"put!"
The gunner on top of the city waved his command flag down hard.
boom! boom! boom!
Several four-pound cannons on the city wall fired condescendingly toward the outside of the city.
Solid iron balls and cannons flew down outside the city.
All eight four-pound cannons were placed at the south city gate. Eight solid bullets flew out of the barrels, and only one hit the official cannon and hit an accompanying gunner.
The gunners on the top of the city finished firing. Except for one gunner who used a monocular to observe the hits, the others cleaned the barrel of the cannon again and loaded it with powder and iron balls.
boom! boom! boom!
The eight four-pounders, whose firing angle had been adjusted, fired again.
After the sound of the cannon, two cannons of the army were destroyed. One of the cannons was directly hit by gunpowder, destroying the gun mount and causing death and injury to the surrounding officers and soldiers.
In the interval between the sound of the cannons, the officers and soldiers finally pushed the remaining ten cannons into the firing range. A group of officers and soldiers operating the cannons began to adjust the muzzle firing angle and load the cannons with gunpowder and iron balls.
Compared with the gunners guarding the city on the city wall, these officer and gunners were obviously in a hurry, and unlike the gunners on the city wall, the powder used was fixed-load gunpowder, and the amount of powder required for each gun was tested many times. Standard configuration after.
From loading to cleaning up after firing, each gunner of the garrison performed his own duties. His movements were concise and clear. Everything was as smooth as a cloud, and the interval between firing of two guns was shortened as much as possible.
When the officers and gunners finally loaded the ammunition, the third round of shelling on the city wall sounded again.
Compared with the situation when the gun was fired for the second time, the officer and gunners had moved the cannon, so this time only one officer's cannon was destroyed. On the contrary, many officers and gunners were killed and injured.
Of the twelve cannons, only nine cannons are still functioning normally.
Even if there are nine cannons, there is one more cannon than the defenders on the city wall. The most important thing is that the defenders on the city wall have been using their cannons to target the officers and soldiers, but there are not many casualties among the officers and soldiers.
boom! boom! boom! boom!
After being bombarded for so long, the officers and soldiers finally fired the nine cannons they had brought to Yongning City, and the cannonballs flew toward the walls of Yongning City.
Maybe it was because of the angle. Except for one cannonball that flew over the city wall and landed inside the city, the rest of the cannonballs all hit the city wall and smashed many green bricks and mud chips on the outer wall.
Yang Fan, who was sticking to the city wall, felt his feet shake. He huddled behind the female wall to avoid the cannons flying down from outside the city.
When the sound of cannons stopped, he stood up and shouted to the gunners on the city wall: "What the hell do artillerymen do for food? Why are there so many cannons outside the city? They are all for me to bombard. You just think of ways to destroy them." If you drop the army’s cannon, you don’t have to worry about the rest.”
The official army has not yet launched a large-scale attack on the city. The only thing that can threaten the city wall is the artillery under the city.
The gunners on the city wall were scolded, and the captain of the artillery team also became furious and cursed at his gunners: "You are just fucking aiming, I don't want to see enemy cannons flying up to the top of the city."
It took eight four-pounders three times in a row to destroy three of the enemy's cannons, and the hits were pitifully low.
The gunners around the four-pounder were all holding their breath, and the movements of their hands did not slow down because the gun captain yelled.
Each gunner performed his duties, and only the gunner who adjusted the shooting angle became cautious.
The loaded four-pounder did not rush to fire, but after more than ten breaths, the angle was slightly adjusted, and the gunner standing behind the gun used the torch in his hand to light the match rope on the tail of the gun. valley
boom! boom! boom!
The eight four-pound cannons fired one after another with only ten seconds between them.
The cannonballs flying out from the muzzle accurately landed among the crowd of officers and gunners below the city.
The officers and soldiers under the city did not move the cannon after firing one shot. Several four-pound cannons on the city wall fired at fixed targets, destroying three cannons under the city at once.
Although the remaining cannonballs did not hit the official cannons, they killed and wounded many officers and soldiers, many of whom were gunners.
The nine cannons of the official army were once again reduced by three. After several shellings on the city wall, almost half of the cannons were destroyed, and many gunners who operated the cannons were also lost.
Corpses were scattered around the army artillery array under the city, and many injured but not dead officers and soldiers were wailing in pain.
None of the previous rounds of shelling on the city wall did as much harm to the officers and gunners as this one.
Some gunners among the officers and soldiers began to abandon their guns and flee, and many gunners also fled one after another. The number of gunners around the remaining six cannons was less than half of the previous number.
"Go back, go back. Anyone who dares to escape will be punished."
The general who was guarding the rear pointed at a corpse on the ground with the knife in his hand, and blood was still dripping from the tip of the knife.
The officers and soldiers holding the formation at the rear beat and kicked the escaped officers and soldiers, and used the weapons in their hands to drive them back.
The officers and gunners who wanted to escape reluctantly returned to the six cannons.
However, the officers and gunners who started loading the cannon were obviously in a panic. They were far less smooth than the previous loading, and their movements were messy in the panic, which made them even less efficient.
Fortunately, the remaining six cannons had already started to reload the gunpowder, and adjusted the shooting angle based on the first firing. In the end, they dared to reload the gunpowder and iron before the defenders on the city wall fired. ball.
boom! boom! boom! Boom!
Six cannons were fired. One of the cannons may have been loaded twice and exploded on the spot. Some of the surrounding officers and gunners were also attacked, resulting in many casualties.
The remaining five cannonballs flew towards the city wall in front of them intact.
Except for one or two cannonballs that hit the city wall, the remaining three cannonballs all landed on the city wall.
There are many defenders on the city wall.
Three cannonballs fell directly on the heads of many people. Some of the guards who could not dodge were killed by the cannonballs on the spot, and many of them were injured by the cannonballs.
"Go and rescue people quickly. Bring all the injured to the city for treatment. Everyone else should spread out and don't stand too close. People can be hidden in huts, so hide inside."
Only three cannonballs caused the death and injury of more than ten people on the city wall, and Yang Fan's eyes turned red.
This time he did not blame the gunners on the wall.
The officers and soldiers dispatched twelve cannons, and after two rounds of firing, only three cannonballs fell on the city wall. Their own gunners had tried their best.
However, although he did not blame the gunners for anything, the artillery captain did not let his gunners go.
His gunners reprimanded loudly: "It is because you delayed for so long without destroying the enemy's cannons that we have so many casualties. Now there are five cannons left outside the city. I will destroy them all this time." Lose."
