Chapter 268: The Power of the Franc Cannon

The fierce battle is in full swing Balizhuang victory balance has been tilted to the officers and soldiers, the equipment is at a disadvantage and the rebels are only beaten, after a pair of shooting, Shi Feng on the earthen wall found that the signs are wrong, the officers and soldiers are fierce, several rounds of shooting made him lose more than a dozen brothers, in front of him like a monster like a huge Yuan Rong car, so that people have no power to fight back, let the officers and soldiers show off their might, display the advantage of firearms, has been up to more than ten minutes, the same door in the village should have time to gather and retreat to Yunmeng Mountain.

Shi Feng hid in a dead corner, looked at the two carriages on the road from the battlement, more than a hundred meters away, two Francophone cannons were pushed down from the carriage, and the cannon muzzle was aimed at the earth wall of Balizhuang.

Shi Feng was shocked and shouted in horror: "Oh no, the official dog has two cannons, let's withdraw." After saying that, the first one ran down the earthen wall and threw the remaining two dozen companions on the earthen wall.

If you don't run, you can't do it, the Franc cannon is infinitely powerful, sweeping a large area, and the speed of the cannon is very high, the Franc cannon enters the firing range, and no one can compete with it, and the bullet still has a miss, and the shell explodes is a scene of flesh and blood, and there is little hope of surviving.

There were gunshots all around, so that the rebels on the earthen wall could not hear the captain Shi Feng speak, but they still held their positions strictly, not retreating, they were all firm White Lotus disciples, and their strong faith made them fearless of death, life without fear, death without regrets, Elysium opened its doors to them, and they were willing to sacrifice everything for the lifeless old mother.

Wu Kefan was able to boast in front of Haikou and say that he could completely annihilate the rebels in Balizhuang, in addition to his experience in bloody battles and actual combat experience, so that his criminal department has a boastful background, and because the eight officers and soldiers who fired the cannon in this operation were real officers and soldiers, and they were also officers "borrowed" by Li Guolou from the Xishan Ruijian Battalion.

Artillery belongs to the high-level arms, in addition to having actual combat experience, but also have cultural knowledge, have the ability to quickly calculate mathematics, aiming, rangefinder, loading gunner, a number of soldiers work together, multi-type of work to fight together, at this time the army artillery belongs to the superior class, is a group of technical work officers.

Wu Kefan boasted that the artillery was accurate because these eight officers came, and he only needed to command where to fire the artillery.

"On the earthen wall, aim at the earthen wall for me and fire the cannon." Wu Kefan hissed and shouted with all his might, gesticulating from top to bottom, with a wave, the chief was full of momentum.

An officer in a straight uniform hid behind the carriage, held up a distant mirror image to observe the terrain of Balizhuang, and concentrated on observing the enemy situation on the earthen wall, which was only 100 meters away from Balizhuang, and the artillerymen were in a dangerous place, and they must fight quickly and solve the problem quickly, and must not give the enemy a chance to counterattack.

"One hundred and twenty meters, the muzzle of the gun is tilted upwards thirty degrees, the west is deflected five degrees, the flower shells are loaded, and the ······ is ready" The officer drank categorically, in fact, he didn't have to drink, the gunners were wearing earplugs, and the gunners used gestures to make movements, but in order to highlight his might, the officer deliberately called Wu Kefan and others next to him.

The Franc cannon is a very good maneuverable artillery, and several gunners quickly complete the loading, one finishes the action, and the other is immediately connected, and the smooth action is dizzying.

At this time, the artillery shells have developed from solid shells to empty cartridges, and the empty cartridges were imported from the Prussian Empire, and the Qing Emperor's ** factory had just begun to imitate empty cartridges, and the army liked to use imported goods if they had the ability, and the risk factor was small.

A cannon roared, Wu Kefan covered his ears, still feeling deafening, the sharp cannonball swirled in the air, drawing a wonderful arc, everyone looked forward to it, waiting for the heroic moment to appear.

The rapid artillery shell fell on the earth wall, with a loud boom, the shell blew down an earthen wall, and the tragic scene of blood and flesh flying was shocking to see, and another cannonball came as promised, and then dealt a heavy blow to the rebels on the earthen wall, and there were no living people in the smoke of gunpowder, and no bullets were fired at the officers and soldiers on the earthen wall.

