Six hundred copper-fired cannons on the three walls of the entire chariot city were spitting out flames one after another, firing, recoiling, resetting, and firing again.
The shield vehicles brought by Jiannu this time were only more than 500, which were not as many as the bronze-haired cannons of the Chaoying Regiment.
Fifty or sixty thousand Mongolian soldiers rushed up from three sides, hiding behind shield vehicles. When he reached a hundred meters, he suddenly suffered an unprecedented blow.
They didn't know that the Ming army had so many large artillery pieces. The road conditions in this era were not good, and the vehicles were not heavy enough. It is impossible to install large artillery at all. At most, it is a small Folang machine gun of about 100 kilograms, or even a squatting tiger cannon and a lifting gun.
This isn't the first time I've seen sidecars. The Ming Army has been using them for more than a hundred years. Over the past 100 years, the Ming army repeatedly fought with the Mongols in Jizhen and Xuanda towns, and the Mongols often fought with this thing.
This thing also acted as a barrier. Most of the Ming troops were inside, shooting arrows and setting off cannons.
This time was different from any other time in history. The Ming army combined heavy artillery with horse-drawn carriages. What was fired in the chariot city was no longer blunderbuss and portal guns, but twelve-pound shells from heavy artillery, and even shotgun shells.
The lethality has increased unprecedentedly.
As the cannons rumbled, although the shield car in front was still moving forward stubbornly, this thing was too heavy and the advancement speed was very slow.
One shield car after another was hit by artillery fire. After all, within a hundred meters, the direct fire of the copper-haired cannon is still very accurate.
At this time, Cao Xiu had already achieved good results in many drills due to his hard training, and was promoted to corps commander based on his merit. Subsequently, after the Qianhu Guard Station was changed from Shahe Qianhu Station to Hexi Qianhu Guard Station, the entire army was changed from infantry to chariot corps.
One or two heavy-duty side trucks constitute a corps, and five soldiers form a minimum combat unit. The corps commander also became the vehicle commander. Below are the gunner, aimer, loader and ammo hand.
After the war started today, Cao Xiu was very excited when he received the order to fire.
He liked cannons, which were much more enjoyable than flintlocks. The deafening sound of the copper-haired cannon, the violent recoil, and the flames and black smoke it spewed made him feel that this was a man's weapon.
"Aim at the shield car ahead, that's right, the one closest to you." Cao Xiu shouted loudly.
The aiming hand cranked the height and direction machine, and the muzzle of the copper-fired cannon moved slowly, aiming at the shield car. There was an Eight Banners officer behind the shield car's mantlet, half of his head exposed, observing the situation in the car city.
While looking at the situation in Checheng, he turned back and said something to the officers and soldiers behind him.
The closest the car was pushed, it was almost fifty meters.
Cao Xiu said in his heart, if you shoot the first bird, I will beat you today.
"Fire!"
Following Cao Xiu's order, there was a loud bang. A twelve-pound lead bullet flew out of the muzzle with a loud sonic boom and went straight fifty meters away.
At this distance, the artillery's direct shooting is very accurate. It's impossible to miss.
The batch of copper-fired cannons that Yang Fan equipped for the carriage camp were all cast by the Xincheng Iron Works. It adopts iron mold casting and hot oil cooling, and its performance is very good.
The internal barrels are carefully machined using boring machines. The inner wall is smooth and precise. Cannonballs are also precision-cast lead balls. These lead balls have steel cores inside, which can not only ricochet, hit hard objects, but also penetrate.
At this time, Niulu Erzhen was shouting, asking the Mongolians behind the car to prepare their shields and ladders. After all, they had already hit fifty meters away.
At this time, as soon as he turned around, he saw the rear of a sidecar not far away. The outstretched muzzle opened fire. In the blink of an eye, the twelve-pound shells focused on the large shield in front of the car. .
Niu Luzhen felt the big shield in front of him shake violently, and then he flew backwards along with the sawdust. In this thousandth of a second moment, he felt that time seemed to slow down.
As he flew back, he clearly saw the big shield shattering, and countless pieces of wood flying back in all directions with sharp wooden spikes. After the lead bullet penetrated the large shield, it fell into the dense crowd behind the car.
The high-speed cannonball was like a hot iron driving through butter, creating an alleyway of blood and flesh in the crowd. All people or objects that blocked the progress of the lead ball were crushed to pieces.
After killing five or six people, the shot put jumped up again, flew for a while, and hit the crowd again, causing another burst of blood and flesh to fly. After jumping several times in a row and killing more than thirty people, it finally stopped.
With a bang, he fell heavily to the ground and closed his eyes.
The shield vehicles were destroyed one after another. The sand filled inside, which was used to slow down and attenuate the kinetic energy of the lead bullets, turned into shotgun pellets, causing great damage to the Mongolians hiding behind the vehicles.
Soon, the shield vehicle was hit by three rounds of artillery fire and completely destroyed.
It's really hard to say that it's so close and can't even match the distance.
The reason why Yang Fan moved closer before hitting was because he was afraid that they would escape, and it was also convenient for direct aim shooting. As long as there was no problem with his eyes, a distance of one hundred meters would be almost no problem.
The soldiers gathered behind were miserable. I thought the shield car would be a support and safe.
If, like last time, they get closer to 30 meters, the chariots will attack with guns and grenades. The lead bullets and fragments can indeed be blocked by the shield chariots to protect their safety. However, the situation has changed. This time the defenders use The weapons were not guns, but heavy artillery.
Not only could the shield car not protect them, the wooden material of the shield car and the sand and gravel filling inside the shield car actually increased their damage to them.
The soldiers were a little panicked and didn't know whether to continue charging or retreat. After all, the initial plan was to use the cover of the shield car to retreat to the mountain. Now that the shield car has been completely destroyed, what should we do now?
Soon, the desolate horn sounded, which was the clarion call to continue the attack.
Khan Ahai and Buyan Ahai also figured it out. Now that they have reached this distance, they cannot retreat. They all know that the cannon has a range of 500 meters. Even if they retreat, they have to run 400 meters on two legs. At a distance of meters, so many artillery pieces from the other side will cause huge casualties.
Now that we have reached such a close distance, we might as well rush forward. Even at a distance of tens of meters, 50,000 to 60,000 people can still be hit. No matter how sharp the opponent's artillery is, it is impossible to block so many people.
The Mongols knew that this was an order to continue the attack, and the officers shouted, rectified their troops, and continued the attack.
Since the shield cars are all gone, just rush forward. Anyway, there is no shield car, so we have to charge. This group of reinforcements must be eliminated, otherwise, if they attack from both sides, the strong soldiers in Duolun City will rush out, and there is a risk of complete defeat.
"Hulu hello!"
"Hula!"
These people were all regular soldiers. Under the supervision of the officers, they immediately abandoned the wreckage of the shield car, raised their bucklers and scimitars, and carried crudely made ladders, and rushed forward.
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