But Chutu Khan used wet wood, that is, wood that has not been dried. These woods contain a lot of water and are difficult to ignite. Hanging cowhide is also wet cowhide.
The wet cowhide part is fixed on the wooden frame, and the bottom part still swings in the wind, and it is also fluttering without stress. The defense against rockets is very good.
For a time, a large number of rockets were shot and penetrated on the wooden pillars and frames of the trailers and on the wet cowhide walls hanging on them. Some were inserted into the wood, some into the cowhide, and some shot through the cowhide.
, shooting the soldier behind.
However, the wood and cowhide were very wet, and there were dense rocket flames and thick smoke billowing from the fire, but they did not completely burn.
Yang Fan watched for a while, and saw that the city wall was suppressed. The opponent was at close range, and the accuracy of shooting at the corner of the hanging door increased significantly. Many people on both sides were hit by arrows, and screams continued.
"Hit their trucks with Fran machine guns." Yang Fan ordered.
Previously, a large number of light and small Fran cannons were given to the cavalry division.
These 70-pound Fran cannons can be used by two people and do not require a gun mount at all.
The weight is about the same as a large carry gun.
Lead bullets range from half a pound to one pound, similar to those used in mountain-splitting cannons.
One person carries the barrel on his shoulder. The other person loads and fires from behind.
Yang Fan's Fran cannons were all captured and tested with twice the charge before being issued. Only the guns that did not explode would be kept for use. Those that did explode would only keep the muskets.
In this way, each cannon has more than a dozen blunderbuss.
The Fran cannon has a very fast rate of fire. As long as the gunner is well-trained, all fifteen spherical solid bullets can be fired in two minutes.
It is very convenient and quick to replace the gun, and the front and rear openings are ventilated, so it is not easy to overheat, and the continuous shooting performance is good.
It can be loaded with either solid lead bullets or shotgun shells for surface killing.
Quetu Khan was pleased to see that the people below were carrying ladders and rushing up again under the cover of the truck.
This time he felt that he could definitely climb up the city wall, because there was no one on top of the city wall. They were all hiding under the wall.
At this time, he saw many cyan gun barrels sticking out from behind the floating hanging doors.
Although these cannon barrels are slender, they are obviously much thicker than muskets.
He was a famous king in northern Saibei and had rich experience. He immediately recognized it as a Franco machine gun.
It was not that he had not considered that this army had firearms. It was often the case that the Han army was equipped with a small number of firearms.
However, what surprised him was that there were many firearms.
He focused his attack on the east city wall.
Now fifteen trucks are outside the east city wall, shooting at the east city wall.
However, at the crenellations of the east city wall, under the cover of the canopy, a full 1,780 Fran cannons stretched out, and their black muzzles were pointed at the carriages more than thirty meters away.
Boom, boom, boom! These Fran cannons fired. Flames and thick smoke spewed out of the muzzles, and lead bullets roared in.
The soldier carrying the gun barrel in the front is responsible for observing the target and aiming, while those in the back are constantly loading and firing the gun.
A distance of thirty meters, for a small Fran cannon with a range of more than 200 meters, does not require aiming at all, it is almost a direct visual distance.
The dense artillery shells roared towards the fifteen trucks.
Wet cowhide is fine against bows and arrows, but not enough against one-pound cannonballs.
The high-speed screaming cannonballs can make a big hole one at a time.
The ladders and wooden boards behind the wet cowhide were shattered instantly after being hit. The lead bullets were indestructible and invincible. All wooden components and human limbs they encountered were shattered.
Sharp wooden thorns flew everywhere, causing serious secondary injuries. A large number of people were stabbed by the wooden thorns and fell down screaming.
The soldiers who hid behind and waited for a while to climb the city were in bad luck. They were stabbed and hit one after another. A one-pound lead bullet penetrated four of them directly. They flew backwards and out.
He jumped off the truck and fell to the ground.
Every truck was bombarded by more than ten Fran machine cannons. Basically, all of them could be hit at this distance, unless there was something wrong with their eyes.
If he couldn't reach thirty meters, the gunner's butt would be beaten to pieces with a military stick.
The shell penetrated from the front and flew out from the back, bringing out the broken limbs and broken wooden components of the people inside the building car.
A large number of soldiers wailed and rolled down from inside. They fell from a high place to the ground and struggled for a few times before becoming motionless. Those who survived were vomiting blood, taking in more air and less.
There is something like a suspension bridge on the floor car.
