When the difference in strength is relatively large, the leading side can do a good job.

The same is true of the traversal. After the artillery group landed that day, it was almost dinner time, although the artillery array had not yet been completely arranged, but Lord Cao had already begun to beckon the guests to disperse and go downstairs for dinner, and forced a war to a 9-to-5 rhythm.

On the following night, putting aside the excited Mingren, the Portuguese hiding in the Fortress naturally had a hard time.

Seeing a large number of cannons being sent ashore by a devilish force was so swift that the Portuguese naturally hated and feared it.

However, it is useless to be afraid. Franco's ghost can't even strike at the artillery at night - the firing range between the two armies has been flattened, and the columns of light that have been strafed through the night have made it impossible for any humanoid object with any thought to hide.

But fortunately, the turret was sturdy.

When the Fort was built, it adhered to the usual method of oriental engineering technology of this era, and the original formula of glutinous rice juice, syrup, sand and oyster shell powder was used to fill the cement joints between the bricks and stones, so it was extremely strong. Some time before, because the clouds of war were imminent, the Portuguese even bought some cement from multiple channels to strengthen the fort and add salients.

This is the only thing the Portuguese rely on.

Time: Early morning of the day after the artillery charge was laid.

The straight-line distance between the Lotus Stem Gate and the Fortress is two kilometers. After a busy day and a night, at the midpoint of the two places, on a piece of land four or five hundred meters in front of the side of the gate, the artillery array had been completely placed.

On the gun emplacements that had been hardened to the ground in advance, the thick cannons with a metallic sheen formed a majestic four-row phalanx. Depending on the caliber, the small cannon was in front and the cannon was behind, and ammunition wagons filled with gunpowder and shells were regularly distributed during the period. The artillery array is generally horizontal and vertical, and at a glance, it looks like a fierce beast lying on its stomach, and it is filled with monstrous murderous aura in silence.

At this moment, the generals of the Ming army on the city tower were in a complicated mood while observing the artillery array.

In fact, when the scene of the artillery landing appeared yesterday, many people were already aware of what it represented.

The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway. Among the many generals invited to come this time, although there is also a hereditary wine bag and rice bag, it is a minority after all, and most of the rest are still regular officers, and they are very sensitive to military technology.

Yesterday's amphibious artillery landing operation, for these discerning people, the most shocking thing was the word "speed", followed by "broad" and "clever tools".

Although these officers have also fiddled with the bronze run and the Franco machine on weekdays, and even several anti-Yao generals who have been in a state of combat readiness for a long time have their own artillery teams, but because of this, they understand the horror of this kind of artillery deployment in front of the enemy.

You must know that in the primitive Pearl River Delta environment full of water systems and vegetation, even if it is just a few tiger squatting cannons, if you want to move to the enemy village and place them, it will take a lot of manpower and animal power and time.

And yesterday, in front of everyone's eyes, a cannon of several thousand catties was forcibly transported to the landing position from the sea, and it only took a few hours before and after. Such an efficient logistical capability is indeed unimaginable to the officers of the old style, not to mention that this is not one cannon, but dozens!

Thinking of the power contained in this, among the generals who rushed to "work" early in the morning, someone finally spoke: "Such an artillery array can be laid in ten days, the adults are clever in means, and the salary is sufficient, and the last general will be subdued!" ”

The black-faced military general who spoke, his tone did not seem flattering, but with some heartfelt admiration. This person is a Lianshan garrison to the merit, born in the army, because of the bravery of the battle, all the way to the garrison officer.

Xiang Gong belongs to the kind of rectum general who relies on fighting for military merits on the battlefield, and there are not too many twists and turns in his head. After being shocked yesterday, he went back and thought about it all night, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this artillery array was powerful inside and out, so when he saw General Cao early this morning, he finally couldn't hide his admiration, and honestly stood up and bowed his hand.

When Mr. Cao heard this, he nodded kindly to this nominal subordinate, and then laughed: "Sit down with peace of mind, today is the main attack, and there is a program behind." ”

Hearing the two of them answer like this, most of the people present had smiles on their faces, but if you look closely, some of them look at Lord Cao's eyes, which means that it is difficult to understand...... After all, not all of them are rectums.

After returning last night, as a professional soldier, in fact, most military generals will think of a question: If one day the "Cao Army" mobilizes this artillery array and military horses in front of their homes, how to deal with it?

The answer for most people is "can't cope".

In the Middle Ages, the pace of warfare was very slow, and in this southern water network, a war could easily last for many years.

However, last night, when someone thought of this problem, cold sweat flowed down: a large number of artillery crossed the water and landed on the shore and stood in front of the gate of their own city fortress overnight, and the messengers sent out here to ask for help had not even seen the gate of the provincial capital, let alone mobilized troops to come to the rescue.

Looking sideways at Cao Chuan, the pillar of the imperial court who was talking and laughing with He Zhen, and then thinking about how he would be besieged by the same amount of heavy artillery in the future, many people present today were naturally preoccupied.

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At the same time that the generals on the city tower were talking and laughing with one heart, as the morning sun rose, the army of the traversers, who had spent a huge amount of resources to put up an artillery array, finally wanted to speak.

