Chapter 168 The Bombardment of Shanhaiguan by the Restoration Revolution
( .) The situation was developing so fast that everyone was surprised. The Qing Dynasty, which was as stable as a rock, was already in chaos in just one month, just like a shabby house and thatched hut in the wind and rain, had long become a precarious situation.
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Such development once exceeded Song Biao's estimates.
This situation made Song Biao understand that the so-called people's hearts are lost. As long as a small change and a brave group stands up, they can completely tear the so-called big government into pieces. It seems stable, but in fact, as long as the public opinion is lost,
Never stable.
Since people lose their hearts, people's hearts will be lost for a long time, and the ice will be three feet long, which will not be cold for a day.
July 22, 1910.
After a week of preparation, the Northeast New Army was ready for combat. Zhao Tingzhu's Chapter 171, at the beginning, Song Biao and Zhang Zhidong reached an agreement, that is, the Beiyang Army was not allowed to be stationed in Shanhaiguan, and in the six towns of Beiyang.
It is necessary to install a buffer force between the four towns in the northeast to avoid direct confrontation between the two sides. Therefore, the Qing government will report the news that came from Chapter 171, including the evaluation of Jiang Zhengyuan and others. It should be said that this person's actual level is very average, except that he is a man.
There is almost no advantage beyond that.
Zhao Tingzhu’s Chapter 171 Central Station, six large-scale material warehouses were built here in the name of the grain station.
After inspection, he was generally satisfied. It was not difficult to ensure the supply of materials for the three divisions. Jiang Yanxing's Fifth Division must not be able to go south for the time being, unless the first three divisions have broken through the defense line of Shanhaiguan and entered Luan.
Prefecture. Establishes a new material supply base in Luanzhou.
In order to prevent the Qing army from sending navals over the coastline, four railway cannons secretly purchased from France also arrived in Gaoling Town quietly. Among them, the two gates were officially moved forward and prepared to launch artillery bombardment on Shanhaiguan.
The weight of this m1896 240mm railway heavy artillery is as high as 14 tons, which is definitely not the same level of power as the 280mm howitzer used by Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. The difference lies in the diameter of the barrel and the weight of the shells, and the initial speed.
The barrel of this gun has a diameter of 40 times, the barrel is 10.05 meters long, the projectile species is 162 kilograms, the initial velocity of the shell is 840m/sec, and the maximum range is 23,000 meters.
This is actually a naval heavy artillery, which is extremely expensive. The French calculated a harsh price for Song Biao. Four heavy artillery is equivalent to the cost of half a fearless-class battleship, and even so, it is still worth the money.
Two heavy railway artillery were officially launched on the railway. One cannon placed the troops of a railway artillery battalion to control the cannon. From the start of the train to the loading, the whole process was extremely tense, and the people were watching it burst into blood.
That shell is half a person tall, although it is a small witch compared to the heavy artillery in the first battle. But it is also powerful enough, because the lifespan of the gun barrel is limited, and there was less live-fire training before, so now it can only be said to be activated
One shot is one shot.
Song Biao was very fortunate to bring several staff officers to wait for the first artillery to explode.
The heavy artillery train carried artillery forward along the railway. The two artillery were parked together in the area around Hejiatun, where the Second Division was stationed, and was 14 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan. Even for the officers and soldiers of the Second Division, this thing was
It is said that there is a truth that has never been seen before.
Suddenly seeing this super science fiction-level heavy railway artillery appear, the whole division was shocked and yelled. As long as the guards without missions were unattended, they all ran over to watch the fun, yelling that this artillery would definitely bring Shanhaiguan.
The walls of the city were broken in half.
The result is destined to disappoint them, because these two shots are high-explosive bombs, not really used to attack the city, but to shoot them out to scare the 20th town, especially to scare Baoying.
Bang.
The moment the first shot was shot, the flames at the mouth of the entire gun barrel burst out for about ten meters long. The sound waves burst out in an instant almost overturned the surrounding crowds. Song, who was about sixty meters away from the railway.