Once pushed closer to the city wall, the rope will be lowered and the suspension bridge will be placed flat on the crenellations of the city wall.
The soldiers lurking in the carriages would hold shields and scimitars, rush up the city wall along the suspension bridge, jump into the crenels and fight hand-to-hand with the defenders. There were a large number of soldiers on the stairs and platforms on each floor, and they walked along the stairs layer by layer.
Go up and run all the way to the city wall.
Quetu Khan temporarily asked them to stop thirty meters away, and used his height advantage to shoot the defenders on the city wall with bows and arrows.
However, he did not give up his plan to use carriages to climb into the city. There were a large number of soldiers in each carriage.
Now, under the intensive bombardment of Fran cannons, the interior of the building was beaten to pieces. The defenders who were huddled inside and waiting to board the city were brutally bombarded.
Even a one-pound solid lead bullet cannot be stopped by wood.
Hitting the wooden frame, the log was broken directly. Sharp sawdust flew in all directions and pierced into the soldier's body. Suddenly, a painful wailing was heard.
The unbalanced trolley tilted to one side. All the people inside fell to the ground, and those on the stairs even fell to the next floor.
After several wooden pillars were broken in succession, some carts were completely broken, and the upper half fell to one side with a cracking sound. The people on top screamed and ran around.
Some grabbed the pillars, and some fell down, almost to death.
There was a roar and dust flew up, half of the truck hit the ground, and everyone inside was thrown out.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Chutu Khan saw fifteen trucks, all of which were beaten into a pile of broken wood. One after another, they fell to the ground.
He was so distressed that he almost bled.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Forget about the carriages, they are all improvised and crude. What he feels sorry for is the soldiers hiding in the carriages.
These people are his elite soldiers, ready to attack the city in hand-to-hand combat.
Unexpectedly, there were only 200 small French cannons in the city with only 2,000 defenders. It directly disabled all his elite soldiers.
However, at this time, we can only bite the bullet and rush upward.
If he withdraws his troops at the expense of gold, the loss of Lou Che and the warriors in Lou Che will be in vain.
"Can't retreat, the ladder continues to attack. The catapult opens fire." Chotu Khan shouted loudly.
The cavalry supervising the battle immediately stepped forward and hacked to death those who were wavering, cowering, or trying to escape. Those who ran far were caught with horse poles, and then dragged behind the horses to death.
The officers and soldiers attacking the city were immediately frightened. When they saw the people trying to escape after the carriages were destroyed by artillery fire, they ran back again and continued to attack the city wall carrying ladders.
"I see how much iron they still have, and they will run out of it at some point." Quetuhan gritted his teeth and said.
Indeed, as he thought, the iron materials in the city were almost used up. After all, there were no supplies prepared to defend the city. Originally, there was no plan to defend the city.
These iron materials were shipped by ship to make weapons. They were temporarily melted in crucibles and used to defend the city. Now they have been exhausted.
In fact, if the iron juice was spilled outside the city, it could still be recycled. There would not be much loss.
Yang Fan looked at the enemy troops who were retreating under the city. Driven by the war cavalry, they rushed forward again and ordered: "Let Yaksha Lei and Lai Pang prepare. Let's fight a tough battle to defend the city."
Yang Fan was very confident. He still had two thousand lama soldiers as a reserve team. If the enemy boarded the city, he would let the lama soldiers rush up and kill them.
Finally, he still had 3,600 elite cavalrymen in his retainer regiment.
These cavalry are truly elite. They all wear stab-proof body armor and ride Arabian horses. Even their horse jackets are stab-proof. They also have revolvers, cavalry guns with old sleeves and shortened barrels, as well as sabers and grenades.
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As long as Yang Fan rushes out of the city with his regiment, he can defeat the dismounted infantry of 20,000 Khalkhas without any suspense.
Therefore, he was not worried at all when the Khalkha people climbed onto the city wall. He couldn't hold on anymore, so he lifted the table. He opened the city gate and rushed out with his servants. It took less than an hour to kill these Khalkha people.
The Ka people are like wolves driving away the yellow sheep, and the dolphins they are chasing are rushing like wolves.
The 20,000 dismounted Khalkha cavalry are not as useful as real infantry.
As long as Yang Fan wanted to train his troops against these weak enemies, otherwise he would have defeated them with his regiment.
The infantrymen under the city finally rushed to the city wall, and as expected by Chhotu Khan, no red-hot iron liquid was thrown down again. The Khalkha people were greatly inspired, and they shouted wildly and leaned the ladder against the city wall, and climbed up again.