Seeing Fukang'an suddenly lose his temper, the Chengdu general E Hui on the side said: "Commander, those who are good at fighting will not be angry!" This man is also a veteran of the army. He started as a forward armor soldier and served as the commander of Jianchang Town seven times.
General Soldier, and later followed Fukangan to quell the rebellion in the northwest.
The soldier who reported the news was frightened by Fukang'an's ferocious expression, and said quickly: "Master, what I said is true! The person who came to report the news is the knight sent by the master before."
Fukang'an understood that he had lost his composure. He let go of the guard, leaned back on the chair and took a few deep breaths. Feeling that he had calmed down a little, he then ordered: "Tell that Xiaoqi to come up. I want to find out what happened."
thing."
The knight who came to report the news was waiting under the commander's platform. After running up, he knelt down in front of Fukang'an and said, "I heard from the fleeing soldiers that the troops led by Wu Junmen have just entered three or four miles east of Fuldan City.
At that time, thousands of thunders fell from the sky, and our army suffered heavy casualties. Later, everyone saw that the flags at Wujunmen were gone, so they became chaotic."
E Hui said in disbelief: "That's five thousand people! How could they be defeated so quickly? Where are Dai Sanbao, Guanbao and the others?"
The Xiaoqi lowered his head and replied: "I stopped several people under the banner to ask, and they all said that the chaos started from the Chinese Army. As for the whereabouts of other Shangguan, they all said they had not seen it."
Fukang'an closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then murmured: "Thousands of thunders fell together."
E Hui thought for a while and said: "Commander! I think the thief must be using a weapon like a ten thousand enemy or a cannon?"
Fukang'an shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. The cannon can't hit the sky." Before he could finish his words, he heard bursts of roaring coming from a few miles away to the north, like rolling thunder sweeping across the earth.
Beihai Town opened fire!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!."
Near a general's gun emplacement between the first and second lines of the Qing army's formation, huge explosions rang out one after another; balls of orange fire soaring into the sky completely covered the entire gun emplacement. Several Qing army gunners and cavalry protecting the artillery,
The shotgun soldiers took off into the air as the explosive flames rose.
When the sky collapsed, the 5,000-kilogram copper cannon was blown away together with the gun carriage. The seven or eight cast-iron shells piled behind the cannon were carried up by the blast of air, and then hit the surrounding Qing Dynasty heavily.
soldiers; tens of thousands of prefabricated fragments wiped away all life within a radius of 100 meters; clouds of gray-white gunpowder smoke were picked up by the wind and dissipated above the Qing army's formation.
Fukang'an, who was on the command stage, pushed away the few guards in front of him. He saw gunpowder smoke billowing in the formation, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of the wounded. Fukang'an calmed down and ordered his subordinates:
"Go immediately to investigate the damage and send someone to find out where the cannon came from!"
"tie!"
At this time, the tens of thousands of Qing troops present were all stunned. Most of them had participated in the Jinchuan and Jinchuan battles and quelled the rebellion in the northwest, and had rich battlefield experience. But even so, no one had ever seen such an explosion. Many people were shocked.
It was thought that such an explosion occurred because the gunpowder package on the gun emplacement was ignited.
The forward battalion cavalry on the second line reined in their horses and ran around because their horses were frightened. The archers of the retreating barbarian army on both sides were trampled down. Horses bumped against horses and people crowded around. There were shouts, curses, and cries for fathers and mothers.
It was a mess.
After a few minutes, the gunpowder smoke was gradually blown away by the wind. Because they were standing high up, Fukang'an and E Hui could clearly see five large craters several feet deep scattered around the cannon. The cannon was originally guarding the cannon.
The surrounding musketeers, cavalry, and drum and trumpeters were all killed and injured, and the blown-out copper cannons, artillery carts, and severed limbs of men and horses covered an area of dozens of feet in radius!
Seeing such a scene, Fukang'an couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. His face was pale and weak, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This won't work! The Chinese Guards will bring the banner and follow me to the front to command!"
E Hui was shocked and hurriedly advised: "Commander, don't do it! The thieves' artillery is really powerful, you can't put yourself in danger!"
Fukang'an said: "Old E, your morale should be boosted but not let down. The emperor and the court officials have been planning for more than half a year, and they are not just waiting for people to bombard them with artillery today! It looks like today will be a tough battle! The emperor treats me like a king.
My father and son, my kindness and faithfulness are truly extraordinary. I, Fu Kang'an, only have one chance to die today to repay this great kindness!"
After what he said, E Hui couldn't help but sigh. He raised his hand and asked for orders: "Commander, please lead your troops to watch the battle. Let me go to the front line!"
Fukang'an turned around and took out a command arrow from the box, and said in a serious tone: "The ten battalions in the west are under your command, and I am here in the east. If you win this battle, we will be prosperous together; if we break it, we will be humiliated together!"
