Chapter 219: A Little Try

What is the Qi (shè) scene of hundreds of cannons? Han Xing can now be regarded as a "person who has come over" for the pro (shēn) experience!

With Napoleon's order, "Ignite!" "The hundreds of cannons that had already calibrated their targets were immediately ignited one by one. The solid bullets that came out of their chambers in the rumbling cannon flew at the high speed of a meteor towards the small fortress on the ridge of the Franco Mountains.

At the moment when the cannonball was fired, the strong recoil caused the cannon to retreat by nearly half a meter, thanks to the qíng of wheels! The fact that wheels can reduce and counteract recoil is not a discovery of the artillery era, as early as the era of catapults, Europeans stumbled upon the wonderful use of wheels. Of course, the original purpose of that benevolent brother was probably to facilitate the movement of siege equipment!

So the question is, what will Napoleon and Han Xing look like at the artillery position at (shēn) at this time?

You may think that it is the configuration of "talking and laughing between the ashes and ashes", the two of them commanded, scolded Fang Xuan, stood proudly (tǐng) in the sound of artillery fire, and the color did not change, like the god of war!

Or maybe he is standing with the emperor in his hands, wearing a boat-shaped hat with the symbol (xìng), wearing a simple military coat (shēn), with a blue and white military uniform inside, with an indifferent face, a picture of the hero of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing his color, listening to (shēn) after ten thousand cannons are fired, as if the god of war is in the world!

However, no, the fact is that Napoleon squatted down with his back to the cannon (shēn), tugged at the corner of Han Xing's clothes and said, "Hanschel, are you crazy?" Why don't you squat down and cover your ears! Don't want your ears anymore? ”

"I'll go, big brother, you are the king of artillery, the god of war, shouldn't you put on a look of "Lao Tzu is not afraid of heaven and earth", and be worthy of your honorary title (tǐng)? Han Xing complained in his heart, but (shēn) still honestly did as Napoleon told.

Almost at the moment when Han Xing covered his ears, there was a loud noise, even if he covered his ears, it felt no different from not covering it, Han Xing's (xiōng) mouth seemed to be smashed by a heavy hammer again and again, a burst of blood churned, and Napoleon's already pale face on the side became even paler.

The power of artillery is so amazing! You may think that the two of them will not be so unbearable, but think about how big the cannon battle we lit during the Chinese New Year, and after igniting it, we have to run away at least ten meters away! And now the two of them are next to the cannon, and the sound of the cannon is definitely stronger than the cannon, I don't know how many times!

After a long while, Han Xing dared to put his hand down, and his body couldn't stop trembling and asked Napoleon in a whisper, "Is it over?" Napoleon looked around and nodded with apprehension.

"Is this our cannon?"

"Yes!" Napoleon shuddered and fanned the choking white smoke in front of him with his hand, and coughed.

"Napoleon, it stands to reason that you are an artillery officer out (shēn), why do I feel that you are also frightened when you open fire?" Han Xing poked Napoleon and whispered in his ear.

"Artillery officer? Isn't the artillery officer human? The cannon doesn't recognize people, and Major Maltian is still an artillery officer! Didn't the result be a bombed artillery sent to the sky? Napoleon said angrily and amusefully.

"Besides, a few cannons, a dozen cannons, I've not seen them before, but even this battle of 100 cannons is the first time I've seen it!" Napoleon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand.

"That's it! What happened to the artillery officer? What happened to Napoleon? Napoleon was not a superman, and if he didn't cover his ears when the cannon fired, he would have been deaf! Brother Xing, you don't use your brain! Wang Pengfei's voice suddenly came to his mind, and before Napoleon could speak, the number one fan had already defended his idol.

"Aren't you kidding? Could it be that the commander of the Air Force can walk directly over the minefield without fear of bombing? The commander of the Navy does not need a ship when he goes to sea? You throw Nelson into the sea and try it! See how long he can pounce! Wang Pengfei continued to mumble.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong! So you've already met Napoleon? Han Xing had no choice but to quickly raise the white flag and surrender, and then change the subject. By the way, Louis XVI and them? Suddenly remembering everyone in the space, Han Xing added a sentence and asked.

"They've been off the line for a long time, and when you started firing the first shot, they've all slipped away! I'm the only one still watching! It's amazing, more than a hundred cannons, it's like a dream! Wang Pengfei said with an obsessive face.

"I think it's a nightmare, it's pretty much it!" Han Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought, "Next time, I must stay away from these cannons!" My heart was scared out of my throat! A few more times, I'll be in the hospital! ”

"They didn't fight back! I was right! Napoleon said with a smile on his face.

"Aren't you completely sure?" When Han Xing saw Napoleon like this, he suddenly said in fear. If the enemy can return fire, won't the position where the artillery fire first fire be "taken care of" by the enemy's artillery fire?

"According to my calculations, the angle of their artillery is too high to hit us here! But that doesn't rule out that there will be other (qíng) happens! I'm about 80% sure! Napoleon nodded and confessed.

This small fortress has four sides, the whole is diamond-shaped, the length of one side is only 50 meters, each side is erected 10 guns as a defense, the whole is made of a mixture of masonry and earth, the outer wall is trapezoidal, the surface is 70 degrees sloped, in order to achieve the purpose of using the oblique angle to cushion the impact of the shell.

