When the Qing army attacked Nanyang, although the artillery of the Qing army was also cast with the help of Xiyi in Beijing, Kong Youde still felt a little powerless when facing the artillery of the Ming army.

At that time, the artillery of the Qing army was not lost to the Ming Dynasty, but now there is a big gap.

Dolgon used fine work to steal the drawings of casting cannons and casting guns from the Ming Dynasty, and asked Xiyi Tang Ruowang and others who stayed in Beijing to help cast, but the process of smelting and forging requires the accumulation of craftsmen, and the need for iron smelting, selection of carbon, casting and other lines have been improved, not to find a few Xiyi, get the drawings can be made.

It took nearly seven or eight years for Wang Yan to invest countless silver coins to make the entire smelting and forging industry develop.

Listening to Kong Youde's words, Dolgon, Doni and other generals next to him couldn't help but take back their eyes on the battlefield, Dolgon's clairvoyant mirror looked at the Ming army's earthen wall, and saw that there were many guns on it, only small cannons, and no big guys like red-coated cannons, so he said: "Or the red-coated cannons are inconvenient to carry, and the Ming army did not plan to attack Luoyang, so they did not come in time!" ”

Doni and the others didn't speak, but Kong Youde frowned and said: "The Ming army doesn't need to be transported from Jiangnan, there are at least fifty gates on Nanyang City, and it is impossible for the king not to bring a few!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals suddenly saw clouds of white smoke rising from the mountainside behind the Ming army camp, followed by "boom, boom, boom"

The sound of cannon fire came.

Dozens of shells shot directly at the Qing army's artillery array from the mountainside, but as soon as these shells flew over the Ming army camp, a few of them suddenly exploded directly in the sky, like a dry thunder.

This surprised the Qing army, they didn't understand what the Ming army was doing, they only saw nearly fifty shells flying and exploding, and only half was left in an instant, but when the remaining half fell into the Qing army's artillery array, Dolgon and others in the back were immediately stunned.

On the artillery array of the Qing army, hundreds of gunners who were erecting artillery felt an earth-shaking force coming, and almost at the same moment, a huge explosion sounded like a thunderbolt overhead, exploding beside them.

The huge red cannons were all overturned, and the soldiers who were blown away and fell to the ground felt the dust crackle and fall like rain, smashing on their bodies.

The commander of the artillery team of the Qing army lay five or six paces away from an artillery, his body convulsed, his face was covered with blood, and there were large strands of vomiting blood in his mouth.

Around him, the Qing gunners arrived on the ground, all wailing and groaning, some were even dead, and almost none of them could stand up.

The entire artillery array of the Qing army was in a mess, and many of the newly erected guns were blown out of their running positions, and some heavy artillery even broke away from the gun carriage and fell to the ground.

The air was filled with a breath of gunsmoke, and the Qing gunners, who had not been affected, looked around blankly, and only came back to their senses after half a sound, but they did not return fire with artillery.

"Quick, shoot back!" The commander of the Ming and Qing Dynasty suddenly roared.

The gap between the red-coated cannons was very long, and if they did not take advantage of the opportunity of the Ming army to reload their ammunition, they quickly returned fire and destroyed the Ming army's artillery array.

At this time, in the artillery array of the Ming army on the mountainside, fifty red-coated cannons were lined up in turn, they had already calculated the distance, and the Qing artillery could not hit them, so the gunners were calm.

Two years ago, Wang Yan asked the Ministry of Industry School to improve the flowering bombs of the Ming Dynasty, but half of the 50 bombs exploded ahead of schedule without hitting the Qing army's artillery array, which was somewhat unsatisfactory.

"Commander, do you want to continue to use the flowering bomb?" The artillery sergeant asked.

Chen Yujie put down the clairvoyant mirror, the Qing army's artillery array was filled with gunsmoke, he only saw half of the flowering shells, which exploded on the road, and did not see the tragic situation of the Qing army's artillery array.

"Half of it was replaced with solid bullets, and half of it was continued with flowering bullets, leaving the lead longer."

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately loaded, and some gunners twisted the wooden stoppers on the flowering shells, and the Ming army wrapped the lead around the wooden stopper, choosing how long the lead to leave according to the distance.

This method is still very rudimentary and imprecise, and the Ministry of Engineering Academy has begun to study it, and it has not yet succeeded in hitting the flowering bullet that triggers the explosion.

