Chapter Fifty-Eight: One Shot into the Soul
You're welcome!
Lin Ziran was a little speechless about Hao Ren's actions, but he would not drive Hao Ren out.
Now the shells are flying around, and it is very dangerous, Hao Ren is also the person in charge of the transport team, Sergeant Luo Anjun, if he dies under the shells of the Guang'an Army, and he is still withdrawn by himself and has nowhere to hide.
I'm afraid the impact will not be good.
After hiding in the trench and feeling safe, Lin Ziran lay on his stomach and looked out through the gap in the carriage, and the artillery of the Guang'an rebels was still loading and continuing to bombard.
Looking sideways, most of the soldiers on their side were lying on the ground, leaning on the unfinished breastwork and wagons to avoid the shells, while their hands were constantly digging with shovels and piling up the soil on top.
After lying down like this, although the carriage would occasionally be hit, the casualties were not large.
After all, the opponent fires solid shells, relying on kinetic energy to kill, even if it is standing still, as long as people are not standing in groups, in fact, the threat of the opponent's shells is not great, that is, it is a great blow to morale.
Now most of the soldiers and civilians are hiding behind the breastwork and carriages, even if the defense of the carriages is not good, even if the breastwork is not high, but the trenches dug in order to dig the breastwork have become the best anti-artillery fortifications.
Now in the car formation, only the soldiers of the artillery platoon are still struggling to counterattack, and the soldiers of these artillery platoons do not have to worry much about the other side's shelling.
In the past, when the artillery position was temporarily constructed, no civil works were carried out, but sturdy grain in sacks was also used as sandbags.
After the enemy's shelling, they simply moved down more sacks containing grain and placed them in front of the artillery, with a thickness of one or two meters, which was enough to defend against solid shells from a kilometer away.
After all, the artillery of the Guang'an cavalry is only a light cavalry gun, even if the firing range is not bad, but the power is much worse than the ordinary five-pound field gun, and the ability to attack the fortification is limited.
Hiding behind the rice bags, the artillerymen of the patrol battalion also operated four five-pound field guns and began to counterattack.
It's a pity that the artillery skills under Lin Ziran's hands are too scummy, these four artillery pieces fired several shots, and none of the shells hit the opponent's artillery position.
But no matter what, Lin Ziran and they finally coped with it, except for the fact that they were killed and injured by the opponent's artillery in time at the beginning, the opponent's shells could basically only hit a dozen wagons.
Because the soldiers and civilians were already lying in the trenches one after another, and as time passed, the trenches became deeper and deeper, and many soldiers were already able to half-squat in the trenches.
However, the loss of materials in the carriage was not small, Hao Ren watched the carriages being beaten by shells, and the huge kinetic energy not only destroyed the carriage, but also smashed a large amount of materials on the carriage.
Lin Ziran saw Hao Ren like this, and immediately said: "Don't worry, things won't break much!" ”
Except for a small number of firearms and ammunition, most of the materials they have been transporting are actually military supplies, such as clothing, medicines, food, canned food, and so on.
In this way, although a lot of supplies were hit by shells, except for some of the directly damaged ones that could not be recovered, most of them were just scattered on the ground, and they could naturally be recovered when the battle was over.
This loss is not even as much as the previous Guang'an cavalry used less fire.
After hearing this, Hao Ren also breathed a sigh of relief: "It's really unlucky, the first time I went north to Guang'an, I was attacked!" ”
Lin Ziran didn't speak, just like Hao Ren said, the two of them were really unlucky.
In the past, when I was in Qingshan Town, I didn't transport supplies once or twice, and I basically had to go back and forth once every six or seven days, although I encountered an attack by the Guang'an Army, but there was no such a big accident.
But I didn't expect that this was the first time I went north to Guang'an, and I encountered an attack by the Guang'an cavalry.
I don't have to say anything about this luck, it's very bad!
Listening to the rumbling cannon outside, Lin Ziran looked back at his artillery again, and saw that they were still leisurely hiding behind the artillery position to load and fire, but so far, these artillery of his own have not really suppressed the opponent's Guang'an cavalry artillery.
