Chapter Twenty-Four: The Flying Thunder Cannon
Whether it was the village warriors who were looking at the battlements by the wall, or the army soldiers who were scattered by the blast wave of the explosion, all of them kept their posture and looked at the big crater that had just exploded in the distance. Lin Shenhe, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, was buzzing in his head at this time, and he opened his mouth wide to look at a huge mushroom cloud rising from the gun position that had become a big pit not far away. Outside the big pit, a crooked flying thunder cannon muzzle is wide open like a trumpet flower, so hideous that people shudder, there are several artillerymen lying horizontally on the edge of the big pit, two of which are still twitching, but seeing that the corners of their mouths and noses are bleeding outside, it is estimated that they are already in a state of massive bleeding at this time, even in the medical conditions of the old time and space.
A little farther away is the array of army units, at this time, because of the shock wave of the explosion, most people are standing or sitting or half-kneeling on the ground at this time, many people open their mouths wide and pinch their ears with their hands, or cover their ears, it should be because of the loud explosion caused their ears to ring. Du Yande and Li Jieqi were swept out more than a meter away by the blast wave at the moment of the explosion, and the two of them were gray-faced at this time, looking at each other, their mouths wide open, and they didn't even know whether they were talking or shouting, because the ringing in their ears made them feel a splitting headache.
"Master Wen!" A family leader shouted at Wen Xinyi, who was still in a daze, "Great opportunity!" The pirates are now in disarray, and they can be defeated with just one impact! ”
Wen Xinyi couldn't help but shake his head, looking at the pirate who was holding a long iron pipe horizontally facing him in the distance, crawling towards this side at this time, picking up the iron pipe from the ground and walking back. For a moment, the people on the walled wall all brandished their weapons and screamed at the pirates.
"The military heart is available! Master Wen, don't miss the opportunity! The strategist on the side nodded at Wen Xinyi, Wen Xinyi himself was moved, hurriedly waved his hand, and shouted: "Attack!" ”
His townsman and his family didn't have any structure, anyway, when they heard him say to attack, they immediately raised their weapons and opened the gate of the fortress and rushed out of the array of pirates.
Lin Shenhe didn't know why the flying thunder cannon suddenly exploded, these gunners were all trained by themselves, or were they relatively knowledgeable people in this army, at least literate. But the explosion was also too strange. Before he could figure out what was going on, an artilleryman anxiously patted him on the shoulder and pointed in the direction of the gate.
Lin Shenhe turned his head to look, the gate of the village had been opened at some point, and a large group of family members were rushing out of it and rushing towards him, one by one with their mouths wide open and they didn't know what they were shouting, and they couldn't hear anything at the moment. He hurriedly turned his head to look at the two companies of the army, the explosion just now made them temporarily lose their hearing, the officer was brandishing the command knife and shouting loudly words that even they couldn't hear, the soldiers were all looking at the officer blankly at this time, they really couldn't hear the order.
"Oh no......" Lin Shenhe muttered to himself, but he couldn't hear himself at the moment, this group of family Ding Xiangyong rushed to this side with their mouths wide open, he estimated the approximate distance, and muttered to himself. Okay, let you taste the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon! ”
As he spoke, he pulled the two artillerymen next to him who were still stunned a few times, and made a loading gesture.
The two artillerymen obviously showed a look of fear in their eyes, and one didn't wait for Lin Shenhe's orders, he got up directly and ran outside from the gun position; Although the other one didn't run, his legs and feet were weak and shivering. Lin Shenhe couldn't help but shake his head, the recruits are afraid of artillery This is the truth, not to mention that he has just seen another cannon of the same kind explode. He didn't say much more, he took out the cartridge from the ammunition cart next to him, put it in the barrel, and then punctured the bottom of the cartridge and stuffed a fire tube into the ignition hole. Then he ran to the ammunition truck and took out a large grenade and cut the lead according to the time when the shell flew over 200 meters or so. However, this shell is a cast-iron grenade, the weight is quite large, and he has just been baptized by the shock wave of the violent explosion, and his hands and feet are weak, so he can't move this shell at all. He tried to move twice, but could not carry it, and he could not help but turn his head anxiously to look at the soft-footed artilleryman in the gun emplacement, who crawled out of the gun position while shaking his head. The first few of the enemy in the distance have just rushed into the point of the first shell fired by the artillery, and if they are not reloaded at this time, the shell will not fall on the enemy's head, but it is impossible for him to move the shell at this time, and this kind of cast iron shell cannot be rested on the ground and roll, and the dust and gravel will seriously affect the trajectory and range of the shell. He was in a state of anxiety when suddenly four hands suddenly reached out and grabbed the shell. Lin Shenhe fixed his eyes and saw that it was actually the people of several salt villages who were in charge of towing the cannon before.
