After Chen Huaixi received the order, he set off overnight, spent two days and two nights, and suddenly appeared outside Yilong County that morning.

At this time, Liu Jinzhong was commanding the headquarters to attack the Yilong county town garrisoned by Shunqing and Chen Yingzong, the deputy commander of the 2nd Battalion.

Seeing more than 40 ships from the downstream filling the river, along the Jialing River (two gunboat brigades each with 5 Flying Tiger warships, 2 warship brigades, each with 10 sampan boats, plus transport warships, so there are about 60 ships), stopped behind the Great Western Army.

Fearing that the official army and navy would land in the rear and flank the rebel army attacking the city in front and rear, Liu Jinzhong hurriedly commanded more than 1,000 people to approach the shore to prevent the landing.

Seeing that the Great Western Army really hit the plan, Chen Huaixi ordered the whole army to meet him, and when he was forty or fifty meters close to the shore, he suddenly ignited artillery fire and bombarded the shore.

A single Flying Tiger battleship has a large Furlong cannon in the bow and stern, which can fire solid and scattered bullets.

The range of the scattered projectile is relatively close, but it is more than 150 meters, and the elevation angle of the 45-degree solid projectile is more than 600 meters.

There are 3 No. 3 Franc cannons on the left and right sides, and there are 8 guns on the Flying Tiger battleship alone, which are now replaced by Franc cannons, which can be said to have strong firepower. (In the Ming Dynasty, there was a car battalion, and a large cart was loaded with 2 Franc cannons)

The sampan ship had 4 No. 3 Furlong cannons.

If the range of the No. 3 Franc machine is 100 meters, the maximum range of the solid projectile is 400 meters. (This is still equipment according to the traditional method of connection warfare, two hundred years later, the Hunan army, a single sampan ship has 4 guns)

Now the Tiger Squat Cannons on the Flying Tiger Battleship and the Sampan Ship have been changed to the new No. 3 Franc machine gun, and these new guns are all iron-core bronze cannons cast by iron molds, and their power is far from being comparable to the old artillery.

The 2 gunboat brigades and the 2 sampan boat brigades of the Navy are equipped with a total of 20 large Franc cannons and 140 No. 3 Franc cannons, which are as powerful as a car battalion and cannot be underestimated. (The navy has just been formed, and now the No. 3 Franc cannon is less than 5 percent, and now it is only 10 large Franc cannons and 70 Franc cannons)

As mentioned earlier, the Franc cannon is a rear-loading gun, and the lead and gunpowder have already been loaded in the gun before launching, and when firing, you only need to put the gun into the mother gun, and then ignite the fire rope, the firing speed of the large Franc cannon is about 2 minutes, and the firing speed of the No. 3 Franc cannon is less than a minute and a half.

In addition to the excellent performance of the Furlong cannon itself, each gun also has a special gun carriage, which not only avoids serious deviation from the original position after firing, which requires a lot of time to readjust the position, but more importantly, has a firing angle adjustment device.

This angle adjustment device is very simple, mainly composed of a spirit level and a dial, first determine the horizontal position, and then the zero degree angle of the dial is aligned with the pair.

When firing the cannon, adjust the cannon to the corresponding angle according to the shooting distance, and then light the fire rope and start firing.

As you know, after leaving the chamber, the gun is subjected to two forces, namely gravity and air resistance, which approximates parabolic operation.

In the case of the same ammunition, the range of a projectile of the same weight, in addition to the weight of gunpowder, the performance of gunpowder, the number of leads fired, the weight of leads, and, most importantly, the angle of launch.

Among them, the flat range is the shortest, and the 45-degree angle of fire is the farthest.

In the first few months, the Volunteers began to standardize the firing range, that is, to study the relationship between the weight of gunpowder, the weight of lead and the angle of shooting.

Although the upper reaches of the Jialing River are turbulent and not easy to aim, they shine in the first actual battle according to the concept of shooting Zhuyuan.

The lead that was shot into the air was burned hot, and then it fell like rain and fell on people's heads and shoulders.

Although many wore helmets and armor, most of them were very rudimentary, and some wore towels around their heads and quilts to protect against arrows.

Now suddenly faced with so many large Franc cannons and No. 3 Franc cannons, many people are flying with quilts and shields on their bodies, desperately dodging, and some even want to retreat desperately.

However, the discipline of the Great Western Army was very strict, Liu Jinzhong did not know the scale of the reinforcements, and when he saw such a large fleet appear, he was most worried that the volunteers landed from behind and formed a front and rear attack with the soldiers and horses in the city.

In the Ming Dynasty, since the establishment of the car battalion by Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general, after nearly a hundred years of development, the car battalion has become a standard establishment.

No more is not the same as nothing, just as at the beginning of the year when the Volunteers defeated Ma Yuanli, they once captured the equipment of a car battalion.

Now I saw that the volunteer army stopped on the bank of the Jialing River, shelling the department from a distance, and hurriedly transferred more than 20 Fran machines and tiger squat guns to fight back, but it was not an opponent at all.

Liu Jinzhong rushed into the artillery fire circle several times to see what was going on, but after half a day of artillery fighting, not only did 8 artillery pieces explode but 20 artillery pieces were destroyed, killing and wounding more than 500 people.