It is said that all famous generals in ancient times were able to maintain a strong will, a cool mind, and the belief in victory in the ever-changing battlefield situation; no matter what the situation, they must not show the slightest panic, which would cause the entire army to lose fighting spirit.
.As a commander-in-chief, he needs to use his bearing and emotions to stabilize the morale of the army, enhance fighting spirit, and ultimately win victory. Fukang'an actually has this quality.
A moment later, the conch horn of the Chinese Guards sounded. Amidst the rumbling drums, the Qing army's formation continued to advance. The nineteen general cannons also began to move quickly after firing one round.
Fukang'an's side is fighting for will and military morale, while Zhao Xin's side is fighting for mathematics.
In the walkie talkie just now, Zhao Xin felt that his order to hit "half a base" was really impressive. But when the artillerymen successfully used five rounds to hit the first Qing artillery position, they wanted to hit the second one.
When we set up a gun emplacement, a problem arose
I would like to ask, who can report the meter data? The Qing army on the eastern front fought on the surface, which was very easy; but on the southern front, they fought on points. The artillery company commander who had just been promoted for a few months said that we really can’t do this.
Can do the math.
"Uncle!" He didn't know whether he was scolding himself or others. Zhao Xin clasped his hands to breathe in the heat while calculating the coordinates at the table at the top of Fuldan City. The so-called "shooting off cannons is fun for a while, so let's do the crematorium"
", that's what Zhao Xin is talking about.
Because the Qing army's heavy artillery is hidden behind the first-line musketeers, the Beihai Town Artillery Company is now conducting indirect aiming; in terms of actual calculations, it is necessary to calculate trigonometric functions. Through the azimuth, distance, and angle data
Perform back-and-forth conversions. For example, if you know the distance and angle, you can measure the orientation; if you know the orientation and angle, you can measure the distance. To put it simply, as long as three points form a triangle, you can use trigonometric functions to calculate the exact orientation of the enemy.
Fortunately, Fuldan City is an endless wilderness plain, so these three points are the artillery position, the forward observation point (Zhao Xin), and the Qing artillery position. The rest is to measure the distance and calculate the angle. So you see,
If you're not good at math, you really can't do artillery.
Zhao Xin's current full name is "Zhao - Observer - Computing Corps - Artillery Commander".
First, "Zhao Observer" needs to measure the precise data of distance and angle through a rangefinder and steering wheel, and then reduce the error by comparing it with the military map drawn by Chen Qingsong, and then calculate the precise position of the target centered on the muzzle.
Then, "Zhao Calculation Soldier" calculated the angles of each angle in the triangle formed by the three points through the target orientation and elevation, and the precise orientation of the three points, and then calculated the distance between the artillery position and the target through the angles.
Finally, "Commander Zhao" used the walkie-talkie to notify the artillery position to fire Zhu Yuan. At this time, each artillery team could adjust the height and direction of the machine according to the instructions, load the ammunition and launch.
If the terrain environment were more complicated, Zhao Xin would not be able to do this at all. He must set up forward observation points, side observation points, and main observation points, and must also combine the wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, temperature, and gun sights in the area.
Height difference, powder temperature, ammunition batch, shell charge number, etc. (Do you know why there is a place like the Artillery Academy? Of course, in modern warfare, fire control computers and radars can achieve more
Quickly capture the soul with one shot, but there must still be various observation points.)
So after the southern position of Beihai Town was hit by another big iron ball and two heavy machine gun positions were lost, the artillery company commander received the new coordinate data.
For ten minutes, Zhao Xin tried his best to calculate and calculate, but it turned out that the interval between two firings took ten minutes! He regretted it very much now. If he had known that he would have to go through such trouble, what kind of artillery position would he build? It would be so easy to shoot directly behind the trench.
In the Qing army's formation, once those large general artillery pieces, which required seven or eight horses to move, stopped and prepared to fire, they would not be able to move that fast.
When the second artillery bombardment in Beihai Town began, the Qing artillerymen who heard the sound of rolling thunder from the opposite side were so frightened that they all fell to the ground and prayed for the blessings of gods, Buddhas and ancestors in the sky. So far, no one has dared to escape; Fukangan has already
Strict order: Anyone who retreats and shakes the morale of the army will be killed on the spot!
Fire exploded and smoke billowed. When the second general cannon was blown up, killing and wounding nearly a hundred Qing troops again, Fukang'an decisively ordered the forward battalion and Xiaoqi battalion to attack from both wings of the formation and try to knock out the cannon on the opposite side.
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At this time, Fukang'an had already led the Chinese army guards to sit behind the first line of phalanxes. When the Qing troops saw their commander coming to the front line with the flag raised high, they all gathered their courage, regardless of the explosions that went off behind them.
Sound and move forward bravely.
However, when the Qing army entered a distance of 800 meters, the "ta-da-da" sound that had become Fukang'an's nightmare finally sounded. Under the firing of six anti-aircraft guns, the Qing gunners on both sides of the musket square suddenly felt like they were falling into hell.
