"Here's the order, all the car camps, and the three militia groups assisting in the defense, prepare to fight immediately." Yang Fan said loudly.
As the military order was issued, the front-line car camp soldiers immediately opened the muzzle at the rear of the car, pushed the cannon out, and approached the firing port.
There are slide rails on the floor of the carriage, and there is a device to fix and offset the gun emplacement on a warship. Ropes and pulleys can be used to reset the gun as soon as possible after firing.
The artilleryman loaded the silk powder bag into the gun barrel and waited for further orders. He would later decide whether to load shotshells or use solid spherical bullets based on the enemy's situation.
The troops coming this time had a field artillery battalion, equipped with forged three-pound guns. These small field guns were all thirty-six-caliber cannons. Yang Fan was not prepared to use them from the beginning.
The current battlefield situation is very severe and there are many enemies. Artillery fire is easy to overheat. Yang Fan must use it sparingly. To deal with high-value targets on the battlefield, you cannot use it against small minions at the beginning. Waste of ammunition is also second, mainly because of fear of artillery. overheat.
On the battlefield, once the artillery overheats, it cannot be used. It must wait for cooling. Otherwise, as soon as the cartridge is put in, the cartridge will burn directly before the cannonball is fired.
After the copper cannon is overheated after continuous firing, the barrel will become thicker due to thermal expansion and contraction, causing the ammunition stock and the barrel to be loosely coupled and causing air leakage, greatly reducing the range.
In addition to armor, Swiss halberds, spears, wild goose feather knives and other equipment, each of the three militia groups was issued a nine-round fire door gun rifle. Now this kind of fire door gun is already part of Yang Fan's second-line troops. , the standard equipment of local militia and security station.
The militiamen began to load the two barrels with ammunition. The spare barrel was installed and carried on the back, and after the first barrel was shot, it was quickly replaced.
At this time, Khan Ahai, Buyan Ahai and others, leading Taiji and Tabu Nang, had arrived. They smiled flatteringly and flattered Mang Gurtai and others.
Yang Fan saw very clearly in the telescope, and sighed in his heart that the Mongolians were really inferior to each other from generation to generation.
Soon, the enemy coordinated the attack arrangements.
As rows of horns blew, a large number of Mongolian cavalry rushed forward.
Yang Fan saw in the telescope that Mang Gur Taiyi issued orders bossily, as if he regarded these Mongolians as his subordinates. And these Mongolians seemed to dare not offend him.
Jianu obviously won't go there by himself. They want the Mongols to attack their camp first. After all, Jianu has never seen such a steel city. If he doesn't know the reality, it's better to let the Mongols test it out first.
These Mongolian cavalry, shouting, swept in like a gust of wind. The soldiers in the car camp and the militiamen in the militia group were sweating in their hands. After all, they had never been on the battlefield.
The carriage camp is the soldiers who guard Qianhu Station. These people were recruited by Yang Fan from the refugees. Even though they were official soldiers, they had never fought in a war, but had received rigorous training.
"Don't fire yet. This is a test by the enemy. When the cavalry get close to about thirty meters, hit them with a nine-shot gun." Zhou Yuji ordered loudly.
Before the soldiers of Qianhu Station went into battle, they were temporarily reorganized into a car camp regiment according to the wartime system to facilitate unified command. Zhou met Ji Qianhu and was appointed as the temporary regiment leader.
The cavalry from various Mongolian tribes, in groups of dozens, shouted and rushed to a distance of fifty meters, then stopped approaching and ran along the periphery.
This distance is beyond the limit of the Ming army's firearms. Three-eyed guns, sharp guns, and squatting tiger cannons cannot hit fifty meters. The squatting tiger cannon mainly uses shotshells and is generally used within thirty meters.
Seeing that the Ming army did not respond, these cavalrymen ran for a while and continued to approach. They began to rush inward to a place thirty or forty meters away from the wall, and began to throw bows and arrows.
Yang Fan's soldiers are all wearing aluminum alloy armor and are not afraid of being shot by riding bows. Some of the handymen in the camp carry a piece of steel plate when they go in and out to prevent them from being injured by the flow.
Khan Ahai was a little confused, was this Ming army different from those in Duolun City? Why didn't they use steel crossbows?
A few days ago, Ansanxi defeated the Tumuts with steel crossbows, which greatly shocked the Mongolian tribes.
Due to production reasons, the steel crossbows were all sent to An Sanxi. Yang Fan had no equipment at all. Yang Fan had enough flintlock guns.
Mang Gurtai said to Khan Ahai contemptuously: "Rasheebu Khan, you said these Ming people are so difficult to deal with. In my opinion, all Ming people are the same, they are all fake. You
It seems like they don’t even have any bows or crossbows, and they haven’t counterattacked yet.”
"Let them get closer and test it out." Han Ahai was a little embarrassed and ordered quickly.
The horn was blown, ordering the cavalry to continue approaching.
The cavalry continued to rush closer to the wall. Some of the cavalry had already rushed more than ten meters outside the wall.
Zhou Yuji was directing the battle from a watchtower built with steel pipe scaffolding. When he saw that the cavalry had entered the range of the fire door gun, he immediately ordered: "Fire single shots from the fire door gun. Each team is free to fire."
This is done in accordance with Yang Fan's instructions. Free shooting means finding your own target and deciding which target to attack.
The messenger behind him immediately used signal flags and began to issue orders in semaphore.
Each squad leader was always issuing orders for the signal flag. After seeing the signal, he immediately ordered, "Single-shot free fire, fire."
The soldiers were very nervous. After all, it was their first time on the battlefield, even though they were hiding behind steel plates. When they saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing in and retreating outside repeatedly, they were a little nervous and wanted to open fire immediately.
However, the long-term rigorous training worked. They were all afraid of being beaten with military sticks. No one dared to shoot without orders.
Now that he heard the order, he immediately opened the shooting port on the steel plate and stretched out the muzzle of the gun.
Hu Tu was riding a horse and once rushed towards the outer steel wall. Suddenly he saw that there seemed to be something extra on the steel wall. He took a closer look and saw many small holes in the steel plate, with muskets inside.
Stretched out.
Hutu is an old scout on the grassland, and these cavalry are here to test the firepower. Their task is to use a small number of cavalry to test out what weapons the enemy has and their approximate performance.
This was an upright positional battle, not a surprise attack like Ansanxi. The Mongols must conduct fire reconnaissance before the war.
He immediately broke out in a cold sweat. These Ming people were different from the people in Duolun City. They were not equipped with steel crossbows, but they had fire blunderbuss.
They hid in the horse's belly and got under the horse's belly.
Almost at the same time, there was a burst of gunfire like exploding beans from the wall. There was a puff of smoke, and the fire door gun began to fire.
Because the military order is free fire, single-shot shooting. So everyone aims at a target and fires a shot.
Suddenly, a large number of these Mongolian scouts were knocked off their horses.
In the distance, Khan Ahai, Buyan Ahai and others breathed a sigh of relief. These Mingren were not equipped with the terrible steel crossbows of An Sanxi. Looking at the firepower of their counterattack, they should be sharp guns or three-eyed weapons.
The gun is fired with a single shot.
In this case, infantry can be dispatched to attack on a large scale.