With a bang, heavy white smoke burst out from the mouth, and fifty paces away a white flag sentry rolled under the horse, he was actually shot in the head, and when he rolled to the ground, the white brain mixed with blood poured out, and he was already too dead to die. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With this sound, the flames and smoke emitted by the horsemen continued, and the Tartar sentry with white flags on the opposite side screamed miserably, and one by one they were shot and rolled off their horses. Another horse was shot, and it neighed and raised its front hooves, overturning the knight on the horse, and desperately running to the side.

About thirty or so sentry battalions were not on their horses at night, they were all gray felt hats, gray knee-length armor and number uniforms, and they were fine chain mail inside, and they held cavalry guns in their hands, and they were divided into five rows to fire at the Manchurian white flag sentry cavalry that was approaching on the opposite side.

When they had finished fighting in the front row, they scattered their horsemen across their saddles and scattered on both sides, while some drew their sabers and others held their handcuffs, ready to outflank the Tartar sentry on the opposite side from both wings.

However, it seems that there is no need anymore, and more than 50 Tartar sentry cavalry on the opposite side were shot by these more than 30 sentry battalions at night, and as many as 25 horsemen fell. In particular, the remaining two rows were misaligned in front and back, and they fired at the horses in unison, and the thirteen of them hit as many as ten Tartar sentinels.

So more than fifty Tartar sentry cavalry, by the brothers of the sentry battalion, suffered nearly half of the casualties at once, this is still fifty paces away, how can this be fought?

The rest of the Manchurian white-flaged sentry horses shouted and fled one after another, and then more than 30 sentry battalions rumbled after each other at night.

"With this horseman, it will be much easier for the brothers to fight and kill the sentry detectives."

On Shenling Mountain, which is more than 100 steps away from the battlefield, Xie Yike stood on the top of the mountain, and the fighting situation on that side was vivid.

"My sentry battalion brother is already brave, and with this sharp riding gun, it is even more powerful."

Ryuuji beside him said happily.

"Brother Xizi's technique is getting better and better."

It was Erya who spoke.

After Zhong Susu invented the riding gun, it was soon popularized in the army, and she became a famous rich woman. Compared with the horse guns used by the dart masters, the cavalry guns in the Jingbian army are more sophisticated, with an effective range of 60 paces, and the wood of the gun body is refined, and even the bottom plate and hoop are made of copper.

The tactics improved by the dart masters are even more powerful, and the only few rounds are just a small test.

Of course, this is also because of open fighting, if you secretly sentry, the strong bow and crossbow in the camp are still indispensable.

At this time, Xie Yike was still the commander of the sentry battalion, but many familiar faces around him had changed, such as the brothers who fought together back then, Tiger Master, Qiang Ye, Bench, Ma Ziren and others, all of whom rose step by step and went to other battalions to hold important positions in the army.

Long Er, Yu Mao'er, Qian Hai, Da Ya, Er Ya, Xiazi and others were promoted, and they all became the backbone and important officers in the sentry camp.

Just now, he shot a white flag tartar in the head, he was born in the opera troupe, he was lively and smart, handsome and young, but he was ruthless, and he was good at fighting. Back then, he was angry and killed Haoqiang and the accomplice of the class owner who took a fancy to his "beauty", and by chance he became a member of the night without acceptance, and now he is a capable officer under Xie Yike.

Watching him lead the army to chase after him, the handcuffs sounded, and there were constantly Tartar sentry horses falling off the horse on the way, and the eldest girl said: "Xie Ye, there are more and more Tartar sentry horses snooping, we pretend not to know that it is impossible for Tartars to arrive in Shunyi, what happens next, please also ask Xie Ye to give you a strategy." ”

Xie Yike stroked his carefully tended mustache and said: "Well, there are indeed more and more Tartars who are spying on Changping, from sneaking in the past to now being above board, we used to pretend to focus on the thieves, but now it is really impossible." There was also news from the general's side that more open-faced sentinels were to be thrown on the side of the slaves. ”

He commanded: "Cast most of the night on the side of the Tartars, and let the brothers show that I have found you, that you are dead, and that I will send more men to see you!" ”

The subordinates took the order violently, Xie Yike was high-spirited, he has been engaged in sentry work for so many years, and he also loves this job very much. Although the sentry battalion has few soldiers, he is willing to take his brothers at night.

