After the first shield car was blasted into the air by the Hongyi cannon, as time went by, the seemingly solid shield cars were hit by artillery fire from the city one after another. Near the impact point were injured soldiers who fell to the ground and were struggling in pain. .
Fragments of different sizes fell one after another amidst the thick smoke and fire, leaving some of the lucky guys who survived stunned. They felt like they were in a different world, their minds were at a loss, and they completely forgot where they were.
The ground was constantly shaking from the frequent bombs, and the commanders did not dare to be vague. As long as the speed of the shield car slowed down, for the gunners far away from the city, the long-distance slow train was equivalent to Stationary target, excellent aiming.
"Push hard! Come up here! Don't stay! Otherwise, you will be beaten to death with bullets!"
The general is an officer at the lowest level, and he has long been accustomed to such scenes. From a long distance, the most terrifying weapon is the Hongyi cannon. It only takes a bullet weighing more than ten kilograms to knock out a shield car. Dozens of famous soldiers were blown up and the whole ground was wailing.
In the face of powerful heavy firearms, even soldiers with helmets and armor are vulnerable. Shield vehicles that can withstand arrows and blunderbuss are like tofu blocks that can be easily penetrated.
The only way is to pass through the firing range of the Hongyi cannon as quickly as possible to avoid greater casualties. Therefore, the slower the launch, the easier it is to be hit and the faster it will die.
"Harder~!"
The road outside the city is not a flat stone road. There are not only hills and gentle slopes, but also potholes and countless large and small stones.
The wooden wheels of the shield car are very large, and its off-road ability is not too low. However, if it encounters a rough stone blocking the road, it will be stuck in place and unable to move.
"boom……"
A shield vehicle was stuck by a stone and was hit by a bullet while reversing. As a result, both the people and the vehicle were beaten into parts, and their flesh and blood were scattered all over the place in an instant.
The sprayed blood directly splashed onto the faces of the soldiers behind the nearby shield car, and the broken limbs fell on the grass not far away, frightening the faces of the soldiers who had escaped.
Many of them were veterans who had been fighting for a long time, but the guy they knew suddenly passed away like this, and was blown up to death, which made everyone feel horrified.
But on a battlefield filled with artillery fire, the surviving soldiers must continue to fight in order to survive. If they push forward and rashly turn around and run away, they will be followed by a supervisory team armed with blunderbuss and crossbows.
Yang Wenyue was determined to win Datong. Anyone who was timid in battle, collaborated with the enemy and disobeyed orders, or even stirred up rebellion, regardless of official position, would be punished on the spot. This was also mentioned in the prince's imperial edict.
If you can't even deal with Wang Pu, a powerful foreigner who has taken over Datong, then he will just go home and farm.
The prince demanded that the counter-rebellion army should not only capture Datong, but also fight quickly. Therefore, Yang Wenyue would naturally kill those who disturbed the morale of the army.
No matter which group of people retreats without permission, the supervising team will kill them all. There is no warning in advance. They just open fire to kill as a warning to others.
This is currently the first attack. The soldiers who received the silver reward in the capital have just arrived. Their morale is high and they have not yet escaped on their own.
According to the default rules on the battlefield, soldiers were allowed to fight under a hail of bullets when they reached the bottom of the city, were beaten by the defenders on top of the city, and then ran over.
But before reaching the bottom of the city, he turned around and ran back halfway out of fear of death. That was absolutely impossible and he would be "snapped" by the supervising team.
"Quick! The thieves are loading! Hurry up and push the cart!"
Although there are many Hongyi cannons equipped in Datong City, the disadvantage of these guns is that they are too slow to load. It takes five minutes to fire one shell.
By the time the reloading is completed, the target has already run hundreds of meters away. At this time, the elevation angle must be adjusted to shoot the enemy target a second time. Otherwise, it can only be used to bombard enemies at a predetermined distance.
Although the three-kilometer shooting range is very unparalleled in this era, as long as you run over three to four hundred meters, you can actually avoid the approximate range of the Hongyi cannon. The remaining distance is dominated by various medium-sized artillery.
If the Hongyi artillery can really achieve the goal of instant kill at great depth, the Qing army will not attack Jinan City, which is also equipped with many heavy weapons. They will definitely be bombarded during the siege.
Moreover, seven miles is the maximum range of the Panhongyi cannon, which can only be achieved by heavy artillery with the best performance. The effective range of most artillery that can cause fatal damage must be reduced by 40%.
The top of Datong City is not equipped with all Hongyi cannons. There are heavy-duty cannons of various models and calibers. The range and power are uneven. Rather than hitting the target, it is better to say that the target was missed by chance...
