Chapter 225: Artillery Battle
Seeing that Dai Shan was actually moving out something that he hadn't used for a long time now, Qi Jiguang couldn't help frowning.
Qi Jiguang is very clear about the strength of the shield car and siege ladder.
"Dudu, you seem to have a headache with those broken cars, let the last general lead the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry out of the city to destroy it."
Seeing Qi Jiguang frowning at the shield car, Li Cunxiao said indifferently.
Qi Jiguang turned his head to look at this peerless god general, and couldn't help but smile slightly:
"General, this is called a shield car, the Ming artillery and flintlock pistol can't be penetrated, if you let the Xuanjia Iron ride up, what should you do if you encounter a firearm attack behind the shield car, are you sure of victory?"
Hearing Qi Jiguang say this, Li Cunxiao couldn't help frowning, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, but he was afraid that the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry would lose too much.
There were 10,000 people in total, and after several major battles, although the losses were not large, hundreds of people were killed.
The current war is very different from that of his time, with not only muskets but also artillery.
These firearms can pierce through all iron plates, and even if the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is well-equipped, there is no immortality in the face of artillery attacks.
It's not that Li Cunxiao is afraid, if there is no firearm to use, and let the Xuanjia Iron Horse go to attack, once he suffers a major loss, the emperor will not be able to explain at all.
Li Cunxiao was speechless for a while, and he couldn't answer Qi Jiguang's question.
Seeing that Li Cunxiao was a little embarrassed, Qi Jiguang patted Li Cunxiao on the shoulder and smiled:
No matter what time it is, the iron cavalry is a sharp weapon for attacking the city, and the key depends on how to use it.
The artillery battle is over, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is the life harvester, and you are still the strongest class of the Ming Dynasty.
What Qi Jiguang said is not wrong, he is not complimenting Li Cunxiao, no matter how powerful the artillery is, it also needs the cooperation of the infantry cavalry, otherwise it will become a pile of scrap iron.
After Qi Jiguang finished speaking, he immediately ordered:
"Huang Ming!"
Huang Ming hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute:
"Huang Ming is here, please give orders to the governor!"
Qi Jiguang pointed to the east shield lane under the city:
"See, after each vehicle was captured, there were at least a dozen soldiers armed with bows, arrows and firearms.
There was only one army attacking the city from the east, and the red-coated cannons were immediately drawn from other city gates, temporarily abandoning the flowering shells, replacing them with solid bullets, and waiting for them to enter the firing range, aiming at the Pontus Governor and bombarding it fiercely, even if they couldn't penetrate the shield car, the shock would also shock the thieves behind the east to death! ”
"Yes"
Huang Ming hurriedly received the order, turned around and arranged for the artillery to draw the red-clothed cannons over, and all of them were replaced with solid bullets.
The weight of the shells is too light, and it is necessary to replace the shells with more than a dozen kilograms.
The Eastern Capture Tartars under the city don't care about your red-coated cannons, they are advancing rapidly.
The shield carts in front were all surrendered Han troops, and the shield carts pushed by the Eastern Tartars followed behind the Han army.
Behind each shield cart was a tiger squat cannon, along with a dozen musketeers and archers.
As long as the Ming army comes out to fight, they will definitely be able to beat the Ming army into a sieve.
If the Ming army only defended and did not attack, they would soon be able to touch the city wall and set up a ladder to attack the city.
Qi Jiguang held a telescope and kept watching the shield cart in the east, and when he saw the shield cart entering the range, he immediately ordered:
"Open the gun"
"Boom ......"
Fifty red-coated cannons roared together, and fifty shells of tens of kilograms quickly smashed into the eastern captives.
"Bang Bang ......"
Most of the cannonballs on the city's head smashed on the shield cart, and the shield cart hit by the cannonball shook a few times and pushed forward again.
"Boom ......"
After the first round of shelling, the second round of shells hit the shield cart hard.
The seemingly simple shield cart was still advancing, but the Han army behind the shield cart was a little dizzy from the cannonballs.