The general once asked him if he would like to be the commander of an army and lead one of the future formations, but he refused, and the passionate sentry battalion was his favorite.

"That's where I'm supposed to be."

Xie Yike thought, he turned his head to look at the bottom of the mountain, the crowd like ants was busy, there were soldiers among them, and there were also local people in Changping, they dug trenches and built breastworks along the foot of this Shenling Mountain, and under the Tang Mountain, which is five miles to the southeast.

The breastwork is the soil taken after digging the trench, and it spreads very long, reaching Jundu Mountain in the north and Shahe River in the south, with a length of 20 miles.

Then a pontoon bridge was built over the Sand River, so that the sergeants on both sides could cross the river quickly and calmly.

This line is similar to the Julu Line, with a number of empty spaces between the earthen walls for small artillery or for sergeants behind the walls. Several more trenches were dug in front of the earthen wall, and the excavated earth was heaped to form a small wall half a man high to prevent the Tartars from the possible onslaught of horses, as well as their shield carts.

In particular, the trench in front of the chest wall is wide and deep, and it is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, similar to a "V" shape, and people and horses don't want to climb out if they fall into it, which is very vicious.

There are also three main support points for their defensive line, Shenling Mountain, Tangshan Mountain, and Baifu Mountain, which is about five miles behind Shenling Mountain.

Neishenling Mountain and Tangshan Mountain are the first line of defense, and the breastwork winds from the north, passes through the foot of their mountains, and winds south to the Shahe River. Then a large number of artillery rockets were placed on Shenling Mountain and Tang Mountain, and they condescendingly attacked the attacking Tartar soldiers.

They have the advantage of geographical advantages, and the artillery is covered by a breastwork sergeant in front of them, so there is no danger and they can shoot the artillery calmly.

Shenling Mountain and Tangshan are not far from each other, which can echo each other and at the same time, they can also form fierce crossfire.

The second line of defense is Baifu Mountain a few miles later, and the low-walled trenches are no different from the first line of defense, which is mainly a reserve of troops, and is also used in case of emergency. The Jingbian Army has considered all aspects of its operations very thoroughly, and has always considered the worst possible outcome.

Although the project is huge, the baggage battalion has many mathematical talents, reasonable planning, and a large number of people and great strength, and by today's 18 April, the three-dimensional fortifications codenamed "Shenling Mountain Defense Line" have been basically completed.

But the huge crowd continued to work, digging the trenches wider and deeper, and the Tartars were idle before they arrived, so let's build the fortifications better.

……

Sun Sanjie, the commander of the baggage battalion, rode his horse to inspect the defense line, followed by the battalion generals Tian Wenliang, Ma Gui, Zhang Wenjian, Zhang Rengang, Wang Mingzun and others.

In addition to the gunners, there were also many sergeants beside each artillery who shouted trumpets and pushed and pulled the five heavy Hongyi heavy cannons up to the top of the mountain one by one.

These cannons are very heavy, because they are all heavy artillery that hits more than ten catties of guns, fortunately, this Tangshan is gentle, the altitude is not high, and there are many people to help, a few Hongyi heavy cannons are still pulled up one by one, and the rest of the ordinary Hongyi cannons are much easier.

Sun Sanjie watched happily, and the rugged tumor on his forehead was red because of this.

Because it is related to the back road, Wang Dou and everyone in the staff department attached great importance to the defense line of Shenling Mountain, and arranged ten Hongyi heavy artillery here, twenty ordinary Hongyi cannons, twenty heavy mortar cannons, one hundred tiger squat cannons, and fifty small and medium-sized Franc machine guns.

