"Hear no" and "hear clearly" are two concepts, the artillery commander of the No. 1 Artillery Battalion, Ma Deqing, is a clever person, and immediately responded when he heard the words: "Hear clearly, listen to the sound of the cannon is a general's cannon, the sound of the cannon is crisp and powerful, it should be the batch of bronze iron core cannons cast by Wu Sangui donated money and silver in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, there are as many as eight in total, and now the use should be 3 catties of lead bullets, with a range of 2 miles." ”

If you don't have two brushes, Ma Deqing can't be an artillery commander, in fact, there are not many firearms in ancient times, and there are only a few kinds of back and forth that can go to the battlefield, if you can't hear this, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Lu Haoshan nodded and said: "Since it is clear, then let them see the power of our Sichuan artillery, go, give me his artillery position to bombard him, if it can't be bombarded, you don't have to come back to see me." ”

There are better quality materials and more advanced casting technology, although the Zhenshan cannon still uses solid lead bullets, but it is at least half better than the general's cannon in terms of performance, plus the soldiers under Lu Haoshan's command are the best of the best, and they don't spare money and silver for them to train with live ammunition, it can be said that every artillery soldier is piled up with money and silver, if it can't be bombarded like this, it will really become a waste of waste.

"Yes, sir." Ma Deqing stood straight and saluted Lu Haoshan: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

"Go ahead." Lu Haoshan waved his hand and said.

Ma Deqing did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered three squads to carry out the bombardment mission, and under an order, someone pulled the horse, put the rope on the horse, one in the front, and a few in the back pushed hard, and pulled the mountain cannon weighing nearly 700 catties outward.

The original artillery was also called fortress guns, which were mostly fixed on important passes or cities, which were inconvenient to move, and there were many dead ends, of course, weight was also a factor, because the material was not good, it could only be lengthened and thickened to prevent explosions. With the progress of casting technology, many things are constantly changing and improving, like the earthquake mountain cannon in the army now, the power is greater and the range is farther, but it is lighter in weight, in addition, it is also installed under the earthquake mountain cannon with iron seat car, and the seat wheel is high and low. Even when it is in action, it can also be **, so that the cannon can better play a role in the war, which is also the prototype of the vehicle-mounted gun.

A few hundred catties of things, ten big men and a healthy horse, or in the way of pulling a cart, very lightly pulled the mountain cannon to the forward position, Ma Deqing estimated the distance, stopped the artillery outside the range of the Qing army's general artillery, and then ordered to start adjusting the angle. Aimed at the artillery position of the Qing army on Neutron Mountain.

"Boom"

"Boom Boom"

As if brushing up the sense of zài, the continuous firing of artillery on Neutron Mountain, although it could not hit the camp of the Sichuan army, it still stubbornly and stubbornly fired cannons. Blowing up the dirt in front of the camp into small and small pits, Lu Haoshan guessed well, Hong Chengchou used this way to show his master Manqing that he had resistance and battle. And these cannon sounds are also a signal for the nearby Qing soldiers to rush to help.

Although Hong Chengchou doesn't like the Sichuan army very much, he is not stupid. Knowing that he was not an opponent, he lit a beacon fire, sent scouts to deliver letters, and sent his subordinates to strengthen his momentum, so that he could explain to the Manchus.

Since being promoted to artillery commander, Ma Deqing rarely fires artillery, on weekdays, he uses his subordinates to do it, and he is higher than them in terms of rank, when it comes to seniority, most of his subordinates are taught by him, to put it bluntly, his subordinates are a combination of soldiers and apprentices, so that they dare not go west, but this time Ma Deqing personally trained the artillery, the reason is very simple, Lu Haoshan led a group of middle and high-level military officials to watch behind, this is a rare opportunity, if the governor appreciates, it will be a step to the sky.

After adjusting the angle of the muzzle of the "five-catty bullet", as soon as Ma Deqing opened his mouth, a bomb adjuster immediately sent the five-catty solid-head lead bullet.

The solid lead bullet of the general cannon is divided into 7 catties, 3 catties and 1 catty, the material used in the earthquake cannon is much better than the general cannon, the casting process has also been greatly improved, the length and inner diameter of the cannon barrel are also different from the general cannon, so there are also differences in lead bullet, respectively, 10 catties, 5 catties and 2 catties of three kinds, the weight has increased, then the explosives carried have also increased accordingly, and the ground shakes when the cannon is started, so it is named the earthquake mountain cannon.

After loading the five-pound bomb, Ma Deqing personally took the torch and lit the fuse, and everyone first smelled a burst of gunpowder burning "sizzle", and then "boom" a loud sound, like a sudden drought thunder on the flat ground, the loud sound reverberated back and forth in the mountains, and when it exploded, the earth trembled, and a cannonball first flew diagonally upward, then crossed a beautiful arc, and finally landed on the halfway of Neutron Mountain and exploded.

It is a pity that according to the Qing army, the artillery position was still far away and did not hit.