About 100 meters behind the artillery emplacement, there were several field tents surrounded by sandbag walls, which were the de facto headquarters of the campaign.

At this moment, the headquarters is full of young officers in field uniforms, and the sound of ticking telegrams and short, powerful orders are intertwined, like the tense form before the advent of the big war.

And a little out of touch with the surrounding atmosphere are the three traversers in the corners wearing generals' uniforms. These people were completely nervous before the war, but were eating breakfast leisurely.

"Alas, I heard that all imported luxury goods are out of stock?"

Wei Yuan, the temporary commander of the Pioneer Army with a big waist and a round waist, asked vaguely while eating the stewed pork with green peppers and potatoes in the military lunch box.

The one who answered the call was Wang Xiaohui, a naval liaison officer who also came to "observe". This gentleman is probably because he has been training in the army for a long time, he seems to be fat and fat, and he is not polite at all when he stuffs his meal, and he is also gobbling it up: "You are too ill-informed about this news, it was cut off last month, and there will be no more private quotas in the future." Alas, I heard that the supply of accessories is not available, and the equipment in the factory has to be stopped. ”

Wei Yuan shook his head: "Sooner or later, the stall will get bigger and bigger, but it won't be able to supply it." ”

Wang Xiaohui smiled: "I don't care, I quit smoking anyway." ”

...... While several commanders were chatting, a dark and thin young officer came over and saluted: "Report, I received a telegram from Fuyuan, asking about the time of our shelling." ”

At this moment, an equally dark and thin traverser officer reached out and took the telegram.

This person's name is Yu Mingjie, one of the last people to join the great cause, he served in the artillery unit "before his death", and he still did his job after the crossing. In this campaign, Yu Mingjie, as the artillery director, was not only responsible for the artillery bombardment, but also the commander of the first half of the campaign.

After taking the telegram and glancing at it, Yu Mingjie reached out and picked up the walkie-talkie on the folding canvas table, first exchanged a few words with the city tower and the infantry battalion headquarters behind the city tower, and then he got up and gave an order: "Call back the Fuyuan, and launch an artillery bombardment in 5 minutes." ”

"Yes!"

After issuing the order, Yu Mingjie walked out of the tent, came to the low wall with sandbags, and said to several staff officers there: "Calculate the shooting Zhuyuan again, and test the gun in 5 minutes." ”

The artillery staff officers, who received the order, began to conduct observation operations with artillery mirrors.

In order to train the troops as much as possible and to think about the future, the traversers who reacted have begun to carry out a "de-high-tech" operation in the army. At present, except for the sparsely numbered special combat team and the army and navy headquarters, the rest of the armed forces no longer have the right to use electronic equipment.

However, the original artillery mirror was enough in this case. After all, the Portuguese in the opposite castle did not have any weapons that could threaten this side, so the staff officers could calculate the shooting costs in a good time.

Soon, in less than five minutes, the data alouded by the observers was marked on the map by the other staff officers with the work on the map.

Silently watching the staff officers skillfully work on the map, although Yu Mingjie's face was tense, he was full of emotion in his heart: After training a group of shop guys and children to this day, only God knows the hard work he has spent in private, right?

Five minutes later, with Yu Mingjie's order, the herald trotted and sent the note with Zhu Yuan written on it to the front gun position.

After reading the note, the commander of the artillery company at the front loudly reported the data with an iron horn.

At first small cannons, then large cannons, accompanied by bursts of white smoke and loud noises, according to different calibers, each artillery group, under the orders of the command, took turns to start testing guns.

Attacking the city of Macao from the land direction belongs to the west to the east. At the moment when the morning sun rises, it is actually not good for the attacking side, because it needs to face the sun, which is a disadvantage in the era of cold weapons, including the era of hot weapons.

But when the technology gap is large enough to a certain extent, these downsides don't matter.

The artillerymen on the gun emplacements took turns firing, stiffly facing the blinding sunlight and correcting the firing angle of each gun. And at this time, not surprisingly, the cannonballs fired from the St. Pauline Fort on the opposite side also fell near the gun position.

Twenty minutes later, this scattered artillery battle between the two sides came to an end for the time being.

The ceasefire on the side of the "Ming Army" is because the Zhuyuan has already been measured, and the next step is to prepare for a salvo. And the Portuguese, as the passive side of the battle, naturally will not shoot endlessly without brains.

The reason is simple: the red-haired people don't have so many shells to waste, and the cannons they have at hand can't accurately shoot military targets at a distance of 1,000 meters, so the Portuguese are not interested in this kind of long-range shooting.

However, some people don't think so.

Another 20 minutes later, amid the strange cry of the "Huaihai Campaign" by military history expert Wang Xiaohui, the first round of rapid fire began in the artillery array.

This earth-shattering round of cannonfire sent more than 50 iron balls of various sizes into the Portuguese castle a thousand meters away. For a while, the artillery position was filled with gunsmoke, and the loud noise made by 50+ guns made the Ming people within a radius of 5 miles like thunder, and the generals on the city tower were close, and they felt as if the mountain was shaking, and their faces changed color at this moment.

However, within 2 minutes, the second round of rapid fire was released again, and then the third round, and after the fourth round ...... "clang", someone on the city tower finally overturned the chair and sat on the ground in this earth-shattering cannon sound.