The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 339 Shelling Jinzhou
Nahai asked sadly, "How will the people deployed at the top of the city respond? Are the gunners and gunmen of the Han army prepared to fight back? How many of them were killed by the Ming army?"

That Bashiku said: "The Han army was very cunning, and found that the Ming army had already hid far away when they fired their guns, and none of them died."

Na Hai said sadly: "Hiding far away? They dare to leave their posts without authorization? Aren't they afraid of the ruthlessness of military law?"

"The Han army did not leave the city. They mainly hid, and when they stretched their heads to investigate, it was just right, and they were not hit by the Ming army's guns."

Hearing that the eyes of all the Jiannu officials here lit up, Nahai said: "The Han army still stood firm at the top of the city but was not attacked by the Ming army. How did they do it? Don't we Eight Banners disciples learn a little bit more?" ?”

The generals of the Jin army finally did not discuss in vain, and the order to learn how to avoid the sneak attack of the Ming army was given to the whole army, and the Han army also summarized the experience for demonstration.

It didn't take long for the snipers of the "Red Banner Army" to feel that the enemy had become cunning. They basically did not patrol the top of the city. From time to time, heads appeared in different positions, took a quick look outside the city and then retracted immediately. The probability of being hit was extremely high. Low.

In the first day and night, the sniping effect was obvious, but in the next two days it was not satisfactory, and fewer and fewer Jiannu were killed.

Jiannu learned how to behave. They actually crawled on the ground like the Han army. Since there was a city wall nearly two feet high between the crenels, it was very safe for the Jin army to crawl on the horse road at the head of Jinzhou city, and the snipers could not see the target at all.

When Jiannu suddenly appeared to investigate the movement outside the city, the snipers often had no time to aim, and could only hastily shoot the mini bombs with their hand feel, with a very low success rate.

Song Pengfei didn't expect to win a decisive victory by playing cold shots. He observed through a telescope and found that the Hou Jin army in Jinzhou City had been made nervous, so he decided to add some fear to them.

The Ming army's siege of Jinzhou has been under construction for more than half a month by nearly [-] soldiers and civilians, and a trench network of more than ten miles around has been formed, which can better resist the cavalry raids.

Most of the migrant workers have already gone to build the main road between Langwobao and Jinzhou. On the north side not far from the main road, a large river will be dug to connect to the trench network outside Jinzhou City.

In the future, this river will play a role in defending against the assault of the slave cavalry without being frozen three feet, and will become the first barrier for Wolf's Nest Fort and Jinzhou.

With a large road, you can flexibly mobilize troops, and with a big river to block enemy cavalry, at least in the days when you can cultivate and harvest, you can prevent the sudden attack of Jiannu and better protect the safety of the villagers.

By the time the excavated artificial river is frozen enough to pass by, there will be no farm work in the fields, and the villagers will gather in Jinzhouwei, Wolf's Nest Fort, and several forts built between the two forts according to geographical conditions. Spending the winter in a small fortress, even if the slaves invaded the Jinzhou Tun area, their destructive power would be limited.

However, there have been "Red Banner Army" cavalry and firearms troops on duty for a long time in Wolf's Nest Fort. These soldiers whose enthusiasm was ignited by Huang Han are no longer the insensitive behavior of most of the Ming army. The result must be that the gains outweigh the losses.

The Jinzhou camp of the Ming army was solid, and there was no longer any need to worry about exposing the artillery positions, causing Jiannu to dispatch the whole army to seize the cannons regardless of casualties. Because there were trenches to block them, the later Jin army no longer had the conditions to break into the artillery positions.

With a solid camp, a safe artillery position can be established, and then it is time for the artillery to make its debut.

Since the six-pound field gun produced by the Huang family is air-tight and has a range advantage, and each gun has a front sight, the accuracy is easier to grasp. Therefore, an artillery position was established in the trench, aiming at the Hongyi cannon and Fufu artillery arranged at the head of Jinzhou City. It is possible to fire the Lang cannon.

These positions have a huge advantage. Our army's artillery fire can reach the positions of the city's head cloth fireproof guns.

Afterwards, the Jin army fired back and fired back. Nine out of ten ranges were insufficient. If the shells were fired at the maximum elevation angle, the range would be sufficient, but it was impossible to predict how far the shells would deviate from the target. It might even deviate by a mile.

The artillery received the order to destroy the artillery at the northern city of Jinzhou one by one, and all the artillery were inexplicably excited.The twelve field guns were all aimed in the direction of Yonganmen in Jinzhou.

The four Francois instructors all climbed up to the lookout post to observe and calculate the coordinates with binoculars. The dozens of youngsters who will be trained as artillery observers are all selected from the youngsters who have been in Meng for more than three years.

They have a cultural foundation and then study the new textbook revised by Huang Han himself, and they have made rapid progress. They have studied the method of calculating the impact of shells with the instructor Franji for more than half a year, and they have fully mastered the general formula.

The juvenile observers are now proficient in passing parameters through semaphore and sign language to command the artillery to adjust the elevation angle, and the accuracy rate is at least twice that of the Ming army gunners who use the Hongyi cannon.

Just when the artillery position in Jinzhou South was ready, the news that Governor Shuntian accompanied the angel to Lushunkou spread all over the Ming army camp outside Jinzhou City. Jin Sheng and Zheng Xiaowen hurriedly consulted with Song Pengfei and the others. Rush to Lushunkou to meet him.

Song Pengfei completely learned Huang Han's style, believing that strength is the most important thing, and military merit can explain all problems.

He refused to go to Lushunkou to meet and send, and stated that he would immediately conduct an actual artillery drill. When the governor and the angel arrived, he would ask them to appreciate how our army's artillery fought with the gold army's Jinzhou garrison gunners.

After receiving the notification, Jin Sheng and Zheng Xiaowen rushed to Lushunkou immediately, but Liu Zhilun was even more anxious. He landed at Lushunkou and only stayed for half a day before he was on the road. He met his friend Jin Sheng [-] miles away from Jinzhou Daying.

After a two-year separation, Jin and Liu reunited on the battlefield of fighting against slavery in southern Liaoning. Jin and Liu were filled with emotion.

Reminiscing about the glorious past, they talked with their friend Shen Fu about ancient times and wanted to defend the land and open up the frontiers for the Ming Dynasty. Now that Shen Fu has died fighting for his ambition, they also appeared on the front line against Jiannu as they wished.

After hearing the introduction from his friend, Liu Zhilun knew that the enemy of Jinzhou was afraid of being beaten by the "Red Banner Army" and did not dare to fight. Now the city gates are closed to guard against death. Our army has already dug trenches to encircle Jinzhou. As soon as the cavalry from the north come back, they can launch an attack.

Hearing this, Liu Zhilun was very surprised and asked: "My dear brother, is Master Huang referring to Huang Han or Huang Long? Why is Eunuch Fang not in Jinzhou camp?"

Liu Zhilun still used his old name to talk to Jin Sheng, but Jin Sheng couldn't, because Liu Zhilun was a high-ranking official who was appointed as the governor of the third grade.

Jin Sheng is far inferior to others, and his official position is only the sixth grade, and he has not made an inch of merit. Of course, he is respectful and respectful according to official rules.

(End of this chapter)