At present, there are a total of 430 Hongyi cannons and 80 Hongyi heavy artillery pieces in the Jingbian Army, and the firing range is up to five miles, but in order to improve the hit rate, it is best to start fighting about three or four miles.

There are 350 ordinary Hongyi cannons left, and the guns of three or five catties are more, with a range of two or three miles, and it is best to start fighting in one and a half miles and two miles.

Then there were 100 heavy mortar cannons, 100 General Franc cannons, and 500 small and medium-sized Franc cannons. The medium and heavy mortar cannon in this medium and heavy mortar cannon hits a cannon of 20 catties, and the maximum firing range is also five miles, and it is best to start fighting in three or four miles.

The maximum firing range of the General Franc cannon is one mile, and the small and medium-sized cannon is one or two hundred steps.

The fact that so many artillery pieces were arranged on the Shenling Mountain defense line shows that the Jingbian Army attaches great importance to this.

And these artillery, Hongyi cannon and mortar cannon, are placed on Tangshan Mountain and Shenling Mountain respectively, condescendingly attacking the enemy.

And rockets......

Some caravans came, and then the rocketeers who accompanied the cart took out the rocket launch slots with bipods and semicircles, although these semicircular chutes were made of hardwood, three feet long, and there was a thick iron-clad baffle at the tail, but they were not heavy, but they were only thirty or forty pounds, and one person could carry them and walk.

At the same time, many porters took out rockets from the following wagons and carried them up the mountain.

These rockets are about three feet long, with a slender body, a pointed head, slightly smaller than the launch slot, and three inclined stable spirals at the tail, so that they can rotate forward after launching, and the accuracy is quite high, which is quite similar to the missiles and mortars of later generations.

Of course, later generations of missiles and mortars all have tail fins, but they are used to stabilize the flight attitude and basically do not rotate.

The idea of the Jingbian Army rocket comes from the Hall rocket, and the tail is equipped with an inclined spiral plate, which is similar to the principle of a bullet that rotates at high speed when it is discharged. The principle of Daming Shenhuo Flying Crow is similar to that of missiles and mortar shells, but because the bamboo and wood are too light and only have two wings, it is difficult to stabilize after launch.

Sun Sanjie looked at these rockets greedily, the generals of the Jingbian Army paid very much attention to the rockets, and learned that the General Staff would set up rockets on the Shenling Mountain defense line, Sun Sanjie was very happy, but unfortunately only light rockets were set up here, and only ten rockets were arranged on the two mountains.

Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion became an arrow battalion, in addition to ten battalions of artillery strength, there were also ten battalions of rocket battalions, four battalions of heavy rocket battalions, and six battalions of light rocket battalions.

Their establishment and treatment are higher than those of the artillery battalion, and the light rocket battalion has a total of ten rockets and a team of five, and four people are arranged for each rocket, with one person as the rocket commander and enjoying the treatment of the first commander, and two people carry hands and one igniter.

Each general has an observer and two observers, both of whom are equipped with artillery scopes, and they all enjoy the treatment of the general and deputy generals.

They had a battalion of 100 rockets, divided into two parts, including officers, baggage guards and others, and a battalion of 600 people.

Then the light rocket battalion had six battalions, a total of 600 rockets, 3,600 sergeants.

The heavy rocket battalion has five guns as a general, each with seven people, one person commanding, five people carrying, one person ignition, each has one observer and two observers, all equipped with artillery scopes. Their first battalion had twenty heavy rockets, divided into two parts, including officers and baggage guards, and the first battalion had 300 men.

Then there were four battalions of heavy rocket battalions, a total of 80 rockets, and 1,200 sergeants.

Ten battalions of light and heavy rocket battalions, that is, 4,800 people, among which there are a large number of mathematical elites and artillery talents.

The establishment of the artillery battalion also marked the Jingbian Army's march toward a high-tech threshold. (To be continued.) )