The gunners of the Jinzhou Army were taught by the Franco aircraft officers that Sun Yuanhua hired from Macau with a large sum of money. Their proficiency in using artillery was no less than that of any country's artillery at the same time. Therefore, the effect of the first round of bombardment was quite ideal. Accurate ranging
Dayong was also really surprised. He was glad that these artillerymen trained with a lot of money were now under his command, instead of becoming two Tatar artillerymen with Kong Youde who helped the tyranny. It should be noted that in the original history, the consequences of Kong Youde's investment in Ming Dynasty were
——The fortified city that could be relied upon in the past could no longer stop the Eight Banners’ cavalry.
Some of the 80 Western light cannons carried by the two artillerymen Qianhu were shot solidly, and some were shot loosely. The small bronze cannons manufactured under the supervision of the Ministry of Works were all shot solidly, and a few were shotgunned.
The artillery of the Ming Dynasty army has three standard configurations: loose, solid and graupel.
The solid ones are made of iron or lead, and a small amount are made of stones ground into spheres. These are mainly used for sieges and penetrations of city wall fortifications. They have a long range but are not very powerful for anti-personnel unless they hit directly.
Once it is hit directly by a solid target, it will either die or be disabled.
Graupel is a powerful type of field artillery. It is composed of several liters of lead and iron pellets. When shooting, it can form a curtain and is extremely lethal. However, graupel has a fatal weakness. The range is too short and generally does not exceed
One mile.
The powder is made of iron shells. It has a long launch distance and a powerful explosion. Although it is not as reported to the court by Yuan Chonghuan after the Battle of Ningjin as "one cannon can erode for several miles", the killing range is also large.
Ten square meters, if the number of enemy soldiers in this area is very dense, it is common for more than a hundred people to be killed or injured in one shot.
The Hongyi cannon that the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to buy from the Folangji people is this kind of giant cannon that can open flowers. The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty and the Fusi of Jinyiweinan Town also cast flower-flowering cannons, most of which can hit ten kilograms and eight.
Some people can only take five or six kilograms of medicine, and some can only take three kilograms of medicine.
The amount of "powder" loaded determines the power of the flower cannon. The 80 Western light cannons used by the Jinzhou Army to attack the city are flower cannons that can only be loaded with three to five kilograms of "powder". This cannon can be easily used by horses.
During the artillery attack, a wooden box filled with soil was placed under the cannon body to make the cannon firing stable. It could be used for sieges and field battles, but it was more powerful than the Hongyi cannon that contained ten kilograms of medicine and eight kilograms of medicine.
Much smaller.
In addition, 30 of the 60 small bronze cannons made by the Ministry of Industry were solid iron balls. Perhaps due to the influence of "siege cities and seize land", since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, most of the artillery used by the Ming army were of this type that could shoot solid iron balls, which was beneficial to
Small bronze cannons for siege, and the other 30 are tiger squatting cannons used in field battles that can shoot shotgun.[
The tiger crouching cannon is 2 feet long from head to tail, with 7 iron hoops added around the body. The head of the cannon is held up by two iron claws, and there is an iron trip. The total weight is 36 kilograms. It looks like a tiger and a tiger, and it is really majestic.
Before shooting, the cannon body must be fixed to the ground with large iron nails. Each shot can be loaded with 100 small lead pieces or pebbles weighing 5 taels, and a large lead or stone weighing 30 taels is used to top it.
When firing, the big and small men flew out together with a roar like thunder, a large lethality and a large radiation range, which was especially suitable for field battles. At that time, Qi Jiguang liked to use the tiger crouching cannon to bombard the dense battle formations of Japanese pirates. At that time,
Qi Jiajun's configuration of Tiger Crouching Cannon is 3 for every 500 men.
According to the configuration of Qi Jiajun, these 30 squatting tiger guns outside Shenyang City are equivalent to 5,000 Qi Jiajun going into battle. What is the concept of 5,000 Qi Jiajun? When Qi Jiguang guarded Ji Town, the Mongolians did not dare to look south. The only thing they could rely on was the 3,000 Qi Jiajun under his command. .
Dayong is a person of later generations. He is well aware of the impact of artillery on war, and was inspired by Sun Yuanhua's establishment of a new military firearms battalion. Naturally, he must go all out to build a powerful artillery. Artillery must also be separated from other arms. Only by concentrating them all Only together can the power of artillery be unleashed. Fortunately, the artillery left by Sun Yuanhua to Dayong was enough for him to apply the "big artillery" war concept of later generations to the Ming Dynasty.
Before the bombardment, Qianhu Shen Yi first fired three guns in turn. After measuring the distance, the two artillery units Qianhu and 140 guns opened up their firepower and announced to Shenyang City with a thundering roar that the battle had really begun.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosion of 80 Western (France) light cannons first exploded on the top of the South Gate. The dust of broken bricks generated by the explosion immediately filled the entire city. The shattered and exploded iron shells and broken bricks fell down. In an instant, hundreds of lives were taken away, and the city walls were blown into uneven places, with as many holes as there were pockmarks on a person's face.
Before the Jin army on the south gate could recover, they heard the ear-splitting roar of the Ming army's artillery array on the opposite side. White smoke rose again over the Ming army's artillery array. The roaring artillery made the original soldiers on the city stunned. The Jin Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty subconsciously tightened their bodies and hid behind the city wall. They knew that what the Ming Army hit the top of the city this time was solid iron that would die on contact.
The damage caused by the Solid Heart to people is far less than that of the Blossom, let alone that of the Grain. In field battles, the Solid Heart relies more on the impact force generated by jumping to kill enemy soldiers, but in siege warfare, the damage of the Solid Heart to the enemy's wall is less than It is ten times more powerful in the field.
