At the time when Liu Jun was attacking the city and breaking the pond in Liaodong, and was engaged in demolition and resettlement, and returning farmland to forests, Dolgon had been in command of the front line in western Liaoning, and the two sides were separated by thousands of miles, so he knew that the Chu army had a lot of sharp artillery, but Dolgon did not have an exact understanding of how sharp the Chu army's artillery was and to what extent.

When Dolgon seized the new Hongyi cannon that Wu Sangui bought from Liu Jun under the city of Yizhou, he tried it several times and found that these Chu-made Hongyi cannons were really powerful, far better than the cannons of the Ming people in the past, and even better than the Hongyi cannons of the Qing Dynasty's own cottage. He was amazed, and he also believed in his heart that the Chu army in Liaodong was also equipped with this kind of cannon.

When he hurried back to Liaodong from Liaoxi and came to Liaoyang City, Dolgon still thought so. Although there has been some intelligence showing that many Qing Dynasty reprimanded the spies and sent back information, saying that the cannons of the Chu army were extremely sharp, and from their descriptions, they far exceeded the power of those Chu-made artillery in Dorgon's hands, and even the power was amazing, at least more than double the power of the Chu cannons in his hands.

In the end, Dolgon decided that all this information was exaggerated.

If Liu Jiye really had such a powerful cannon, then why didn't the Southern Dynasty have equipment in western Liaoning? If there really is such a powerful cannon, then why did Wu Sangui buy a less powerful cannon? It doesn't make sense, it's definitely an exaggeration.

Thirty-five-year-old Anderson held a clairvoyant mirror and carefully observed the artillery array of the Qing army, Anderson was also a mercenary from Sweden, but also an excellent gunner, and now an officer in the artillery battalion. Although Sweden was only a small country in later generations, at this time, Sweden became the overlord of Northern Europe under the leadership of the lion king Gustav II.

Gustav II was a military wizard who joined his father at the age of sixteen and succeeded to the throne at the age of seventeen. The Swedish army under his leadership was undefeated, and he was known as the Lion of the North by European countries. Not only was he good at war, but he also carried out military reforms. The main reform is the introduction of universal conscription and the establishment of a standing army with strong combat effectiveness.

A small Sweden, but with an army of 200,000, defeated Russia, Finland, Germany, etc. At the same time, he also promoted the artillery in the European countries at that time to a similar status of craftsmen, to an independent branch of the army, and made it closely cooperate with the infantry, cavalry and logistics troops, adopt flexible line tactics, and he also optimized the artillery system to establish the most powerful artillery unit in Europe at that time.

Eight years ago. Gustav II defeated Wallenstein, who was the same man as him in the Great European War, but he was also killed in that battle at the age of thirty-eight.

Gustav II had two famous sayings during his lifetime, one was the well-being of the kingdom, one by God, and the other by the navy.

The second sentence is that the artillery fire should be fierce and concentrated, and must not be dispersed. Artillery should work in concert with other arms and arms.

Liu Jun is an admirer of Gustav II, and he believes in his two famous sayings the most, the navy and artillery are the kings of this era. Because of this. In Liu Jun's army, there were many mercenaries from Sweden, especially the gunners.

Anderson was an excellent Swedish gunner, who fought with Gustav II in the north and south. Earn a name for yourself and make Sweden the king of Northern Europe. After the death of Gustav II, Anderson finally left Sweden. became a mercenary, and finally came to the East, until he became an artillery officer of Liu Jun.

For such an excellent artillery officer as Anderson, there is no place in the world that suits him better than the Chu army. The artillery units of the Chu army were more important and stronger than Gustav's army. Especially in the Chu army, the status of artillery was extremely high.

Now he is the deputy commander of the heavy artillery battalion of the Chu army, if he is not a red-haired ghost, the position of battalion commander must be his.

"Three guns, how's that?"

The battalion commander Qian Cannon shouted loudly from afar.

Anderson's father's name was Anders, and his father, like most Swedes, was lazy to add a son to his name when he named his son, so he used Anderson as his name. When Anderson arrived in the Chu army and learned Chinese, the teacher casually gave him a name, called Sanpao.

Later, he was promoted all the way to the deputy battalion commander, but his boss Qian Wu has always had a loud voice and is nicknamed Cannon.

Heavy artillery battalion commander Qian cannon, deputy battalion commander Anderson three artillery.

At first, Anderson didn't know the meaning of the three guns, but he liked the word "cannon" in the name, and now he doesn't like the name "three guns" at all. In particular, the chief of staff of their battalion is now nicknamed Zhang Erpao, the instructor is nicknamed Sun Sipao, and the Zhenfu envoy is nicknamed Liu Wupao.

In short, the positions of the various commanders of their heavy artillery battalion are now clear, and you can know who the first artillery is by listening to their nicknames.

The business level of Qian Cannon is far inferior to that of An San Pao, but he is a soldier of the Duke of Chu and an old nine-headed bird. There are nine-headed birds tattooed on the chest and tiger's mouth. However, in addition to Qian Cannon's loud voice, An Sanpao is still more satisfied with this boss.

I know that my level is limited, so I will ask his opinion very seriously.

For example, now, Qian Cannon is very humble to greet the three cannons.

