Half a moment ago, Guo Ning patrolled the various units to boost their morale, approaching the rear of the front line's horizontal formation.
Zhang Lin was notified from afar and ran over from the car formation. Guo Ning waved his hand, indicating that he should continue to direct and not be distracted.
As the size of the army increases, and there are more and more arms, on the one hand, coordination and cooperation become more and more complex, and on the other hand, the degree of specialization in operation and command is also getting higher and higher.
Guo Ning felt that he was still young and learned things quickly, but as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he had to read more military books and conduct more command drills in order to be able to take charge of the overall situation. As for some special arms or special ordnance, he occasionally
When discussing with instructors and trainees at the military academy, a flash of inspiration may come to you by patting your forehead, but you do not need to conduct subsequent detailed deductions in person.
For example, in front of me, there are three rows of sixty large vehicles.
Since Ge Qingshu discovered a young man named Lu Wusi in northern Xinjiang, Xuande Prefecture and Jinshan and other places began to set up large-scale wool spinning factories to produce felt. Because the felt had fine patterns, was warm and durable, it soon became a military force.
An important financial resource for the government.
In order to transport large quantities of felt into the Central Plains, many merchants responded to the call of the military government and made great efforts to build large vehicles that could carry more weight than the original ones. These vehicles with thick axles and extremely strong appearance are the first batch of improvements.
, I heard that several large merchants are joining forces to recruit skilled craftsmen to design a large vehicle with four wheels and front wheels that can be steered.
Naturally, these carts were not loaded with felt. After the thick oilcloth was lifted off, what was revealed was a huge machine that had not yet been assembled. Around each cart, there were more than thirty people busy, first removing the heavy piles and fixing them.
The car plate was lifted, and then the entire machine was erected from the base.
Compared with when Guo Ning first saw it, this kind of machine is much smaller and the structure has become much simpler. After all, what they have to throw is no longer a boulder weighing tens or hundreds of kilograms, but less than twenty kilograms.
Iron artillery.
But sixty counterweight stone machines are lined up in a row, with two or three feet long wood and heavy iron accessories intertwined. Between the rolling of the huge metal winch, the huge counterweight wrapped in cowhide slowly rises, still
There is an intimidating momentum.
Strictly speaking, this kind of machine was a failed product of the Tianjin Military Academy that frustrated many craftsmen and students.
What everyone wanted to make at that time was a weapon that could bombard enemy ships from a long distance on the sea, kill and injure the sailors of enemy ships, and then carry out plunder. They were prepared to use it when they fell out with the Song Dynasty navy.
Since they wanted to attack from a distance, everyone subconsciously chose the already very mature catapult structure. In a certain textbook of the military academy, they found a record saying that there are big countries in the Western Regions that use anvils or boulders as counterweights to ensure the range.
Unique means.
Unfortunately, a lot of materials were consumed in the end, and the finished product was not suitable for use at all.
The navy's shipbuilding industry is far from producing results. Unless the deck of any existing ship is specially modified, it cannot withstand the repeated pounding of the counterweight, even if the counterweight has been reduced to two hundred kilograms.
The result is the same. The advantage of stable range brought by counterweight is not worth mentioning under the conditions of sea wind and waves and the changing distance between ships.
What's even more troublesome is that the long rope that throws out the iron cannon often gets entangled with the dense sail ropes on the seagoing ship. During one training session, the iron cannon rolled straight up and down into the cabin. After the explosion, one person was killed and six others were injured. He is also a highly trusted master craftsman in the shipyard.
So at this moment, a large number of people in the military academy, including Guo Ning's old acquaintance A Duo, were all disgraced and started to think of new solutions based on the muskets used by the Song Dynasty people in the Southern Dynasties.
However, the trial product of this counterweighted stone-shooting machine was eliminated, but it won the favor of Zhang Shengzhi, the Department of Ordnance. At the same time, Zhang Lin, who witnessed the power of gunpowder weapons under Yidu City, also had a huge impression on this object. interest.
Zhang Shengzhi has been in charge of the Ordnance Department for a long time and has been exposed to a lot of strange and new things.
Although Zhang Lin is not known for his martial arts, he has always had his own small team working among various forces and has extraordinary talents. He is also very keen to participate in the military academy training organized by Ding Haijun, trying to make achievements on the battlefield, so in There I hit it off with Zhang Shengzhi.
The resources these two people can use are much more than ordinary students in the military academy.
As a result, there were troops in the Ding Navy who continued to use counterweighted stone-throwing machines to throw iron artillery.
More than ten days ago, Guo Ning led his troops to advance wildly. Naturally, this team could not catch up. However, Guo Ning set up camp in Chenliu for a few days, and they caught up. Because it can not only attack the city, but also exert its power in field battles. Characteristics, he was immediately transferred to the front line.
"My lord, the projection calibration has been completed, I want to give the order to launch."
Zhang Lin said hello to Guo Ning with a smile on his face.
Guo Ning stretched out his hand and stroked the green horse's mane to prevent the good fellow from getting too excited. He smiled and said to Zhang Lin: "You can direct it yourself. It's none of my business at the moment. I'm just watching the excitement."
Zhang Lin bowed and stepped back.
He returned to the center of the vehicle formation, boarded the specially elevated command vehicle, and looked down.
Directly below him were the five artillery groups that had previously fired five iron artillery pieces for calibration. At this moment, each artillery group had seven or eight big men dripping with sweat. They had just turned the winch and gave the counterweight to rise.
