The six-gunner standing next to the loaded ammunition box immediately opened the ammunition box lid, searched for the numbers he needed from a table attached to the inside of the lid, and then answered loudly:
"Angle of attack 4 degrees 4o minutes"
The third gunner standing on the left and right sides of the gun tail immediately rotated the handle to adjust the gun to the correct angle - the new gun mount developed by the mechanical department not only adjusted the shooting direction, but also improved the elevation adjustment system and installed the angle indicator directly on the gun. The third gunner can quickly adjust the position by turning the handle. [No pop-up novel website] The work of the fourth gunner and the first gunner has been reduced. At the same time, the sixth gunner took out a shell from the ammunition box and handed it to the fifth gunner waiting aside. The artillery shells are old-fashioned fixed-loading ammunition: spherical artillery shells are bundled together with cloth strips and cotton-wrapped propellant bags. The fifth gunner puts the shells into a rattan basket, and then carries them to the first gunner for inspection by him.
"Ammo is loaded correctly"
The second gunner turned the shell towards the rear of the gun and loaded the shell into the barrel. The third gunner holding the ejector immediately inserted the ejector into the muzzle and pushed the shell all the way to the bottom of the chamber. The No. 4 gunner standing on the left side of the gun stern thrust a long awl into the gun barrel through the fire door of the gun stern, pierced the wrapping outside the medicine bag, took out a fire tube, and hooked the gun with the hook on the fire rope. Pull the ring on the fire tube and insert it into the fire door.
"Ready"
This series of dazzling and complex movements only took a few tens of seconds. The six gunners had to be very skilled in coordinating their movements to be busy and not chaotic. A well-trained m1857 gun crew can reach 4 minutes per minute during rapid fire. However, the artillery will soon become overheated and unable to fire. The artillery on the embankment now fires continuously at intervals of one minute.
"put"
The fourth gunner immediately pulled hard on the matchlock in his hand. With a loud noise and a long streak of fire, the entire artillery and the gunners surrounding the artillery were enveloped in a huge cloud of white smoke, and the artillery pushed by the huge recoil rushed out to the rear. .
"M1857, the price is cheap and the quantity is sufficient." Lin Shenhe, who was standing next to Zhang Bolin, was holding up a telescope and murmured to himself. He claimed to be here to test the performance of weapons and equipment and the results of artillery training, but he was actually here to watch the excitement. Let's see what new things we can come up with.
The killing effect of solid bullets is very satisfactory, but in such a turbulent crowd, it seems difficult to force the enemy to flee. Two Ming army horses were still shouting and charging toward the camp.
"Don't worry," Lin Shenhe said pretending to be calm, "According to the experience of the Civil War, the infantry must at least hold on until they have eaten shotgun within 100 meters before they flee..."
"Boss, this is the Ming Army, not the Federal Army or the Confederate Army." Zhang Bolin, because he taught him all the muzzleloader gun shooting tactics, regarded Lin Shenhe as an expert among experts. "The Ming Army is such a medieval army. Shouldn’t the army of the times collapse soon?”
"I can't say that the Ming army will collapse if it is hit by artillery." Lin Shenhe shrugged, "But if it is hit by artillery, the entire army will collapse. Only the Qing Dynasty can do that."
According to his observation, the density of shelling was still a little less than the incoming crowd. This density of artillery fire was an average level during the Civil War era.
"Hurry up!" the soldiers of the firearms battalion roared and whipped the conscripted civilians and cattle and horses. One by one, the Hongyi cannons were dragged towards the gun emplacement amidst the scoldings, groans, wailings and the neighing of cattle and horses. Last night these cannons had been placed behind the trenches of the various camps as defensive weapons. Since the artillery was more than four miles away from the Kun bandit's camp, the artillery shells could not hit it at all. Li Modao organized men and horses to haul the artillery in order to get as close as possible before firing.
However, the movement of troops in front blocked the advance of the firearms battalion. It was not until the Chaozhou soldiers began to attack that the road was cleared. Li Baidao did not dare to hesitate and quickly urged the soldiers to push the cannon.
