"Is it the same with Nanming?"

Dorgon was still a little skeptical.

Tang Ruowang said with great certainty: "The imperial father regent, Nanming is the same, in order to equip each self-generated fire gun with the same size socket bayonet, at least half of the production capacity needs to be sacrificed. ”

"In that case, forget it, or the yield is more important."

After much deliberation, Dorgon decided not to equip the Qing Dynasty's self-generated firearms with bayonets as standard.

After all, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty was originally inferior to that of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen could squander the national strength wantonly, but he Dolgon couldn't, so let the blacksmiths of the Qing Dynasty hurry up and build their own firearms.

Just as he was thinking about it, Hong Chengchou walked in excitedly.

"Master." Hong Chengchou knelt on the ground and said, "Two more tunnels have been dug under the Ming army's outer platform, and the slave is ready to try another attack, can the master come to the front line to command?" ”

Due to ill health, Dolgon has handed over command to Hong Chengchou.

Manchu generals such as He Luohui, Tazhan and Baiyintu were extremely dissatisfied with this, and at one time even disobeyed Yang Fengyin, which caused several Qing attacks to fail miserably, and lost many people.

In a fit of rage, Dorgon killed several of the cows.

After that, He Luo would wait for the Manchu generals to no longer dare to disobey the yang and the yin.

But Hong Chengchou is a very smart person, and he doesn't forget to ask for instructions and report everything.

Hong Chengchou's cautious knowledge of advance and retreat made Dolgon very satisfied, and said happily: "It's okay to watch the battle in person, but it's better to be in command, I look at Hengjiu, you can command very well." ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "The talent of the slave is not as good as that of the master. ”

"Okay, you don't have to say that." Dorgon interrupted with a wave of his hand.

Immediately, Dolgon took a group of Manchu ministers to the lookout at the front.

The lookout tower is a rammed earth platform built on the earthen bag, the total height is about ten zhang, and the condescending can take in the entire Gaizhou Acropolis and dozens of Ming army platforms on the periphery.

Hong Chengchou pointed to two of the platforms: "Master, it took a full month for these two platforms, and those Nikans finally dug the tunnel under the platform, and enough gunpowder has been buried. ”

Dolgon happily asked, "Hengjiu, how did you manage not to be discovered by the Ming army?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The method is actually very simple, that is, to send cavalry to make a big noise in front of the formation, and from time to time to order the green battalion to shoot a few cannons at the Ming army's position, and Nikan, who is responsible for digging, should be as careful as possible, and the movement should not be too big, so that the Ming army on the opposite side will no longer have the ability to find the exact location of the tunnel." ”

"It's as simple as that?" Dolgon couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Before this, the Ming army could always accurately find the location of the Qing army's tunnel, so it said everything, and some people even said that there was a Tuxing grandson on the army's side, and he could find the exact location of the Qing army's tunnel.

The Qing army also tried many methods, such as digging only during the day, or quietly digging in the middle of the night, but to no avail.

"It's as simple as that." Hong Chengchou nodded, and said, "Now the slave dares to assert that the Ming army must determine the exact location of the tunnel through argumentation, so creating a movement can confuse the other generation." ”

"It's worthy of Hen Jiu." "Nothing can stop you," said Dolgon. ”

"The master is overrated." Hong Chengchou hurriedly said, "The gunpowder has been buried, and after detonation, it is enough to raze the two platforms on the ground, and then the Ming army's defense line has been broken by our Qing soldiers to open a big gap." ”

"So what are you waiting for?" Dorgon nodded, "Hurry up and give the order to attack." ”

"Huh!" Hong Chengchou knelt on the ground and hit a thousand, then got up and shouted, "Order, light the fire!" ”

The herald standing behind Hong Chengchou took out two small pennants and signaled in front of him.

Then it was a matter of waiting, for it took a while for the fuses to burn, and after a few minutes or so, the two platforms in Dorgon's telescope field of view suddenly arched upward.

After a few seconds or so, the arched platform sagged again.

Immediately, smoke and dust rose into the sky, and the ground beneath his feet began to tremble.

Then there was a faint sound of muffled thunder coming from underground, and the movement was really not small.

Dolgon put down his binoculars and looked forward, only to see that the two Ming army platforms in his field of vision were completely obscured by smoke and dust, and the Ming army guarding the platforms was estimated to be finished.

Before the smoke and dust could disperse, the Qing army launched an attack.

About two Niu Lu's Eight Banner Han soldiers rushed into the smoke and dust with their own firearms.

Behind the Eight Banners of the Han Army of Liangniulu, there is another Eight Banners Manchuria of Niulu, which can not only provide fire support for the Han army, but also act as a supervisor.

This time it was said to be a strong attack, but in fact, it was a tentative attack.

It is with the mentality of trying, if it is occupied, it will invest more troops and continue to tear the Ming army's defense line until the Ming army collapses and flees back to Gaizhou City.

Under the cover of smoke and dust, the Qing army easily occupied the two platforms that had been blown up.

The tiger squat cannon and red-coated cannon of the Ming army have not moved because their line of sight is blocked.

But after about a quarter of an hour, when the smoke and dust gradually dispersed, the Ming artillery began to fire.

