Chapter Seventy-Seven: Defend Taiping Town

"Kill!"

Meat Tu Zheng and Zong Shen also opened fire one after another, shooting.

The battle became fierce for a while, with stray bullets flying everywhere, and the battle seemed to have no foreplay, only a climax.

This contact entered a white heat, and it was not at all like Shi Chen imagined before, the two sides shot a few rounds in the air.

In this way, it will be extremely difficult to delay the time, and I am afraid it will be difficult to survive when the ninth uncle calls reinforcements from the provincial capital.

In the town, after receiving Zong Shen's instructions, several laborers of the two cast-iron cannons were also pushed out of it, and there were several townspeople pushing two small carts behind him, one of which was stacked with lead bullets used in cast-iron cannons.

And the other one is with gunpowder.

This kind of front-loading cannon is already two or three hundred years old.

The gunpowder is loaded first, then the lead bullet is inserted, and the lead bullet is fired out using the impetus of igniting the gunpowder.

With the efforts of several laborers, these two cannons were soon pushed to the front line.

An elderly master was in charge of the two cannons.

One was aimed at the bandits who were overwhelmingly coming at a skirmisher pace, and the other was aimed at the makeshift command post in the distance.

As the saying goes, the thief captures the king first, and the man shoots the horse first!

Even if this cannon can't hit accurately, it's enough to give them a dismount.

The master shook the gunpowder into different quantities, put it into two barrels, and then carefully put in two solid lead bullets.

Only then did he take a few steps back.

Several of the laborers seemed to have been given an explanation, and when they saw the master retreating, they inserted a fuse into the tail of the cast-iron cannon, a small hole reserved, and then lit it with a fire breaker.

"Whe..."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

As the fuse burned out, a series of two cannon shots resounded over Taiping Town.

Two lead bullets drew two different parabolas in the air, flying towards their respective targets, and the sound of breaking wind with heavy objects falling to the ground.

I have to say that this cast iron cannon is much more accurate than everyone thinks.

The first buckshot fell into the stragglers, blasting a large dirt pit and knocking four or five nearby bandits away.

If it weren't for the fact that they were extremely dispersed in a skirmish formation, I am afraid that this cannon would have been able to concentrate at least a dozen or so people.

The other gun was aimed at the temporary command post even more, perhaps due to the greater distance.

This buckshot landed in advance about 10 meters from the front of the temporary command post, and also blasted out a large crater.

This startled everyone in the temporary command post, and even the sparse slag splashed on Zhou Tianmin's face, and the huge explosion frightened him.

"Tui, Ge Laozi, we didn't bring heavy weapons, but this group of dirt buns did have heavy weapons!"

Zhou Tianmin spat on the ground, and then scolded.

"First battalion, second battalion, what are you doing to eat!"

"Report to the county magistrate, they have two antique cannons, suggesting that you step back another ten meters."

The adjutant next to him was informed from the front and quickly reported the situation to Zhou Tianmin.

"Ge Laozi, antique cannon? Send someone to inform the third battalion to drag those small mountain cannons over, and the labor and management want to let this group of soil buns see what heavy weapons are! ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant bowed his head, then turned and walked to the herald in the back row.

Zhou Tianmin here scolded and scolded, and the cast iron cannon over there entered the next round of preparation for firing after cleaning the residue of the cannon chamber with a cloth gun.

As soon as the cannon sounded, Zong Shen led the third team to begin to fight and retreat to the second line of defense.

The pressure of the second team led by Meat Tu Zheng increased sharply, and the enemy's firepower superiority dozens of times that of his own began to be revealed.

At this time, Shi Chen, who heard the roar of artillery, also led the first team to start shooting from the hill on the right.

Their shooting was more like intimidation due to the problem of distance.

"Kill!"

Meat Tu Zheng and Zong Shen also opened fire one after another, shooting.

The battle became fierce for a while, with stray bullets flying everywhere, and the battle seemed to have no foreplay, only a climax.

This contact entered a white heat, and it was not at all like Shi Chen imagined before, the two sides shot a few rounds in the air.

In this way, it will be extremely difficult to delay the time, and I am afraid it will be difficult to survive when the ninth uncle calls reinforcements from the provincial capital.

In the town, after receiving Zong Shen's instructions, several laborers of the two cast-iron cannons were also pushed out of it, and there were several townspeople pushing two small carts behind him, one of which was stacked with lead bullets used in cast-iron cannons.

And the other one is with gunpowder.

This kind of front-loading cannon is already two or three hundred years old.

The gunpowder is loaded first, then the lead bullet is inserted, and the lead bullet is fired out using the impetus of igniting the gunpowder.

With the efforts of several laborers, these two cannons were soon pushed to the front line.

An elderly master was in charge of the two cannons.

One was aimed at the bandits who were overwhelmingly coming at a skirmisher pace, and the other was aimed at the makeshift command post in the distance.

As the saying goes, the thief captures the king first, and the man shoots the horse first!

Even if this cannon can't hit accurately, it's enough to give them a dismount.

The master shook the gunpowder into different quantities, put it into two barrels, and then carefully put in two solid lead bullets.

Only then did he take a few steps back.

Several of the laborers seemed to have been given an explanation, and when they saw the master retreating, they inserted a fuse into the tail of the cast-iron cannon, a small hole reserved, and then lit it with a fire breaker.

"Whe..."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

As the fuse burned out, a series of two cannon shots resounded over Taiping Town.

Two lead bullets drew two different parabolas in the air, flying towards their respective targets, and the sound of breaking wind with heavy objects falling to the ground.

I have to say that this cast iron cannon is much more accurate than everyone thinks.

The first buckshot fell into the stragglers, blasting a large dirt pit and knocking four or five nearby bandits away.

If it weren't for the fact that they were extremely dispersed in a skirmish formation, I am afraid that this cannon would have been able to concentrate at least a dozen or so people.

The other gun was aimed at the temporary command post even more, perhaps due to the greater distance.

This buckshot landed in advance about 10 meters from the front of the temporary command post, and also blasted out a large crater.

This startled everyone in the temporary command post, and even the sparse slag splashed on Zhou Tianmin's face, and the huge explosion frightened him.

"Tui, Ge Laozi, we didn't bring heavy weapons, but this group of dirt buns did have heavy weapons!"

Zhou Tianmin spat on the ground, and then scolded.

"First battalion, second battalion, what are you doing to eat!"

"Report to the county magistrate, they have two antique cannons, suggesting that you step back another ten meters."

The adjutant next to him was informed from the front and quickly reported the situation to Zhou Tianmin.

"Ge Laozi, antique cannon? Send someone to inform the third battalion to drag those small mountain cannons over, and the labor and management want to let this group of soil buns see what heavy weapons are! ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant bowed his head, then turned and walked to the herald in the back row.

Zhou Tianmin here scolded and scolded, and the cast iron cannon over there entered the next round of preparation for firing after cleaning the residue of the cannon chamber with a cloth gun.

As soon as the cannon sounded, Zong Shen led the third team to begin to fight and retreat to the second line of defense.

The pressure of the second team led by Meat Tu Zheng increased sharply, and the enemy's firepower superiority dozens of times that of his own began to be revealed.

At this time, Shi Chen, who heard the roar of artillery, also led the first team to start shooting from the hill on the right.

Their shooting was more like intimidation due to the problem of distance.