As soon as Fukang'an finished speaking, he took a three-foot-long red triangular command flag from Xiaoqi who was keeping the command flag beside him. After waving it a few times, he shouted: "Play the drums!"
Four broad-shouldered knight sergeants stood in front of a big drum under the commander's platform, waving the drum hammers together. As the general's drum sounded, the military drums in each battalion echoed, and then the war drums in each team also began to sound. Slowly and
The heavy sound of drums was like bursts of muffled thunder sweeping across the land in autumn, resounding throughout the wilderness.
"The commander-in-chief has an order! General Wu Chengyonggu fires one round of cannon at the enemy formation! Then the formation moves forward a hundred steps!"
(The military musical instruments of the Qing Dynasty army were mainly realized in four forms: drum, gold, trumpet, and suona. The main function of the gold drum was to release and transmit military signals; suona and horn were mainly used for military honors.
Drums alone are divided into general drums, military drums, and war drums; and the official name of Jin should be "Zheng". The ancients said that Jin was the trumpet, and it was the Zheng that was sounded. Later, gongs were used instead. Gongs are also divided into general gongs, military gongs, and military drums.
Gong and Jingluo; as for the Conch, both the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion are equipped with it, and the Eight Banners troops pay special attention to it. The main function of the Conch is to arrange camps and gather soldiers, and officials under the command of each banner must prepare their own.
According to the combined Manchu and Han version of the "Military Order" promulgated during the Qianlong period, those who are responsible for holding trumpets, beating drums, and ringing gold will act as soon as they hear the order, and stop when they hear the order. Those who disobey the order in peacetime will be punished with forty whips by the soldiers and bundles by the green battalion soldiers.
Thirty sticks will be punished. Anyone who disobeys the order during the battle formation will be beheaded.)
In the trenches on the southern line, Ding Guofeng, Sheng Haizhou and Pingtai heard the sound of drums and knew that the Qing army was about to attack, so they ordered to increase their alert.
There were piercing whistles on the position, and more than 600 soldiers from the two battalions were lying in the trenches, ready for battle. They nervously clutched the rifles in their hands, not daring to breathe. Behind them, 500 soldiers
On the artillery position meters away, all preparations were in place, just waiting for Zhao Xin's order.
Because the first cannon was a test fire, the first one to fire was the Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon located between the first and second lines of the Qing army's formation, near the middle (there is a real cannon of this cannon outside the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, for those who are interested)
You can go and take a look).
This copper cannon was the largest heavy artillery in the field of the Qing army. The gun body weighed five thousand kilograms. It was placed on a reinforced four-wheeled vehicle and required seven horses to pull it. When the artillery fired, it was charged with ten kilograms of powder.
, the cast iron cannonball weighed twenty kilograms, which was 22 pounds when converted to Western standards of the same period.
Although this kind of heavy artillery took too long to cast and was very inconvenient to transport from Ningguta to Fuldan City, Fukangan gritted his teeth and carried twenty of them. The tragic defeat last year had a real psychological shadow on him.
It was too big, and these twenty were not enough for him; if Qianlong hadn't secretly ordered to urge more troops, he would have wanted to bring more.
Because of Anthony's help, all large artillery had firing tables made; the Qing gunners only needed to estimate the distance and then adjust the height of the tail bead according to the firing table.
"Boom~!!" With a loud noise, the five-meter-long artillery cart suddenly jumped back, and the twenty-kilogram iron bullet roared out, flashed through the air, and hit the trenches in Beihai Town.
Ten meters away, smoke and dust mixed with snow and black soil splashed up to a height of more than three meters. After landing, the shell rolled forward and flew forward. After bouncing a few meters away, it hit the ground feebly.
Ding Guofeng laughed loudly and said: "It missed! That's a bullshit cannon!" As soon as he said this, everyone on the battlefield burst into laughter.
Zhao Xin, who was doing coordinate calculations, heard the sound of the cannon and hurriedly picked up his telescope to check. When he saw the impact point, he exclaimed: "Oh my God! It can hit so far! It's almost two thousand meters!"
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He knew that there would be artillery in the Qing army formation opposite, but he didn't take it seriously at all. In Zhao Xin's impression, the Manchu and Qing heavy artillery were usually set up at the top of the city or on the seaside fort, and were mainly used for
For defense. But he never expected that Fukang'an would actually bring such a heavy artillery!
"Ding Guofeng! Release the drones! See how many heavy artillery the Qing army has! Over!"
"Copy it! Done!"
"Notify everyone, including the heavy machine gun positions and anti-aircraft gun positions, that the Qing army should take cover when firing! Over!"
Zhao Xin must hold off the tens of thousands of Qing troops in front of him and prevent them from being defeated prematurely, so as to give Wang Yuanfang time to occupy Karen, Mongolia. The previous defeat of the Qing troops on the eastern front was completely beyond his expectation. He did not expect how many
Ten rounds of artillery shells were enough to kill thousands of people, and there was no trace of them again. It would be fine if they were completely driven away. If they didn't run away, they would pack up the people and then kill them again, and the rest would be a mess.
