open sea

Chapter 164 Artillery
The commander of that battalion apparently hadn't received Wang Rulong's warning in the future. He probably just came from Huizhou Prefecture or Conghua. When encountering Japanese pirates, there was a burst of hacking and killing.

Scattered Japanese pirates were in groups of three or four, carrying large and small bags, seeing that the officers and soldiers were too late to run, how could they dare to rush up to fight, and ran towards the camp.

Occasionally, a daring and skilled Japanese pirate summoned more than a dozen subordinates to fight with the official army, but in a blink of an eye, more battalions rushed up and were drowned in the crowd.

One-on-one, the battle between the battalion soldiers and these sea pirates who are begging for life may be five or five, hundreds vs. hundreds, maybe the battalion soldiers are weaker in courage and may be defeated by the Japanese pirates, but more vs. The Japanese pirates are almost dead when they go up.

The battalion soldiers fought fiercely in the streets and alleys, and followed them to kill the general all the way to Fangshi. After counting the casualties and seeing that there was no damage, they beheaded dozens of heads on two streets, and now they faced the Japanese pirates outside the city. The newly built camps are a little eager to try.

Of course, it's just to try, the Japanese pirates don't leave the camp, and the generals don't dare to attack the camp rashly. The battle for fortifications is very different from street battles, not to mention that their manpower is much smaller, so they are only stationed in the streets outside the city. At the mouth, use firecrackers to shoot volleys from a long distance to hit the pirates who are carrying big bags and throwing their backs to them.

Chen Mu looked at the battalion soldiers from afar on the top of the hill and couldn't help but sneer at the general's operation. With that broken firecracker, you still want to hit someone after fifty or sixty steps?

Needless to say, hundreds of firecrackers raised their volleys, and they could shoot a few lying down. Some could stand up and limp and run, and some just lay on the ground and couldn't get up.

"Send messengers, one on horseback to tell the chief pirate that he has guns, and tell him to be careful; and then send someone to ride a fast horse to send it to Qianhusuo, and it must be delivered to Bai Qianhu by hand, so that Brother Bai can quickly find Chen Chaojue to discuss countermeasures! "

Things were spinning fast in Chen Mu's mind. This time, he once broke through the coastal defenses and plundered Xin'an, attacking the Guangzhou government.

In all fairness, coastal defense is not like land defense. Lingdingyang, which is hundreds of miles wide, cannot be defended with a few ships, let alone Xin'an, Xinhui, and Xiangshan. There are more than a dozen large and small boats, and they can't be guarded at all.

But this is his responsibility. It is his fault that the thieves breached the coastal defense.

Chen Chaojue also helped him, now that he has the first-hand information about the enemy's warship, he has to send someone back to the Qianhu Office, and Bai Yuanjie will contact Chen Lin on the sea. He estimates that Chen Lin will arrive at Xiangshan soon. The sea area is over, this will definitely rush to Guangcheng.

Don't be afraid that he will come late, but if he comes too early, a dozen large and small ships will plunge into the gunboats such as Zeng Sanlao's black-tailed blessing boat and white boat boat, and they will be bombarded in a blink of an eye!

Relying on Chen Lin alone is not enough, unless all the warships of the Xiangshan and Chen Lin navy are mobilized in one place, and the naval battle can only be fought after the land battle kills the enemy.

Qi Zhengyan was extremely cautious, and ordered someone to inform the general of the situation to the battalion soldiers, and then he cupped his hands and said, "Master Chen, I will personally send this matter."

With Chen Mu's promise, Qi Zhengyan bowed his hands to Long Junxiong, ran down the hillside to find a fast horse, and galloped towards the road of Qianhusuo in Xiangshan Mountain.

But outside the city, Chen Mu's binoculars clearly saw that his messengers were approaching the camp formation. The general looked towards the hillside, and it was clear that he had received the news. Some angry.

At a glance, hundreds of pirates came out of the camp. A bandit leader with a sword on his shoulders strode forward. There were two rows of Japanese waving golden fans dancing in front of the formation. It looked quite similar.

Holding the binoculars, Chen Mu ran down the mountain road and went straight to the artillery position led by Wei Balang.

To be honest, he was annoyed when he saw the Japanese waving golden fans in front of the formation. This arrogant and arrogant battalion general knew that the enemy had artillery and was willing to move forward. Chen Qianhu couldn't care if others were going to die.

But these dancing boobies must die.

Chen Mu led a few family soldiers to gallop on the mountain road, not only caught the eyes of the battalion commander, but also the pirates who walked out of the camp. The battalion commander didn't know what he was thinking, and the pirates were no longer calm.

They saw several cannons protruding from the muzzles on the hillside, not one or two, but a series of cannons. Even if they couldn't see what kind of cannons they were, the last time they were placed in this way was the Francois machine.

They can't stand even a small gadget like a Francophone.

What's more, this is not a Franc machine.

"Adjust the gun position, one door at [-] steps, let it go!"

Chen Mu rushed to give the order, and Wei Balang shouted the order with his male duck voice at the same time. The artillerymen on the far side hurriedly inserted the matchlock into the cannon and poured the primer to ignite it. A moment later, a loud noise was deafening down the hillside.

boom!
The cannon was fired, the artillery recoiled violently, the cannon carriage was almost knocked down, and the gunpowder smoke and dust flew together.

Chen Mu thought that the supporting wood of the cannon carriage could be improved, and the excess recoil force could be released to the ground, otherwise the cannon carriage would rot sooner or later.

"Clear the chest!"

Wei Baye has the air of a military officer. After giving the order, he only covers the right ear facing the artillery. Although he is shorter, he stands upright, and his eyes are shining. Mu already heard Wei Balang pointing at the second cannon from the right and saying, "Closer! One at 650 steps, adjust the position of the cannon, and get ready!"

The five-jin heavy artillery shell fell in the westward direction of the pirates' formation, throwing up a large cloud of dust. The distance of thirty or forty steps caused the advancing Japanese pirates to set back suddenly, but then it made them even more arrogant, and some even raised their hands to hold their knives. He raised his head and swayed in the direction of the artillery position, showing off his might.

Chen Mu was relieved by Hachiro's performance. He raised his binoculars again to look at the Japanese pirate formation. After a while, another closed cannon not far away roared again.

boom!
The position was filled with gunpowder smoke, and Chen Mu heard the sound of ship gun salvos from the shore. Even after a distance of thousands of steps, he could still hear the continuous sound of guns. In a short period of time, almost thirty or forty ship guns fired at the same time. It was the Francophone that he was very familiar with.

In all directions and angles, the other side of the hillside bounced like rain.

Useless.

The maximum range of the Fran cannon can sometimes reach four miles, which is enough to hit them at a distance, but it is blocked by the hillside on the right, so it is very unlikely that this kind of murder cannon with a long distance and a small arc can accurately hit the side of the hillside.

Even Chen Mu's gunners with this type of gun angle and range calculation can't hit such a target at such a long distance, and it's even more impossible for a pirate who relies on experience and hand feel, no matter how experienced he is!

bingo!

Chen Mu heard the cheers from the artillerymen on the ground, but he turned his head to look, but he missed the best time. He could only see through the binoculars dozens of Japanese pirates scattered around the edge of the enemy line, and the five-jin artillery shells smashed a path of blood seven or eight steps long. , smashed up many Japanese pirates in all directions.

Turning his head, he saw Wei Balang pursing his lips slightly in the gunpowder smoke, raised his helmet to cover his eyes, slowly drew out his waist knife and ordered loudly, "650 steps, let go!"

Five off cannons, all blasted out!
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(End of this chapter)