Chapter 113: The Debut of the Blossom Bomb
The three-strand spiral-shaped fuse burns stably and has strong firepower, taking into account the different conditions of the weather at the beginning of the design, and has no effect on the general moisture, that is, it has the characteristics of a little field waterproof fuse.
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang that shook the earth and the deafening earthquake, and the whole cannon weighing more than 2,000 catties and the bottom of the car shook violently in the loud noise just now, and a large puff of dust rose from the city wall, staining the milky white mist with a layer of gray.
After igniting, the gunners hid ten paces away, although the ears were blocked with cotton, but the huge sound and vibration still made the surrounding gunners feel foggy for a while, and they were stunned for a moment before returning to normal.
Originally, there was a lookout who was responsible for recording the amount of charge and correcting the error of the projectile angle, but there was no way to record and aim today, so according to Zhao Tianyou's instructions, the range was adjusted from far and near little by little.
The six-pound shell rushed out of the barrel and began its brilliant flight with unparalleled speed, like a firework flying in the air, and the time-lapse fuse that had been carefully calculated and designed glowed red, like the eyes of the stars in the night sky.
After flying about a mile and a half, the cannonball was reluctantly conquered by gravity, and quickly swept past the assembled many soldiers, penetrated two cowhide felt houses, and got into a huge tent with a loud voice.
It was a large room for the thousand-man team, and breakfast was being prepared for the next wave of assembled soldiers, and the cooks stared at the round uninvited guest on the ground with dozens of pairs of frightened eyes.
"Boom!"
After a loud bang, the cracked cast-iron shells split into dozens of warheads and flew into the panicked crowd with the sound of the wind breaking through the air. The perfect location for the explosion, surrounded by curious and panicked people, set an amazing combat record for the first flowering bomb to make its debut. Fifteen people were lightly wounded, six were seriously wounded, and four were killed on the spot, and this shell not only set an invincible record of results, but also dragged more than 1,000 soldiers into the battlefield hungry, and the chain reaction effect was even greater.
Li Heng and Lu Shikui and other major figures all gathered in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army three miles away from the city, and more than 20 generals had already received military orders, dividing the 40,000 siege troops into 20 roads, equipped with a considerable number of trebuchets and siege vehicles, and were about to start a sleepless and endless attack.
"What was the sound just now? Our team hasn't started the siege yet! Hurry up and find out and get back! Li Heng's eyelids jumped, and an extremely uneasy emotion struck, making him feel tightness in his chest, frowning and letting out a long breath, looking at the few scouts who rushed out, the uneasy mood became even stronger.
After the first cannon sound, the roar of the Hongyi cannon for the first time was opened, and the seven cannons that had been repositioned in the West City Gate completed their earth-shattering debuts one after another, shooting the flowering cannonballs in the direction where the Yuan soldiers gathered.
Although the charge was about the same, because of the error in the degree of aiming of the gunners, the guns were fired far and near, some into the crowd, and some into the empty wasteland. What makes Zhao Tianyou feel gratified is that the essence of the design of the blossom bomb is admirable, regardless of the range and accuracy, every shell fired responded with a huge roar, and there was no explosion or dud.
The rumbling sound in a series made Li Heng, who was in the tent of the Chinese army, very anxious, and he couldn't sit down anymore.
"Prepare the horses, move the account!"
Narisong, who was beside him, hurriedly said: "Li Shuai, you are the lord of the noble army, safety is the first, wait for me to find out in front, you are giving an order to move the account!" ”
The Yuan soldiers are fighting, and the commander's tent of the Chinese army is the command center, where Li Heng's people go, the personnel of many arms in the commander's tent of the Chinese army will move with them, and the movement is very large. If it is in a field battle, with the handsome banner around Li Heng as the center, and the herald scouts and guards surrounding the perimeter, it can also play the role of commanding the center of the army.
"No need, move two miles forward, and I'll be outside the city listening to my soldiers fighting!"
As soon as Li Heng waved his hand, even if he gave a formal order, the soldiers around him moved in an uproar, and after packing up his things, he had to directly dismantle the big tent. All the things were loaded into the wagon and transported to the front, and another flat and suitable place was found to reinstall the big tent, and the direct pro-guards and others also packed up their equipment and moved with the carriage.
"Report to the general!" A horse galloped from the front, and the scout on the horse turned over and dismounted, walked two steps quickly, and knelt on one knee in front of Li Heng.
"Please take a look at the general, this is the thing, it killed four cooks in the kitchen and injured more than a dozen people. Casualties in other places are being counted, and people from various departments will come to collect them in a while! ”
Holding a piece of fragmented shrapnel in both hands, he raised it above his head for Li Heng to see.
Li Heng grabbed it, the smell of gunsmoke on it was diluted a lot by blood, and there were black blood marks on the black cast iron, I don't know which unlucky guy it was taken from.
The men of the room witnessed the process, and after a loud noise in the city, a round iron ball pierced through the two yurts and landed on the floor of the kitchen. Then there was a loud bang, large enough to deaf the ear, and the iron ball shattered into a lot of these iron pieces, and splashed into the human body. ”
Li Heng gritted his teeth and nodded: "Pass my order, speed up the movement at all costs, after the building car enters the firing range, it must cover the movement of the trebuchet with all its might, and the trebuchet must be close to the city wall to play a big role." Before the fog clears, I want my sons to stand at the head of the city to meet me! If you don't take Guangzhou City today, you will not stop fighting! ”
"Order!"
Li Heng rode a horse and led many of his subordinates, and soon rushed to the kitchen that was attacked by the flowering bomb, the ground was full of black and red colors, blood flowed everywhere, and the puddles were not yet dry. Broken plates, kitchen utensils, and scattered spices were everywhere, and pieces of neatly cut beef and mutton fell to the ground, stained with mud.
The body of Si Ju who died on the spot was on the side, an unlucky man who was hit in the head by shrapnel, half of the muscles on his face were torn, and there was still a trace of blood oozing from the black hole. Not only the wound on his face, but also the other man's chest and abdomen were completely torn open by shrapnel, his internal organs flowing out of the wound, and his two weak hands were still trying to cover the huge wound.
More than 100 people have been hacked to death by his own hands, and he has seen many more miserable corpses than this one, not because he is afraid of the tragic situation, but these are cooks, and they are a mile and a half away from the city wall!
It was this killing distance that made Li Heng feel uneasy, an iron ball that came without a trace was to kill and injure more than a dozen people, what if it fell into the big tent of the Chinese army just now? Li Heng didn't dare to think about it even more, if Song Jun had this weapon, how could he be killed all the way to the beach before he took it out and used it, he didn't understand the mystery and couldn't figure it out.
Li Heng almost roared, and ordered a reserve of more than 60,000 people to be dispatched together.
"Attack the city with all your might, no matter how many lives you pay, you must also take down the city of Guangzhou!"