Biao was shocked so much that he couldn't help but cover his ears with both hands, and even so, he was a little dizzy.
Immediately afterwards, in about twenty seconds, the second railway heavy artillery was also ready to fire. Only this time did everyone realize that it was powerful and ran a hundred meters away.
It was already evening at this time, and the sunset shone on the sea. With a loud bang, the flames of the pipe-mouthed artillery burst out again were no less than the high explosion of a 105mm howitzer, because the speed was twice the speed of sound.
The sound of shells in the air is also extremely harsh, and it is a very strange "scandal" sound, which is sharper than the whistle sound of normal shells cutting through the sky. At first glance, it sounds a bit like a whistle, but it is louder.
While the two shells were fired, Song Biao kept using a telescope to watch Shanhaiguan in the distance from a high place nearby. One exploded in front of the pass and the other exploded in the rear. The explosion waves and flames raised were both amazing in scale.
Because this was the first attack by the artillery troops on both sides, Song Biao could almost feel the shock in the 20th town, and the other party could not fight back. The 20th town was equipped with an 88mm Krupp light field cannon
The city defense cannon is a Krupp shore cannon of 10 and a half cents and 12 cents. This range is not enough. The range of the 12 cents Krupp long-barrel cannon is only 12,000m at most.
Song Biao is sitting in his Chinese brand car. He is a T-model imitation ford, and has a higher standard of manufacturing, thicker and higher price, but the ride feels similar to a tractor, the car
Stopped on a small Gaogang area, Song Biao was here to observe the magnificent Shanhaiguan in front of him.
At this moment, he guessed that Baoying's heart must be very cold, as cold as ice frost, as if falling into an ice cave.
The standard fire rate of the m1896 240mm railway heavy artillery is one shot per minute, and ten shots were shot in a row. Two shots hit the city wall, and two large holes with a diameter of six meters were torn open. The city wall of more than ten meters thick collapsed by half.
Zhang Yahu and Zhang Hongkui were on the front position, only 1.5 kilometers away from the city wall along Shanhaiguan. They saw it very clearly and soon the news came.
After looking at the information, Song Biao asked the troops to temporarily stop the bombardment of heavy railway artillery and fired flyer guns at the 20th Town with the m18981909 type 105mm Krupp light howitzer under the Second Infantry Division.
The Second Artillery Regiment under the Second Infantry Division is a heavy artillery regiment. This regiment does not have mountain cannons and three-inch field cannons, but is equipped with 32 m18981909 105mm Krupp light howitzers and 18 m1902 15mm
Rupp's long-barred cannon.
Because the opponent of the Second Infantry Division is the 20th Town, and this town is one of the few M1906 88mm Krupp rapid-fire field guns in the entire Qing army. In order to compete with this 88mm Krupp rapid-fire field gun,
Song Biao installed a large-scale 105mm light howitzer in the Second Infantry Division. The two artillery fire rates and the initial velocity of the shells were about the same, but the latter had a larger range and the weight of the shells.
The weight of the shell is greater, the higher the initial velocity, the greater the inertia and the greater the range.
This is a basic principle of artillery.
The m1896 type 240mm railway heavy artillery is very powerful, but the lifespan of the barrel is not high. At present, the average 300 rounds of shells must be replaced after being fired. The 300 rounds of the number must still be moisture, so you can save as much as possible.
After all, the main deterrent of this thing comes from intimidation.
After letting the troops start shooting flyer guns, Song Biao was not very relieved to go to Zhang Yahu's troops on the front line to continue to inspect the defense line of Meng Jiang Town. After a look, he was still very satisfied. The Qing army had done the previous arrangement of the defense line here.
Very good. After Zhang Yahu and Zhang Hongkui arrived here, they continued to improve. The fortifications on the entire defense line were made very strong.
Song Biao then took the car back to the command post. (Welcome to your support, my greatest motivation.)
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