Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 63 The Battle of Huanggang ([-])

A round of shells fell down with a terrifying scream, and then there were loud noises one after another.

The entire land is howling, and it can only passively bear the devastation of violence. Human life in this area is as fragile as ants.

"Scatter, scatter, scatter..."

"Don't run around..."

The officer roared sternly, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the huge sound waves, and he couldn't hear it himself, only the continuous buzzing in his ears.

The soldiers avoided like headless chickens in horror. From time to time, some people were torn into pieces, their stumps and minced meat were splashed out, and the blood rain mixed with mud and poured on other people.

The horse that Shi Fu was riding seemed to be in a state of nerves, completely out of control, and his legs went limp and fell down, directly throwing him off.

Fortunately, he himself reacted quickly and was not crushed by the horse. The soldiers in charge of protecting him immediately helped him up.

Shi Fu pushed everyone away, his eyes were about to split, and he roared, "Kill one thief, and the reward will be increased to 80 taels of silver, anyone who can move, follow me to attack..."

Shi Fu knew that he had fallen into Tangning's trap, but he was unwilling to fail like this, so he quickly made a decision in a short period of time.

Before departure, the rewards had been announced. The head of each new army soldier was worth 50 taels of silver, which was as valuable as the head of the red-haired ghost in the Luowan naval battle.

Originally thought those red-haired ghosts were hard enough to fight, 50 taels of silver was enough to buy anyone's head from Tangning down.

Looking at it now, it was a bit outrageously wrong. The bombardment directly woke him up, so he continued to increase the heavy reward without hesitation. This was also the right given to him by Zheng Zongbing, who was not short of money.

If you don't want to break up and flee, and don't want to be bombed in place, then attack at all costs.

The flag of the Chinese army was waved, and the drums and thunder were sounded in an orderly manner, conveying Shi Fu's combat instructions in this chaos.

Seeing the way the Chinese flag was waved, the generals of each team knew what to do, and the soldiers who heard the drumbeat also understood the order.

Now it is not far from Huanggang City, as long as the distance is shortened to a certain distance, the opponent's cannon will be useless.

As a bandit who has been with Zheng Zhilong for so many years, Shi Fu is not lacking in blood.

He first arranged for people to notify the other two armies of the situation here as quickly as possible, in case they were also fooled, and then he drew his saber and roared, "Whoever retreats dies, follow me."

"Kill, kill..." The person closest to Shi Fu was the first to respond, rushing forward frantically.

"Kill, kill..." Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man.

The soldiers scattered by the artillery fire immediately gathered towards the flags of each team, and the flags of each team moved closer to the flag of the Chinese army, and then rushed forward together.

Before Shi Fu could go far, the Zheng army in the other two directions of Huanggang City made movements one after another. However, their first instinct was to attack Shi Fu here, and they never thought that it was the new army who initiated the shelling.

Because of this, they, unable to communicate and obtain the latest information in a timely manner, decided to speed up their march immediately.

They had already coordinated before. In order to launch an attack on Huanggang City from three sides as soon as possible, they tried to make the scheduled arrival time of Huanggang City not too different.

But it was precisely because of this that they had no chance to escape the trap set by Tangning.

Zheng Cai's [-] troops arrived at the location Tangning had preset for them first, and the scouts immediately sent out a signal.

At this time, Tang Ning had already taken advantage of the time gap to move to the east of Huanggang City. The reason why he could choose the east instead of the west was because the scouts had already figured out the enemy's speed and distance.

As long as the difference is not too big, Tangning will naturally be able to judge who will arrive first.

In fact, Tangning felt that even if she was not around, the artillerymen she taught should be able to complete their own artillery work independently.

After all, the shooting elements have been calibrated, and after several days of repeated drills.

But after all, this was the artillery's first battle in the true sense, and Huanggang City couldn't afford to lose, so the prudent Tangning had to go all out and sit in charge if she could.

At this time, the east was already pale, the sky was bright, and the field of vision had widened a lot. Through the binoculars, Tangning could already see the shadowy figure in the distance.

The scouts have received a signal from the signal gun, indicating that the main force of the enemy has entered the predetermined location.

Tangning didn't delay anymore, and immediately began to issue the order: "Target Lianglukou..."

"Target two intersections...".

"The distance is eighteen hundred."

"The distance is eighteen hundred."

"One shot loading..."

"One shot loading..."

"One shot of the standard gun, rapid fire..."

"A quick shot..."

"put……"

"put……"

"Boom..." The shell flew across the void, falling straight to the ground like a meteor, with a terrifying howling sound.

Many people heard the fast-moving army, and they couldn't help being surprised, but there was no unnecessary reaction at all, and the shells crashed to the ground.

With a sound of "Boom", the pitch-black wave of the army seemed to be stirred by a meteorite, setting off a huge wave.

However, what floated up in the waves was not water droplets, but human stumps and blood, as well as bodies that were thrown away.

Blood and viscera mixed with sand drifted down, hitting some people head-on and face-to-face.

There were shrill and frightened howls, which were the wounded who were frightened or hit by shrapnel.

Those who are affected, who are not suffering, making trouble or shouting, are the dead.

"What's going on?" Zheng Cai, who was at the front of the team, was shocked. He was a little confused, and even couldn't believe it was a shell, thinking it was a meteorite.

This is not because Zheng Cai is ignorant, but because he is too knowledgeable.

As Zheng Zhilong's follower, one of the few giants in Fujian, he often deals with Westerners, when has he ever seen such a powerful shell.

Of course, another reason is that Zheng Cai did not go to observe the explosion at close range.

But Tangning didn't give him so much time to figure it out. The scouts immediately reported the impact point of the shell with the flare gun, so there was almost no need to adjust it.

"Three salvos, let..."

"Boom boom boom..." Three shells scrambled to be the first to fall.

"Boom boom boom..." The crazy explosion, each figure was torn to pieces like rags, and the blood rain mixed with the fragments of human limbs poured down.

One of the shells fell only more than 30 meters away from Zheng Cai. The huge explosion made Zheng Cai's ears buzz for a while, and he couldn't hear any other sounds.

The air wave made him stagger, and he felt as if his three souls and seven souls were about to leave his body, and his whole body was a little dazed.

After a while, Zheng Cai saw a few guards standing in front of him opening and closing their mouths, but they couldn't hear any sound.

Suddenly, the two guards threw him to the ground, Zheng Cai let out a muffled groan, and a sharp pain came from his shoulder.

He turned his head to look, and found that his right shoulder was covered in blood and flesh, and there was a fingernail-sized thing exposed on it.

Zheng Cai's eyes widened, she gritted her teeth fiercely, and stretched out her hand to pull it out. It was a piece of shrapnel.

At this time, Zheng Cai's hearing finally recovered, and her mind was fully awake.

Hearing the rumble of cannonade, he finally had to believe that his troops were being bombarded horribly.

The soldiers shouted in terror, the wounded screamed, and more people ran around like headless chickens. His eyes were tearing apart.

(End of this chapter)