Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 823 Like Daydreaming
Lu Xiangsheng raised his binoculars and looked carefully at the artillery that Ah San pushed over, with a hint of disdain on his face.

This kind of artillery should be specially built by the anti-Habsburg alliance to fool Ah San. It looks very powerful, but it is not.

They have already studied the relationship between the caliber of the artillery and the length of the barrel, and he can calculate it by a rough estimate. The range of this artillery is at most about three miles.

Moreover, because this kind of artillery is too rough in workmanship, it leaks everywhere. When loading ammunition, it must be filled with at least twice as much gunpowder as the constant to achieve a range of three miles.

In this way, the life of the artillery will be greatly affected. It is estimated that the barrel will be deformed in a short time, and the chamber may even explode.

Don't Europeans know this?
Are their artillery getting worse and worse?
This is of course impossible, they are just fooling Ah San.

His judgment was indeed correct. Ah San's artillerymen in the back row pushed the cannons about three miles away from the city wall and began to fix the gun mounts and prepare to load ammunition.

At this time, he could actually order someone to adjust the angle of the [-]-jin Thor cannon, aim it at other people's artillery, and then fire five rounds in salvo.

If Ah San's artillery was not scrapped in such a bombardment, the artillerymen would probably suffer heavy casualties. If more than 5000 shells fell, at least half of the 10 people would be killed or injured.

After thinking about it carefully, he still sighed slightly, and gave up the idea of ​​adjusting the angle of the artillery.

Because the emperor said, don't beat him too hard this time, they have to plan for the next time.

If Ah San can't even get up this time, they won't have another chance.

Anyway, they are all ready to be bombarded, and the firing frequency of this kind of artillery is not high. He can also see the progress of people's loading ammunition. It is very simple to avoid the shells. Even if the shells hit them, they will have nothing to do loss.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng ordered decisively: "Order, push all Thor cannons into the bunker, cover all ammunition boxes, everyone, prepare to avoid shelling."

The so-called bunker is actually a gadget he made out of the basalt armor used for maintenance of the Navy Aegis ship.

This thing is four thigh-thick logs standing up and nailed together, sandwiching the basalt armor in the middle, and then nailing two thigh-thick logs behind to support it obliquely.

Regardless of the simple structure of this thing, its protective ability is quite good. Generally, shells weighing less than 24 pounds are absolutely indestructible.

And Ah San's cannon looked like it had a caliber of twelve pounds, so it couldn't hit such a simple bunker at all.

After waving the command flag, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion quickly pushed all the Thor cannons behind the simple bunkers that had been prepared, and the ammunition boxes were also covered by them and carried behind the simple bunkers.

In fact, the ammunition boxes specially used by the Ming army are also fire-proof and smash-resistant. As long as the lid is closed, it will be fine even if the shells hit it.

Of course, if it is really hit by a shell, the outside of the ammunition box will still be deformed. If it is hit by several shots, this kind of ammunition box will also be useless and must be replaced with a new one.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion didn't want to lose even one ammunition box, so they carried all of them behind the bunker.

They were all ready, but Ah San's ammunition hadn't been loaded yet.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the clumsy movements of these Ah Sans, and he was so anxious that he wanted to scratch his feet.

Hurry up, I'm going to use the [-]-jin Thor cannon to bombard me for a few rounds, you guys are just grinding, the pile of weird siege equipment in front of you will come into the bombardment range of the [-]-jin Thor cannon up.

Fortunately, when the siege raft was about to push into the bombardment range of the [-]-jin Thor cannon, Ah San's artillery finally loaded the ammunition.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw that someone had lit the fire, he quickly ordered: "Everyone, hide."

After all, he also dashed to the back of the bunker protecting the large telescope.

"Boom!" There was a violent roar of artillery, and Ah San finally opened fire.

Shahshujana's face couldn't help flushing.

The Ming army finally tasted the taste of shells!

In fact, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion did not taste the taste of the shells.

This thing is not tasty, why should they try it?
The problem is that his telescope is not working, and he can't see the situation on the city wall at all.

He could only fantasize in his heart that at least thousands of Ming soldiers would be bombarded to death this round!
All right, let him think what he wants.

As soon as the shells were smashed, Lu Xiangsheng rushed out from behind the bunker, raised his binoculars to scan the enemy camp, and then said decisively: "Order, pull out all the [-]-jin Thor cannons, load them with shells, and fire five rounds in salvo. "

The movements of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were not comparable to what Ah San could do.

Those Ah San artillerymen were still clumsily picking out the cannon fodder in the barrel, they had already quickly pulled out the [-]-jin Thor cannon, and deftly pushed the shell into it.

Immediately afterwards, there was another violent artillery roar.

This two-hundred-jin Thunder God Cannon was specially used for infantry combat by the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. Its range was only about two miles, and its power was not very powerful. It couldn't even smash other giant siege equipment.

However, this Thor cannon is light and durable, has a high bombardment frequency, and has good lethality against infantry.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were not too dexterous in manipulating their own dedicated Thor cannons, and it took them less than half a stick of time to fire five rounds of volleys.

More than 2000 [-]-jin Thor cannons fired five rounds, that is, tens of thousands of shells, and Ah San was killed and injured tens of thousands of people. Although those strange giant siege equipment were not smashed to pieces, many ladders were It was broken.

