Lin Ziran, who was on the top of the city, naturally saw the actions of the Guang'an Army on the opposite side.
Their artillery units began to move out, especially the heavy artillery, which had already begun to cross the last safe distance and was preparing to head to the predetermined artillery position.
He immediately turned to look at Kong Deyi: "Brother Kong, I'll leave it to the brothers of the Heavy Artillery Regiment next!"
Kong De said: "Sir, please rest assured, with my brothers from the heavy artillery regiment here, the people from Guang'an will never be able to come up!"
Lin Ziran nodded, and then said loudly: "Okay, if the brothers of the Heavy Artillery Regiment have this confidence, how can I, Lin, turn a blind eye and send an order to increase the salary of the brothers of the Heavy Artillery Regiment by one month to show my admiration.
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But before it was over, he said to Gao Qingcai, who had just been the commander of the artillery battalion for a day: "You can't let people say that I, Mr. Lin, prefer one to another. My brothers in the artillery battalion will also receive a month's salary increase."
He looked around and said loudly: "Everyone who knows me, Lin Ziran, knows that I, Lin Ziran, always tell the truth and I will reward you!"
Then he turned to Scar and said, "Scar, bring up the money."
In the past, Lin Ziran was very poor and scavenged everywhere for money as rewards.
Now, Lin Ziran has a lot of money in his pocket, earning more than 200,000 yuan every month, and he can afford to give him rewards in case of battle!
What's more, only a small number of artillery and an even smaller number of infantry garrisoned at the top of the city were distributed on site. The total number of people was only a few hundred. The others were hiding in the strong anti-gun holes under the city wall.
The enemy infantry rushed within 500 meters, and they basically had nothing to do. At most, they helped carry artillery shells, repair fortifications and so on.
Soon, Scar came up directly with the soldiers of the Guard carrying large boxes. After opening the boxes, they were filled with golden coins!
Lin Ziran waved his hand: "Reward!"
A group of Guards soldiers carried boxes filled with gold coins directly to the fort and distributed the money on the spot!
Seeing this scene, Kong Deyi was stunned!
He has been in the army for many years and has experienced countless big and small battles, but this is the first time he has seen gold coins being distributed directly on the spot!
In the past, whether it was Feng Haozhong or anyone else, the slogans were loud and clear, and there were rewards and other rewards, but they were usually given after the fact, or on the spot to some soldiers who performed extremely dangerous tasks.
tips.
However, now, gold coins are directly distributed to all frontline combatants!
In his whole life, this was the first time he had seen it.
Comte was surprised.
But Wu Guanlin and Wu Dajiang were very calm.
They had fought several battles with Lin Ziran. In several previous battles, Lin Ziran always gave out money whenever they disagreed!
Of course, it would be cruel to kill the person, that's not true.
Before the money was distributed, Lin Ziran continued: "Send an order that all troops are not allowed to retreat without authorization. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed on the spot!"
A carrot in one hand and a stick in the other!
Simple and crude!
As for whether it is effective or not, at least it has been quite effective in the past few times. Whether it is effective now remains to be seen.
As a large amount of gold coins were distributed, the morale of the many artillerymen and the few infantry garrisoned at the city was immediately high.
The purpose of serving as soldiers was not to eat enough and earn some money. Now that they had received a month's salary for free, and looking at the golden coins, their timidity about the war disappeared in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Ziran continued to lead a group of officers to seize the time to inspect the two main artillery positions.
We must seize the time. The Guang'an people's heavy artillery will soon be within a distance of two thousand meters. But when the artillery is fired, the city, especially the fort, will be very dangerous.
Although this fort was specially designed and had thick defenses, Lin Ziran still ran to the fort at the risk of being blown up by heavy artillery.
Life is so precious, it’s better to stay as far away as possible!
After seizing the time to inspect the area, Lin Ziran led a group of officers to a bunker slightly behind, but on the highest ground.
Strictly speaking, this bunker is actually very small, but it is definitely the highest in the entire Nanguang defense line, has the best observation angle, and is also the fortress with the best defense.
The main wall of this fortress is made up of huge boulders several meters thick, but these boulders are not the key.
The most important thing is that the outer and top layers are also covered with a thick layer of wrought iron armor. I heard that this thing was dismantled from a scrapped ironclad ship that had been seriously damaged in the battle.
When Lin Ziran saw this fortress for the first time, he was surprised. There were fortresses here and there, and this one was like an armored ship.
According to the thickness of this wrought iron armor, even those 48-pound half-cannons or 24-pound long-barreled naval guns on the battleships may not be able to directly destroy such thick wrought iron armor if they are directly bombarded within 500 meters.
Other grenades and shrapnel grenades are useless.
The previous Luo An Army built such a fortress, naturally not for the sake of good looks, nor even for the purpose of housing artillery or combat troops. In fact, it could not be placed.
This place is actually the command fortress of the entire Nanguang defense line.
Lin Ziran's wartime headquarters is naturally located here.
Through several small holes inside the fortress, you can directly observe the frontal battlefield and the Luo River. However, the view is limited, so many periscopes are also deployed.
When necessary, you can also go out to the outer observation platform to directly observe and command. As long as you are not too unlucky to be directly hit by the enemy's heavy grenade and killed by the shock wave, there is basically no danger.
Lin Ziran was staying in the observation platform at this time, using a large monocular telescope deployed here and removed from the warship to observe the Guang'an Army thousands of meters away.
This thing was much better than the small monocular telescope he used every day for army officers. Through the telescope, he could clearly see the Guang'an artillerymen urging the horses to drag the artillery forward.
According to the distance and landmarks calculated in advance, Lin Ziran discovered that some of their artillery had already entered within three thousand meters.
And this distance is theoretically the shelling distance of a heavy mortar.
If a heavy mortar uses a strong charge and uses a large angle to shoot, the range can actually reach a very long distance. As for accuracy, it is all a mortar, so there is no accuracy at all. There is basically no accuracy at all. As long as it can be fired.
Not bad.
But the mortar on the No. 1 Fort did not fire!
Because the enemy's artillery advance route is not stupidly walking on a straight road, but will use low hills for cover. Although these hills are very low, they are enough to serve as cover.
This resulted in the artillery observers at the No. 1 Battery not yet discovering the opponent's detailed position.
However, this is the value of this command fortress!
Its purpose is not just to protect the commander. In fact, it is not necessary at all. The commander can just hide under the city wall if he wants to be safe.
Its greatest function is to allow the commander to observe the overall situation and directly command the entire army to fight.
Lin Ziran immediately said: "Inform the artillery unit of the shooting!"
Soon, a flag bearer passed the relevant data to the artillery unit of the No. 1 Battery.
Soon, the commander of a huge mortar in the artillery unit personally adjusted the cannon to shoot at Zhu Yuan, then stepped back and ordered: "Fire!"
Following his order, everyone on the battlefield heard the roar of the giant cannon!