Wang Kun's legs were weak, his face was ferocious, and he was holding on to the railing with both hands.
The sound was like a hurricane blowing past my ears, but also a bit like the sound of strong wind blowing the grass in my ears. Then, he saw a dark thing flying past.
As soon as he saw a cannonball, it whizzed past from the left side of the watchtower. The shells fell into the camp area, then landed several times and jumped up again, knocking down several tents.
Wherever the cannonballs hit, everything is invincible. The fabric of the tent was in tatters, and bright red flesh was sprayed everywhere.
The shells made a bloody alley, causing casualties all over the place.
At this time, the car camp has experienced the test of actual combat, and the rigorous training reflects the gap between veterans and rookie recruits. The soldiers in the car camp were motionless, and everyone stood firm at their posts despite the bombardment.
The six thousand Rumi gunmen in the camp were in commotion and panic. They tried to avoid the shells hitting the camp, but they didn't know how. They have never been on the battlefield since they were trained as an army.
And as soon as it came up, it was such a cruel battlefield.
Huang Hao looked at the musketeers running around below and sighed.
These people just lack actual combat experience and are all rookies. If you have never fought, no matter how much you train, it will not work. Only by forcing them down the battlefield like the master did, and experiencing the training of blood and fire, can a truly strong army be created.
An hour later, the shelling stopped.
Zhou Yuji took out a small notebook and recorded in detail the number and accuracy of shots fired, the interval between shots, etc. using a pencil produced by the Zunhua Pencil Factory. This valuable first-hand information is important.
Zhou Yuji put down his pen and said, "The rebels are coming up. Let the Rumi Gunslingers dispatch 3,000 people, with the general flag as a unit, and enter the trenches to stand by."
Following the order, the officers rushed forward with whips in hand, gathered up the soldiers running around, restored their organization, and then marched to the trenches one by one to stand by.
In the distance, large groups of rebels approached cautiously, pushing shield carts temporarily converted from stolen civilian carriages, and holding large shields made of small tree trunks and bowl-sized bamboo.
Because there was no order to fire, the car camp continued to remain silent.
The leaders of the rebels were a little uneasy. Huang Tengyuan, Tong Jianye and others watched as they bombarded them with red cannons for an hour. They stopped shooting only when the cannons turned red.
The car camp opposite actually opened the steel city wall by itself. Just lie down like this, and you can bombard it with the red cannon.
And the other party strangely didn't have any counterattack, not even a panicked and noisy cry.
But despite their misgivings, they had to attack when it was time to attack.
The rebel infantry pushed various artillery pieces away, and shield vehicles were used to cover the distance between the artillery pieces.
Their guns varied greatly in range and projectile weight, and their ballistic performance varied greatly. The types are even more diverse, and there is everything.
The generals, second generals, third generals, hand-held blunderbuss, hand-held copper and iron blunderbuss muzzles, divine flying cannons, fire-guns, Zhenguo bronze general blunderbuss, tiger crouching cannon, etc. are all dazzling to see.
Zhou Yuji even saw many firearms made during the Hongwu period. He felt very depressed.
It was made in the Taizu Dynasty and is almost three hundred years old. It is still usable. The ones made by the Ministry of Industry now will no longer be good in a few years.
"Put them closer, and when they reach 400 meters, send the signal to fire." Zhou Yuji said.
An officer in charge of surveying shouted his orders. He stared at the preset distance mark and watched where the enemy had advanced.
Soon these rebels reached a distance of 400 meters. They had to advance about a hundred meters before they stopped firing. Because their firearms, whether muskets or artillery, have a very short range.
Even the No. 1 General Cannon, which is 1.7 meters long, has a caliber of 20 centimeters, and weighs 800 kilograms, is only a thin-skinned and large-filled cannon used to fire cannonballs. This kind of artillery has a thin tube wall and cannot withstand high chamber pressure. In fact, it is similar to a stone cannon.
One of the two sidecars under the control of Xiaoqi Gao Changlin was hit and its roof was blown off. However, there were no casualties.
"Bah," he spat out the blood foam in his mouth. When the vehicle was hit by a shell, he was violently beaten and his mouth hit the wall, causing his gums to bleed. He touched it and found that the teeth had not fallen out, but they were somewhat mobile.
"These bastards, these are red cannons, they almost blew us away." He cursed angrily.
If the cannonball just hit was just one foot lower, the five of them would be wiped out in this ancient version of the armored vehicle.
"Brothers, if you can breathe, get up for me. It's our turn to show off our power."
Several people in the car got up one after another. When they were shot just now, the car suddenly jumped up and knocked them to pieces.
At this time, the cannon windows were opened at the rear of the sidecars one after another. The gunners used rails, pulleys and ropes to push out the heavy copper-fired cannons. Use the pulleys and ropes to start adjusting the shooting direction up, down, left, and right.
"Fire!" With the order, all the gunners in the side cars started to move. They put the fire breaker to the fuse of the fire door.
Boom boom boom!
The heavy four-wheel sidecars slid backwards for a certain distance under the recoil of the 500-pound copper-fired cannon, and were then blocked by limiters that restricted the movement of the wheels. Reset slowly.
Each golden muzzle spurted out flames.
Five hundred rounds of spherical solid bullets flew out.
As soon as the car camp opened fire, Huang Dengyuan, Tong Jianye and others who were commanding from high places were shocked by the dense firepower density. They never dreamed that the carriage camp would have so many cannons, and all of them were heavy-duty copper-fired cannons weighing 500 kilograms.
Huang Tengyuan trembled in his heart. He knew that the troops who rushed forward to fire were doomed. Their tattered and miscellaneous firearms were no match for such sharp firearms.
In front of the rebels is a shield vehicle, and behind the shield vehicle are firearms. Behind them came a large number of infantry.
Their idea was to use a shield car to cover their firearms fire while moving forward. The infantry followed behind.
[In view of the general environment,
When they reached the shooting range of the blunderbuss, the three people standing on the shield car used the blunderbuss to accurately shoot the enemy on the opposite side. When you reach the range of the three-eyed gun, fire the three-eyed gun. Once they get close, launch an infantry assault. Let 40,000 to 50,000 infantrymen rush forward to fight hand to hand.
Originally their plan was right. However, they missed the most important point. That is, this army is uniformly equipped with such a large number of bronze-haired cannons.
Five hundred guns. I am afraid that this number of copper-fired cannons with uniform specifications cannot be found in the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty.
The rebels are also elite soldiers in Ji Town. They deeply understand that between a large number of firearms with various styles and a batch of firearms with uniform specifications, which one is more powerful when used together.
From five hundred meters to fifty meters, these are the combat ranges of these artillery salvos.
