COSPLAY FROM THE UPSTAIRS OF YUEYANG, AN OLD CADRE WHO HAS LEFT A NAME FOR ETERNITY, A COLLECTION OF SCHOLARS, POLITICIANS, AND FAMOUS GENERALS, AND ZHOU HUAIAN, WHO IS REALLY IN A HAPPY MOOD AFTER PRETENDING TO COME BACK; As soon as I returned to the position where the Chinese army was, I saw that the traces of the original short battle had been basically cleared.

Obviously, with the completion of the continuous control of key points and the suppression of most parts of the city, the Taiping army became fully staffed. And there are also people in the surrounding cities who are watching, and the new weapon that has been put into battle for the first time today.

"It's a sharp baby. It's like thunder when you use it."

The newly transferred team of the fire throwing team is Chen Nian, as if he is caressing his beloved son, and boasting to the soldiers of other departments who are amazed left and right.

"As long as you have enough medicine and a little fire, even if those yellow heads are fierce, they will be crushed."

"Of course, if you don't get hurt on this thing. You'll have to learn a lot of things. ”

"Not only do you have to have a basic foundation in quick calculation, but you also have to learn some calendars, public opinion, and measurement skills. Otherwise, it will be far from the same. ”

"Well, this is really an amazing skill and means."

Suddenly, someone laughed loudly and exclaimed.

"Isn't this the head of the tube asking the thunder and lightning mother in the sky, the magic weapon borrowed from the mortal dust."

Obviously, some simple and ignorant concepts are not so easy to be reversed and corrected immediately through the means of enlightenment and education in the army.

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but smile slightly.

The weapons that have just come in handy in counter-raid battles are the latest batch of front-loading cannons that have been rolled and forged by hydraulic machine tools and polished with thick bowl mouths. In order to take into account the needs of cost saving, strength and weight reduction in materials, the composite design of iron-bore heat-sleeved copper tires is adopted to make full use of the thermal elasticity and ductility of bronze and the wear resistance of hard cast iron.

Therefore, it is completely possible to use the inner diameter of an inch and a half, within the safety threshold, to launch a prefabricated pig iron projectile weighing two to three kilograms, or a large-particle lead-iron scatter projectile weighing twice and a half. The ammunition is made of flammable coarse silk soaked in nitrate, and the projectiles and gunpowder particles are fixed separately, and there are also cloth bags with different length markings and extended leads.

In this way, you can directly select several sub-packs according to different charges. Because it is a relatively short and small barrel, it will not be much slower than the future development of the rear gun when it is reloaded. This batch of newly made small cannons has been accumulated in small batches in the exclusive workshop, and a total of more than 100 pieces have been produced.

But about 30% of them are eliminated because they do not meet the standards and need to be re-melted; Therefore, in the end, it was evenly spread on the finished product, and each body was made of 12 catties of tin, 7 catties of lead, 35 catties of copper, 55 catties of raw cast iron, and 11 catties of white forged steel; Coupled with other replacement components, the cost of materials and labor has reached seventy or eighty yuan, which is about a batch cost of more than 70,000 yuan.

A total of 86 qualified products were brought out in this battle. Among them, in addition to the six directly attached to the regiment; The other 80 bodies were organized into two brigades (6 squadrons/24 squadrons/80 artillery groups and 20 baggage auxiliary groups) in the sequence of fire throwing teams, with three to five people as an operation team, together with logistics support personnel.

Of course, this kind of thing is improved and upgraded from the big trolls that originally hit live targets, and it is said that it is a small cannon, but it is actually more like a large-caliber lifting gun suitable for shooting scattered bullets. You can even sacrifice range, accuracy, and future service life when needed, and you can just add a hardwood pallet to help push it in front of the ammo pack.

The optimal killing range of the specific scattering is about ten to twenty steps, and the coverage of the projectile is greatly reduced, and the penetration and clear force gradually disappear in the distance, and only the kinetic inertia that smashes people's heads and blood flow is left. And if it is replaced by other physical projectiles with larger shapes, the killing distance can probably be further extended.