The soldiers attacking the city found that the firepower at the top of the city was much weaker, so they pushed forward like crazy. After all, it is extremely unrealistic to use mortal flesh to resist bullets weighing dozens of kilograms.
Even the shield car can be blown to pieces. They are not stupid enough to stand still. Under the command of the general, everyone can use as much strength as they want. In short, they cannot be beaten to pieces by the bullets.
No matter what, we have to push the shield cart through this damn boundary first. Don't even touch the edge of Datong City and fall halfway down the road.
There is a vehicle that is much smaller than the shield car. It is not only much faster than the shield car, but can also fire its own guns. That is the mortar truck developed by a certain prince.
The first batch of thirty-eight mortar trucks built by the tank factory, plus those modified from other vehicles, totaled fifty-seven, all of which were installed for use by Hu Dawei's troops.
Now that Yang Wenyue is participating in the battle to regain Datong, it can be regarded as a practical test of the effectiveness of this weapon. The tank factory has also sent accompanying personnel to supervise and record the actual combat situation.
Due to its small shape and light weight, even the two gunners in the vehicle can push it easily, and its speed is much faster than that of a turtle-like shield vehicle.
"Tum~!"
Before reaching the maximum range, some mortar trucks could not bear it and began to fight back.
The flying distance of the explosive package can reach four to five hundred meters, which exceeds the range of most Franco aircraft.
In addition to exaggerating the atmosphere of the battlefield, it is impossible to explode any defenders from a distance of more than a thousand meters.
"What object is this?"
The first five or six mortar trucks that fired explosive packages did not achieve any results, but they attracted the attention of the defenders at the top of the city.
They suddenly saw a small black object that seemed to be ejected from the car, and then saw a violent explosion not far away. They all showed great surprise. Perhaps these small objects were more threatening than the shield car.
The lieutenants who were responsible for commanding the gunners observed patiently with binoculars for a while, and found that many small vehicles with an unspectacular appearance turned out to be gun vehicles with hidden secrets and could indeed shoot projectiles.
"The Folang machine aims at the car! Load the gun! Rapid fire!"
The small cars were very fast and could threaten the safety of the city's defenders, so they naturally became the primary target for elimination. The ultra-low firing range of the heavy guard guns simply could not keep up with these small cars.
The Folang machine uses an integrated sub-gun as the shell of the shell. Almost every gun is equipped with no less than seven or eight sub-guns, which can be aimed and fired in less than ten seconds.
Moreover, the Folang machine is mostly installed on a gun mount that can quickly adjust its angle, allowing it to continuously fire at high-speed moving enemy targets.
However, due to the poor airtightness of the firearm itself during manufacture and the lack of proper maintenance by the gunner, its range is somewhat miserable. It is very common for the Folan machine to be able to hit only two to three hundred meters.
In Qi Shaobao's era, the Qi family's army used the Fo Lang function to hit five to six hundred meters away, so when it comes to making judgments, scum is scum, and a group of people gathered together can only be a heap of scum...
At this time, the mortar truck formation made a serious mistake, that is, it lost touch and began to advance alone!
There were no vehicles in the mortar vehicle formation that left the team without authorization. The vehicles that did not follow up were either destroyed by shells fired by the defenders, or were stuck by rocks and were reversing.
However, because they were traveling too fast, they were separated from the shield vehicle troops advancing by the infantry. The shortest distance between them was more than a hundred steps.
Yang Wenyue's use of shield vehicles to participate in the siege battle was actually just a feint attack. The real purpose was to cover the twenty siege vehicles advancing to the city, and the mortar vehicles were only used as fire cover troops.
"Damn it! Who told them to run so fast???"
Now the covering force has become the main force, and the main force has been left behind. It is completely putting the cart before the horse. Hu Dawei was so angry that he stood on the hill and cursed, but it didn't help.
After training for such a long time, the soldiers finally understood how to use mortars, and the formations were arranged in advance. As a result, they ended up looking like this in actual combat.
In desperation, Hu Dawei really wanted to use a rope to bring these fools back, but it was too late. The cannons were rumbling on the battlefield, and no orders could be conveyed.
For the current plan, we can only wait for the shield truck troops to advance slowly, lest the mortar trucks are annihilated by the firepower from the city before the infantry reaches the city.
It's no wonder that there was no enemy artillery fire during the exercise, so the order was orderly and the command was easy.
When it comes to actual combat, there are projectiles fired by the rebels in front, and a team of supervisors sharpening their knives behind.
In order to survive, everyone had no choice but to push forward. As a result, the car pushed faster and faster...
