There was a volley, then a volley. Soon the surrounding obstacles were beaten to pieces.
These spherical solid bullets will create a groove-like channel as soon as they are bounced.
The cannonballs encountered brush walls, antler walls, and even barbed wire fences, all of which could not stop them.
If the wooden stakes of the barbed wire fence are hit, they will be broken directly. If the barbed wire fence is hit, they will be broken and the two adjacent wooden stakes will be pulled out of the soil under huge pulling force.
The shot shells were pulled sideways from the trench along with a large pile of barbed wire and rolled into a large ball.
The Sauron people were old and experienced in fighting at this time. When they heard the sound of cannons, they all fell to the ground. Those ricochet bullets flew towards the sky and could not hit them lying on the ground.
An hour passed, and the cannon on the opposite side stopped.
The forward position was badly damaged, with ravines plowed out. The sandbag walls were damaged everywhere, and countless sand and gravel flowed out. V-shaped gaps were also made in many places in the trenches.
Fortunately, the trench was dug deep enough, and they all squatted at the bottom. There were no casualties, except that they were poured with soil.
Yang Fan smiled lightly and said: "The artillery training is not bad. The instructors from the Turks are not in vain."
Because Yang Fan knew that this was the peak of the Ottoman Empire's national power.
The 1630s and 1640s were a watershed period.
Since the passing of this golden decade, the Ottoman national power has begun to decline from its peak.
This year is 1632, the beginning of the fourth year of Chongzhen.
The Ottoman Empire was now at its most powerful, and they had achieved great success in all aspects.
However, everything stops there.
Prosperity inevitably brings corruption, and the Janissaries began to become corrupt on a large scale. They also began to no longer obey the Sultan's command, and the army began to rot. The army is the foundation of a country, and then they lost the momentum of violent expansion.
The bureaucracy of the Ottoman Empire also began to decay rapidly as its national power reached its peak and the country's wealth became extremely rich.
Diplomatically, the two major forces, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire, were at odds with the Ottoman Empire at the same time. Hundreds of years of war ensued.
In the long war, the dominant side was no longer the Ottoman Empire. As Tsarist Russia became stronger, the lands along the Black Sea were lost one after another. The war emptied the treasury and lost large areas of territory.
At least for now, the Crimean Peninsula and southern Ukraine are still Ottoman territories. The Crimean Khanate established by the Mongols is a vassal state protected by him, and the Black Sea is their inner lake.
In these ten years, even though they were at their peak, their development had stagnated. But it was not without achievements. They built a powerful navy and their fleets covered the Mediterranean. They defeated the coalition forces of southern Europe in many naval battles.
In terms of culture, the Ottoman Empire inherited the traditions of Islamic culture, including Islamic teachings, poetry, music, painting, etc. During this period, the cultural life of the Ottoman Empire was very colorful.
The Ottoman Empire was also enlightened in learning European culture. They gradually came into contact with and absorbed European cultural elements, including science, literature, art, etc. During this period, scholars and artists began to learn European language, culture, and knowledge
, and has undergone a certain degree of absorption and integration.
At this point, they are better than the Arabs. The Arabs only have war with Europe.
They only dealt with the Crusaders, with iron and fire.
In the early 17th century, the Ottoman scholar Said Efendi translated Rembrandt's paintings and introduced them to the Ottoman audience.
This kind of cultural blending and diversity has had a profound impact on cultural development.
It promoted the development and innovation of Yilan culture and enriched the cultural connotation of the empire. It also promoted the spread and acceptance of European culture in the empire, making the culture and knowledge of the empire more open and diversified.
The Turks come from China, and their ancestors were born in the northern section of the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Mongolian Plateau in the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River. During their migration, they came into contact with many cultures in the world at that time.
Therefore, they are far more open-minded and able to accept new things than the nomadic Arabs in the closed desert.
The Ottoman Empire in these ten years was almost equivalent to the Tang Dynasty in the Middle East. It was eclectic, prosperous, enlightened and prosperous. It was the best era in the history of civilized regions like the Middle East and North Africa.
Like China, when national power reached its peak, culture, economy, medicine, and art all prospered. Just like Russia a hundred years later. Poetry, literature, opera, music, ballet, science, oil painting...like
Like a blowout, all kinds of talents and masters emerge one after another, shining like stars.
In the Ottoman Empire from 1630 to 1640, the economy also underwent certain transformation and development. During this period, the Ottoman Empire's agriculture, industry, and trade all developed and expanded to a certain extent.
In terms of agriculture, the Ottoman Empire began to carry out a series of agricultural reforms and innovations. For example, improving agricultural infrastructure, promoting new farming methods, developing agricultural technology, etc. These measures effectively improved the agricultural productivity of the Ottoman Empire and promoted the development of the Ottoman Empire.
development of agriculture.
In terms of industry, the Ottoman Empire gradually developed some new industrial sectors, such as the textile industry, metal processing industry, handicraft industry, etc. The development of these industrial sectors not only drove the economic growth of the Ottoman Empire, but also provided a
laid the foundation for the modernization process.
In terms of trade, the Ottoman Empire began to gradually expand foreign trade and carry out trade activities with countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The development of these trade activities provided the Ottoman Empire with more business opportunities and wealth, and also contributed to the modernization of the Ottoman Empire.
Processes provide more support.
This kind of economic transformation and development laid the foundation for the modernization process of the Ottoman Empire and injected new vitality into the economic and social development of the Ottoman Empire.
Yang Fan knew that at this time, he would not gain any advantage by fighting with them.
But there is no way, Ming Dynasty cannot wait. There is no one hundred years to wait for them to slowly decline.
If we wait any longer, they will decline and Mazi will take over.
"Okay, we have seen the situation clearly, and that's it for their cannons. Now let's fire our field artillery and knock out six of their cannons." Yang Fan put down the telescope and said.
The Ottoman twelve-pounder cannon had a range of less than one thousand meters, and the direct range they could confidently fire was less than 500 meters. Any further away could not guarantee accuracy. Therefore, they fired from more than 500 meters away.
Yang Fan's steel-cast cannon has a range of 1,500 meters. At a distance of 1,000 meters, the accuracy is still very good. Therefore, he set up the gun position on the mountain.
In this way, the field of view is broad and more targets can be hit.
As Yang Fan's order was issued, the eighteen twelve-pound cannons began to load, and began to use the pitching mechanism to aim at the Heshuote's gun positions.
"Distance is 900 meters, wind speed is 5 meters per second, northerly wind." Artillery officers reported the data.
Eighteen black gun muzzles slowly pointed at the gun emplacement down the mountain.
"Cylindrical explosive bullets, three rapid fire rounds, ready!"
Yang Fan's artillery shells now include more than shotgun shells, grapeshot and solid spherical shells. Because this kind of steel cannon was originally transplanted from the secondary gun of the naval gun. Naturally, they also have the types of ammunition that the navy has.
The navy's artillery calibers have been unified into three types: 203mm, 155mm, and 122mm. This twelve-pound field gun has a caliber of 122mm.
As the small flag fell, the muzzles of the eighteen field guns spurted out flames.