The confusion of the horses gave the Marines a rare opportunity, and while they were out of control, the Marines fired two volleys at them. At such a close distance, two volleys swept away almost all the Manchu cavalry.

"Disband the phalanx!" Huang Zhao shouted loudly, he was worried that after the Manchu cavalry was eliminated, they would soon be attacked by the artillery of the Qing army. In fact, after two rounds of shelling of the fleet in a row, all of them were "ricochet!" We failed to penetrate their armor", the Uzhen Chaoha artillery on Niuzhuang Fort had already begun to turn its guns to the phalanx of the marines. Almost at the same time that Huang Zhao gave the order to disband the phalanx, the batteries on Niuzhuang Fort opened fire on them.

If Huang Zhao and the others were facing the artillery of the Model Army, they might have to pay a considerable price for this round of shelling. Because the artillery on the batteries of the Model Army had been test-fired in the vicinity, even the first round of shooting could ensure a fairly high hit rate, but on the Manchu side, because of the lack of gunpowder, they rarely carried out real live firing, and most of them only conducted air artillery drills during their usual training. As for the test firing, marking the nearby sea areas and regions with grids, and making up firing tables or something, not to mention whether they know this method or not, they know it, and they are afraid that there will not be so much gunpowder to do these things for a while.

The problem with the lack of a prepared shot table was that the hit rate of this round was not high, most of the shells flew off, and only one shell actually made it to the phalanx. But it was this shell that directly knocked over six fighters, four of whom were directly hit, although they were all wearing armor, but in front of the shell, any kind of armor was as weak as a piece of paper. The four fighters were torn apart by the shells almost instantly. Two wounded, one was hit on the upper arm by a small pebble stirred up by the cannonball falling to the ground, although the stone was not big, but it pierced the chain mail on the arm, and a big bloody hole was punched in the arm, although it was not necessarily a serious injury, but it was difficult to continue fighting. There is another one, whose feet were carried by shells, and half of his legs did not know where to go. Now he fell to the ground, rolling and wailing in agony.

"Medic! Medic! Someone shouted loudly. Two medics with medicine boxes on their backs rushed up, held down the soldier with the broken leg, stopped the bleeding with a V-belt, and bandaged the wound with gauze. The setting of medical staff can greatly reduce the mortality rate of soldiers, which can also play a great role in maintaining morale.

The rest of the soldiers quickly dispersed, still in front of the stragglers, and the others following behind.

The artillery of Fort Niuzhuang no longer fired at the fleet, but concentrated their fire on the approaching marines. However, by this time, the Marines had already spread out their formation, so the efficiency of firing with solid shells was not high, and often a salvo could not hit a single person.

"Let the cannon stop and cool down. Get on the shotgun and wait until they're close before you fight. Sauron looked at the effect of the shelling and ordered.

Sauron knew that if he let those Nikans continue to fire like this, he would not be able to kill many enemies, but he would turn his cannon barrels red, and then when he really needed these cannons urgently, they would not be able to fire. In the past, when Sauron was at war with the Ming army, it was common to see them make such mistakes.

The sound of the cannon stopped, and the soldiers of Uzhen Chaoha began to clear the chambers, reload the shotguns, and then raise the muzzles, ready to wait for the enemy to enter the range of the shotguns before firing the guns.

The skirmishers gradually approached about two hundred paces from Niuzhuang Fort, and to Sauron's surprise, they did not take advantage of the temporary cessation of the city's artillery fire to continue on, but stopped at this distance, and then half-knelt down, raised their guns, and aimed at the city.

"What are they doing? How did it stop? Cai Shiying was staring at those stragglers, and when she saw their actions, she couldn't help but ask.

One of his own soldiers said, "Looking at them like that, it looks like they're going to shoot." Master, are you a little behind, in case ......"

When Cai Shiying heard this, he wanted to retreat a little and hide behind the female wall, but when he looked up, he saw Sauron standing at the battlement a hundred steps away, as if he was looking this way, so he changed his words and said, "Let you go. Mother. Fart! The enemy is two hundred paces away from us! So far away, can you hit a shit with a bird's gun? Just listen to it! Don't talk about your master, I, even if an elephant is placed here, they can't hit it! While scolding, Cai Shiying simply followed Sauron's example and stood at the battlement, stepped on it, looked down, smiled, but was about to open his mouth to laugh at the Haikou below. But he saw a cloud of white smoke rising from below.

"These southern barbarians really shoot so far away!" Cai Shiying was taken aback, and was about to laugh again, but he felt as if his chest had been smashed hard by a big hammer, and a mouthful of blood spurted out as soon as his mouth was sweet.

"It's ...... Can you really hit ......" Cai Shiying's body was weak, and he fell directly from the city.

