"I made you eighteen generations of ancestors!" Liu Laosi's eyes were red, and he was holding half of the captain's corpse.

Just fifteen minutes ago, everyone was very grateful for God's help, and it was only after they had finished sorting out the queue and found a suitable deployment position that the light was released.

In the eastern sky, the clouds turned from blue to green and then to red, which was a good sign.

The only wooden fence that was exposed to the light of day was a wooden fence just over a foot high, and the bark of the trees that had not yet dried showed how rushed it had been. There is also a sentry tower on the wooden wall, which is not much higher than the wall. Liu Laosi could clearly see the face of the thief on the sentry tower, as well as his shocked and timid expression.

"Bring the tiger squat cannon mount and blast the door open with solid bullets first." At that time, Mr. Bai ordered: "The third flag team is ready to break the door and engage in the battle!" The auxiliaries prepare the fire oil tank! ”

The third flag team is the team where Liu Laosi is located.

Liu Laosi, as the rattan player of the first squad of the Third Flag Team, really stood at the forefront of the battlefield. One step behind him, sandwiched between the two teams of his team was his captain. The captain held a long knife in one hand and a bamboo whistle in the other, waiting for the order of the flag captain behind him at any time, and marched forward.

Liu Laosi glanced at the camp again, it was just a thin layer of wooden walls, and said secretly in his heart: Those officers above are really ruthless, where can this kind of wooden fence withstand the fire? If the oil is poured on it, a little gunpowder, and it must not be burned into a pile of ashes? But don't burn to the walled gate, otherwise we won't be able to rush in.

Just as the Tiger Squat Cannon was carried to the front of the formation, the two gunners began to adjust the muzzle angle according to the ruler and distance table. These operations can be done with the eyes closed for a skilled artilleryman, but it is really difficult for someone who has only studied mathematics for three months. Even if the muzzle angle has been divided into three levels, it is only a multiple-choice question. But it's still a bit high-tech for them.

The auxiliary team prepared the fire oil tank, which contained the oil used in the fire tank. The fierce fire oil tank has been installed in the army as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, and the fuel is oil. This pitch-black energy source was called stone grease water in the Tang Dynasty, and it was called fierce fire oil in the Five Dynasties, and finally named it petroleum by Shen Kuo.

The Chinese alchemists, like the invention of gunpowder, also contributed to the improvement of the fierce fire oil. From the initial use of crude oil to a certain amount of processing and refining in the Ming Dynasty, the firepower was more fierce and the range was also enhanced to a certain extent. However, the fire spewed out by the fierce fire oil tank was only five steps, and the farthest was only six steps, and it was inconvenient to carry, so in the surprise attack, the fierce fire oil was still filled with clay pots, and then the rocket was launched to ignite, which was convenient and fast. For a makeshift wooden-walled stockade. It's simply a natural nemesis.

"Fire!"

The officer shouted.

Rumble!

Cannon fire!

It's not the tiger squatting and running on the side of the officers and soldiers!

The thief opened a cannon window, and flames erupted from the muzzle of the black hole, and a black iron bullet flew out in the flames, smashing heavily into the neatly lined phalanx of officers and soldiers.

The solid iron bullet smashed heavily into the flank and rear of the first team, but did not hit anyone. However, the real lethality of artillery is not at the first landing point, but the irregular lethality after the formation of ricochets. If you fall into a quagmire, there is no threat. There was no rain for two days in a row, although it was convenient for the officers and soldiers to sneak attack. At the same time, it also makes the land solid and ricochets more powerful.

The solid bullet landed right on an exposed stone. Jumping high with the rubble foam, he smashed the first team's boring and palladium hands into pieces of flesh and bone. After killing one person, the solid bullet was still full of momentum, but it slowed down in height and rushed towards the captain who had just turned around from diagonal behind.

Just in the middle of the whistle, the lower half of the captain's body was torn apart by the shell. His eyes widened, as if he wanted to see where the cannonballs were going.

After a brief period of horror, Liu Laosi's heart swelled with great sorrow. He strode over and hugged the captain's body to prevent him from landing.

The captain also recovered from the severe pain, and it was like a return to the light before death. I couldn't believe that I wanted to look down at my injuries. Liu Laosi had already taken the first step to see for him: the cannonball shattered his pelvic bones, took away a large piece of flesh and blood, and even his intestines flowed out. Even if there are really immortals descending to earth, I'm afraid they won't be able to save the captain.

"Protection, keep ......" The captain took a strong breath and spit out the two words zuihou: "Formation, type!" ”

Liu Laosi felt that his nose felt like he had been hit with a heavy punch, and he was unbearably sore. His arm sank, and the captain was finally freed from his pain and left the world completely.

The solid bullet took the lives of two more people, as well as a pair of legs that could not be avoided, and rolled low quickly. In order to avoid this shell, the fighters instinctively evaded, and for a time the formation was chaotic.

The officer shouted and sorted out the formation, while not forgetting to order the tiger on his side to squat and fight back. However, the thieves used the Furlong cannon. This cannon was originally a Portuguese naval gun, and the whole cannon consisted of three parts: the barrel, the belly, and the sub-cannon. When firing the cannon, the gunpowder projectile is first filled into the sub-cannon, and then the sub-cannon is loaded into the belly of the cannon, and the sub-cannon fire door is ignited for firing. Therefore, the Ming army also called this kind of artillery sub-mother cannon.