This technology is such a scumbag!
When you go back, you must train these artillerymen well!
At this time, Luo Mazi also climbed into this trench: "My lord, are you okay?" ”
Do you think I'm in trouble?
Lin Ziran said: "Stay well, why did you come over?" ”
This Luo Mazi also dug a small pit by himself, and then lay in it, I don't know why he suddenly ran over.
Luo Mazi said: "The artillery of the thief army is fierce, and the little ones are really worried about the safety of adults!" ”
Lin Ziran looked at this Luo Mazi who was already lying down and squatting, looking at the shallow pit he had dug before, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!
If this Luo Mazi came here because he was worried about him, he Lin Ziran would be able to eat the four five-pound field guns of the artillery platoon in one bite.
This girl came here purely because her anti-artillery pit was too shallow and she was afraid of death.
"Since you're here, don't be idle, take your brothers and continue to dig and connect our trenches!" Lin Ziran continued: "Looking at this posture, these Guang'an rebels don't plan to stop shelling for a short time!" ”
Lin Ziran's prediction was very correct, and Fang Yuanxin in the Guang'an cavalry on the opposite side really thought so.
"The Luo An thief army on the opposite side is a little weird, their guns hit far away, and now they are in formation again, and rushing hard is not the way!"
"Continue to fight with artillery, don't waste your strength to hit their people, they are all hiding one by one, if you can't hit them, don't hit their artillery, their artillery positions are very stable, they can't move, let the artillery brothers aim at their carriages!"
"Remember, our goal is to destroy the supply lines of the Roan Bandit Army, as long as we destroy their supplies, we will succeed!"
Fang Yuanxin commanded his subordinates.
And some of his subordinates on the side also said with questions: "My lord, we have been staying here for almost an hour, if we stay too long, I am afraid that the cavalry of the Luo'an Thief Army will rush over!" ”
Fang Yuanxin said: "Don't worry, I have already sent scout cavalry, as long as we find the source of the enemy, we will retreat immediately!" ”
When Fang Yuanxin said this, he was actually quite depressed.
He repeatedly recalled the situation of the first attack, and found that most of his soldiers had fallen in the way of the charge, which meant that the opponent's muskets were able to hit very far.
Otherwise, we would not have suffered such heavy casualties.
For this reason, he specially sent another team to sneak up, but as soon as the team got close to a distance of about 400 meters, he saw the other party shooting, which made him confirm this even more.
After confirming this, he did not hesitate to dismiss the idea of dismounting and fighting on foot, or charging on horseback again.
The other party has already lined up, and charging on horseback is looking for death!
And if you dismount and fight on foot, the opponent's musket has too long a range, and it is estimated that before you can rush over, your own men will have to suffer heavy casualties.
But if he doesn't attack, he will feel a loss if he goes directly like this.
In the first attack, more than 50 people were killed and wounded, and the 10 percent casualty rate made him very unhappy.
So he planned to use artillery to destroy some of the supplies of the Luo An Thief Army as much as possible before leaving, so that he could vent his anger.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he finished saying this, he suddenly saw a small black dot flying towards him in front of him.
As an experienced cavalryman, he didn't even bother to move his feet, the opponent's artillery was a thousand meters away from him, and he was very safe.
But soon his face changed drastically.
Because he saw that the shell flew towards the artillery position, and then landed behind several guns, and more importantly, behind the artillery was a large pile of ammunition.
What he couldn't see with the naked eye was that the shell hit the ammunition pile accurately, and the violent impact created a fire point, which then ignited a large amount of propellant on the side!
Rumble!
A huge ball of fire rose into the sky, and the violent sound even made Fang Yuanxin, who was hundreds of meters away, feel deafening!
The violent shock wave generated by the explosion of the ammunition directly swept away the nearby artillery, and even those heavy guns were overturned.
Fang Yuanxin's head was blank at this time, and his face was sluggish.
Also with a sluggish face is Lin Ziran!
Before, their own artillery fired hundreds of shells, and they didn't even touch a single hair.
But will this kill the enemy's ammo pile in one shot?
It's blindfolded, right?