There has been no large-scale attack on the Xia Town defense line in the past three days. Jiannu has been busy building forts because the height of the forts built on the first day was found to be insufficient.
The first day was given to Gao, and the height of the fort was also increased to three feet.
Then when the height of the fort was increased to three feet the next day, it was found that it was still not high enough, so we had to give Gao another two days, and the height of the fort was increased again, directly to five feet.
Gaudi's surrendered troops were busy building forts, and Jiannu was not idle either.
There have been no large-scale attacks, but there have been small-scale harassments.
Sometimes during the day, sometimes at night, the slaves would suddenly make a surprise attack.
However, no matter whether it was during the day or at night, the Jian slaves could not get the slightest advantage.
This morning's raid was particularly tragic. Geng Jimao led a Niu Lu from the Zhenghuang Banner Han Army. Under the cover of the side car's Folang machine gun and the Eight Banners soldiers, he once again successfully broke into a gun platform on the front. Then when Geng Jimao was about to lead the
When the soldiers continued to attack the next cannon platform, countless pieces of lead suddenly poured down like hail.
It was really hailing, and the entire gun platform and the surrounding trench were completely covered with lead.
In the previous raids, when they were attacked by Ming army artillery fire, it was only a small area, with a radius of only a dozen paces at most, but this morning's wave was nearly a hundred paces in radius.
You can't find a hiding place within a hundred steps.
When Geng Jimao was carried back by his wrappers, he was completely stunned.
Zu Zerun pinched Geng Jimao's body for a long time before he came back to his senses.
Ao Bai called Wang Aoyong, a traitor, to analyze the situation for a long time, and finally concluded that the Ming army must have concentrated all the squatting cannons from other directions to the front.
"Two adults, this is the situation."
"There are so many lead bullets, at least there are more than 20 tiger squatting guns."
"With so many cannons in one turret, how many cannons would it take to have thousands of muskets? The Ming army couldn't possibly have so many squatting tiger cannons."
Wang Aoyong said emphatically: "The Ming army must have concentrated all the squatting tiger cannons from the guns in other directions to the front. This will definitely cause the gun towers in other directions to be empty. Therefore, attacking from other directions at this time will definitely have miraculous effects.
There may be a chance to break into the core of the Ming army's defense line in one fell swoop."
Both Baiyintu and Aobai had slightly moved expressions.
Wang Aoyong’s analysis is very reasonable.
But at this moment, a guard came in and reported: "Sir, there is an urgent delivery from Beijing."
Since Dorgon decided to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, he naturally would not let Baiyintu and the others continue to fight.
Therefore, while sending out the envoy with Zuo Maotai as the envoy, an urgent message was also sent to Baiyintu.
"Beijing express delivery?" Bai Yintu frowned upon hearing this and took the fire-painted letter from the guard. Ao Bai, who was next to him, also came over immediately. For some reason, both of them felt an ominous feeling.
Is this guy Dorgon doing something wrong again?
As a result, after reading the letter, both of them almost had their noses crooked with anger.
"What are you doing? How come the Qing Dynasty and the Nanming Dynasty became a country of brothers?"
"We still want to give up Shandong to Nanming? Then the two battles we fought in Shandong were not in vain? And the hundreds of warriors we put up with yellow flags died in vain? How can this be done?"
"Master Bai Yintu, this is not possible."
After Ao Bai read the letter, he was so angry that he almost jumped up.
Baiyintu also had a gloomy expression and didn't speak for a long time.
In fact, during the period after entering the customs, Dorgon has been trying to win over Baiyintu through Gong Adai. Dorgon wanted to add sand to the Xianghuang Banner and Zhenghuang Banner for more than a day or two.
To be honest, Baiyintu is also very optimistic about Dorgon.
Jilharang is a coward compared to Dorgon.
As for the little emperor Shunzhi, he was too young.
Baiyintu felt that it would be difficult for Shunzhi to hold on to the throne.
When Dorgon took over the power and completed the integration of the Eight Banners, the usurpation of the throne was a certainty. After all, there was a precedent in the Ming Dynasty where an uncle usurped the throne of his nephew.
Therefore, it is undoubtedly a wise choice to secretly seek refuge with Dorgon.
However, Dorgon must not be too obvious before he takes over the power, otherwise it will easily arouse the resentment of Obai and other generals with yellow flags.
Thinking of this, Baiyin Tu immediately made a decision.
"Obai, you are right, this won't work!"
"Our Xianghuang Banner has killed more than 300 warriors in Shandong, including 14 Baya La! Since the old Khan raised his troops, Xianghuang Banner has never suffered such a heavy loss."
"If this revenge is not avenged, my worship of Yintu will be in vain as a sign of embroidery with a yellow flag to solidify the mountain forehead."
"You, Obai, are in vain to be called Baya Lazhangjing with a yellow flag! We, with a yellow flag, will also become the laughing stock of the Qing Dynasty! We will never be able to raise our heads in front of others for the rest of our lives."
Bai Yin Tu spoke impassionedly.
Oboi's blood boiled with excitement.
"Lord Baiyintu, what you said has touched my heart, Aobai."
Ao Baijie said: "In the afternoon we will attack in a different direction. I will take a Niulu warrior with a yellow flag and add two Niulu soldiers of the Han army with a yellow flag, and finally give it a try!"
