On two high platforms built by the Ming army, dozens of cannons were pouring artillery fire towards Liaoyang City. The Folangji cannons on the top of the city were also fighting back desperately. However, the counterattacks of the cannons on the top of the city had little effect.
Can't even afford it.
During the construction of the high platform, the cannons on the top of the city failed to prevent the Ming army from building the high platform. At this time, the Ming army was condescending, and the cannons on the top of the city had completely lost their angle. What's more terrible is that these cannons installed on the city
The cannons on their heads were all fixed, which meant that they could only be beaten under the fire of the Ming army, but could not make an effective counterattack at all.
The earthen platform is so thick that it has almost no edges. Even if it eats dozens of cannonballs, so what?
The sudden blow that came from outside the city also caused the Houjin army in the city to be confused for a while. However, after all, the people in this city were not a bunch of rabble. After the initial panic and the cost of hundreds of lives, the remaining people
They soon found a way to resist the cannonballs flying in from outside the city.
A large number of fully armed soldiers, under the command of the generals, approached the city wall facing the Ming army's artillery fire. Under the several-mile-long city wall, there were densely packed soldiers everywhere, and shells were fired from their heads.
Flying over and smashing into the city, some who stood higher could even see those unlucky companions in the city being smashed into a ball of meat by one shell after another.
Hiding under this tall and tall city wall, not only does the city wall serve as a barrier, but it can also prevent the Ming army from taking this opportunity to attack the city.
The Folangji cannon on the top of the city has no angle to hit the Ming army's cannon on the earth platform in the distance. However, the Ming army's cannon on the same high platform also has no angle to cross the city wall and directly attack the people hiding at the base of the city wall.
The post-Jin soldiers and horses below.
There is quite a bit of "dark under the lamp" meaning here.
Under the city wall, it became the safest place in the entire Liaoyang City. Except here, the Ming army's artillery shells almost covered the entire Liaoyang City. They even directly ignored the cannons on the top of the city and just kept firing at them.
The city of Liaoyang was filled with artillery shells, as if they had an endless supply of artillery shells.
The types of artillery shells were various, far beyond the knowledge of these soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty. It turned out that they thought that the cannons of the Ming Army they knew were already very sharp firearms. However, he did not know that it was just a cannon.
There are so many tricks you can play.
In the Ming army's camp, Jiang Wan and others were watching the battlefield. Behind the two high platforms, thousands of elite soldiers were standing ready. As long as the enemy troops in the city dared to come out, they would use the weapons in their hands to welcome them warmly.
"What kind of cannonball is that? It doesn't seem to be very powerful!"
Beside Jiang Wan, Yao Chunyong opened his mouth and looked into the distance. Behind him, Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew also looked like they were seeking knowledge.
"Those are grape bullets!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "In the past, our cannonballs were all one big solid iron ball, but if we pack three or five smaller iron balls and hit them out together, it's okay!"
He looked at Yao Chunyong: "If we hit the city wall, the power is not enough, but we don't hit their city wall. If it falls into the crowd, it will be a bloody gourd all the way. It is powerful enough!"
"This, our West Route Army's artillery team also needs it. Remember, go back and ask the military and political office for help!" Yao Chunyong said to Cao Bianjiao behind him.
"Commander, where's that?" Before he finished speaking, a roaring sound of artillery came from the front, and several cannonballs that were almost visible to the naked eye were entangled and flew towards the distance.
Yao Chunqiu was startled and asked impatiently.
"Oh, that's a chain bomb!" Jiang Wan said nonchalantly: "Actually, two cannonballs are connected with an iron chain, and then fired out together. In the past, this was a thing used by the Franco machine against ships at sea.
It is designed to reach the masts and sails of the ships on the opposite side. However, this thing is also very effective in beating people. Anyway, according to Qi Wu in the city, our people in the Ming Dynasty were either massacred or fled. The people in the city at the moment are not Tatars.
The captive is a traitor, but he doesn’t worry about accidentally hurting anyone!”
Yao Chunyong swallowed hard. What is called hitting people is effective. The cannonballs flew so fast that it was hard to see clearly. There was an iron chain connected in the middle. If someone was between these two cannonballs, it wouldn't be enough.
He was strangled in two on the spot!
This death is a bit tragic.
"Okay, stop asking questions one by one!" Jiang Wan shook his head slightly: "In addition to these solid bullets and grape bullets, we also have chain bullets, hollow bullets, blooming bullets and various kinds of artillery shells. I just tried them before.
We have used chain bombs before, but this time, let’s try all these new things made in Tieshan City. What shells to use in any situation will also be an important test of the artillery battalion’s ability in the future!”
"Do you remember?" Yao Chunyong turned around again and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Remember everything the commander said clearly. Go back and call the superiors one by one. As long as it is built by Tieshan, our West Route Army also has a share.
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"The pattern is bigger!" Jiang Wan laughed: "There will be, sooner or later there will be, but this is the first time the artillery battalion has gone to the battlefield as a separate battalion. These guys are just showing off deliberately. In fact, there is no need to be so flashy.
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"Commander!"
Seeing that Jiang Wan was in a good mood, and that the Tartars in the city were obediently beaten and did not dare to make a mistake, Cao Bianjiao boldly asked: "The cannons pulled up by the general's artillery battalion are better than the cannons we use."
Those cannons are not much bigger, and they are incomparable to those huge Franco cannons on the top of the city. How can our cannons hit farther than theirs!?"
Yao Chunyong also opened his ears. He was also very curious about this. No one's cannon was bigger and it could hit farther than others. How can this be justified? Everyone knows that of course the bigger the cannon, the farther it hits.
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"Because of the rifling!" Jiang Wan didn't lie, but gave the answer directly.
"Rifling?" Yao Chunyong, Cao Wenzhao and others around him were confused, but the expressions of the generals of the main army remained unchanged. Obviously they already knew what this was!
"Yes, rifling!" Jiang Wan nodded: "You are not Tang Ruowang and Zhao Yuan. You can understand that the barrel of the original cannon is smooth, and the rifling is the lines carved on the inner wall of the barrel.
Line, this line engraved on the inner wall of the barrel can make the cannonball more stable when it is fired out, and it can also hit farther, because when the cannonball comes out of the barrel, it no longer flies directly out, but rotates.
Get out!"
Jiang Wan pointed to the cannons that were still roaring on the high platform in the distance: "All the cannons in the artillery camp are rifled cannons with carved rifling. And the next step, the barrels of the fire guns produced by Tieshan City are also carved.
With this kind of rifling, the fire blunderbuss will have a longer range and be more accurate. By then, the Tartar cavalry will no longer be able to rush to us!"