On 24 February, Chen Ming arrived in Wuhu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Compared with the 'catastrophe' encountered last time, this Jiangnan rice market, which was once again captured by the Fu Han army, was hit by a dragonfly this time, and it was completely incomparable. This time, the Fu Han army only hastily confiscated the properties of a few Jiangnan eunuch families who were too famous and famous, and turned a blind eye to ordinary merchants and even businesses with the background of Manchu eunuchs.

Chen Ming's father, his second uncle, his eldest uncle, Wang Huizu, Xiong Bingzhang, Liu Dezhao, and even Chen Guangqian, who only defected to the Han Army when he was in Hunan, and Liu Jijiang, etc., too many people have successively signaled, or explicitly or implicitly, that when dealing with the Jiangnan official eunuch's house, he can raise his noble hand a little and show mercy to his subordinates.

"It can't be said that there is no Zhu Dadian among those people, but there are by no means a few people like Qian Qianyi." Chen Hui said so bluntly in his letter to him, Chen Ming's current 'raising your noble hand' will be a more obvious signal. In Chen Hui's eyes, Chen Han has already taken Hubei and most of Hunan, and now it is going to connect to the southeast, plus southwest Henan and Hanzhong, Chen Hui feels that he already has the capital to 'recruit talents'.

And Chen Ming has already done this in Hunan, and this time he will go to Jiangnan to make the 'signal' more explicit.

But even so, the gains of the Fu Han army in Wuhu were huge. Who made Wuhu one of the best handicraft industry bases in the entire Jiangnan region? Even though the rice market and pulp dyeing industry are the pillars of the economy, the blacksmiths, coppersmiths, and carpenters all over Wuhu cannot be underestimated. After the Fu Han army captured Wuhu, it gathered more than 200 rough flintlock pistols, which were produced by Wuhu craftsmen.

"How long does this spring last?" Chen Ming held the dismantled spring to the sun. Liu Wu and the others beside him covered their mouths and smiled.

Although he didn't know what the texture of the main spring and main reed of this bolt was, Chen Ming didn't think how good they were, how many flintlock maneuvers could this thing support? And the flintlock pistol made in Wuhu is so heavy in your hand.

The manufacture of musket flintlock machines of the Fu Han Army was also self-exploration at first, but soon they had a physical reference - Portuguese muskets, after several years of training, and many times to improve the materials and craftsmanship under the heavy reward, Chen Ming dared to rest assured and boldly said that the level of his flintlock pistol would not be lower than that of Portugal. However, the cottages of local craftsmen in Wuhu are coarser than the Xiaonangou workshop in the earliest days, and the reliability and mechanical efficiency are not ideal. In addition, the material and forging process of the barrel are also the same as before, if it weren't for the fact that the gunpowder of the Qing army has improved somewhat - the gunpowder in various places has changed from powder to granular, and the range and power of this thing will not be much stronger than the previous arquebus gun. And the local flintlock pistol in Wuhu is slow to be manufactured!

But in any case, this is also a flintlock pistol, a craftsman who can produce this kind of firearms, the Fu Han army found a directory in the Wuhu Mansion, according to the map, as long as the person is still at home in Wuhu, even the adults and children quickly swept away, and joined the gun bureau of the Fu Han Army.

At present, the gun factory under the Fuhan Army has been opened to the sixth sub-bureau, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more deaf-mutes and disabled people in it. In the work within their ability, the deaf-mute and the disabled are conscientious, obedient to orders, and strictly disciplined, and are the employees that any 'factory' dreams of. But their learning and mastery of new knowledge is worse in the end, and the improvement and new inventions in the work are even inferior to normal people. Chen Han has recruited some people who know sign language from the people to be their teachers, but if you want to change their overall quality, you must be patient. This time can even take several generations.

Therefore, the research and development and transformation of the entire Fuhan Army's gun and artillery skills are still in the hands of normal people. Adding more folk craftsmen can stimulate their initiative and desire to create.

It was also the day that Chen Ming arrived in Wuhu, and the first batch of troops of the 1st Garrison Division marched eastward out of Nanjing, and the first battalion led by Wei Baocheng was of course among them. On the way from Anqingdong, the first battalion was out of the limelight, and Wei Baocheng was in high spirits standing on the bow of the ship.

In less than a day, they landed at Zhenjiang Wharf.