"No!" Baiyintu waved his hand.
"One Niu Lu is not enough, you bring a Jia La warrior."
"The eight oxen of Han's military flags and all of Gao Di's surrendered troops."
"With our strength, it is impossible to launch an attack from hundreds of cannon towers on the periphery at the same time, but it is still possible to launch an attack from more than a dozen cannon towers at the same time! We must defeat the Ming army this time!"
"Hey!" Obai responded with a bang.
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Chongzhen has been busy for three full days.
For the past three days, he has been doing one thing: measuring shooting parameters.
As for the efficiency, it can only be said to be unsatisfactory. More than fifty guns have been calibrated.
After all, there is only one person, and calibrating seventeen or eight gun platforms in one day is already the limit. Measuring and shooting Zhuyuan does not require much physical effort, but it takes time.
At this time, Chongzhen came to a gun platform again.
And moved one of the squatting tiger cannons to the center of the gun platform.
This squatting tiger cannon weighs at least sixty kilograms, which is heavier than the squatting tiger cannon of other gun platforms.
Speaking of this, Chongzhen was speechless. The Ming Dynasty's war bureau and weapons bureau were really arrogant. Even the weapon manufacturing of the Qin Dynasty had formed a certain level of assembly line manufacturing. However, in the Ming Dynasty, it became more and more chaotic.
Back in the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as assembly line production, let alone the concept of standardization.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even if it is the same batch of Tiger Crouching Cannons just cast by the same craftsman, you will not be able to find the same ones.
Because the sand molds are all cast on site, after casting a cannon, a new sand mold must be made, so there are no two squatting tiger cannons of the same size in the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, not to mention the squatting tiger gun, even the bird gun has not yet formed a standardized production.
The outer diameter of the barrel of each bird gun is not necessarily the same. It is very troublesome to match the barrel and bayonet of the bird gun, because each bird gun must be equipped with a dedicated bayonet, which is very troublesome.
If it cannot be standardized, not only will the efficiency be low, the production speed will not increase, but the cost will also not decrease, and the Ming Dynasty's finances will be dragged down. Therefore, after withstanding this wave of attacks from the Jiannu slaves, I immediately returned to Nanjing. This was the first thing after returning to Nanjing.
The first thing is to get money, of course. After getting the money, the second thing to do is to reorganize the weapons and weapons bureau.
Also speaking of the Tiger Crouching Cannon, since the technical parameters are almost not the same, this greatly increases the workload of measuring the parameters, because the two Tiger Crouching Cannons of the same gun platform must be measured separately.
For example, the two cannons in this gun platform not only have different weights and different calibers, but even the shape and inclination of the two tiger claws are different, there is no correlation at all.
But even for these two tiger squatting guns, the parameters still need to be measured.
Moreover, it is necessary to measure the calibrated shooting parameters of the 11 gun platforms, 2 on each side, 4 in the front row, and 3 in the front row. In this way, when the shooting parameters of these 11 gun platforms are within three hundred steps,
When any one of them is attacked, the two Tiger Crouching Cannons of this gun station can provide large error support of artillery fire based on the pre-calibrated shooting parameters.
According to modern standards, the Tiger Crouching Cannon simply does not meet the conditions for calibrated shooting.
Because the error rate of the Tiger Crouching Cannon is too high, with the same charge and the same projectile, the impact point of the two shots can be 30 steps away, close to 50 meters!
You must know that the maximum range of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is only 500 meters.
But the impact point can be 50 meters away. What is the concept?
According to modern standards, such artillery cannot even be used on the battlefield.
Fortunately, Chongzhen's requirements are not high. The error of thirty steps is a bit large, but it can still be used.
Because more than a dozen guns and more than twenty tiger crouching cannons fired at one gun platform from different directions at the same time, the disadvantage of the tiger squatting cannon turned into an advantage, forming a full barrage coverage over a large area without blind spots!
"Start working." Chongzhen roughly adjusted the shooting angle and said to Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Cijiong, "It's still the same old rules. Xun'er, you go to the musket station on the left, and Jiong'er, you go to the right."
After Chongzhen tested the shooting parameters for three days, the karma abilities of brothers Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong also improved by leaps and bounds, and they were now able to shoulder the important task of reporting targets to Chongzhen alone.
After Chongzhen finished firing the cannon, the two brothers first measured the error of the impact point and then reported it to Chongzhen.
The two boys agreed, and just as they were about to leave, a gunshot suddenly sounded from a gun platform in front of them.
"This is a trumpet!" Zhu Cixiang frowned and said, "I guess another Jiannu came to harass me."
"These slave slaves are really disgusting, like a swarm of flies." Zhu Cijiong said, "After being chased away, they come back again and again and again, and they are beaten to death. It is really annoying."
Before the two brothers finished speaking, there were two more booms.
Three cannon blasts indicate that it is not a small-scale harassment, but a large-scale attack!
"Let's go!" Chongzhen didn't say a word, turned around and ran towards the canal dock in Xia Town.
The entire defense line has been designed long ago, but the actual effect has not been verified. Now that the Jiannu have finally launched a large-scale attack, the time has come to test the effectiveness of the defense line.
As the founder of the entire Xia Town defense line, what Chongzhen needs to do now is to observe the entire combat process from the perspective of the naval battleships in order to find out the flaws.