"Three cannons, the Tartar cannons are almost in place, do you think we can shoot him?"

According to the above task allocation, the two fields and two heavy four artillery battalions in Liaoyang City were also divided into two artillery groups for the equipment of the Qing army. Each heavy artillery regiment is equipped with a field artillery regiment to form an attack group, and Qian Artillery is responsible for this Qing artillery array in the east.

The guns of the heavy artillery battalion were all cannons, with three artillery batteries and sixty heavy guns. A field artillery battalion also had three artillery batteries with 60 field guns.

The 32-, 24-, and 12-pound canon of the heavy artillery battalion and the light artillery battalion were actually not suitable for defense on the head of the city, because the trajectory was too straight and the range was long, and as long as the enemy rushed closer, he would enter a dead end and could not hit it at all.

But as long as this cannon is used well, of course, it is still very important. Its long and straight range also has advantages that cannot be ignored. For example, now, the Tartars thought that the range of the Chu army was also short, so they boldly put the artillery array 600 steps away from the city.

The Tartars didn't know that this distance, for the heavy artillery regiment, it was really a good pose. It's so good that even Qian Artillery, who has never been very proficient in artillery business, knows that this position is tantamount to looking for a bomb.

As a group of officers who are most proficient in artillery business in the Chu army, An Sanpao is of course very aware of this situation. But he was still waiting, waiting for what, waiting for the Tartar cannons to be pushed into place.

It's a great opportunity, but it's only one chance. When they fire a cannon, the range of the Chu army's artillery will be exposed, and the Tartars will definitely not be fooled again if they suffer a loss. Therefore, in order to achieve greater results, Fu Shan had already ordered that he was not in a hurry to do it, but first let the Tartars push all the cannons over with peace of mind, and when they were almost ready, the cannons were in place, and the cannonball carts were also pulled up, which was the time to leave.

"At a distance of six hundred paces, our cannons of more than twelve pounds, as well as six-inch and eight-inch grenades, as well as eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch mortars, can effectively hit, and even four- and eight-pound ones can barely hit, but the power is almost inferior."

Qian Cannon calculated in his heart,, this means that one hundred and twenty long and short canons and all kinds of mortars, howitzers, and cannons can be hit by their two artillery battalions.

"Then what are you waiting for, fuck it, come and fire on it and directly end their artillery array."

"Their ammunition truck hasn't come over yet."

An Sanpao pointed out one of the most important points that should not be overlooked.

Suddenly the artillery array of the Qing army was fully fired, of course, but those cannons were all iron lumps of iron and copper bumps, unless they were directly hit, so they were not so destructive. Even if the gun carriage is damaged, they will be able to repair it immediately and use it again.

With the expertise of the three artillery guns, if the infantry cavalry cannot take the opportunity to go out of the city to grab the artillery, if they want to inflict the greatest casualties on the enemy's artillery array, they have to wait for their ammunition trucks to pull up.

Not only did these Hongyi cannons have special tractors, but because of the heavy solid shells used, each cannon was equipped with a special ammunition cart to load the cartridges and shells. And basically, these ammunition trucks will be placed next to the cannon for easy reloading.

Two artillery emplacements, each with hundreds of guns, means that there will be hundreds of ammunition trucks.

When the cannon is in place, the ammunition truck is in place, the gunner is also in place, and at this time there is a full firepower, which can not only bombard the enemy's artillery, but also kill their gunner, and most importantly, if the ammunition car can be detonated, that is the real easter egg.

An Sanpao had been waiting for this just now.

"So are their ammunition trucks in place?"

"Almost." An Sanpao said very calmly, Qian Cannon was only staring at the enemy's artillery, but An Sanpao was staring at the gunners of the Qing army. He waited for the ammunition truck, in fact, just to detonate the ammunition truck, and the detonation of the ammunition truck could cause a greater blow to the gunner.

No matter how good a cannon is, without a qualified gunner, the power will be greatly reduced.

When he was in the European theater, Gustav II built a real artillery force, which made the Swedish army like a tiger and won many battles.

Qian artillery is simply impatient, and the artillery units of the Chu army usually enjoy extremely high treatment, and they have always been under the key protection of infantry and cavalry.

In the past, when they fought in Liaodong, the other side basically did not have the existence of artillery that could threaten them. But now the Tartars have thousands of cannons in their hands, even if the real Hongyi cannons are only a hundred, they can already really threaten them.

Although Liaodong City is large and the city wall is high, it is not Lushun Zhenjiang Fortress, this is just a traditional city wall, and it is easy to have a gap under the key attack of the Qing army with many cannons.

Qian Cannon has long regarded the Qing army's artillery as a thorn in the eye, and only by knocking out these cannons can they recover their posture.

"I'm going to report to the town right away and ask for a cannon shot." After speaking, Qian Cannon hurriedly ran to the Pingyi Gate Tower to ask for orders.

"Commander, our first artillery group is ready, the Tartars are also in a position, we can fire at any time and take them down!" Qian Cannon shouted loudly from a distance.

Hearing this, Fu Shan put down the teacup in his hand, "Since that's the case, what are you waiting for, turn on all the firepower, fuck it." ”

"Fuck it, you must be on fire!" Qian Cannon laughed, and then ran back first. (To be continued.) )

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