An Sanxi threw down the pencil, picked up the enamel teapot, took a sip of tea and continued: "The master once said such a sentence to me, I will always remember it."
"He said that in this land of China, the most capable and difficult to deal with are the militia and regiment training armed forces. The second are the old bandit gangs. The third are the rogue bandits and horse thieves fighting guerrillas. Third. The fourth is a well-trained regular army."
I saw that my subordinates were all staring and didn't understand.
An Sanxi continued to explain: "The militia and regiment training are the armed forces that protect their hometown. They know very well who they are fighting for. They are protecting their own family members, the property and lives of the local township party. And they are all locally composed. They are all composed of neighbors, children, and relatives. They know each other well and share the same hatred. If someone is killed or injured, the motivation for blood revenge will arise. Therefore, the army they form cannot be defeated or dispersed. "
The battalion commanders and senior officers nodded one after another, because they were members of the armed forces and militia. They were basically all Yang Fan's domestic slaves. As the lord, Yang Fan allocates land to their families and provides security. It even provides various services such as education, medical care, and credit.
In return they had to vassal military obligations to their lord.
The Shanxi merchants in this city were also organized in this way. They either rely on the clan or the township party. Or the core members are from the clan, the middle level is from the township party, and the outer level is from Shanxi locals.
Regardless of their class status, they all rely on the business of Shanxi merchants to make a living. Therefore, they are united and dare to fight.
After all, it is not easy to survive in Ming Dynasty now. Without Shanxi merchants, where would their whole family find food? Shanxi merchants' business is their lifeblood. If you want his lifeblood, he will risk his life for you.
Therefore, they will definitely resist fiercely.
An Sanxi said: "The five hundred beggar soldiers from the guardhouse and the three hundred battalion soldiers are indeed not enough to fill our teeth. But there are eight Shanxi merchants in the city, and each of them has two to three thousand caravan guards. Moreover, Their power is not only in this small town of Zhangjiakou. For example, the Fan family, their family is in Jiexiu. This is just one of their strongholds."
"We don't know their number, combat effectiveness, or equipment. Therefore, in this battle, any of you must be careful and not have any idea of underestimating the enemy. Otherwise, you will definitely suffer a big loss.
No wonder Yang Fan warned An Sanxi. The original words of this passage were actually summed up by the little devil himself when he invaded China. They suffered heavy losses in several battles with the militia.
At this time, all ten teams had moved ten meters away from the north city wall. Hidden among the broken walls.
It is only thirty meters from the city wall, but there are no buildings in this thirty meters distance. This is an ancient custom. There is a dry moat here that is no longer obvious. In order to clear the perimeter of the city wall, no houses or obstacles are allowed in this distance.
Captain Baiyin (Fu) came over to discuss with Bayar: "If the order to attack comes down, my team, with ten shield bearers rushing in front, and twenty people carrying two ladders, will Attack the city wall directly. You are responsible for covering us."
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Bayar slapped his chest and said: "Brother Baiyin, don't worry. I will open fire immediately after the squadron leader's order comes down. We have all been equipped with third-generation flintlock rifles. The rate of fire can reach four per minute. Five shots. From a distance of thirty meters, they can’t take advantage of us in the shooting.”
"Well, whether we can successfully climb the city this time depends on you." Baiyin said happily. He and Bayar both came from the same tribe. He felt very relieved when he handed his back to the people from his own tribe.
On the observation deck, An Sanxi put down his telescope and ordered: "Artillery, prepare. Eject, spherical explosive bombs, three rapid fire rounds."
The flag was waved under the command of the platform, and the artillerymen immediately began preparations. Increase the elevation of the gun. Used as a mortar.
The mortar is a smoothbore artillery with a short barrel (the ratio of caliber to barrel length is usually less than 1:12 to 1:13), a large firing angle, a low muzzle velocity, and a high arc trajectory.
It has a short range and powerful projectiles, and is mainly used to destroy solid fortifications.
Yang Fan can now produce glass, and he can also find a jade-polishing master to grind lenses. Based on the information from later generations, an artillery aiming device was simply made.
886. Artillery attack "All artillery squadrons are attentive. Spherical explosive bombs, three rapid fire rounds. Prepare, release."
Following the command from the artillery squadron leader, the Camel Cannon opened fire.
Smoke was seen rising from the hills in the distance, followed by a deafening explosion. Heiyunlong's eyes widened.
This is the army of Tushetu Khan! They actually have artillery.
The people in Mobei know very well that they don't have many muskets.
The main reason is that they lack gunpowder. Without gunpowder, their firearms are fire sticks. The most important thing is that there are no saltpeter mines in the grassland, and they don't know how to grow saltpeter fields.
You can't learn from the Ming Dynasty and go to the toilet to scrape urine. Because there are no toilets on the grassland and there are too few people.
But who are this team? How come they have so many firearms.
But soon, he couldn't continue thinking.
Because the black iron balls had passed through high-trajectory parabolas and smashed down on the city wall one after another.
Because the Camel gun is an ultra-light artillery, it has a relatively small charge and small recoil. It is a low-pressure artillery that relies on solid spherical bullets to hit, and has limited destructive effect on the solid rammed earth walls covered with bricks.
Therefore, An Sanxi directly chose the spherical explosive bomb.
In this era, the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, especially along the Great Wall in Shanxi and Shaanxi, had long been equipped with delayed-explosion bombs.
However, due to insufficient gunpowder performance. At the same time, in order to resist the chamber pressure, the shell of the shell had to be thickened to prevent it from shattering before exiting the chamber.
This results in a pitifully small explosion with no practical value.
But Yang Fan's spherical explosive bomb is different. Because he has good steel with better performance and greater strength to make the shell casing, it does not need to be particularly thick, which reduces the weight.
This saves weight and space for additional charges. And Yang Fan's chemical fertilizer explosive can reach 60% of the power of TNT. Far from what black gunpowder can compare to.
In this way, Yang Fan realized for the first time the practical use of explosive bombs.
Black iron balls roared and fell from the sky. Thirty-six camel guns fired 108 spherical explosive shells.
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These shells were fired in the first round, although they were not tested, and then the aiming parameters were adjusted. The first launch resulted in a cross-fire.
Cannonballs fell on the city wall and on both sides of the city wall.
boom! A stream of flames rose on the city walls.
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. Perfect
