Chapter 173 Master Song's cannonball against the traitor Kong
Pushing forward another two miles, the heavy artillery team began to seize the time to drive piles and build artillery arrays.
The recoil of heavy artillery is quite large, and fixed piles must be driven to prevent the artillery from running away when firing. The easy-to-move artillery carriage is actually a burden at this time. The wheels can move forward and can move backward. The artillery of later generations
The wheel has a stop and stop device and a recoil reduction device. Now this thing cannot be made and can only be resisted by ground piles.
The artillerymen used big hammers to hammer down several iron stakes on the side of the heavy cannon, thus wedged the cannon.
"Hurry up and heat the cannon with kerosene. When heating the cannon, move the ammunition farther away to avoid igniting the ammunition." Song Yingxing saw that several main cannons were fixed and quickly arranged for people to heat the cannons.
The Ming army's method of heating artillery has improved. Unlike Kong Youde and others who relied on firewood to slowly heat the artillery, they used hot kerosene to stick to a cotton mop, wiped the artillery body back and forth several times, then ignited the mop, and simply heated the artillery body.
Just burn it.
Under normal temperatures, the gun body does not need to be heated, but now the temperature outside the mouth is more than 30 degrees below zero. If the gun body is not heated, the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the gun body will be ridiculously large after firing. With the current steel performance, even if it is not exploded on the spot,
After firing two or three shots, the gun body will be scrapped.
About a quarter of an hour later, several artillery pieces were already heated up. Seeing this, Song Yingxing immediately ordered to prepare to fire.
"Charge according to the standard four-material top grid. Adjust the angle of the cannon to two and a half grids. Seize the time and fire after twenty breaths." After visually observing the distance of the Qing army's artillery array, Song Yingxing methodically announced the shooting parameters to the soldiers.
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Kong Youde on the opposite position was also observing the battlefield situation. He saw that the Ming army stopped advancing at a distance of about six or seven miles, and he felt relieved. He did not dare to fill the artillery. If the Ming army did not want the artillery to explode,
He also didn't dare to fill up the medicine. In other words, at this distance, the Ming army will not threaten him. In this way, the battle can be fought with peace of mind. He can block the artillery array and reinforcements of the Ming army,
We still have the strength to bombard the besieged Ming camp, and the situation is completely under control.
"Fire the cannon!" With an order, the fuses of the five heavy cannons were ignited, and then the sound of cannons sounded and the smoke filled the air.
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After the smoke cleared, Song Yingxing quickly observed the situation on the battlefield. The artillery did not fall on the Qing army's position, nor did it damage the Qing army's position.
The distance is still a bit far. According to normal calculations, shooting with this parameter is the longest range of the artillery. Artillery shells can jump six miles away, which means that the current visual inspection is still inaccurate. The real distance between the two armies is seven
Eight miles away.
"Unload the piles and continue to push forward two miles. Our army is still more than seven miles away from the captive soldiers."
Following Song Yingxing's request, the artillery team nervously began to move the artillery.
The Ming army's artillery fired so quickly? Although this round of artillery did not pose a threat to his position, Kong Youde felt the pressure. As an old artilleryman, he obviously felt that the range of his own artillery did not seem to be as far as other people's. The artillery fire on the opposite side
Who is it? Why are they so bold in using cannons and filling them with materials as soon as they come up? Can their cannons hold so much medicine?
The Ming army continued to advance for nearly two miles. At this time, the Qing army's artillery fired another wave. The dust splashed after their shells fell was clearly visible. There were even shells that landed and rushed to this position. It should be now
We seriously arrived within the range of Qing artillery. The actual distance was five or six miles.
The artillery range mentioned in this era is very different from the artillery range mentioned in later generations. The artillery range in later generations is the flight distance of the cannonball. According to this standard, the longest range of the heaviest Hongyi cannon will not be six miles. And now
The range of artillery is based on the bounce distance of solid projectiles after they hit the ground. The better solid projectiles can bounce up to 180 meters after landing. Kong Youde's troops are equipped with heavy artillery weighing more than 3,000 kilograms. The actual effective range of the full charge is five miles.
Left and right. The actual range of the Ming army's artillery is calculated based on experimental data, and it is a little farther than this.
After another round of intense preparations, the six heavy artillery pieces fired their fuses and began bombarding the enemy positions.
After the cannon fired, Kong Youde watched as several artillery shells rushed toward him. One of them even landed not far from his own position. He plowed a trench and rushed into his artillery array. The master of the Ming army
The gunner was afraid that he was a fool and dared to let the cannon fire so far.
"The No. 1 to No. 8 guns will be pushed forward sixty square steps and officially set down. The remaining guns will be set up here to block the large groups of prisoners coming from other directions." After Song Yingxing saw the shooting effect, he gave an order to the artillery team.
received an order to adjust tactics. If we advance another sixty square steps, the distance between the two sides should be within five miles. At this distance, the enemy's artillery may be able to reach our own artillery formation, but relatively speaking, the threat from our own artillery should be
It is larger than the artillery array of the Qing army.
The Ming army is still pushing forward! They are really going to fight!
"Send fifteen heavy artillery here. They have fewer artillery and we have more artillery. Let's see who has beaten whom." Kong Youde also adjusted the layout accordingly. Within a distance of five miles, artillery from both sides may sneak in.
Position, for the artillery, this is equivalent to fighting with bayonets.
Half an hour later, a fierce artillery battle officially broke out. The eight heavy artillery pieces of the Ming army were inferior to the fifteen heavy artillery pieces of Kong Youde's troops. In terms of quantity, they were inferior.
The artillery roared, and the artillery battle in the entire theater became the protagonist. Including the cavalry of the Qing army, they also voluntarily withdrew from the front-line battlefield at this time. Everyone knew that the accuracy of artillery was not high, but no one wanted to run into it on the battlefield at this time.
Luck. If you fight someone with real swords and guns, you will die if you die. Being hit by random stray bullets is a bit too worthless.
Dust was flying on the battlefield, and Song Yingxing's hair and robe were stained with mud. But he didn't pay attention, but stared at the situation on the opposite battlefield with a monocular binoculars.
Sun Youde was also looking at the Ming Army's artillery array with his binoculars. The situation on his side was much worse than that of the Ming Army. Several artillery shells of the Ming Army escaped into the artillery array, and one even landed directly on the position. Several artillerymen,
Hit by a stray bullet.
"Brothers, don't panic. With the way the Ming army is fighting, their artillery won't be able to sustain a few rounds. We have more artillery than they do. The battle sentiment is up to me."
The sun slowly set from the center of the sky to the west. It started in the morning and lasted until afternoon before the artillery fire from both sides stopped roaring. It sounded like a long time, but in fact the artillery fire from both sides only lasted about five rounds.
The Ming army's artillery did not behave as Kong Youde expected. Until now, their guns were still intact. On the contrary, three of their own guns were hit by the Ming army's jumping cannons and could no longer be used.
Who is the bright general on the opposite side? Not only did this man command the artillery battle boldly, but he also calibrated the artillery accurately. At the beginning, only one or two of their artillery shells could reach their own artillery array, but after two rounds,
Basically, their artillery shells can hit their own positions. This shows that the Ming generals who command artillery battles are experts in artillery battles. But based on my own memory, I really can’t think of anyone in the Ming army who has this ability. If there is such a thing
It is impossible for a famous general with such skill not to fly the general's flag. And where did their cannons come from? Why do they feel that they are better than the cannons made by the Westerners here? This battle was fought unclearly and extremely passively.