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Chapter 1245 Cannonballs
"Keep firing!" Following Sun Chuanting's order, the rebel artillery resounded across the battlefield again.

The two battalions of the Rebel Army were equipped with a total of ten field cannons and ten golden cannons.

For example, the general artillery and the extermination artillery are used as "secondary artillery", which are equipped according to the seizure situation of each battalion, regardless of the number.

However, in order to prevent accidents from happening, the rebels still kept two cannons to match the general cannon and the captive cannon for backup. Only eight field cannons and eight golden cannons were actually put into combat.

The field guns used by the rebels for the first round of salvo fired solid shells. As a result, the Ming army’s formation was thin and the killing effect was poor. Therefore, the second round of the rebels’ salvo fired with gold cannons between the reloading of the field guns.

Compared with the field gun, the golden gun has a lower multiple diameter, and its ballistic trajectory is between the mortar and the cannon. Although its caliber is larger, the actual range is not farther than the field gun.

Eight larger cannonballs flew over along the curved trajectory.

It's just that this time it didn't hit the ground, and it exploded in the air.

Most of the shells that exploded were divided into two halves. Except for a few unlucky ones, the killing effect was not even as good as the previous round of field artillery salvos.

However, at the moment when these shells exploded, white smoke directly enveloped the Ming army in front of them.

"What is this?" The Ming army gunner raised his head inexplicably, but unexpectedly saw fine powder in his eyes.

"Ah~ What the hell is this thing? It hurts!" The gunners who were blinded by their eyes subconsciously rubbed them, only to find that their eyeballs were on fire.

Huge pain spread all over the body in an instant, how could those gunners withstand it?Immediately, he dropped the firecracker in his hand and started rolling all over the place.

"Lime, this is quicklime!" A knowledgeable person suddenly exclaimed, "I'm going to go blind!"

That's right, this time the golden cannon fired grenades filled with lime.

When the rebels attacked Tongguan before, they found that putting lime in the "flower bomb" had a miraculous effect. Later, someone thought about putting the lime-filled flower bomb into a golden cannon with a lower chamber pressure to fire it.

The Ming army had mastered the artifact of the "Trojan Horse" very early on, and it could be used as a baffle to reduce the impact of the chamber pressure on the "blossom bomb". The way to shoot, this is the "lime bomb" salvo this time.

"What a vicious thief!" Zhu Xieyuan was also a veteran in military affairs, and when he heard that the "thief" used lime bombs, he couldn't help but cursed.

For gunners, strength is not very important, and agility is not very important, as long as they can load and shoot, they can exert their maximum effectiveness.

As a result, his eyes are injured now, so what's the use of the firecracker in his hand no matter how sharp it is?

"Order the soldiers to bring oil to the front, and wash the gunner's hands and eyes quickly!" No matter which army has food, since it eats, there will be cooking oil.

Oil is still a relatively expensive item in this era, but compared to fighting, these are not important.

It's just that there are more than [-] people in the Ming army, and only two or three military doctors are set up. Even if dozens of soldiers are temporarily deployed, how can it help?

Not to mention how Zuo Governor Zhu Xieyuan, Datong General Soldier Wang Shiren and others jumped their feet, how could they have expected that the rebels would not stop at these tricks?

"Boom boom boom!" The field artillery of the rebel army rang out again, but this time the target was the artillerymen of the Ming army who had entered about [-] feet.

Since the artillery formation of the Ming army is completely different from that of the rebel army, the artillery squad of the Ming army is advancing this time with the general artillery as the core, supplemented by the extermination artillery and the Franc machine.

Even if a general cannon is equipped with five captive-killing cannons and sixteen Francophones, the firepower density is extremely powerful.

Once the cavalry of the rebel army attacked the artillery of the Ming army, they would definitely suffer heavy losses if they fired both the extermination artillery and the Franc machine.

However, this "secret technique" encountered the sharp artillery tactics of the rebel army and met its nemesis.

Standing on his horseback, Sun Chuanting saw two shells hit the artillery group of the Ming army from a distance, and several pieces of broken limbs flew up immediately.

"Under the artillery of the rebel army, the artillery of the Ming army is still too large and too dense!" Sun Chuanting shook his head and continued to order.