Some of the rebels had no arms, some had no heads, some were buried in the falling soil, and the remaining dozen or so rebels no longer had the courage to sit on the front line, and all jumped off the earthen wall and fled.

"Bang the door open for Lao Tzu." Wu Kefan jumped up excitedly, the traitor was vulnerable, he wanted to annihilate his defeated generals.

The sound of artillery is the order of the general attack, and two drummers in the birch forest blow the trumpet of the advancing army, "tick-tock······"

"Rush, ······" Hundreds of members of the civilian team, carrying bamboo ladders and holding knives and guns, jumped out of the ditch, braving the smoke of gunpowder and rushing to the earthen wall, a distance of more than 400 steps in an instant.

Wang Wu held a "snow mountain lion flag", rushed to the front, a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions, Wang Wu would not miss it, in any case, he would be the first to put the military flag on the high wall of Balizhuang, a few hundred meters away, Bao Tong was watching them fight, fame and wealth relied on bloody battles.

The five bamboo ladders are all in the shape of the members of the people's team, sacrificing their lives and forgetting to die to climb upwards, ants are generally pawns, which are used to consume, if you want to survive, you have to kill the enemy, everyone has only one thought in their hearts, that is, to kill people to gain fame, to fight for survival, to fight for honor, there is no desire to pretend to be dead and fall down in their minds, the sound of killing is earth-shattering, and they are fighting to climb the earthen wall first.

Climbing up to the earthen wall, the man with the gun immediately raised his Shaspo-style breech gun and shot at the fleeing rebels, but there was no need to aim at this time, the rebels on the street crowded into a heap and scattered and strode away.

"Woohoo." The gunfire was incessant, and the civilians quickly reloaded their ammunition for the next round of shooting.

Wang Wu erected the "Snow Mountain Lion Flag", let the military flag flutter high on the earthen wall, pulled out the machete behind his back, and shouted: "Qing warriors, charge me." "The first to run down the earthen wall and kill the village.

Dozens of members of the civilian team behind him were inexplicably excited, and the spirit of the captain Wang Wushe's forgetting life and death moved them, and the members of the civilian team swarmed down, rushing like a rolling torrent for thousands of miles and rushing towards the fleeing rebels.

"Kill, kill, kill." The members of the civilian team should chase the poor and rush to the fleeing rebels like life.

The morale of killing the enemy was captured by the members of the civilian team, which is the key to the victory or defeat of a war, with this momentum, the usually cowardly and cowardly person will also become a reckless man, and the members of the civilian team follow Wang Wu's footsteps and run to the north of the village.

"Put." The surveyor waved his arm and gave the command to fire.

After a cannon was loaded with solid shells, it took the lead in firing the cannon, letting out an angry roar, and more than a dozen pounds of iron balls shot towards the wooden gate.

"Boom." With a bang, the gate of Balizhuang was hit by a solid cannonball, and the huge impact of the cannonball smashed the gate, and more than a dozen catties of iron balls rolled into the village.

The iron ball rolled on the ground, crushing all living beings forward, and a rebel who ran behind was unlucky, just on top of the mixed trajectory of the iron ball, and the ruthless iron ball hit one of the rebels' feet, "Ahhhhhh With a terrible scream, the rebel fell to the ground, and the iron ball seemed to be unexpected, but still jumped forward, and crushed another traitor into flesh, and a blood-colored long mark was rolled out of the iron ball on the ground.

A whistling sound followed, and a flowering bullet flew in from outside the village, just as a group of fleeing rebels fell, "Boom." The loud noise, like thunder on a sunny day, the surrounding crowd was stirred up by a huge wave of air, scattered single pieces flying around, and a flowering bomb blew up more than a dozen rebels, and the flesh and blood flew all over the ground.

The followers of the White Lotus Sect who drank the Divine Rune were also not spared, they were blown apart, and mortals with mortal bodies were invulnerable, and they were useless and worthless in front of the Heavenly and Divine Qigong cannonballs.

