This cannon is a recently manufactured iron mold cannon, and the size of the cannonball is similar to that of the Tessie four-pounder cannon, but the dosage is much higher, so the range and power of the cannon are greater than that of the four-pounder cannon.

Although the crown prince preferred the rear-mounted Furlong cannon, considering the difficulty of manufacturing the mold and the time cost, the front-loading Hongyi cannon was still preferred.

This new gun was named: Battalion Type 17 front-loading direct-fire artillery. Each battalion is equipped with five gates.

Although it may seem like a small number, each gun required four additional pack horses, two gun carriages for artillery and shells, gunpowder, and five artillery guns. In addition, more than 100 people should be organized to be responsible for transportation and maintenance, and it is a complete artillery bureau.

In the last battle of Fengjia Village, the artillery did not play a satisfactory result. It is not so much that Liu Fangliang was defeated by artillery, but that he was scared to death.

After the war, Xiao Tugeng led people to summarize the problem of the use of artillery, and found that the traditional thinking of condescending could not achieve good combat results, and because the ground hardening was insufficient, the energy of the artillery was poured into the ground after it landed, instead of rushing straight to the rear of the enemy like a frontal bombardment.

Therefore, since then, there has been a requirement for "frontal formation" in the artillery drill code, and whether it is a Hongyi gun or a Furlong machine, it is required that the muzzle elevation angle of the gun should not exceed 35 degrees.

While the sappers and auxiliaries were digging the homing route of the gun carriage, the gun commander lifted the gun jacket, revealing the cold and smooth barrel of the gun. The other four artillerymen went their own way, arranging for auxiliaries to carry the gunpowder and shells, clean the chambers, and prepare them for firing.

"One hundred and fifty zhang ranging!" With an hourglass in his hand, the head of the artillery bureau walked towards the slower cannon and put pressure on it.

The commander of each gun straightens his arm forward, gives his thumb up, and closes his left eye so that the right eye is aimed at the left side of the target along the thumb side. The head and hands do not move. Close your right eye again so that your left eye is looking through the same side of your thumb and remember to focus your gaze on the ground. Then visually measure the width from the left side of the target to this point, multiply this width by a factor of ten, which is the distance from the cannon to the target.

This kind of eye-beating method of artillery ranging already belongs to the relatively advanced jishu, and the error within 90 zhang cannot be greater than three zhang. Must be very familiar with their arm length and interpupillary distance.

"Drop point: ninety zhang! Ranging! ”

With the distance, then apply the formula on the gunsmith board to calculate the elevation angle of the muzzle, and form a three-point line with the target with the star gate at the front of the gun body and the light door at the rear end, and aim at it. Under the operation of a skilled gunner, the whole process takes less than a minute.

"Report! Gun emplacement No. 1 is ready! The artillery commander shouted loudly, it was the enemy's horsemen who had come within range of the artillery.

"Gun Position No. 2 is ready!"

……

"Center of the enemy formation, aim!"

Bai Zong's eyes wandered between the five guns until he saw that the aiming hand of each gun had determined the direction of the muzzle. Waving the green tooth flag, he shouted: "Ignite the fire ~ put it!" ”

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Five cannon shots rang out in succession, and thick smoke came out of the muzzle.

"Clean up the breech! Rapid free fire! "Bai Zong picked up the clairvoyant mirror and checked the landing point of the artillery.

The cannonballs flew out of the thick smoke and crashed straight into the horsemen who were galloping towards them. Although the flight speed of the projectile does not seem to be fast, and even gives people the illusion that they can reach out and grasp it, the liliang contained in it is torn to pieces by people and horses.

Gao Jie didn't expect it at all, just a face-to-face moment. In his own formation, he was ploughed out of five blood paths.

"General!" Adjutant General Li Chengdong chased after him: "General, there is fraud!" These soldiers are no rabble! ”

The reason why Gao Jie took his own personal soldier Ding to the front of the formation. is afraid that the subordinate generals will be shaken when they hear that they are Donggong soldiers. Let's just say that this Li Chengdong, Li Zicheng, who rebelled with him back then, surrendered to the Ming army, and seems to be loyal, but he is a guy who turns his face faster than turning a book.

"It's already off. Why do you care so much! Have you ever heard of a general surnamed Luo? Gao Jie pointed to the Luo Zi general on the opposite side and said angrily: "Quickly prepare the soldiers and horses, and rush over with me." You see! They put swords and shields in front of the formation, and they are definitely not the opponents of our horsemen! ”

Li Chengdong also looked into the distance, and saw that the front was indeed a wall of shields, and there was no spear. I wondered in my heart: those thieves brought all the artillery, but they didn't know how to put the spears in front of the battle, what kind of road is this?

Boom!

After the free fire, the firing speed of the five guns suddenly became uneven, but the shock brought by it did not diminish in the slightest. Shells burst into the dense crowd, bringing up clouds of blood and howling. Even if the iron army is three hundred years later, it will collapse when the casualty rate reaches 30%, not to mention these from Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei...... Defeated soldiers fleeing all the way!

Seeing that the formation was about to be unstable, Li Chengdong suddenly found that there was a red background golden dragon play sun flag among the flags on the opposite side. He shouted, "General! This is the East Palace Guard Battalion! ”

Gao Jie scolded secretly in his heart, and raised his horsewhip: "Kill!" A first-class reward of five taels of silver! Doubled the armor soldiers! ”

Under the heavy reward, the horse formation, which had already wavered, condensed again and continued to rush forward.

