Seeing the Heshuote retreat, Zhao Ting curled his lips.
They are all old foxes. When they see something is wrong, they will not hesitate to fight. They leave as soon as they say it, and they are not sloppy at all.
Just now, as long as Erunqi hesitated for a moment, the second round of bombardment was launched.
Because the muskets of these Fran cannons reload equally quickly.
Just put the warhead and the fixed charge bag into it. In a minute or two, all twelve bullets will be loaded. Then you can fire another round.
There are three types of bullets, one is a solid spherical bullet.
Just put the solid lead bullet and cork holder at the front of the gun, and then pack the cheapest Sujuan silk-wrapped propellant inside.
A blunderbuss can hold up to three medicine packets. Reload according to the range requirements.
Just now the maximum range was 750 meters, just put three medicine packs in it.
The second type of bullet is grape bullet.
The warheads are fifteen small steel balls filled with linen bags (picture of grape bullets in the previous comment).
This projectile is relatively large, the steel projectile has strong penetrating power, and the strike shield vehicle can penetrate it.
Generally used to destroy enemy defense equipment.
The effective range is 250 meters, but when dealing with shield vehicles, it is best to place it within 150 meters for the best effect.
The third type is shotgun. It is mainly used to kill personnel and war horses.
The warhead is wrapped in thin iron sheet. The warhead contains one hundred small steel balls.
After being discharged from the chamber, the iron shell immediately shattered, and the steel balls wrapped inside dispersed and flew out in the form of a discus-shaped bullet cloud.
Although the steel balls of shotgun shells only have 5 or 6 grams, the kinetic energy of the shelling is powerful. The range is 150 meters. It can easily penetrate armors and shields.
Zhao Ting originally planned to anger the leaders of Mongolia in Mongolia and let them launch an attack.
Because under normal circumstances, the best way to be attacked by artillery is to rush forward quickly and quickly reduce the time to contact the enemy. After all, they are cavalry.
However, Elunqi was very calm and actually held back.
Zhao Ting put down the binoculars on the nest car and said: "It seems that we have encountered an old fox. Let's prepare for a night battle tonight."
We are all not fools. During the daytime, firearms can be more powerful, but when it gets dark and you can't see your fingers, firearms will be greatly reduced.
Obviously, they were preparing for a night attack.
Zhao Ting has been fighting with the pirate group for two years. He has rich experience and is also an old fox. He can immediately see through E Lunqi's intentions.
The supervisory army and the gendarmerie captain are not allowed to interfere with the command. They only come to the scene to supervise the situation in person. Neither of them speaks, they just wear ears, not mouths.
How to fight is Zhao Ting's business. He will discuss it with the staff team at most. If there is a problem, he will be fully responsible. If he violates the rules, the supervisory army and the gendarmerie will raise objections.
"Pass my order, everyone must retreat to the inner camel city." Zhao Ting pondered for a moment and ordered.
"Move all the camel cannons to the inner circle of the camel city, and bury tripmasola mines between the inner and outer circles."
"Issue all the flintlock rifles and a base of ammunition. The four auxiliary battalions will all retreat into the inner circle of Camel City and stand by with the Long Contradiction Card."
"Tonight there is a light control and no lights are allowed. Everyone except the sentry should take a rest and get up at midnight."
As Zhao Ting's order was issued, the fire-headed soldiers in the camp immediately took action. They first buried pots to make rice so that everyone could eat. And Zhao Ting specially ordered extra meals.
Each worker is given a ten-pound bucket of tinplate canned luncheon meat.
A two-pound barrel of tinplate canned Sichuan pickles.
Luncheon meat is high in calories, kimchi is a vitamin supplement, and soup is made from eggs and dehydrated vegetable soup.
Each person was also given a small can of 2 liang high-strength liquor. This kind of liquor is 2 liang of 53-degree fragrant liquor. It is packed in a small tinplate can. You can drink it by pulling the tab.
