Shi Kefa suddenly threw the cup, but he didn't care about the debris on the ground. He looked out the door in shock, trying to figure out what the explosion and screams were about.
Wu Sangui stood up with a sudden sound, put his right hand on the hilt of his sword, and looked at the door of the house with wide eyes.
However, there seemed to be chaos outside, and no one came in to report for a while.
But Zuo Liangyu could still remain calm. He squinted his eyes, raised his hands and said: "My lord, general soldier, don't panic. It is impossible for Li Zhi's cannon to blast into the trench. The cannon has no angle to shoot into the trench, unless
Li Zhi’s cannon was shot from the sky, otherwise it would have been blocked by the soil in front of the trench!”
The cannons of this era were all solid bullets, and the emphasis was on impact. The shooting method of mortars, which ejected explosive bullets at 45 or even 60 degrees, had no impact on solid bullets. This had never been done on artillery in this era.
It had happened. Zuo Liangyu had never seen such a method of warfare, and of course he didn't understand how the artillery could be fired into the trench.
Shi Kefa and Wu Sangui looked at Zuo Liangyu with surprise and uncertainty in their eyes.
Zuo Liangyu thought for a while and said, "Don't panic, you two. The soldier must have accidentally lit the gunpowder bag while smoking dry cigarettes, which is why there was an explosion."
"What are you two worried about? Are you worried that Li Zhi really has the means to shoot the cannon into the trench? Li Zhi is a human being and not a descendant of the stars!"
After Zuo Liangyu said this, he laughed out loud. Without any panic, he picked up the tea cup and took another sip of tea.
Wu Sangui looked at Zuo Liangyu, his face uncertain. However, he did not see the officer who came in to report the news. Wu Sangui also suspected that a small accident had occurred outside. Looking at the calm Zuo Liangyu, he smiled awkwardly.
However, before Wu Sangui could sit back in his chair, a huge explosion sounded outside.
This time there was not one, not two, but dozens of explosions coming from the left and right directions at the same time, like a piece of rolling thunder exploding in the ears.
The screams were like a dubbing of the explosion, and came next.
Hearing the explosion, Zuo Liangyu shook his hand and poured all the hot tea on his red official robe.
There were continuous explosions. It was obvious that this could not be an accident caused by soldiers.
Did Li Zhi really come down from the stars? Did he invent new methods to deal with trench warfare?
Shi Kefa's face suddenly turned white, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly. There is no doubt that this is Li Zhi's new method of blasting into the trench. There must be a big problem in the trench ahead.
The maids and soldiers in the room panicked and retreated to the corner of the room with expressionless faces, as if they were afraid that the explosion would suddenly happen in the room.
Finally, a hundred men came running to the door and shouted: "Commander! Thief Li's flower projectile has shot into the trench!"
Wu Sangui asked loudly: "How can the cannon shoot into the trench? How can the cannon shoot in if the trench is so deep?"
The hundred commanders replied in a panic: "The general doesn't know. The general only knows that shells are being fired from everywhere in the trench, and there are explosions everywhere."
Before Bai Chang finished speaking, there was another thunderous explosion.
Shi Kefa and Zuo Liangyu looked at each other, with panic in their eyes.
Wu Sangui suddenly took steps, walked out of the house, and walked towards the first line of trenches.
The scene in the front-line trench was a bit chaotic. The trench that was originally considered to be absolutely safe suddenly became a target for the artillery on the opposite side, which immediately caused the soldiers to panic. Some soldiers were frightened by the explosions one after another, their faces turned pale, and they clung to the ground.
They did not dare to move on the trench wall in front of the trench. Some soldiers did not even dare to stand in the trench and just lay on the ground holding their heads tightly.
Wu Sangui looked up and suddenly saw a black artillery shell falling from the sky at an angle of 45 degrees, smashing through the rain shelter above the trench, and falling into the trench twenty meters to his right.
When the soldiers where the shell landed saw the shell, they screamed and jumped to both sides with all their strength to avoid it.
The shell was small, but its destructive power was astonishing. It only took a moment for the shell to fall into the trench, and before the soldiers around the shell could jump away, the shell exploded. Sparks burst out in the trench, and the steel slag in the shell flew everywhere.
Although the shell's shock wave had limited lethality, the steel slag was shot into a two-meter surrounding space, immediately seriously injuring two nearby soldiers.
The two soldiers didn't know where they were stabbed by the steel slag, and they rolled on the ground and screamed. Blood spurted out during the rolling, adding a bloody smell to the trench that was already full of sweat.
In the midsummer weather, Wu Sangui felt a layer of cold sweat break out on his forehead.
Why do artillery shells shoot in diagonally from the sky? Did Li Zhi really shoot from the sky? Did Li Zhi fire the artillery shells from a hot air balloon? Wu Sangui carefully ran to the first line of trenches, stepped on a small bench and headed forward.
Look at the sky.
But there was nothing in the sky.
Wu Sangui's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that he had seen a ghost today. There were no hot air balloons in the sky, so where did the cannonballs fly out from?
Wu Sangui looked at the trench of the Tiger and Ben Army opposite.
The trenches of the Huben Army have been dug to a mile away from the trenches of the Jiangbei Army. The trench looks normal and there is no movement. However, every ten feet or so, a soldier of the Huben Army sticks out his head and seems to be observing the movements of the Jiangbei Army.
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Could it be that the shells were fired from the trenches of the Huben Army? Wu Sangui frowned.
If that's the case, it will be really troublesome, and Jiangbei Army will have no way to fight back.
"嗵" "嗵" "嗵"
A dull sound sounded faintly from the Huben Army's position. Wu Sangui took a closer look and saw three small artillery shells flying out from the trench on the opposite side.
The shells drew a beautiful parabola in the air and fell towards the trench. One of the three shells hit the ground outside the trench, while the other two passed through the rain shelter and fell accurately into the trench.
"Boom! Boom!"
There was an explosion, and this time at least five soldiers were injured by explosive bombs, and howled like pigs.
Not only were artillery shells exploding nearby, but there were more explosions in the distance. The explosions were like the sound of firecrackers during the New Year, one after another, resounding throughout the nearby battle lines that Wu Sangui's ears could hear. Obviously
The number of Li Zhi's new artillery pieces is not one or two, but hundreds or thousands.
This amount even made Wu Sangui feel chilled all over.
What methods did Li Zhi use to produce so many new artillery pieces at once? Even if the Jiangbei Army was given a few years, it would not be able to produce so many artillery pieces.
Moreover, this new type of artillery can actually eject explosive shells into the trenches to cause damage. Then wouldn't the Jiangbei Army have to be passively beaten? How can they fight this battle?
Wu Sangui felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his hands trembling violently.
On the other side of the trench, Li Xing watched the mortars set up in the trench continue to kill enemy soldiers, his eyes brightening with excitement.
As he watched, Li Xing burst out laughing and said, "Blow it up! Blow it up hard! Blow up these straight thieves!"
