Chapter Seventy-Six: The Six-Pounder Cannon That Dropped the Chain
In Goxinga's impression, the Napoleon gun has always been the pinnacle of breech artillery, so Goxinga has always felt that the six-pounder gun with a smaller caliber is better than the twelve-pounder gun in his hand, just because the six-pounder gun has the reputation of Little Napoleon.
In his previous life, Goxinga was mainly obsessed with weapon manufacturing, and most of the time he passed by the history and specific performance of weapons, so there were many details that he did not know. For example, during the Civil War, there was a general in the Southern Army who commented on the little Napoleonic cannon...... Even so, it made a great contribution in the early days of the war, at least it taught the gunners how to fire artillery......"
After the advent of the rifled gun, the firing range of the musket has been greatly improved, from 50 meters away to 400 meters of precision strikes, and the maximum range is more than 600 meters. This embarrassed the artillery, which had a relatively small charge, and whose range was about the same as that of a rifle. At a distance of 600 meters, they can only rely on solid spherical bullets to defeat the enemy, and all other bullets are blind, and they have to fight under enemy fire. Even if the breech gun reloads slowly, it is faster than the artillery, and the infantry will certainly fire a cluster suppression fire on the artillery. So in the era of real rifled guns, breech guns of single-digit caliber have become waste. Only the charge of a gun above twelve pounder was enough to suppress the firing range of rifled guns, so the French would equip the whole army with light twelve-pounder guns, so it was the Great Napoleon that shone in the Civil War.
Goxinga always remembered the figure of the six-pounder gun, so he never doubted the little Napoleon cannon in his hand. However, his memory was still a little wrong, and he forgot the six-pounder gun in his memory, which had a resounding name - the Armstrong cannon. The breech-loading rifled gun definitely has the firing range of suppressing rifled guns.
There is also a misunderstanding that the little Napoleonic cannon has never been exposed, that is, after several battles, no bullet has ever hit the artillery position. The Taiping army was completely powerless to fight back because of the uneven firepower and the fact that it had to be suppressed by the rifle fire of the Qing army. On the side of the Qing army, only Huang Daping from the deserted village came to fight against the little Napoleon cannon in the first battle. At that time, Goxinga was surrounded by a sea of people, and he couldn't hit anyone, so he didn't have a chance to fire at the artillery in a cluster. Moreover, Goxinga has always attached importance to the effective firing distance of 100 to 400 meters, and does not pay attention to long-range strikes, which is also one of the reasons. In addition, the rifles of the Qing army were also cobbled together by Guo Xing'a, with different rifling depths, and the maximum firing range was more than 500 meters, and the threat to artillery from more than 600 meters away was not great.
Today's opponent is the Enfield M1853 with a range of one kilometer, and Goxinga even saw the Taiping army adjusting the ruler before firing through the telescope, and the little Napoleon gun was naturally not spared. Moreover, although the power of the little Napoleon gun has decreased a lot, in terms of the length and weight of the gun body, it is not much smaller than the twelve-pound Napoleon. As soon as the battle is over, these small cannons and the antiques on the city will be melted immediately, and they must be upgraded to twelve-pounder cannons.
"Push the two big ones down, and solve it quickly!" Guo Xinga felt that the artillery was killed by a rifle, which was really more humiliating than being killed by a bayonet.
Kong Zhen led people to move two twelve-pounder cannons down, and this time they had pulled enough distance and retreated to the bottom of the drum tower before aiming at the city gate hole. The trapped beast-like Taiping army did not fight back again, they had already seen the cannon thousands of kilometers away through the two-story doorway, this time it was too far away, they had no chance. Bob, the captain of the foreigners, who drank heavily, smoked opium, and played with women all day, sorted out his military uniform, and then began to shake hands with the soldiers around him one by one, paying them high respect. Then he made a cross on his chest and began his final prayer. The soldiers also hugged each other and began their final prayers.
After a long time, they did not hear the sound of cannons, and just as they were puzzled, several figures suddenly flew down from the city, followed by countless * thrown in from multiple angles. The chaos and roar caused by the explosion continued to echo in the city gate, and the remnants of more than 200 Taiping troops could not open their eyes for a while, and when they were relieved, dozens of special combat personnel had already blocked the city gate. Six rounds of ammunition for the revolver, two * twelve rounds, and eighteen rounds of ammunition each were fired in the shortest possible time. The incessant roar, as if someone had lit a firecracker in an iron bucket. Even the Taiping army, which was not killed, was dizzy by the loud noise and lost the ability to resist.
After the special combat team ran out of bullets, the assault company that had just fallen from the city was dressed in heavy armor, and rushed into the hole in the city gate that was already full of flesh and blood. The already spacious city gate was filled with corpses, and the remnants of the soldiers had too little room to maneuver, and they could only use bayonets to deal with the heavily armored Qing army. The cotton armor is lined with copper sheets, and it is difficult to split it with an axe, let alone a bayonet.
Guo Xing'a sat in the main city tower, and from time to time there was a sound from the butcher's shop under his feet. The sound of the blade slashing into the flesh, the sound of metal slashing into the bone and pulling out, although the picture could not be seen, the muscles on Goxinga's face were still twisted.
