Chapter 498 Artillery Battle across the River (5)

Wang Dou even asked hundreds of battalion bombardiers to arrive at Yang Xingling together, compared to the pikemen of each battalion, these are professional bombardiers, within thirty steps, can accurately throw 10,000 enemies into the trench. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo.\\

At present, there are not many soldiers in the Jingbian Army in Songshan, because more than 1,000 people have been transferred to Changling Mountain, and at this time, there are less than 1,000 people left in the army, and Sun Sanjie's Changling Mountain defense line is defended by more than 3,000 and hundreds of soldiers.

The flagbearer on the lookout pole car reminded that the Wuzhenha super artillery battalion of the Han army flag had been approaching the shore, and Wang Doujing was shocked and raised a clairvoyant mirror to look at the north shore.

The Qing army on the other side is coming, and it seems that most of them are men and horses of the Han army banner, and occasionally there are some artillery pieces drawn by cattle and horses.

I thought to myself: "It's finally going to be an artillery battle, I don't know how powerful the Qing army's artillery is." ”

In the Battle of Julu that year, the Qing army's Hongyi heavy artillery caused great damage to the Shunxiang army, what will be the result of this battle?

He looked solemnly at his own artillery array, which was on the right side of the small pontoon bridge, and was basically more than a hundred steps offshore. About two miles to the left of the small pontoon bridge, there was also a small artillery array, which was used to bombard Yang Xingling's left flank.

The terrain was hilly and undulating, so the small artillery array was set up on a high mountain, only a few dozen steps from the river. On the other side, there is a flat river, which is convenient for artillery bombardment, and if the Qing army attacks the left flank of Yang Xingling from that side, it will be ruthlessly attacked by this artillery.

Finally, Wang Dou looked at the artillery array of the Shenji Battalion, they were one mile away to the right of the artillery array of the Jingbian Army.

A huge artillery array, with Shenwei General Cannon, Mortar Cannon, a large number of rocket vehicles, Franc machines, etc. However, the only ones that could bombard from a long distance and hit three or four miles were the twenty-five Shenwei General Cannons, and the rest of the rockets and Franc machines could not hit one mile, or only more than one mile.

And at this distance, the Jingbian military artillery battalion has been able to show its magical powers.

He thought to himself: "I hope that the artillery of the Shenji Battalion can deal a major blow to the Qing army far away!" ”

The cāo cannon technology of the gunners of the Shenji Battalion was actually not satisfactory to Wang Dou, and those artillery, if the gunners of the Jingbian Army were cāo cannons, might be more powerful.

Of course, this is impossible, Fu Yingchong can support Wang Dou, but it is impossible to hand over the artillery battalion to Wang Dou.

Moreover, the artillery cast by the Jingbian Army is relatively standardized, and it does not hurt to exchange gunners. The artillery of the Shenji battalion, or the artillery of the Ming army in Yuzhen, has different calibers and sizes, and the temper of each gun is different, and the gunners are fixed.

Even if Fu Yingchong's feelings are not considered, in a hurry, replacing the gunners of the Jingbian Army may not have any good results.

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"The distance between thieves and slaves, five miles...... Four miles ......"

In the artillery array of the Shenji battalion, however, an observer came over and nervously reported to Fu Yingchong the distance between the Qing soldiers and the artillery battalion.

At this time, Fu Yingchong's artillery array was almost filled with sacks and earthen baskets, and everywhere in the artillery array, there were dense earth-carts placed, and the complex layout looked like a labyrinth.

In a circle of thick sacks, the slender Fu Yingchong was poking his head into the riverbank, and the sacks filled with dirt were so high that they almost drowned Fu Yingchong's neck. For the sake of safety, he also deliberately placed his flag far away, in the name of beauty, and the soldiers were not tired of cheating.

In the clairvoyant mirror, watching the Qing soldiers getting closer and closer, especially their artillery from afar, Fu Yingchong unconsciously cracked his mouth, revealing two big front teeth.