Shahshuja was really taken aback when he heard the roar of artillery.

However, when he saw the results of the bombardment, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

It turns out that the Ming army used small artillery, and even giant siege equipment couldn't be smashed.

As for the loss of tens of thousands of people, he can still afford it.

It's useless, anyway, he has plenty of people.

After a while, his artillery finally loaded the second round of ammunition.

Shahshuja shouted excitedly: "Fire!"

Another thousand shells hit the city wall, and thousands of Ming soldiers were killed or injured.

There are at most [-] Ming troops on the city wall. As long as they can bombard them for twenty rounds, the Ming troops on the city wall will be killed and injured.

Well, Ah San likes to daydream like this.

After the shelling, Lu Xiangsheng walked out from behind the bunker in a calm manner, raised his binoculars to scan carefully, and then decisively ordered: "Command, fire the muskets in bursts, don't stop."

Why is it called a musket burst?
Because the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion took turns sticking their muskets out of the square hole in the middle of the arrow stack and firing a shot, then squatted down to change the bullets, while the others kept taking turns.

In this way, they don't need to probe at all, and they don't have to worry about being injured by other people's bullets and arrows.

However, Ah San below was miserable.

They are simply the targets of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion!

The sound of gunfire was as intense as setting off firecrackers, and Ah San in front kept getting injured and fell to the ground, wailing endlessly.

Shahshuja's face was full of excitement, without a trace of pity.

Because they were so overwhelming that the Ming army dared not raise their heads, and the giant siege rafts in front of them were also launched into the water, and they were about to attack the city wall!

Well, he's still daydreaming.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw his giant wooden raft go into the water, he didn't take it seriously. His main focus was on his artillery, because they had to dodge only shells.

As for the giant wooden raft, it would take at least two quarters of an hour for such a heavy wooden raft to cross the river, so he didn't need to be in a hurry at all.

However, Ah San also made him make a mistake in his judgment.

After the giant wooden raft was launched, it was quickly tied to the ladder protruding from the giant siege vehicle behind it.

Immediately after that, there was a roar, and the giant wooden raft crossed the river as fast as if it was equipped with a steam drive, and the ladder on it quickly climbed up the city wall.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw this, he was really a little surprised.

However, he did not panic.

It was just a little accident.

He didn't even think about it, and directly ordered: "Send the order, throw away the kerosene can, and light the fire."

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion picked up the kerosene tank under the arrow stack without hesitation, threw it down quickly, and then quickly lit the torches they had prepared, and threw it down quickly.

With a sound of "huh", all the giant wooden rafts burst into flames, and Ah San on it almost became people on fire.

Fortunately, they were on the river, as long as they jumped into the water, the fire on their bodies would be extinguished.

However, it seemed that the wooden raft was hopeless, and no one dared to get close to it when the raging fire started.

Now it was Shahshuja's turn to be surprised.

He really didn't expect the Ming army to prepare so much kerosene.

Fortunately, the loss was not much. Almost half of the pawns pushing the wooden raft had been killed, and he could accept that they were all dead.

What's more, most of the people jumped into the water and were trying their best to swim back, so he didn't have much loss, except that the giant siege raft was burned.

This thing can be ordered to be man-made, and it is not a loss at all.

Their giant mobile arrow towers have already been pushed near the river bank, and the Ming army will soon taste the taste of rockets. As long as the rocket hits the city wall, the powder kegs of the Ming army will probably explode!
Well, he was daydreaming again.

At this moment, the Ming army has no gunpowder barrels, only ammunition boxes.

Moreover, the ammunition boxes are all covered, and it is useless to shoot rockets on them.

However, when Lu Xiangsheng saw someone lighting a torch and was about to light a rocket, he still couldn't help cursing in his heart: "Damn it, he miscalculated, these ah Sans actually used rockets!"

The rockets really can't ignite their ammunition. The problem is that the simple bunkers and small catapults are all made of pure wood frames, so they can be ignited!
He gritted his teeth and then ordered decisively: "Command, the sling shot the kerosene tank."

After waving the command flag, a pile of pottery pots slammed towards the giant well rail opposite like cannonballs.

However, their giant well fence was higher than their city walls, and the kerosene tank was carefully cast over by a catapult, so it simply couldn't reach the top floor of their giant well fence.

Most of the kerosene tanks were smashed at the bottom of the giant well rail. Although they were splashed everywhere, the people above them were fine.

At this time, everyone had prepared the rockets, and Lu Xiangsheng quickly ordered: "Send the order, form a shield formation, and protect the catapult."

As for the simple bunker, he didn't care about it. Anyway, it wouldn't burn out after a while, at most it would be a bit ugly.

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh!" There was a dense sound of piercing through the air, and tens of thousands of rockets flew over like rain.

Suddenly, fireworks were everywhere on the city wall.

Seeing this, Shahshuja almost jumped off the elephant in dismay.

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Send the order, the rocket will be thrown, and the well will be set on fire."

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh", there was another sound of piercing through the air.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion also fired thousands of rockets, but Ah San's remaining hundreds of giant well rails were all set ablaze by them.

(End of this chapter)