Chapter 389

"In this way, you are a guest of His Royal Highness, and you came with the army under the arrangement of His Highness, but you actually have no military power." Wang Li looked at Wei Yun and said.

"Yes, General, but before I came, I had been trained by His Highness, and I was already very familiar with the use of artillery and artillery combat. Therefore, His Highness sent subordinates to assist the general, and asked the general to accept it. Wei Yun arched his hand and said.

"You're welcome, in this way, you and I will be colleagues in the future, so we don't have to be restrained." Wang Li said with a smile.

"By the way, what was the artillery you just said? What is the new weapon? Wang Li asked.

Wei Yun said: "General don't worry, this artillery can't be displayed for the time being, but I also ask the general to hand over these 10,000 artillery pieces to me for command, and Wei Yun will definitely satisfy the general at that time." ”

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you to command, and I'll take a good look at what this artillery is." Without hesitation, Wang Li handed over the command of the artillery corps to Wei Yun.

Wei Yun asked, "General, when will our army go deep into battle?" Wang Li said, "Since you are here, let's send troops in three days, and give you a time to rest." Wei Yun nodded and asked, "General, I have a detailed topographical map of the vicinity, I want to take a look." ”

"Yes, it's in the big tent of the Chinese army, follow me." As he spoke, Wang Li led Wei Yun to the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Wei Yun carefully studied the map, and from time to time took out a small ruler to measure, and after a while, he used his hand to draw on the map.

Wang Li watched quietly from the side, although he couldn't understand what Wei Yun was doing, he didn't bother. Wei Yun straightened up and asked, "General, where is the primary target of our army, and which is the marching route?" Wang Li put down his arm and pointed to the map and said, "We are currently in the South Vietnam region, and in front of us is the South China Sea of South Vietnam. Our plan is to make a direct surprise attack on the South China Sea, and at the moment South Vietnamese forces are fighting our troops in the north, and the rear is empty. ”

"Straight to the South China Sea." Wei Yun pointed to the South China Sea, his finger swiped to the mouth of the river, and said: "This South China Sea is at the mouth of the river, then our army can directly enter the river from the sea and directly attack the South China Sea." Wang Yao shook his head and said: "You can't take a boat, except for the navy, we are very afraid of ships, but there are not many sailors in the army, and they have to stay to garrison the camp and transport supplies, and the combat power of the navy after landing is far inferior, even if the South China Sea is empty, it will not be easy to take." Wei Yun thought for a while and said, "If the artillery enters the estuary from the sea by boat and shells the South China Sea on the water, it is the best choice for the artillery army." General, I think our army can be divided into two ways. The artillery corps took a boat to bombard the South China Sea at the mouth of the river, and the forces of the South China Sea would definitely be concentrated on the side of the mouth at that time. At that time, half an hour after the general heard the sound of cannons, it should be much easier to lead the army to attack the city. Wang Li looked at Wei Yun and asked, "Can the artillery army hit Nanhai City on the river?" Wei Yun nodded and said, "It's completely okay, the range of the artillery is between three hundred and five hundred steps, and this distance can easily enter Nanhai City." ”

"How's it powering?" Wang Li asked. Wei Yun said: "Take our current camp, two rounds of shelling, one stick of incense in time, basically can be completely razed to the ground." Wang Li was taken aback, this power is too great, after thinking carefully for a while, he said: "Wait a minute, I'll go and find General Xu Ming, and General Xu Ming will have the final say on the water." ”

"Please also ask the general to introduce you." Wei Yun arched his hand and said. After Xu Ming came, after listening to Wei Yun's plan, he immediately frowned and said: "If the artillery is really as powerful as Wei Yun said, our naval warship is also useful, but I don't know if the artillery can be used on the warship, I think it's better for us to give it a try, what does General Wang think?" ”

"Good! Just give it a try, I just want to see how powerful this cannon is made by His Highness! Wang Jian said.

Wei Yun said: "When I came, I saw a small island, let's put the artillery on the ship and go out to sea to try it." ”

"Okay, I'll go arrange for the boat." After Xu Ming finished speaking, he turned around and went out.

"General Xu Ming is really resolute in his work." Wei Yun said. Soon, a cannon was fixed on the deck of the battleship, and the ship sailed out of the harbor.

Wei Yun walked on the deck step by step, as if measuring the distance. After Wei Yun came back, Xu Ming asked puzzledly, "Is this measuring the length of the warship?" I can tell you this directly. Wei Yun shook his head and said: "Measuring the distance is only one aspect, the main thing is to see how many cannons can be placed on a warship." Judging from the position measured in front of you, counting the deck on the ship's floor, five cannons can be placed on the left and right sides, plus one at the bow and one at the stern, that is, a total of twelve cannons. Wei Yun continued: "A total of 200 artillery pieces were brought this time, but at least 50 must be left to defend the camp, that is, 150 artillery pieces can be put on board. Xu Ming frowned and said, "The most warships I can send are twenty, otherwise it will affect the supply of materials for the army." ”

"Twenty warships, that is, can be equipped with two hundred and forty artillery, and one hundred and fifty artillery, that is, thirteen warships are enough, and the remaining seven warships can be used as ships to transport troops. Wei Yun said.

"Then it depends on how powerful your artillery can be." Wang Li said. Wei Yun said confidently: "When the two generals see the power of this artillery, they will definitely be deeply dormant by it." After a while, the ship stopped, and it was only about three hundred paces away from the island.

As soon as Wei Yun gave the order, the five gunners were busy, one was testing the distance and wind direction with bows and arrows, two were adjusting the angle of the barrel, one was carrying the cannonballs, and one lit a torch and stood aside waiting for the order.

"Report! Commissioning is complete! The cannon commander reported loudly. Wei Yun immediately held two flags, the yellow flag was loaded with shells in one fell swoop, and when the red flag was raised, the soldier lit the fuse on the artillery.

"Boom!" The entire gun retreated some distance.

"Boom!" After a loud bang on the island in the distance, fire and black smoke rose at the same time. Wang Li and Xu Ming picked up the binoculars at the same time, and were immediately startled when they saw the power.

Wang Li put down the binoculars, watched the soldiers push the artillery back into position, frowned and asked, "Shoot the artillery once, is it so troublesome to prepare in front?" ”

"Of course not." Wei Yun explained: "The target of this attack is relatively low, and the two generals want to see the power, so the artillery has been adjusted. But the target of Nanhai City is very large, as long as you enter the artillery, you don't need to debug, you can directly fire shells. Wang Li and Xu Ming glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "Your Highness really sent a big baby!" ”