As soon as he finished talking to Ding Guofeng, Liu Sheng started calling him again. Fortunately, he asked Zhang Bo to set up a signal tower in the city, otherwise Zhao Xin would have had to stick to the headquarters.
"Zhao Xin, the Qing troops on the western front have begun to move out again! Over!"
"What? Please make it clear! It's over!"
"A large group of cavalry has come out, but it's far away, about three or four miles away! Over!"
"Don't attack, shrink the defense! If you get closer than one kilometer, let the anti-aircraft guns speak! Over!"
"I said, can you give us some artillery support? Over!"
"Brother, we only have five artillery groups. I still have to knock out the Qing army's heavy artillery. You can bear with it. If it doesn't work, use drones to monitor it. Over!"
After knowing that Fukang'an led the army to arrive, Duerjia on the western front finally sent troops under Nayangui's persuasion. If it were anyone else, Duerjia would not do it even with Fukang'an's token.
Bird him; because his surname is Aisin Gioro!
More than one-third of his men and horses were lost, the firearms battalion was completely disabled, more than a thousand Mongolian cavalry from the Eight Banners were killed, and most of the retreating barbarians were killed or injured. Duerjia was no longer able to fight anymore. But Nayangui was Agui's
His grandson! Even if Du Erjia looked down on Na Yangui, he would not dare to offend his grandfather; the old man was still in charge of Ninggu Pagoda!
Instead of looking at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, Durga could only grit his teeth and reluctantly take out five thousand taels of silver, plus an official title and a wish. It is said that under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and a Mongolian deputy commander of the Eight Banners came out to ask for orders. Finally,
They gathered 1,580 Mongolian cavalry and more than a hundred musketry cavalry. As a result, when these people were more than three miles away from the defense line, they refused to leave. He had been shot by anti-aircraft guns from Beihai Town.
I was so scared that I didn't dare to get close.
The problem was that Liu Sheng didn't know what was going on here! When he saw that the enemy had moved out again, and there were thousands of soldiers and horses in the darkness, he ordered the entire Western Front troops to enter a battle-ready state.
Twenty minutes later, the heavy artillery of the Qing army on the southern front began to fire again. This time it was a salvo of twenty artillery pieces. Along with the beating of war drums like raindrops, bursts of muffled thunder swept across the ground; amidst the billowing smoke,
Twenty large iron balls weighing ten kilograms flew out from the Qing army's formation and hit the southern front position. At the same time, the Qing army's formation began to move!
When Zhao Xin saw it, he was shocked! Fukang'an actually brought so many heavy artillery.
In terms of battlefield command experience and military capabilities, Zhao Xin is not worthy of carrying shoes for Fukang An now! As for Liu Sheng and others, no matter how strong their individual soldier skills are, they are not qualified generals.
Even though Zhao Xin has a bunch of modern weapons, no matter how good the weapons are, they have to be displayed through people. He was able to defeat Fukang'an, Duerjia and Ushhada before, relying on surprise and using the power of modern weapons to defeat the opponent.
He was caught off guard. It is said that last year, Fukang'an was also stunned by the rate of fire and firepower of modern weapons, which allowed Zhao Xin to take advantage.
After Fukang'an learned about Duerjia's defeat, he adjusted his attack plan in time. He planned to use heavy artillery cover to destroy the defending forces within the range. At the same time, the entire formation moved forward, step by step, and attack steadily. Heavy, light
The artillery complemented each other, and the musketeers covered the light artillery. After approaching the enemy's position, they launched layer upon layer of attacks.
Fukang'an's strategy was actually based on the strategy used to attack Jinchuan and Jinchuan.
In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, during the Second Crusade of Jinchuan and Da Jinchuan, the Qing army absorbed past experiences and lessons and began to use large-scale artillery to carry out critical battles.
In this battle, the Qing army did not only use heavy artillery for remote fire as in the past. Because this would provide the enemy with an opportunity to repair their fortifications within a long firing interval. Therefore, the Qing army used heavy artillery for cover.
, light artillery fires forward progressively. First use heavy artillery to open the enemy's gap, and then use light artillery to prevent the defenders from filling the gap. If the enemy continues to use pillboxes, cellars and trenches to resist after the high fortifications are destroyed, then the Qing Dynasty will
The army will raise the fort to attack the enemy in low-lying areas.
If it were an upright battle, and the weapons generation difference was about the same, Zhao Xin and the others would not be able to defeat Fukangan anyway.
However, as a commander, Zhao Xin is pretty good at battlefield perception and emergency decision-making. Compared with Fukang'an, he is quite ruthless at critical moments and has not made any major mistakes in his judgment on the battlefield; such as the battle against Saga in Nagasaki.