On the other hand, the other side cruising on the surface of the river, at the end of the day, except for the flames of two sampan boats, there was no loss.

Collect the troops and return to the camp, the camp is full of wailing again, although the Daxi infantry soldiers are strong and strong, but if the volunteer army sailors are still cruising outside Yilong County, not only can not contain the other party, but may be defeated by the volunteers.

In the battle during the day, the artillery team of the department was defeated, and everyone suggested that they withdraw from the army, Liu Jinzhong was afraid, if he withdrew like this, he was afraid that he would be held accountable by Zhang Xianzhong.

When he was hesitating, he reported that the volunteer sailors by the river did not know when they disappeared without a trace.

Liu Jinzhong was shocked and hurriedly sent a scout horse to check along the river.

Early the next morning, the defenders stationed in Langzhong came to report that last night the Volunteer Army sailors appeared in Langzhong (Boryeong Prefecture) upstream to shell the Daxi Army left behind in Boryeong Province.

At that time, the honeymoon period between the Great Western Army and the Sichuan people had already ended, and by the violent revolutionary principle of countering violence with violence implemented by Wang Zhaolin, scholars and heroes from all over the country rose up to resist the tyranny of the Great West.

Seeing that the Volunteers sailors had slaughtered under Langzhong City, the ships of the Sailors were crowded into the harbor, and they were far away from the Great Western Army for artillery bombardment, because Liu Jinzhong had already led the main force to conquer the downstream Yilong County, there were very few soldiers and horses left in Fucheng, and in the face of the Volunteers Sailors, they were completely in a situation of being passively beaten.

Seeing that the Volunteers were killed, Li Chongyan, a local man who had already been in contact with the Volunteers, led the villagers to launch another uprising.

Due to the darkness of the enemy's unclear situation, coupled with the fact that the firepower of the volunteer army's sailors was too fierce, the attacked Onishi Army panicked, and the generals who stayed behind complained bitterly.

The Volunteers Navy Division was different, the Flying Tiger battleships and sampan ships were equipped with a large number of artillery, and the ships were equipped with ramming horns, and they first used artillery to bombard the formation at a distance, and then swarmed up and defeated the opponent.

Several transport ships parked outside the water village were sunk and knocked over, and the volunteer sailors swarmed up and kept letting go of the water village and the Langzhong city wall.

Hearing that Langzhong was attacked, Liu Jinzhong was shocked, Langzhong is the gateway to the north of Sichuan, and it is a dangerous place, Zhang Fei was stationed in Langzhong for several years during the Three Kingdoms period, so it can be seen the importance of its geographical location.

Although I know that the volunteer sailors are just attacking and harassing, but the killers are the heroes from all over the place, if they and the volunteers should cooperate with each other from afar, who knows what will happen.

Although Liu Jinzhong withdrew his troops, he still sent a messenger to report to Zhang Dingguo in Tongchuan Prefecture, and now Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan led tens of thousands of troops and horses to gather in Tongchuan Prefecture and were preparing to attack Shunqing Fucheng.

On the Bund of Langzhong Fucheng, after hearing the withdrawal of the Great Western Army, Chen Huaixi put down the monocular in his hand and sighed at the strong appeal of the scholars and heroes, and more than 3,000 people were gathered in less than a short time.

Li Chongyan and other leaders of the rebel army were invited, and in addition to informing Liu Jinzhong of the withdrawal of troops, everyone felt quite sorry.

Although Chen Huaixi also regretted it, he thought of Yang Lin's entrustment, so he asked people to take out the equipment of more than 100 people, pointed to the armor and weapons of the boat, and hoped that Li Chongyan and others could continue to resist the tyranny of Daxi, and hoped that everyone could withdraw to the mountains and rely on the mountain situation to entangle with the Daxi army.

Li Chongyan and others complained bitterly, everyone ruined their families to fight against the tyranny of Daxi, originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to capture the city of Boryeong, but they did not expect to fall short, if they waited until the Daxi army arrived in the future, everyone might really be ruined at that time.

In order to ensure that everyone had no worries, Chen Huaixi agreed to move all the families of the leaders of the rebel army to Shunqing Mansion to settle down.

After unloading the armor and other military supplies, the family members of the leaders of the rebel army cried one by one and boarded the ship, and it took half a day before everyone set sail again.

After three days of hard work, Liu Jinzhong led his troops back to Langzhong Fucheng and complained bitterly.

It turned out that when Chen Huaixi left, he sent ships to attack and harass the counties along the river, such as Cangxi, Nanfang and other counties. (In ancient times, it was the co-rule of the gentry, although the Great Western Army was strong and strong, and there were many people, but it suddenly occupied more than 100 county towns in Sichuan, and each county could only send one county magistrate and several officials.) ）

This time, the sudden appearance of the volunteer army almost ignited the hope of the people everywhere to resist, and everyone rose up to respond, and in the face of wolf smoke everywhere, they had to send heavy troops to exterminate them one by one.

In the face of fierce artillery fire and strange tactics, the Volunteers Navy Division, after thinking and meditating, had to arrange iron chains at dangerous places to block the Jialing River to prevent the Volunteer Sailors.