As soon as Fukang'an finished speaking, he took a three-foot-long red triangular command flag from the knight who was keeping the flag next to him. After waving it a few times, he shouted: "Drum up!" Four tall knights with round waists The sergeants stood in front of a big drum under the commander's platform and waved the drum hammers in unison.
As the Jiangtai drum sounded, the military drums in each battalion echoed, and then the war drums in each team also began to sound.
The slow and heavy drum beat was like bursts of muffled thunder sweeping across the land in autumn, resounding throughout the wilderness.
"The commander-in-chief has an order! General Wu Chengyonggu fires a round of cannon at the enemy formation! Then the formation moves forward a hundred steps!" The military musical instruments of the Qing Dynasty army were mainly implemented in the four forms of drum, gold, trumpet and suona. of.
The main function of the golden drum is to release and convey military signals; the suona and horn are mainly used for military honor guards.
Drums alone can be divided into general drums, military drums, and war drums; and the official term for gold should be
"Zheng", the ancients said that the trumpet was called gold, and it was this zheng that was sounded. Later, gongs were used instead. The gongs are also divided into general gongs, military gongs and Beijing gongs; as for the conch, both the Eight Banners and the Green Camp are equipped with it, and the Eight Banners troops pay special attention to it.
The main function of the conch is to arrange camps and gather soldiers. Officials below the commander of each banner must prepare their own.
According to the Manchu-Han Dynasty Combined Military Order issued during the Qianlong period, those who are responsible for holding trumpets, beating drums, and ringing gold will act upon hearing orders and stop upon hearing orders.
Those who disobey orders in peacetime will be punished with forty whips by Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, and thirty sticks by Green Camp soldiers. Anyone who disobeys orders during the battle formation will be killed.
In the trenches on the southern line, Ding Guofeng, Sheng Haizhou and Pingtai heard the sound of drums and knew that the Qing army was about to attack, so they ordered to be on alert.
There were piercing whistles on the position, and more than 600 soldiers from the two battalions lay in the trenches and prepared for battle.
They nervously clutched the rifles in their hands, not daring to breathe. At the artillery position five hundred meters behind them, all preparations were ready, just waiting for Zhao Xin's order.
Because the first cannon was a test fire, the first one to fire was the Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon located between the first and second lines of the Qing army's formation, near the middle. There is a real cannon outside the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City. If you are interested, you can Go check it out.
This copper cannon was the largest heavy artillery in the field of the Qing army. The gun body weighed five thousand kilograms. It was placed on a reinforced four-wheeled vehicle and could be pulled by seven horses.
When the artillery fires, the charge is ten kilograms, and the cast iron shell weighs twenty kilograms, which is 22 pounds according to Western standards of the same period.
Although this kind of heavy artillery took too long to cast and was very inconvenient to transport from Ninggu Pagoda to Fuldan City, Fukangan gritted his teeth and carried twenty of them.
The disastrous defeat last year had a huge psychological impact on him, and these twenty were still too few for him; if Qianlong hadn't secretly ordered to increase the number of troops, he would have wanted to bring more.
Because of Anthony's help, all large artillery had firing tables; the Qing gunners only needed to estimate the distance, and then adjust the height of the tail bead according to the firing table.
"Boom!!" With a loud noise, the five-meter-long artillery cart suddenly jumped back, and the twenty-kilogram iron bullet roared out, flashed through the air, and hit dozens of people in front of the trenches in Beihai Town. Meters away, smoke mixed with snow and black soil splashed up to a height of more than three meters. After landing, the shell rolled forward and flew forward. After bouncing a few meters away, it hit the ground feebly.
Zhao Xin, who was doing coordinate calculations, hurriedly picked up the telescope to check after hearing the sound of the cannon. When he saw the impact point of the bullet, he shouted in his heart that something was wrong: "Oh my God! It can hit such a distance! It's almost two thousand meters!" He knew that there would be artillery in the Qing army's formation opposite, but he didn't expect it at all. Something happened.
In Zhao Xin's impression, the heavy artillery of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were usually set up at the top of the city or on the seaside forts, mainly for defense.
But he never expected that Fukang'an would actually bring such a heavy artillery!
"Ding Guofeng! Release the drones! See how many heavy artillery the Qing army has! Over!"
"Copy it! Done!"
"Notify everyone, including the heavy machine gun positions and anti-aircraft gun positions, that the Qing army should take cover when firing! Over!" Zhao Xin must hold back the tens of thousands of Qing troops in front of him and not let them defeat prematurely, so that they can be occupied by Wang Yuanfang Mongolian Karen sets aside time.
The previous defeat of the Qing army on the eastern front was completely beyond his expectation. He did not expect that dozens of artillery shells would kill thousands of people and there would be no trace of them again.
