【59】Carrying a Round (2)
"Send another Niu Lu to support, my Eight Banners athletes have come all the way south, attacking countless cities and villages, are you still afraid of this small earthen village?" With a wave of the whip of the horse of Amba Lingwu, another cavalry of Niu Lu beat the horse and whipped it, and killed the earthen fort
Song Youliang, who was standing on the wall of Luoyuan Menzi, was also observing the battle situation with a telescope at this moment, and when he saw the second batch of reinforcements from his own soldiers arriving, he immediately ordered: "Kou Feilin's cannon fires and gives fire support to the Panzi battalion." ”
The commander of the Kofilin cannon was Michel, who also held a monocular and looked into the distance, "The distance is 1800 yards, the elevation angle is 23 degrees, and the solid bullet ~~~ fires!" ”
Boom Boom Boom ~~ Ten Ko Fei Lin cannons let out an earth-shattering roar, watermelon-sized shells roared out of the cannon chamber, although most of them did not directly hit the target, but the huge air wave and splashed dirt, debris like the Qing cavalry knocked people upside down
"Huh? That's a Tartar officer? Song Youliang's telescope appeared in An Ba Lingwu's daxi, "Michelle, do you see that barbarian officer?" Song Youliang grabbed Michelle's telescope and pointed it at Amba Lingwu
"See!" Michelle replied
"I want you to give him a gift with Kofilin!" Song Youliang snorted coldly and said with a smile
"Your Excellency, it is a violation of the rules of engagement to shoot an officer!" Michelle shook her head
"That's not my law of engagement!" Song Youliang said in a rare stern tone: "I order you to shoot at him immediately!" ”
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Michelle stood up straight, saluted Song Youliang, and then ordered the gunner to adjust the gun position, "The distance is 2100 yards ~ 21 degrees in elevation, and the solid bullet ~~~ is fired!" ”
Boom Boom Boom ~ Boom
The cannonball hit the target accurately, the smoke cleared, and Song Youliang was looking through the binoculars, only to see that only a corpse and a wounded war horse were still twitching on the position of Amba Lingwu just now
The Qing soldiers who attacked Luoyuanmen began to retreat while shouting in Manchu, and during this time, they were killed by the artillery of Pan Yuzhu and Michel
"What? cough cough~" When Yue Tuo saw Amba Lingwu's personal soldiers standing in front of him with an iron helmet stained with Amba Lingwu's blood and **, the anger and revenge of the anger rushed straight to the heavenly spirit, and he ordered: ", the whole army attacked Ximen with all its might!" ”
"Uh~cough!" Before he could finish speaking, Yue Tuo coughed violently again, his body staggered, and he almost fell off his horse
"Oh really!" Several pro-soldiers stepped forward to help, but as soon as their hands held Yue Tuo's body, they immediately shrank back like an electric shock, "Ezhen, your face ~ your face!" The soldier looked at Yue Tuo's face in astonishment
"What's wrong with my face?" Yue Tuo reached out to touch it, and he was immediately startled, many rashes appeared on his face, and an ominous premonition enveloped the hearts of the people around him
"Could it be! ~~" Someone muttered under his breath
"Bastard, don't shake the morale of the army!" Yue Tuo raised his head high, "Attack with all your might, don't stop!" ”
"Wow!"
"Fire!" The Franc cannon erected on the earthen wall of the fortress fired in turn, and the heavy solid projectile drew a long arc in the air, and smashed into the thick ground, and the ground hardly withstood the blow, and the iron lead ball was bounced into the air again, and the shell that bounced again was less than 20 meters in front of the Qing army's battle line, and the third time it bounced up from the ground in the air, and the solid ball spun rapidly in the air, plunging into the crowd, smashing the flesh and blood in front of him
The gunner pulled the Franc cannon away from the embrasure, and the two soldiers waiting at the muzzle skillfully replaced the gun, loaded it with a new gun, and pushed it in, and the gunner lit the fuse again
Boom~ Another blazing cannonball whistled out
Michelle at the head of the city was not idle, "Fire!" He shouted in broken Chinese
The shells of Ko Feilin's cannon directly smashed the first two Qing soldiers in cotton armor, and then broke the leg of one person before touching the ground. Immediately after that, it bounced up again more than half a man high. It struck the shield of a Qing soldier solidly, knocking the left half of the soldier's body into pieces along with the shield, and it continued to roll on the ground at high speed with flesh and the remains of the shield, and then broke two human legs before completely losing momentum and stopping. The blood and flesh on it snorted from the heat
However, the lethality caused by solid shells was all straight, and the direct damage caused by the Qing soldiers with a loose line was relatively limited, and a large number of Qing soldiers dodged the ricochet shots of the solid shells of the Franc machine and Ko Feilin, and rushed to a position of more than 50 meters in front of the fort
"Shoot the arrows!" The Qing officers roared, the Qing archers were actually able to shoot arrows in the process of running, a round of arrow rain poured into the air, two or three hundred arrows flew into the fortress, and more than 30 soldiers of the pillar battalion were hit by arrows. Fortunately, the chain mail they wore had a good defensive effect against arrows, and most of the arrows were wounded, and only a few were unfortunately shot in the face and killed on the spot.
"Shotshot~ Franc cannon reloaded shotshot!" Pan Yuzhu hid in the shooting hole behind the wall, shouting loudly to command the gunners
The shells filled with iron filings and iron beads did not fit into the barrel, and were shot out rapidly in an instant, and the Qing soldiers who rushed to the front seemed to be able to see the black curtain formed by the thousands of bullets with the naked eye, and the projectiles rushed into the battle line of the Qing army at a lightning speed. Some of the soldiers in the front row were beaten into meat sauce with helmets and faces. The people who were beaten out of dozens of bloody holes all over their bodies fell down before they even had time to scream. The rest of the rest of the people were also shot into several, dozens, or even dozens of bullets, and even the flesh of their entire hands was scraped off, revealing their bones.
