The use of artillery in Ming dynasty-taking the Buddha machine as an example

The use of artillery in the Ming Dynasty is based on the example of the Langji

During the Wanli Aid Korea War, the use of firearms by the Ming army was mentioned many times, especially in the siege war. However, the use of artillery at that time was very different from that of modern people.

In film and television dramas, it is often seen that artillery is generally behind the battlefield, bombing from a long distance. In the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers placed the artillery in front of the battlefield, approached and fired. When attacking the city, they moved the artillery forward and bombarded the city gate. When defending, it is also the artillery that is placed in front to stop the charge of the opposing soldiers.

why was the use of artillery in this way? This has to talk about the representative artillery at that time-the Franc machine gun. The Folang machine gun was introduced from Portugal at the end of Zhengde. Since then, it has become the main artillery of the Ming army.

to put it simply, the Franc machine gun is a sub-gun. The whole gun is composed of two parts: the mother gun and the child gun. Each mother gun is equipped with 5-9 sub-guns. Because the shells are pre-loaded into the sub-guns, the launching time interval is greatly shortened.

why was the use of artillery in this way? This has to talk about the representative artillery at that time-the Franc machine gun. The Folang machine gun was introduced from Portugal at the end of Zhengde. Since then, it has become the main artillery of the Ming army.

to put it simply, the Franc machine gun is a sub-gun. The whole gun is composed of two parts: the mother gun and the child gun. Each mother gun is equipped with 5-9 sub-guns. Because the shells are pre-loaded into the sub-guns, the launching time interval is greatly shortened.

That's why the Franc machine gun needs to be shot close. If it is too far away, its power will be weakened. Of course, it is also because the Franc machine fires stone bullets and scattered bullets, usually in a flat shot, which is doomed to be often arranged in front of the position, whether attacking or defending.

In p>1619, in order to resist Nurhachi, Ming formed a phalanx of Malinyi Mountain, dug a three-story trench around the camp, and arranged cavalry outside the trench, with guns outside the cavalry.

In p>1621, Nuerhachi led the Houjinbing to attack Liaoyang City. The defenders of the Ming Dynasty went out of the city with muskets and guns, and opened fire across the moat, which was also at the forefront of the position.

however, the risk of this arrangement is that the artillery is too forward, and it is easy to be charged. If the quality of artillery is not high enough and the courage is weak, it is easy to give up the position and escape, and the front will collapse.

In addition, it is precisely because the power of the Folang machine gun is not particularly great that it was difficult for the Ming army to blast open the city wall when it met the stone city built by Japan during Wanli Aid Korea.