The troops landed at the pier, assembled, and then marched in a neat line to the prepared barracks outside Zhenjiang City.

The Qing army south of Zhenjiang has withdrawn from Danyang, and now the Qing soldiers and people in Suzhou and Hangzhou are still converging in Changzhou, and the naval warships of the Qing army in Jiangyin have patrolled Taiping Continent twice in a row after the initial battle of Taipingzhou, and have exchanged fire with the warships of the Fu Han army cruising there for the second and third times. And when the naval division of the Fu Han Army made a big move to press over Taipingzhou, the Qing warships of the Turtle Pier retreated to the surface of Jiangyin again.

These battle reports were all sent to Chen Ming's hands.

Chen Ming was not interested in the land battles of the 3rd Division and the 1st Garrison Division, and he focused on the naval division.

The contest between the Fu Han army and the Qing army has collided three times, except for the first time when the Fu Han army occupied the advantage of strength and took a relatively large advantage in the collision, the remaining two small-scale battles can only be said to be invincible.

After three collisions, the naval division troops had a relatively clear understanding of the gunboats of the Qing army, and their artillery could not do it. The firing range is rarely more than two miles, and the gunner's accuracy is not stronger than the gunner of the naval division of the Fuhan army who rushed to the army, and the number of cannons is indeed less than that of the Fuhan army.

Such a large ship can only carry about ten cannons, while the thunder ship of the Fu Han Army can carry 16~20 cannons, and it is not only a small cannon like a two-catty cannon or a three-catty cannon, but also a five-catty cannon that is much stronger in power.

Then there are mortar cannons generally added to the big ships of the Fu Han army, and there are muskets and grenades when the distance is really close, while the Qing army seems to still have the concept of jumping gang warfare and did not put it down, and many sailors keep their swords and guns.

However, there were no gang jumps on either side of the three collisions. The flotillas on both sides were not large, and the exchange of fire was not very long. The tactics of the Fu Han army on this side were all relying on more artillery, directly rushing close to bombardment, and the Qing army was quite brave, but it did not show any skillful small-scale cooperation.

If it is a bilateral decisive battle, there are so many warships on each other that the Yangtze River can be blocked, so how should it be fought?

Chen Ming stood in front of the sand table for a long time, his mind was like a mess, but he still had no clue. He didn't know anything about water warfare, especially the battle of inland rivers in the Yangtze River.

And this river battlefield, he did hand it over to Yang Shijin before, and he also believed that the artillery power of the naval division of the Fu Han army was better than that of the Qing army, but now that it was time for the battle, he was worried again.

"If Your Highness is not at ease, you can take a boat to Zhenjiang first." Liu Wu whispered on the side.

"Nope. Since the battle of the rivers was handed over to Yang Shijin, let the sailor fight it himself. Chen Mingsha had a hint of excitement there, but he immediately extinguished that temptation. When he left southwest Henan, he also warned his father not to 'blind command', and he couldn't cite Chang Kaishen's example, so he cited the example of Tang Xuanzong. Now that it was his turn, Chen Ming also somewhat understood the pain of this torment.

On 26 February, on the battlefield of Changzhou, 13,400 men of the 1st Division of the 3rd Division and two regiments of the vanguard of the 1st Garrison Division fought a major battle with more than 50,000 Qing troops in Changzhou.

This was not Huang Jie's initiative to attack the Qing army, but the Qing army's commander-in-chief Feng Sheng's initiative to launch a counterattack against Danyang.

The Qing army also had its own sources of intelligence, and the large forces of the Fu Han army were arriving in a steady stream, and Feng Shengyi was well aware of this. If he didn't take advantage of the weak strength of the Fu Han army in front of him to win a battle and improve his morale, would he have to wait until Chen Rei's army gathered and pressed over before fighting?

On the one hand, Feng Sheng's men and horses in Suzhou and Hangzhou accelerated their speed, and on the other hand, he adjusted his troops, and in the early morning of the 26th, he took the initiative to counterattack the position of the Fuhan army.

