Directly north of Fancheng's defense circle, He Feihu set up nine general cannons and twenty-five cavalry general cannons.
Hundreds of gunners were preparing for firing in an orderly manner according to their respective gun groups. It can be regarded as the experienced gunners adjusting the shooting angle according to their own rhythm.
They faced a large number of Song Army military camps set up on traffic roads, beside waterways and on hills and highlands.
Most of these military fortresses are in the state of simple fortresses, with relatively strong external defenses. There are arrow towers and observation towers inside, as well as long-range strike weapons such as bed crossbows and powerful crossbows. They are also equipped with a certain number of firearms to enable close attacks. The Ming army carried out a condescending attack.
The Ming army's response to this was to give full play to the advantages of artillery and use the advantages of artillery to carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on the Song army's stronghold.
Xu Tong, who was unfamiliar and curious about all this, said nothing and followed He Feihu honestly, listening to his orders and watching his movements, not daring to cause him any trouble.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was time to prepare for the attack, and the gunners also completed their preparations for firing.
The effective range of the General Cannon is larger, so the General Cannon is fired first.
After the general artillery destroyed the external defense of the Song Army's stronghold and caused panic among the internal defenders, the cavalry general's artillery then entered its intended firing range and launched a round of fire at the remaining remnants of the military stronghold and the Song Army inside the military stronghold.
The shooting of the cavalry general's artillery is fast and effective. The purpose is to completely destroy the defense facilities inside the Song Army's stronghold, reduce it to a pile of ruins, and completely lose the ability to counterattack.
After the shooting of the cavalry and general artillery is over, the Song Army's military camp is basically a pile of ruins. At this time, the infantry and cavalry and musketeers of the Shenji Battalion will begin to advance, clear out the remaining enemies, and kill all the remaining Song Army soldiers. Kill and create conditions for the artillery team to advance further and establish a new artillery position.
Then comes the repositioning and firing of the next round of Grand Cannon.
It takes about half an hour for the general cannon to prepare for a new round of firing, so under ideal conditions, the cavalry general cannon and the Shenji battalion infantry should kill the remaining enemies within this half hour, and wait for the general cannon When ready, start the next round of shooting. .
This cycle repeats until all the Song army's strongholds are wiped out.
According to such well-established tactics, while own losses are greatly reduced, the artillery advantage can be used to greatly increase the enemy's casualties, which is very conducive to maintaining the Shenji Battalion's continuous combat capability.
Seeing that the time was almost up, He Feihu nodded to the messenger beside him and signaled the artillery crew to start firing.
The great general artillery that has never been on the battlefield will finally show its prowess here.
A long and desolate horn sounded, and the leaders of the generals' artillery crews roared and issued firing orders. The artillery crew members stuffed iron bullets into the muzzles and lit the fuses with torches.
He Feihu signaled Xu Tong to follow his example and cover his ears. Xu Tong didn't know why, so he followed suit and covered his own ears.
He originally thought that doing this seemed a bit unnecessary, and thought that no matter how loud the sound was, it would not matter. However, when the explosion-like sound and the sudden earthquake shook his whole body, he realized that He Feihu made sense for him to do this. of.
Even if he covered his ears, the explosive sound still penetrated his palms and stimulated his eardrums, making him feel palpitations.
The feeling of earth shaking caused by the huge movement was actually conveyed to him through the soles of his feet.
A huge white air mass suddenly exploded, and the entire artillery position was filled with a large amount of white smoke.
And at the forefront of his sight, he seemed to see the huge iron bullet flying away wrapped in strong airflow and falling to the ground, smashing the Song Army's wooden military stronghold that blocked it, and also smashing those unlucky ones on the ground who did not escape. The soldiers of the Song Army who opened fire were smashed to pieces, and no bones were left.
In fact, this is also true.
At such a distance, and still within the effective range of the general's artillery, the artillery shells hit the Song Army's stronghold steadily and hard, and in an instant it was like the sky was shattering and the earth was shattering.
Many soldiers of the Song Army were directly hit by artillery shells, and instantly completed the transformation from three-dimensional to two-dimensional, realizing their own artistic transformation.
Some soldiers of the Song Army were not directly hit, but they were within the range of the impact of the shells hitting the ground. The huge impact directly tore their bodies apart, and one after another coquettish and cruel blood flowers bloomed in the air. .
The soldiers standing farther away were not reduced to two dimensions, nor were their bodies torn apart, but the huge impact still lifted them up into the air and performed ultra-low-altitude flying movements, and then they hit some obstacles heavily.
The unlucky ones were directly shocked by the reaction force and vomited blood and died on the spot. The lucky ones fell to the ground and rolled a few times. They felt that their internal organs were displaced and they almost lost their fighting power.
Those who can still maintain their fighting power without dying under such circumstances are called the chosen ones.
However, there are also those among the Chosen who have relatively weak mental strength. They were directly hit by such a wave of dimensionality reduction blows that they had never seen before, and their spirits collapsed. Although their bodies were not dead, their spirits were already dead.
The shells of the general cannon are several times heavier than the shells of the cavalry cannon, and the amount of gunpowder fired is also several times greater. The power of the fire is far more powerful than that of the cavalry general cannon, and the cavalry general cannon is enough to destroy these military strongholds, and even more Not to mention the general's artillery, which is specifically designed to target cities like Xiangyang.