"Quick! Beat the drum!!!!"
Yang Wenyue also observed this very unsatisfactory situation through the telescope, and hurriedly asked his men to beat drums to help the battle. This order was to speed up the march and severely punish those who deliberately delayed.
The mortar truck unit was a unit established and directed by His Royal Highness the Prince himself. They could not all be buried under the walls of Datong City in one battle just because of the crusade against Wang Pu.
If this was the case, not only was Hu Dawei unable to explain to the prince, but Yang Wenyue was also very embarrassed and didn't know how to word it when he submitted the battle report.
On the battlefield, the most valuable items are cavalry, followed by gunners, and finally infantry.
Although these gunners are all half-way monks, they are now playing the role of gunners.
Although the mortar truck and shield truck troops are fighting together, their advancement speeds on the battlefield are completely different.
Yang Wenyue's neglect of details directly caused his own mobile artillery unit to be passively beaten.
No matter what the rescue effect is, we must try it, and we must not let these artillery carriages be wiped out under the city.
"Everyone stop the car~! From this distance, Folangji can't reach us!"
"Load a bomb!"
The commanders of the mortar vehicle formation are not stupid either. The instructor taught them how to select gun positions in response to enemy firepower during training.
As long as they shoot outside the enemy's main firepower, they are at a relatively safe distance. This life-saving precaution has not yet been eaten.
After pulling their necks to remind them, everyone understood and unanimously chose to start firing explosive packets outside the range of the Folan machine.
"Tum~! Tum~! Tum~! Tum..."
The biggest difference between a mortar truck and a shield truck is that you don't just get hit but you can't fight back.
As long as this kind of vehicle is used properly, it is more powerful than the Folang machine or even the Hongyi cannon.
When the crew members of the mortar truck were furious and could not run out to yell at the defenders at the top of the city, there was only one thing they had to do, and that was to shoot out all the explosive packs stored in the vehicle as soon as possible!
The remaining forty-three mortar trucks were photographed in a staggered line. After loading propellant and explosive packages, they were fired at the city head.
Everyone does not expect that the explosive package they fired will land on the city wall and explode accurately. As long as the impact point is not much different from the intended target, it will be enough.
There should not be many people near the city head, so after the medicine package explodes, it will be considered as if it kills a turtle grandson, so as to save them from continuing to resist.
"boom……"
Most of the defenders were dumbfounded and frightened by such an inconspicuous but powerful object.
The projectile does not make a crater after it hits the ground, but explodes, and the resulting damage is extremely terrifying.
There was an explosive package that landed on the top of the city without any bias, and instantly knocked over a dozen defenders at a gun emplacement to the ground.
Those who were lucky enough to survive also had bleeding mouths and noses, dark faces, dull expressions, and their ears had been deafened, and they could not hear the loud shouts of their companions at all.
After the fire subsided, the defenders found that the nearby parapet wall had been directly blown to pieces, and the French machine was also destroyed in the explosion. The stored gunpowder was detonated, causing the scene to be in a mess.
"Quick! Reorganize the wounded soldiers and fill the gaps!"
Wang Pu, who was neatly dressed, was really shocked when he saw such a violent explosion. He didn't know why the enemy's small car loaded with firearms could be so powerful.
Fortunately, the bullets that landed on the top of the city were less than 10% of the enemy's bullets, otherwise they would have caused extremely serious damage to the city. Wang Pu was also worried about the harm such a small car would do to his own troops.
The bullets that fell into the city exploded one after another. Nearly a hundred of the defenders stationed under the city wall were killed and injured, and the direct damage to the houses was incalculable.
However, the sight of a gap being blown out of the city was very encouraging for the mortar soldiers. Using a single explosive pack had the effect of knocking the mountain apart and shaking the tiger, which also allowed the artillery soldiers who had been passively beaten to save some face.
Even if the shield car hasn't caught up yet and they are fighting alone now, they are not easy to mess with.
In the eyes of these part-time artillerymen, no bullets can compare to the explosive bags in their hands.
Although the mortar has a simple structure, it has an absolute firepower advantage over weapons with the same range.
Ordinary bullets rely on speed to penetrate enemy targets, while explosive packets rely on the energy generated by gunpowder explosions.
"Load grenades!"
After three test firings, the captain who led the team roughly determined the launch angle and target distance, and began to shout orders.
The bomb is an ordinary explosive bag, and the grenade is an explosive bag with iron beads wrapped around it, which can double the lethality.
Not to mention the enemy, even the artillerymen who fired the grenade would think of its terrifying power when they saw it.
As long as the enemy's body is hit by iron beads, he will definitely be in agony.
