"President Fo Langji is ready to fire, lock the target!"
"Distance measurement completed!"
"The gunpowder is loaded!"
Qian Qian stood in the artillery array with his head held high and high-spirited. In today's battle, he and the artillery battalion soldiers will face the baptism of hundreds of artillery pieces from the bandits. They will become the most eye-catching presence in this battle. After this battle, the new army will The artillery camp will become famous in the Central Plains!
"The rocket chief is ready to continue firing salvos, and the tiger artillery chief has all entered the sandbag bunker and is on standby!"
At the same time, on the west wall of Kaifeng City, Chen Yongfu looked at the vast sea-like army of bandits in the distance, and at the hundreds of cannons ready to go in front of the bandit array. He walked around nervously and shouted angrily. The gunner at the top of the city checked whether the artillery was ready.
Almost all the Dafolangji and Hongyi cannons in Kaifeng City are concentrated on the city wall. As long as the artillery has a range of more than two miles, Chen Yongfu has sent people to transfer it. One hundred and dozens of artillery have been loaded at this time. Under the guidance of the dozen New Army gunners here, they have all aimed at distant targets.
Now that the various battalions of the bandits have been reorganized, a large number of soldiers and horses are about three miles away from the New Army formation, while the bandits' artillery camp is about two miles away.
Liu Yan has handed over the command of the artillery battalion to Qian Chong. As long as Qian Chou is ready, he can open fire at any time.
Qian Qian looked at the rogue artillery camp in the distance with a sneer on his face. Then he raised his right hand high, slashed it down hard, and shouted loudly: "Fire with the Folang cannon!"
"put!"
boom!
In an instant, all seventy-two Folang machine guns of the New Army artillery battalion opened fire, and all the shells accurately landed on the Liuzhou artillery battalion position, sweeping away a large number of people. Qian Qian
They even saw two Hongyi cannons being hit, and the huge and heavy cannon bodies were smashed. Then they were shocked and flew as high as a person, knocking down a dozen bandit gunners and soldiers around them. Those people watched It's impossible to survive.
Subsequently, more than a hundred artillery on the walls of Kaifeng City also began to roar. Although the accuracy of the artillery on the city wall was a bit off, with the guidance of more than a dozen New Army gunners, the level of those Ming Army gunners also improved a lot. Most of them All the cannonballs accurately landed in the bandit artillery camp.
The rogue artillery battalion, which had not yet recovered, was hit hard again. Among the three rows of artillery, the first two rows were even more intensively "taken care of". Several artillery were directly hit, and the artillery was hit by pieces of iron. He became a god of death, mowing down all the rogue gunners and soldiers around him.
"Fill it!"
"put!"
Soon, the New Army artillery battalion fired again, and the fierce firepower continued. There was less than a cup of tea between the two salvos. The more than a hundred artillery fire intervals in Kaifeng City were longer, but they were not It’s time for a stick of incense.
Li Dingguo stood behind the artillery battalion. From the start of the battle to now, the artillery battalion he had reassembled had suffered heavy losses. The gunners had suffered many casualties. Even more than a dozen artillery pieces had been destroyed. He saw with his own eyes a Franco machine gun at the same time. He was hit by two cannonballs, which sent him flying into the air, and then hit hard on a small Hongyi cannon next to him. The two cannons were disabled at the same time!
At this time, Li Dingguo felt very regretful. It was very inconvenient to command more than 400 artillery pieces. In order to unify the command and issue orders in a timely manner, Li Dingguo ordered all the artillery pieces to be divided into three rows and deployed very compactly. However, he never expected
Unexpectedly, this arrangement facilitated the bombardment of the army's artillery, causing such heavy losses to our own side.
Originally, the level of the gunners of the bandits was very poor. Most of them were rushing to get on the shelves temporarily. At this time, they were overtaken by the army's artillery. The gunners were even more panicked. Many people started to run for their lives, and were soon overwhelmed by the bandits. The soldier fell to the ground.
The remaining bandit gunners who were able to hold on to their positions also made mistakes while busy. Just now, a Franco machine gun was filled with double the amount of gunpowder because of the gunner's nervousness. The gunpowder nearby sent dozens of people around him away.
Looking at the chaos on his own artillery array, Li Dingguo was heartbroken. Time was too tight and he had no time to beat these gunners properly. Otherwise, with the powerful firepower of more than 400 artillery pieces, how could the government artillery show off its majesty?
But it was too late to say anything at this time. The artillery battalions of the New Army and the artillery in Kaifeng City continued to bombard them. Under the continuous blows, although the Rogue Artillery was also fighting back hard, they could not fire a salvo at all.
It can only be that all the bandit gunners are working hard to reload. Whoever is ready can just fire directly without waiting for the order. This resulted in the fact that although the bandits had more than 400 artillery pieces, the firepower they produced was scattered and could not form a powerful fire coverage at all.
Moreover, the rogue gunners were already of low quality, and at this time, they were able to complete the steps of loading the artillery a few times under the continuous fire of the army's artillery fire. It can be imagined that the accuracy was very high.
After the exchange of fire, Li Dingguo was furious because not many shells hit the New Army artillery camp in the distance, and most of the shells missed. And even if you fight
After hitting the New Army artillery camp, almost all the artillery shells were stopped by the carts in front of the formation.