He hid in the circle and kept encouraging his subordinates: "Brothers, stabilize it, wait for the Tartars to enter the shè Cheng and then fight, and let the Tartars on the other side see how powerful our Shenji Battalion is......"

Behind the battlements formed by many sacks, many gunners of the Shenji Battalion also nervously waited for orders. Many of them were dressed in a variety of ways, and after the victory in the Loess Ridge, Wang Dou presented Fu Yingchong with a large number of captured Qing army armor to replace their armor.

For the sake of their lives, those soldiers of the Shenji Battalion put on the armor they had issued. Only some people wear armor in the middle for the sake of beauty, and those who don't understand it think that they are wearing multiple layers of heavy armor.

After many battles, these warriors of the Shenji Battalion have become much calmer and calmer than in the past.

Finally, another observer came over and reported to Fu Yingchong the distance of the Qing troops on the other side.

Fu Yingchong let out an earth-shattering roar, a sharp voice, which shook for more than ten miles: "Fire!" ”

The artillery position shook for a while, and there was a deafening sound of artillery, and the twenty-five Shenwei General Cannons roared one after another, spewing out thick white smoke and thick smoke and dust in front of them, instantly covering the thick figures of each artillery.

Dozens of cannons of more than ten catties roared and rushed towards the Qing army on the opposite bank!

Wang Dou held a clairvoyant mirror and traced the trajectory of the flight of these shells.

The artillery of the Shenji battalion, due to the use of four-wheeled gun carriages, digging pits and piling, so after the artillery is fixed, it can only be moved up and down, and it is difficult to move left and right.

And the Qing army was less than three miles, Fu Yingchong ordered the artillery to be fired, although the Shenwei general shè Cheng had three or four miles, but ......

This round of shelling seems to have hit some Qing soldiers and achieved some results.

There was a roar, and one after another iron bullets whistled, setting off clouds of dirt and dust, and the cannonballs whistling past the cannons, making the marching Wuzhenha super gunners break out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, at such a long distance, the artillery target was extremely small, and most of the shells were dropped and jumped, but there was still a large iron ball weighing more than ten catties, which crossed a row of earththen carts in front of it, and happened to pounce on an artillery piece dragged by seven or eight tired and strong oxen.

Seeing the cannonballs coming with their heads and faces, the Han gunners next to the artillery scattered with a bang, and several Han soldiers with whips in their hands also threw down their leather whips and flashed.

However, the bulls that pulled the cannon didn't know how to dodge, and they couldn't dodge, and the fiery iron ball spun and rushed into the herd.

The sound of crackling fractures was loud, and this heavy iron ball, after putting down many healthy cows, screamed with blood mist, and slammed into a shield cart not far behind, shattering the shield cart to pieces, and the coats of several carts howled and fell to the ground.

Some iron balls whistled on some coated dirt carts, and most of them lost power in the flying dirt, and soon stopped beating on the ground.

A strange cannonball bounced on the ground and then drilled through the bottom of a dirt cart, and in the desolate scream, the shell kept rolling off the calf of one of the cart's coats, and even threw itself at a group of gunners behind......

Although the Qing army tried its best to learn some of the equipment of the Ming army, many jing marrow did not learn. For example, the earththen cart of the Ming army is now tied to a lot of dirt bags under the front car, leaving no gaps at all, so that the cannon will not drill through and break the calf of the person pushing the cart.

Moreover, the earthen carts of the Qing army also used a large number of wheelbarrows, and a wheelbarrow was hit by a cannon, and the huge shock force made the coating mouth of a cart spray blood.

Kong Youde roared loudly, telling the gunners to dodge the cattle and horses, try to remember the trajectory of those shells, and try to avoid those routes next time. He knew that the artillery of the Ming Army's Shenji Battalion was not like the four-wheel grinding gun carriage of the Qing Dynasty, which could only be straight, and it was difficult to turn left and right, as long as it was not facing them, it could dodge.

