Following Mo Zhui's order, the three Franco cannons on the port side immediately roared one after another, thick smoke and flames spurted out, and three more spherical solid projectiles flew over.
The whistling shells made a sharp whistling sound and a sonic boom that broke the speed of sound. This time all three shells hit. The catapult was directly broken into several sections, the wheels flew off, and the frame was scattered.
, the whole car rolled on the ground several times, and then broke into parts on the ground.
Turai was so frightened that he held his head and screamed. His fat body looked like a marmot.
Just now, a heavy wheel made of manchurian ash brushed against his head and flew over. Manchurian ash is a hardwood unique to Mongolia and the northeastern region. It is very heavy and strong. If it rubs against it even a little bit, his head will explode.
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At this time, he was swaying down the river, his back was soaked. He cursed Chubuqingtabu Nang in his heart. The artillery range of the black ship was far beyond that of the catapult, so he asked his team to come up and fight the black ship.
Shooting each other is not seeking death, isn't it?
At this time, six trebuchets had been installed at a distance of 200 meters. Chubuqing dispersed his Nake'er and guards. He had dealt with this group of Mingren many times. He knew that as long as he was
A man and a horse standing alone will not attract cannonballs.
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Because the target is small, it is not easy to attract attention. If a group of people surround him, not only will he not be able to protect himself, but he will become a target. He is riding a black horse and stands more than thirty meters behind the trebuchet. This distance is safe enough.
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The bows and arrows on the city wall cannot reach this place. Even if they are thrown, the wind direction is blowing towards the top of the city, and the throwing distance is greatly reduced, so there is no need for guard protection.
Even if it is a musket, it is more than 200 meters away. If it can hit, the chance is as great as being struck by thunder.
"Aim at the ship, pick up twenty pounds of rocks, and launch."
Each of the six trebuchets has six tips, that is, it has six throwing arms and can fire six stone bullets at a time. The six trebuchets can fire 36 stone bullets at a time. This is also a relatively secret rain of bullets.
Attacked.
I remember that when Kublai Khan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, he attacked the imperial city in the inner city of Hangzhou. Five thousand trebuchets were assembled at one time and they hurled stones together. At that time, the rocks fell like raindrops, directly defeating the imperial city defenders.
At that time, these unscrupulous descendants of the Duoyan tribe could only gather six tribes, and the six-tipped trebuchet was already the limit.
Mo Zui had already seen that the six trebuchets, operated by three to four thousand people, had already dropped bombs.
Mo Zuo sneered and ordered: "Set the ship!"
The order was transmitted from the microphone to the engine room. The few people left behind immediately put down the steam wrench. High-pressure steam was sprayed into the cylinder, and the piston immediately began to move.
Boom, boom, the loud noise sounded again, and the two huge paddle wheels started to rotate randomly. The ship started to move.
Because the trebuchet is not an artillery piece, it can be launched by igniting the fire. Four thousand people pulled the rope together to launch the flying stones, which took a long time. After Mo Table saw it in the telescope, he immediately ordered the ship to sail.
This is obviously bullying. Because Mo Zuo has used Yang Fan's trebuchet, he knows that this thing cannot adjust the left and right shooting range unless it has a bogie.
How could the Mongols have such a thing? Not to mention seeing it, they have probably never heard of it. Even in the areas of the Han people, there have been no four-wheeled carriages for thousands of years, only two-wheeled carriages with a load capacity of less than one ton. No.
Is it because the bogie was not invented?
A two-wheeled carriage has to put part of its weight on the horse's back through the shafts. The horse has to pull forward hard and bear the weight at the same time. Naturally, the carriage cannot carry too many things.
This is also the reason why Yang Fan adopted a four-wheeled carriage such as a large caravan used during the beautiful country's development of the west. All the weight of the four-wheeled carriage is on the four wheels. The horses only need to pull forward, which greatly reduces the weight of the horses.
burden, so the load capacity of the four-wheel caravan reached seven tons.
The carriage is designed in the shape of a boat and can also be used to float across rivers and streams. Most of the rivers on the grassland are clear and shallow streams, so Yang Fan's caravan is very practical on the grassland.
Since the Mongolian trebuchets can only shoot in a straight line and cannot adjust the left and right shooting range, as long as the Dawn steamship moves forward or backward, it will be impossible to hit.
Of course, this also depends on the character. After all, whether it is a leather bag, a pole, or a rope, it is a very elastic thing. Coupled with the influence of the cross wind, thousands of people cannot be completely consistent.
Working hard together results in too many variables in the trajectory of the stone bullet.
Moreover, these Mongolians lacked masons, so they used stones of various shapes, none of which were absolutely round stone bullets. The air resistance of such stones was so strange that even the gods could not calculate it.
If the stone bullet is not a perfect sphere, the center of gravity must not be in the center. Even if the stone bullet is a perfect sphere, it is difficult to ensure that the center of gravity is at the center due to the different compositions inside the stone. The posture of placing the stone bullet in this way is very particular. Do not put the center of gravity.
Proper placement will affect the ballistics.
Even when masons build stone walls, they have to weigh each stone with their hands to ensure that the center of gravity of each stone is downward. Otherwise, the center of gravity of each stone on this wall will be chaotic, and I am afraid that no external force will be needed.
, it will collapse on its own in a short time.
As long as you take things seriously, nothing in the world is simple. These Duoyan Mongolians, who know this, just randomly pick up some stones and throw them out, so the accuracy is very worrying.
Many times, the trebuchet arm is obviously pointed at the city wall, but in fact the impact point may not necessarily be there.
Of course, anything can happen in the actual situation on the battlefield.
If you stand still, you may not hit a single shot, because the accuracy is too low. If you avoid it and get hit by a stone, then you can only consider yourself unlucky.
The steam had been holding for a while, then suddenly released, and the steamship rushed out. After the Dawn quickly left, dense black dots in the sky also flew over.
Plop! Plop! After a loud noise, these secret little black dots covered the spot where the Dawn was parked just now.
"Oh, the hit is quite accurate." Mo Zui looked amused. This hit rate is really good.
It can be seen that the Mongolians are also very lucky. If they had not foreseen the opportunity to sail the ship, it would have been smashed. The roof of the ship was full of holes. A twenty-kilogram stone flew so far and hit a two-millimeter steel plate from the sky four to five hundred meters high.
It is estimated that it can be broken down in nine out of ten cases.
Although the Dawn has sailed away, there are still many siege troops trapped here between the city wall and the moat.
Just now, the Dawn was busy shelling the trebuchets and catapults that posed a great threat to itself, and did not bother to hit them. They all took the opportunity to lie down on the ground, so as to reduce the number of targets and prevent them from being bombarded by shotgun shells.
This was great. More than half of the stone bullets that were falling densely fell on these guys lying on the ground. Their flesh and blood flew everywhere immediately.
The Taijis who were watching the battle from a distance were all anxious, beating their chests and feet one by one, and yelling curses.
"Chu Buqing, you bastard, look at the good things you have done."
"My Na Keer, my elite, I will fight you, you bastard."