Just now, the special combat team took advantage of the desperation of the Taiping army and secretly sneaked down the city wall, close to the city gate hole, and then several people jumped from the city to distract the Taiping army's attention, and the main force threw hundreds of * into the city gate at once, and continued to fire with intensive firepower. As soon as the gunfire stopped, the assault company took over and used hand-to-hand combat to eliminate the remnants of the enemy. The tacit cooperation of all departments can be regarded as a relatively qualified small-scale special operation.
But Guo Xing'a was not happy at all, the reason why he played such a hand was not Guo Xing'a's intention, it was entirely because the artillery dropped the chain again. Kong Zhen aimed near the drum tower for a long time, and the answer to Guo Xing'a was actually inaccurate. The error of the twelve-pounder* cannon was about a little more than five meters, and Kong Zhen was not confident that the shell would accurately pass through the city gate, and it was very likely that it would hit the battlements of the city gate. Guo Xing'a, who had no choice, could only let the special operations team go out, and he really didn't dare to test the ability of the artillery to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps. If the artillery demolishes the inner urn city, not to mention their own people on the head of the city, what should Huang Daping do if he enters the city from other directions, and the inner and outer urn city fortresses of Guoxing'a will be reduced by half immediately, which is too cost-effective.
"Please take a look!" Chengtai also took people to chop meat underneath, and Changlu had already taken a complete set of sorted Taiping army equipment and handed it to Guo Xing'a.
The shabby thing of military straw shoes can be thrown directly, but the weapons and equipment make Guo Xing'a love it. Needless to say, the Enfield rifle was extremely sophisticated. Not to mention anything else, none of the rifles before the Qing army had a ruler. The Enfield captured by Goxinga is brand new because the ruler is broken, and the guns of the Taiping Army below have their own rulers. There is nothing to say about the bayonet process, and the batch of things that Guo Xing'a built himself will break a few when he is free, and these bayonets will be fine if they bounce back when they stab the cotton armor.
In addition to guns, the most emotional thing for Guo Xinga is the armed belt, and Guo Xinga, who only loves to play with guns, has never paid attention to these details. Therefore, the armed belt used by the Qing army now is made of rags according to the costume of the Eight Roads during the Anti-Japanese War, and it is always used in disharmony. Now that I have seen the original version, I know how wrong I am. The eight roads are made with the 38 big cover and Hanyang, there is no * this said, the Qing army's front gun can be a bunch of fragments. This set of white armed belts and the Qing army's moon white livery is quite matching, the right side hangs a leather ammunition box, with a capacity of 30 rounds, and the * box is in the chest two belts crossed, after the soldier's right hand is loaded, and then go to the chest to take it*, which is very convenient.
Backpacks and other things are also good, if it is Guoxinga who has just crossed over, these things do not treat these things as garbage, but also as antiques. But now Guo Xing'a, who has suffered enough, looks at these things, and has no mouth to say yes. After all, there is no toilet paper to go to the toilet, and it is of course good to have a leather backpack.
Guo Xinga took out a bullet and wanted to try it with a shot, but as soon as he reloaded, he realized that he was wrong again. Before the Qing army, the ammunition was to use white paper to roll the conical cylindrical warhead and * into a roll. When loading, * is poured into the barrel, and the bullet is wrapped in paper and stuffed into it. Often, too much paper is stuffed in, and the chamber of the gun has to be cleaned after a few shots. And this standard ammunition, the paper tube is divided into two parts, one part is *, and the other part is the warhead, but the warhead is inward. When loading, after pouring *, directly adjust the direction, the warhead just sits on the muzzle with a small amount of paper at the bottom, tear off the waste paper on the top, and the warhead can be compacted and fired. It is much easier to clean, and it greatly reduces the generation of unnecessary residue in the chamber.
"Fuquan, you take people there, you must clean it up, and pick up every gun and every part. Take this ammunition and show it to Xishou and them, and we will do the same in the future. Guo Xing's nose was sour, tears were about to fall, and there was a feeling that he was finally going to boil it out.
Guo Xing'a was suddenly a little sad, although happiness came suddenly, but at the same time it brought him sorrow. He has more than a thousand good rifles, but it's a pity that he doesn't have that many people who use them. The infantry battalion had less than four hundred men, and even if you count the supply company, you can't even use half of the rifles. Cavalry and assault companies still need to use *, and assault companies and medical platoons still need to use revolvers for guard squads, and Enfield is not suitable for them. Having money and no place to spend it is the biggest pain in life!
Kong Zhen hung his head and pulled a few artillery pieces back to the front line of the city, and today the artillery lost all the people of his life. Although most of the big guys talked about the rifles of the Taiping Army along the way, Kong Zhen always felt that someone was pointing at him and pointing at his cannon.
"Enemy attack!" The vigilant soldier suddenly shouted.
The vigilant suona sound of "drip, answer, answer......" also sounded in the city.
In addition to leaving the supply company to clean up the battlefield, Guo Xing'a turned all his attention to the Taiping army outside the city. The main body of the inner and outer urn city had been cleaned, and the soldiers grabbed their tongues in the pile of dead people who wanted to pretend to be dead, and carefully identified each corpse. found Yang Benming, the coach of the Taiping Army, who had only half of his head left, and Bob, the captain of the foreign gun team who was beaten into a sieve, but still did not find Huang Daping.
Guo Xing'a can once again confirm that the person who attacked the city outside the city was his old opponent Huang Daping.