Chapter 212: Bombardment of the Enemy Camp

Under the guidance of Murong Yu, a local, the night raiding team interspersed and advanced through the dark barren mountains and forests, and rushed with difficulty towards a mountain col two miles northeast of the Manchu camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Carrying fifty mortars, a thousand shells, and fifty miscellaneous horses carrying these steel lumps, the whole team walked very slowly.

Due to the black lights and the road, although it was a cold night, Murong Yu, who was leading the team in front, was still sweating profusely.

"Fuck! This night walk is really more tiring than sleeping with a red card! Murong Yu teased himself while wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Master Murong! Can't stand it? I'll just say you're not good with this little body. Li Renjun dismissed him disdainfully.

"What, I can't? After this battle, the younger brother will be the east, and a few of our brothers will go to Yihong Courtyard to fight for three hundred rounds! Murong Yu said unconvinced.

"Good! Tell me first, how long will it take? It's been more than half an hour since I came out of the city. Zhang Yang on the side interrupted unceremoniously.

"Almost! It's a quarter of an hour's walk away. Murong Yu looked in the direction of Gu'an and Manchu Daying, and determined where he was now.

"Alright! The heralds were ordered to stop eating and resting, to take cover, and not to make loud noises. Li Renjun also felt a little tired, and immediately ordered the soldiers to stop and rest.

After a short rest of a quarter of an hour, the combined night raid team of the Laizhou Army, consisting of artillery and musketeers, once again embarked on the journey. After more than two quarters of an hour of trekking, the army finally reached the mountain col that Murong Yu had mentioned.

After Li Renjun and Zhang Yang looked around the terrain, they finally decided that muskets would be deployed in front of the col facing north, while the artillery positions would be arranged behind the col.

After deciding on the plan for the deployment of the position, the soldiers, under the command of their respective officers, began to build a tense position.

A quarter of an hour later, the artillerymen finally completed the erection of fifty mortars. In the faint light of fire, fifty mortars raised their hideous muzzles, waiting for the order of revenge.

"Commander-in-Chief Lee! The artillery department has completed the erection of all mortars. Now for the next step! Zhang Yang raised his arm and solemnly gave a military salute to Li Renjun.

"Act as planned! Execute it now! Li Renjun returned a military salute. Although he, like Zhang Yang, is the general position of 100 generals, Li Renjun, as the temporary executive commander of this operation, has the power to command the whole team.

"Yes!" Zhang Yang gave another military salute, and then ran back to the artillery position quickly.

"Gun emplacement No. 1 ready! Prepare for test firing. Zhang Yang ordered the three artillerymen in the first position.

After a few breaths, the commander of the No. 1 cannon replied: "Report to Mr. Zhang Bai, the No. 1 cannon is ready!" ”

"Test firing of the first gun! Observers pay attention to where the shells land! Zhang Yang excitedly gave the order. He believed that this artillery would go down in the annals of the artillery battalion of the Laizhou Army.

"Ready, put!" The cannon commander of the first cannon roared.

"Chirp!" With a flash of fire from the No. 1 gun, a cannonball whistled in the direction of the Manchurian camp with a sharp cracking sound.

A short moment later, there was a "bang" explosion in the distance. The shell landed two feet outside the camp, sending up a cloud of dirt and stones.

"The range is too close, you need to adjust the distance at least a hundred meters!" Reported after observation.

"All of them, at least a hundred meters from a distance!" Zhang Yang also saw through the binoculars that the shells did not fall into the camp of the captives, and immediately gave the order to correct it.

"Gun No. 1 is over!" "Gun No. 2 is over!" "Gun No. 3 is over!" ”……

After half a quarter of an hour, all the gun positions adjusted the firing parameters of their gun positions according to the firing effect of the first test shell.

"All of them! Ready, put! Zhang Yang gave the order for the first salvo of shells with a hoarse voice.

"Chirp, tweet, tweet!" Fifty mortars began the first round of fire almost at the same time, and the dense shells flew through the sky and plunged headlong into the large camp.

"Boom, boom, boom!" All fifty shells were fired into the front half of the Manchurian camp. As the explosions rang out one after another, many of the captives lost their lives in their sleep.

"Good, good fight!" Zhang Yang watched through the binoculars and saw that all the shells had been fired into the Manchurian camp, and he was so excited that he cheered.

"The second round of preparation can be adjusted farther away. The camp is large, so that the enemy can be destroyed as much as possible. Zhang Yang put down the telescope in his hand and said.

As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, the artillerymen on each gun position began to adjust nervously again.

"Chirp, tweet, tweet!" Another round of dense shells screamed again, rumbling into the full camp.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Many shells were lucky enough to land on the tents of the captives, while others happened to land in the clearing.

In this way, the performance of this round of artillery salvo was still very gratifying, and more than 20 tents were tragically hit by shells, which not only harvested the lives of more than 60 captives, but also directly blasted several people out.

"That hateful Laizhou army is here again! Hurry, hurry! Go with Lao Tzu and report to Big Baylor! A Niu Lu Zhang Jing quickly reacted.

Just when Niu Lu Zhangjing went to report to Dai Shan, two more rounds of 100 shells with a terrifying sound of breaking through the air roared into the Manchu camp, followed by a burst of explosions.

"Run!" "Run!" "After four or five rounds of explosions, some of the soldiers in the first half of the camp finally came to their senses and began to run around the back of the camp with their friends.

However, the camp was not well lit at night, and the scene began to become more chaotic as more and more people scurried around in the dark.

"Big Belle! Acting for the good master! The Ming army used artillery to sneak attack again. Niu Lu Zhangjing, who reported the news, reported to Dai Shan in horror.

"Give the order to go down, keep the camp, and don't leave the tent without permission! Violators will be killed! Dai Shan decisively gave a brain-dead order.

In Dai Shan's opinion, so far away, how many cannons can this Laizhou army fire? This Hongyi cannon has an extremely slow rate of fire, and it can't be fired again after a few shots. Lao Tzu is hiding in the turtle shell, no matter how you blow it, Lao Tzu will not come out, see what you do!

However, this time he really miscalculated. The artillery of the Laizhou army seemed to have not stopped, and in less than a quarter of an hour, all the 1,000 shells brought out were exhausted.

These shells fell from the sky and exploded the flames of revenge in the Manchurian camp. More than 1,500 captives died directly from the shelling.

Coupled with the fact that those who were cut down by the execution of the Daishan military order during the escape, as well as those who killed each other by fratricidal killing, the losses of the captives this night reached a staggering more than 2,000 people!

In the early morning of the next day, after getting the accurate casualty figures, the black child was in a hurry, and suddenly there was a sweetness in his mouth, and a mouthful of blood gushed out!