The four hundred and fortieth chapters shake the earth
Seventy heavy cannons fired a salvo, shaking the ground. Li Zhi stood a hundred meters away from the cannon, and felt the ground undulating, as if an earthquake had occurred. The heavy artillery packhorse tied to one side neighed loudly in fright,
Many pack horses were about to run away, but they were held tightly by the baggage grooms, and they calmed down a little.
Huge flames were spit out from the muzzle. From Li Zhi's perspective, the flames were connected into one piece, illuminating the day even brighter. A thunderous rumble followed, making people's eardrums tremble, as if something was coming.
A heavy hammer on the ear.
Seventy heavy artillery shells weighing more than ten kilograms were like seventy meteors, flying towards the Qing army's earthen wall two miles away. Thirty percent of the shells hit the earthen wall, immediately smashing the earthen wall into powder. Even if it was
Even the city walls can't stop the bombardment of solid artillery shells, let alone these earthen walls. Once the artillery shells hit the earthen walls, they would break into large holes in the nearby village wall several meters away.
The cannonballs smashed the earthen wall and then continued to move forward, killing the fire rifle soldiers behind the earthen wall.
Most of the shells that did not hit the earthen wall fell into the camp and ran rampant in the camp.
Li Zhi used a telescope to observe the scene in front of him and saw a Qing soldier hit in the waist and abdomen by a cannonball. His whole body was immediately smashed to pieces and his body was incomplete. When the blood mist that shot out dissipated, the Qing soldier landed.
, only the body above the chest is still intact.
Li Zhi moved the telescope slightly and saw that a Qing army "strong" officer wearing three layers of armor was hit by a cannonball on his right leg. His entire right leg had been hit by a cannonball, and the white leg
The bones were exposed, with blood-red minced meat hanging on them. The officer screamed and fell to the ground, and blood spurted out from the broken leg like a fountain. It didn't take long for the strong man to die from excessive blood loss.
Dozens of artillery shells jumped and sprinted through the Qing army's camp, like dozens of gods of death, drawing a straight line of death. All living things encountered in the straight line were either killed or injured.
The smell of blood suddenly permeated the entire Qing army camp. The panicked soldiers fled everywhere, shouting loudly to avoid the artillery shells that would fly at any time. After only one round of shelling, the Qing army camp became a mess. This
It's not because the Qing army has no military discipline. Under such a powerful bombardment, any army will be in chaos.
Anping Beile Dudu looked at the chaotic camp and rushed out angrily. He roared loudly and whipped the running soldiers. But there were too many people fleeing in panic. How could Dudu's whip suppress them?
Du Du turned around and shouted at the real stone pillars on the forehead of the Han army flag Gushan: "Shitingzhu, fire back!"
Shi Tingzhu knelt down and said: "Master Beile, our cannon can only hit one mile with direct fire. If it hits two miles, it can only be projectile, which is not only inaccurate, but also has much less lethality."
Du Du shouted loudly: "Shoot! Shoot even if you throw it! It's better than getting beaten in vain."
Shi Tingzhu nodded in agreement and hurried to the wall of the village to organize the Xiaohongyi artillery to fight back.
At Hong Chengchou's central military office, the Ming army generals all turned pale when they saw Li Zhi's army firing a salvo of seventy heavy artillery pieces.
Li Zhi's cannon smashed the walls of the Qing army's camp to pieces in one fell swoop, creating more than 20 holes a few paces wide. The generals of the Ming army were amazed to see this. This was the Tiger Division with more than 10,000 people.
What firepower does it have? The Ming army has 130,000 infantry and cavalry to support Jinzhou. The combined artillery in the army does not have such power.
Hong Chengchou looked at Li Zhi's cannon, and remembered the emperor's secret edict to hide Li Zhi, and sighed. Li Zhi's current power has reached a staggering level. No wonder the emperor wants to suppress him everywhere. However, facing him on this battlefield
The Qing army equipped with firearms could not advance without Li Zhi, so Hong Chengchou had to rely on Li Zhi to kill the enemy and break out the stronghold.
It seems that within a few days, the Qing army's camp will be destroyed by cannons bombing like this. When the time comes, the newspaper will be reported. I don't know how the emperor will feel.
Yang Guozhu stroked his beard and shook his head, turned around and said to Wang Pu, who was also surprised: "We haven't seen you for a few years. Uncle Xing Guo's troops have become even stronger."
Wang Pu raised his head and laughed, but suddenly stopped in the middle of his laughter, and changed his face and said: "You can only understand what tactics are when you watch Xing Guobo attack the stronghold. Compared with Xing Guobo, our attack method is like a fool."
Yang Guozhu smiled awkwardly and shook his head silently.
Wu Sangui looked at the panic scene in the Qing army's camp with a telescope and took a few breaths of cold air. No wonder Li Zhi didn't need to make attack equipment. There are seventy cannons like this for bombardment, which are better than the attack equipment that rushes up to take the shells.
Too much. Why does Li Zhi have so many heavy artillery? Why are the equipment of his troops so gorgeous?
How much money does such equipment cost?
In the Qing army's camp, seventeen small artillery pieces of the Qing army fired back.
The seventeen small cannons raised their heads high and threw the shells towards Li Zhi's position two miles away. However, such a throw was really inaccurate. Because of the throw, the straight line distance of one thousand meters turned into a longer curved flight distance, even a gust of wind could
Keep the projectile away from the planned impact point.
Moreover, the projectile projectile does not have much kinetic energy after landing, and can only hit one target, unlike the direct-fire projectile that can sweep a line.
Seventeen small cannons were ejected, and the shells were scattered in a wide area. However, Li Zhi's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were too big a target, and nine shells hit Li Zhi's soldiers and horses. One shell hit an artilleryman.
His chest was smashed, breaking several of his ribs, and he was afraid that he was hopeless. The other eight bullets fell on the infantry and cavalry guarding the artillery, killing seven soldiers and a military horse.
There were more than a hundred forts built on the wall of the Qing army. If the Qing army's artillery did not fire, Li Zhi's artillery would not know which fort had a cannon behind it. At this time, the Qing army's small artillery opened fire, which exposed its position.
It immediately became the target of heavy artillery bombing.
The seventy heavy artillery pieces soon started the second round of firing, attacking the Qing army's artillery. Seventy shells were fired at the Qing army's artillery position. Only a cloud of dust was seen, and the earthen walls next to the Qing army's fort were damaged one after another.
A large area was destroyed. Even if the Qing army had earthen forts built on its artillery positions, they had no resistance to the cannonballs weighing more than ten kilograms and were smashed to pieces.
The earthen fort that Li Zhi shot was originally used to defend against the bows and arrows of the Qing army. Did he ever think of using it to defend against the 18-pound heavy artillery? The Qing army followed the example and learned from the fort. There was nothing like being exposed directly in front of Li Zhi's heavy artillery.
the difference.
In just one round of shooting, eight or nine of the Qing army's small cannons were knocked out. If the cannonball hit the barrel, the cannon would be useless. If the cannonball did not hit the barrel, but killed the gunner behind the fort, these
There is no one to operate the Hongyi Cannon anymore.
How could the Qing army's artillerymen still dare to fire their artillery after dozens of them were killed at once? In the face of such an absolute firepower advantage, hiding behind the fort and firing their artillery was courting death. They howled and fled the fort, and no longer dared to fight with Li Zhi.
