Chapter 643: Flame Fortress (I)
Gunpowder, as the top secret of the Northern Army, until now only the independent division and the Red Star Battalion garrison can be used at will, although Tian Kai's Sixth Army also issued some gunpowder, but Tian Kai was worried that after the military fort was captured, the gunpowder would be captured by the Yuan army and not issued to the military fort, after all, the defense of the military fort was strong enough, and the gunpowder issued was either in the Fushan military village or in the Yecheng arsenal.
Now he really can't wait to put on his wings and send gunpowder to the military fort.
What are you worried about?
Tian Kai actually knew what he was worried about.
After all, he was a general, and he had even attacked the Red Star Battalion, and he was worried that if he lost the gunpowder from his hands, some people would take advantage of the opportunity to liquidate him.
He is not Guo Yin, Guo Yin can only do some coolies, and now he is even halfway through his service, and he probably did not go to prison to serve this blessing.
No matter how Ma Qiang says that the past is over, he still has this string in his heart.
"Commander, if this continues, our brothers in the military fort will have to finish playing tonight, and we have to find a way!"
Tian Kai heard the shouts of the sergeant on the side, but calmed down.
He shook his head and said, "We have too few troops, and once we send troops, the whole army will be wiped out."
The brothers in the military fort are all registered, even if there are three long and two short, as long as the general mansion of the expedition to the north is there, their families will be settled.
Pass on our military order, the whole army is not allowed to leave the camp without authorization, stick to and wait for help!! ”
After speaking, Tian Kai raised the telescope again, and every time an explosion sounded, he would pick up a pen and make a note on the paper on the side.
From the first explosion, three orthography had already been written on the paper.
Brothers, don't worry, I, Tian Kai, will definitely avenge you!
But looking at the orthography on the paper, Tian Kai felt a lot more relaxed.
This Yuan army is either not powerful enough gunpowder, or he is not very good at using it, otherwise he would not have finished the fight after so many blows.
In fact, when it comes to anger, Yuan Shao is much angrier than Tian Kai.
He had long known that the Northern Expeditionary Army had built military forts along the way from Baitu Pass to Yecheng to strengthen the defense, so these military forts were all on the avenue, and it would be too much of a threat to logistics and supplies if they were not knocked out, and he also thought that he could boost morale, so he ordered a strong attack despite the dissuasion of Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
As a result, as soon as he fought, he found that these military forts were a hundred times more disgusting than what Yan Liang and the others said.
There are only two gates in the whole military fort, but all of them are blocked from the inside, and you can't build other cities, but this military fort has a lid, or a hard cement cover.
This makes his sergeant can't find a place to go in, and the shooting holes up and down the body also ensure that the attack power of this military fort is full, and there are even sharp weapons such as bed crossbows.
There were almost 200 dead and wounded, and I am afraid that there was not even a single minor injury on the other side.
Yuan Shao believed that what Yan Liangwen said to him before was true.
If you want to fight such a military fort, you must either use tunnels or attack with fire, and it is almost impossible to storm by force.
No! I still have gunpowder!!
Yuan Shao waved his hand, and the heavily armed black-clothed army rushed forward.
This unit is the firearms unit he carefully built, because they all wear black, they are called the black army.
However, because Yuan Shao had not yet made a musket, the main method of attack of this firearms unit was grenades or explosives.
As for the artillery, Yuan Shao made it... It's just that the power is not enough, and the number is too small.
Compared to muskets, gunpowder is much less technical.
At least that's the case with the question of whether there is or is not.
Moreover, because the detonation rate of black powder is too low, it is naturally difficult to miniaturize the artillery using black powder, so although the first artillery made by Ma Jun is too big because it is a trial production, it also weighs more than 100 catties, and the effective range is less than 80 steps.
Men, you should want something big and thick, and shoot far away, what can you do with this range?
The black-clothed soldier came to the fort with his shield under the cover of the sergeants around him, and then marked the foundation of the fort with charcoal, and began to strike with a chisel.
The sound of the bell clanging bell soon made the sergeants in the military fort find out, and they looked through the peephole, okay, you dig slowly, you can't burn you to death!
The sergeant on guard opened the throwing hole, and threw out the fire pot filled with oil, and then threw the torch, and some of the fire pots fell on the shield, some of them shattered, and some of them bounced and then fell to the ground, but they were still fine.
Several sergeants glanced at the clay pot and immediately said that it was not good.
"Seal it up, don't let the torches hit the ground, quick!! Set gunpowder!! ”
The officer's judgment was correct, the torch fell on the shield, and even if the shield was burned, it could not threaten the sergeant below for a while, if the torch fell to the ground ... There's a lot of gunpowder here.
"Quick, withdraw!!"
With the departure of the shield array, the sergeants in the military fort let out a mocking sound, in their eyes, Yuan Shaojun could not hurt them at all, even the township soldiers broke out with great courage and combat effectiveness at this time.
"Boom!!"
A loud explosion made the entire fort tremble, and everyone's laughter stopped abruptly, as if something had grabbed them in the throat.
"Heavenly Thunder!!"
"It's gunpowder!! Yuan Shao has gunpowder! ”
"Oh no, the corner of the southwest has been blown up, but it hasn't been blown up yet, and their gunpowder doesn't seem to be powerful enough."
"But it's also a matter of time!"
The military fort immediately became a mess, and everyone knew that once Yuan Jun entered the military fort, there would be no few people in the military fort.
"Jiang Junhou, what should I do?"
Everyone looked at Jiang Qi, the largest military rank in the military fort.
Jiang Qi scratched his head, where did he know what to do.
"Oh no, those shields are coming up again, and they are still carrying boxes, and there must be gunpowder in that box!"
"Smash, smash their shields, and throw the fire canisters!"
Although there is a lot of storage in the fire pot, if you set it on fire, I will use sand to extinguish the fire, after all, your fire pot is limited, but my sand is infinite.
Therefore, when the fourth fire was extinguished by the sand, Jiang Qi gave up such a method, this is not a long-term solution, rather than this, it is better to stay and wait for a few people to be burned.
"Everybody's armor-piercing! Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!! ”
Jiang Qi put on his battle armor, and the sky could see that since he marched into the fort, he didn't think that he still needed to wear this thing.
The Castle was his best armor.
Jiang Qi glanced back at the brothers who were also wearing armor, as well as those internal guards and village soldiers who were a little afraid in their eyes, and touched his nose, it would be good if this instructor was also in this military fort, ideological work is not what he is good at.