Fan. Besides, he also has a drone.
His eyes turned to the trenches on the southern front. Amid the shouts of a group of people at the head of Fuldan City, twenty large iron balls banged on the front and rear of the trenches.
Ding Guofeng was lying in the trench with his butt sticking out, holding the control panel of the drone in his hand; Sheng Haizhou, Ping Tai and most of the soldiers from the two battalions were also like this. On several heavy machine gun positions behind the trench, all
After receiving the order to evade, the shooter and deputy shooter all jumped into the traffic trench to escape.
It is said that Beihai Town has not encountered large-scale shelling since the army was formed. Fortunately, the Qing army's artillery shells would not explode, otherwise there would be casualties.
"Prepare for battle!" After the bombardment, a sharp whistle sounded in the trench, and everyone came out and returned to their positions. A dozen large black iron balls were scattered in front of and behind the formation, one of which hit a
The sandbag bunker in front of the machine gun position was completely destroyed.
At this time, the first conch horn sounded in the Qing army's formation. The musketeers in the front row crossed the shield cart and advanced with their antlers. The pikemen and flail soldiers on both sides began to push the shield cart to follow. At the same time, General Shengong's artillery group
, the valiant cavalry and the shotgun cavalry also began to move forward. The cavalry formation of the forward battalion and the archers of the retreating barbarians on the second line advanced accordingly.
When the advance reached 100 steps, the gong in the army sounded, the whole army stopped, and the conch trumpet sounded for the second time. Antlers and shield carriages began to be deployed, and the Qing army stood in formation. Thirty magical generals from each battalion
The gun was adjusted to the maximum elevation angle and started shooting with the sound of drums.
The Shengong General Cannon is made of copper and weighs one thousand kilograms. Each gun is equipped with a three-wheeled gun carriage. The total gun length is 2.37 meters, the caliber is 90 mm, and the caliber is 26 times. The charge when shooting is 1.75 kilograms, and the shell weighs three and a half kilograms; according to European standards during the same period
The artillery standard is 3.85 pounds.
At this time, the Qing army's front line was still more than a thousand meters away from Beihai Town, and the maximum range of the three- and four-pound guns was only 700 to 800 meters. At this distance, Beihai Town had no trouble!
After Zhao Xin watched the shooting of heavy and light artillery, he decided that he could no longer let the Qing army's heavy artillery fire. He could buy more of these weapons if they broke, but he would be heartbroken if they lost them.
Speaking of which, these artillerymen and heavy machine gun shooters were trained by him and Liu Sheng with great difficulty over more than a year. Everyone must not only be literate, but also learn basic mathematics and be able to memorize the various functions of the weapons.
The meaning of these signs; any one of them is a treasure for the current Beihai Town.
He first contacted Ding Guofeng and quickly determined the area where the Qing army's heavy artillery was located. Then he used a walkie-talkie to connect to the rear artillery positions and ordered five artillery groups to suppress fire in the area where the Qing army's heavy artillery was located.
The artillery company commander at the other end was still firing a few rapid rounds, so he asked: "Sir, how many rounds should we fire?"
"Half a base!" Zhao Xin didn't think twice, he just opened his mouth and said it, it was just nonsense!
(The so-called ammunition base, different types and calibers of artillery have different ammunition base standards. As for the 122 howitzer, a standard base number is 80 rounds.)
The simplest way to describe fire suppression is to bombard the sky with dense artillery shells, making the enemy unable to fight back and restricting their movement. The maximum firing speed of the D30 is 6 to 8 rounds per minute. For the artillery team of Beihai Town, they
It can shoot up to 4 rounds. Because each 122 high-explosive warhead weighs more than 40 kilograms, it is very difficult for one person to carry these ammunition. It must be carried by two people, which wastes time.
Zhao Xin didn't want to blow up the "emoticon" to death. If he could capture him alive, he felt that he could blackmail Qianlong for a lot of things. At the very least, Fukang'an's family would have to redeem him with something. He could ask for less money, but
The more gold, antique calligraphy and painting, the better.
Because of Zhao Xin's attitude, the "emoticon package" is quite safe for the time being on the commander's platform. He was very satisfied with the shooting effect of General Wucheng Yonggu's cannon. The next bombardment should be able to destroy the opponent's cannons.
Rapid-fire iron cannon.
The sound of "dengdengdeng" footsteps was heard, and his personal soldiers ran up from under the commander's platform. With a look of panic on his face, the soldier approached Fukang'an and reported in a low voice: "Commander,
Ushhada and the others were defeated! The messenger said that the whole army was defeated and the whereabouts of the Ushihada army were unknown."
The flag that Fukang'an was about to raise suddenly stopped. His eyes were wide open and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot. He grabbed the soldier's shirt angrily and said sternly: "You fart!"