Shi Feng, the captain of the team who was originally standing on the street to direct the retreat of his fellow brothers, was hit in the chest by a shrapnel, and the red blood stained his clothes. ”

Shi Feng stood like a god, covering the blood on his chest, and leaned firmly against a stone wall, he wanted to use the latter force to tell the enemy that the White Lotus Cultists would never fall.

"Captain Stone." Several of his fellow disciples next to him screamed with all their might, but they didn't redeem their beloved Captain Shi, "Plop." With a bang, Shi Feng stood unbending but was pushed to the ground by a fellow brother.

"Let's go, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of running out of firewood." Another fellow brother pushed the stunned brother, and then several White Lotus disciples spread their thighs and fled in the direction of the north of the village.

The entire Balizhuang people fled to the north, and most of the villagers also fled, fearing that the officers and soldiers would retaliate against them, and nearly 1,000 Balizhuang villagers rolled north, trying to escape this catastrophe.

The people in front of the rush were members of the militia group, and the officers and men moved in unison, forming small battle formations, striding forward, and the two drummers beat the snare drum unhurriedly, and the direction did not change, and the determination did not change, but hand-to-hand combat should be done by the militia members, they are officers and soldiers, and they are good at killing and injuring the enemy with long-range weapons.

The bamboo ladder is set up on the earthen wall, Wang Wu is the first to climb up, a "Snow Mountain Lion Flag" earthen wall is waving in the wind, the joy of victory is engraved on the face of every member of the militia group, they come out on top, the first merit of suppressing bandits belongs to the Jingshi militia group, Wang Wu is the first meritorious minister, shouting loudly, "The warriors of the Qing Dynasty rush." "Express your feelings.

1 kilometer away in the woods!! Bao held up the telescope together, excited inexplicably, danced happily, applauded, and said: "A good Wang Wu, a good Wu Kefan, I didn't misread them, they are all heroes and heroes, I want to ask the emperor for merit and commend all the brave Qing warriors who killed the enemy!" ”

Bao listened to Li Guolou's demagogy together, and partnered with Li Guolou to do business, since he was bigger than his family, he spent money lavishly, and he didn't feel distressed when he rewarded people, and he knew that if he wanted to do big things, he had to gather people's hearts, and use loyalty and money to firmly hold people's hearts in his palms.

Lin Qingxie, a clear-faced staff member next to him, hurriedly followed, and said with kind eyes: "Lord Bao's clever calculation, eliminate the White Lotus Sect in the bud, this monstrous feat will go down in history, history will definitely remember Lord Bao's great achievements, Xia Guan is fortunate to be able to witness this miracle, it is a great honor, hahahaha!" ”

Staff member Lin Qingxie is a fellow villager of Bao, but his ability and literary talent are not as good as Wu's, so the criminal department is a scribe and has no official hat.

Lin Qingxie seems to be a gentleman, with three strands of beard fluttering like fairies, smiling happily, not just for a victory against bandits, but because he is in spring, the opportunity to get ahead is finally in his hands, Wu Defu falls, for an unknown person like him, it is undoubtedly great news, of course, he also made achievements to take a stand, and repaid Lord Bao for his kindness, those letters between Wu Defu and the White Lotus Sect were all forged by him.

Bao wanted to get out of the woods, but Lin Qingxie hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, Lord Bao, there are still three people and horses, and they haven't been dispatched, it's too dangerous to enter the village now!" ”

"What are you afraid of?" Bao shouted together: "The cannon has been pushed to the entrance of the village, I don't step forward, I can't see anything!" ”

Bao Tong knows the power of empty cartridges, and hundreds of people can't withstand the consumption of an empty cartridge when they charge, and he has two cannons that is equal to two hundred more officers and soldiers.

However, seeing that there were no militia members on the earthen wall, the officers and soldiers swarmed in from the broken village entrance, the sound of killing came from Balizhuang, the smoke of gunpowder did not disperse, the sound of artillery in the distance was scattered, and the sound of killing and gunfire also came from the east and west sides, the officers and soldiers took a small boat to cross the small river on the east and west sides of Balizhuang and killed the village, and the momentum of the three-sided attack had been completed, and more than 300 officers and soldiers flocked into Balizhuang.