Lu Haoshan and the others were not disappointed, everyone knew that this was a test of artillery, and after calibrating the angle and distance, after calibrating the angle and distance, they only bombarded it on a large scale at that time, which is also the reason why three squads came with a total of fifteen earthquake guns, and now only one artillery gun is firing.

"Two-pound bullets." Ma Deqing first adjusted the angle of the artillery based on experience, and then asked the bomb adjuster to send two pounds of lead bullet.

The impetus of the cannon chamber is so much, the shell is heavy, the hit is close, the shell is light, the hit is far, just like a person throwing a stone, if you throw a stone of hundreds of catties, it is estimated that you can throw a few feet away, if you throw a small stone of a few taels of weight, just throw it, you can easily throw it over more than ten zhang, the artillery position of the Qing army is on the mountain, so there is an upward resistance in the process of flight, and you can only change the smallest model of two catties of bullets.

After some preparations, with a bang, a shell exploded near the artillery position of the Qing army, and smiles appeared on the faces of everyone present: this is considered to have hit the target.

"The target is northwest of the direction, the angle is 46, all filled with 2-pound shells, and it will be prepared immediately." Ma Deqing ordered loudly.

Talent, when Ma Deqing gave the order, Lu Haoshan secretly praised in his heart, this Ma Deqing only used the second artillery, and he had already hit the target, which is a very good result, this is not a later generation with numerical control, coupled with the lack of stability of artillery, it all depends on experience and skills, this is the biggest difference between veterans and recruits.

For those soldiers who have just been enlisted in the army, sometimes it is not uncommon to be unable to calibrate the angle and distance after several shots.

"Report, gun No. 1 ready"

"Report, the second gun is ready."

"Report, the third gun is ready."

Ten people are in charge of an artillery, the division of labor is very fine, there are gunners, bombers, loaders, gunners, cleaners, each of them performs their own duties, and the cooperation is very tacit, once ready, the group leader of these ten people will report loudly, waiting for the next order, these people are well-trained, and they are all ready in less than half an hour.

"One team, let's go!" After Ma Deqing received Lu Haoshan's approval, he immediately issued an order for the bombardment.

Soon, five rumbling sounds, five two-pound solid-head lead bullets exploded in the Qing army's artillery position on Neutron Mountain, Lu Haoshan could see clearly in the clairvoyance, three exploded at the edge of the position, and a group of Qing troops guarding the vicinity exploded to the point of flesh and blood, one missed, one exploded in the center of the artillery position, this cannonball with 150 small lead bullets blew down several Qing artillery, even a general cannon was also blown off.

The general's cannon weighs more than 500 pounds, and with the weight of a car, it is not easy to overturn it.

"Second team, let's go."

"Three teams, put."

With Ma Deqing's continuous orders, the fifteen mountain cannons from time to time let out a shocking roar, this is Ma Deqing's imitation of the three-stage shooting method of the firearm, with five guns as a unit, to maintain the output of firepower in the shortest time, continue to put pressure on the Qing army, for a time the opposite mountain cannon sound is everywhere, the soil is blown up and down, it looks very lively from a distance.

For this day, Lu Haoshan had been secretly preparing for almost ten years, and seeing the solid lead bullets exploding into the artillery positions of the Qing army like mercury, a sense of pride really rose in his heart, and he had to say that in terms of firepower output, the Sichuan army had completely crushed the Qing army.

Finding that their artillery positions were bombed, the Qing army immediately reacted, turned the muzzle, aimed at the artillery positions of the Sichuan army to prepare for bombardment, the idea was right, and the reaction could not but be said to be unpleasant, but it was a pity that the gap was only known when the artillery was fired, and it was allowed to exhaust all means, adjust the angle, and use the smallest 1 catty bullet, but the place where the solid lead bullet exploded was at least 30 zhang away from the artillery position of the Sichuan army, and there was no threat at all, on the contrary, the lead bullet of the Sichuan army exploded unscrupulously in its own artillery position.

With the help of clairvoyance, Ma Deqing adjusted the angle from time to time to make the accuracy of the earthquake mountain cannon more accurate, so that the lead bullets in the artillery positions of the Qing army bloomed, completely pressed and beaten, under the bombardment of artillery, a piece of fresh life was harvested, and a piece of artillery was blown up, what impressed Lu Haoshan the most was the almost desperate and helpless face, for those Qing troops, this was too depressing for the bombardment.

The artillery on both sides bombarded, at the beginning the Qing army could barely fight back, but only after three rounds of shelling, the response became less and less, after ten rounds of shelling, there was no reaction at the end, when Lu Haoshan ordered to stop the shelling, the Qing artillery position on Zhongzi Mountain was already in a mess, not only the casualties were heavy, the eight general guns were also blown up, turned into a pile of scrap metal, some wounded soldiers kept struggling on the ground, the tragic situation was like Shura hell.

"Du" rode a fast horse from a distance, and stopped about two zhang in front of Lu Haoshan, it was Li Dingguo, I saw him walk quickly to Lu Haoshan and report: "My lord, the cavalry of Dingjun Mountain was defeated by us, and the remnants of the army have retreated to Dingjun Mountain. (To be continued......)