"The enemy is transporting artillery." News came from the observation post.
"Where is it?" Ying Yu pushed his hat on his head, raised his telescope and looked at it. "I saw it," he shouted, and then he picked up the phone:
"Berlin, the officers and soldiers in front of you on the right are pushing the Hongyi cannon. Hurry up and give them a load of shells."
"Loading solid ammunition, the target distance is 132o meters" Zhang Bolin personally went into battle, holding a telescope to measure the moment, "the whole company fired rapidly"
A few minutes later, an artillery battery organized by Zhang Bolin immediately opened fire on the moving Hongyi artillery of the firearms battalion.
The solid bullets fired by the 12-pound Napoleon cannon hit the firearms camp one after another. The first round of artillery shells hit the infantry formation not far from the firearms camp, causing a chaos. Li Modao watched in horror as the artillery shells fired from the embankment dragged smoke and flew over the charging infantry in front, falling straight down here.
"Oops." Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the second round of shells had already hit the firearms battalion's team head-on.
A cannonball landed not far away, and then bounced towards the team. A cow was directly beaten into two pieces, and then the bloody cannonball jumped up and knocked several civilians to the ground, leaving the stumps and pieces of meat on the ground. Then several more shells fell among the ranks. The entire firearms camp was in chaos, with horses neighing and cows braying. Horses running loose and frightened cows were running around in the ranks, mercilessly trampling the injured soldiers to the ground. The cannons fell to the ground, and one of the cannon carriages was directly hit by the shells. The cannon body was knocked up on its back and then fell heavily, smashing the brains of a few unlucky guys. The sturdy and heavy artillery carriage fell apart just after being hit by the flying cannonball.
Li Modao watched as the most powerful Hongyi cannon either tipped to the ground or the artillery carriage was destroyed by the shells and fell into the soil, unable to move. Not only were the cattle and horses injured, but the frightened cattle ran around with blood-red eyes, and the surrounding infantry were collided by the cattle and horses. , the queue was in chaos. Some people are scolding "Fang Jie", some are scolding "X mother",
Fortunately, the rapid fire of the 12-pound artillery was not sustained for too long, and Li Baidao was able to save his life. The most valuable and powerful Hongyi cannon in his firearms camp had been beaten to pieces. Some were broken into two pieces, some cannon bodies were cracked, some gun carriages were destroyed, and the cannons were deeply sunk into the mud. It took a lot of manpower to dig out the cannon.
Li Modao already knew that the enemy's artillery fire range was far away from his own, so he could no longer think of pushing the artillery closer to fire - he might not even be able to set up the artillery any further.
Immediately, he packed up the remaining soldiers and retreated, preparing to use the two-person four-thousand-jin cannon that can fire fifteen-jin shells. These two Hongyi cannons can reach as far as three miles away. But it's hard to say what it can hit.
"The Ming army has fired artillery," the observation post called on the walkie-talkie. Zhang Bolin was startled and squatted down subconsciously. He saw two black figures flying towards him through the smoke. However, the two shells landed far away from the trench one after the other. Lots of dirt. Then two more shells flew in, one bounced on the ground a few times, and finally fell into the trench.
Ying Yu used the walkie-talkie to call the observation post: "Find the enemy's gun position."
The place where the firearms battalion fired artillery fire was quickly found, and ranging showed that they fired artillery fire from a distance of almost 2100 meters.
"If it's this far away, the range of the Hongyi cannon is simply out of reach." Lin Shenhe said.
As if to confirm his words, the two Hongyi cannons fired several shots, but none of the shells reached the embankment. The farthest ones just bounced and rolled into the ditch.
Li Modao saw that after the shells were fired, they did not even touch the enemy's soil, and he was very worried. Shouting "Add more medicine"
The gunners had already loaded the maximum amount of gunpowder according to the numbers on the musket ruler, but now they were shocked to hear that more powder was needed. Because it was common for cannons to explode in the army at that time. Once the cannon exploded, it would be difficult for the surrounding gunners to survive even if they were not killed on the spot.