Li Dingguo couldn't imagine what kind of large vehicles those were. With just a wooden frame and some filled cloth bags or bamboo baskets, they could stop powerful artillery shells!
"what is that!"
In the army of the bandits, Li Zicheng saw this scene with a telescope, and his face was very ugly. The shells that hit the New Army artillery camp position hit the carts in front of the formation, or landed on the sandbags in the formation. On the ground, the originally powerful cannonball was blocked instantly and was even directly embedded in the sandbag.
The hundreds of artillery pieces that Li Zicheng had given high hopes for suddenly became useless, which made Li Zicheng very angry: "Tell Li Dingguo that all artillery must not stop, even if the barrel is exploded, they must continue to bombard! Even if the shot is not accurate, even if Liu Yan is prepared Without those anti-artillery things, with more than 400 artillery pieces, it can still cause huge damage to the army!"
At this time, Li Zicheng had made a desperate move. Since he was not accurate, and since the army was prepared, he could only make up for the qualitative disadvantage with quantitative advantage.
Li Dingguo looked very ugly after receiving the order. Li Zicheng regarded these artillery pieces and gunners as disposable consumables. As long as he could win this battle, he would not hesitate to sacrifice all the artillery pieces and gunners!
At this time, Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi were nearby. Both of them looked solemn. Their own artillery in front had been completely suppressed. If they continued to shoot at each other, it would not take an hour for the gunners on the artillery array to completely collapse.
"what to do?"
Sun Kewang asked.
Li Dingguo looked back
He turned towards the boundless army of bandits behind him, and then said: "Fight! There is no way forward in this battle. Even if we exhaust all the artillery arrays and firearms battalions, we cannot retreat!"
Sun Kewang nodded heavily, and Ai Nengqi also clenched his hands. Although the two were not optimistic about this battle, they could only do this at this time. After all, the three of them were pushed to the forefront of the confrontation by Li Zicheng. At this time, the three of them There is no retreat and no choice.
"put!"
Qian Qian's roar echoed in the artillery camp. At this time, the Folang machine gun alone and the artillery in Kaifeng City were able to suppress the bandits' artillery array, so Qian Qian did not let the rocket launcher truck take part in the battle.
After all, rocket launchers are effective against a large number of rogue soldiers and horses, but they are not good enough for firing artillery.
At this time, the New Army has 72 Fo Lang machine guns, plus more than 100 artillery pieces on the walls of Kaifeng City. The total number is more than 200. Although it is only half of the number of artillery pieces of the bandits, it can exert almost 100% of its effectiveness. Firepower.
As for the more than 400 artillery pieces on the bandits' artillery array, after several rounds of strikes, they were able to continue firing. It is estimated that only 30% to 40% of the firepower for continuous shooting was left.
In such a comparison, the mid-range thieves are at an absolute disadvantage!
"put!"
boom!
There was another salvo, and dozens of artillery shells roared and hit the Liuthief artillery array. This time Qian Qian directed the artillery battalion to aim at a point, aiming at several Hongyi cannons on the Liuthief artillery array.
Although the skills of the rogue gunners were so poor that it took three New Army gunners to fire one round, and the shots were scattered, the threat from those Hongyi cannons was real. There was a red gun just now.
The eight-pound shell fired by the Yi artillery struck hard and hit an earth truck in front of the formation, smashing the earth truck to pieces. The heavy force even knocked away all the sandbags tied to the earth truck.
Qian Qian saw with his own eyes that two gunners were hit by earth bags, their heads were bruised and bleeding, and they fell to the ground.
In this salvo, dozens of artillery shells landed accurately around the Hongyi cannons. The rogue gunners who controlled the artillery were directly taken away by more than a dozen people. Two more Hongyi cannons were hit and were killed on the spot. Smashed into scrap metal.
"Ha ha!"
Qian Qian, who was holding up a telescope and seeing the results of the battle, laughed loudly and shouted almost excitedly: "Compare shooting with me? See how I shoot you to death! Shoot, let me shoot as much as you want!"
boom!
At this time, the volley fire rhythm of the New Army artillery battalion became faster and faster. In the fierce artillery battle, it actually produced a "knowing blow" effect.
The loading of the Folan cannon is actually not complicated. A skilled gunner can operate it even faster than loading a matchlock gun.
As the artillerymen of the new army performed better and better, the firepower of the official army became more and more fierce. The bandit artillery formation was almost completely baptized by the artillery fire of the official army. It was in a mess everywhere. Those who were temporarily pulled over The gunners could no longer hold on and began to flee on a large scale, and even the many rogue soldiers who were holding the line also ran with them.
In the blink of an eye, the Rogue Artillery Battalion was completely silent. About a third of the more than a thousand gunners and hundreds of soldiers holding down the formation were dead. The remaining people were all panicked, even if the supervising team deployed by Li Dingguo rushed up behind them. , and failed to stop the defeated troops.
He was hacked to death with a knife and beaten to pieces by cannonballs weighing several kilograms.
, which one do you choose?
I believe that a sane person would choose the former. No matter what happens, he will die, and no one wants to die without a complete body!
At this time, Li Dingguo's face was ashen, as were Ai Nengqi and Sun Kewang beside him. The two looked at each other and hurriedly returned to the formation to prepare for the next battle.
Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said, "Immediately report to King Chuang: Our battalion's artillery array has been defeated. Please order King Chuang to attack!"
