the Ming army did not withdraw to maintain its arc-shaped "Queyue Formation". After quickly reorganizing its ranks, the Ming army deployed a linear formation and rolled towards the Jiannu in the center.
By making such a tactical maneuver, the Jiannu in the middle were under fire from both sides, making the battle even more disadvantageous.
The kerosene tanks burned almost all of the shield carts, but the Jiannu did not retreat. After the fire died down, they continued to attack the Ming army's battle formation with heavy armor and large shields in the lead.
The familiar roar echoed again as the Ming army's artillery on the south bank unleashed its might. Over a hundred shells arced through the air, skimming across the river, flying through the Ming army's battle formations, and slamming down on them head-on.
The successive explosions raised thick smoke, almost completely blocking the vision of Yue Tuo and others.
Yue Tuo's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. Although he couldn't see clearly, he knew that the attacking troops had suffered considerable casualties.
The explosions gradually became less frequent, and the smoke did not dissipate immediately. Then, the roar of artillery sounded again. Judging from the sound, it was the Ming army battle formation firing artillery.
This was the vanguard of the attack approaching the enemy and encountering a fierce counterattack. After the artillery bombardment, it should be the musket fire.
Yue Tuo could already guess the Ming army's fighting style. Long-range artillery bombardment played a role in killing and blocking. Not only would there not be too many Jurchen warriors who could rush to the front of the Ming army's battle formation, but they also lacked the stamina to continue the attack.
This was different from fighting the Ming army in southern Liaoning. Without artillery support, it would have been impossible to defeat the more than a thousand Ming troops who had advanced recklessly, even at the cost of casualties. How could it be possible now?
The Ming army's weapons had become more powerful, and their combat effectiveness had increased. Meanwhile, their own army seemed to remain the same, and the gap between them was widening, shocking. Yue Tuo's heart sank, and he slowly raised his hand.
Just as he had guessed, the Jiannu's heavily armored soldiers rushed to the front of the formation and were immediately bombarded by the Portuguese cannon at a distance of more than 50 meters.
The sub-guns were quickly replaced, and more than a dozen falconets fired a dense rain of shot... bullets, which shattered the hundreds of Jian slaves who rushed over.
In order to deal with the heavy armored infantry of the Jiannu, the shotgun carried by the Portuguese cannon was loaded with large lead bullets from heavy muskets.
The cannon fired fewer lead bullets, but with greater force. When fired, it was like a volley from a dozen heavy muskets.
Even if the heavy lead bullets could not penetrate the heavy armor, the huge impact force would be transmitted to the Jiannu, causing their internal organs to be injured and blood to foam at the mouth.
Most of the scenes are bloody and violent, with heads being beaten into rotten watermelons, arms or legs being blown off and blood spurting out.
No matter how brave, skilled, or battle-hardened the Jiannu were, they could not withstand a cheap lead bullet. This was the bloody lesson that the Jiannu learned from the power of science and technology and the progress of the times.
Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to say that the times had changed. But the Jiannu still did not understand the true meaning of the so-called different times.
The Jiannu army had only three weapons: shield carts to provide cover for approach, heavy armored soldiers to engage in close combat, and mounted archers to pursue and kill the fleeing enemies, and they used these three weapons for decades.
Moreover, let alone just a few years, even after hundreds of years, the Later Jin Dynasty became the Qing Dynasty and occupied the Central Plains, but they still did not understand the simple five words "times have changed".
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