"Add medicine" Li Modao pulled out his saber and slashed it into the air, "Those who disobey the order - behead"
Under the threat of killing, the gunners added one-third more gunpowder. In order to show that he was not afraid of charging more, Li Modao lit the cannon himself.
The four thousand kilogram Hongyi cannon made a loud noise, and the heavy sports car almost jumped back. The two soldiers who could not escape were immediately hit and vomited blood and fell to the ground dead.
The shell finally flew over a distance of almost two kilometers and hit a corner fort in the camp. However, by this time, the trajectory was so low that it could only hit the wall of the corner and lay down a piece of soil.
"The location of the enemy's artillery..." The observation post finally spotted the smoke from Li Modao's Hongyi cannon through the thick smoke.
"Destroy the enemy's artillery positions" Ying Yu ordered, "I don't want the enemy's artillery to interfere."
But even Lin Shenhe could not guarantee that he could use the m1857 to immediately destroy these two lonely gun emplacements at a distance of 2,000 meters. Several shells fired in succession missed very far. While everyone was busy aiming and calculating, suddenly there was a loud noise from the direction of the gun emplacement of the firearms camp, and a plume of thick smoke shot straight into the sky.
"An unknown explosion occurred at the enemy's artillery position," the observation post reported.
"Did the gunpowder magazine explode?" Zhang Bolin quickly raised his telescope.
Lin Shenhe shook his head: "The explosion in the gunpowder magazine was much more violent. I think it exploded."
His estimate was correct. After firing the "strong charge" twice, a cannon suddenly exploded. The shock wave and debris of the explosion instantly killed more than a dozen people around him. Li Modao was rushed more than ten meters away by the shock wave and fell onto a dead horse before escaping.
Li Mo Dao supported his body and climbed up, his head was dizzy and his ears were buzzing. He shook his head vigorously and found that all the soldiers around him had fled, and even the intact Hongyi cannon had been left alone. Several of his soldiers came to pick him up. Li Modao wanted to continue loading and firing, but found that the intact cannon actually had cracks on the cannon. If he fires another shot, he will definitely die. He was so angry that he slashed his sword in the air.
The whistling sound of flying cannonballs resounded in the air again. A soldier quickly snatched his sword and said, "Master, please get out of the way, the bandits are going to fire again." Several other people picked him up and ran back.
"The enemy's artillery positions are finished." Zhang Bolin called Ying Yu.
"Very good, quickly organize artillery fire to intercept the enemy's infantry."
Although the firepower of the 12-pound cannon was fierce, it did not make the enemy waver quickly. Although the huge damage effect produced after each shell landed made some soldiers shaken and retreated, they soon surged back up under the driving of the officers. The officers and soldiers of the brigade had already arrived five hundred meters away from the embankment. The howitzers of the Fubo Army also joined the roaring ranks, and explosive shells continued to fall into the ranks. Although the killing effect was average, the fact that the shells exploded when they hit the ground still greatly shaken the officers and soldiers.
When they finally approached about three hundred meters away from the wall under artillery fire, the infantry officers of the Fubo Army on the wall raised their command knives at the same time:
"The ruler is 3oo meters - put it"
Hundreds of Mini rifles crackled with gunfire, and a dense rain of bullets swept across the entire front line. Hundreds of people were immediately shot and fell to the ground. This sudden blow made the already shaken infantry finally unable to hold on. The road towards the enemy seemed to have never been so far away and dangerous. Tong Yizhen killed several defeated troops, but still could not stop the soldiers who were retreating like a tide. He was shouting loudly, asking the generals to hold on and not allow the soldiers to flee. But a bullet suddenly knocked down his horse, and he immediately fell to the ground. The soldiers around him quickly picked him up. General Tong immediately jumped on the second horse, but at this time his flag officer's armor Suddenly it exploded in front of his eyes, and the flag officer fell off his horse without even making a sound.
This made his liver and gallbladder split. The thief was shooting with some kind of firearm that he couldn't see. He knew that he was already in a very dangerous situation, so he no longer insisted on continuing the attack, and allowed his soldiers and servants to escort him and retreat. As soon as the general retreated, the soldiers ran faster. The smoke dissipated, leaving only flags, armours, and corpses on the ground.
