Following Mo Zhui's order, the three Franco cannons on the port side immediately roared in sequence, thick smoke and flames spurted out, and three more spherical solid projectiles flew over.
The whistling shells made a sharp whistling sound and a sonic boom that broke the speed of sound. This time all three shells hit. This catapult was directly broken into several sections after being beaten, the wheels flew off, and the frame was scattered. The whole vehicle rolled on the ground several times, and then broke into parts on the ground.
Turai was so frightened that he held his head and screamed, his fat body like a marmot.
Just now, a heavy wheel made of manchurian ash flew past his head. Ash is a hardwood unique to Mongolia and the Northeast. It is very heavy and strong. If you get a little bit of this, your brain will explode.
At this time, he was slobbering down the stairs, and his back was soaked. He cursed Chubuqingtabunang in his heart. The black ship's artillery range far exceeds that of the catapults. If you let your team come up and shoot at the black ship, aren't you looking for death?
At this time, six trebuchets had been installed at a distance of 200 meters. Chubuqing dispersed his Nake'er and guards. He had dealt with this group of Mingren many times. He knew that as long as he stood alone with one person and one horse, he would not attract cannonballs.
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Because the target is small, it is difficult to attract attention. If a group of people surround you, not only will you not be able to protect yourself, but you will become a target. He was riding a black horse and stood more than thirty meters behind the trebuchet. This distance is safe enough.
The bows and arrows on the city wall cannot reach this place. Even if they are thrown, the wind direction is blowing towards the city head, and the throwing distance is greatly reduced, so there is no need for guard protection.
Even if it is a musket, it is more than 200 meters away. If it can hit, the chance is as great as being struck by thunder.
"Aim at that boat, twenty pounds of rocks, and launch."
Each of the six trebuchets has six tips, that is, it has six throwing arms and can fire six stone projectiles at a time. Six trebuchets can fire 36 stone bullets at a time. This can be considered a relatively secretive bullet rain attack.
I remember that when Kublai Khan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, he attacked the imperial city in the inner city of Hangzhou. At one time, five thousand trebuchets were assembled and hurled stones together. At that time, the rocks fell like raindrops, directly defeating the imperial city defenders. At this time, these unscrupulous descendants of the Duoyan tribe can only gather six tribes, and the six-tipped trebuchet is already the limit.
Mo Zui had already seen that the six trebuchets, operated by three to four thousand people, had already dropped bombs.
Mo Zuo sneered and ordered: "Set the ship!"
The order was transmitted to the engine room from the microphone. The few people left behind immediately put down the steam wrench. High-pressure steam was sprayed into the cylinder, and the piston immediately began to move.
The loud noise of boom and boom sounded again, and the two huge paddle wheels started spinning randomly. The ship started.
Because the trebuchet is not an artillery piece, it can be launched by igniting the fire. Four thousand people pull the rope together to launch the flying rocks, which takes a long time. After Mo Zuo saw it in the telescope, he immediately ordered the ship to sail.
This is obvious bullying. Because Mo Zhui has used Yang Fan's trebuchet, he knows that this thing cannot adjust the left and right shooting range. Unless there is a bogie.
How could the Mongols have such a thing? Let alone seeing it, they have probably never heard of it. Even in the Han area, there have been no four-wheeled carriages for thousands of years, only two-wheeled carriages with a load capacity of less than one ton. Isn't it because the bogie was not invented?
A two-wheeled carriage has to put part of its weight on the horse's back through the shafts. The horse has to pull forward and bear the weight at the same time. Naturally, the carriage cannot hold too much.
This is also the reason why Yang Fan adopted the four-wheeled carriage that was used during the development of the western part of the beautiful country. The weight of a wagon is entirely on the four wheels. The horses only need to pull forward, which greatly reduces the burden on the horses, so the four-wheeled caravan can carry up to seven tons.
The carriage is designed in the shape of a boat and can also be used to float across rivers and streams encountered. Most of the rivers on the grassland are clear and shallow streams, so Yang Fan's caravan is very practical on the grassland.
Since the Mongolian trebuchets can only shoot in a straight line and cannot adjust the left and right shooting range, as long as the Dawn steamship moves forward or backward, it will be impossible to hit.
Of course, this also depends on the character. After all, whether it is a leather bag, a pole, or a rope, it is a very elastic thing. Coupled with the influence of the cross wind, thousands of people cannot be completely consistent. Working together creates too many variables in the trajectory of the stone bullet.
Moreover, these Mongolians lacked masons and used stones of various shapes, none of which were absolutely round stone bullets. The air resistance of such a stone is so weird that even the gods can't calculate it.
If the stone bullet is not a perfect sphere, the center of gravity must not be in the center. Even if it is a perfect spherical stone bullet, it is difficult to ensure that the center of gravity is at the center because of the different compositions inside the stone. The posture of placing the stone bullets in this way is very particular. Failure to place the center of gravity properly will affect the trajectory.
Even when masons build stone walls, each stone must be weighed by hand to ensure that the center of gravity of each stone is downward. Otherwise, the center of gravity of every stone on this wall will be messed up, and I'm afraid it will collapse on its own in a short time without any external force.
Nothing in the world is simple if you take it seriously. These Duoyan Mongolians, who know this, just randomly pick up some rocks and throw them out, so the accuracy is very worrying.
Many times, the trebuchet arm is obviously pointed at the city wall, but in fact the impact point may not necessarily be there.
Of course, anything can happen in the actual situation on the battlefield.
If you were standing there, you might not hit a single shot, because the accuracy is too low. On the contrary, if you avoid it and get hit by a stone, you can only consider yourself unlucky.
The steam had been holding for a while, but suddenly it was released, and the steamboat jumped out. After the Dawn sailed away quickly, dense black dots in the sky also flew over.
Plop! Plop! After a loud noise, these secret little black dots covered the spot where the Dawn had just been parked.
"Oh, that's pretty accurate." Mo Zui looked amused. This starting hit rate is really good.
It can be seen that the Mongols are also very lucky. If they had not had the foresight to launch the ship, it would have been smashed, and there were holes in the roof of the ship. If a 20-pound stone flies so far and hits a two-millimeter steel plate from a height of 400 to 500 meters in the sky, it is estimated that it will be able to penetrate it.
Although the Dawn has sailed away, there are still many siege troops trapped here between the city wall and the moat.
Just now, the Dawn was busy shelling the trebuchets and catapults that posed a great threat to itself, and did not bother to hit them. They all took the opportunity to lie down on the ground to reduce the number of targets and prevent them from being bombarded by shotguns.
This was great, more than half of the stone bullets falling densely fell on these guys lying on the ground. They were immediately smashed and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The Taijis who were watching the battle from a distance were all anxious, beating their chests and feet one by one, and yelling curses.
"Chu Buqing, you bastard, look at the good things you have done."
"My Na Ke'er, my elite, I'll fight you, you bastard."
