Section 33 The Roar of the Pine Cannon (II)

Compared with the misery of the three camps, the Ballista Battalion could still see a strong man running around shirtless with half of his armor off, shouting: "Hurry up, refill the medicine, add three times the medicine pack, and double the pebbles ......."

That's Wu Laosan, who likes to talk a lot, this guy was originally in the garrison camp to play with bed crossbows, and after being pulled to the ballista camp by Lao Luo, he was even more like a fish in water, and he was so happy.

The pine cannons embedded in the position are scattered and distributed in a ladder shape, and each soldier in the ballista battalion is responsible for three pine cannons, firing in turn, after the first cannon is fired, someone naturally opens the cannon door, cleans the gun chamber, and loads new medicine, and at the same time the other two pine cannons are also triggered in turn, although there are fewer people to operate, but when the pine cannon is triggered, there can be no one next to it - this thing is not very airtight after all, so the alternating reciprocating cycle is also highly efficient.

To tell the truth, when Lao Luo thought of such a thing as a pine cannon, the purpose was to prevent possible hostility with the Zhao and Song dynasties, after all, according to historical records, he knew that the Song Dynasty had firearms, and this still recalled the physical objects he saw in the military museum, but what he saw at the beginning was the kind of thing made when there was a lack of materials in the war, compared to the kind of things that most of them only have an outer diameter of twenty or thirty centimeters, the technical content of this kind of thing is not high, at least for Lao Luo, a firearms expert, due to the limitations of time and materials (lack of steel), The pine cannon made by Lao Luo is very similar to the kind rumored by CCCP in World War II - stupid and black.

Therefore, although the same pine cannon has a completely different effectiveness, just like the same mortar cannon, the classical stone mortar cannon has a maximum firing range of three or five hundred meters, while the Karl mortar cannon of the Third Prussian Reich can have a maximum firing range of six or seven thousand meters.

When the production test was completed in winter, Lao Luo tested the farthest data should be able to reach three thousand meters, but the power of this range is really not big - the elevation angle is too large, and the air resistance and the fading effect of the pebble's own weight on the impact momentum make the ejected pebble become a free fall, although it can smash flowers and plants, but it is expected that there is still lethality at the longest range? That's dreaming.

The results of the final verification are that the best firing range of this batch of pine cannons is about 800 meters to 1,600 meters, this distance as long as the appropriate location of the attack can happen to avoid the small trebuchet of the three centaurs, the result is like now, originally planned to face the backhand reserved by Zhao Song, but now the Turks, Qarluqs and Dangxiang people enjoy it first, but I don't know if the three centaurs care about this glory.

When Lao Luo held the telescope and looked around, he found that the three men and horses were probably weak and could not afford this kind of glory, and the pebbles projected by the pine cannon had a large walking range, and it was estimated that part of it was projected on the outside of the three camps because of the angle of the cannon body or the air tightness, but most of them still directly entered the interior of the enemy camp, and the filling pebbles of each pine cannon were at least sixty or seventy, and the dispersion range of a thousand meters away became at least one hundred and ten square meters, how big was the scattered camp of the three parts?

Therefore, the enemy presented in Lao Luo's telescope can be said to be miserable, and there is a mess everywhere......

When Lao Luo nodded with a little satisfaction, the people around him, including the soldiers of the garrison battalion guarding inside the barricade in the distance, became dumbfounded, all the soldiers either covered their ears and paid attention to the other side, or kept inhaling and sighing like they were stupid, if it weren't for the military discipline, I'm afraid many people would run to the position of the ballista battalion to see the strangeness.

"General, this is the kind of pine cannon that was tested in the winter?" Gonzhas half-covered his ears, his eyes full of horror, and asked loudly beside Lao Luo.

"That's right, this thing looks okay, right?" Lao Luo was not excited, in fact, he had seen much more battlefields than this one.

The roar of the "......" pine cannon was low and shocking, Gonzas didn't hear Lao Luo's words clearly, it didn't prevent him from seeing the indifferent look on Lao Luo's face, and the touch in his heart was stronger than the sound he heard in his ears, what kind of master did he follow? I have never seen this master suffer all the way from Athens, and there is always a very practical idea that I can't explain why, isn't it really a legendary god?

Lao Luo's attention is all on the battlefield, although this kind of intense war can not move him, but this battle is related to the behavior of tens of thousands of people around him, as for the adoring eyes of his subordinates, he has seen too much, he has to often remind himself not to be confused by these things in front of him, you are not a god, you are not the smartest one in the world, indulging in the worship of others can only make yourself proud and confused......

……

After all, the firing range of the pine cannon is very limited, because there is no gun mount, and it is not suitable for rapid battlefield conversion, even if the distance of the extension of the artillery fire is adjusted at the elevation angle, it is also very limited, and the three camps that can be contacted are only fifteen, and the total number of the three camps is still thirty-four after the few burned the day before yesterday, that is to say, there are still nineteen camps outside the range of the pine cannon, even if there are only two thousand people in each camp, that is a total of nearly forty thousand enemies, not to mention the rout of the fifteen camps that were attacked......

Lao Luo looked at the movement of the three camps in the distance - there was already a mess, the first few camps that were attacked could no longer see many figures shaking, and the rest of the camps were still well preserved, but there was no longer a standing figure on it, and I don't know if it was overturned any bonfires or the like, there were several camps that were already full of fireworks.