Liquor can help relieve tension and fear. It can excite nerves and is beneficial to combat. In addition, Xinjiang is too cold, so liquor can help promote blood circulation.
Food is a direct guarantee for the morale of the army. Yang Fan has always been willing to give them good food.
Each of the eleven people can get a small pound of lunch meat. There is enough rice and unlimited refills to keep everyone full.
These soldiers are all pot-bellied men who can eat a lot. They are young and consume a lot of physical strength.
Nowadays, rice has been widely planted in the Tumen River and Suifen River basins. After Li Huaishu became the governor of Heilongjiang, he vigorously developed farmland water conservancy. Millions of acres of rice fields were developed.
Yang Fan is not short of rice. He only uses the grain produced in the Northeast for military purposes. Very little is put into the market. He is only willing to put in the three-year-old corn that was sent to him.
Only Xinghe Supermarket sells high-quality Northeastern rice. The price is shockingly high.
Thirty taels of silver per load, whether you like it or not, it’s so expensive.
Nowadays, the price of top-quality Jiangnan rice has increased to ten taels of silver per load. But it is far less delicious than Northeast rice.
In the capital, the price of the worst rice has increased to five taels of silver per load. The old rice has also cost three and a half taels of silver per load. The price of miscellaneous grains has increased to one to two and eight taels of silver per load. There is really nothing that can be done in Beijing now that there are no good jobs.
Alive.
The reason why so many paddy fields can be developed is because a large number of immigrant families came from Beizhili and were allotted ten acres of paddy fields to each person.
This way of dividing the land is astonishing. As long as there is a sick person in the family, ten acres of land will be given.
Whether it is a baby or an elderly person.
Moreover, even if a couple has no other relatives, they are given at least fifty acres of land.
Now the entire Suifen River Basin has been basically cleared, and 90% of the cultivated land is paddy fields. The rest are dry fields for growing corn, wheat, and sorghum.
So when the Northeast rice was produced in large quantities, the rice in the South suddenly lost its flavor. Because the texture and taste were simply incomparable. Although it was extremely expensive, all nobles, civil servants, businessmen, eunuchs, and clan members in the capital should eat it.
Northeast rice in Suifenhe.
While they scolded the Yang family for being evil, they showed off the fragrant rice.
In fact, as long as the goods are good, there will never be a shortage of rich people in the world. Even if the goods are so expensive, there are still purchase restrictions. Each person holding a household allowance is limited to purchase thirty kilograms per month. This is enough for a wealthy family. Only real family members
Only then can you eat it.
House slaves and so on, even the big housekeeper does not have a household registration, so he is not qualified to buy. If you want to eat, you can only buy it on the black market, which is more expensive at fifty taels a load.
Empress Zhou has a special delivery service from Xinghe Supermarket, which delivers one cart to the Imperial Kitchen in the Forbidden City every month. About a hundred bags, each weighing fifty kilograms.
Nowadays, ladies have already switched to eating rice from the Northeast. As a result, Jiangnan rice from the north has become second-class rice.
However, due to severe drought and famine in recent years, rice prices have been rising, and it is impossible to reduce prices. It’s just that rice in the Northeast is more expensive.
The people in the pirate group are from Southeast Asia, and they come from all ethnic groups. They are also a people who mainly eat rice. But in the south, they are all indica rice, which is long-grain rice, which is not delicious. Nowadays, the short and thick japonica rice is very delicious.
Surprised.
Especially the Japanese, they like to eat rice the most. In their country, only the samurai class are qualified to eat rice. Other farmers, businessmen, etc., no matter how rich they are, can only eat grains. Otherwise, they will be punished.
They joined the Yang family's pirate group and finally became qualified to eat rice. They were all very excited, as if they had become samurai masters.
After Zhao Ting inspected the camp in the middle of the night, he slept for a while on the folding bed. At midnight, the guards came in to wake him up.
He raised his hand and took out his pocket watch. The luminous hands pointed to zero.
"Let everyone drink some hot water and eat some dry food. Get ready to fight."