The soldiers on the embankment burst into heartfelt cheers. Many of them were already prepared for a desperate battle, but they did not expect that the army would be defeated so quickly. Pride, contempt and pride filled their hearts, and many waved their weapons and cheered for their first victory.
He Rubin watched helplessly as four thousand soldiers retreated under the gunfire of the Kun bandits without even getting close to the enemy's embankment. He had high hopes, thinking that the firearms battalion, which could rival the Kun Thieves' artillery, was beaten to the ground by the enemy's artillery without even setting up the gun positions. His face turned completely gloomy. How could we fight such a battle? Without even a chance for close combat, he had already seen that Kun Thief's cannon could hit farther and more accurately than Hongyi's cannon, and it also shot much faster. Compared with the Hongyi cannon, which took a long time to fire a shot, the cannons set up by the Kun thieves on the earth embankment were shooting out thick smoke and fire almost all the time, raining down projectiles on the heads of the officers and soldiers.
"Lord Qi," a soldier hurriedly ran over and knelt down, "General Zhao, General Lei Lian, was killed in battle."
"What?" He Rubin was startled and quickly raised his binoculars to look in the direction of Zhao Qiansi's main attack. The two thousand people were fleeing back in disarray.
A general died before the battle began. He quickly asked: "How did General Zhao die in battle?"
"Replying to your lord, I was hit by a shotgun..."
"Nonsense" He Rubin could no longer contain his panic, "This town can clearly see that his flag is six to seven hundred steps away from the wall. How could he be shot?"
The soldier didn't know why he was so concerned about who was killed in the battle, so he quickly reported: "I don't dare to talk nonsense. General Zhao's body has been recovered and is in the camp. It was indeed shot by a shotgun."
"Go away!" he yelled angrily, took a deep breath, and shouted the order: "Drumming!"
With the sound of drums, a new wave of new troops emerged from the camp. These are the men and horses who train guerrilla troops, as well as those who make and care for the standards. They can be called the most elite troops in this expedition. Of course, he still has the model soldiers and five hundred servants, but these are his capital and he will not use them until the most critical moment.
He called the generals from the three battalions and gave them face-to-face instructions.
"Everyone has seen it." He said with a gloomy face, "The Kun thief's cannon is very powerful. It can hit far and accurately. Li Modao's firearms battalion was crippled without firing - there is no hope for you. When you are ready to set up your formation, you must remember that the teams must be loose. Each team must be separated. Don't be like the two generals Tong and Zhao who crowded together and rushed up."
"The junior generals understand"
He Rubin said slowly, "Which general's men and horses are the first to arrive at the stronghold, this town will give him the first credit."
He Ming was very surprised to see the army dispersed before they even got close to Dazhai. He secretly counted his faults. The cannon on the entire embankment that fired the most only fired more than fifty shells. The artillery fire was far from intensive, and the four to five thousand men and horses just retreated. Even if it was an army in the Middle Ages, when the Zulu people attacked the British, they seemed to have defeated them until corpses were everywhere. It seems that the Ming army's fighting will is not high. However, he heard that people from the history research team of the Great Library said that there was a big difference between the elites of the Ming Army and the general troops.
"The ones who launched the attack just now were General Lei Lian and General Chaozhou." Dongmen Chuiyu had already obtained the latest reports compiled from the observation posts.
"According to the observation post, at least 31 Ming Army officers of General Qian and above participated in the attack. We confirmed that 5 people were killed and 7 were suspected of being killed. According to the sniper report, Lei Lian's staff general Zhao Qiansi was killed by a sniper during the battle. Hit, life or death unknown at the moment.”
Hearing that a sniper had hit a major general, He Ming nodded. The power of a sniper should not be underestimated. After all, no matter how powerful the artillery is, it cannot achieve such a precise strike.
"The artillery fired a total of 493 shells, 371 solid shells, and 12 grenades." Turned the page, "Eleven Hongyi cannons were eliminated." "
"Number of our casualties and lost equipment."
"Five people were slightly injured, no deaths, no losses." v! ~!
