Columns of smoke rose one after another, and the huge explosion sound that cracked the eardrum was connected into a line, like a series of thunderbolts falling from the sky, making people feel that the explosion always sounded in their ears and never stopped.

This is the battlefield of Shahe in the east of Yuncheng.

The Qing army's firepower was absolutely superior to that of the Chen Jiajun's fort, and it bombarded the not very large position, and the thunderclap-like sound of artillery outside kept reaching the ears of the officers, which was completely different from the dull and depressing explosion heard in the fort. Speaking of which, the officer is also an old man in the artillery battalion, and he has fought a lot of battles since Phoenix Terrace, but he has never seen such fierce artillery fire as now.

In the battle of Fode, the Qing soldiers had many cannons, but they rarely bombarded so fiercely. However, the Qing army's artillery bombardment was not accurate enough, and they were just making a scene.

From the point of view of the team officers, there was no pattern at all in the landing point of the Qing army's artillery shells, and they were all over the place, one from the east to the next, and they were very blind. This kind of blind bombardment, which has no pattern to speak of, can pose a certain threat to the breastwork wall or checkpoint between the forts, but it does not pose the slightest real threat to the four batteries on the open surface and the trenches under the surface.

It's just that such 'indiscriminate bombardment' caused him to lose a seasoned artillery commander, and when he went out to observe, he was hit in the head by a shell, and his whole head exploded. Just thinking about it makes the team officer extremely depressed. At present, the Qing soldiers are still a little far away, they have not tried to cross the river head-on, in fact, they do not need to cross the river in the face of the artillery fire of the Chen family, they only need to retreat a few miles to the north, and they can easily cross the river without the slightest threat. The Qing army had boats.

This position of the Chen Jiajun is the only one in the entire Yuncheng, guarding the largest wharf leading to the east of Yuncheng, and even more curbing the throat of the entire Yuncheng waterway. Because the width of the Shahe River opposite it is more than 300 meters, it is the widest part of the Shahe River in the entire Yuncheng, and of course, its existence directly provides the greatest cover for the eastern defense of Yuncheng.

Because it is not far from Yuncheng County, the straight-line distance is less than six miles.

If the Qing soldiers' boats really dared to come here to find themselves uncomfortable, the team officer swore to heaven that he would be 'extremely enthusiastic' to entertain the visitors.

But looking at the swarms of boats docked on the shore like dead fish on the surface of the Shahe River in the distance, the team officers did not report any hope for this. It is understandable that the Qing soldiers transported artillery to the other side of the river and used it to bombard the artillery position, because they wanted to pull out the nail of the artillery position and dredge the entire water transportation line. But a large number of Qing soldiers drove boats and fought artillery fire from the upper reaches of the Shahe River to the west bank, and the Qing soldiers were really caught in the door.

On the Qing soldier's position on the other side of the river, the white smoke emitted from the firing of a cannon enveloped the gun positions everywhere, and at least twenty general cannons, even if there were general cannons, it was very probable. The number of Qing soldiers in Anhui is small, but the artillery strength is stronger than that of the Shaanxi Green Battalion. Could it be that Chen Huizu brought all the cannons at the head of Anqing City?

This range properly exceeded Chen Jiajun's two-catty guns and three-catty guns, which was also the biggest reason why Chen's artillery rarely counterattacked. The officers of the team were in charge of the four artillery forts, but there were only two heavy three-pound guns, which were barely enough to clear the positions, and the shelling effect was too poor.

The thick clouds of smoke made it impossible for the observation posts in the position to see their true faces. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the Qing soldiers continued to build artillery positions near the artillery positions.

Chen Huizu made up his mind to gnaw the hard bone of the artillery position first.

The artillery of the Qing army on the other side fought for a while, and when they saw that the counterattack of the Chen Jiajun was only few, there was no major movement in the four artillery forts that looked solid, and the artillery stopped bombarding. Then the billowing smoke rose from the opposite bank, so that the Chen Jiajun side didn't even want to know that this was a trick played by the Qing soldiers, playing a trick to cover the position change of their artillery team.

Of course, not all of the Qing soldiers' cannons were extinguished, and some of them were roaring from time to time. But it is very different from the unscrupulous appearance before, as if there is an inexhaustible ammunition.

Then, and then waited until the billowing black smoke dissipated, without the need for the observation post to report, the artillery officer used a telescope to clearly see the artillery position of the Qing soldiers. This is posted closer, is there a distance of 500 meters between the two sides?

"Captain, the Qing soldiers are so bold that they look down on us. At this distance, our artillery can completely hit. These green-skinned dogs are looking for death. ”

"Officer, as long as the cannon of our fort is fired, if we can't kill the green-skinned dog on the opposite side, I won't be surnamed Wu."

On the Yizi fort, Zhang Junxian looked at the Qing artillery position on the opposite bank with blazing eyes. When the news of the observation post came, the distance was no longer a problem, and Zhang Junxian just waited for the order of the team officer.

Over and over again, the officer gently struck the glowing iron cannon beside him, his eyes fixed on the opposite bank. Judging from the location of the lookout, there are already Qing soldiers working along the river, does this mean that the Qing soldiers are ready to go further? What about putting the muzzle of the cannon directly on the bank of the Shahe River?

"Don't panic. It's not time yet. When it's time to fight, I'll order you to fire! "The officers felt that the further they released the soldiers, the more accurate they would be. Moreover, he was full of confidence in the defensive strength of his own artillery fortress, and he was not worried that the artillery fort under his feet would be destroyed by the artillery fire of the Qing soldiers.

Zou Yong, the commander of the A-shaped artillery fort, confidently stated: "Captain, you can rest assured." As long as you give the order, I promise to let the Qing soldiers eat iron bullets. How many times have we all tried the gun? We can remember all those angle numbers. "Although Chen Jiajun's current artillery has introduced the necessary technical parameters for artillery to hit the target, such as ruler, height, angle, and direction, and has also produced standardized gun tables, in this era when hot weapons are not mature at all, under the situation of Chen Jiajun's low-energy mathematical calculations of gunners, their actual artillery bombardment still relies more on experience.

The team officer didn't look back, just looked at the Qing artillery position opposite and said, "I also believe that you have this strength." But wait. What if the Qing soldiers really pushed the cannon to the riverside without knowing whether they were alive or dead? "That's going to be a lot more accurate than it is now. If the distance is shortened by about 30 zhang, the accuracy of the shelling may be improved by 10%.

The artillery team of the Chen family's army, which was enduring the shelling, enduring the 'noise', and eagerly exchanged for a little increase in the hit rate, did not know that at this time, Chen Huizu, the big boss of the Qing army in front of them, was preparing for the whole army to 'turn in' in the future.

"Rubbish, what a bunch of rubbish. Four or five thousand people guarded Xuzhou, but they only guarded for three days. It's ridiculous! "And what's more serious is that after I received Asiha's request for help, I really came to Yuncheng with my troops." Pass my order, and the whole army will retreat quickly. ”