"Alki, order the ballista battalion to stop! Cheng Shouru was ordered to move forward with the fourth and fifth observation balls, and the eighth to seventeenth bases of the garrison battalion also moved forward by five hundred steps! Destroy the enemy's No. 4, 5, 7, and 8 stockades! The roar of the pine cannon lasted for about five rounds, and the three camps were powerless, and there was panic and calm everywhere in sight, and Lao Luo resolutely ordered.

"Whoa!" When the war was about to go, it was not suitable for Nuralman, a scholar, to be by his side, so the only person who was always by Lao Luo's side was the captain of the army, Olki, who was responsible for trivial chores.

"General, do you want the cavalry school to rush to the village?!" Seeing that the battle was going well and that the garrison base had begun to move, Gonzhas asked with some urgency.

"Hmm...... The archery skills of the second and third capitals are slightly better, you transfer them to cover them, but you are not allowed to rush to the village! "It's not that Lao Luo is too cautious, it's really a limited number of people, God knows if the three men and horses are ambushed in his camp, he doesn't want to bet on the lives of his soldiers. Therefore, the order of the appropriate talent is to observe the ball and move the base forward, and the combat method of fighting step by step and echelon advancement is to completely rely on the technical superiority of one's own equipment to bully others.

Some people may think that this is not heroic enough, and it is not the practice of warriors, but in fact, the person who says this kind of thing is really in the water. War has never been a performance arena for warriors, looking at the recorded history of mankind, there has never been an absolutely evenly matched war, Qin's unification of the six countries relied on technological superiority plus advanced military merit system, Alexander's conquest of Persia relied on the tactics of joint forces and numerical superiority, and later generations of the United States of America in the Gulf region to fight IRQ by virtue of advanced air strike superiority...... Either way, there will always be imbalances in war, and there will always be strong and weak people in terms of time and place, plus the difference in technology, and the difference is only in who can give full play to their own advantages...... Having said that, in the current situation, why didn't the three men and horses want to rely on the large number of people to bully the small eastbound battalion?

In addition, there is also a problem of the rhythm of the battle, the team led by Lao Luo has just won a big victory in Bishkek, at this time, in the face of the large number of people of the three joint teams, it is necessary to follow the sharp momentum of victory and quickly beat the three people by surprise, otherwise the longer the delay will be more disadvantageous to the young Lao Luo's side, even if he has room to cheat and not lack supplies, it is difficult to reverse.

Under such a premise, even if Lao Luo wanted to keep the pine cannon to deal with the Zhao and Song dynasties, it was impossible, although it was possible to leak an epoch-making weapon to the Turks and other three people. Isn't Qadir Khan a deterrent?

As for Li Deming, the envoy of the Dingyan Army and the king of Xiping, and the commander of the party people's congress, Lao Luo had already made up his mind to kill or capture, of course, if it was the latter, it would be the best, otherwise the troops would be insufficient, and it would be meaningless for him to send half of the scout battalion and the two of the cavalry school.

……

The pine cannon paused its roar, but the entire Polo River was filled with smoke and chaos, and the only thing that was in order was the few car bases and ballista battalions that Lao Luo was busy advancing, as well as two cavalry that moved forward to patrol.

"Return to the lord, Ballista Battalion Samuel!" An almost roaring voice came from behind Lao Luo.

"Be quiet, I can hear you!" Lao Luo plucked out his ears, turned around and looked at Samuel angrily and funny, this often silent former guard was standing in front of Lao Luo shirtless, his exposed arms and face were black and white, although he looked embarrassed, his spirit was extraordinarily full, "Are any soldiers injured?" How about the pine cannon? ”

"Back to the general, the soldiers lightly wounded seventeen people, there is no hindrance, and the pine cannon is broken one hundred and twenty-six bodies......" Although deliberately lowered, Samuel's voice was still very loud.

This is almost an occupational disease of the artillery class, although the sound of the pine cannon is not as crisp as the steel cannon, but it can cause greater vibration because of the low frequency. Lao Luo knows this very well, but the current conditions are really limited, how can he not get that kind of protective earmuff, the current ballista battalion soldiers are all using cork to protect their ears, obviously, this method is not suitable for very effective.

Shook his head helplessly, the life of this kind of thing is still too short, only the charge is slightly more, it is easy to cause damage to the cannon body made of tree trunks, and it is beyond his expectations that only more than a hundred pieces of damage can be made, Lao Luo raised his voice and said: "You go to Stan to extract two hundred more pine cannons, and then rely on you to break through the enemy's camp!" ”

"Yes, Lord! Is it possible to use cobblestone bullets? Samuel answered, and asked.

"Hmm...... Yes, take 30 to try it, the operation must be those good hands, others are not allowed! Also, it must be done in accordance with the operating specifications! Lao Luo hesitated for a moment, but could only agree.

It is actually very dangerous for the pine cannon to fire cobblestone shells, because the inner diameter of the cannon is often not very smooth, and even the polished ball stone may cause the cannon body to burst, and at present, there are only five or six skilled hands in the ballista battalion who can play this, and he doesn't want his subordinates to cause battle damage due to operational errors, which is not worth it.

The people around him were busy with their own things, and Lao Luo focused his attention on the opposite side not far away, where there was chaos, and there were panicked three routs everywhere. His tricks have been laid out, I don't know what the leaders of the three divisions will plan to do behind the chaos in the distance, escape, cling, assault, or detour?

………………………………………………………………

Attached: Thank you for the book friend "kgb136" for the point coin reward!