According to Zhu Gaojie's order, the artillery battalion was very energetic. The breech-loaded cannons were directly aimed at Helin City of the Wala people. They fired 5 rounds of siege bombs continuously and without interruption. Twenty breech-loaded cannons were fired at the same time. Launch, that is, a hundred cannonballs!
Under such ferocious and continuous artillery strikes, Wala's army was stunned from top to bottom.
what's the situation?
Where did the Ming army get such powerful artillery? This is countless times more powerful than the firearms in the Wala Army!
And because Zhu Gaojie added sights to the artillery, and the strict teaching of the artillerymen by the students of the liberal arts college, these breech-loaded cannons were able to fire with excellent accuracy. After a few rounds, not only the Oala defenders suffered heavy casualties, but also the The city wall was also blasted with big holes everywhere.
Several cannonballs were aimed directly at the top of the city gate, almost destroying the wall above the city gate!
After five consecutive shots, the artillery battalion temporarily stopped. The artillerymen and logistics auxiliaries quickly began to water the gun barrels to cool them down. At the same time, they picked up bristle brushes and began to clean the somewhat clogged gun barrels in preparation for the next round of firing.
After all, the Ming Dynasty's technology is not yet mature. These breech-loaded cannons are still just experimental products. If you are not careful, they will explode and injure people. If you do not strictly follow the requirements of the artillery manual, what will happen next? These artillery pieces are basically useless.
"The artillery camp is pretty good."
After Zhu Gaojie used his binoculars to check the results of the attack caused by the artillery battalion, he was in a good mood and said to Su Wu beside him:
"I see that the landing points of these 100 shells are basically quite accurate, without too many deviations. This shows that they have worked hard on observing and calculating the ballistics, and they should be rewarded."
Su Wu also saw this extremely astonishing scene, and in his heart he admired his Highness even more. After those students from the Academy of Arts learned mathematics and other miscellaneous subjects, they were secretly sent to the Ministry of Industry to teach The development and operation of artillery.
At that time, he and Xia Yuanji discussed this and felt that it was not necessary. However, they knew that Zhu Gaojie would never take the wrong target, so they did not say anything more about it, but in their hearts they still thought it was unnecessary...
After all, the Ming Dynasty has always had artillery, but its power and range are far from satisfactory. Sometimes it fails to frighten the enemy, and it may in turn cause casualties to its own side by exploding the barrel first.
However, when he saw the powerful and ferocious artillery strike in front of him, Su Wu was shocked!
There were only twenty artillery pieces, but they actually caused so much damage to the tall and solid city wall on the other side that was heavily defended!
"Just twenty doors?"
Zhu Gaojie turned his head and glanced at him, with an expression of hatred on his face:
"What are you thinking? These twenty breech-loading cannons have already been built by me asking the Ministry of Industry to put in all their efforts. It's impossible to get one more."
"And these cannons have not been fully tested, adjusted and accepted before I pulled them all out for experiments. Those little guys still don't know why they are muttering to me."
Su Wu was stunned for a moment, just these twenty doors? Give it your all? Is this gone?
He was stunned for a while and then said excitedly:
"Your Highness, this is a divine weapon! How can twenty cannons be enough? Even two hundred artillery pieces are missing!"
"Let the Ministry of Industry do it quickly. If there is anything missing, let's find a solution quickly. With this thing, what other force can be our opponent in the future?"
Seeing Su Wu so excited, Zhu Gaojie couldn't help but sigh slightly, do you think I don't want to get a few more breech-loading cannons?
It’s really impossible to make it. The materials and manufacturing process of this thing are extremely strict. Even if the finest copper materials, the most skilled craftsmen, and those accomplished liberal arts students are used, the manufacturing progress is very slow. It's about to explode at every turn...
Moreover, the ammunition it is equipped with is quite troublesome to manufacture and is extremely prone to accidents. Many craftsmen were injured, and several of the students from the Faculty of Arts who were originally sent there have also been injured...
He shook his head and stopped thinking about these problems. He raised the telescope again and continued to look at the city in the distance.
"Let the artillery battalion continue to fire the remaining base ammunition after the rest is completed."
"Change the cannonballs with shotgun shells."
"Tell the observer that this time, the barrage will advance!"
There was a sneer on the corner of Zhu Gaojie's mouth. The barrage was advancing and shotguns were fired. I want to see if the Wala army, which is also preceded by you, can withstand this wave of artillery attacks!
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After being carried on the backs of his subordinates, he fled all the way to the west side of the city and hid among the rear troops far away from the front line wall. Then he barely suppressed his panic and began to start again. Cheer up.
"Quickly, send more troops to guard the city wall!"
After he came to his senses, the first thing he did was to loudly give orders to the reserve troops to immediately fill up the city wall.
In Ye Xian's opinion, since the Ming army had such powerful artillery, they would definitely send a large army to attack the city after such a fire attack.
At this time, on the wall of Helin City, the Oala defenders were already dead and wounded. The remaining ones also fled in panic under the bombardment of artillery, without caring about any defense at all.
If the Ming army takes the opportunity to attack the city at this time, everything will be over! Ye Xian's original wishful thinking and his dream of surrounding the Ming army will be completely shattered!
Maybe by then, I will be dead first...
Therefore, after discovering that the Ming army's artillery had stopped and there was no more roaring sound, he did not hesitate to issue an order directly and let his trusted followers serve as supervising troops to forcibly intimidate those who fled back. The defenders panicked.
"Don't be afraid. The Ming army's artillery fire has been finished. They can't have such artillery bombardment anymore. Everyone get back to the city wall! Everyone go back and defend the city! Otherwise, shoot to death!"
As Xian Xian waved the long sword in his hand and kept shouting, and his trusted followers slashed dozens of soldiers who fled back with their swords, the originally panicked Oara defenders finally calmed down a little, and started to fight one after another. Start rearranging the team.
And just after these Wala soldiers were sent back to the city wall and started to pick up the bodies of those unlucky ghosts, they suddenly received a big bad news!
"What?"
"What did you say?"
He also first grabbed the personal guard who came to report the news, his face looked extremely ferocious:
"You said the Great Khan was killed by the artillery fire just now?"
"How can it be!"