The position of the Fu Han army was built quite simply, there were no pillboxes, no permanent fortifications of cement and iron bars, and there were not many mounds of soil on the breastwork. It's a fertile farmland. On the dozens of miles of land between Danyang and Changzhou, many people have returned. Last year, they hadn't heard gunfire for almost a year. However, this year has not entered February, and the rumors of the southward movement of the Fu Han army have spread in the south of the Yangtze River, and when the Fu Han army really marched eastward in early February, there are still many people who have abandoned their homes and farmlands and fled to other places. The camp where the Fu Han army was stationed was in a large area of barren land, and it was almost March, not to mention tillering and transplanting rice in this farmland, and there was no water release.

Hearing the news of the scouts' report on the assembly of the Qing army, Huang Jie immediately concentrated his troops, and when the Qing army drove to the position of the Fu Han army, one after another battalion of the Fu Han army was already in full array.

The iron armor shimmered in the spring sun.

Feng Sheng's eyes flashed gloomily, the soldiers who are rich in the world's big green fruit system, but the armament is not as good as the rebellion of a soldier who has only been in the army for two or three years, it is really an incredible thing, and it is also a helpless thing.

The armies of both sides lined up, and one cannon after another was placed at the forefront of the arrays on both sides. The 3rd Division and the 1st Garrison Division easily took out 80 five-pound guns and 24 eight-pound guns, although the Qing army had a large number, but they were a weak one in terms of artillery fire. They had only sixty or seventy cannons, and among them were old and new, and the caliber was very different.

However, the accuracy of artillery in this era was too poor, and the artillery was more aimed at bilateral infantry and was specially used for counter-artillery, which was too much to lose in terms of efficiency.

The Qing army had large groups of cavalry lined up on the left and right flanks, and Feng Sheng's forehead led the troops violently, but he did not immediately attack.

"Tell Chunyou to take the horse team to Chen Yi's left flank. Focus on the communication channel between the rebel army and its rear camp. ”

Feng Sheng, who felt a heavy responsibility, let out a breath and issued the first order of the Qing army in this battle.

As for the Fu Han army on the opposite side, Huang Jie also issued his first order at this time, and he let the artillery unit that occupied the advantage advance.

"The convoy is ready to attack!"

Then he saw a horse team of more than 1,000 cavalry slaughtering out of the Qing army's array and rushing straight towards his left flank. The artillery of the Fu Han Army, which had just received the order to move, saw the Qing army's horse team dispatch, and immediately stopped its movements, and the escort troops quickly began to line horizontally.

It's just that soon the whereabouts of the Qing army's horse team were clear, Huang Jie in the rear did not change the order, and the action that the artillery unit had just stopped resumed again. The escort troops changed the five columns into a hollow formation in all directions, just like the wicker baskets and sandbags and dirtbags built in front of the artillery position-bulletproof, it is inevitable that there will be shells in places right in front of the artillery positions in battle, and those bouncing iron bullets will be mostly blocked by wicker baskets and sandbags - to the left and right of the artillery of the Fuhan army.

The artillery was followed by two infantry battalions, one the guard battalion of the 3rd Division and the 1st Battalion of the 1st Garrison Division.

The left flank of the battle column sounded the sound of sniper shots, and the flank of the Fu Han Army, with infantry artillery as the main force, had an additional Qing army horse team of considerable size, which was very useful. Moreover, this Qing army horse team also frequently went around the flank of the Fu Han army array, which was bordering the original defensive position of the Fu Han army. What does this team want to do? Huang Jie is very clear.

The cannon fire in front of the "boom, boom, boom ......" formation finally started.

The Qing artillery unleashed its fury on the Fu Han artillery that had moved within their range. The smoke of gunpowder soon blurred the Qing army's front.

Of course, the artillery of the Qing army has already fired, and the large artillery positions of the Fu Han army have almost been moved enough, and the distance between the two sides is about four miles. This spacing turned a large part of the Qing army's artillery group into an ornament, and only a small number of cutting-edge artillery could reach this range. Two quarters of an hour later, the construction of the humble artillery positions on the side of the Fu Han army was completed, and some of the artillery crews that arrived first were in position and quickly launched a counterattack. During this period, there seemed to be only twenty or thirty gunners, engineers, and escorts of the Fu Han Army who were killed and wounded by Qing artillery shells; There was not a single cannon destroyed by a shell.

When the artillery of the Fu Han army also roared, and the smoke of gunpowder completely annihilated the artillery positions, the artillery effect of the Qing army was even worse. The artillery of the Fu Han army was not very effective, but the artillery of the Fu Han army could send shells four miles away, which was much more powerful than that of the Qing army.

