As soon as the red cloth covered with cannon was lifted, Chen Hongfan's face changed drastically. ☆→

A layman watches the fun and an expert watches the trick. Chen Hongfan's position is the general. He also loves firearms and has a lot of research on firearms. Soon he saw that the extraordinary cannons mentioned in Lu Haoshankou appeared:

The general was about two feet long and had a diameter of about three inches. Even the Sichuan improved version also added some sizes. Although some are extremely powerful, it is not surprising, because Chen Hongfan had seen the more powerful Red Cannon. The Red Cannon was about one zhang long and weighed two tons. The diameter of the muzzle was three and a half inches, and it looked like a huge object. However, the so-called cannon in front of him weighed about one ton, and the barrel was less than one zhang, and the weight and length were slightly shorter than the Red Cannon, but the muzzle reached an astonishing 600 mm, which was one foot or eight inches.

The muzzle was six times larger than the general's cannon.

Looking at the huge and sequel muzzle, Chen Hongfan was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide and didn't say anything for a long time. The muzzle was so thick that he probably could just stuff a thin soldier into the barrel.

Before the fire was fired, it even made people feel creepy.

"This is a cannon, this is too... too big." Seeing this giant cannon, Chen Hongfan couldn't speak smoothly.

Just imagine how powerful this giant cannon is when it hits a cannon. This kind of cannon has subverted Chen Hongfan's understanding of cannons. Forming such a large cannon is not only a very strict requirement for casting technology, but also a great test for the material of its casting, because it is not easy to withstand that huge explosive power. If you don't master it well, you will explode, crack, trachoma and other problems.

Just like burning porcelain, the larger the equipment, the harder it is to burn. Sometimes the difficulty is doubled if it is one inch larger. This principle applies to casting cannons.

Although I knew that Sichuan was far ahead in terms of firearms, I didn’t expect to reach such an altitude.

Chen Hongfan used to not understand why Sichuan was willing to sell the new muskets to the Qing army and Dashun, and many people said in private that Sichuan was crazy. Now it seems that they have reliance on it.

Hearing Chen Hongfan's words, Lu Haoshan wiped his nose a little unnaturally. This was a small failure. It was originally designed very well. Sichuan could not only produce iron bullets that could be loaded quickly, but also produce iron shells with a slight modification. The concept is advanced and the design is scientific. The only beauty of the Ming Dynasty gunpowder was still ordinary black gunpowder. The power was limited. Although Lu Haoshan had improved it, the effect was still not ideal. In order to highlight its huge power and shock, he had to blindly increase it and thicken it.

If there are high explosives from later generations, there is no need to be so much trouble, and the power will be even greater.

"Sir, the artillery is in place." Qian Baitong ran over and reported the report respectfully.

Lu Haoshan said calmly: "Recharge"

Who is the guard in the city? How many people guard Lu Haoshan is too lazy to ask? The senior generals who can be named by the Qing Dynasty are almost dead. Most of the remaining are mediocre talents. What Lu Haoshan has to do is to establish his authority and establish his authority with Xi'an.

There is a saying that it is better to meet than to be famous. Only when Chen Hongfan sees the strength of the Sichuan Army, sees the sharpness of the Sichuan Army with his own eyes and makes him tremble in his soul, can he tame it from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Haoshan has his current status and does not need anyone's recognition. Now he is determined to establish his authority, not to be prestige in front of Chen Hongfan, but to shock him through the scene. He let Chen Hongfan act as his lobbyist and collapse from within the Southern Ming Dynasty. On that day, the Hongguang regime sent Zuo Maodi, Ma Shaoyu and Chen Hongfan to the Qing Dynasty. Chen Hongfan was able to persuade Dorgon to put Zuo Maodi under house arrest and Ma Shaoyu. He was because he had a way to persuade Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing and others to surrender.

It can be used by Dorgon, so it can be used by himself. Although the Nanming did not have much momentum, its troops reached one million. Lu Haoshan did not want to waste too much time here, nor did he want the people of the Central Plains to bring more casualties, and he was determined to train an agent to act for him.

To conquer a fortress is the easiest to break from within.

This is also the result of Lu Haoshan letting Chen Hongfan run away and then arresting him back, deliberately establishing his authority.

The Canon cannon appeared, which surprised Chen Hongfan. His eyes were almost falling off when loading: ordinary shells weighed only a few kilograms, like the general cannon cannon, there are three types of shells, namely seven kilograms, three kilograms, and one kilogram. Even after Sichuan was improved, the heaviest shells did not exceed ten kilograms. An ordinary soldier could easily pick them up. It was the legendary Red Cannon cannon. The heaviest shells weighed 20 kilograms, which is amazing, but compared with Canon cannon, it is still a big witch.

The shell needs two strong men to carry it hard, and four soldiers work together to put it into the cannon barrel. Good guy, this thing is not blown up, and anyone who makes it hit will have to stop.

"General... Governor, how heavy is this shell?" For some reason, Chen Hongfan felt that his mouth was a bit dry when he spoke. Chen Hongfan, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, knew that it was caused by his nervousness.