At this time, fifty more cannons were mounted at the head of the city, and a hundred cannons were bombarded against the shield carts.
The shield cart was staggered by the shell bombardment, and temporarily halted its progress, but none of the shields were destroyed.
Of course, not every shell could hit the shield car, and the hit rate of the Ming army's shells was less than half.
If they can all hit the shield cart, those Han soldiers and Tartars pushing the shield cart will be shocked to death even if they are not stoned to death.
"Amma, Minggou's cannonballs are too dense, can our shield cart hold it?"
Man Dahai watched the cannonballs in the sky bombard the shield cart, and he began to worry.
Dai Shan laughed:
"Don't worry, Amma's shield cars are shockproof, and there will be no problem for the time being."
"Shockproof?"
Although Man Dahai didn't understand what earthquake prevention meant, he didn't continue to ask.
Dai Shan really deserves the old fox, it turns out that he ordered someone to add another insurance to the shield car.
Add another layer to the inside of the shield cart, and fill all the additional compartments with sand.
In this way, not only the thickness of the shield car has been increased, but also the shock resistance of the shield car has been increased.
"Boom ......"
The shelling did not end, and suddenly several shells hit two shield wagons at once.
Under the combined impact of several shells, the two shield carts were bombarded into the air.
As soon as the Tartars and the Han army's bodies behind the shield cart were exposed, they were smashed into meatloaf by the cannonballs flying from behind.
"Grandma's, these dog tartars are too sturdy, and two of them have finally been dealt with."
Huang Ming saw that the shield cart was overturned, and all the tartars inside were stoned to death, so he couldn't help but burst into foul language.
Li Cunxiao was surprised by the defensive power of the Eastern Capture Shield Car, and looked at Qi Jiguang from time to time, he didn't know what else Qi Jiguang could do.
Because the artillery fire was so dense that the Tartar shield carts could no longer advance, they all suspended their attacks.
Dai Shan saw that the shield car was beaten and could not move forward, so he immediately called a Jia Lae Zhen and ordered:
"Order the artillery to open fire, so that Minggou can also taste the power of our artillery."
"Chirp"
Dai Shan also brought more than a dozen red-coated cannons this time, ready to be used to blast through the city gate, but seeing that the shield cart could not move forward, he had to use the red-coated cannons.
As soon as the command flag waved in the hands of the Eastern Capture Armor La'e Zhen, the Tartar artillery positions immediately received the flag of opening fire.
The Tatar artillery immediately began to reload ammunition and aimed at the head of Liaoyang City to begin shelling.
"Boom ......"
"Bang Bang ......"
More than a dozen shells flew towards the head of Liaoyang City.
However, their skills were really not very good, and the shells did not fly to the city.
Instead, they all bombarded the walls, smashing out holes in the fortified walls.
Dai Shan raised the single-barreled telescope to see where the shells landed, and he shook his head helplessly.
"Aim and keep firing!"
"Chirp"
The Eastern Capture artillery agreed, continued to reload the shells, and then lit the fire.
"Open the gun"
"Boom ......"
Dozens of shells bombarded the walls again, but this time one slipped through the net.
One of the shells finally landed next to the Ming army, and except for breaking some bricks and stones, it still did not hurt anyone in the Ming army.
After the first round of shelling in the Eastern Invasion, Qi Jiguang began to search for the artillery positions in the Eastern Capture with a telescope in hand.
Finally, at the end of the second round of shelling, he determined the exact location of the artillery positions in the eastern captivity.
Qi Jiguang snorted coldly and called Huang Ming again. “
Huang Ming"
Huang Ming hurriedly stepped forward to salute:
"Governor."
After Qi Jiguang handed the telescope to Huang Ming, he pointed to the direction where the Dongqi artillery was located and ordered:
"There is a position of the Eastern Capture Artillery, and fifty cannons will bombard it together and destroy the artillery of the Eastern Capture Tartars to the Governor of Pontus......"