After the Battle of Longtoushan, Zhao Hongkui, the commander-in-chief of Zuozhen, Jinyi's personal army, who has become Zhu Heji's latest disciple, is now on an artillery position on the front line, personally controlling the twenty-two three-door guns assigned to him. Heavy gun.
There is a wooden fence erected in front of the fort, and there is a fence in front of the wooden fence. It is difficult for the enemy in front to see what is behind the fence? However, Zhao Hongkui could get close to the fence and look out through the gaps between the fences to see clearly the enemies who were getting closer.
These enemies were all green soldiers. In front of them were shield chariots, and behind the shield chariots were shotgun soldiers, carrying shotguns with lighted matches. They formed a line of three or four rows, walking forward shivering, but also No one fired indiscriminately, the discipline was good!
Behind the musketeers should be archers and pikemen. From a distance, you can see the tips of several rows of spears pointing to the sky, shining with a dazzling cold light under the rising sun from the east. You can't see clearly behind them. .
When the shield car was pushed thirty or forty steps away from the Ming army's artillery position, a whimpering trumpet sound suddenly sounded from behind the Qing army's formation. Then I saw all the shield vehicles stopping at the same time!
At the same time that the shield car stopped advancing, the Qing army's musketeers erected large flags one after another. Then Zhao Hongkui saw each big flag leading dozens of musketeers to crowd into the gaps between the shield vehicles...
At this time, Zhao Hongkui knew that he could not wait any longer, so he suddenly pushed the fence against the wooden fence, then raised a red flag and waved it hard: "Let it go!"
Following his order, a gunner who had been ready for a long time lit the match at the fire door at the rear of the cannon. The match burned out in an instant and sent the flame into the barrel of the cannon. The black powder in the silk powder bag in the barrel was ignited instantly. The deflagrating gunpowder released a huge amount of gas, pushing the canvas-cased shotgun out of the barrel at extremely fast speeds.
The canvas shotshell shell shattered into pieces of cloth the moment it rushed out of the barrel, and the lead bullets wrapped in it scattered into a large ball, roaring towards the shield car and the crowd thirty or forty steps away!
The roar and smoke emitted by the firing of this three-pound cannon, which was controlled by Zhao Hongkui personally, were also caused by the other nine (and some artillery cannons that could not reach the enemy because they were in the center of the Ming army's position) that could reach the enemy's three-pound cannon and fire. signal of. All I saw was that the fences that blocked the cannons were pushed down, and nine field cannons showed their muzzles. Match ropes burned quickly, and tongues of flame spewed out from each muzzle!
Each tongue of flame turned into dozens of deadly lead bullets. Under the huge thrust generated by the explosion of gunpowder in the barrel, they rushed towards the crowd and shield vehicles in front like lightning.
Before the Qingyao Musketeers gathered between the shield cars had time to fire their first shot, they were hit by the dense lead bullets, shaking and falling in large pieces, and the screams could not be suppressed. sounded. As the rumbling sound of artillery continued, the Qing army was in chaos in front of the formation, and people fell down everywhere. Many shield vehicles were also hit by flying lead bullets! It seemed that the very strong wooden boards were often penetrated by a single blow, and additional pieces of splinters of wood were brought up, which hit the archers behind the shield vehicle, causing them to scream again and again.
However, the Qingyao Green Battalion and the Han Army in this year are still very aggressive. Even if they are bombarded, they will not retreat. Instead, under the command of the military flag, they fire back. The archers placed behind the shield cart also began to draw their bows and shoot arrows, shooting arrows at the Ming army's position in waves.
The fence in front of the Ming army's musketeers' position was also overturned. Turtle-dove-foot muskets were placed on sandbags, and they began to use the "three-stage strike" tactic, firing one or two lead bullets one after another - Although this turtle-dove foot musket is troublesome to fire and inconvenient to carry, the projectiles fired are very powerful! It's perfect for dealing with shield vehicles!
Therefore, most of the turtle-foot muskets are aimed at the shield vehicle. The heavy lead bullets can not only easily penetrate the shield vehicle, but also stir up a cloud of broken pieces, flying in all directions, hitting many behind the shield vehicle. The archers of the Qing army were wounded and bleeding.
