I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 588 Shocking
Daishan and others, who were still cursing Mang Gurtai in the city just now, soon discovered that the main gate of the Ming army camp opposite suddenly opened wide.

First, groups of cavalry filed out of the camp, followed closely by many Ming troops armed with muskets and spears, who filed out in uniform order.

Behind him were carriages. Under the protection of Ming army firearms and infantry, the carriages left the camp and went left and right.Their destination was two pieces of flat land with higher terrain.

Dai Shan and others were originally wondering what trick the Ming army was trying to pull, but when the carriage came out and he took a closer look at the contents of the carriage, his expression suddenly became much uglier.

"No, the Ming army is going to use the Hongyi cannon. Hurry up and take the remaining sandbags up the city wall."

Daishan had already guessed the Ming army's artillery attack, and someone had already made preparations. In the past two months, he had been reinforcing the city wall and preparing equipment.Now he ordered people to carry sandbags to the city wall to serve as a buffer for cannonballs.

Then he looked at the sports car of the Ming army on the opposite side, and felt a pity in his heart. The Ming army was very protective of it. If there was no cavalry protection, he could have charged.

Daishan could think of it, and Tan Mian and others could naturally guess it too.The Krupp Cannon was the key to this battle, and it can be said that its performance was related to the number of casualties in this battle.Therefore, they guarded these artillery carriages very closely, lest the Japanese invaders would make a surprise attack.

These two pieces of flat land had been stepped on by the Beijing Camp a few days ago, and even the artillery pits had been dug early, just waiting for the artillery team to move in.

Its terrain is high and flat, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has a broad view in the direction of Saarhu and can be seen at a glance. It can be said to be an excellent artillery position. Except for the trouble of transportation, there is nothing wrong with it.

So while the Beijing camp artillery was building artillery emplacements, the auxiliary soldiers and soldiers of the Beijing camp also began to dig deep trenches and place resisting horses to prevent the Jianlu troops from sneaking attacks.Cao Bianjiao also led his cavalry to disperse and stand guard to provide cover for the artillery.

With the positions prepared in advance and the layers of protection from the Beijing camp, coupled with the day and night training of the Beijing camp artillery, nearly two hours later, the east and west artillery positions were all stationed.

This time Chen Liangbi spent a lot of money to centralize and use all the Krupp cannons in the Beijing Camp and the Liaodong and Zhejiang Camps. A total of 250 guns were divided into two batches and used in turn.

Among them, there are 150 Type A doors, [-] Type B doors, and [-] Type C doors.

He has also been ordering Liaodong and Beijing to step up the production and transportation of artillery shells. He has been saving the artillery shells for more than two months, and all his waiting is for today.

Therefore, the first batch of Krupp guns to be bombarded this time was about 120 in total, with about [-] guns on the left and right positions.

Although this number may not seem like much, the actual display effect is shocking. More than 100 artillery pieces are densely packed, which makes Daishan on the wall feel terrified.

He knew the power of the Hongyi artillery. At that time, more than 20 artillery pieces blasted them deafeningly at Hunhe and Puhe, which was really unbearable.

But now, there were hundreds of artillery placed outside the city, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed directly at Saerhu City, which made him feel desperate for a while. How should this battle be fought?

"Uncle, let's go down to the city first."

Du Du on the side couldn't stand seeing so many artillery pieces. The wall of the secret passage was really dangerous and he couldn't stay any longer, so he looked at Daishan and whispered some advice.

Du Du's words gave Daishan a step up. Daishan immediately forced himself to calm down after hearing the words, nodded slowly and said:

"Well, okay, let's get down to the city wall first."

After speaking, he encouraged the defenders on the city wall a few words, and then followed Du Du and others down the city wall.

Seeing Dai Shan and others going down, the rest of the people on the city wall also began to scatter and prepare, leaning on the crenellations or sandbags of the city wall, hoping to use them as support.They knew the power of the Hongyi cannon and did not dare to resist it with their bodies. They could only silently pray that the city wall could hold up.

The Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall were praying, and the Ming artillery under the city was also ready.

"Commander, all 120 Krupp cannons in the east and west positions are ready. Do you want to fire them?"

In the artillery position on the right, a Beijing artillery staff officer raised his hand to Tan Mian for instructions.

"Test firing!"

Tan Mian looked at Saerhu City in the distance, his eyes focused, he waved his hand, and he immediately agreed to the request.The messenger behind him immediately signaled and started waving flags to deliver orders.

"Twenty rounds each from the east and west artillery formations!"

Following the orders, the artillery that had been fully prepared immediately took action.

The artillerymen of the Beijing Camp were well-trained and immediately began to operate according to the training routine.Loading, adjusting the angle, and plugging in the leads are all done in one go.

"emission!"

Following the orders, the gunner skillfully lit the fuse, and as the sizzling fuse submerged into the shell, bursts of roaring sounds resounded from the artillery position.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"... Forty shells rushed towards the Saarhu city wall like a tsunami, hitting the Saarhu city wall directly. The huge impact shook the city wall slightly.Eighty-nine of these shells whizzed past the heads of the city wall defenders and landed in the city.