The artillery here of the Fu Han Army is organized by 'brigades', each brigade has two or three teams, and there are twelve to twenty-four artillery pieces, which are concentrated on firing at a gun position of the Qing army, and there is almost no time to miss, and the shells fired are mainly flowering shells.

After the Battle of Taizhou, Chen Ming received a new invention from Europe from the British-the wooden conical letter tube. After he saw this invention, he remembered the wooden bullet stock, which was introduced by many people during the civil war between the United States and the United States on the Internet in his previous life, and it was really 'sediment'. Now the technical innovation of the bullet stock is not known in Europe, but even if it is invented, the original bullet stock on the European battlefield is immature - the wooden pallet is too thin, and the Fu Han army is a mature body, not only the wooden pallet is thickened, but also the bullet stock and the flowering bullet are directly synthesized into a whole with four iron bars, and the effect is really powerful.

In addition to effectively sealing the gas leakage, it can play a buffering role on the flowering projectile when firing, reducing the effect of pressure on the shell wall, and the flowering projectile launched will cause the "badminton principle" self-stabilizing structure of the head weight and light tail due to the light wooden support, making the trajectory more accurate. This technique can also be used on solid shells. Of course, the butt itself also has mass, which will also affect the range to a certain extent.

Relying on these two technologies, the Fu Han Army has made new and rapid progress in the manufacturing technology of flowering bombs. The wooden butt can greatly reduce the high bore pressure of the flowering projectile, so that the wall of the flowering bullet can be thinned, increasing the amount of gunpowder filled inside, and increasing the lethality of the flowering projectile. The wooden conical letter tube further improves the detonation reliability of the flowering bomb and greatly increases the actual combat utility of the flowering bomb.

Now in the ranks of the Fu Han army, even the flowering shells equipped with mortar cannons are also added with wooden support.

One by one, the cutting-edge artillery was opportunity, and the eyes of Fu Chun, the commander of the artillery of the Qing army, were red, and Feng Sheng's forehead also had an iron face, and he ordered the infantry to prepare.

"Infantry Comes Forward ......"

The smoke of gunpowder had already filled the entire battlefield, and Feng Sheng's forehead ordered, and the entire large army of the Qing army began to shake.

The artillery battle on both sides continued, and the artillery could not be fired all the time, and even if there was clear water to cool down, the frequency of the artillery fire must be strictly controlled. This 'degree' has been systematically managed in the artillery team of the Fu Han Army, but the Qing army is ......

"Boom...... A general's cannon exploded in the artillery position of the Qing army. Blanco, who was a hundred steps away, held his head helplessly, he had already said something to Fu Chun, the artillery commander of the Qing army, but it was useless. The Tatar did not listen to his advice. Although in the current very unfavorable situation, it is indeed necessary for the cannon to seize the time to fire every shot it can fire.

Feng Sheng's forehead at the beginning thought that the cannon was unlucky to hit it again, they were standing in place waiting for the Fu Han army to take the initiative to attack, a should be the artillery of the protective fortifications built very complete, as long as the artillery position is not hit by the shells of the Fu Han army, Feng Sheng's forehead believes that the shells of the Fu Han army can smash through the thick soil slope and defensive wall in front of the position. It turned out ...... fucking bore!

"Tell Ayintu to lead the musketeers to attack head-on."

"Tell Duan Xiulin to lead troops to attack Chen Rei's left flank."

"Order Wu Ge and lead the horse team to disturb Chen Wei's right flank for me."

Feng Sheng's face dared to fight this battle, he was fighting with many generals, and he was fighting with thousands of horses in his hands, not the cannons in his hands! He dared to take advantage of the small number of Fuhan soldiers in Danyang to rush to pinch it, relying on the large number of people.

This battle of Danyang, after an artillery battle between the two armies for half an hour, finally entered a major collision of infantry.

"Beep beep ......"

The sharp whistles in the formation of the Fu Han army sounded again and again, and Wei Baocheng, "Xiang Jin......" stood under the battalion flag, waving his waist knife and shouting loudly. The 1st Battalion of the 1st Garrison Division and the 3rd Division Guard Battalion not far away, as the vanguard of the entire Fu Han Army, marched head-on towards the Qing army through the space reserved by the artillery. (To be continued.) )