The Qing army had been at war with the Ming Dynasty for many years, and had accumulated some experience in how to reduce casualties caused by firearms. The battle lines when they charged were not very dense, and in order to avoid the killing of firearms, the distance between people was relatively large. However, the fortress guarded by Pan Yuzhu was located at the mouth of the trumpet where the two rivers converged, and the more the Qing soldiers rushed in, the smaller the space. The soldiers would involuntarily gather slowly, and as a result, they would become live targets for Franc and Kofilin
Yue Tuo was not a reckless man after all, and after being tortured by illness and losing his mind, he quickly recovered. Seeing the flesh and blood of the Eight Banners being bombarded, Yue Tuo immediately ordered a retreat. Although it was time to retreat, it was not chaotic at all. At the same time, the city of Jinan also sounded the shouts of "Long live the Ming Dynasty" and "The Ming Dynasty is mighty".
"Dig a deep trench here to cut off the connection between the city and the outside world!" Yue Tuo said: "Once the Southern Barbarians want to break through, you will shoot them back with strong bows and crossbows!" ”
"Wow!"
Yue Tuo reined in the horse's head and came in the direction of the north gate with a group of his own soldiers, where the battle of life and death continued, and Bamitai was using the iron head army to launch a third attack on the north gate.
The "Iron Heads Army" is Nurhachi's proud work, consisting of two parts: one is the "Iron Leader", each person is covered with two layers of iron armor, and the horse is also covered with a layer, which is extremely powerful and invincible. the second is the "ironclad car", the roof of the car is covered with raw cowhide, and it is difficult for arrows and stones to penetrate; It was covered with iron on all sides, and the front was equipped with sharp weapons to strike the city walls; This kind of car can be put up on the ladder and directly hit the high part of the city wall; Each "ironclad cart" also contains "iron heads", which, once close to the city walls, can not only hurt people with bows and crossbows, but also dig the city walls with shovels and dig the bottom of the city walls with large axes.
Feng Guan, the commander of the city, gave an order: "Let go of the stone rolling wood!" Countless stones and rolling logs smashed down from the mouth of the city wall, and then a scream came up, and the blood under the city became a large scarlet
Feng Guan didn't have time to be happy, he looked out towards the moat, and saw that many Tartar soldiers had rushed to the edge of the moat, and hurriedly shouted: "Release the arrows!" The arrows flew out, and the corpses of many Tartars were immediately left on the edge of the trenches
At this time, the Iron Boss Army fully demonstrated its incomparable power, although there were also "Iron Bosses" and "Iron Armored Cars" who were shot by arrows or smashed by stone rolling logs, but the other "Iron Bosses" and "Iron Armored Vehicles" still did not retreat half a step, but pushed forward more ferociously. When these "iron heads", "iron chariots" and a large number of Tartar soldiers crossed the moats and rushed to the corners of the city walls, the firearms in the city could not be hit, and the arrows could not be fired—some of the "iron heads" fired arrows at the city, some dug the city walls, and some of the "iron chariots" set up on the ladders slammed into the city walls
"Ten thousand enemies! 10,000 enemies! Feng Guan roared, ignoring the spikes on the rolling wood, and threw a piece of rolling wood down the city with his own hands, and the rolling wood smashed on the iron-clad car's iron-clad backbone, making a dull ~ bang
Whoa~~ Hundreds of wooden cabinets emitting black smoke fell from the city, and as soon as the veterans of the Qing army saw this thing, they no longer cared about any military law, threw away the weapons in their hands, and ran away. The veterans know that this kind of iron ball is called the thunderbolt cannon poisonous fireball, which is a kind of enemy of 10,000 people, in addition to gunpowder, there are croton, wolf poison, lime, asphalt, arsenic and other substances, when the explosion produces poisonous smoke, the middle person bleeds from the mouth and nose, and the whole body is itchy and does not stop, even scratching the scalp is useless, and finally either suicide or the whole body ulcerates and dies. The Thunderbolt Poison Fireball is so cruel that it shudders to think about being hit by this weapon.
The Qing soldiers who were drilling under the city wall and the ironclad car found it late, but they could not escape, and after inhaling a large amount of poisonous gas and poisonous fragments, the poisoned soldiers were in pain, rolling on the ground and screaming miserably. They threw away their helmets and scratched their faces as hard as they could, but even the blur of flesh and blood could not stop the piercing itch. A soldier who had picked out his left eye had a bloody face, pulled his hair hard, screamed and ran wildly, like a ghost
Bamitai's hand clenching the big sword made a gurgling sound, and his knuckles were white because of the excessive force, and he saw several Ming soldiers carry out a huge stone and smash it on an ironclad car, and with a bang, the ironclad car was smashed flat by hundreds of pounds of stones.
"Next Niulu, rush me!" Bamitai raised his whip and was about to swing it down, when suddenly another whip came out from the side and put his arm against it. "Who?" Bamitai turned his head to look, only to see Yue Tuo looking at him with a grim face
Bamitai thought that Yue Tuo's face was ugly because he was not good at attacking the city, and hurriedly said: "Master, I will go into battle in person~"
"No need!" Yue Tuo shook his head, "Mingjin collects his troops, he won't fight today!" ”
"Wow!"
Bell bell ~~ With the sound of the golden gong, the Qing soldiers everywhere slowly retreated
"Huh~~" Feng Guan hurriedly threw a lit iron pomegranate in his hand out of the wall, and then sat on the steps, "Finally carried a round!" ”