Dozens of red-coated cannons poured shells on the heads of the Qing soldiers with a row of shells every three minutes, and what was even more terrifying was the tiger squat cannon of the Ming army, hundreds of tiger squat cannons poured pieces of lead onto the head of the Qing army, and the Qing army who was rushing to repair the fortifications on the platform wailed, and the shotgun of the tiger squat cannon was really ferocious.

Seeing the Eight Banners Han Army fall one by one, Dolgon's face was embarrassed.

"Damn it, it's just a tiger squat cannon, why can the red-clothed cannon of the Ming army also hit the inside of the platform? Isn't their view obscured by the cloaks in the middle? ”

Hong Chengchou, Hou Fangyu and others standing next to them were speechless.

Tang Ruowang suddenly said: "Imperial father regent, the artillery of the Ming army should have already observed and shot Zhu Yuan. ”

"Observations? Shoot the Yuan? Dolgon was stunned for a moment, and said blankly, "What is it to shoot Zhuyuan?" ”

"Uh......" John Tang was speechless, what is it to shoot Zhuyuan? Dorgon's question really turned him down.

John Tang organized for a while, and said in words that Dolgon could basically understand: "That is, the artillery of the Ming army has divided the entire battlefield into blocks, and determined the pitch angle and left and right angles of the corresponding blocks in advance through calculations, and then when it is necessary to shell a certain block, as long as the artillery is adjusted to the corresponding angle." ”

"Where can the red-coated cannon of the Ming army be pointed at?" Dorgon couldn't believe it.

"I guess it's okay." Tang Ruowang was actually a little unsure, "Otherwise, there is no way to explain." ”

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"Master, the slave thinks back now, the red-clothed cannon of the Ming army should be measurable." Hou Fangyu had spent some time in Xuzhou and Shanyang City, and had some understanding of the artillery battalions of the Ming army.

"Because the artillery of the Ming army brought a lot of tools, it seems that they still have to do calculations."

"That's called ballistic calculations." John Tong explained, "There is a special formula. ”

"John Tang, why didn't you say it before?" Dolgon's face fell, "Why didn't you bring it up earlier?" If you had brought up this matter earlier, wouldn't the red-clothed cannons of the Qing Dynasty be like the Ming army? ”

"Nope." Tang Ruowang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Imperial Father Regent, you can't do it." ”

"You are so bold with the surname Tang!" Cao Eryu shouted, "How dare you look at the bottom of the human body? ”

Dolgon also asked with a dark face: "Why is the red-coated cannon of the Ming army okay, but the Qing can't?" ”

"Back to the Imperial Father, the Regent, the principle is the same as the sleeve bayonet of a self-generated firebolt." Tang Ruowang explained helplessly, "The red-coated cannons of the Ming army must have been standardized like self-generated guns, and when the same type of gun is loaded with the same amount of gunpowder and fired at the same pitch angle, the error rate of its impact point should be very small." ”

"Only in this way can the ballistic calibration elements be measured, and if there is no standardization, even if the gunpowder is the same, the pitch angle is the same, and the two shots of the same redcoat cannon will also have different results, if it is not the same gun, the impact point will be even more irregular, so it is meaningless to calculate the ballistic calibration shooting elements."

Cao Eryu said with a dark face: "Saying so much, does it mean that my red-clothed cannon in the Qing Dynasty is not good?" ”

"No, no." Tang Ruowang replied honestly, "Unless my Qing Dynasty's red-clothed cannon is recast, there is no way to calculate the trajectory and calibrate the firing yuan. ”

Dolgon's face suddenly became even more embarrassed.

However, Dorgon still kept his senses in the end, and did not anger John Tong.

As they spoke, some of the soldiers had been killed by the artillery, while others were hiding in trenches or cracks that had appeared after the explosion.

The Ming army has been observing the battlefield through Kong Ming lanterns.

After discovering that the shelling could no longer threaten the Qing troops, they immediately stopped the shelling.

As soon as the Ming army's shelling stopped, Dolgon and Hong Chengchou's hearts were raised.

Because after the shelling stopped, it was time for the infantry of the Ming army to counterattack.

Sure enough, almost as soon as the shelling stopped, the Ming army in front of the position sounded the suona sound of "Duda, Dudu", accompanied by a loud and passionate suona sound, the black and oppressive Ming army rushed out of the trenches with self-generated firearms with good bayonets, and launched a charge towards the ruins of Baotai that were seized by the Qing army.

The artillery of the Green Battalion followed suit with a volley of shells, but to no avail.

Because the green battalion did not know how to calculate the trajectory of the ballistics, nor did it know how to calibrate the shooting elements, it was fired indiscriminately at the two wings and the deep positions of the Ming army.

The counterattacking Ming army can be said to be unscathed.

Seeing this scene, Dolgon, Hong Chengchou and the others suddenly felt extremely aggrieved.

is the same artillery, why is there such a big gap between the Qing artillery and the Southern Ming artillery?

The only thing that could inflict damage on the Ming army was the Eight Banners Han Army that came out of the ruins.

There were probably five hundred of the Eight Banners Han Army left, and they opened fire fiercely at the Ming army with their own firearms.