Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 397
With a loud "boom", a large cloud of white gunpowder smoke slowly drifted into the sky.

A Hongyi cannon from the Qing army fired the first shot at the Qin army camp from three miles away.

Immediately afterwards, huge roars resounded through the sky one after another, and more than [-] cannons of the Qing army fired one after another. The smoke of gunpowder soon enveloped the entire position, and black bullets pierced the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye, shooting towards the Ming army on the opposite side. The wooden fence flew away.

After the first round of firing, due to the test of the gun, only a few of the dozens of projectiles hit the wooden fence, and the sawdust hit by the camp gate or wooden fence made of thick logs flew across.

A small part of the rest of the projectiles landed ahead of time. After bouncing a few times on the hard ground, they rolled to the edge of the wooden fence and stopped. Most of the projectiles flew over the wooden fence and flew into the Ming army camp.

Fifty paces away from the gate of the Qin army camp, behind the first low wall built with double rows of sacks, a hundred gunners were sitting and resting against the low wall, and nearly a thousand gunners were resting on the ground away from the camp. Waiting for orders behind several low walls hundreds of steps from the door.

With the assistance of civilian husbands, the gunners of the Han Army Banner chanted and straightened and calibrated the tilted gun body shaken by the huge recoil, and then cleaned the gun bore and primer pool with long brushes, loaded propellant and Projectile, it took half a quarter of an hour to get ready for the second launch.

"Damn! Will this Jiannu fire a cannon? Look, even if I stand at the gate, these bastards can't hurt me!"

After the first round of shelling by the Qing army, Li Sanwa leaned on a low wall with her upper body, turned her head and sneered at a row of gunners sitting on the ground.

Although some of the projectiles fired by the Qing army just flew into the camp, they all fell to the ground after crossing the first row of low walls, and were blocked by a row of sacks after a bounce.

"Mr. Qian, but when Jiannu fired the cannon just now, your old man shrank into a ball! Hehehehe!"

The boss of Li Sanwa's subordinates ruthlessly exposed him on the spot, causing the gunners to chuckle.

"Fart! I just felt a little sick to my stomach just now, so it's better to lie on the ground! Hey, you're the third child, your fucking skin is itchy, right? Wait until the battle is over and I'll see how I deal with you! Don't you believe me? ? Later when Jiannu fires the cannon, Lao Tzu is standing on the ground, as long as he moves a step, he will be the bastard in the water! Cheng Lao San, dare you stand with Lao Tzu!"

Li Sanwa, who was exposed, did not feel ashamed, but complacently competed with Cheng Laosan.

"Yes yes yes! President Qian is mighty! President Qian is about to be promoted to general, how can he be afraid of such a small projectile as Jiannu! Hehe!"

Cheng Laosan was also a deserter who came from Yansui Town with Li Sanwa at the beginning. The two had a very good relationship in private, and joking and joking became commonplace.

While the two were talking and laughing, there was a loud "Duang" in the distance, and the second round of shelling by the Qing army began.

Li Sanwa was so frightened by the loud noise that she instinctively shuddered. She just wanted to lie down on the ground, but when she suddenly thought of the big magic conch that she just blew, she had no choice but to straighten up to see if there was a bullet falling in midair, and her face turned pale. .

Li Sanwa, who is brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, is most afraid of cannons.

When he first arrived in Yansui Town to join the army, he saw that just a dozen steps away from him, a Tazi cavalry soldier on the side was hit in the head by a projectile weighing a pound from the officer's Fran machine gun. The horror scene became a lingering shadow in his heart.

Fortunately, the shells of the Qing army were all aimed at the camp gate and the wooden fence this time, and no more bullets flew into the camp. After the sound of the artillery stopped, Li Sanwa's face quickly returned to normal.

The second round of shelling by the Qing army caused huge damage to the camp of the Qin army. No matter how strong the wood was, it could not withstand the impact of the iron eggs flying over with huge kinetic energy, especially the camp gate, which was hit by more than a dozen projectiles. There have been several broken places, showing a crumbling appearance.