And what finally started to show off its power were the super-caliber shells fired by the mortars directly under the artillery leaders of each battalion!
The "Second Artillery Corps" of the Ming Army Battalion is equipped with direct-firing mortars, cannons and rocket launchers, so it is deployed behind one's own infantry positions - that is, the town's artillery is used as a machine gun on the front line, and the battalion's Second Artillery Corps Used as a mortar behind the infantry.
Dozens of super-caliber shells that looked similar to hammers were "collapsed" out of the barrel by black powder, drew an arc in the air, and then fell head-first into the crowd of Qing troops in front.
The super-caliber shells being fired now are already the second generation. A tail fin is installed behind the projectile to stabilize the ballistic trajectory. The fuse used in the projectile has also been improved and replaced with cotton thread soaked in sugar. The burning The speed is relatively stable.
In other words, these super-caliber bombs hit more accurately and exploded harder!
I saw clouds of smoke suddenly rising from the dense queue of Qingyao! Every time a column of smoke rises, a gap will appear in the crowd of Qing soldiers wearing gray-blue cloth armor! Shrapnel roared and flew in all directions, and with every explosion, a ball of flesh and blood rose up.
The casualties of the Qing army were undoubtedly huge!
If it had been the Qingyao generation when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rose, they would have almost collapsed after this battle... They were bombed and shot before escaping. This is simply super brave!
But now in the eleventh year of Kangxi, Guangdong's green battalion soldiers are almost at the level of "brave". They have been killed by the firepower of the Ming army, and they are still holding on!
It won’t work if you don’t persist!
Just behind these poor demon cannon fodder, only a hundred or two hundred steps away from the line of fire, Guangdong Admiral Yan Ziming and Shang Zhijie, whose father had just died, were sitting side by side on the horse!
Two large flags were erected behind them, forming the shape of a flag gate, fluttering in the wind. On the left side it says "Avenge my father!", and on the right side it says "Shang Zhijie died here!"
It’s good to have as many sons as Shang Kexi can have, no matter how many of them die! Although dozens of people have died during this time, there are still dozens more left! And there are hundreds of grandchildren...
Among all Shang Kexi's children and grandchildren, Shang Zhijie is definitely the one who is most eager to avenge his father.
His eldest brother Shang Zhixin is dead! The second brother Shang Zhixiao and the fifth brother Shang Zhidian just died... It's his turn to take the throne, right?
So he must perform well!
Now his cronies, Goshiha, all looked desperate. They took off their arms and stood in a row in front of him holding ghost-headed swords. They also had a row of long spears stuck in front of them, and many of them were still hung with blood on their tips. head!
In addition, there were wooden boxes placed at the feet of these Goshiha, with their lids opened, and they were full of official silver! They are all fifty-two ingots... As long as you take a Ming army head with a bun, you can exchange it for one ingot immediately!
One side has money, and the other side is determined to kill without mercy... There is no reason why the clear demons don't try their best!
However, it is impossible to break through Zhu Heji's Jinyi pro-army position just by relying on such recklessness, and it will only cause unnecessary casualties.
In fact, Qingyao's real trump card is now hidden behind Shang Zhijie and Yan Ziming!
Behind the two of them, a large car formation appeared at some point, forming an arc with the large cars. There were hundreds of shirtless Green Camp soldiers and feudal flag soldiers digging soil beside the cart with shovels, piling the shovelfuls of soil onto the cart.
And behind the arc-shaped vehicle formation, a cannon position has almost been set up! Ten "Kangxi Machine Cannons", which are counterweighted cannons designed by Emperor Kangxi himself using his knowledge of geometry, have been assembled, and the sugar mines have been placed in the throwing pockets, ready to be fired at any time. .
Next to the cannon are boxes of sugar mines... Deng Zhong and his men worked overtime last night to assemble these sugar mines. They are no less powerful than the Ming army's sky mines!
Although the sugar medicine formulas they use are quite different, their medicine filling capacity is large!
If this sugar mine explodes accurately, it can kill many Ming soldiers!
Deng Zhong glanced at the shining silver in front of him, swallowed his saliva, and said loudly: "The Great Qing Divine Thunder...fire!"