Therefore, it was just a fairly primitive infantry support firearm; In terms of the standards of some kind of moon kitchen and related book lovers, it is just the most tabula rasa of non-star treasures; Only after the mass-produced propellant and explosives technology tree is pointed out, and the corresponding production capacity of flowering shells, cannon steel, and bump fuses is formed, can it be upgraded to the so-called military-level and city-level treasures.

Therefore, like other firearms and equipment, these small cannons are also one of the important cards and killer weapons prepared for this operation to aid Gangneung; As long as special fixing frames and expansion equipment are installed, even at the expense of the gun body, directional destruction operations can be carried out.

Normally, it is mounted on a rigid small gun carriage with iron-clad wooden wheels to carry out the basic maneuver that accompanies the infantry team; or in the case of rough terrain, the cannon frame is divided into four parts, and carried by two soldiers to walk, or a single mule and horse carry the march; On the other hand, on normal roads or flat open areas with relatively hard ground, they can be fixed to some reinforced carts and accompany the cavalry and mounted infantry for rapid maneuvers.

When stationed, you can add wooden cards and hand cards as temporary shields, or build earth bags and breastwall as cover, and temporarily arrange them into corresponding warning gun positions to provide initial fire support and suppression; It can be regarded as an initial model with good simplicity and versatility under various conditions of practice.

The main reason is that the current laminated spring steel process is not enough to pass, and the only production capacity is used to manufacture vehicles and strong crossbow parts; Otherwise, you can try a retractable gun rack. This preliminary product was also named by Zhou Huai'an as the "Defeating the Enemy" series of small cannons.

It's just that there is no chance of handy along the way. Therefore, it was hidden in the snow until the moment when he entered Yuezhou City, and he was able to test the water for the first time on the battlefield; In this process, some flaws and deficiencies in details were also exposed;

For example, no matter how skilled you are in training and grinding in the details, there are still people who will make mistakes in a hurry after encountering a real enemy; For example, before the enemy has entered the optimal killing distance and range, they have already begun to impatiently trigger artillery bombardments, and some people nervously make mistakes to pack the scattered shells of fan killing into linear balls.

Fortunately, the final lethal effect and power were still passable, and it also deterred and intimidated those loyal soldiers who disguised themselves and attacked secretly, and caused them to stagnate and chaos for a moment; This did not turn this sneak attack and counter-ambush into another unpredictable track.

However, despite this, among the statistics that summarize the results after the fact, it is quite impressive and slightly heavy. As the price of cleaning up these scattered loyal troops in the city, even if there is the initiative of local residents to help and cooperate; It still allowed the rebels to pay nearly 2,000 casualties in the obvious advantage and upper hand of the subsequent street fighting.

In terms of the number of casualties, it has far exceeded the losses in the battle in the town of Tanzhou, and it is the first time that there have been far fewer wounded than killed.

Because, the remnants of these loyal soldiers are quite experienced and deadly; Even in the disadvantage, he is not only fierce to the enemy, but also more ruthless to his own people; In desperation, they are often willing to endure more pain and hurt in order to achieve the result of dying with the enemy.

In contrast, these new and old rebel soldiers are inevitably a little timid and difficult to go all out, but they are also dragged down and interfered by the local people who have no courage and lack of experience and skills, and it is inconvenient to project weapons.

On the other hand, it is the conclusion of the report delivered at the after-the-fact reflection and summary meeting, and it is that these loyal soldiers are obviously more robust and skillful; Therefore, in terms of physical strength and endurance, it is more durable than the relatively uneven rebels.

Therefore, after the opponent occupies the building to block the bow and crossbow and other long-range killing methods, the rebels often have to rotate two or three batches of manpower before they can take down the exhausted opponent; It wasn't until the follow-up injection of fire pots and poisonous smoke balls that the situation improved, but there were still examples of righteous soldiers who were killed by the opponent or rushed out of the encirclement because of their exhaustion of combat effectiveness.

Therefore, although it was easy to clean up the enemy after the battle, the casualties who survived the battlefield were basically seriously injured, and the proportion of minor injuries was very small, which was basically caused by accidents or indirect factors outside the battle.

However, since Yueyang City, as the water and land hub connecting the Yangtze River, the Han River, and the Xiangjiang River in Dongting Lake, has been preliminarily taken, it means that the existing siege of Jiangling is not far away; is the so-called reason that the soldiers are fast and take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, Zhou Huaian still understands.