Although there were several empty houses behind the city wall, most of the iron was still hit hard on the city wall. The city bricks that had been broken by the impact of the blooming debris suddenly collapsed, and several city bricks and strips fell down. The stone fell down the city wall wrapped in dust.
The 30 squatting tiger cannons did not fire, because they could not hit the city wall with its range of less than one mile, so they just squatted there silently, while the dark hole and the gunners waiting behind them were Tell the Jin army on the top of the city - we are not vegetarians.
The tragic scene after the shelling on the city and the wails and panic of the defenders made the Ming army more confident in seizing the city. Mang Gurtai was also excited. Although he was excited, he couldn't help but think that if he had not returned to the Ming Dynasty, he would have been the defender of the city. , how long can it last in the face of such intensive bombardment by the Ming army?
"put!"
The Jinzhou army carried an unimaginable amount of medicine when they crossed the sea. They almost emptied three-quarters of Dengzhou's stock. With so many medicines available, Dayong naturally wouldn't feel bad about seeing him first. The effect of the round of bombardment was obvious, and he immediately sent an order to continue the bombardment. He wanted not to see a single living person on Desheng Gate, and he wanted to completely defeat the courage of the Jin Army to defend the city. He even wanted to board the Shenyang Castle without losing a single soldier. City head.
Without the attack of the Jin Army's cavalry, one side would enjoy a hard-fought battle while the other side would be happy to do so. Under the cover of their own cavalry and infantry, the Ming Army's artillery fell into a state of revelry and unleashed cannons on the city walls wantonly. The anger only made it look like fog falling over the entire south gate, making it impossible to see anything clearly.[
The Jin Army guard at the South Gate was Han Daxun, Zu Dashou's direct confidant. This man was also the culprit who killed He Kegang. He knew that he would never end well after the Ming army broke through the city. He was currently hiding in the gate tower.
Turning a deaf ear to the wails around him, he only gritted his teeth and prayed that the Ming army's artillery fire would be finished soon, and then fight the Ming army to the death with real swords and guns.
Seeing the artillery hauled from the south bank of the Hun River by the Ming army in formation, Han Daxun immediately ordered the Akhas who were assisting in the battle to go up to the city, and asked his Liaodong Army to go down to the city, leaving only a few people to supervise the Ahabs.
.This order allowed him to retain the strength to defend the city-the 400 Han troops given to him by Zu Zerun. As for the casualties of the Aha cannon fodder, Han Daxun did not care at all.
The Ming army's bombardment continued for half a stick of incense and then suddenly stopped. Han Daxun's heart tightened, and he realized that the Ming army was about to attack the city, and immediately ordered the artillery fire to prevent the Ming army infantry from ascending the city.
The Great South Gate is equipped with eight Folang machine guns handed over to the Ming Army. Of these eight cannons, only two can fire six pounds and have a range of more than two miles, while the remaining six can only fire one mile.
The tiger squatting artillery, so Han Daxun could only watch the Ming army fire artillery, and Fa also used artillery to counterattack the opponent. This kind of fighting method without the ability to fight back made Han Daxun feel frustrated.
Finally, when the Ming army's artillery was used up, although the city walls on the left and right sides of the Great South Gate were blown apart, and even collapsed several feet in several places, the overall collapse of the city wall was still far away. If it really happened.
After a few rounds of shelling by the Ming army, the city wall was destroyed. Can Shenyang City still be the capital of the Jin Kingdom?
Under the city wall, the Ming army really moved. I don't know where the Ming army found the wood, but they built a batch of ladders and several crash carts, and they were slowly advancing towards the city wall.
Those preparing to climb the city were 500 flag soldiers under Mang Gurtai, and they were covered by a Qianhu firearms soldier from the left battalion of the infantry. Those ladders and crash carts were not made under Dayong's order, but were brought by the artillery Qianhu from Liaoyang.
Dayong didn't like this kind of cold-weapon siege. He wanted the cannon to show its power. However, the cannon was beaten several times. Although the Jin army on the city suffered heavy casualties, they still had to attack the city in the end. In the cannon
When the power of the black gunpowder is not enough to bring down the city wall with a few cannons, boarding the city at the cost of human life is an inevitable choice.
Dayong did not use his soldiers as cannon fodder to attack the city. He gave this important task to Mang Gurtai. He told Mang Gurtai that if his people could be the first to climb the city, not only would they be able to get half of the city after the city was broken,
The spoils of war can also be reported to the court as the person who contributed the most.
Mang Gurtai was naturally overjoyed by this condition. He could see clearly just now that there were no defenders on the city. As long as the Ming army launched a round of attacks, the Shenyang city would be broken. Unexpectedly, Shi Dayong would do it for a few soldiers.
How could he not be secretly happy that the victory over the city and half of the loot was handed over to him due to casualties. However, he was not too impulsive, using the excuse that he had to be wary of the Jin army who might rush out of the city gate to attack the army.
Therefore, he could only organize 500 flag soldiers to climb the city, and the rest of the siege troops had to be sent out by the Ming army. This request made Dayong secretly curse Mang Gur for shame, but he still agreed and ordered Geng Zhongming to lead a thousand infantry troops to cover the city.
The flag soldiers ascended the city.
When the flag soldiers were carrying ladders and ramming cars to attack the city, Han Daxun calculated the distance and immediately ordered the artillery fire.
With the sharp whistling sound of the cannon, two heavy cannonballs fell on the marching flag soldiers, flying horizontally and jumping, killing several people in an instant.
The shelling on the top of the city shocked both the flag soldiers and the Ming army. Fortunately, the Jin army's artillery fired only two rounds and then stopped. It seemed that Mang Gurtai was right, the Jin army simply did not have enough "