Yang Fan discovered that using scaffolding steel pipes is really easy to use.
In the past, when attacking a city, you had to build a mountain of earth outside the enemy's city wall. It was higher than the enemy's city wall. This way, you could shoot arrows from a high position, making it impossible for the enemy on the city head to escape. After entering the age of firearms, you can also use the general's cannon to reach five
General artillery, as well as Fran machine guns, etc. bombarded the enemy's city walls.
In this way, when your own troops use ladders or carts to climb the city, they will reduce a lot of resistance. After all, the mountain is higher than the city wall. You can see everything on the city wall, and there is no place to hide or hide. After the enemy is dispersed, you can just climb the city.
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However, building a mountain of earth is not a simple job. It requires human lives to fill it.
Countless civilians carried sandbags and earth bags on their backs and braved the arrowheads at the top of the city. It took a month or even several months to build a mountain of earth. This was a waste of time and also caused heavy casualties.
But now Yang Fan's engineers wear stab-proof uniforms and beak helmets. In one or two hours, they can build a scaffolding arrow tower of more than ten square meters. In addition to not using large artillery, flintlock guns, crossbows,
Even the small Franco cannon can be used. It is very strong.
There are scaffolding steel pipes, so who would be stupid enough to pile up a mountain of earth? Why bother with that brute force?
These scaffoldings are all scraps collected by Erluzi from modern times. Although they are rusty, the buckles and fasteners are all there. They are completely usable.
Zhang Shize watched and saw that Yang Fan's servants had built hundreds of arrow towers around Jining's city wall so quickly. They also hung steel plates on the front to block arrows. He rubbed his hands in excitement.
"I said, there is something good, why didn't you tell me earlier? As a result, I was studying ways to attack the city last night." Zhang Shize said dissatisfied.
"This is my first time using it, so I don't know if it will work. If not, I have to use the old method." Yang Fan said with a smile.
Engineers and soldiers are all Yang Fan's servants. There are no engineers in the Beijing camp.
Now I am too lazy to dig long trenches to siege the city. That is too time-consuming. I just use a ring of barbed wire and just pull it from all sides. Just open it when attacking. This will ensure that not a single person or a horse in the city can escape.
Zhang Shize and Yang Fan boarded the largest platform built with scaffolding, which was a full fifteen meters high and covered an area of hundreds of square meters. There were also stairs, and they were covered by steel plates on three sides. It was very safe.
Yang Fan set up a large tent directly on the top to serve as the headquarters for the siege.
This place is more than 300 meters away from the south city wall. Even the Mongolian eagle shooters cannot shoot from this distance. From this height, the entire Jining City can be seen.
Two Taishi chairs were arranged, and a coffee table was placed in the middle.
Yang Fan and Zhang Shize crossed their legs and drank tea from a bowl of tea. They looked at the battlefield. The generals were standing behind them. In the big tent at the back, a large table made of foldable tables was covered with a map that had just been surveyed and mapped.
"Looking at the results of yesterday's test firing, if we really fight, it will be broken in one afternoon," Zhang Shize said.
The whole army knows what happened last night. The trebuchets are very powerful. This city wall cannot withstand the smashing of the commander's super heavy trebuchet. As long as you let go of the smashing, it won't take long. In half a day, this side of the city wall will definitely be destroyed.
Collapse.
When the time comes, send one or two groups to attack and that will be it.
"No, how can we train our troops after fighting all afternoon? Where can we find such a good training opportunity? These bastards in the Beijing camp have been in formation, fighting, and marching for the past three months. They have not practiced siege at all. Slow down.
Take it slow, don't rush." Yang Fan quickly stopped him.
Zhang Shize has a thumbs up, high!
These Mongolians in Jining City are really in trouble if they encounter you.
"Then how to fight, who goes first?" Zhang Size asked.
Yang Fan thought for a while and said: "The infantry is not in a hurry. Let's practice the artillery first. Move the No. 5 general cannon and the Xiao Fo Lang machine gun to the arrow tower for me. We will fight for an hour first."
"Second the order, in addition to military merit, the top three artillerymen will receive additional rewards. The first-place artillery crew will be rewarded one hundred taels of silver, the second-place one will be rewarded seventy-two taels, and the third-place one will be rewarded thirty-five taels."
In this day and age, this amount of money is not that small. A soldier only gets three taels of silver a month. The Beijing camp gives more, which is only 5 taels of silver. Just like that, I don’t know how many people want to get into the Beijing camp.
I heard that in addition to military merits, the commander-in-chief also awarded silver rewards. Suddenly the three armies were thunderous and their morale was high. The artillerymen moved small artillery to the archery tower one after another.
Lu Xiaobei is an artillery soldier with a brother. They have a small Folang machine gun. This gun is one meter and a half long and weighs seventy-three pounds and sixty-two. It has a maximum range of 600 meters and an effective range of 370 meters.
m. Equipped with ten muskets.
They used a winch to hoist the cannon and ammunition onto the arrow tower and installed them on the top of the arrow tower.
"Touer Lu, do you think this arrow tower made of steel pipes is reliable? Don't let it collapse as soon as you fire it. It's so high that I feel dizzy just looking at it." Zhang Erlu asked worriedly.
Lu Xiaobei stamped the ground paved with thick wooden boards with his feet. Then he looked at the two-layer steel pipe supports tilted inward on all four sides. He said: "This is made of good steel and is strong. Don't worry, it's okay. I trust the commander.
As long as the commander says it's okay, I'll be relieved."
Yang Fan attaches great importance to small artillery. Because these small Fo Lang machine guns and No. 5 general cannons weigh less than 100 kilograms, they can follow the maneuvers of infantry. In field battles, artillery that can follow infantry is of great significance.
If Yang Fan's gunpowder is used instead, these artillery guns are powerful enough to penetrate Jiannu's shield vehicles. At the same time, they are easy to carry. Yang Fan specially asked the arsenal to shoot a portable four-corner stand similar to a heavy machine gun tripod. It can be easily placed on the battlefield.
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At the same time, in order to be mobile, it is definitely not possible to use wooden poles to set up four people and carry them around, otherwise everyone will be exhausted. There will be no way to fight on the battlefield. It is more suitable to use pack horses for transportation. Yang Fan also designed a lightweight two-wheeled steel wheel.
.Used for towing. Refer to the lightweight steel wheels of recoilless rifles.
"Have you set it up? It must be stable. Otherwise, it will fly away as soon as the cannon is fired."
"Don't worry, it's safe and sound."
Yang Fan and Zhang Shize looked at the artillery around them and nodded. They indicated that they should start.
"All of them, arrow tower artillery, spherical solid bullets, three test rounds."
As the flag bearer waved two short flags, the order was quickly passed on.
"Boss, the order has come down. Three test rounds, spherical solid bullets."
"Okay, let's show these Tatars how powerful we are." Lu Xiaobei moved the small Fran machine gun on the gun mount, with a front sight welded on the muzzle and a rear sight welded on the rear of the gun.
Go up to the centurion yelling on the opposite wall. Three points form a line.
"Fire!" Lu Xiaobei shouted.
The first gunner, Zhao Guangxuan, quickly pulled down the firing rope. These artillery pieces were all equipped with flintlock bolts, because there would be a short period of time after igniting the fuse and waiting for the launch. During this time, the target may move. Therefore, aim
He will get angry instantly.
Boom! The gun body shook backwards and jumped slightly. The whole thing was very stable.
A solid shot weighing one kilogram flew toward the centurion who was holding a whip and beating the soldiers.
