readx; The roar of long-range artillery did not stop the advance of the Qing army. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Mang Gurtai doesn't care what Huang Taiji thinks, he gave a death order to the generals of the Han Army Banner, today there is no advance or retreat in the siege of the city, and the head of the Beijing division must be attacked, otherwise they will be beheaded!

Therefore, despite the huge power of long-range artillery, Tong Yangzhen and the others had to wield their sabers and desperately urge their subordinates to rush forward, and the only thing they could do was to spread the formation as far as possible. Whoever is unfortunate enough to be hit by a shell will consider himself unlucky.

At the same time, the Qing army, which had been hiding in the soil caves under the city in advance, also rose up at this time, desperately firing arrows at the city, trying to suppress the artillery fire of the Ming army. It's a pity that they don't know much about tactical coordination, and as soon as the Qing army in the distance launched a charge, they came out impatiently and were prematurely exposed to the fire of the Ming army.

The Ming army was not afraid that they would take the lead, but that they would not take the lead. The snipers and bird-screws in the city and in the fortifications have been dealing with these "rats" for days, and they have been waiting impatiently. At this time, when these guys finally "got out of the hole", they didn't like it and immediately knocked the trigger. For a while, there was a loud gunshot, and the dense lead bullets were like cutting leeks, and most of these guys who had worked hard for three days and were already hungry for gold stars were sent to the Western Heaven Elysium.

At the same time, the vanguard of the Qing army had rushed to a distance of one and a half miles from the city wall, that is, a distance of about four hundred and fifty paces. Meng Gong immediately roared and said, "Easy Cannon, the first round of salvo, let's go!" ”

The so-called "Easy Cannon" is actually a ship-based cannon imported from Portugal. These guns were originally intended for naval warfare, and they were brought to Beijing purely for emergency relief, and they would still be loaded back on battleships in the future.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty generally referred to artillery from overseas as "Franc machine guns", but Zhu Youzhen thought that this title was not accurate. Now even the Chinese translation of Portugal has been changed, and it is not outdated to call it "Franco". For example, the "small Franc cannon" produced by the military factory itself is named "rapid-fire gun", and its purpose is clear at a glance.

However, Zhu Youzhen was also reluctant to call these guns "cannons" or "ship-based cannons." Because the word "canon" is also a transliteration, it was first derived from the Latin word "canna", which means "pipe". Zhu Youzhen felt that no matter anything, he could get a suitable name in pure Chinese, so why use transliteration. However, the literal translation of "pipe cannon" does not sound majestic enough, so Zhu Youzhen named this kind of artillery "Xiaoyao Cannon" because it is relatively lightweight, easier to adjust the firing angle than long-range artillery, and can be used as a ship-borne gun.

As a ship-based side gun, the Easy Gun is, of course, much smaller than the long-range gun, with a body length of six feet and a caliber of two inches and eight minutes. Although the ammunition was much smaller, the double diameter (barrel length to caliber ratio) was only slightly smaller than that of long-range guns, so the effective range was still very long, far exceeding that of the old Franc cannons.

Today is the first time that the MEmu has been used in real combat. There were quite a few Ming troops who originally belonged to the three major battalions, but they did not believe that this seemingly inconspicuous artillery could hit such a long distance, and only the strictly trained and experienced gunners were full of confidence in this kind of artillery just by virtue of the various parameters of the Easy Cannon and the level of production.

Meng Gong gave an order, and the twelve free cannons placed on the southern city wall opened fire almost simultaneously. After the deafening cannon fire and the thick smoke of gunpowder cleared for a while, even the gunners who fired the guns couldn't believe their eyes! Because the ballistics of these shells were too perfect and the accuracy was too high, they not only accurately fell into the Han army's flag array, but also opened twelve blood alleys that were almost completely parallel, killing and wounding nearly 100 people in one salvo!

"The long-range artillery will bombard the car for me, and the free artillery will pick up the enemy's dense places to fight, quickly!" Meng Gong's loud order reminded these gunners: the speed of the Qing army's charge was really not slow, and if they continued to fire directly ahead, they would soon enter the dead end of these artillery.

Under the strict orders of Mang Gurtai, the Qing army had no way to retreat, so it had to brave the artillery fire of the Ming army to charge. Fortunately, the firing speed of the Easy Cannon is not fast, after firing once, the procedure is exactly the same as that of the long-range artillery, but the barrel cools down a little faster, and it takes almost two and a half minutes to fire once. Taking advantage of the interval between artillery fire, the Qing army ran forward desperately, thinking that maybe the closer they were to the city wall, the safer it would be.

At this time, the city lord had already rushed over from the Taiping Gate in the east. After discovering that the Qing army was attacking Yongding Gate, Xie Sheng transferred 1,000 elite soldiers from each of the other three city walls to defend, and also pushed 12 free cannons. At this time, the advantage of the lightness of the Easy Gun was unobstructed, because its gun body weighed only 400 catties, and it was mounted on a wooden gun cart, and the six sappers could trot forward and push forward. If you change the Hongyi cannon that weighs thousands of catties, it is simply unimaginable.

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements and the morale of the Ming army defending the city, Meng Gong excitedly reconciled with Zhu Youzhen and said: "Holy Lord, General, let the new Xiaoyao Cannon immediately enter the battle, this thing is simply too good!" ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a cold face: "Don't worry. What if we fire too hard and the Tartars retreat? They have harmed so many people, and if they don't kill them today, they will never be finished! ”

"But after all, the Tartars are 30,000 people charging together," Meng Gong said worriedly, "There are only 9,000 reinforcements in our city, and if the enemy forces arrive close and shoot at us, although they still suffer losses, our army will also suffer a lot of casualties..."

"You've got to get them close!" Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth and said, "Solve the victory, implement the No. 3 combat plan!" ”

Xie Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "Holy Lord, according to the prior arrangement, the No. 3 battle plan can only be used when the Tartars are attacking the city urgently. Although the enemy's strength is not small, our existing firepower is fully capable of coping. When the enemy forces are approaching again, we still have rapid-fire guns at our disposal, so it is better to continue with Operation Plan 2! ”

"But I can't swallow this breath!" Zhu Youzhen hated and hated.

Although Yuan Keli didn't understand what this "No. 3 Battle Plan" was, he saw that the general Meng Gong was well commanded, and the general army was calm and calm, and he knew that it was safe to defend the city, and he also advised Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, the purpose of Jianyu's cruelty to the people is to force us to use all our strength, and his heart is very vicious. Since the two generals are confident, they might as well continue to conceal their strength and stay to deal with the real Jurchen Eight Banners. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, please think twice! ”

Zhu Youzhen's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth rattle, but finally sighed and said, "Lord Shangshu, Xie Sheng, you are right, it was I who failed to control my emotions and almost ruined the original plan. I am not a military general, and I should not interfere with the command. Lord Shangshu, let's go into the city tower and sit in the town, and hand it over to Xie Sheng to take full command here! ”

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