At this time, Tan Mian picked up his telescope and looked at Sarhu. When he saw the white marks left by many cannonballs on the city wall, he couldn't help but sneered:

"It seems that Jianlu has been prepared for a long time and actually thickened the city wall. In this case, please notify me and don't hold back. Give me a hard beating."

"As ordered!"

Tan Mian gave an order, and all the artillery finally took action.They adjusted the angle according to the previous test firing, continued to load the shells, and inserted the fuse.I saw the sentry officers giving orders in unison:

"Aim at the Saarhu city wall, fire two bursts, and set fire!
After the Jianlu garrison on the Sarhu city wall had just experienced the Ming army's discussion and test firing, they couldn't help but feel happy, secretly thinking that they were well prepared, otherwise the city wall would not be able to hold on.

It's just that they didn't know that it was a test fire just now, so they even felt lucky that the Ming army's artillery was nothing more than that. It seemed that they couldn't break through the city wall at all.There were even some who were not afraid of death and wanted to quietly show their heads and watch the movements of the Ming army outside the city through the crenellations.

But at this moment, a burst of earth-shaking shelling resounded through the sky from outside the city. The sound was countless times louder than the shelling just now.

The defenders on the city wall were stunned by the Shenyang shock, but they had no time to react. More than 100 iron bullets of different sizes hit the city wall like raindrops, and the city wall seemed to tremble like a wooden frame.

Some cannonballs hit the crenellations of the city wall directly, and the latter shattered like a piece of tofu, allowing the iron bullets to easily fall into the corridors of the city wall, and then bounce around, killing them upon contact.

The huge sound and impact had made the defenders on the city wall a little confused.

They were lucky enough to witness the Ming Dynasty's first salvo of hundreds of Krug cannons, but they were also unlucky because they were the test subjects.

Smoke filled the city wall, and coughs, cries, and calls for help continued one after another. Some people quickly got up to remove the gravel, treat the wounded, and hurriedly flagged down the soldiers and horses below to continue carrying sandbags.

But at this moment, the earth-shaking roar sounded again, followed by another burst of shaking and gravel flying. Some soldiers who wanted to rescue others were unable to dodge and were hit by flying shells. The body was torn into several pieces, and there was no time to cry.

This situation can be seen everywhere on the city walls. There are broken limbs and broken arms everywhere on the city walls. Wails are everywhere again. The huge gap in reality has stunned them.

Some soldiers couldn't stand it after only three rounds of shelling. They didn't want to stay on the city wall for a moment. They shouted to get off the city wall and didn't want to die like this anymore. There were countless others who were deaf and crying, which immediately caused chaos on the city wall.

"These more than 120 Kru cannons are so powerful! Compared with these, rockets and Folan cannons are nothing."

Standing next to the artillery position, Tan Mian pulled out the cotton balls from his ears and sighed at the power of the Krug artillery.This still requires siege, and direct bombardment can destroy the city of Sarhu.

"What the Commander-in-Chief said is that our Ming Dynasty now has such sharp weapons that it can handle Jianlu and Mongolia. This is just over 100 guns. If Governor Chen hadn't divided the more than 200 Krupp cannons for safety reasons, Shooting in batches for two batches, I really want to see the power of the salvo of more than 200 Krug guns."

Zhang Mingshi, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Battalion on the side, became emotional when he saw this. He used to be considered a person familiar with firearms in the Ming army.But since I came into contact with the Krug Cannon last year, I have been impressed by it. It is expected that such a powerful artillery will become popular in the world in the future, and all the French cannons and rockets will lag behind.

"This is really the credit of His Majesty. If he hadn't been very discerning, reused Xu Guangqi, and allocated funds to the Ministry of Industry, the Krupp Cannon would not have been built so fast."

Tan Mian couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. He just looked at it for a while and then gave Zhang Mingshi instructions.

"You stare here and continue the bombardment. Governor Chen has saved up two months of shells and gunpowder. He has wasted a lot of time on this. Try to use them up this time. Three days, I'll give you three days!"

"I understand your humble position, please rest assured, Lord Commander."

Zhang Mingshi immediately accepted the order. In his opinion, this was an extremely simple task. Who doesn't know how to fire artillery? A target as big as Saerhu can be blasted at it. This is a great training opportunity.He was not afraid of running out of shells, but he was afraid of the artillery being burned out.

Tan Mian nodded when he heard this, then ignored him and looked at the two generals beside him.

"With such a big target as the artillery position, the Jianlu soldiers in the city will definitely be disturbed. Find a way to cut off these two places. Huang Degong and Zhao Lijiao!"

"The end is here!"

"The three of you and your respective battalions will be stationed at the east and west artillery positions to assist in the defense to prevent sneak attacks by the rebels."

"The last will obey!"

Huang Degong and the two men immediately obeyed the order, and Tan Mian returned to the Ming army camp with confidence.

As soon as Tan Mian left, Zhang Mingshi immediately ordered the artillery to start bombardment.

Hundreds of artillery salvos were fired, and the earth-shattering sound of shelling sounded again!

(End of this chapter)