Wang Kun's legs were weak, his face was ferocious, and he was holding on to the railing with both hands.
There was a whirring sound, like a hurricane blowing past his ears, and a bit like the sound of strong wind blowing the grass in his ears. Then, he saw a black thing flying past.
As soon as I saw a cannonball, it whizzed past from the left side of the watchtower. The cannonball fell into the camp, then landed several times, jumped up again, and several tents were collapsed.
Wherever the shells hit, everything was invincible. The fabric of the tent was torn and tattered, and bright red flesh and blood were sprayed everywhere.
The shells created a bloody alley and caused casualties all over the place.
At this time, the car camp had experienced the test of actual combat and the rigorous training showed the difference between veterans and rookie recruits. The soldiers of the car camp were motionless, and everyone stood firm at their posts despite the shelling.
The six thousand Rumi gunmen in the camp were in commotion and panic. They tried to avoid the artillery shells that entered the camp, but they didn't know how to hide. They have never been on the battlefield since they were trained as an army. .
And once you get up, it's such a cruel battlefield.
Huang Hao looked at the musketeers running around below and sighed.
These people just lack actual combat experience and are all rookies. They have never fought in a war, and no matter how much training they have, it will not work. Only by forcefully pulling them down to the battlefield like the master did, and experiencing the training of blood and fire, can they create a real Strong army.
An hour later, the shelling stopped.
Zhou Yuji took out a small notebook and recorded in detail the number and accuracy of shots fired, the interval between shots, etc. using a pencil produced by the Zunhua Pencil Factory. This valuable first-hand information is very important.
Zhou Yuji put down his pen and said: "The rebels are coming up. Let the Rumi gunmen dispatch 3,000 people, with the general flag as a unit, and enter the trenches to stand by."
Following the order, the officers rushed forward with whips in hand, gathered up the soldiers who were running around, restored their organization, and then marched to the trenches one by one to stand by.
In the distance, large groups of rebels approached cautiously, pushing shield carts that were temporarily converted from stolen civilian carriages, holding small tree trunks and large shields made of thick bamboo.
Because there was no order to fire, the car camp continued to remain silent.
The leaders of the rebels felt a little uneasy. Huang Tengyuan, Tong Jianye and others watched as they bombarded them with red cannons for an hour. They stopped shooting only when the cannons turned red.
The car camp opposite actually opened the steel city wall by itself. It just lay flat and can be bombarded with red cannons.
Moreover, the opponent strangely did not have any counterattack, not even a panicked and noisy cry.
But despite their doubts, they still had to attack when it was time to attack.
The rebel infantry pushed various artillery pieces away, and shield vehicles were used to cover the artillery pieces.
Their artillery ranges and projectile weights vary greatly, and their ballistic properties vary greatly. There are even more types, including everything.
The generals, second generals, third generals, hand-held blunderbuss, hand-held copper and iron blunderbuss muzzles, divine flying cannons, fire rods, bronze general blunderbuss for Zhenguo, tiger crouching cannons, etc. are all dazzling to see.
Zhou Yuji even saw many firearms made during the Hongwu period. He felt very depressed.
The ones made in the Taizu Dynasty are almost three hundred years old and are still usable. The ones made by the Ministry of Industry now are no longer good in a few years.
"Put them closer, and when they reach 400 meters, send the signal to fire." Zhou Yuji said.
An officer in charge of surveying loudly received the order. He stared at the preset distance mark and watched where the enemy was advancing.
Soon these rebels reached a distance of 400 meters. They had to advance about another 100 meters before they stopped firing. Because their firearms, whether muskets or artillery, had a very short range.
Even the No. 1 General Cannon, which is 1.7 meters long, has a caliber of 20 centimeters, and weighs 800 kilograms, is only a thin-skinned, large-filled cannon used to fire shotshells. This kind of artillery has a thin tube wall and cannot withstand high chamber pressure. In fact,
, similar to the stone cannon.
One of the two sidecars under the jurisdiction of Xiaoqi Gao Changlin was hit and its roof was blown off. However, there were no casualties.
"Bah," he spat out the blood foam in his mouth. When the vehicle was hit by a shell, he was violently beaten, and his mouth hit the wall, causing his gums to bleed. He touched it and found that his teeth had not fallen out.
But there are some activities.
"These ***, these are red cannons, they almost blew us away." He cursed angrily.
If the shell just hit was just one foot lower, the five of them would be wiped out in this ancient version of the armored vehicle.
"Brothers, if you can breathe, get up for me. It's time for us to show off our power."
Several people in the car got up one after another. When they were shot, the car suddenly jumped up and knocked them to pieces.
At this time, the cannon windows were opened at the rear of sidecars one after another. The gunners used rails, pulleys and ropes to push out the heavy copper-fired cannons. They used the pulleys and ropes to start adjusting the shooting up and down, left and right.
direction.
"Fire!" With the order, all the gunners in the side cars started to move. They put the fuses on the fuse of the fire door.
Boom boom boom!
One after another, the heavy four-wheel sidecars slid backwards for a certain distance under the recoil of the 500-pound copper-fired cannon, and then were blocked by the limiters that restricted the movement of the wheels. Then they slowly reset.
Each golden muzzle spurted out fierce flames.
Five hundred rounds of spherical solid projectiles flew out.
As soon as the car camp opened fire, such a dense firepower density shocked Huang Dengyuan, Tong Jianye and others who were commanding from a high place. They never dreamed that the car camp had so many cannons, and they were all heavy five-guns.
A copper-haired cannon weighing one hundred kilograms.
Huang Tengyuan shuddered in his heart. He knew that the troops who rushed forward to fire were doomed. Their shabby and miscellaneous firearms were no match for such sharp firearms.
In front of the rebels was a shield chariot, and behind the shield chariot were firearms. Behind them were a large number of infantry.
Their idea was to use shield vehicles to cover their firearms fire while moving forward, with the infantry following behind.
【In view of the general environment,
When they reach the range of the bird cannon, the three people standing on the shield car will use the bird cannon to accurately shoot the enemy on the opposite side. When they reach the range of the three-eyed cannon, they will launch the three-eyed cannon. When they get close, they will launch an infantry assault. Let 40,000 to 50,000 infantrymen
Rush forward and fight hand to hand.
Originally, their plan was correct. However, they missed the most important point. That is, this army was uniformly equipped with such a large number of bronze-fired cannons.
Five hundred guns. I'm afraid you can't find this number of copper-fired cannons with uniform specifications in the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty.
The rebels are also elite soldiers in Ji Town. They deeply understand that between a large number of firearms with various styles and a batch of firearms with uniform specifications, which one is more powerful when used intensively.
From five hundred meters to fifty meters, these are the combat ranges of these artillery salvos.