"Let the tiger squat!" Luo Yukun ordered the shelling to be stopped, and was deeply pleased with the average rate of 3.4 rounds per gun.

The Tiger Squat Cannon is an addition to the Flag Team. Each flag team had an additional four Tiger Gunners, who were served by the auxiliaries and fired shotgun attacks when the enemy was up to 30 feet.

This distance is also the range of ordinary bows and arrows, and Gao Jie's horsemen finally threw some arrows at the ground.

The independent battalion was still in a semi-squat defensive posture, and only some soldiers who were good at shooting took out their bows and arrows and fired a few arrows at Gao Jie's troops.

"Twenty zhang!" The operational staff officer issued the first warning to engage the enemy, and the trumpeter sounded Polo.

In the muffled sound of Polo's horn, the soldiers suddenly jumped to their feet and shouted: "Tiger! ”

Gao Jie himself was also taken aback, but he refused to give up a chance to make a comeback.

This is already the boundary of Nanzhili, and if he retreats, he can only retreat to Yangzhou or Nanjing. And it is impossible for the imperial court to let him retreat, otherwise it will be a rebellion. As for giving Xuzhou away, it is better to live than to die!

"Fifteen battles!"

The spear is flat, ready to engage the enemy.

"Shizhang!"

The faces on the other side are already very clear.

"Wuzhang!"

Even the mole on his face can be seen clearly.

"Kill!" Luo Yukun drew out his command knife, raised it high and slashed, and stopped in mid-air.

"Tick Tick Tick!" The trumpeter replaced the suona and blew a sharp and piercing high note.

"Tiger!" The spear stabbed out, and the formation of the original shield wall seemed to have turned into a hedgehog, which immediately forced the horsemen to sideways.

The rattan player stabbed out his spear and stepped forward bravely, picking up the rattan card and ramming it into the enemy's centaurs. These people are all powerful, full of food, and once they are hot, they don't know how to write dead words! And because the military law stipulates that if the rattan player and the round shield player are killed, and the team has no big record, the whole team must be buried with them, so under their drive, the soldiers behind them are all brave to rush and kill.

Qi Jiajun's rattan players only use rattan cards, but the Donggong series is influenced by Liu Laosi, and many rattan players like to add a hammer or mallet, which can use brute force to smash the opponent's fortifications or horses when rushing to kill, which is really both offensive and defensive. Although this has also led to a decrease in their ability to sustain combat, as long as they can gain an advantage in the initial engagement, it is very likely that the enemy will be defeated, and they will not have to fight hard in the subsequent tailwind battle.

Even if they wanted to pursue, they would often be stopped by their comrades in their own team to avoid accidents.

At this moment, Gao Jie only has four words in his mind, "worthy of his name".

"Li Chengdong!" Gao Jie came back to his senses and shouted loudly: "Prepare the troops and horses, let's withdraw!" ”

The horsewhip in Li Chengdong's hand pointed at it from afar: "It's too late." ”

Gao Jie turned his head, and sure enough, he saw a well-defined, well-armored man and horse had moved to his flank, ready to charge at any time.

The rear army of this unit, the headquarters of the official guerrilla battalion, made a detour to the enemy's left flank as quickly as possible, blocking the enemy's westward retreat.

Gao Jie turned his head, and was about to say to go east, when a white light flashed in front of him, and he immediately flew high, and saw blood spraying Li Chengdong's face!

- I'm dead?

Gao Jie flashed a thought, his head hit the ground, and his body on the horse fell with iron armor.

"The traitor Gao Jie is ambushed! I'm waiting! Li Chengdong ordered someone to pick up Gao Jie's head and shouted loudly.

After a brief period of surprise, most of Gao Jie's pro-soldiers chose to flee, and a small number of them put down their weapons in response to Li Chengdong's surrender order. was originally the most reliable henchman of the main general, but because of the retreat of thousands of miles, the army was demoralized, and he no longer wanted to live that life in exile.

Li Chengdong raised his head, looked at Gao Jie's head, which was constantly dripping blood under the sun, and said secretly in his heart: You are also a person who has been in the Donggong camp, how can you be stupid enough to fight against the Donggong army? If you had made it clear to me earlier, I wouldn't have defected...... I would have killed you a long time ago and surrendered!

Luo Yukun saw that the opponent's flag was down, and knew that it was the enemy's main general who had an accident, and the next battle would either not be fought, or it would be a one-sided slaughter. He put down the clairvoyant mirror: "This Gao Jie is just a mediocre general, do you want to play against us?" ”

"Probably because you're not well-known." Zhu Jiajun said: "If you play the 'Xiao' flag, I'm afraid Gao Jie will be lowered." ”

"Day!" Luo Yukun spit out a word and shouted: "Rush and catch the prisoner!" ”

"That's right! Be a miner and choose first! Zhu Jiajun was interested, stepped forward immediately, and shouted to the staff officers to start working.

At the end of a battle, the artillerymen began to clean the chambers, check the inner walls of the barrels for cracks, and Zuihou put the guns in their armor. The auxiliaries had to help carry back the sick and wounded, and they also had to collect the scattered weapons, arrows, and cannonballs with the people. Sappers must not be idle, they must camp on the spot and set up fortifications to prevent other enemies from picking up the bargain.

The soldiers who had contributed the most just now controlled the surrenders and prisoners, looked for their own formation, and the division with the fewest casualties was in charge of the garrison, and the others could disarm and rest.

At this stage, only the military doctors and staff officers, large and small, are the busiest. (To be continued......)

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