It's okay if they are completely beaten away. If they don't run away, they can pack up the troops and then kill them, and the rest will be a mess.
As soon as he finished talking to Ding Guofeng, Liu Sheng started calling him again. Fortunately, he asked Zhang Bo to set up a signal tower in the city, otherwise Zhao Xin would have had to stick to the headquarters.
"Zhao Xin, the Qing troops on the western front have begun to move out again! Over!"
"What? Please make it clear! It's over!"
"A large group of cavalry has come out, but it's far away, about three or four miles away! Over!"
"Don't attack, shrink the defense! If you get closer than one kilometer, let the anti-aircraft guns speak! Over!"
"I said, can you give us some artillery support? Over!"
"Brother, we only have five artillery groups. I still have to knock out the Qing army's heavy artillery. You can bear with it. If not, use drones to monitor. It's over!" Since knowing that Fukang'an led the army to arrive, the Western Front Under Nayangui's persuasion, Duerjia finally sent troops.
If it had been anyone else, Duerjia would not have cared about him even if he had Fukang'an's token; because his surname is Aisin Gioro!
More than a third of his men and horses were lost, the firearms battalion was completely crippled, more than a thousand Mongolian cavalrymen of the Eight Banners were killed in the battle, and most of the retreating barbarians were killed or injured. Duerjia was no longer able to fight anymore.
But Na Yangui is Agui's grandson! Even if Duerjia looked down on Na Yangui, she would not dare to offend his grandfather; the old man was still in charge of Ning Guta!
Instead of looking at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, Duerjia could only grit his teeth and reluctantly took out five thousand taels of silver, plus an official title and a wish.
As the saying goes, a brave man must be rewarded, so a Mongolian deputy commander of the Eight Banners came out to ask for orders, and finally gathered 1,580 Mongolian cavalry, plus more than a hundred musketeers.
As a result, when these people were more than three miles away from the defense line, they refused to leave. He had been frightened by the anti-aircraft guns in Beihai Town and did not dare to get close.
The problem is that Liu Sheng doesn't know what's going on here! When he saw that the enemy had moved out again, it was so dark that there were thousands of soldiers and horses.
So the entire western front army was ordered to enter a state of war. Twenty minutes later, the heavy artillery of the Qing army on the southern front began to fire again.
This time, twenty artillery pieces fired together. Along with the beating of war drums like raindrops, bursts of muffled thunder swept across the ground. Amidst the billowing smoke, dozens of cannonballs weighing ten kilograms flew out from the Qing army's formation. Smashed towards the southern front position.
At the same time, the Qing army's formation began to move! Zhao Xin took a look and realized it was a bad dish! Fukangan actually brought so many heavy artillery.
In terms of battlefield command experience and military capabilities, the current Zhao Xin is not even worthy of Fukang Anti's heels!
As for Liu Sheng and others, no matter how strong their individual soldier skills are, they are still not qualified generals. Even though Zhao Xin has a bunch of modern weapons, no matter how good the weapons are, they have to be displayed through people.
He was able to defeat Fukang'an, Durga and Ushhada before, relying on surprise and using the power of modern weapons to catch the opponent off guard.
It is said that last year, Fukang'an was also stunned by the rate of fire and firepower of modern weapons, which allowed Zhao Xin to take advantage.
After Fukang'an learned about Duerjia's defeat, he promptly adjusted his attack plan. He planned to use heavy artillery cover to destroy the defensive forces within the range, and at the same time the entire formation moved forward, step by step, and attack steadily.
Heavy and light artillery complemented each other, and the musketeers covered the light artillery. After approaching the enemy's position, they launched layer-by-layer attacks.
Fukang'an's strategy was actually based on the strategy used to attack Jinchuan and Jinchuan. In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, during the second conquest of Jinchuan and Jinchuan, the Qing army absorbed past experiences and lessons and began to use large-scale artillery to carry out critical battles.
In this battle, the Qing army did not only use heavy artillery to attack from a distance as in the past. Because this would provide the enemy with an opportunity to repair their fortifications within a long firing interval; therefore, the Qing army used heavy artillery to cover and light artillery to fire forward.
First use heavy artillery to open the enemy's gap, and then use light artillery to prevent the defenders from filling the gap. If the enemy troops continue to use towers, cellars, and trenches to resist after the high-level fortifications are destroyed, then the Qing army will raise the forts to attack the enemies in low-lying areas.
If it were an upright battle, and with similar weapons generation differences, Zhao Xin and the others would not be able to defeat Fukang'an no matter what.
However, as a commander, Zhao Xin is pretty good at battlefield perception and emergency decision-making. Compared with Fukang'an, he was quite cruel and ruthless at critical moments, and he never made any major mistakes in judgment before the battle; for example, he fought against the Saga Domain in Nagasaki.
