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Although the two cannons of the guard did not make any impression on the Yazhou soldiers on the city tower, the deafening shelling still frightened these recruits who had never heard the sound of cannons.

If something is not done, the morale of the soldiers will only get lower and lower, and eventually there may even be a rout.

Although most of them were new recruits, there were still dozens of veterans who followed Fan Jinyan, and they had long been surprised by artillery. Some explained to their recruits how scummy artillery was, while others climbed onto the wall to shout and demonstrate.

This move undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and also correspondingly hit the morale of the soldiers in the guard.

Fan Jinyan was very happy to see it, but He Yi couldn't stand it.

has controlled Qiongzhou for more than ten years, when did he suffer this kind of grievance, he was suddenly unhappy, and roared at the gunner: "If you can't hit again, this official will shoot you out as a cannonball." ”

In this era, the shells did not have a scale scale, and the soldiers were not systematically trained, and the gunners were completely based on experience to adjust little by little. What's more, when did Qiongzhou use a cannon! Naturally, these gunners don't usually practice. Now, except for temporary cramming, I can only pray that the shells will hit one or two.

"Boom."

"Boom."

Two more cannons, and when two shells were fired out of the barrels, the soldiers on both sides were praying.

"Medium, Medium, Medium"

"Partial, partial, partial"

"Bang." "Bang."

A shell landed next to the crater of the first round of shelling, smashing another crater into the wall.

The other, perhaps because the gunners were too nervous, raised the barrel too high, and actually fell into the open space between the two sides, several meters away from the city wall.

The ridicule from the city wall made He Yi, who was already angry, even more angry, and pulled out the saber on the waist of his own soldiers, and directly greeted the four gunners.

The poor gunner, who didn't even have a chance to beg for mercy, was chilled by Shangguan.

"Firecracker, up." After the killing, He Yi's face became hideous and terrifying, and he saw him staring at the soldiers who laughed at him on the city tower with bloodshot eyes.

His eyes seemed to be telling the Yazhou soldiers upstairs, you wait for Lao Tzu, or it won't be long before you cry.

For He Yi's order, no soldier dared to discount it, and the thousands of firecrackers didn't need thousands of households to shout and urge, they themselves held guns and ran to the front of the formation.

Then, under the command of various hundred households, he slowly advanced, until he was more than a hundred meters away from the city wall, and then stopped and began to load ammunition.

Clearly, they made a fatal mistake. Just now, Fan Jinyan killed the big guy who called the formation with one shot at a distance of nearly 200 meters, and it was also hit in the face. It can be seen that the range of the muskets in the hands of the Yazhou soldiers is much higher than that of the guards below, they shouldn't be unaware, but why do they still have to get so close? Could it be that you are tired of living?

Although I don't know why the soldiers of the guard station did this, Fan Jinyan couldn't let go of this excellent opportunity, I saw him pull out the straight knife and point forward, and the veterans who had already become officers instantly understood, and shouted for the soldiers to set up their guns.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Jinyan slashed the knife in his hand down, and the soldiers next to him immediately shouted, "Put the gun." ”

When the words fell, the Yazhou soldiers on the city wall all subconsciously pulled the trigger.

Suddenly, the gunshots rang out, and tongues of fire erupted. At this time, the soldiers of the guard post had not even finished reloading.

There was no time to observe the battle situation, and the Yazhou soldiers squatted down one after another, hiding behind the wall battlements and loading ammunition in a panic.

Fan Jinyan didn't move, still staring closely ahead, unable to see clearly due to the smoke caused by the black gunpowder. I can only listen to it, but in addition to the sporadic screams, I can only hear some sighs, and there is no follow-up.

What's the situation?

Did it kill in seconds, or did it not work?

And Sophie, who had been standing beside Fan Jinyan, frowned and said, "My lord, listening to the sound doesn't seem to be right, it doesn't seem to have killed or injured a few enemies." ”

Kindness?

Did she hear it?

"How do you know?" Fan Jinyan asked casually.

Sophie smiled and said playfully, "I know." And he said no more.

Fan Jinyan didn't think about it so much, but also squatted down and waited for the gun to be released on the opposite side, after all, they were now within the enemy's range.

"Bang, bang, bang"

After a burst of gunshots, except for a few lead bullets that flew over the city walls and flew into the city, almost all of them hit the city walls, making the walls crackle.

When the soldiers on the city wall straightened up again, although the smoke on the city wall had been blown away by the sea breeze, they still couldn't see the soldiers at the city guard. Because, too, they are shrouded in smoke.

Just as Fan Jinyan was about to ask the soldiers to shoot again, Li Yang, who had been leading the health team to the northwest corner of the city wall, ran over, "Old Fan, it's useless to shoot." ”

Fan Jinyan was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?" Did you just see that? ”

"That's right, the position around the corner is just right to see clearly, almost all of us hit them just now, but except for a few who were shot in the face, the other soldiers who hit the body just rubbed the position where they were shot. Could it be body armor! Li Yang said.

Body armor?

No way! The Ming Dynasty also had body armor?

Thinking of this, Fan Jinyan would never dare to imagine that he would not see it with his own eyes once.

So, after the smoke was blown away, he made a gesture for the soldiers to shoot.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Another burst of gunfire.

Fan Jinyan was lying on the wall, and the scene in front of him was really as Li Yang said, except for the unlucky face, the bullet in the leg can cause casualties, and the rest of the bullets on the outside body did not play any role at all.

He Yi is so awesome, he even has body armor?

Soon, Sophie and the other commanders also ran around the corner, and they all thought it was incredible.

Listening to Sophie, there are also body armor in the West, but they call bulletproof steel armor, to put it bluntly, they put a half-length breastplate on their body to play the role of bulletproof and life-saving.

But the guards under the city obviously did not have steel armor to protect themselves, and the one they wore was a cotton coat no matter how you looked at it.

Could it be that a cotton coat can also be bulletproof?

It wasn't until Li Tonglai saw it that he explained it to everyone.

It turned out that in the late Ming Dynasty, there was already body armor, that is, the cotton was wet with water, and then the wet cotton was repeatedly beaten with a wooden stick or something else to make hard cotton, and then made into the form of a coat, which was not only lighter than iron armor, but also played a good role in bulletproof.

It's just that the bureaucracy was corrupt at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial treasury was empty, so it was difficult to equip the soldiers with this kind of cotton armor.

Fan Jinyan looked at the guards below, and could only sigh, rich is awesome!

And Sophie sighed in her heart, or the Easterners are smart, why didn't the Westerners think of it?