Standing on the fort at a corner of the square, Zhang Yuan was observing the movement of the Qing army, and he didn't care about the damage to the camp gate and the wooden fence.

These things originally existed for consumption, and if they were broken, they would be broken. The key was to deal with the next assault of the Qing army.

At this time, the gunners of the Qing army were busy preparing for the third launch, and hundreds of Qing troops had already begun to gather under the banner of a Jialazhang Jingling in white armor.

"Instructions, the first row of gunners will be increased to [-]! Chief Qian Li Sanwa personally supervises! Jiannu breaks into the gate and fires guns immediately! The gunners of the east and west forts prepare their ammunition and obey the general's order!"

Looking at the assembled Qing army, Zhang Yuan ordered.

At Zhu Youjian's request, in addition to the Yongwei Battalion and the Jingying Battalion, the Qin Army has also changed their outfits on a large scale.Many of the original pikemen and sword and shield soldiers were replaced by musketeers, and the archers only kept [-] outstanding archers for emergencies.

With the sound of trumpets of different lengths on the fort, Li Sanwa immediately called the five hundred musketeers under him to assemble the whole team, and then went around the rows of low walls to the gate of the camp.

A moment later, the third round of bombardment by the Qing army started again.

The camp gate of the Qin army finally fell to the ground under the concentrated attack of shells, and the entire camp was exposed to the swords and guns of the Qing army.

"Load the ammunition and light the match!"

Following Li Sanwa's order, the Ming army behind the first row of low walls quickly got busy. In less than a few tens of breaths, a hundred musketeers were all ready, and hundreds of steps away on the opposite side, five hundred The infantry of the Qing army came forward with heavy weapons such as hammers, axes, iron sticks and long spears.

Unlike the Ming army's emphasis on neatly arranged formations, the Qing army did not pay much attention to formations, and scoffed at the tradition of the Ming army.

In the eyes of the vast majority of the Qing army, they have fought against the Ming army for many years, and the two armies have faced countless battles. Even if the Ming army's formation is tight, they will collapse and flee under the attack of the elite Qing army wearing two layers of heavy armor.

Although we know that the Ming army we are facing this time is different from the elite soldiers in the past, and has repeatedly inflicted heavy damage on the Eight Banners, but for the Qing army that has never fought against the new Ming army, it only needs to pay a small price to break their formation , the Ming army will be easily defeated as before.

"Raise the gun!"

Li Sanwa stood at the rightmost position of the first row of soldiers behind the low wall and gave the order.

A hundred gunners raised their guns horizontally, and the black muzzles pointed at the gate of the camp.

Although this is the first time that the Qin army fought against the legendary powerful Eight Banners soldiers, Li Sanwa couldn't help but see that although the opponent looked aggressive, he was holding various cold weapons that the Ming army had eliminated long ago. The corner of his mouth twitched, his face full of contempt: "Are these barbarians lifeless? You fucking can get so close with a hammer and axe? What kind of bullshit is invincible? We must let these barbarians taste the power of guns today No!"

Five hundred Qing troops gradually approached the gate of the camp in skirmish formation, but they still marched steadily with their usual steps due to their rich combat experience. In order to save energy, the Qing army did not launch a charge.

Seeing that the Qing army had entered the shooting range of the Flang cannon, Zhang Yuan did not order to fire.

He was afraid that the artillery would repel the Qing army, so that it would not be able to cause more damage to it.

Just when nearly a hundred Qing troops from the front team arrived at the gate of the camp, Jialazhangjing, the leader of the team, gave an order, and the hundreds of Qing troops quickly sped up their pace and started sprinting, stepping over the damaged camp in the blink of an eye. The door rushed towards Qin Jun behind the low wall.

"put!"

Following Li Sanwa's shout, a hundred firecrackers fired almost at the same time.

Amidst a series of crackling sounds like popping beans, a large cloud of white smoke covered the Ming army behind the low wall.

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