Looking at the commander of the first battalion who had returned from defeat, and Xiao Dan, the regiment commander who had witnessed the entire battle process, did not say a word of criticism.

Because, in the immediate outcome of the defeat, I also pay a lot of responsibility.

Soon, several battalion and company commanders in the regiment all gathered around Xiao Dan. In light of the new situation on the battlefield, discuss specific methods for attacking the city and destroying the enemy.

After glancing at the commanders of more than ten companies, Xiao Dan immediately focused his attention on the commander of the artillery company, and asked in a deep voice: "Company Commander Wang, I want to until, how many artillery pieces are there in the officers and soldiers defending the city, and with the artillery of the whole regiment, can they be suppressed and eliminated......

"Otherwise, our attacking troops will not be able to get close to the city wall......"

"After all, the lead bullets fired from the muskets have no way to turn and cannot inflict damage on the officers and artillery who are hiding in the city......"

As soon as Xiao Dan finished speaking, the commander of the first battalion, who had suffered heavy losses, followed up and added......

"The regiment commander is right, the officers and soldiers have at least twenty guns at the head of the city that can fire shots...... The power of these guns is not very good...... However, when firing at close range, especially when firing shotshots, it can almost be called an infantry nemesis...... No matter how many soldiers we attack, we can't withstand the rounds of scattered shells from these artillery......"

"Of the more than 200 brothers I have just lost, more than 150 were shot by the defenders...... As long as you are hit by a scattershot fired by the defenders, there is almost no chance of survival......"

Facing more than a dozen pairs of expectant eyes looking at him at the same time, the commander of the artillery company with a solemn face wanted to give everyone an affirmative answer. Don't let everyone down...... But. In the face of great strength. He could only shake his head helplessly......

replied in a low tone: "Regiment Commander, according to the battlefield situation just now, I am sure that the Qingchuan garrison has a total of eighteen red-coated cannons and twenty-four Franc machine artillery that can fire scattered bullets...... "I won't say much about those Franc machines...... With the strength of the artillery in the regiment, they can definitely be pressed to fight ...... But those eighteen red-coated cannons. It's not so easy to deal with......" "Whether it is the range or the power of the flowering shells, the redcoat artillery far exceeds the medium mortars we are equipped with, and even the large-caliber heavy mortars of the heavy artillery battalion of the division headquarters are not the opponent of these redcoat cannons......"

On the battlefield, as soon as our mortars fire, they will be attacked by the officers and soldiers in redcoat artillery...... In addition, according to the position of these redcoat cannons, only nine medium mortars could reach them out of all the artillery guns in the regiment. And also to advance the artillery position to a position of one hundred and fifty paces from the city walls......"

"But, then. Our mortars will become a live target for the opponent's red-coated artillery...... The other party can destroy us as much as they want......"

After the commander of the artillery company finished speaking, the atmosphere around the regiment commander Xiao Dan directly became solemn.

Because, they all understood that without solving the opponent's artillery, they only relied on the musketeers to launch an attack on the county town of Qingchuan...... That's not an attack, it's a death, so that the soldiers under his command don't have any sense to die.

Just when everyone lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.

The commander of the first battalion, whose brows were tightly locked, suddenly thought of something...... His eyes lit up and he shouted......

"No, there is a way, the artillery company must have a way to solve the ...... of the artillery units of the defenders"

"I remember that when I fought the capital again, the prince once proposed a way to play...... At that time, the situation was the same as now, and our artillery, relying on this method of fighting, destroyed more than 50 red-coated cannons of officers and soldiers in a short period of time...... In the end, the artillery units of the officers and soldiers were directly beaten on the battlefield, and they never dared to show their heads again......"

Xiao Dan, the regiment commander who was meditating, seemed to have found a life-saving straw in despair, and subconsciously asked the battalion commander......

"What tactics ......?"

The commander of the first battalion shook his head and replied: "I don't know the specific name...... I only know that our mortars are light and very convenient for transfer...... With a few shots, you can move on to the next artillery position...... And the red-coated cannon of the official army was too heavy to be transferred...... In the artillery firing, the flowering shells fired by the red-coated artillery of the officers and soldiers could not hit our mortars at all, and they could only be beaten passively......"

Although the commander of the artillery company had not experienced that battle, as a company commander, as long as it was the artillery that the Ming Dynasty had, he had touched it.

Therefore, with just a reminder, he understood what the advantages of his mortar were compared with the red-coat artillery of the official army.

When the regiment commander Xiao Dan and the others focused their attention on the company commander again, the solemn expression on the company commander's face had been replaced thoughtfully.

Without asking everyone to wait too long, the commander of the artillery company said affirmatively: "Regiment commander, this method is feasible and worth a try......

"Although the power of the red-coated cannon of the official army is great, the firing speed is very slow...... The time it takes for it to shoot one flowering bomb, we can shoot at least two flowering shells......"

"In addition, the redcoat cannon is very bulky, with a total of two thousand catties, and it is very difficult to transfer and adjust the muzzle...... As long as we move the mortars fast enough, the red-coated artillery of the officers and soldiers can only follow us and fight behind us, and they can't kill us at all......"

The answer of the commander of the artillery company directly restored the confidence of the regiment commander Xiao Dan again......

After reconfirming what the commander of the artillery company said, he ordered very decisively: "In that case, then let's give it a try......

"From now on, all mortars in the regiment will be commanded by the artillery company...... The second battalion and the third battalion, each with the strength of a musket company, launched a feint attack on Qingchuan County, forcing the officers and soldiers to use artillery......"

This time, it was not the musketeers who attacked the city first, but all the light mortars left in the regiment......

Fifteen mortars, two or three in groups, were scattered over a large area one hundred and fifty paces from the city walls.

And then, it's like flowering bullets don't cost money. Desperately firing flowering shells at the head of the city......

In the face of the attack, the musketeers of the city head officers and musketeers can do nothing but be beaten passively.

As for the more than 20 Franc machine guns set up at the head of the city, unless solid shells were fired, they would not hurt the Haw Par Army artillery less than 150 paces away.

However, when they replaced it with solid iron ball shells, they began to counterattack.

Suddenly, they noticed that the cannonballs with a screeching sound looked very powerful. However, it is not lethal. Unless they hit the target directly, these whizzing iron balls will be scary at best.

Coupled with the scattered deployment of the Haw Par Army's limited artillery, it further reduces the probability of the solid iron ball hitting the target. (To be continued......)