An apprentice lit the red cannon, and only a loud "boom" sound was heard. Flames were emitted from the muzzle, and white smoke rose from the muzzle and the fire door. The eighteen-pound shells carried huge kinetic energy and flew towards an arrow tower. However, the shells did not accurately hit the target, but deviated a little bit and hit the city wall next to the arrow tower. The blue bricks were shattered and a large piece of rammed earth was dropped, revealing the rammed earth inside.

"It's still a little bit bad. You clean the barrel and I'll adjust it before loading it." Zhao Peng ordered the apprentice.

The other two apprentices ignited two mortar cannons, and fired out toward the muzzle. The huge shells rose into the air and flew to the highest point and began to slowly fall at a speed visible to the naked eye. The shells fell faster and faster under the acceleration of gravity. When they were about to land, the shells had extremely powerful kinetic energy and hit the ground hard.

Unfortunately, the shells did not hit the target, but crossed the wall and flew into the hamlet. One of them hit a pavilion in the garden in the hamlet. The sixty-four-pound shell instantly smashed the pavilion to pieces; the other shell fell into the pool in the garden, stirring up a huge water column soaring into the sky.

"Not one hits a hit, it seems that the charge amount needs to be selected again." Zhao Peng said to himself. Although he was able to skillfully manipulate mortars in his previous life, the mortars of this era are different after all. The power of the launching medicine, the weight of the shells, and the accuracy of the shells are different. He still needs to be familiar with the performance to accurately hit the target.

The apprentices responsible for cleaning the cannon chambers put the wet mop into the cannon chamber of the Red Armor cannon, cleaned the inner chamber, and poured the water into the cannon chambers. Then several people worked together to lift the tail of the Red Armor cannon, poured the water out, and then used a dry mop to penetrate the cannon chambers to suck the remaining water dry, and then Zhao Peng loaded the cannon himself.

Before loading, the apprentices reset the Red Barbarian cannons according to Zhao Peng's instructions, then adjust the direction and elevation angle of the muzzle, and then start loading gunpowder.

The reloading of the Red Yi cannon is very complicated, and cleaning the cannon chamber and cooling is just the first step. Zhao Peng has not yet installed gunpowder, so he can only use a spoon to scoop out the gunpowder and weigh it on the weighing plate, then pour the gunpowder into the cannon chamber, and then stuff a piece of wooden board. An apprentice pushed the wooden board to the bottom with a push rod, compact the gunpowder, and then stuffed the shell into it to compact it with the push rod, and then inserted a medicine twist at the fire door.

The loading speed of the mortar cannon is much faster. After all, the barrel is short. After cleaning the barrel and cooling down, Zhao Peng will personally adjust the direction of the muzzle, then weigh the gunpowder, pour it into the barrel, press it into the wooden board, and load it into the shell.

Before the red cannon was loaded, the two mortars opened fire first. Only two "bang bang" sounds of gunpowder gas were heard. Two shells rose into the air. One of the shells accurately hit the top of an arrow tower. Only a sound of bricks were heard. The bricks outside the arrow tower were broken one after another, and huge cracks appeared above the arrow tower and on the walls; the other shell hit the cannon, and the shell hit a 500-pound Franchise cannon on the cannon. The heavy cannon flew up like a toy in a child's hand. It rolled in the air and landed on the ground. Li Jiajia Ding, who had no time to run away, was hit by the falling cannon. One of them immediately had a brain burst, and the other was smashed into flesh mud, and the two were hit on their waists and legs, and they fell down screaming.

About two minutes later, the mortar cannon fired again. After this bombing of the arrow tower hit the target, the sound of the arrow tower collapsed. The solid arrow tower shattered like an egg shell, turned into a pile of ruins, scattered from the city. Another shell hit the cannon, bounced, rolled, and crashed into the crowd, causing a burst of blood mist.

The mortar cannon was quickly loaded again, and the flames were sprayed out again. Another arrow tower was shot, and the arrow tower wrapped in bricks cracked a large crack; the Lijiachengzhai Fort was shot again, and flesh and blood flew across the fort, and the body was spread out.

