"Send the order, all the car camps, and the three militia groups assisting in the defense, prepare to fight immediately." Yang Fan said loudly.
As the military order was issued, the front-line car camp soldiers immediately opened the muzzle at the rear of the car, pushed the cannon out, and approached the firing port.
There are slide rails on the floor of the carriage, and there are devices to imitate the gun position fixation and offset rear seats on warships. Use ropes and pulleys to reset as quickly as possible after launch.
The artilleryman loaded the silk powder bag into the gun chamber and waited for further orders. You will need to decide whether to load shotshells or use solid spherical bullets based on the enemy situation.
The troops coming this time had a field artillery battalion, equipped with forged three-pound guns. These small field guns were all thirty-six-caliber cannons. Yang Fan was not prepared to use it from the beginning.
The current battlefield situation is very severe and there are many enemies. Cannons tend to overheat when fired. Yang Fan must use it sparingly. To deal with high-value targets on the battlefield, you cannot use it against minions at the beginning. The second reason is the waste of ammunition, the main reason is the fear of overheating of the artillery.
On the battlefield, once the artillery overheats, it cannot be used. Must wait for cooling. Otherwise, as soon as the medicine bag is put in, the medicine bag will burn directly before the cannonball is fired.
After the copper cannon is overheated after continuous firing, the barrel will become thicker due to thermal expansion and contraction, resulting in loose air leakage between the bullet stock and the barrel, greatly reducing the range.
In addition to armor, Swiss halberds, spears, wild goose feather knives and other equipment, each of the three militia regiments also issued nine-round fire gate rifles. This kind of fire door gun is now the standard equipment of Yang Fan's second-line troops, local militia, and public security stations.
The militiamen began loading two gun barrels. The spare barrel is mounted on the back and can be quickly replaced after the first barrel is shot.
At this time, Khan Ahai, Buyan Ahai and others, leading Taiji and Tabu Nang, had arrived. They smiled flatteringly and flattered Mang Gurtai and others.
Yang Fan saw very clearly in the telescope, and sighed in his heart that the Mongolians were really inferior to each other.
Soon, the enemy coordinated the attack arrangements.
With rows of horns blowing. A large number of Mongolian cavalry rushed up.
Yang Fan saw in the telescope that Mang Gur Taiyi issued orders in a bossy manner, simply treating these Mongolians as his subordinates. And these Mongols seemed to dare not offend him.
Obviously, Jiannu will not go there by himself. They will first let the Mongols attack their camp. After all, Jiannu has never seen such a city of steel. If you don’t know the truth or falsehood, it’s better to let the Mongols test it out first.
These Mongolian cavalry were shouting and sweeping in like a gust of wind. The soldiers in the car camp and the militiamen in the militia group were sweating on their hands. After all, none of them have ever been on the battlefield.
The carriage camp is the soldiers who guard Qianhu Station. These people were recruited by Yang Fan from the refugees. Even though they were official soldiers, they had never fought in a war, but had received rigorous training.
"Don't fire yet. This is a test by the enemy. When the cavalry get close to about thirty meters, hit them with a nine-shot gun." Zhou Yuji ordered loudly.
Before the soldiers of Qianhu Station went into battle, they were temporarily reorganized into a car camp regiment according to the wartime system to facilitate unified command. Zhou met Ji Qianhu and was appointed as the temporary regiment leader.
The cavalry from various Mongolian tribes, in groups of dozens, shouted and rushed to a distance of fifty meters, then stopped approaching and ran along the periphery.
This distance is beyond the limit of Ming Dynasty firearms. Three-eyed muskets, sharp guns, and tiger crouching cannons can't hit fifty meters. The Tiger Crouching Cannon mainly uses shotgun shells and is generally used within thirty meters.
Seeing that the Ming army did not respond, these cavalrymen ran for a while and continued to approach. Start rushing inward to a place thirty or forty meters away from the wall, and start throwing bows and arrows.
Yang Fan's soldiers all wore aluminum alloy armor and were not afraid of being shot by riding bows. There are some handymen in the camp who carry a tiled steel plate when they go in and out to prevent them from being injured by the flow.
Khan Ahai was a little confused, was this group of Ming soldiers different from those in Duolun City? Why didn't they use steel crossbows.
A few days ago, An Sanxi defeated the Tumuts with a steel crossbow, which greatly shocked the Mongolian tribes.
Due to production reasons, the steel crossbows were all sent to An Sanxi, and Yang Fan had no equipment at all. Yang Fan has enough flintlock guns.
Mang Gurtai said to Khan Ahai contemptuously: "Rashid Khan, you said these Ming people are so difficult to deal with. In my opinion, all Ming people are the same, they are all fake. You It seems like they don’t even have any bows or crossbows, and they haven’t counterattacked yet.”
"Let them get closer. Test it out." Han Ahai was a little embarrassed and ordered quickly.
The horns were blown, ordering the cavalry to continue approaching.
The cavalry continued to rush closer to the wall. Some of the cavalrymen had already rushed to a dozen meters outside the wall.
Zhou Yuji directed the battle from a watchtower built with steel pipe scaffolding. Seeing that the cavalry had entered the firing range of the portal gun, he immediately ordered: "Fire single shots from the portal gun. Each team can fire freely."
This is done in accordance with Yang Fan's instructions. Free shooting means finding your own target and deciding which target to attack.
The messenger behind him immediately used signal flags and began to issue orders in semaphore language.
Each team leader is issuing orders for signal flags at any time. After seeing the semaphore, he immediately ordered, "Single-shot free fire, open fire."
The soldiers were very nervous, after all, it was their first time on the battlefield, even though they all hid behind the steel plates. They saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing in and retreating outside repeatedly. They were a little nervous and wanted to open fire immediately.
But the long, rigorous training worked. They were all frightened by being beaten with military sticks. No one dared to shoot without an order.
Now that he heard the order, he immediately opened the shooting port on the steel plate and stretched out the muzzle of the gun.
Hu Tu was riding a horse and once rushed towards the outer steel wall. Suddenly he saw that there seemed to be something extra on the steel wall. He took a closer look and saw many small holes in the steel plate, with muskets inside. Stretched out.
Hutu is an old scout on the grassland, and they cavalry are here to test the firepower. Their mission is to use a small number of cavalry to test out what weapons the enemy has and their approximate performance.
This is an upright positional battle, not An Sanxi's surprise battle. The Mongols must conduct fire reconnaissance before the war.
He immediately broke out in a cold sweat. These Ming people are different from the people in Duolun City. They were not equipped with steel crossbows, but they had fire blunderbuss.
They hid in the horse's belly and got under the horse's belly.
Almost at the same time. There was a burst of gunfire like exploding beans from the wall. There was a burst of smoke, and the fire door gun began to fire.
Because the military order is free fire, single shot shooting. So everyone aimed at a target and fired.
Suddenly, a large number of these Mongolian scouts were knocked off their horses.
In the distance, Khan Ahai, Buyan Ahai and others breathed a sigh of relief. These Ming people were not equipped with the terrifying steel crossbows like An Sanxi. Looking at the firepower of their counterattack, they should be magic guns or three-eyed guns firing single shots.
In this case, infantry can be sent to attack on a large scale.
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