, many people were blown to pieces before they could even scream. The Shengong General Cannon, which weighed a thousand kilograms, flew into the air during the bombing. The ignited propellant pack blew the carriage into pieces, and the flying shrapnel and sawdust shells hit the ground.
The musket phalanx was filled with screams and howls.
"Continue the attack! The drums keep beating, don't stop!" Under Fukang'an's strict order, the generals in each musket formation waved the long swords in their hands and ordered the soldiers to move forward.
The heavy machine gun position also opened fire, and six heavy machine guns began to fire at the Qing cavalry appearing on the left and right flanks.
The soldiers of Beihai Town, who were in the trenches on the southern front, stared dumbly at the black cavalry galloping in the distance. Thousands of horse hooves rolled like thunder on the wasteland, raising large amounts of dust.
The Qing cavalrymen, who only wore a suit of foam nail-cotton armor, were led by several golden flying tiger flags in the forward battalion, and formed a strict formation. With loud killing sounds, they launched a fierce charge. They waved the weapons in their hands.
The three-foot-long iron-tipped spears or bows and arrows tried to break through the defensive positions of Beihai Town again and again.
The shotgun cavalry of the Qing army did not need to be in a strict formation. They braved artillery fire and attacked in groups of three to five. When they were still two to three hundred meters away from the trench, they reined in their horses and stopped, firing their matchlocks;
After that, they hurriedly completed reloading, then continued to charge forward and continued firing. Over and over again, until some people were shot into pieces by anti-aircraft guns or heavy machine guns.
At this time, the three anti-aircraft gun positions on the south side of the western front position in Beihai Town also opened fire one after another. The whistling bullets and artillery shells caused chaos among the Qing cavalry, forcing them to retreat the entire team; however, the Qing army quickly returned after going in a circle.
After making a comeback, the surviving cavalry still shouted tirelessly and continued to charge bravely.
Ding Guofeng was lying on the trench, and when he saw this scene, he suddenly burst into tears. Sheng Haizhou and Pingtai on the side were also moved by the bravery and heroism of the Qing army who did not care about life and death. They thought that Ding Guofeng was just like them.
On the top of Fuldan City, Zhao Xin's hands holding the telescope were exposed with veins and trembling slightly. He thought of the Bali Bridge in another time and space, and the apricot-yellow flag that finally fell down in the movie. Perhaps, at that time,
Just like today, the Manchu Eight Banners cavalry and Mongolian cavalry braved the smoke of artillery fire and launched desperate charges again and again.
"Damn it!" Zhao Xin put down the telescope and cursed fiercely.
After all, the sadness was only temporary. When dozens of Qing cavalry faced artillery fire and approached to a hundred meters away from the trenches on both sides, the soldiers in Beihai Town finally opened fire. Hundreds of bullets were fired before these Qing troops could
The bows and arrows in their hands had already penetrated into their bodies, and then they turned over and fell off their horses.
When the last fluttering golden flying tiger flag was finally shrouded in artillery fire, there were not many cavalry left in the forward battalion that launched the attack. And when the anti-aircraft guns on both sides of the position began to turn their tongues of fire towards the Qing army's artillery battalion in the center of the battlefield, as groups of
Fire and smoke enveloped several square formations. With flesh and blood flying, the Qing army finally stopped!
I don’t know who made the first scream, and then countless screams rang out. Suddenly, almost all the Qing troops began to flee backwards. They abandoned their artillery, their packhorses, and their baggage, and headed toward the country desperately.
They fled along the north bank of the Suifen River. There were only a few dozen mounted commanders and generals waving long swords, and led by several flags, they launched the final charge towards Beihai Town.
The Qing army was finally defeated! In the wilderness, thousands of defeated Qing troops were like black ants, running away on the snow-covered wilderness.
"Master, get on your horse quickly!" Fukang'an's bearer said with tears.
Facing the urging of the Chinese Guards, the frustrated Fukang An still refused to leave. "Where is E Hui?"
"Commander! Ejunmen rushed forward with his guards!"
Fukang'an wanted to say more, but the two bearers couldn't help but put him on a war horse, and they fled southward.
On the battlefield on the Western Front, when the distant fires and explosions reached the eyes and ears of the Mongolian cavalry, they turned their horses around and ran away desperately.
"Ding Guofeng! Order the troops on the southern front to attack immediately! Pursue the enemy and I will capture Fukangan alive!" On the walkie-talkie, Zhao Xin shouted excitedly to Ding Guofeng after notifying the speedboat to attack.
"Liu Sheng! You lead the troops on the western front and launch an attack on the Qing army camp! We are going to Ninggu Pagoda this time!"
After Zhao Xin gave the order, he picked up his automatic rifle, checked the ammunition, and said to Guisheng: "Let's go!"
"Ah? Master, where are we going?" Guisheng was stunned for a moment and hurriedly put the map and various paper tools on the table into his bag.