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And outside the northwest gate of Yueyang City, which had just been opened a gap, Zhou Yanling, the commander of the loyal army, was also in a hurry, and fled with dozens of only remaining cronies. Although the first moment he found out that the city was under attack by the enemy, he had people shout and call the loyal warriors in the city and gather them to the enemy.

However, he apparently overestimated the appeal of his own loyal warriors who were brute force in robbery and plunder; In the end, only half of Fei Huangdu, who he directly led, and another captain, Pang Cong, were able to converge and work together to put together four or five hundred people;

As for the other loyal warriors who were not as good as the correspondingly, they were all divided and cut off in various parts of the city by virtue of the advantage of numbers, and they showed a tendency to be broken by each one.

Although relying on these four or five hundred loyal soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, he can choose to retire from Baozi City to refuse to wait for reinforcements, or go out to fight outside Guo Rampage to intersperse and attack, and receive and gather those scattered soldiers;

However, the sharp turn of events was far beyond his expectations, and the men and horses led by Zhou Yanling were actually blocked by several groups of grass thieves one after another, with firearms and crossbow arches fired from the base, and then retreated;

And in this kind of chaotic war, even if they have 100% certainty of the battle formation kung fu and experienced skills on weekdays, at the moment they are hungry and thirsty and exhausted due to lack of food and weapons, they will not be able to exert three or four points; But he can only rely on his personal ferocity and endure the battle to persevere in the downwind.

Although after the final fierce attack and killing, he still broke through the defense line arranged and assembled by several grass thieves, but more than half of the loyal soldiers under his command were there, and they were separated from the other captain Pang Cong's headquarters in the melee.

At this moment, Zhou Yanling was a little uneasy and hesitant. Compared to Jin Hui, who was about to make a turn for the better, or several other leading captains who had lost or were lost in the chaotic battle; As the adopted son of Zhou Qi, who was released to lead the troops, he undoubtedly knows how to be more flexible and spare his life.

Especially after seeing the whole city in an uproar, some men, women, and children took firewood knives, fork handles, and slightly sticks, and joined the momentum of the grass thieves besieging the officers and soldiers; He knew that he could not do anything at the moment, and he could only quickly turn in.

And as the loyal army of the Northern Elite Army, in the battle with various rebel towns and thieves, the ability to judge the situation and turn the wind in time is also unique. It is the basic principle that if you want to outrun the enemy, you must run faster and more decisively than the enemy.

It is because although they are known for their fierceness and good fighting, they have a great reputation for being immovable and towering like a mountain. However, it is always the key to being able to survive the siege of those grass thieves or rebels who have the upper hand and the upper hand, and repeatedly leave behind the desperate allies and close neighbors, and successfully pass in and out to preserve most of the strength.

At least he left most of his troops and fled back, although he would inevitably be punished or even punished by military law, but at least he could save the next life and start over, which was much better than leaving his life and future here.

Moreover, if he can bring the news of Yueyang's attack by the army of grass thieves back to the camp of Liu Jurong, the envoy of Shannan Jiedu, he will undoubtedly be able to make up for it to some extent; And then use this to fill in some people to continue to make war achievements, then even if he returns to Xuzhou in the future, it will be better.

He ran all the way along the official road on the shore of Dongting Lake but was no longer hindered, which also made his suspenseful eyes slowly fall down. It was not until he came across a post station that he ordered to stop and rest for a while, and to collect some useful things nearby;

At this moment, a shrill horn suddenly sounded on the road not far away, and many cavalry galloping smoke and dust billowed in; Zhou Yanling, who had a dry mouth and a cleft lip, couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and then turned into some kind of surprise. Looking at the direction of the other party's coming, could it be that Liu Jieshuai, who attacked Jiangling, sent the cavalry to follow-up.

It was only after a while that this surprise turned into a stream of biting ice water poured down completely, because these "official horses" did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, but rushed towards their remnants; There were also several skull-like objects hanging from their saddles.

"Formation,"

Sang Zi's hoarse Zhou Yanling only came to shout half a sentence, and was rushed into the post station by these horsemen with spears and knives, and kicked and cut down those Feihuang Du soldiers who tried to block them.

(End of chapter)