Besides, he also has a drone. The view turns to the trenches on the southern front. Amid the shouting of a group of people at the head of Fuldan City, twenty large iron balls banged on the front and rear of the trench.
Ding Guofeng was lying in the trench with his butt sticking out, holding the control panel of the drone in his hand; the same was true for Sheng Haizhou, He Tai and most of the soldiers from the two battalions.
In several heavy machine gun positions behind the trenches, all the shooters and assistant shooters jumped into the traffic trenches to take cover after receiving the order to avoid them.
It is said that Beihai Town has not encountered large-scale shelling since it was formed into an army. Fortunately, the Qing army's artillery shells would not explode, otherwise there would be casualties.
"Prepare for battle!" After the shelling, a sharp whistle sounded in the trenches, and everyone emerged and returned to their positions.
A dozen large black iron balls were scattered in front of and behind the formation, and one of them completely smashed the sandbag bunker in front of a machine gun position.
At this time, the first conch horn sounded in the Qing army's formation. The musketeers in the front row crossed the shield cart and advanced with antlers. The pikemen and flail soldiers on both sides began to push the shield cart to follow. At the same time, General Shengong's artillery team , Cavalry and Shotgun Cavalry also began to move forward.
The cavalry formation of the forward battalion and the archers of the retreating barbarians on the second line advanced accordingly. When the advance reached one hundred steps, the gong in the army sounded, the whole army stopped, and the conch trumpet sounded for the second time.
Antlers and shield carts began to be deployed, and the Qing troops stood in formation. Each battalion's thirty magical cannons were adjusted to the maximum elevation angle and began to fire with the sound of drums.
Shengong General's cannon is made of copper and weighs one thousand kilograms. Each cannon is equipped with a three-wheeled gun carriage. The total gun length is meters, the caliber is 90 mm, 26 times the caliber.
The charge required for shooting was one kilogram, and the shell weighed three and a half kilograms; according to the European artillery standards of the same period, it was pounds.
At this time, the Qing army's front line was still more than a thousand meters away from Beihai Town, and the maximum range of the three- and four-pound guns was only 700,800 meters. At this distance, Beihai Town had no trouble!
After watching the firing of heavy and light artillery, Zhao Xin decided that he could no longer let the Qing army's heavy artillery fire.
If these weapons of yours break down, you can still buy them again. If you lose them, you will be heartbroken. Speaking of which, these artillerymen and heavy machine gun shooters were trained by him and Liu Sheng with great difficulty over more than a year.
Everyone must not only be literate, but also learn basic mathematics and be able to remember the meanings of the various markings on weapons; any one of them is a treasure to the current Beihai Town.
He first contacted Ding Guofeng and quickly determined the area where the Qing army's heavy artillery was located. Then he used a walkie-talkie to connect to the rear artillery positions and ordered five artillery groups to suppress fire in the area where the Qing army's heavy artillery was located.
The artillery company commander at the other end was still firing a few rapid rounds, so he asked: "Sir, how many rounds should we fire?"
"Half base!" The so-called ammunition base means that different types and calibers of artillery have different ammunition base standards.
As far as the 122 howitzer is concerned, a standard base number is 80 rounds. The simplest way to describe fire suppression is to bombard the enemy with dense artillery shells, making it impossible for the enemy to fight back and restricting their movement.
The maximum firing rate of the d30 is 68 rounds per minute. For the artillery team in Beihai Town, this is the most they can kill.
Because the weight of each 122 high-explosive warhead is more than 40 kilograms, it is very difficult for one person to carry these ammunition handlers. Two people must carry it, which wastes time.
Zhao Xin doesn't want to
The "emoticon package" was blown up randomly, and if he could be captured alive, he felt that he could blackmail Qianlong for a lot of things; at least the Fukang'an family would have to redeem him with something.
You can ask for less money, but the more gold, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, the better. Because of Zhao Xin’s attitude,
"Emojis" are quite safe on handsome platforms for the time being. He was very satisfied with the shooting effect of General Wucheng Yonggu's cannon.
The next bombardment should be able to knock out the opponent's rapid-fire iron cannons.
The sound of "dengdengdeng" footsteps was heard, and his personal soldiers ran up from under the commander's platform. With a look of panic on his face, the soldier approached Fukangan and reported in a low voice: "Commander, Ushihada and the others have been defeated! The messenger said that the entire army was defeated and the whereabouts of the Wujunmen are unknown." The flag that Kang An was about to raise suddenly stopped. His eyes were wide open and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot. He grabbed the soldier's shirt angrily and said sternly: "You fart!"
