On the mountain, Yan Zha led a group of subordinates to patrol everywhere, flamboyantly promoting their majesty. Suddenly, Yan Zha heard a sound of artillery from the Ming army's position, followed by the boom of artillery shells.
"The Ming army is firing!"
Yan Zha suddenly lost his previous majesty and hurriedly threw himself down behind a low wall. All the Han, Korean and Manchu soldiers on the surrounding walls were also in chaos and took cover one after another.
But I heard the cannonball screaming past, over the mountain wall and downhill behind the mountain.
Then there was a loud bang, and the cannon hit a mound of soil at the bottom of the slope, stirring up a large amount of soil. Finally, it rolled down the slope and stopped motionless in front of a stone house.
Rows of stone and wooden houses were also built behind this mountain ridge, which served as a place for the defenders to station their troops and hide their troops. Most of them were occupied by Yan Zha's subordinates, and there were also many residences for his subordinates.
Seeing that the cannon did not cause any casualties, the surrounding Qing soldiers suddenly burst into cheers, and Jia Lazhang Jingyanza also laughed wildly.
At this moment, the Ming army's artillery array adjusted the angle of the artillery and aimed it more accurately at the Qing army's position in Huangtuling.
With a sharp swan sound, the first wave of artillery from the Ming army's artillery array let out a deafening roar, and thick white smoke spurted out in large streams, covering the artillery positions in front.
Such a loud noise made the Qing soldiers on the mountain tremble with fear, and even the Ming army formation behind them made a big commotion.
Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi, Ma Shaoyu and others felt the power of the artillery at close range, and their hearts beat violently. These artillery were assembled from various departments of the Ming Army, mostly from the Dubiao Camp and Liaodong local artillery. Most of them were large and small red cannons, and their power should not be underestimated.
At this time, the Qing troops at the Empress Temple and other stronghold walls could no longer laugh. Seeing countless huge shells coming towards them, they immediately scattered to avoid them with a loud bang.
A big iron ball weighing more than ten kilograms roared over and hit a village wall hard. This village wall is a stone wall, just made of piled stones, and its hardness cannot be compared with the city wall. With a loud noise, the stone wall collapsed, and several Korean soldiers hiding here were suddenly buried underneath.
Those few Korean soldiers were killed by falling stones before they could make a sound. The blood and the smashed corpses were so dazzling that the surrounding Qing soldiers screamed and ran away.
Jia Lazhang Jingyanza quickly ran towards the pier. These stone and earth walls were too unsafe. It was better to stay inside the pier. The few Niulu Zhangjing and a group of horse-armed soldiers were also running, trying to hide in the pier as soon as possible to avoid the Ming army's artillery fire.
Sharp and piercing whistling sounds kept coming, and Yan Zha could not judge the impact point of the cannon at all. Amidst a loud rumbling sound, the stone wall behind Yan Zha suddenly exploded, and a large iron gun weighing more than 20 kilograms exploded. The ball broke through the wall with a sweeping momentum. Countless pieces of rubble were driven by the cannon and shot around like shotguns.
I saw the white-flag-mounted soldiers behind Yan Zha and others as if they had been hit hard, and streams of blood mist were sprayed out from their bodies. Even though they were wearing sophisticated armor, they could not withstand such stone blows, and as many as six or seven were killed on the spot.
boom!
The large iron ball weighing more than 20 kilograms exploded into the stone wall. The strong impact caused the section of the stone wall to turn into flying stones. Many people were not hit by the gravel, but were also hit by big rocks. They were thrown out like sacks in different postures, with blood spurting from their mouths and the sound of bones breaking.
Jia Lazhang Jingyanzha fell to the ground, and a bloody human head was placed in front of him. The helmet of the human head fell off, revealing the slender money rat tail pigtail on the back of the head. His eyes were wide open, full of fear and disbelief.