"Oh, this model of shells is not heavy, only 160 kilograms." Lu Haoshan said lightly.

160 kilograms, my god, the weight is 16 times that of the general's cannon. By the way, the governor of Sichuan also said that this model is not heavy. So is his subtext not to Sichuan also have more powerful and heavier shells?

Chen Hongfan's face turned a little pale and he took a big breath of air conditioning.

While the two of them were talking, the artillery had been loaded and they were waiting for the order. Chen Hongfan saw the anxiety of the soldiers on the Xi'an city walls. He wondered if they were waiting for the Sichuan Army to surrender, but they must have felt the danger.

"Sir, the artillery is ready." Qian Baitong reported to Lu Haoshan again.

Lu Haoshan nodded, turned his head to Chen Hongfan and said, "Okay, General Chen, you can check the time." After that, he made a launch gesture to Qian Baitong.

"Let it go!" Qian Baitong immediately and faithfully executed the order.

"boom...."

"Boom...Boom boom boom"

First, a fuse burned, the thirty cannons were exerted one after another, raging on the city walls of Xi'an. Chen Hongfan was surprised to see that the cannons of the Sichuan Army were fired accurately and fiercely, and many of them hit the thick city walls directly, causing the Qing soldiers guarding the city to fly everywhere, screaming endlessly, and some of the walls of the city walls were also damaged.

The power of this improved general artillery is nearly twice as powerful as the original general artillery. It should be because of the innovation in gunpowder, and you can tell by the sound of explosions.

"Shit...Shit"

Just as Chen Hongfan was surprised, he suddenly heard a sound of a fire burning. He turned his head and saw that the fuses of the three terrifying cannons were still burning. It should be that in order to better reflect the power of the cannon, the Sichuan Army deliberately put the fuses for a long time, and even after the general was blown up, it was still burning the fuses.

"Peng...Peng Peng"

Three loud sounds were like thunder in the dry land, followed by three loud "booms". It felt like the earth was shaking. Due to insufficient preparation, Chen Hongfan's ears were almost deaf, but Chen Hongfan ignored his ears, because at this time he was so surprised that his mouth opened into an O-shaped shape, and his eyes were about to protrude:

Three cannon shells, two shots fell down the gate tower on the city wall, and one shot hit the closed gate. The result of these three cannon shells was that the tower was blown up. It was not easy to knock the city gate with a giant car to hit the city, and it was blown up in an instant. This gate with a large number of copper nails was destroyed in just one shot.

Is this the power of artillery?

At this moment, Chen Hongfan felt like he was dreaming, but he secretly pinched his thighs. Yes, this was not a dream. At this moment, Chen Hongfan finally understood why the arrogant Qing army was defeated by the Sichuan soldiers and was defeated so thoroughly.

Sichuan depends on strength, not luck.

Just as Chen Hongfan was shocked, the Sichuan Army quickly bombed two rounds, causing the crying of the guards in Xi'an City to shake the sky. It turned out that there was no complete team on the city wall full of soldiers. Seeing that the time was ripe, Lu Haoshan gave the order, tens of thousands of elite Sichuan soldiers rode horses, holding new muskets in their hands, grenades and scimitars on their waists, and the sound of killing was rushing to the sky.

It was like a strong wind, with wind sweeping away fallen leaves, but just as soon as the charge was launched, the white flag that had already been cast on the wall, and the soldiers on the city wall put down their weapons and surrendered to the Sichuan army with great dignity.

There is no close combat yet.

Soon, Qian Baitong came over with a general with a frustrated look on his face. When he asked about the situation, Lu Haoshan was speechless.

It turned out that when he heard that most of the elites of the Qing Dynasty had died in Wujiawan, Jialaezhen, who was stationed here in the red flag, was already scared and pale. When he heard that Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Duoni were also killed in Hanzhong, especially all the eight banners of the Qing Dynasty in the city were killed by the rebellious Han Eight Banners and the people in the city, he was completely in a state of disgrace.

So, he secretly opened the city gate the night before yesterday and left without saying goodbye, for fear of being plotted against others, so he secretly took his subordinates to escape. The surrendered man was named Sun Hu. He had no intention of resisting at the beginning. He was suffering from the fact that there was no redemption in his hands, so he closed the city gate and waited for the Sichuan soldiers to recruit him, thinking that this would raise the price, and give time to atone for them to atone for their sins. However, they never expected that when the Sichuan soldiers arrived, they would attack the city without saying a word.

When they realized that they had a good reaction, they bombarded three rounds and saw that the charge began, so they were so scared that they quickly raised the white flag that had been prepared long ago.

Chen Hongfan, who was standing beside him, was stunned. He didn't expect that it would be so easy to capture a city. In the naughty words now, he scared the baby. It was not until Lu Haoshan spoke up and came to his senses.

"General Chen, I wonder how long it takes now?" Lu Haoshan turned his head and looked at Chen Hongfan and asked.

Chen Hongfan swallowed his saliva with difficulty and murmured: "This...this is probably only half an hour." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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