Six hundred copper-fired cannons on the three walls of the entire chariot city were spitting out flames one after another, firing non-stop, recoiling, reset, and firing again.
The shield chariots brought by Jiannu this time were only over 500, which were not as many as the bronze-haired cannons of the Chaoying Regiment.
Fifty to sixty thousand Mongolian soldiers rushed up from three sides, hiding behind shield vehicles. When they reached a position of 100 meters, they suddenly suffered an unprecedented attack.
They didn't know that the Ming army had so many large artillery before. The road conditions in this era were not good, and the vehicle load was not high. It was impossible to install large artillery. At most, it was a small Folang machine gun of about 100 kilograms, or even simply mounted
The tiger squats and raises the gun.
This is not the first time that sidecars have been seen. The Ming army has used them for more than a hundred years. During these more than a hundred years, the Ming army repeatedly fought with the Mongols in Jizhen and Xuanda towns. The Mongols
I fought with this thing a lot.
This thing also acted as a barrier. Most of the Ming troops were inside, shooting arrows and setting off firecrackers.
This time was different from any other time in history. The Ming army combined heavy artillery with horse-drawn carriages. What was fired from the carriage city was no longer blunderbuss and portal guns, but twelve-pound shells from heavy artillery and even shotguns.
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The lethality has increased unprecedentedly.
With the roar of cannons, although the shield car in front was still moving forward stubbornly, this thing was too heavy and the advancement speed was very slow.
One after another, the shield vehicles were hit by artillery. After all, within a hundred meters, the direct fire of the copper-fired cannon was still very accurate.
At this time, Cao Xiu had already achieved good results in many exercises due to his hard training, and was promoted to the rank of corps commander due to his merit. Subsequently, the Qianhu Guard Station was changed from Shahe Qianhu Guard Station to Hexi Qianhu Guard Station.
, all changed from infantry to vehicle and camp corps.
One or two heavy-duty sidecars constitute a corps, and five soldiers form a minimum combat unit. The corps leader becomes the commander. Below are the gunner, aiming hand, loader and ammunition hand.
After the war started today, Cao Xiu was very excited when he received the order to fire.
He likes cannons, which are much more enjoyable than flintlock guns. The deafening sound of the copper-haired cannon, the violent back seat, and the flames and black smoke it spits out make him feel that this is a man's weapon.
"Aim at the shield car ahead, that's right, the one closest to you." Cao Xiu shouted loudly.
The aiming hand cranked the height and direction machine, and the muzzle of the copper-fired cannon moved slowly, aiming at the shield car. There was an Eight Banners officer behind the shield car's mantlet, half of his head exposed, and he was observing the situation in the car city.
While he was looking at the situation in Checheng, he turned back and said something to the officers and soldiers behind him.
The closest the car was pushed, it was almost fifty meters.
Cao Xiu said in his heart, if you shoot the first bird, I will beat you today.
"Fire!"
Following Cao Xiu's order, there was a loud bang. A twelve-pound lead bullet flew out of the muzzle, carrying a loud sonic boom, and went straight fifty meters away.
At this distance, the direct-aiming shooting of the artillery is very accurate. It is impossible to miss.
The batch of copper-fired cannons that Yang Fan equipped for the car camp were all cast by Xincheng Iron Works. They were cast in iron molds and cooled by hot oil, and their performance was very good.
The internal gun bores are carefully machined using boring machines. The inner walls are smooth and precise. The cannonballs are also precision-cast lead balls. These lead balls have steel cores inside, which can ricochet, hit hard objects and penetrate hard objects.
At this time, Niulu Erzhen was shouting, asking the Mongolians behind the car to prepare their shields and ladders. After all, they had already hit fifty meters away.
At this time, as soon as he turned around, he saw the rear of a sidecar not far away, and the outstretched muzzle opened fire. In the blink of an eye, the twelve-pound shells concentrated on the large shield in front of the car.
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This Niulu forehead really felt the big shield in front of him shake violently, and then he flew backwards with the sawdust. In this thousandth of a second moment, he felt that time seemed to slow down.
As he flew to the rear, he clearly saw the shattering of the large shield. Countless pieces of wood with sharp wooden spikes flew back in all directions. The lead bullets penetrated the large shield and landed on the dense crowd behind the car.
inside.
The high-speed cannonball was like a hot iron driving through butter, creating an alleyway of blood and flesh in the crowd. All people or objects that blocked the progress of the lead ball were crushed to pieces.
After killing five or six people, the shot put jumped up again, flew for a while, and hit the crowd again. Another burst of blood and flesh flew everywhere. It jumped several times in a row and killed more than thirty people before finally stopping.
With a bang, he fell heavily to the ground and closed his eyes.
The shield vehicles were destroyed one after another. The sand filled inside, which was used to slow down and attenuate the kinetic energy of the lead bullets, turned into shotgun projectiles, causing great damage to the Mongols hiding behind the vehicles.
Soon, the shield vehicle was hit by three rounds of artillery fire and completely destroyed.
It's so close and the distance can't be reached is really nothing to say.
The reason why Yang Fan moved closer before attacking was because he was afraid of them escaping, and it also made it easier to shoot directly. As long as there were no problems with his eyes, there was almost no difficulty at a distance of one hundred meters.
The soldiers gathered behind were miserable. I thought the shield car would be a support and safe.
If, like last time, they get close to 30 meters, the chariots will attack with guns and grenades. The lead bullets and fragments can indeed be blocked by the shield chariots to protect their safety. However, the situation has changed. This time the defenders use
The weapons are not guns, but heavy artillery.
Not only could the shield car not protect them, the wooden material of the shield car and the sand and gravel filling inside the shield car actually increased their damage to them.
The soldiers were a little panicked. They didn't know whether to continue charging or retreat. After all, the original plan was to use the cover of the shield car to retreat to the mountain. Now that the shield car had been destroyed, what should we do now?
Soon, the desolate horn sounded, which was the clarion call to continue the attack.
Khan Ahai and Buyan Ahai also figured it out. Now that they have reached this distance, they cannot retreat. They all know that the cannon has a range of 500 meters. Even if they retreat, they have to run 400 meters on two legs.
Meter distance and so many artillery fire from the other side will cause huge casualties.
Now that we have reached such a close distance, we might as well rush forward. Even at a distance of tens of meters, fifty or sixty thousand people can still hit them. No matter how sharp the opponent's artillery is, they cannot block so many people.
The Mongols knew that this was an order to continue the attack, and the officers shouted, rectified their troops, and continued the attack.
Since the shield chariots are all gone, let's just charge forward. Anyway, we have to charge without the shield chariots. This group of reinforcements must be eliminated. Otherwise, if they attack from both sides, the strong soldiers in Duolun City will rush out, and there is a possibility of a complete rout.
Danger.
"Hulu hello!"
"Hula!"
These people were all regular soldiers. Under the supervision of the officer, they immediately abandoned the wreckage of the shield car, raised their round shields and scimitars, and carried crudely made ladders, and rushed forward.
