Everyone in the artillery position of the Shenji Battalion held their breath and the surrounding area was quiet, as if everyone was waiting for something.
Former battalion commander Chen Jiugao took a deep breath before saying, "Let's fire a shot and try the angle!"
Guerrilla General Chen Shihu, a close general of the Chinese Army, responded loudly: "Yes!"
He turned around, waved his right hand vigorously, and shouted majestically: "Send the order, fifth gun position, test fire a shot, calibrate the firing range!"
A flag soldier next to Chen Shihu heard the order and first blew a series of trumpet sounds. Then, another flag soldier next to him raised two small triangular flags, one red and one green, and played a series of flags in succession. Then the red flag went to
Hold it straight forward, the green flag is raised high, and it is waved down with all your strength.
Behind the fifth-ranked Hongyi cannon, a gunner stretched out the torch in his hand as ordered and lit the fuse of a cannon that fired twelve pounds. Everyone's expressions became tense, and they all looked at the "hissing"
Sparkling fire door fuse.
The fuse flashed with sparks, hissing and burning, and suddenly there was a flash of fire at the fire door, and then there was a deafening loud noise, the thick muzzle spurted out a large fire, and thick smoke immediately filled the air.
Amidst the fire and smoke, the cannon's barrel shook violently, and a large dark iron bullet quickly rushed out of the barrel and flew straight towards the Qing Army Empress Temple position in the distance.
For a time, everyone in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was concentrating on the flight direction of the iron cannon, guessing its possible landing location.
Nuerjia had a gloomy face and asked the Korean soldier fiercely in Mandarin: "Korean dog, what did you say just now?"
The horse-armored soldiers following behind him also looked at the Korean soldier with the same ferocious eyes.
The Korean soldier was immediately frightened out of his mind. He hurriedly knelt down on the ground, shouting something in Korean and kowtowing vigorously. Soon, his forehead was dripping with blood, but it was still as small as a baby.
It's like a chicken grizzling rice, and it keeps kowtowing.
"Dong dong dong..."
The sound of his head hitting the ground was endless, like a rapid drumbeat.
When the Korean soldiers nearby saw this scene, they all looked sad and angry, feeling as if a rabbit had died and a fox had died!
Geng Zhongming, King Huaishun of the Qing Dynasty, couldn't help but frown when he saw the expressions on the faces of these Korean soldiers. He also looked at the faces of the Korean officers with a rather displeased expression.
Geng Zhongming touched the beard on his chin and advised Nuerjia: "Nuerjia Niulu, why are you angry about this little servant? Now that a war is imminent, peace should be the priority, and we should encourage the soldiers..."
Just as he said this, he suddenly heard an explosion from the Ming army's position opposite. He turned around and saw a black cannon flying through the air.
Nuerjia was facing this direction, and he also heard the sound of explosions. The black cannons came closer and closer. He screamed: "The cannon is firing!"
In a panic, he rushed forward and immediately threw his body behind a low wall to avoid the shelling.
Like ears of wheat blown by the wind, the Eight Banners Soldiers, Tianyou Army, and Korean Army behind the low wall all hurriedly fled after being frightened by Nuerjia. They imitated Nuerjia's example and nimbly ducked in front of the low wall.
The body was pressed against the wall.
But I heard the iron cannon piercing the sky, with a screaming sound of breaking the wind, and landed about ten steps in front of the low wall of the mountain ridge.
There was a loud "boom", exciting.
After shooting up rock fragments and a large piece of soil, it continued to roll forward and finally fell into the ditch in front of the low wall, making a soft sound.
It seemed that the cannons fired by the Ming army's artillery were powerful, but in fact they did not pose any real threat. When the soldiers were cleared from behind the low wall, the Korean soldiers immediately cheered.
Niuluzhangjingniuerjia also stood up and laughed wildly. He seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness just now. He raised his finger and pointed at the Ming army's artillery array in the distance and cursed loudly: "Haha, the Han dog's cannon is pure nonsense. King Huaishun, you
If you don’t blast him, you’ll give me a bad breath!”
The Ming army's artillery fire made the Qing army and Korean soldiers stationed at the Empress Temple become more confident. All kinds of strange shouts, cheers, laughter and curses could be heard. Some people even sang various songs.
Ballads.
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While the Qing troops stationed at the Empress Temple were celebrating enthusiastically, Chen Jiugao had already commanded the gunners of the Shenji Battalion to recalibrate the design angle of the artillery.
With a sullen face, he first looked back at the location of Ji Liao Governor Hong Chengchou's central army, then turned back and waved his hand solemnly.
After receiving the order, the trumpeter of the Chinese army blew a sharp swan sound, then the order flag flew and waved, and the military order was quickly passed on.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The sound exploded, like a series of thunders, continuous and continuous.
The thirteen Hongyi cannons on the entire artillery array fired the first wave of neat volleys. Amidst the deafening roar, thick white smoke spurted out in large streams, almost covering the entire artillery position.
Such a loud noise shocked the cattle and horses behind the hilly artillery array and caused a commotion even in the Chinese army's formation at the rear.
Although Hong Chengchou and others were a little far away, they could still feel the power of the artillery. They felt their hearts beating violently: Hongyi cannon, how powerful it is!
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The Qing and Korean troops at the low wall outside the Empress Temple were like puppets, their smiles were stiff, and their bodies were frozen there, motionless, as if they had suddenly pressed the pause button, but the look of panic in their eyes made them appear again.
They were brought back to reality.
He looked at the huge cannonballs in the distance that were shooting towards him at high speed. The screams that broke through the air were many times louder than before, from far to near.
"Ah! Ah..."
Many people froze on the spot and screamed loudly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."
A large iron ball weighing more than ten kilograms roared over and hit a low wall hard.
Amidst the loud noise, a large gap was created in the low wall under the heavy blows of the large iron cannons. Several Korean soldiers who were leaning on the low wall to avoid the cannons were shaken by the powerful impact and were thrown straight away.
On the ground.
They were in a crouching position, flying straight out like this, their internal organs were shaken out of position, and screams and cries could be heard everywhere.
Niuluzhang Jingniuerjia shouted loudly and asked Huaishun King Geng Zhongming to guard the outer artillery positions, then he stood up and ran quickly towards the Niangniang Temple. In his opinion, these earthen walls were really unsafe.
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He ran swiftly, and even though he wore two layers of heavy armor, he still ran very fast. Behind him were the accompanying warriors in banners and vests, who also ran with him fearlessly.
There was a sharp and piercing whistling sound, which sounded like water in a kettle boiling. When it boiled extremely hard, it made people feel upset and wanted to plug their ear holes.