1129, A half-baked archer desperately shoots arrows
Bronze, as gunmetal, has very good toughness and ductility. Even if the barrel is exploded, most of it will be bulged and cracked, and will not be broken into many small pieces like pig iron. It can protect the gunner.
The reason why everyone loves bronze cast artillery is because it is safe and will not cause serious damage if the barrel is exploded. This way the gunner dares to use it boldly and confidently.
Similarly, such artillery was not strong enough. In order to allow camels to carry the load, the tube wall was cast relatively thin. Only in this way could the weight be reduced. Therefore, the barrel was directly flattened by stone bullets.
In order to become stronger again, the Junggar people have made arduous efforts for more than a hundred years.
They stipulated that every ten households must save one pair of armor every year.
Each hundred households must purchase or build three matchlock guns every year.
Every thousand households must cast one or two camel cannons every year. They must also purchase various supporting equipment and ammunition for one hundred firings.
This is how they accumulated perseverance, enriching the strength of their tribe bit by bit.
As of today, they finally have 30,000 armored cavalry, 5,000 gunners, and 300 camel cannons they built themselves, seized from the enemy, and purchased from the Ottomans.
But now, the accumulation of several generations of hard work has been turned into a large piece of minced meat under the overwhelming impact of stone bullets.
In the first round of strikes, more than 300 people and more than 200 camels were killed, and more than 30 camel cannons were destroyed.
Many wounded were rolling on the ground, wailing. The entire camel gun position was in a mess.
Heduo and Qin quickly got out from under the camel and shouted: "Retreat quickly, hurry up, lead the camel and run back quickly. Others also run back. Hurry up."
He knew that it usually took a long time to prepare for the launch of a trebuchet, so he should take advantage of this gap to escape quickly. He himself grabbed a horse, got on the horse, whipped the horse hard on the buttocks, and galloped backwards.
And go.
He didn't run very far. Within a minute, he heard another bang, bang, bang! sound.
He was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. He knew that this was another launch in the city.
He did not expect that the rate of fire of these trebuchets was so terrifying, but he was surprised that there were so many trebuchets in the city that could be fired in rotation.
His horse rushed out with a whooshing sound under the whip. The moment his horse rushed out, a stone bullet almost grazed the right side of his horse's buttocks and hit him hard.
On the ground.
This is a one-pound cement prefabricated sphere. Because it is solid, like a spherical solid bullet, it forms a ricochet effect after landing. It bounces up on the ground and then hits a gunner who is running back.
On the back.
He Duo and Qin heard a click. He couldn't help but feel excited all over.
This is the sound of a broken spine.
Seeing that the gunner was dead, he collapsed directly to the ground and was trampled by countless horse hooves and big feet.
"Adjust range, 400 yards, launch." The observer on the platform announced the data using semaphores.
Soon, the third round of firing came. Even though they had already pulled the camels and ran back, they were still caught up by the cloud of stone bullets, and they were beaten again to the point of breaking bones and tendons. People and camels fell to the ground with a crackle.
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At this time, Heduo and Qin, who had abandoned the camel artillery team, had already run out of the range of the stone bullets. He was thankful for his decisiveness in escaping. He turned his head and looked around. The scene behind them almost became a Shura hell.
Several camels had their limbs separated by the smash, and even a big hole was made in the trunk. The remaining limbs and broken arms fell to the ground again.
As the camel artillery troops fled, the trebuchets in the city constantly adjusted the impact points of their shots. They chased them and fired continuously. Yang Fan's order was very clear, which was to shoot ten rounds.
Heduo and Qin wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but there was a loud bang and the fourth round of stone bullets came again. He opened his mouth in surprise. He did not expect that this kind of trebuchet could shoot from such a long distance.
At this time, the trebuchets in the city have begun to reduce the weight of the stone projectiles. This can increase the range. After all, if the weight of the stone projectiles is reduced to fifty kilograms, it can be thrown to a distance of 500 meters.
At this time, He Duo and Qin understood that he could not outrun the speed of this trebuchet. He saw a huge stone in front of him, which was five meters high. He immediately abandoned his horse, turned over and hid behind the stone.
He knew that trebuchets all travel in parabolas. In other words, the trajectory is arc-shaped, and the angle before landing is inclined. This big stone can block the stone bullets. After all, trebuchets are not mortars. We cannot let the shells go vertical.
falls in the target area.
He Duo and Qin held their heads and curled up, trying to reduce their area as much as possible. At the same time, they pressed tightly against the stone behind them.
He looked in horror at the horses he had given up and the camel artillerymen who were pulling their camels and running back desperately. They were constantly flooded by barrages that were adjusted to cover the range, and every time hundreds of people were smashed into meat patties.
At this time, although the cover of the camel artillery was lost, the dense infantry siege group under the city had already arrived at the city.
"The camel cannon has been dealt with. Let the regiment trainers fight back immediately." Yang Fan ordered.
Several strong men immediately began to beat the war drums, and the sound of "dong-dong-dong" was heard. This was an order for them to immediately attack the siege army below the city.
Each of these regiment trainers now had a Mongolian riding bow, which Yang Fan had captured along the way.
Many of these people do not know how to use bows and arrows, but can only shoot arrows. Yang Fan no longer cares whether they know how to use bows and arrows. As long as they can draw a bow, he will give a bow and a hundred arrows.
Anyway, there is a dense crowd below. Whether you throw or shoot directly is up to you. Just shoot out a hundred arrows.
It's useless to say anything else to these rookies. The officers will check after a while to see who has not shot all the arrows. They can only use target management. As for whether they have shot or not, they don't care.
Fortunately, the quality of Monan Mongolia has dropped drastically. They all use riding bows with relatively low drawing power, and they can still draw them.
These regiment trainers did not look down. They just took advantage of the camel cannon to stop firing, leaned out of the crenel, and shot arrows with all their might. They did not aim at all. There was a sea of people down there, so how could you be so accurate? Just shoot.
The shooting speed of the bow is very fast. A master can shoot more than thirty arrows in one minute. Yang Fan's group trainers can also shoot twenty arrows in one minute. They just don't know where they will fly.
Soon, swish, swish! The sound of densely packed bowstrings was heard, and the bows and arrows flew into the sky one after another. Then they went down in a parabola towards the dense crowd of people.