He also loudly encouraged his subordinates to speed up the march, the Shenji Battalion had already fired one cannon, and if they fired two more cannons, they would need to disperse the artillery, and within one or two quarters of an hour, it would be safer.

However, he has a shadow in his heart, he has received information that the artillery of the Jingbian Army can shoot more than 15 cannons and then dissipate heat, it is unbelievable, are they not using Hongyi cannons, but all Franc machine guns?

Sure enough, the artillery position of the Shenji Battalion on the opposite bank, after two more rounds of shelling, slowly quieted down, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the gunners of the Wuzhenha Super Artillery Battalion used all their strength to push the artillery.

Suddenly, Kong Youde's eyes were cold, and he ordered the artillery to move to a certain place in front, Edward was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Excellency, didn't you say that the artillery array is located on that slope?" ”

The place newly designated by Kong Youde had already deviated from the place where the observer had preset the artillery array, and Kong Youde's change of hexagram made him puzzled.

At this time, he was still a little frightened, not long ago, a Ming army cannonball whistling past him not far away, scared him into a cold sweat.

Almost returned to the arms of the Lord.

Even though he remembers the splendor of the Lord's bosom every day, and really wants to return to the heart of the Lord, he is not willing.

If everyone talks about the beauty of heaven, let him go to heaven, and no one wants to.

Kong Youde said hatefully: "That position is facing the artillery array of the Ming Kingdom Shenji Battalion, and their artillery is inconvenient to turn, so they have to bombard their artillery array from the side, so that they can only be beaten, but not bombarded us." ”

Eduardo was dissatisfied, and the observer had already calculated the distance of the artillery emplacement on the opposite side, as well as various data. A lot of handymen also arranged sacks and earthen baskets over there, and now they have to start all over again, wasting time and effort, and these Oriental people's thoughts are really incomprehensible.

However, the artillery battalion is not something that Edward can call the shots, and can only turn around with the artillery battalion.

When Kong Youde's artillery battalion deviated from the direction, Fu Yingchong had not yet noticed it.

He also estimated that the Qing army might set up artillery on the bulging hill opposite, so that he could set up an artillery position here for Xing. After all, there is a flat river on the other side, and only that place has a slight terrain advantage.

After the cannon was dissipated, he howled again and ordered his artillery battalion to continue bombarding.

After three rounds of shelling, due to the urgent reminder of the observer, he was surprised to realize that the artillery position of the Han army flag deviated a lot from his own artillery formation, and set up a formation on the oblique side of the left, and in this direction, only a few artillery pieces in his battalion could bombard them.

Fu Yingchong was stunned for a while, screaming and roaring: "Turn the artillery, turn the artillery!" ”

The Shenji battalion was in chaos, and the gunners of all guns were immediately busy.

It's just that in a short time, how easy is it to turn these heavy artillery pieces?

It is necessary to pull out the wooden stakes fixed by each cannon first, and then more than a dozen people, dozens of people, turn the artillery with difficulty, and then drive the piles to fix it. Those parapet walls also need to be re-stacked, because they are erected on high ground, and some artillery pieces need to be re-dragged and arranged.

Looking at the Qing army on the other side, they are also setting up artillery positions, but the speed is much faster than that of the Shenji Battalion.

Fu Yingchong was sweating profusely and thought, "It's not good. ”

Wang Dou put down the clairvoyant mirror, his face was expressionless, and the Wuzhenha super artillery battalion on the other side was facing the side of the Jingbian army's artillery array, but they were three miles away, and their own artillery array could not bombard them.

Behind the Wuzhenha Super Artillery Battalion, there are still a large number of Han army flags gathered, and they have not yet crossed the river with drums, but the battle in the Twin Mountains does not allow them to delay.

He said to Zhong Tiaoyang beside him: "Pass the order to Zhao Xuan and them, and let him fiercely bombard the Han Eight Banner army that crossed the river!" (To be continued.)