One of the people probably spoke to him, but he couldn't hear anything, but the man who picked up the shell must have come to help, and he didn't say much, so he hurriedly raised the shell together and walked to the muzzle together, and completed the loading of the shell. Then he made a gesture to let the two men leave the gun position, at this time he was completely unsure of this gun, and if it exploded, he would bring two less pads, right? What he didn't expect was that the two men didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, but shook their heads firmly, continued to squat by the gun position, and picked up the two Type 1628 carbines loaded with bayonets that the artillerymen had dropped before.
Lin Shenhe nodded with a smile, and then shouted outside: "It's fired!" Beware of concealment! Then he pulled the fire pipe hard.
With a loud "boom", the shells flew into the sky in the smoke and fire from the muzzles, and then landed in the middle of the charging enemy in full morale.
With the loud sound of the explosion, the people near the landing site were shattered to pieces by the violent shock wave on the spot, and the hands, feet, and corpse remains were scattered in all directions. The person who was a little farther away also fell straight to the ground at this time, and his face was twisted and died on the spot. The Thunderbolt fired not an ordinary cannonball, but a cast-iron wrapped explosive pack, and its explosion was so powerful that it could easily destroy not only ordinary stone walls on the spot, but also the main battle tanks of the old plane. At this time, the cannonball landed right in the middle of the marching crowd, and the huge shock wave directly caused everyone within twenty meters to be either dead or seriously injured, and the seriously injured were all internal bleeding at this time, and even the crossing people themselves had no way to treat them at this time.
This shell killed nearly thirty people in one second, and even lowered almost twenty people to the ground, leaving not even the ability to wail, one by one just crawling on the ground by instinct, or dragging their companions who fled frantically around them, but unable to say a word with their mouths wide open. The explosive effect of the shells instantly reduced the high morale of the enemy to zero or even to a negative value, and they screamed, threw away their weapons, and fled into the stockade twice as fast as they had used them.
Wen Xinyi knew that this charge was over the moment he saw the other party's cannon, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to defend it and not let the pirates break through the gate. But at this time, he didn't have much to do, a few guys with experience in defending the city on the side got the legendary gold juice, which is boiled feces and urine, if the other party rushes under the wall, it can be used to splash at the enemy, not only can it directly burn the enemy, but also because of its dirt, the wound rots quickly, and it is extremely difficult to heal. For a while, the stench on the wall was unbearable.
The patriarch carrying the one-meter rangefinder also ran to the gun position of the flying thunder cannon at this time, saluted Lin Shenhe and said a few words, but at this time both parties were buzzing in their ears, although the degree was reduced compared to before, but they still couldn't communicate in words, Lin Shenhe could only use gestures to ask him to re-measure the distance for his side.
Soon, with the assistance of the two people, Lin Shenhe reloaded the flying thunder cannon and prepared for launch.
"Fire! Beware of concealment! After Lin Shenhe finished shouting, he pulled the fire pipe again.
The shells flew over a distance of more than 200 meters in the whistling and landed less than a meter on the side of the wall, and the impact of this explosion was very powerful, and the wall was blown up under the huge explosion A gap of about four meters long. The gold juice that had been burned on the stove on the wall, along with the broken bricks of the wall, rose into the air like a huge fountain, and then fell on the heads of the nearby crowd that was still on the wall or on the ground.
With the screams of people who were burned by the gold juice, the villagers tried to take off their clothes stained with gold juice in the village, and at the same time ran around in the village, some of them were knocked to the ground by bricks and bled to death on the spot, and more screamed and rushed to the depths of the village.
Du Yande nodded at Li Jieqi, and Li Jieqi pulled out the command knife on his waist and shouted loudly: "Target!" Wu'an Village, get ready to charge! ”
Because the army soldiers were far away from the explosion point, most of their ears had recovered their hearing at this time, and they basically heard Li Jieqi's orders, and even if they didn't hear them, they could guess what the orders were. They drew their bayonets from their bayonet sheaths at their waists and loaded them in front of their Type 1628 rifles.
"Attention all soldiers! Four things! 1. Don't kill innocents indiscriminately! 2. Do not commit adultery with women! 3. Don't set the house on fire! Fourth, it is not allowed to hide the loot privately! After Li Jieqi said these four things, he waved his command knife towards the village and said loudly: "First Company!" Advance! Second Draw! Come on! ”
All the army soldiers began to shoulder their guns and strode in the direction of Wu'an Village.