An Sanxi threw down the pencil, picked up the enamel teapot, took a sip of tea and continued: "The master once said such a sentence to me, I will always remember it."
"He said that in the land of China, the most capable and difficult to deal with are the militia and regiment training armed forces, the second are the old bandit gangs, and the third are the rogue bandits and horse thieves who fight guerrillas. Third
The fourth is a well-trained regular army."
I saw that my subordinates were all staring with big eyes and small eyes, but they didn't understand.
An Sanxi continued to explain: "The militia and regiment are the armed forces that protect their hometown. They know very well who they are fighting for. They are protecting their own family members, the property and lives of the local township party. And they are all composed of local people.
They are all composed of neighbors, children, and relatives. They are familiar with each other and share the same hatred. If someone is killed or injured, there will be a motivation for revenge by blood relatives. Therefore, the army they form cannot be defeated or dispersed. "
The battalion commanders and senior officers nodded one after another, because they were members of the armed forces and militia. They were basically Yang Fan's domestic slaves. As a lord, Yang Fan allocated land to their families, provided security and protection, and even provided education.
, medical, credit and other services.
In return, they must vassal military obligations to their lord.
The Shanxi merchants in this city are organized in the same way. They either rely on the clan or the township party. Or the core members are clan members, the middle layer is the township party, and the outer layer is Shanxi locals.
Regardless of their class status, they all rely on the business of Shanxi merchants. Therefore, they are very united and dare to fight.
After all, it is not easy to survive in the Ming Dynasty. Without Shanxi merchants, where would their family find food? Shanxi merchants' business is their lifeblood. If you want his lifeblood, he will follow
You risk your life.
Therefore, they will definitely resist fiercely.
An Sanxi said: "The five hundred guard beggar soldiers and three hundred battalion soldiers are indeed not enough to fill our teeth. But there are eight Shanxi merchants in the city, and each of them has two to three thousand caravan guards. Moreover,
Their power is not only in this small town of Zhangjiakou. For example, the Fan family, their family is in Jiexiu. This is just one of their strongholds."
"We don't know their number, combat effectiveness, or equipment. Therefore, in this battle, any of you must be cautious and not have any idea of ​​underestimating the enemy. Otherwise, you will definitely suffer a big loss.
No wonder Yang Fan warned An Sanxi. The original words of this passage were actually summed up by the Japs themselves when they invaded China. They suffered heavy losses in several battles with the militia.
At this time, all ten teams had moved to a position ten meters away from the north city wall and hid among the broken walls.
There are only thirty meters from here to the city wall, but there are no buildings in this thirty-meter distance. This is an ancient habit. There is a dry moat here that is no longer obvious. In order to clear the perimeter of the city wall, this section
Houses and obstacles are not allowed in the distance.
Captain Baiyin (Fu) came over to discuss with Bayar: "If the order to attack comes down, my team, with ten shield bearers rushing in front, and twenty people carrying two ladders, will
Attack the city wall directly. You are responsible for covering us."
Bayar slapped his chest and said: "Brother Baiyin, don't worry. I will open fire as soon as the squadron leader's order comes down. We have all been equipped with third-generation flintlock rifles. The rate of fire can reach four per minute.
Five shots. From a distance of thirty meters, they can't take advantage of us in the shooting."
"Well, whether we can successfully climb the city this time depends on you." Baiyin said happily. He and Bayar are both from the same tribe. Give your back to the people from your own tribe.
He arrived very relieved.
On the observation deck, An Sanxi put down his telescope and ordered: "Artillery, prepare. Fire, spherical explosive bombs, three rapid fire rounds."
The flag was waved, and the artillerymen immediately began to prepare. They raised the elevation of the artillery and used it as a mortar.
The mortar is a smoothbore artillery with a short barrel (the ratio of caliber to barrel length is usually less than 1:12 to 1:13), a large firing angle, a low muzzle velocity, and a high arc trajectory.
It has a short range and powerful projectiles, and is mainly used to destroy solid fortifications.
Yang Fan could now produce glass, and he could also find a master who polished jade to grind lenses. Based on the information from later generations, he simply made an artillery aiming device.
"All artillery squadrons are attentive. Spherical explosive bombs, three rapid fire rounds. Prepare and fire."
Following the command from the artillery squadron leader, the camel cannon opened fire.
Seeing smoke rising from the hills in the distance, followed by a deafening explosion, Heiyunlong's eyes widened.
This is Tushetu Khan's army! They actually have artillery.
The people in Mobei know very well that they don't have many muskets.
The main reason is that they lack gunpowder. Without gunpowder, their firearms are fire sticks. The most important thing is that there is no saltpeter mine in the grassland, and they do not know how to grow saltpeter fields.
You can't learn from the Ming Dynasty and go to the toilet to scrape urine. Because there are no toilets on the grassland and there are too few people.
But, who are this team? How come they have so many firearms.
However, soon, he could no longer think anymore.
Because the black iron balls had already passed through the high-trajectory parabola and hit the city wall one after another.
Because the Camel Cannon is an ultra-light artillery, it has a relatively small charge and a small recoil. It is a low-pressure artillery. It relies on solid spherical bullets to hit the solid rammed earth wall covered with bricks, and its destructive power is limited.
Therefore, An Sanxi directly chose spherical explosive bombs.
During this era, the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, especially along the Great Wall in Shanxi and Shaanxi, had long been equipped with delayed-explosion bombs.
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However, due to insufficient gunpowder performance and at the same time, in order to resist chamber pressure, the shell had to be thickened to prevent it from shattering before exiting the chamber.
This results in a pitifully low explosion power and no practical value.
But Yang Fan's spherical explosive bomb is different. Because he has better steel with better performance and greater strength to make the shell of the shell, it does not need to be particularly thick, which reduces the weight.
This saves weight and space for more charges. And Yang Fan's chemical fertilizer explosive can reach 60% of the power of TNT. It is far beyond what those black powders can match.
In this way, Yang Fan realized the practical use of explosive bombs for the first time.
Black iron balls roared and fell from high altitude. Thirty-six camel cannons fired 108 spherical explosive shells.
These artillery shells were fired in the first round, although there was no test firing, and then the aiming parameters were adjusted. The first round of firing resulted in a straddle fire.
Cannonballs fell on the city wall and on both sides of the city wall.
