In the main hall of the Empress Temple, Niuluzhang Jingniuerjia was prostrate on a door panel. Two doctors from the Tianshu Army were stripping off his armor and checking the injuries on his buttocks.
Nuerjia endured the pain and shouted angrily: "What is King Huaishun doing? Why don't you fight back!"
At this time, a "boom" sound was heard, deafening, as if it was right next to him, and even the ground in the hall was shaken.
Fendepo Shiku, a member of the Tianzhu Army, looked out and shouted: "We are still...fighting back...our artillery...is fighting back..."
At this time, the artillery array outside the main hall was in a mess. None of the Eight Banners soldiers were missing. The Korean soldiers were running in all directions. The Tianshu Army also suffered heavy casualties. Many cannons were hit and scattered on the ground.
He Chenggong fired three cannons in succession, but the farthest cannon was still dozens of steps away from the Ming army's artillery array. Even if it jumped all the way, it would eventually fall into the shallow ditch in front of the artillery array. , posing no threat at all.
On Geng Zhongming's side, because Du Du organized the thousands of Tatar heavy armored infantry to retreat, He Zhenxiong took advantage of the opportunity to cover up the pursuit and entered within the range of their artillery.
He suppressed the secret joy in his heart and shouted orders. More than ten artillery pieces of various sizes deployed on this side roared one by one, and his position was instantly shrouded in smoke.
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The Ming army's position was naturally filled with cheers and cheers.
Ji Liao Governor Hong Chengchou and General Commander Zhang Ruoqi also had telescopes. When they saw the bombardment effect of Shenji Camp's artillery, they were so surprised that they were speechless.
Zhang Ruoqi sucked in the air-conditioning in his mouth, and the expression on his face changed. For a long time, he didn't know what words to use to express his mood at this moment.
Zhang Cheng put down his telescope. He was still very satisfied with the performance of the Shenji Battalion, but he frowned deeply. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it for the moment: The Tatars didn't seem to be doing their best?
"Aha!"
The artillery formation of the Shenji Battalion in front immediately burst into cheers and cheers, proud of their achievements.
In their excitement, they even sang "The Song of the Emperor Ming" in unison in front of the battle:
“The illustrious God favors me, Huang Ming.
The great destiny is gathered, and the foundation is solid and prosperous.
What is the origin? Educational erotic palace.
Where is Jue Zhi? The vassal state is in peace.
It will last for a hundred generations, and benefit all living beings.
Timely happiness, Tianlu is a blessing.
Long live the Qianqiu, and watch the success forever. "
They were so excited that they sang duets to each other, and from time to time someone stood up to dance with them, their heroic spirit bursting out of nowhere.
Soon, "The Song of the Emperor Ming" transformed into another song that was equally powerful and majestic.
But he was a soldier from the Shenji Battalion, whose ancestors had served under the Red Scarf Army in the late Yuan Dynasty. He sang the Red Scarf Army military song passed down from his ancestors, which resonated with many military colleagues.
His voice was rich and loud, and he sang loudly with great emotion:
“The wind follows the dragon, the clouds follow the tiger, fame and fortune follow the dust and earth.
Looking at China, the people are suffering and the fertile land for thousands of miles is barren.
Look at the world, there are no barbarians, and only one man can make up for the incompleteness of the way of heaven.
A good man, regardless of his parents, only cares for the common people and not for the Lord.
Holding a ninety-nine steel knife, he stopped after killing all Hu'er.
Why should I, a man of dignity, act like a horse or an ox for the Tartars..."
When singing this point, it seemed to have resonated with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. Many people sang in unison:
"A strong man drinks all the wine in his bowl and never looks back on a thousand-mile journey..."
In the end, almost all the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion sang in unison:
"The golden drums are beating together and the crowd is roaring, and the yellow dragon will not stop until it is defeated!"
The golden drums are beating in unison and the crowd is roaring, the yellow dragon will not stop until it is broken...I will never stop..."
Chen Jiugao was very satisfied with the performance of his soldiers. He stood on a big rock with his hands behind his back, looked back at the direction of the Chinese army's formation, and shouted loudly: "You guys fought well, showing the might and majesty of our children in the capital." , but it’s not enough…”
He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, raised it high above his head, and shouted in an excited and passionate tone: "My sons, go up to the mountain-breaking fire and thunder cannon, and show the Tatars the great killer weapon of our Shenji Battalion!"
The mountain-breaking fire thunder cannon is actually another powerful and domineering name for the mortar cannon in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, some people call it a mortar cannon very straightforwardly!
The mortar is a smoothbore artillery with a short barrel, large firing angle, low muzzle velocity, and high arc ballistics. Because of its short and thick barrel and its shape similar to the Chinese stone mortar, it is called "mortar" in Chinese.
At the same time, because of its large shooting angle and high ballistic arc, it was often used to bombard targets that were separated by obstacles such as mountains and could not be fired flatly. Later, the small-caliber mortar that was easy to carry developed into a common mortar in later generations. gun.
The large-caliber mortar is the same as the Hongyi cannon. This large-caliber mortar also requires a four-wheel gun mount. However, because the recoil of the mortar is transmitted downward, it does not need to be fixed by piling.
However, the heavy Hongyi cannon needs to be fixed by driving piles. This is because the retraction cables need to be connected to the large wooden piles and the cannon body. With the continuous pulling of the retraction cables, the Hongyi cannon will not be able to retreat during firing. It is far away and easier to reset.
However, its disadvantage is that it can basically only shoot forward and backward, and it is inconvenient to turn the muzzle left and right to adjust the shooting range.
The mortar does not require pile driving and fixation and a blocking cable, and because its recoil force is transmitted downward, the gun wheels on the gun carriage and gun mount need to be strong and durable.
Of course, you can also remove the mortar body and place it directly on the field, but this takes a lot of time. Those small-caliber mortars are okay, but the large-caliber mortars are also extremely heavy, but they cannot be like this. Operate flexibly.
Another major feature of the mortar is that it can fire both solid bullets and "exploding bullets."
Zhang Cheng held up a telescope and kept observing the developments in the Shenji Camp. He had always been very concerned about the explosive bombs in the Shenji Camp, and he also wanted to know how effective the "exploding bombs" were in this era.
Because, in the later generations he was familiar with, all artillery used explosive bullets, which relied on the fragments and shock waves generated by the explosion of the projectiles to kill the enemy. It was the number one weapon for killing the enemy.
Like Zhang Cheng, Ji Liao Governor Hong Chengchou, Commander-in-Chief Zhang Ruoqi and others were also concerned. In the Ming Dynasty, blooming bullets were much more mysterious than solid bullets. Apart from the Shenji Battalion, probably no other artillery battalion used them. .
Looking through the telescope, the gunners of the Shenji Battalion have calibrated the range of the large-caliber mortars and adjusted the gun speed. This is basically the same as the Hongyi cannon. Since there is no need to fly over the mountains, the elevation angle of these large mortars is also forty-five degrees. Spend.
Then, the ammunition hand took out a propellant pack and put it into the barrel of the cannon. The next process was very different from the Hongyi cannon.
Because after adding the propellant package to the medicine chamber, it is necessary to separate it with wood and add an inch of soil, and then put the blooming shell into the front chamber, fill it with gunpowder outside the shell, and then add a layer of wet soil, and finally add The muzzle needs to be sealed with wax.
