Feng Wensheng, a student of the Art of War School of the School of Physics, majored in artillery command!

The term major, also coined by the School of Physics, roughly means to specialize in the research and study of a specific industry.

The profession of artillery command was an unpopular profession in later generations, why did he choose such a major?

There was no way, he was "fooled" by Yang Cong's passionate speech, because when he entered the School of Physics, this "Yasheng" adult happened to be interested and gave them a speech, and the theme of the speech was a dream of the "Yasheng" adult, the battle for hegemony at sea!

Fighting for hegemony at sea, what a passionate term, and the main body of the battle for hegemony at sea is the strong ship and the artillery, the "strong ship" or something, Feng Wensheng is not very interested, so he chose the "sharp artillery", and he did not dare to be interested in making artillery or something, because he was a military household rather than a craftsman, so he finally chose the artillery command.

Originally, he was supposed to go to the naval division, because the ships and guns were all at sea, and it was impossible to have these on land.

However, at this time, the naval division's strong ships and artillery had not yet formed a scale, and even if he went, it was useless, so he was brought here by Yang Cong and became a commander of the Shanxi Army Artillery Battalion.

The artillery battalion of the Shanxi Army is equipped with all tiger squat guns, this kind of artillery can be said to be the shortest range and least powerful artillery, however, this kind of artillery has an advantage, that is, it is lightweight, easy to carry, and it is no problem to pull it on an ordinary combat vehicle.

Originally, there were not many tiger squat guns in the Shanxi Army artillery battalion, and the total number was less than 2,000, but after the governor was transferred, this number more than doubled to about 4,000, and Feng Wensheng, the commander of the artillery battalion, had 2,000 artillery under his command.

Two thousand artillery, it really scares people to death when they say it, but unfortunately, these are tiger squat cannons, if they are all thousand-pound cannons, without two thousand, a thousand can bombard the Tartars and can't find the north.

To be honest, Feng Wensheng has not participated in actual battles, and his knowledge of combat is almost entirely from the school of the School of Physics, but when it comes to artillery command, there is probably no one in the battle-hardened Shanxi Army who can compare with him.

Although artillery is not a new thing, large-scale equipment and application on the battlefield have not been very long, and the grassroots generals in the border army basically do not have much command experience.

They only found a little way out of the only few major battles, and compared with an artillery commander like Feng Wensheng, who was born in a professional class, they naturally couldn't talk about it.

However, then again, it is a bit absurd to let a "Xiucai" who has no actual combat experience command the army to fight, if it weren't for Yang Cong's prestige in the Shanxi army, I'm afraid no one would agree to let him do this.

At this time, Zhang Dadu was a little drumming in his heart, because there were several such "Xiucai" generals in the East Road Army he was in charge of, and these spearmen and artillery were under the command of others, that is to say, most of his men and horses were under the command of these "Xiucai", these guys, can they do it?

Whether he could do it or not, he had to accept this fact, because it was all arranged by the Governor, and besides, he didn't have much time to think about it at this time, because he had only led his army forward for less than fifty miles, and the Tartar army was coming head-on, just as the Governor had expected!

Fortunately, they divided their troops, and the Tartars also divided their troops, and according to the scouts, the Tartars who rushed to their eastern army were roughly about fifty or sixty thousand, and the Tartars did not play any tricks to break each one.

If the Tartars gathered 100,000 cavalry and rushed up, he was really a little worried that he would not be able to do it, but he was still confident in dealing with 50,000 or 60,000 Tartar cavalry.

Fifty or sixty thousand Tartar cavalry, Zhang Da is used to seeing it, but Feng Wensheng is the first time he has seen it, that guy, a large area of black pressure, there is no end in sight, and the whole earth is trembling under the iron hooves, which is really quite scary.

However, Feng Wensheng is not the kind of person who is afraid of death, otherwise, Yang Cong would not have chosen him to be the commander of this artillery.

Although he is a showman, he is also a bold lord, when the Tartar cavalry appeared in sight, he was only slightly stunned, and then quickly raised the telescope on his chest and observed it carefully.

These Tartar cavalry were not unprepared, at least, the cavalry in the front row, each with a round shield in his hand, but, judging by the way they wielded it, the round shield should have been wooden.

The wooden round shield can only block the bullets of the musket, and for the cannonballs, it is not defensive at all.

Seeing this, Feng Wensheng couldn't help but show a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth, these Tartars, I'm afraid that their brains are not very good, raise a wooden shield to charge, is it useful?

He carefully observed the formation of the Tartars again, and then said aloud: "Order, adjust the angle of fire, the first row, lower the firing angle by five degrees, to twenty-five degrees, the second row, the third row to maintain thirty degrees, the fourth row, up by five degrees, to thirty-five degrees." ”

This firing angle is also a new term, what exactly it means, in fact, few people know, even the artillerymen who control the artillery only know that the new type of artillery has a round handle for adjusting the angle, and there is a scale on it, as for what this scale represents, they don't know, they only know how to adjust the angle according to the commander's requirements.

Of course, Feng Wensheng knew what the shooting angle meant, and now, the enemy's lineup was relatively dense, that is to say, if the front row suddenly fell, the rear formation would definitely be chaotic, after all, with the speed of the cavalry, there was not much reaction time at all.

These are specifically discussed in the textbooks of the School of Physics, and there are corresponding plans for how to deal with them.

He unhurriedly held the binoculars, stared at the enemy's front cavalry, estimated the distance between the two sides, and soon, he said aloud: "All artillery, load the shells, prepare to ignite." ”

The Tatar cavalry was approaching rapidly, and all the artillery was operating quickly according to Feng Wensheng's instructions, as if it was no different from previous battles, but Zhang Da's face showed a rare trace of nervousness.

Of course, he was not afraid of the Tartar cavalry, but he was afraid that the artillery commanded by Feng Wensheng would not be able to hit accurately, if that was the case, it would be troublesome.

The speed of this cavalry charge, it was like a lightning speed, a distance of several miles, in an instant, Zhang Da had just frowned, and the artillery in front of him sounded a huge roar.

"Boom, boom", two thousand guns, all fired.

Worst!

This seems a bit far, right?

If you fire at this time, wouldn't you waste the opportunity to attack in vain!

Seeing this, Zhang Da almost screamed, judging from his experience, at this time, the Tartar cavalry had just entered the range of artillery.

In other words, firing artillery at this time will at most be able to attack the front row of the Tartar cavalry.

If it were him to command, he would definitely not choose to fire at this time, because this artillery is basically not accurate, and the effect is the best when it is smashed into the pile, like at this time, the front row of the Tatar cavalry will fire before entering the range of the artillery, and most of the shells will probably miss.

This Feng Wensheng is still a little tender, and the first round of shelling was wasted by him in vain.

However, fortunately, this kid's grasp of the timing is not very bad, just a little early, although the first round of shelling is wasted, the next few rounds, it will definitely be able to smash into the dense Tatar cavalry, and the lethality caused is also considerable.

That's what he thinks, and is that really the case?