Yan Zha felt that this head was a bit familiar. Thinking about it carefully, wasn't it Myerqi, a cavalry soldier who was famous for his bravery?
Next to the Merqi's head, there is an arm, and I don't know whose it belongs to. Suddenly, Yan Zha felt something was wrong with the helmet. He stretched out his hand and pulled out a lot of large intestines and intestines. Whose was it?
Jia La Zhang Jing Yan Zha had been in battle for a long time, and he did not feel afraid when he looked at the human heads and intestines on the ground. However, Yan Zha suddenly felt severe pain under his body. When he looked back, he saw that his body was covered with blood, and he suddenly let out a wail. .
At this moment, he heard the sharp swan sound coming from the Ming army's position. Jia Lazhang Jingyan was so excited that he couldn't care less about the pain. He jumped up quickly with all his strength and limped towards the pier. The flow of people following him was much smaller than before.
As soon as Yan Zha and others returned to the pier, they heard the deafening sound of cannons outside, and another round of artillery shells roared in, with endless thunder-like explosions. The large iron balls shot continuously hit the stone and earth walls of the defense line. The rumbling sounds of collapse continued, and the wall near the pier of the Empress Temple was also continuously hit. There were screams and exclamations, and the Qing soldiers were in chaos, not knowing what to do.
Especially those soldiers of the Han Army and the Goryeo Army. They had been shot less frequently and had no experience in dodging shells. In addition, their fighting will was poor. At this time, they were completely in disarray.
Jia Lazhang Jingyanzha was in shock. He hid in a safe place on the pier and felt that large iron bullets were constantly bombarding his pier. Amidst the rumbling sound, the entire pier seemed to be shaking violently, gravel and thick dust kept falling down, hitting his helmet with a clanking sound, and he didn't even bother to deal with his own injuries.
Fortunately, the piers built by the Ming Dynasty were extremely strong, and the bombardment of cannonballs would not cause the piers to collapse for the time being. Yan Zha took a breath, and then he noticed the appearance of the people waiting around him. They were all gray and gray, many of them were covered in blood, and they didn't know where they were injured.
Especially Niulu Zhang Jing Ning Erjia's left arm is empty, with white bones exposed at the break, and there are still some remaining red meat strands on it.
Ning Erjia couldn't stop shivering from the pain. He covered his broken arm, and large drops of cold sweat fell from his forehead. It turned out that the arm just now belonged to him.
Everyone in the platform was dumbfounded, including the Han army's Jia La Zhangjing and the Korean army's military commanders who had stayed on the platform. The fierce artillery fire from the Ming army blinded them all of a sudden. Following Jia La Zhang Jing Yan Zha's gaze, they noticed Niu Lu Zhang Jing Ning Er Jia's appearance.
"Master Ning Erjia is injured, bandage him quickly!"
"Master Jia La's butt is injured, stop the bleeding quickly!"
Just when there was a panic in the pier, on the Ming army's artillery array, busy gunners used wet woolen wooden sticks to clean the gun barrels immediately after firing the artillery everywhere. They could hear the continuous sound of water vapor and the steam of the gun. pop up.
After cleaning the barrel, the loader filled in a new propellant pack, while a gunner's thumb pressed on the fire door to prevent the airflow from flowing back and igniting the unclean embers. Iron bullets were sent in for compaction, and a new ignition cord was installed at the fire door to prepare for aiming and shooting.
Amidst the sharp swan sounds, the Ming army's artillery positions emitted deafening artillery sounds. Thick smoke was thick, and large and heavy iron bullets roared out and rushed towards the Qing army's positions.
Most of this wave of Ming army artillery used swarms, each with one large bomb, accompanied by more than a dozen small bombs, making the momentum even greater. The shells roared in and hit the front and rear of the Qing army's defense line. Yan Zha heard the sound of earth and rock collapsing, as well as the screams and screams of many Qing soldiers in the defense line.