The concept of a gun is very similar to the relationship between a gun and a bullet. Later generations of fixed charge guns are used as a comparison: the empty sub-cannon is equivalent to the shell, the fire door is equivalent to the primer, when the sub-cannon is loaded with gunpowder and projectiles, it has the same function as the bullet, and the belly of the gun is the chamber of the gun, like an enlarged pistol.

Because of this advanced design idea, the Franc cannon has a fast rate of fire, fast heat dissipation, and a certain capacity of the sub-cannon - this determines the amount of gunpowder reloaded, so there will be no explosion accidents caused by overloading. Moreover, the sub-cannon is cast in iron, which can bear part of the gunpowder pressure, so that the life of the belly of the cannon is increased. If there is a crack in a sub-cannon, it is enough to replace it, which is really economical compared to casting cannons.

However, limited to the Jishu level at that time, the Franc cannon also had an insurmountable shortcoming: the gap between the sub-cannon and the belly of the cannon had a large tolerance, which caused the leakage of gunpowder gas, so it did not have the long range of the Hongyi cannon.

The Ming army's emphasis on firearms is indeed at the forefront of Shijie, not only did Cheng Zu create an all-firearms Shenji battalion, but later Qi Jiguang used nearly half of the hot weapons in his own army configuration. Later, Li Rusong came to the aid of the Dynasty and also used a large number of firearms to fight, making Liaozhen's three-eyed guns and artillery famous in East Asia.

Moreover, the Ming court adopted a policy of borrowing from firearms, with few imports and many imitations. According to Western missionaries, the imitation firearms of the Ming Dynasty had surpassed those of Europe in terms of performance. Moreover, the imitation artillery specifications are complete, from more than 1,000 catties of multi-purpose heavy artillery "invincible general", to more than 100 catties of big Buddha Lang machine, and then to dozens of catties of small Franc machine -- can be put on a horse, and even the soldiers have a few catties of "Wansheng Franc machine gun" in their hands - with nine guns, it has always been the main force of the army's firearms.

When Zhu Cihong first came into contact with the deployment of the Ming army, he was very shocked by these official reports. If the artillery unit of the Ming Dynasty is so ahead of the times, how strong is the combat effectiveness of the peasant army and Jiannu to create the current situation? But he soon figured out that when an empire rots to its roots, anything on paper is just "as it should be." Think about it, even the number of living people has been hidden and impersonated, let alone dead things like artillery?

And copper and iron are hard currency, and melting and recasting is real money!

This is also the East Palace guard camp does not use the high-end atmosphere and high-grade Furlong machine, and only brings the tiger to squat out to support the façade. Of course, this is due to the lack of training of the troops to operate large artillery, but the fact that the Furlong machine in the library is not ready to use is also an important factor.

Bang! Bang!

The officers and soldiers finally opened fire and hit the gate of the wooden village. The wooden door only shook inside, but it didn't fall. It seems that the thief soldiers have been reinforced inside, and they have exceeded the attack ability of the Tiger Squat Cannon.

"Oil canisters!" The officer shouted.

Soldiers armed with canisters of fire oil stepped forward and threw the pots out in the standard posture of throwing training.

The clay pots smashed against the wall, cracking one after another, and the fierce fire oil inside splashed out.

The thieves crowded on the sentry tower, drawing their bows and shooting arrows. The soldiers who rushed into the throwing range were soon shot and fell to the ground, some were only wounded and could struggle to crawl back, while others twitched on the ground a few times and never moved again.

"Rockets! Shoot! ”

Rockets wrapped in tarpaulins on the arrows were projected into the sky, like sparks falling towards the spot where the oil tank had shattered.

As long as a rocket is fired, the entire oil will be ignited, and if the thief uses water to extinguish the fire, it will only burn more and more, and it cannot be suppressed.

Rumble!

Franc let out another roar.

At the same time, rumbling war drums were heard from the bottom of the mountain.

The first battle of the East Palace Guard Battalion began at this kind of not optimistic start.

This first battle was even more painful for Liu Laosi. He hadn't fought the enemy yet, and he was already stained with blood. It was the blood of the captain, the benefactor who had pulled him from the fireman to the rattan player, and allowed him to eat openly.

Flames swept through the watchtower, and the thieves' bows and arrows were gone, but Furlong's cannons roared with great vilide.

The tiger squatted and roared twice, and smashed the camp gate accurately, but still did not smash the gate open.

The air became hot, and the sound of the cannon also made Liu Laosi's ears glow. He looked at the burning camp in front of him, and his heart was very upset, and he couldn't wait to rush into the fire, take turns to kill with a long knife, and avenge the captain!

Also irritable is the Bai Zong who was ordered to make a surprise attack.

The thieves don't have to worry about time, they have an advantage in strength, as long as they survive, the main forces below will be free to support them.

- You must break through this stockade as fast as possible, then rush down to join the army and flank the thieves!

"Ant-attached siege! There are those who are not afraid of death to rush with me! Mr. Bai pulled out his waist knife and shouted with all his might. (To be continued......)

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