Chapter 408: Cannon Technique

Suddenly, he was suppressed by the enemy's army. Ma Yi felt humiliated. He whipped Min Zhuang, who was transporting the cannons with a whip, but he had no choice but to do anything. It was really difficult to use the new artillery weighing more than 1,500 kilograms as a field cannon. He had to do so.

It is very difficult for heavy cannons to push across the Liao River. A simple wooden floating bridge cannot withstand such weight. It can only find shallow water to build an embankment with earth and stone, and drag the cannons to cross the river with cattle and horses.

Macheng looked open, and he didn't want the artillery camp to cross the river. With the strength of Kaiyuan Army, he could only hit Fushun City. It seemed that he had to do it. It took two days to have an artillery whistle and six cannons.

After crossing the river, he aimed at the Han army formation and bombarded violently. After some casualties, the Han army flag simply retreated to Fushun City. The infantrymen of the Tenth Battalion carried them into a group to pursue them, but were attacked by the city defense artillery fire under Fushun City. They endured for several days

The Fushun City Defense Cannon was finally opened, and huge shells roared in the roar. Although the accuracy was poor, the momentum was extremely amazing.

Ma Yi did not dare to advance and ordered the withdrawal of troops. The offensive and defensive battle that lasted for two days ended in a hurry with the rumbling sound of cannons like thunder.

In the central army camp, the Kaiyuan generals looked at the roaring cannons at the Fushun city with a blank expression.

The cannons at the top of Fushun City were extremely powerful. Eight huge iron bullets roared in each round of volleys, and several large cannon shells hit the Kaiyuan Army formation and bounced four or five times.

Only after exhausting kinetic energy, the retreating camp wherever the shells passed instantly reduced dozens of people, and the entire queue was penetrated. Although the number of such shells that could accurately hit was not large, their power was already amazing

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"Old man Yang He!"

Even Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but curse. The cannons roaring on the Fushun city should be the red cannons thrown by Yang He to Jianlu, with a total of eight. The original British 18-pound smooth-bore heavy cannon was originally from Fujian.

The one who was transported to Shanhaiguan to strengthen the defense was demolished from Shanhaiguan and brought against Shenyang. He was defeated in Liaohe. These cannons were given to Jianlu. Now the huge cannon shells fell on the heads of Kaiyuan soldiers, making people angry.

Blushing.

Ma Cheng's face was as normal. For the first time, he had experienced the power of Western heavy artillery on the battlefield, which was surprising.

Macheng has tried to overestimate the power of these eighteen-pound smoothbore heavy artillery, but it is still a big surprise. The power of these bulky city defense cannons is really amazing. One or two shots can hit the target in a round of volleys, which caused

It is unbearable to kill. One shot is dozens of lives. Those are dozens of elite soldiers. A small-scale cavalry contact battle, casualties are just this number. A few rounds of bombardment of one camp will collapse, and an attack on the city will be siege.

There are only hundreds of casualties.

These heavy artillery are very inconvenient to transport, but they are really sharp to defend the city.

Fortunately, the enemy's artillery skills are very poor, and they do not have the new refined gunpowder bonus, so they cannot perform the excellent performance of the Red Cannon. However, this giant naval gun is direct aimed at shooting. Adjust the angle according to the bounce point, and can also be fooled.

Compared with these giant cannons, the firepower of the falcon cannons that were originally equipped seemed very weak. The comparison of the six-pound cannon and the eighteen-pound cannon was not the same order of magnitude.

Morale was sluggish and the army was in a state of depression. Ma Yi came up with a strange move in a hurry.

Ma Yi disassembled the twelve cannons that had crossed the Liaohe River and used them. He broke them into pieces and used his sharp artillery technique to disperse the battle. The two cannons and one group took advantage of the heavy weakness of the Red Cannons and braved the city's firepower to 6 or 7 miles.

The gunners were set up at the place and bravely bombarded the heavy artillery in the city. The provocative gunners of the army were indeed attracted. The eighteen-pound iron bullets roared over six or seven miles away, hitting the far ahead of the cannon in the north.