There was a loud bang, and a village building was directly hit by a Ming army artillery shell. The civil structure of this village building has a village gate below, which can be occupied by some personnel for guarding. This type of village building has no problem in protecting against the shooting of bird cannons and bows and arrows, but it will be bombarded by artillery shells weighing several kilograms or even more than ten kilograms. , the huge wood and stone structure collapsed instantly.
The Qing troops above and the Qing troops hiding below were all trapped in mounds of earth and rocks, and were buried alive.
boom!
A large iron ball broke through an earth wall, and the dust was splashed with a large amount of blood mist. A Qing soldier was beaten into pieces on the spot, and some broken limbs were flying around in the earth.
Several others fell to the ground, all of them with gray heads and faces, their bodies covered with mud and flesh. The lower body of a Han soldier was broken, and he fell far outside the village wall, but he survived for a while. He was crawling on the ground in pain, as if he had been cut in half, and kept making heart-rending wails. His companions around him were all horrified when they saw it, and they fled elsewhere in terror.
boom!
Large and small artillery shells continued to run rampant on the Qing army's position. Some shells landed on the low wall of the trench in front of the main wall. They bounced a few times and then became motionless.
Some crossed the wall and fired at the stone houses and wooden houses behind the ridge, knocking down some of the stone houses and wooden houses and causing heavy casualties to the auxiliary soldiers there. Some unlucky ones were hit by the shells and their hands and feet were broken. They desperately screamed for help to the people around them, but no one paid attention.
At this time, Jia Lazhang Jingyanzha looked out from the arrow window of the pier and saw that his defensive line was in a mess. Many earthen and stone walls collapsed, and several artillery were even hit. At this time, it had become A pile of scrap metal.
And the soldiers under Yan Zha's command, whether they were Manchu soldiers, Han troops, or Korean troops, were all defeated at this time, or their eyes were dull and frightened, or they were running for their lives in fear. They had long lost their original arrangements.
In addition, the injured soldiers were wailing. Looking at this scene, Yan Zha's face couldn't help but tremble, and his heart had long lost the fighting spirit before.
The Ming army's artillery fire continued one after another. After a long time, the whistling sound of the Ming army's artillery shells turned from dense to thin, and finally the sound of shelling slowly stopped.
Although the artillery fire requires a short cooling time, after firing for almost half an hour, it is inevitable to stop and cool down completely, otherwise there will be a risk of exploding the barrel.
When the gunpowder smoke slowly dissipated, the generals of the Ming and Qing armies hurriedly took out their telescopes and observed carefully. Huang Taiji on the mountain city, Dorgon and others on the loess ridge all had pale faces at this time. , eyes solemn.
All the troops in the Ming army cheered.
Hong Chengchou and others also had telescopes. After watching for a while, they all had smiles on their faces, and they felt more confident about winning this battle.
Liu Yan also held up his telescope and watched for a long time, with a smile on his face, and said to Miao Shao and Qian Chong beside him: "It seems that the Ming army's artillery firepower is very good, and there are still many excellent gunners in the Ming army." of."
Qian Qian was unconvinced and said: "Hmph, if the artillery battalion under my command is used to bombard, the results of this round of artillery bombardment will definitely be more fruitful. Maybe it can destroy the Qing army's forward!"
Liu Yan smiled and nodded, but he still understood in his heart that although the artillery battalion of the New Army in Qinglai Town was excellent and equipped with artillery that was better than most of the Ming army's artillery, the artillery battalion did not have heavy artillery like the red cannon. In terms of range and power, it was still inferior to the hundreds of artillery that Hong Chengchou had assembled.
"The combat effectiveness of our artillery battalion is definitely stronger than that of other departments, but our army lacks heavy artillery. This must be noted down. After we return in triumph, we will put this matter on the agenda. The Firearms Supervision Department will start to develop heavy artillery. Comprehensively improve the firepower of the artillery battalion.”
Qian Qian was overjoyed when he heard this.
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