"Order the Golden Cannon to fire 'poisonous smoke bombs' at the Gunner and order the Feibiao to move forward and prepare to shoot!"

That's right, in addition to the "lime bomb" that the rebels invented themselves, after research, the rebels "resurrected" the "poisonous smoke bomb" that the regular army of the Ming army had almost eliminated.

Before the artillery of the Ming army was replaced by "Hongyi" cannons on a large scale, mortars such as bowl-mouth guns, thunderbolt cannons, and flying cannons often fired various "flying fires" added with arsenic, croton, sulfur, etc. Shells of the "poisonous smoke" type.

It's just that these artillery are dangerous to operate and weak in lethality. Soon after the introduction of the Hongyi artillery, they gradually faded out of the Ming army's equipment sequence, and only a large number of them remained in the city guards and local militias and young adults.

But it was not the case for the rebel army. After Zhang Shun tasted the sweetness of the "flying cannon", he has always had a soft spot for explosive shells.

Later, after careful consideration, he came up with the idea of ​​using flying guns with less charge to train mortar gunners, and using large-caliber artillery such as golden cannons and flying blunderbusses to launch "standard explosive bombs", so that the originally "eliminated" shells Old tree blossoms.

The new "poisonous smoke bomb" of the rebel army is based on the "poisonous smoke gun" of the Ming army. It removes other messy characteristics, adds a spicy and irritating formula, and specializes in the characteristic of "poisonous smoke".

This object is different from the lime bomb that needs to bloom at the height of the enemy's head. Even if it explodes and burns after landing, it can still cause great trouble to the enemy.

Therefore, once it appeared, it was very popular among mortar gunners.

Sure enough, when the golden cannon shooters heard the command of the gunner, they couldn't help but rejoice, and they all said: "This time the fuse is a little longer, and we are going to launch the 'poisonous smoke bomb'."

Do you know why?

It turns out that the lime splashes downwards, but the poisonous smoke rises upwards, so the lead wire of the lime bomb is slightly broken than the poisonous smoke bomb.

Since the quality of the lead wire cannot be kept stable in this era, once the burning is urgent, it is likely to explode at the muzzle or even inside the barrel.

If the fuse burns slowly and the lime bomb blooms after landing, the damage caused is almost negligible.

This is not the case for poisonous smoke bombs, and a certain margin can be properly left for the lead wire.

Even if it explodes in the air, since the burning material that produces poisonous smoke can still burn for a period of time, it can still continue to smoke the enemy after landing.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Chuanting's military order was issued, eight poisonous smoke bombs flew up in a short time, and then exploded among the Ming army's gunners, releasing thick and pungent billowing smoke.

"Supervisor, it's too late, we artillerymen can't continue to push forward, or we will be severely attacked by thieves!" Wang Shiren, the chief soldier of Datong, waited and watched for a long time, and couldn't help but speak.

Zhu Xieyuan frowned, but he was actually aware of the seriousness of the matter.

In fact, these rounds of shelling did not really cause that much damage. The key is that the ability displayed by the "thief" is worrying.

Lime bombs and poisonous smoke bombs show the lethality of "thieves" on soldiers arrayed at a long distance.

The solid bullets fired into the artillery positions of the Ming army showed the precise lethality of the "thief"'s long-range shooting.

If the artillery of the Ming army continues to advance, I am afraid that after the next few rounds of shooting, the Ming army will not suffer the current loss.

"People often say, 'Shun bandits' artillery is the most poisonous and the most beneficial', and now we know it!" Zhu Xieyuan, the left governor, couldn't help but sighed up to the sky, and ordered.

"The artillery team fired on the spot, the musketeers continued to move forward, the cavalry guarded the left and right, and the killer team was ready to attack."

"Since you can't take chances, you can only do this head-on!"

Datong Commander Wang Shiren's expression darkened when he heard the words, he knew in his heart that although the Ming army had many horses this time, they were actually at a disadvantage.

In the way of using soldiers, there are thousands of chapters and thousands of sentences that are not aimed at people but not at people.

The Ming army fought against the "thieves" several times, but they were unable to achieve their goals, and had to face the enemy head-on.

This was half a chip loss before the battle!

(End of this chapter)