The artillery of the Qing army, although many people were stunned and didn't know what had just happened, but the general shouted, and the rest of the people still woke up like a dream. The Qing gunner, who did not die, immediately adjusted the direction, and a Qing soldier in charge of distance measurement knelt on one knee, or even one hand, raised his thumb to face the Ming army's artillery position on the mountainside, he stroked twice, but suddenly turned around and shouted: "General, not within the effective firing range!" ”

The general manager was stunned for a while, "Then bang the wall!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, more than ten cannons began to roar in turn, bombarding the wall of the Ming army, and immediately splashed sand and stones, and the wall collapsed.

However, as soon as the Qing army fired a round of artillery, a burst of white smoke rose from the mountainside in the distance, and the sound of "boom boom" artillery came, and the shells of the Ming army whistled again.

"Go back!" Seeing this, the commander suddenly roared, and the Qing troops on the artillery array remembered the horror of Fang Cai, and immediately rushed back, but after running a few steps, the sound of explosion and thunder sounded again, and the fleeing Qing troops were blown up and fell forward one after another, falling heavily to the ground.

The big commander, running in front, he only felt that his head hurt, his ears were buzzing, and he vaguely heard the screams, and when he got up, he looked at the Qing gunners behind him, and there were few people left.

At this time, Dolgon, who was in the rear, had a somewhat sickly white face, which had turned purple. Two rounds of shelling, the time is very short, he watched the Ming army's shells into the Qing army's artillery array, some of them hit the ground and exploded, and some of them bounced a few times before they exploded, no matter how they were fried, anyway, a bomb was a piece, and the dust and gravel raised could fly several feet high, and he even saw several Qing soldiers being blown up, and their limbs were torn apart.

This kind of shell, Dolgon seems to be familiar, it seems to be the flowering bomb of the Ming Dynasty, during the Ningyuan War, the Ming army used it, but how can the flowering bomb have such power? And the probability of flowering is so high, how is this possible?

The artillery of the Qing army was completely in chaos, even if there were still people who continued to bombard the Ming army camp, but the scale was already a lot worse than what Dolgon wanted, and it could not cause too much damage to the Ming army's defense line.

The generals beside Dolgon were all silent, and they were also shocked by the artillery of the Ming army, is this still artillery? This is clearly the divine thunder in the sky!

The generals of the Qing army were shocked, but Meng Qiaofang on the side was a little better, and Jin Guo also invested a lot in the research of equipment, unlike Qingguang who wanted to steal from the Ming Dynasty.

In the first battle of Hexi, Jin Guo used a stone thrower, projected a large number of earth-shaking thunder and 10,000 enemies, the effect was remarkable, and later the Jin State court, then ordered the Ministry of Industry to improve a large number of earth-shaking thunder, ready to use a stone thrower to throw, in fact, in principle, it is similar to the Ming army's artillery, but the Ming army is the artillery to hit far, and the Jin country uses a stone-throwing machine to throw close.

They all beat out a firearm that can explode, but this comparison, the advantages and disadvantages come out, Meng Qiaofang felt that Jin Guo might have gone astray.

The Ming Dynasty was an important period in Chinese history in which the army was gradually modernized and weapons were transformed from cold weapons to hot weapons.

This process was originally interrupted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the military of the Ming Dynasty would stay in the era of pre-heat weapons, but now the Ming army is evolving into the era of medium heat weapons.

At the same time, at this time, the armies of the West were also changing, and there were several important changes, the armies of various countries began to adopt flintlock muskets, which were more convenient and reliable to fire, and the bayonet appeared instead of the spear as the essential weapon of musketeers.

In addition, Gustav invented the field cannon drawn by pack horses and the fully mounted mounted artillery, which greatly increased the flexibility of artillery and allowed it to participate in field battles, and thus evolved the tactics of infantry and cavalry artillery to fight together.

These changes were also carried out in the Ming Dynasty, and the self-made fire gun became the main weapon of the Ming army, the gun thorn has long existed, and the bronze cannon dragged by the war horse has also been made.

The military changes of the Ming Dynasty are continuing, and it is not just the above points, this flowering technology is one of them, and it surpasses the West.

Dolgon originally wanted to smash the wall of the Ming army and then launch a large army attack, but the Qing army's artillery battle was completely at a disadvantage, and the artillery array was completely suppressed by the Ming army's artillery, and it could not exert its strength.

Kong Youde has never encountered this situation, "Regent, if the Ming army has a lot of shells, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to get close to the Ming camp!" How is this good! ”

All the generals are silent, they have fought for many years, they rarely encounter the same situation, this shell falls into the crowd, it will definitely overturn, how can this be done?

Dolgon had a headache and was silent for a while, he couldn't sit still, he had to attack.

"This king sees that although the Ming army's artillery is powerful, there are not many red-clothed cannons in the Ming army after all, and the artillery gap is long, so that all departments can spread out and attack the Ming camp, so that the damage can be reduced!"

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