After a brief silence, the Oirats exploded.
Such a horrific explosion does not belong to this era.
In this era where there are only solid bullets but no explosive bombs, just one shot is equivalent to the 105mm howitzer shell in later generations. It directly created a terrifying effect.
The flying horses and human body parts, as well as the huge craters, directly woke up the warriors of the Oirat Alliance headed by Junggar who had been enthusiastic before. They suddenly realized that this was not an enemy they could deal with.
Yang Fan often tells people below that there are many types of bravery. The lowest level is the blood-brave person. This kind of person's face turns red when angry, his whole body is hot, his head is congested and he becomes irrational. Just give him some blood and his courage will disappear without a trace. As long as the CPU is cooled down, they can run faster than a rabbit.
Zhang Geda and others asked the master in confusion what a CPU was. Yang Fan impatiently explained that it was just the brain.
But it's not easy to escape. They don't know the maximum range of the 30mm cannon, which is a full 1,500 meters. Not much smaller than the effective range of the heavy cannon on the bow.
"Disconnect the cannons behind. Let them anchor and wait here. Let's turn around and enter DC to pursue." Yang Fan looked at the porthole in front and ordered.
Immediately, the connection devices between the shallow water heavy artillery ship and the five cannon ships were disconnected. More than 30 soldiers on the boat immediately anchored and fixed the boat in the middle of the river.
If the water flow is not fixed, the current will wash away these unpowered boats. If it washes up on the shore, it will be delivered to the doorstep of the Junggar people.
These sailors are well-trained, and their officers are all transferred from the Jeju Island Navy. Has rich experience. For those who fight in the sea, the inland river environment is much simpler.
These cannons have steel plate outer covers that can slide forward and backward, which can be opened to launch rockets, or the curved cover can be closed to prevent damage from enemy projectile arrows. The shallow-water heavy gunboat has a draft of 1.5 meters because it is fully loaded. Loaded with enough ammunition and supplies.
"Yang Ji, you go to the ship to take command. If there is a problem, you are the only one to ask."
"Well, don't worry, sir, there won't be any problems."
"I'll go after them and come back in the evening. Keep an eye on the boats."
The shallow-water heavy gunboat drove away, and Yang Ji looked at the smoke-belching warship that entered the tributary. Turning around, he said: "Send all the new breech-loaded rifles. Everyone should pay close attention to both sides of the strait. If any Mongolians try to get close, shoot them. There will be no room for mistakes before the master comes back." 33
"Here!"
Many new breech-loading guns have been produced and are stored in warehouses. Now, after the full-metal fixed-loading ammunition used on Gatling guns matures, it is not difficult to develop a breech-rifled gun.
The rifling machine was invented in the 19th century. Using a steam engine to drive a flywheel to turn circular motion into linear motion, Yang Fan found the blueprint and developed it quickly.
Bullet casings require punching machines, and now various punching machines have been developed. There is no difficulty in making copper bullet casings of various calibers, they can be stamped directly with a punch. The output is not small either. Both water power and steam power can be driven.
The reason why there is no large-scale re-equipment now is mainly because the current flintlock muskets have reached perfection, and the re-equipment was only completed last year. Yang Fan now has more than 100,000 regular troops and even more militiamen. It would be too expensive to completely redress. Therefore, it is just mass production and inventory without replacement.
However, important units such as the navy and river water division, scouts, guards, servant regiments, Xinghe regiment training, and cavalry training regiments may change their equipment in advance. Some of these troops are newly established. Some are still using weapons from the previous generation. They were not given the latest flintlock rifles last time, so this time they were given the latest ones.
Their eliminated muskets, matchlocks, and flintlocks were gradually handed over to the militia for use. The earliest fire door guns have been completely eliminated and are sold in grocery stores in villages and towns. Yang Fan's residents can buy them freely as long as they apply for a gun certificate and registration.
After releasing the tow from the cannon behind it, this Ming Dynasty's first shallow-water heavy gunboat turned its bow and headed towards the tributary of the Yellow River.
Houtao is a crescent-shaped fertile land sandwiched between the Yinshan Mountains and the Yellow River, with tributaries crisscrossing it. They all flow out of the Yellow River and then flow to the foot of Yinshan Mountain on the back. This water irrigates the grassland. It forms a rare fortress on the south of the Yangtze River in the middle of many deserts in the northwest.
Woohoo! The whistle blew. The gunboat drove in along a tributary next to Linhe City.
The fleeing Oirat Alliance cavalry were dumbfounded. This terrifying black boat actually sailed into the tributary of the Yellow River.
"Brother Yang, will we not run aground when we enter the tributary?" Zhang Fengyi asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, this boat is designed for shallow water, with a maximum draft of one and a half meters. Now that it has fired so many shells, it is less than one and a half meters. The water depth of the tributaries here is more than five meters. As long as it is driven very far, it will not Stranded." Yang Fan explained.
These tributaries are all branched off from the Yellow River and flow to the foot of Yinshan Mountain, with a length of less than 100 kilometers. Because there is Gobi desert beyond the Yinshan Mountains, the water loss is greater the further north you go, and the rivers will gradually become shallower. These tributaries are as dense as a spider web across the entire crescent-shaped plain, with hundreds of them from west to east.
It is precisely because of the existence of these tributaries that this place is particularly suitable for the development of agriculture. Later, Bayannur City developed 12 million acres of fertile farmland here.
In fact, even if the bow of the boat runs aground, the boat can be backed out by reversing the stern.
The gunboat sailed past Linhe City. A moat in Linhe City makes use of this tributary. At this time, Linhe City was burning so much that even the gunboats passing by felt like a heat wave. The gunner of the open turret in front quickly found a tarpaulin to cover the propellant package.
Black smoke and sparks were blown everywhere by the wind. If the propellant pack were fired, the ship would be blown into two pieces.
Yang Fan ignored the ruined Linhe City. Directly ordered to fire on the cavalry running around on the grassland. The Gatling gun fired again.
They were surprised to find that their horses could not outrun the two gunboats with steam engines moving at full speed. And Gatling's ultra-long range is even more of a nightmare for them.
A large number of Oirat warriors remounted their horses in order to escape as soon as possible. They just dismounted to shoot at the black ship so that they could use the infantry's large bows to shoot. After all, the boat is in the middle of the river. After they were defeated, they ran directly to their horses so that they could mount their horses and escape as quickly as possible.
Hala Hucai, Heduo, Qin and his son looked at the fiasco in stunned silence. At this time, Gushi Khan and Dalai Lama Taishi, who had escaped from the city, also arrived.
Gushihan's hair was burnt, and the pieces were like pieces of felt.
"What is going on? Where did this boat come from?" Gushi Khan was as angry as a lion.
Some people died, but not completely...