The reason why the General Cannon is put on the battlefield is to increase the combat experience of the General Cannon crew and make them more familiar with the deadly weapon they operate.
The second is to speed up the progress of the battle and compress the combat time of the entire battle to reduce the economic losses that the Ming Dynasty needs to bear for this battle. Save as much as you can.
Such a simple concept of thrift is certainly not something that ordinary people can understand.
Although Xu Tong was one of his own, he had never seen such a cruel human weapon, so his mind went blank and he was at a loss.
Of course, Zhou Benyuan, the former acting coach and general of Fancheng of the Song Army, was almost as blank as Xu Tong.
He stood at the highest point at the top of Fancheng and looked far away. From his perspective, he could clearly see the Song Army's stronghold that was destroyed by the Ming Army's artillery shells.
At that time, he was patrolling the city and looking from a distance, trying to see the Ming army's formation. Then he was horrified to see that several military villages directly to the north of him had suffered strange attacks. The tall tower of a military village even It collapsed directly after the attack, and the military stronghold was completely destroyed almost instantly.
What was even stranger was that the huge roar, as loud as thunder, reached his ears only after he saw the scene of the military stronghold being brutally attacked.
what is that?
Zhou Benyuan didn't know.
At the same time, on the east city tower, several officers and soldiers also witnessed the scene of several military strongholds being attacked by terror. The strong military strongholds were destroyed in pieces and were in a mess.
Although the distance was relatively far, they couldn't see clearly, but they could probably still see that the complete building had been hit and damaged.
It was in a moment, just a moment.
In the past, if such a situation occurred, it must have been done by a trebuchet, or a super-large trebuchet. In fact, the Song Army's military camp anticipated such a situation, so it made some plans for the trebuchet attack, and even Some plans have also been made to deal with the Ming Dynasty's weapons attack.
But it all seemed pointless.
Zhou Benyuan was shocked and immediately sent people out of the city to inquire about the specific situation, and then brought him the latest news. More and more generals boarded the top of Fancheng, looking at this terrifying thing in bewilderment. Scene after scene.
Once the Shenji Battalion's attack begins, it will not end easily. Although each launch of the general's cannon requires more time to readjust the angle, compact the land, and water to cool down, the huge power is still real. .
Xu Tong and He Feihu stood together and saw with their own eyes that the shells fired by the general's cannon quickly penetrated the frontal defense of a Song Army military stronghold, raising a burst of dust inside, and the military stronghold suddenly fell to pieces on the ground. Building, it is not known how many people are still alive inside.
At the same time, in the other two directions, eight general artillery pieces bombarded Fancheng's defense circle, and the roar of the artillery was deafening.
Before Xu Tong could react, the three rounds of bombardment had ended. The mission of the general cannon was completed. The next step was to cool down, maintain, clean the bore, and adjust to the next firing position.
The next thing belongs to the cavalry general's artillery team and the remaining infantry and cavalrymen and musketeers of the Shenji battalion.
He Feihu led the troops forward, and Xu Tong also followed He Feihu. When they could more clearly see the tragic situation of the Song Army's strongholds that had been destroyed by the general's artillery, He Feihu ordered the entire army to stop advancing. .
The cavalry general moved the artillery carriage forward, and the artillery crew began to load ammunition, adjust the shooting direction and angle, and prepare to fire.
After a series of operations, He Feihu issued the order, and the cavalry generals and cannons began to fire.
The firing noise of the cavalry general's cannon was much quieter than that of the general's cannon. At least He Feihu did not remind Xu Tong to cover his ears, but the thunderous roar still made Xu Tong not very accustomed to it.
Despite this, the bombardment of the cavalry generals and artillery was quite successful.
The general cannons destroyed the main structure of the Song Army's stronghold. The cavalry generals and cannons stepped forward to destroy other tall buildings that could threaten the Ming army's advance, and attacked and attacked the Song Army soldiers in the stronghold. deterrence.
When he saw He Feihu picking up his clairvoyance to look at the situation in Song Jun's stronghold, Xu Tong realized that he also had a clairvoyant. He quickly took it out and looked at Song Jun's stronghold. Only then did he see the panicked people running around in Song Jun's stronghold. Soldier.
There are still many people alive, which seems to make He Feihu not satisfied.
So He Feihu ordered an artillery attack, and a single volley from the larger number of cavalry and general artillery could completely destroy the Song Army's stronghold in front of them, and completely destroy the buildings that did not fall down.
The towering archery towers and observation towers were destroyed by artillery shells and fell to the ground as if they were broken. The Song soldiers in the military camp were affected by the falling artillery shells, leaving them unable to resist.
The smoke and dust intertwined, causing extremely heavy casualties to the Song Army defenders in the military stronghold.
However, at this moment, they did not even cause the slightest harm to the Ming army.
Even the crossbow and bed crossbow were not used.
They had absolutely no idea about the Ming Army's new firearms. They had no idea that the Ming Army had used these firearms to win many battles and had accumulated rich combat experience.
The kinetic energy brought by the gunpowder explosion, which was far stronger than that of cold weapons, and the direct shooting angle quickly destroyed the supposedly solid wooden structure of the military stronghold. This black technology that did not belong to this era quickly tore apart the Song Army's defense line inside the military stronghold, and also Destroyed their will to fight.
And all this is not over yet, or rather, it has just begun.
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