readx; That's right, these two cannons were two of the three long-range cannons that had just opened fire on the Qing army at the head of the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In addition to leaving one door to continue bombarding the city, Meng Gong pushed the other two gates out. Now the distance between the two sides is two miles, that is, six hundred steps. Although it was still slightly beyond the effective range of the long-range gun, he knew that he could not go any further, otherwise it would be too dangerous. The only thing to do now is to give full play to the superb gunner's gunnery and blow up the Qing army's Hongyi cannon!

Ten of the best gunners in the Ming army were each in groups of five, each with two cannons. One of the main gunners first visually measured the distance to the target, and then nervously calculated for a while. Of course, the tools used for calculation were not rice paper and brushes, because it was extremely inconvenient to use such things during combat, and he used the small blackboard and chalk that he carried with him.

These two things, Zhu Youzhen directly moved the things from his previous life. This small blackboard is actually a flat wooden board with a thick layer of black paint on the outside. As for chalk, it is made of limestone and water, and some limestone is added to the gelatinous hydrated lime to increase its hardness, and then it is filled into a strip-shaped mold, and after hardening, it is taken out to become chalk.

Although this "invention" is very simple and has no scientific and technological content at all, it makes Zhu Youzhen very proud. Because in this era, paper and pen are still very precious things, and they are not convenient enough to make and use. Compared with blackboard and chalk, there are three major advantages, one is low cost, the second is that it can be used repeatedly, and the third is that it is easy to carry and can adapt to various environments.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen launched this new product through Wuzhou Trading Company, it attracted widespread attention. Especially in the army, blackboards and chalk are more popular, because most of the soldiers have not received systematic education, and they can't write calligraphy with "wrists and elbows hanging" at all, but it is easy to use chalk. Moreover, the blackboard can also be used repeatedly, and you only need to erase it with chalk after writing. Then there is the fact that the sergeant spends most of his time in the field, and if he uses paper, it will be blown away by a gust of wind, and he has no effort to grind ink, and he does not have to worry about using blackboard and chalk at all.

At this time, the main gunner brushed the points on the blackboard, and soon calculated the shooting yuan, and loudly reported it to the other four gunners. The four of them immediately worked together to adjust the barrel of the gun, which weighed 400 catties, and adjusted the angle of the gun to the exact point.

At this time, several more sappers stepped forward and handed the gunners the shells and powder boxes that had been prepared for a long time. According to the actual distance, the gunner takes out a part of the gunpowder from the powder box, fills the gun body from the muzzle and compacts it, and then puts the shell in. This reloading of gunpowder is completely dependent on experience, and if it is loaded too far, it will not be able to hit if it is less, and only the amount of gunpowder can accurately hit the target.

The reason why the Qing army's Hongyi cannons were inaccurate was also related to their poor grasp of the number of charges, because those traitor gunners were always afraid that too many charges would lead to explosions, so the weight of each load was insufficient, and their Manchu masters did not understand, as long as they could send out the shells, it would be over.

The Ming army was completely different, and in the training of the Qin soldiers in peacetime, the training of gunners was the strictest, requiring them to achieve a certain hit rate, otherwise they would be eliminated. Therefore, the gunners of the three battalions of the Ming army, who inherited the mantle of the Qin soldiers, generally had a relatively high level of shelling, and the ten gunners who followed Meng Gong out of the city today were the best gunners in a hundred.

After the reloading, the main gunner corrected the firing angle again, and said loudly to Meng Gong: "General Qiqi, the artillery can be fired!" ”

"Put!"

Meng Gong gave an order, the main gunner immediately lit the fuse, and the people near the cannon immediately withdrew from Sanzhang, preparing to receive an extremely shocking baptism.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

With two earth-shattering loud bangs, two long-range cannons opened fire one after another, and two solid iron bullets that burned red broke away from the flames of the guns and soared straight into the sky, drawing two perfect parabolas in the air, smashing towards the enemy formation with a thunderous momentum!

At this time, all the Ming troops in the circle array, including the commander Meng Gong, silently prayed in their hearts: "Hit, hit!" ”

It was too late, that is, in the blink of an eye, two shells had already smashed into the Qing army's position with the whistle of death. Because the distance was shortened by one mile, the accuracy of the two bronze cannons was very high, and the gunner did everything in his life to correct the cannons to the slightest, and these two shells smashed into the position where the Hongyi cannon was located as if they had eyes.

One of the shells hit a Hongyi cannon directly, instantly smashing it; Although the other shell did not hit the barrel, it killed seven or eight Qing gunners who were carrying shells and gunpowder behind, and the powder boxes were scattered all over the ground.

In fact, the Qing gunners were already a little frightened since they were hit by the cannon at the head of the city just now, and they wanted to retreat. However, Mang Gurtai gave a strict order, not only did not allow them to retreat, but demanded that they must destroy the artillery of the Ming army. These unlucky guys had no choice but to stand up to it here, and of course they didn't dare to move the cannon at will, which also gave the Ming army a chance to aim calmly.

At this time, they were once again violently shelled by the Ming army, and these people already understood: their artillery skills were far inferior to their opponents, and if they waited here to die, they had to be smashed into meatloaf by a big iron lump! So he couldn't care about the prince's strict orders anymore, and ran backwards with a shout.

However, "if you can run, the monk can't run the temple", these gunners ran away, but the Hongyi cannons were still standing there quietly, and there were a lot of gunpowder boxes piled up next to them. Meng Gong was even more energetic when he succeeded in the first blow, and immediately ordered the gunner to fire again as quickly as possible.

Soon, the two cannons fired again, and the long-range cannon at the head of the city also fired a salvo at this time. The three shells once again accurately hit the Qing artillery position, this time not directly hitting the cannon body, but even worse, hitting the powder boxes stacked together. Under the violent impact, dozens of boxes of gunpowder exploded at the same time, and the Qing army's position was shrouded in thick gunsmoke!

When the smoke cleared slightly, the Ming army was pleased to find that all six Hongyi cannons of the Qing army had been blown up to pieces and completely lost their combat capability!

Seeing that the task had been achieved, Meng Gong immediately shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

The Ming army's round array immediately covered the two cannons and slowly retreated towards Yongding Gate. Zhu Youzhen and all the soldiers at the head of the city also saw this scene, and they were thunderous with joy, because they knew that the greatest threat of the Qing army to the Beijing division had been lifted, and from now on, the Ming army would fight more chic and invincible!

At this time, all the soldiers cheered in unison from the bottom of their hearts: "Long live my emperor!! ”

Zhu Youzhen was also full of emotion, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the Ming soldiers!! ”

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