After confirming that all five artillery groups were ready, Zhang Lin waved the two triangular command flags in his hand.
As the command flag waved, next to each stone firing machine, there was a sign indicating that the gunner was lighting the iron cannon with a torch, followed by the sound of dozens of thick leather ropes swinging violently in the air.
The next moment, sixty iron artillery pieces formed a huge fan shape in the air and flew out.
The iron artillery is not a new thing, and although the counterweighted stone machine is unprecedented, in the eyes of countless craftsmen in the Central Plains, it is not an ingenious thing. The only difficulty in the whole machine is to transport it with the vehicle, and then Stability for quick assembly.
But the significance of this machine in war cannot be underestimated.
If we say that the war with the Mongolian Qixue Army in the north of the Triangle Lake was the first time that the Ding Navy used gunpowder weapons on a large scale to defeat the enemy. At this moment, it was the first time that the Ding Navy had the ability to project gunpowder weapons on a large scale.
Iron artillery soared in the air, and many knights who had witnessed the drill reached out to cover their own ears, while some more experienced ones turned to cover their horses' ears.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The firelight was not so conspicuous in the sunlight, but thick smoke billowed among the Jin army's ranks, and the smoke was everywhere, and soon mixed with the blood mist.
Many depressions appeared in the dense queue of the Jin Army. Their limbs were so broken that they could no longer recognize their original appearance. Long strips of flying internal organs and screaming people fell from the air one after another, and smashed into the depressions. All around.
The two armies were so close that most of the Jin Army soldiers held up their shields to guard against missing arrows. But the iron artillery attack could not be stopped by any shield. Wherever the explosion hit, it easily killed a large number of people and caused multiple damage. to the injured of the deceased.
The troops of the Thirteen Captains of Kaifeng Prefecture were the troops that King Sui had high hopes for. They had gone through arduous training that the Jurchens had not experienced for a long time. They also went south to the Song Dynasty and fought with several times the Song army. The outcome was indistinguishable. Strong troops.
They had indeed suffered heavy losses and were forced into a desperate situation of imminent destruction, but their generals believed that this situation just aroused the savagery and ferocity in the Jurchens' bones, allowing them to make a last stand.
It's a pity that the Jurchens have been pampered for too long, and their wildness is really inferior to the Mongols. The Mongolian cowardly Xue army could not bear the blow, and they could not bear it.
The roars and explosions caused the last courage of these Jurchens to fade away quickly. Many people stumbled on the battlefield dizzily by instinct, stepping over the dead with broken bones and soft bodies, and over the bodies of the dead who were soaked in blood due to the rapid absorption of blood. The land looked pink under the sun, and they walked through the wounded who were wailing in pain. Then they could no longer walk. They sat down on the ground and looked around blankly.
Only less than one-third of the people, with their superior ferocity, are still waving their weapons forward. But because the sixty iron artillery fan-shaped covers the thirty steps in front of the horizontal formation, these people's movements will always be slower. Fa arrived in time where the two armies were fighting.
As a result, the Jin army at the front was suddenly overwhelmed.
Jia Guze's cousin, Fan Laoseng, was the most famous warrior in the Anping Captain's army. Therefore, when Jia Guze went to Lincaiguan to discuss the army, Fan Laoseng was left to lead the army.
After another member of the Qianhu family was killed by Wanyan Congtan, Old Monk Fan became furious and felt that it was disgusting that a Jurchen like Wanyan Congtan did not take Han'er seriously.
The way he chose to deal with it was the same as that of the powerful Han generals of the Jin Kingdom for hundreds of years, that is, to fight with the enemy ten times as ferociously as to prove it to the Jurchens.
Previously, he led a few warriors to collide, forcing a gap in Ding Haijun's horizontal formation. In order to maintain this gap, he held a broadsword in both hands, swung it like a windmill, and forced away the approaching sword and shield wielders one after another. , even four or five spears were cut off.
But this explosive dance could not last long. After dancing for a while, Fan LaoSeng felt out of breath and his eyesight almost blurred. He quickly shouted: "Come up and help me! Come up and help me!"
Battlefield duel is not a matter of one person. Cooperation with each other is more important than anything else. Fan Laoseng dares to take the lead because he has already arranged hundreds of soldiers behind him, who can take turns to attack and cover at any time.
But he shouted twice, but did not wait for the rear team to catch up. It seemed that after the violent roar, there was no one alive at the rear.
Old Monk Fan couldn't hold on any longer, and his movement of swinging the sword was inevitably a little slow. Immediately, a soldier from the Ding Navy rushed up and slashed him in the face with a sword.
Fortunately, there was a nose guard extending downwards on the edge of the iron helmet. Although his flesh and blood were broken, he was not seriously injured.
Old Monk Fan roared angrily, trying to speed up the swing of his sword again, and then slowly withdrew from Ding Haijun's queue.
But he was really out of breath. Not only was there a lake in front of him, but it even started to turn red. He subconsciously squinted his eyes, and a spear was pointed at his face and stabbed. The tip of the spear exploded his The eyeballs penetrated the skull from the eye sockets, and then pushed the back of the helmet outwards, possibly penetrating the skull.
At the same time that his skull was being penetrated, someone else used the shield to get closer to Old Monk Fan. The man suddenly stood up from a squat and slashed his right leg with a straight knife, cutting off his entire right leg.