Group.

The eyes of the Central Army Commander's camp were leaping straight to see. The gunners were dancing on the tip of the knife. From a distance, the huge shells landed near the cannon base, and they jumped over them almost rubbed against the cannon base. But Ma Cheng shot

It's better to scream, it's just a visual error. In fact, at a distance of six or seven miles, the twelve-pound cannon on the top of the city wanted to accurately hit a six-pound cannon, which was no less difficult than hitting a one.

fly.

Amid the earth-shaking roar, the two sides launched a rare artillery battle in Liaodong.

The eight-gate city heavy artillery targeted twelve six-pound cannons. The rumbling cannons opened their eyes to both the offense and the defense. Every time the city heavy artillery fired, it was like the earth was shaking, and huge shells jumped on the ground.

He plowed the soil into deep ditches, but he was unable to hit any cannon base. However, the Kaiyuan gunner whistled iron bullets onto the Fushun city wall with his sharp artillery skills.

Hitting the city wall at a distance of six or seven miles is an easy task for Kaigenshen Ji Camp, who has been well-trained and mastered Western artillery techniques. The Fushun City Wall seems to be trembling constantly, with countless people on the city and under the city.

The enemy soldier felt numb and stared at the Fushun City Wall, which was raging by artillery shells. Every loud noise made people feel scared. It seemed that the next shell would destroy the city wall. However, the city wall was finally supported, but the outer layer was

It was smashed to a pothole.

The sound of cannons gradually calmed down and the cannons on both sides were red, and the artillery battle came to an end.

The two armies were mobilized as Mongolians woke up, and the horses in the middle of the horses were waving the flag of the horses and the tenth battalion of the front army pressed forward to the gunners. The western gate of Fushun suddenly opened a large number of cavalry rolling out, trying to seize the cannon, and the captive cavalry master was captured.

Leading more than 10,000 Han troops outside the city also pushed forward and fought for multiple artillery towers. The drums rumbling and the horns continued. Two thousand enemy cavalry rushed out of the west gate to take the two adjacent artillery towers in the north.

The Ming army on the front line responded very quickly, and the infantry of four battalions was ready for battle. The iron cavalry of the two battalions of the central army rushed to help.

The battlefield with a radius of more than ten miles was in chaos. The Kaiyuan Cannon Battalion, who came out, took the opportunity to put a cattle and horse on the cannon and retreated to its original formation. After a short while, the two fronters of the army joined the battle, separated by dense shield cars and wooden stakes and roadblocks.

Shooting against each other. The frontiers of the Ming army were all old soldiers who participated in the Battle of Xifengkou. They learned their lessons long ago and took advantage of the range of heavy convex guns without waiting for the enemy soldiers to approach, and fired rows of dense volleys. They were soon in

Local battlefields create superior firepower. This is the bloody lesson obtained by frontline officers with their lives. They use their superior firepower without hesitation of ammunition and open up levels between camps.

The enemy army, which occupied the superior force, rushed forward, completely regardless of the huge casualties. In the fierce battle, the two thousand enemy cavalry suddenly slowed down, gave up the two Ming army artillery bases that were waiting for, and rushed towards Zhang Fengyi in a big bend.

The front-line general flag, the Ming army, which was dominated by infantry, could not stop it, and only one battalion of iron cavalry came forward to fight for the main general to gain time to defend. The two cavalry were dismissed as soon as they came into contact.

Fierce battles were everywhere on the extremely chaotic battlefield. The left and right wings of the Ming army had a great advantage. The volley of guns covered the retreat of the cannons that were coming out, but the situation was not very good in the middle. The flag of the former camp leader Zhang Fengyi was shaking and was shaking.

The two thousand enemy cavalry could not stand the position. Macheng was quite helpless. This was the huge advantage of cavalry on the battlefield. It came and went like the wind. The cavalry would not rush to the army formation stupidly, but would keenly search for it.
Chapter completed!