Zhang Cheng stood on the watchtower, holding up a telescope to observe the effects of the bombardment. It could be seen that the gunners under Lu Xiangsheng's command of the Biao Battalion were indeed serious in their usual drills.

Under the command of their own artillery team officer, they fired the gun calmly, then cleared the barrel, loaded the ammunition, calibrated the gun, and fired again. Everything was in order and without any signs of panic.

Although it is undeniable that their performance is among the elite in the Ming army, in Zhang Cheng's view, such an artillery team is far from the most ideal state in his mind, and there is still a lot to be desired.

space can be further improved.

That's a salvo!

Yes, it's an artillery salvo.

All the artillery is concentrated, fires one round first, calibrates the firing range, and then all the artillery fires a standard salvo. In this way, both the killing effect and the power and deterrence effect are stronger than such intermittent and scattered self-fire.

emission.

On the wall of the east gate of Jiazhuang, the gunners next to each Hongyi cannon are constantly using the parallax method to correct the height, distance, direction and other data. After the observer reports the audible data, the gunner continues to use the crank and screw

Adjust the angle of the muzzle.

After the gunner re-aimed, there was a new round of bombardment. Each Qing shield vehicle was smashed, and the Qing archers and heavy armored infantry in the array were also bloody.

Each of the Ming army's six Hongyi cannons fired five rounds, totaling thirty solid iron bullets, and blasted into the approaching Qing army array one after another.

Violent artillery fire, shattered shield vehicles, splattered stumps, blood-stained ground, and Qing soldiers wailing and hissing all over the field, the scene was in a mess, and the smell of blood filled the air, making people feel sick.

The coated Aha pushing the shield cart were even more panicked. They looked to the left and right of them and were wailing. Most of them hid behind the shield cart. Some of them were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.

go.

The Qing army in front caused a commotion as soon as the formation was neutralized. They naturally lowered their bodies, thinking that they could avoid the Ming army's artillery fire.

The Qing generals who were leading the team shouted and cursed loudly and suppressed them. More than ten Baoyi Aha who fled backwards were immediately chopped to the ground. They were not dead, but they could not stop rolling and crying.

The Qing army stabilized the formation for a while, and continued to press forward despite the already sparse artillery fire. They soon advanced to about a mile away from the Ming army's defense line.

"Why……"

Zhang Cheng secretly sighed in his heart. If there were more Hongyi cannons, twenty would be enough. Each cannon would be operated by a skilled gunner, and they would fire five rounds of intensive volleys at the Qing army rushing towards them.

shoot.

It can be concluded that such a firepower strike can almost collapse the Qing army rushing on this side.

"What a pity!"

Looking at the east wall of the village, those Hongyi artillery pieces could no longer be charged after firing several rounds in succession. The sergeants covered the cannon barrels with thick felt cloths wetted with cold water, and put round ends wet with water.

The mop was inserted into the barrel to clean the barrel.

At this time, the Hongyi cannon could not fire more than five times in a row, and the barrel had to be thoroughly cleaned once, and attention should be paid to the heat dissipation of the barrel. The operational requirements in all aspects were too high, otherwise it would easily cause a chamber explosion accident.

After the Qing army's array was stabilized, they saw those deadly solid cannons flying involuntarily. They pushed the shield cart again, slowly approaching, and soon came within a mile of distance.

…………

Looking at the Qing army's shield vehicles that were still coming up thickly, Lu Xiangsheng said to the messengers beside him: "Give the order, prepare the rockets, all units must strictly guard their positions and not retreat even an inch."

The ordering soldiers waved the ordering flags, and the ordering flags were waving on every turret. As the flags were passed, all the Ming armies became nervous and busy. Rockets of various types were fired from various walls of the camp, and from behind the earthen wall outside the camp.

He carried it out and positioned it, aiming it at the approaching Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng said in a deep voice: "Zhang Cheng, Jiang Mingwu, and Chen An, hurry up and form a team to stand by to support everywhere at any time."

Zhang Cheng and other generals received the order loudly, walked down the watchtower, and returned to their headquarters. They summoned the generals and formed their teams to stand by.

"Rocket ready!"

Continuous orders were heard, and with the orders, square muzzles were exposed on all the defense lines of the Ming army. At the same time, it seemed that orders were coming one after another from three sides of the Jiazhuang defense line:

"...put...put...put..."

A loud thunder exploded, and thick smoke rose from three sides of the Jia Zhuang Ming Army camp. The overwhelming rockets roared, with unique fireworks trails, penetrating the biting cold wind, like a strong wind and rain, overwhelming the sky.

Rushed towards the Qing army's position.

The Ming army has always been equipped with sophisticated flying guns, flying knives, flying swords and other large rockets, which are loaded with thirty rounds and can go three hundred steps after being fired.

It can even reach up to one mile away.

Lu Xiangsheng's Supervisor Battalion, as well as the troops of Xuanzhen Commander-in-Chief Yang Guozhu and Shanxi Town Commander-in-Chief Hu Dawei, all carried a large number of rockets on the expedition. These military weapons were easier to carry than Hongyi cannons, and their power was even more powerful.

It is not weaker than the Hongyi Cannon, but its disadvantage is that it can be used once.

Before Zhang Cheng went on the expedition, he had thought of such a powerful weapon, but he had never found it. Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and others distributed the rockets they brought with them to Zhang Yan and Jiang Mingwu.

Tigers rush together and wait for the big rocket.

As the military chief of the three towns, the military rockets brought by Lu Xiangsheng and others this time were carefully selected, and most of them were sophisticated military equipment.

There was a thunderous explosion, and gunmen from various Ming armies were deployed at the front. They all acted as improvised rocket launchers, one aiming and the other igniting.

Each rocket ignited, smoke rose, and fire flashed. Thirty or a hundred iron guns, iron swords, and arrows flew out like flying fireballs, roaring and flying toward the Qing Dynasty.

Military array.

A rain of arrows trailing flames flew in, covering the sky and the sun. Looking up, it felt like the sky was on fire, and seemed to envelope the entire Qing army's archer array.

The power of science and technology is unimaginable to nomads. They may be able to cause a rain of arrows on such a scale by relying on thousands of manpower to fire, but their power and lethality are not the same.

The densely packed Qing army raised their shields, but some people were still hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The archers had no shields to lift, so they crowded behind the shield carts to avoid the flying arrows. The Qing army's formation was as follows

A chaos.

Those miserable coat Aha were pushing the shield cart forward. Just now they were secretly rejoicing in their hearts that they had escaped the fierce bombardment of the Ming army, when they saw flying arrows coming like rain from ahead.

Before they had time to react, they were pushed out by the Qing army archers from behind and pushed to the outside on both sides of the shield cart. The unprotected coated Aha screamed and cried and ran in all directions.
Chapter completed!