The power of dozens of artillery guns firing at the same time was amazing, and as soon as the shells were discharged, they immediately let out a sharp roar, and dozens of shells swept across the Yangtze River and accurately landed in the infantry formation of the left army on the bank. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There was a commotion in the infantry array of the left army, Zuo Liangyu was so angry that his face turned purple, and while ordering the infantry array to disperse and move back again, he ordered the artillery team under his command to return fire, aiming directly at the small and medium-sized warships of the naval division and those civilian ships full of money, food and supplies.

His own family snatched and plundered, and the net worth and property that he had accumulated for decades were robbed by the imperial court at once, especially the more than 30,000 stone life-saving military rations were also lost all at once, Zuo Liangyu's heart was dripping blood, and he was beating geese all day long, but he didn't expect to be pecked blind by geese in the end. There is nothing more aggrieved than that.

Zuo Liangyu was unwilling, knowing that the Lu division had nothing to do with the sailors on the river, he still stayed next to the sailors' camp and did not withdraw the army, that is, when the imperial navy sailors returned, he used artillery to sink those civilian ships loaded with money and grain.

For this reason, as early as when the sailors of both sides were chasing and fighting fiercely on the Yangtze River, Zuo Liangyu decisively ordered all the Hongyi cannons and Franco cannons in the old camp to be assembled, and quickly transported to the bank of the Yangtze River by mules and horses, so as to make temporary batteries and use them to bombard the ships of the imperial court sailors to thank him for his hatred.

After the military order was issued, more than 30 Hongyi and Furlong guns of different models and sizes in the artillery positions of the left army immediately opened fire.

After a thunderous roar, dozens of shells flew out and fell into the fleet of the naval division, stirring up one column of water after another, one of which hit a large river ship of 500 materials, leaving a large hole in the hull, fortunately it did not hurt the vital point, but only killed and injured a few sailors, and the power of the warship was not lost.

Two other shells successfully hit two civilian ships loaded with money and rations, smashing the wooden hull to pieces, causing sawdust to fly, and the military rations on board tumbled into the river, arousing an exclamation. It is no wonder that the artillery hit rate of the left army is so high, the number of civilian ships is too large, the distance between them is not large, the density is relatively high, and it can easily hit several ships without aiming.

After being shelled by the rebels, the sailors quickly adjusted their formation, widening the gap between the civilian boats, reducing the density and reducing the area of impact.

Zhu Chenggong did not have much anger after losing two ships of military rations at once, but was a little happy, the rebels fought back this time, undoubtedly exposing the location of their artillery positions, as well as the approximate number and power of artillery.

Through a round of exploratory artillery battles, Zhu Chenggong observed that the range of the rebel artillery was not too far, and the prediction was mainly medium artillery, large Hongyi cannons of more than eight pounds, and the number of Furlong machines was not much, and the overall range and power were obviously inferior to his own army! Because there are sixteen Hongyi cannons of more than eight pounds in their own army! The accuracy of the gunner's fire was not comparable to that of the left gunners, who could only fire their guns by experience and visual inspection.

Originally, he just wanted to demonstrate to the rebel land division, but suddenly he changed his mind again, he wanted to knock out the rebel artillery and retreat.

Command the flag to wave.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The second salvo began, this time, except for the small and medium-sized artillery, which could only continue to bombard the infantry positions of the left army because of its short range, all the cannons issued by the Hongyi cannons of more than eight pounds did not rush to the field positions of the left army again, but crossed the heads of the front army of the left army and smashed into the artillery positions behind them.

The artillery position behind the front army was also patronized by three eight-pounder guns, the two cannons fell apart and scrapped in an instant, and more than a dozen artillery guards were knocked away, and stumps and broken arms flew everywhere.

The sailors of the imperial court continued to fire backfire, and did not make Zuo Liangyu feel angry, what really made him angry was that the range and accuracy of the artillery, he originally thought that even if the sailors of the imperial court had some training, they would definitely not be much stronger than their own artillery, but he didn't expect it to backfire, scatter the shots, and even send a lot of artillery into the artillery positions of the rear army! Even his Chinese army command office was patronized by a cannon, and seven or eight guards were stoned to death and crushed and wounded before they could dodge.

Stealing chickens doesn't make rice, that's what happened.

Zuo Liangyu was so angry that his face turned pale, his condition had just improved, and he relapsed, he wanted to fall several times, and almost fainted.

Under the escort of the pro-army family, Zuo Liangyu was helped into the relatively safe area of the rear camp by the guards, and under the instruction of Zuo Liangyu, he quickly ordered Zhang Yingyuan, the deputy general of the artillery team, to order him to quickly disperse the artillery and not use it in a centralized manner.

Under the command of Adjutant General Zhang Yingyuan, the gunners of the left army quickly transferred the artillery, during which the river fired two more waves towards the shore, although there were not many shells that really hit the artillery position, the left army still lost five or six artillery pieces one after another, dozens of gunners, until the transfer was successfully completed, and the remaining artillery was saved.

After the dispersion, the artillery of the left army made the gunners of the naval division helpless for a while, the striking surface was smaller, the effect was not good, and the infantry array of the left army was also more and more dispersed, which greatly reduced the lethality of the artillery.

Zhu Chenggong saw that the idea of destroying the enemy's artillery could not be realized, so he did not plan to stay too long, after all, after staying for a long time, the enemy artillery would fire, and his own side would also suffer a lot of losses.

Zuo Liangyu, who was standing in the rear battalion and regimental guards, saw the imperial court sailors swaggering and dragging a large amount of loot seized from him and gradually moving away, but he was powerless to stop it, and a strong sense of grievance had nowhere to vent, and his eyes wanted to breathe fire, and he didn't take a breath and fainted.

"Handsome! Handsome! Master Hou! ……”

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Inside the camp of the Left Army.

After Huang Shu lost the battle of the water according to the imperial history, Zuo Liangyu fell into a coma, and he felt a little uncertain, and his heart throbbed from time to time.

Could it be that something happened to Dashuai?

Suddenly, he inexplicably felt a sense of horror that he had never felt before, and the hair on his whole body almost stood on end.

He was just about to step towards the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, but suddenly stopped.

Just with an inexplicable intuition to rush into the account, it seems a little reckless, not to mention that the tent is quiet, there is nothing abnormal, he asked himself is Zuo Shuai's first confidant, once the sick marshal has something, the first person to see must be himself, no news means that everything is normal, nothing big happened.