At the same time that Cai Shiying was hit, Sauron was also fired in a volley of more than a dozen rifled guns. Their armor is so conspicuous that they can be seen as high-ranking officers at a glance, and their location is particularly conspicuous, so it naturally becomes a magnet to attract bullets. Like Cai Shiying, Sauron didn't expect the rifled guns in the hands of the marines to shoot so far, and he was also hit by several bullets, the only difference is that Cai Shiying fell headlong outside the city wall and fell directly into a meatloaf, while Sauron fell on the head of the city and did not fall to his death. However, in this era, with two or three buckshot shots in the chest, there is basically no chance of survival. Although Sauron did not die immediately because of his strong body, he was already clearly unable to do so. His subordinates gathered around him, and Sauron tried to speak, but as soon as his mouth opened, blood kept pouring out of it, and he couldn't say anything. He reluctantly tried to raise his hand, but this last effort cost him his life. Sauron's throat gurgled at the sound of a shout, and his eyes widened to death.

Naboo, Solon's deputy, took command. It's just that at this time, there was already chaos in the army. After Cai Shiying's death, those frightened Wuzhen Chaoha fired wildly. They didn't care whether it was a shotgun or a solid cannonball in the barrel, and they didn't care about aiming at all, they just fired hard, as if the rumbling sound of the cannon could help them drive away the fear in their hearts. Of course, the shells fired in this way are not a threat, and the marines under the city can even see their shelling as fireworks. As for those Eight Banner soldiers, they don't know what to do now. The enemy was too far away for a bow or arrow to shoot at them, but their bullets could reach the people in the city. So now they can only hide behind the women's wall and curse through gritted teeth.

At this time, the fleet had also approached from the flank to a place only more than 400 meters away from Niuzhuang Fort, Shi Lang had all the 18-pounder guns on the upper deck of the "Fuyuan" loaded with shrapnel to suppress the fire on the city wall, and the 24-pounder guns on the lower gun deck were used to bombard the overly vertical wall of Niuzhuang Fort. Niuzhuang Fort was in chaos at this time, and those Wu Zhenchaoha, who were firing cannons indiscriminately, didn't notice the approaching warships at all, and still shot indiscriminately in the direction of the landing team.

"You said that if we suddenly withdraw our troops, will those guys also make up a 'big victory'? Just like the bunch of great victories of the Guan Ning Army? I don't know why, such a strange question suddenly popped up in Shi Lang's mind.

"The enemy army was in disarray and was suppressed. They seem to have forgotten about us. Shi Lang looked at the other side and ordered: "Slow down, break down!" Get ready to fire! ”

According to the original plan, although the fleet would reduce its speed at this time, there was no such thing as anchoring and stopping the ship. But at this time, Shi Lang felt that due to the confusion, it was almost difficult for the enemy army to launch a counterattack that was too threatening. And firing a cannon while sailing will greatly affect the accuracy. In order to ensure the quality of the strike, Shi Lang gave the order to stop the ship and anchor. There has been controversy in the history of later generations about this order, and some people believe that Shi Lang was able to seize the fleeting fighter plane, although he took a little risk, but compared to the results they achieved, it was already insignificant.

The situation was indeed as Shi Lang judged, and the attention of the people in the city was all attracted by the stragglers, and they didn't even notice too much that the warship of the "Haikou" was already approaching. It wasn't until the three warships began their salvo that they understood.

The shrapnel first flew upwards, then swooped down, exploding in mid-air, dropping thousands of shotguns at the city. Immediately, a large part of the Qing army that was still on the city wall was defeated. Perhaps because of the anchoring, the sway of the ship was effectively reduced, so the effect of this round of shooting was quite good. Judging from the materials counted after the capture of Niuzhuang Fort, the fleet's two salvos killed more than 400 real and false Tartars.

However, this was not the most fatal blow to Niuzhuang Fort, the most deadly thing was the shells fired from the 24-pounder gun. These shells constantly fell on the walls. The walls of Niuzhuang Fort were so vertical that when a cannonball hit the wall, it only took one or two shots to hit the wall, and the walls collapsed in large pieces.

Now the firepower of Niuzhuang Fort is completely suppressed, and no one dares to go there under the threat of shrapnel and fiddle with artillery. Therefore, the fleet can safely and boldly park its ships at a distance of only 400 meters from the opponent, and keep firing at them.

Under such shelling, more and more cracks began to appear in the walls of Niuzhuang Fort, and in some places the walls simply began to collapse. If this continues, it won't be long before the wall between the Model Army and the enemy army will collapse in a large area, and the chances of capturing Niuzhuang Fort will become bigger and bigger.

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