The red cannon finally completed the loading. The gunner lit the medicine twist and ran away quickly. The burning medicine twist quickly shortened into the fire gate. The cannon suddenly shook, and a slender tongue of flame spurted out from the muzzle. The shell accurately hit the arrow tower, and a crack immediately appeared on the arrow tower.

Zhao Peng had already set the amount of gunpowder, and the next thing was simple. He no longer needed to load each cannon himself, and could be handed over to the apprentice to load. He just needed to come and adjust the orientation and elevation angle of the muzzle. Three cannons bombarded in turn, constantly smashing the shells on the city wall. At the same time, the Shunjun and the refugees who were digging the trench were also digging forward. When the trench was still a hundred steps away from the city wall, they stopped digging. The refugees piled the excavated soil in front of the trench, piled up a pile of soil, and began to dig a trench parallel to the city wall.

Because of the fast firing rate, the two mortars were so hot that they could not be fired. The apprentices poured several barrels of water into the cannon chamber for cooling. The slow-firing Red Cannon was still firing, and it kept firing at an average rate of firing of ten minutes. After a quarter of an hour, the mortars were cooled down and the students continued to load and fire.

The refugees who dug the trench had already dug a trench that was fifty feet long and parallel to the city wall. The soldiers of Shun Army brought the tiger squat cannons and Fran framed them on the mound of soil and began to bombard the city head violently. Although these small cannons could not destroy the city wall, they could damage the female wall and the warp.

Li Jiajiadi also fired at the bottom of the city to counterattack the city, but the shells fired at the top of the city were difficult to hit the trench in front, and the range was not enough to reach the heavy artillery position behind the Shun Army. He could only watch the light and heavy artillery of the Shun Army continuously poured shells into him. The counterattack at the top of the city triggered a more violent fire strike from the Shun Army under the city. In addition to the Franjet and the tiger squat cannon, the turtle dove guns and bows of the Shun Army also fired violently at the top of the city. The projectiles and light arrows shot on the top of the city were scattered on the top of the city like rain, and blood splashed on the top of the city, screaming in terrible times.

The shells shot from the Shunjun rear formation kept falling on the top of the city, the arrow towers and corner towers were constantly shattering and collapsed, and huge cracks began to appear on the city walls. Large areas of bricks fell down one by one, revealing the rammed earth inside. The roaring shells kept hitting the rammed earth, leaving behind pits.

At this time, Li Jiaguo suddenly felt a sense of fear that he had never experienced before. He had never seen such a fighting style. He digged trenches and advanced, approached the city wall and set up a cannon to bombard it. The long-range cannons of the attacking party were piled behind the pile of soil, not only were there fired red barbarian cannons, but also a powerful sky-surge cannon. The sky-surge cannon was too powerful. Two shells could destroy an arrow tower or a corner tower. If the thief army continued to bombard, I wonder if the city wall could last for two days.

The sky gradually became darker, but the attacking Shun Army did not stop the artillery. The small cannons in front and the heavy cannons behind continued to bombard the city walls and various defense facilities on the city.

The female wall battlement at the top of the city has been destroyed by the small cannons of the Shun Army, and the city wall has become bare. The guards guards standing at the top of the city without any cover to protect themselves. Once the Shun Army attacks the city, the servants guards will be exposed to the firepower of the attacking party and straightened to be living targets.

The attacking Shun Army fired fire and bombarded the city wall overnight. The defenders at the city top used the night to repair the city wall. However, it was obvious that the speed of the defenders repaired was not as good as the speed of the demolition of the Shun Army. After a day and a night of artillery bombing, the city wall was blown away. However, there were no casualties on the Shun Army. A Franz aircraft and two tiger squat cannons exploded, causing more than ten casualties.

When the Shun Army gunners began to bombard the city wall, the refugees who followed the Shun Army were not idle, but searched for wood everywhere to build siege weapons.

The trees around had already died because the bark and leaves were eaten up by the hungry people. The trees without the bark naturally could not survive. The trees that cried to death had long been burned by the hungry people as firewood. There were no trees nearby that could provide refugees with weapons to build siege. The refugees could only dismantle the ships idle on the canal to build siege weapons such as shield cars, ladders, rushing cars, and looking at the towers.
Chapter completed!