It was such a decent simple star-shaped fortress that instantly welcomed the baptism of fire of hundreds of guns under Napoleon. The shells with the sound of breaking through the air slammed into the walls of the fort almost at the same time that the British heard the sound of distant cannons. After a loud bang, the first solid bullet left a 20-centimeter-diameter crater in the wall, and the entire projectile was embedded in it, and around this crater there were also open cracks that spread like spider webs, the longest one was nearly half a meter!

The whole fortress shook with the power of the shell, and some sand fell from the roof of the fort and shook it on the bright red clothes of the British soldiers. It was only when the British officers began to assemble their forces and prepare for defense that the soldiers recovered from their state of terror.

And that's nothing more than an appetizer! Just to make sure that the shells landed correctly!

When the first shot hit the fortress, the other artillery began to fire one by one, and the roar of the artillery was incessant, and there was a tremor on the ground, as if the earth was trembling and trembling at the amazing power of the artillery!

Shells rained down one after another, and the fortress, which had been decent, was suddenly devastated and devastated, as if it were a piece of gray-white (nǎi) cheese, and the surface was covered with pits.

There was even a small-scale collapse in the middle, the outer layer of masonry was smashed into pieces, splashed out, and peeled off, and the wall skin peeled off in pieces, revealing the tamped yellow soil inside, and without the obstruction of masonry, the sediment turned into a trickle like a stream along the cracks in the outer wall. From a distance, it looks as if this fortress is "bleeding"!

In an instant, the middle part of the fortress was solidly lower, and it was completely out of the same level as the surrounding walls. Several artillery pieces at the head of the city were lifted out, and the originally neat battlements were beaten "all over the ground looking for teeth" and became incomplete, as if it was a true portrayal of the oral condition of the elderly!

It's a pity that Han Xing couldn't see this spectacular moment, because he (shēn) was in the center of the artillery position. The rumbling cannon sound was incessant, almost making Han Xing regret why he opened his ears for such a thing! Perhaps only the cannon battle and fireworks scene of the New Year's Eve on Chinese New Year's Eve night can be compared.

Accompanied by the rumbling cannon was billowing gunsmoke, almost obscuring an area in front of Han Xing's eyes, which was the culprit that caused Han Xing to not see that spectacular scene at all.

"I think it only takes one more shè before this fortress will completely collapse!" After the smoke was blown away by the breeze, Napoleon took out his monoculars, took a closer look at the condition of the fortress, and said with a smile.

"Spare me, O God!" Han Xing covered his ears, almost with tears in his eyes.

At this time, the first artillery was ready again after a busy period of work by the artillerymen, cleaning and reloading, so that there was almost no gap, and the artillery began a new roar again.

Sure enough, as Napoleon expected, with a new round of shelling, the entire British fortress was like a sand castle built by children, and the shells easily pierced its defenses as if they pierced the window paper, and each shell brought up a large cloud of dust, resulting in a large amount of dust in the air, and the entire fortress was dyed yellow, gray.

The entire wall seemed to have been evacuated from beneath the legendary pavilion in the sky, crumbling at a speed that was visible to the eye, turning into a pile of rubble and rubble. Apparently, the shells had completely destroyed the foundations of this wall, and the disintegration of this structure (xìng) took place in a situation of overwhelmed (qíng).

As if dominoes, the quadrangular fortress went into a state of instability after losing one side, and the other sides began to shake (yù) and fall, if not collapsed, as if they were a tower made of cookies (a party game in which the cookies are stacked on top of each other, and whoever has their turn to fall eats them all!). As long as you push it with your hand, it will collapse with a bang.

And all of this happened in the space of five minutes!

"Yay~~~~" Seeing that the outer wall of this fortress had been destroyed, Napoleon's soldiers began to cheer, of course they were qualified to cheer, after all, this was their (shēn) first solo battle for artillery, and the ruins of this fortress in front of them and the corpses of the British soldiers in red who were vaguely braided were undoubtedly the brilliant results achieved by them alone.

"Artillerymen, today is yours! Look, that's what you've achieved! You have proved with your actions that artillery is the existence that dominates the war, and you deserve to enjoy flowers and applause! Rejoice, brothers! Napoleon gave a short speech, and the soldiers immediately cheered his name "Napoleon!" Napoleon! Long live Bonaparte! ”

Napoleon lived and ate with these artillerymen during his training, insisted on sharing their weal and woe, and now Napoleon has fulfilled his promise to show the decisive role of artillery and artillery in war through the tactics of large-scale artillery clusters. The soldiers saw a bright future in this profession, and of course they would wear him!

First of all, Napoleon's artillery was hidden in the shade and bushes, so although the moment the artillery opened fire, the fire was in the sky, and the smoke was filled, but the British army did not find out at the first time. Coupled with the laxity of spirit, at the moment when the first shell fell, the British army was still in a state of panic and fear!

Secondly, as Napoleon had predicted, most of the artillery in the fortress could not fight back, and only a few light guns were able to fight back, but before they could launch a counterattack, the ensuing artillery fire swept in like a storm.

In fact, the British officer could have said with certainty, "I have never seen such dense and heavy shelling in my life!" Because the tactic of mass artillery clustering was pioneered by Napoleon, and to be the first "experiencer" of Napoleon's famous tactic, I don't know whether this British officer should be happy or sad!