Chapter 775
Therefore, Huang Han pre-built artillery positions before our 81 [-]-pounder, [-]-pounder, and [-]-pounder field guns were deployed to increase the defense.
It doesn't need to be too troublesome, just build a parapet with a thickness of five feet and a height of five feet with grass-packed soil.
The propellants used in the cannons of this era are all black powder, and their power is almost the same.
Kong Youde also knew the use of granulated gunpowder, and also knew that when the bore of the gun was not smooth and there was a possibility of air leakage, special caulking was used to seal the outside of the shell to enhance the airtightness.
Therefore, it was discovered that there were ten heavy artillery pieces at the head of the southern city of Pyongyang, and Huang Han had already predicted that the confrontation between the two armies was inevitable.
Compared with the cast iron cannon in Kong Youde's hands, the cast steel cannon of the "Red Banner Army" has the advantages of greatly reducing weight and good heat dissipation. The number of times it can be fired continuously is more than double that of cast iron cannons, but the range and accuracy may not be as great. Advantage.
After all, Kong Youde's artillery was mounted on a high fort at the head of the city, fired at the maximum elevation angle, and its range would not be less than the [-]-pounder field gun owned by the "Red Banner Army".
There are advantages and disadvantages. Kong Youde's fort is strong, and the artillery is mounted high and far away. The key problem is the lethality.
The shells fired by the heavy artillery at the head of the Qing army fell into the artillery array of the "Red Banner Army". Unless they hit the cannons and soldiers accurately, they would cause damage. Even more insignificant.
However, as long as the shells of the "Red Banner Army" fall on the top of the city, the splashing bricks and jumping shells will make a bloody mess. What the effect will look like.
A dramatic scene appeared. Sun Yuanhua, who was standing straight on the lookout post observing Pyongyang's southern city gate, saw the "King Gongshun" and the "Kong" banner, and carefully searched for the Qing army on the south gate. general.
He actually saw a face that he would never forget. How many times he dreamed about it at midnight, Sun Yuanhua wanted to chop this face to pieces.
Sun Yuanhua murmured: "Kong Youde, General Kong, don't come here unharmed! You'd better be lucky, don't be hit by a cannon and go west. I'm still waiting to catch up with you."
Kong Youde was hugged by servants and generals, and he was holding up the binoculars to observe Sun Yuanhua's direction. He deliberately put on a calm face, but in fact he was already feeling guilty.
The unknown is the most frightening. He can't imagine the current combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army", nor can he estimate how many artillery pieces the "Red Banner Army" has.
The Qing army was shocked after seeing the three strange things in the sky. Rumors that the "Red Banner Army" could go to the sky spread like wildfire, and the morale of the defenders plummeted.
Kong Youde has been using binoculars to observe, and he can clearly see that there are real people in the sky, and they are all using binoculars to observe Pyongyang City. From their height, Pyongyang City should be clear at a glance.
Immediately after, Kong Youde discovered the steel lookout post, and inadvertently saw a very familiar person.
The past is unbearable!Denglai had been separated for more than six years, and Kong Youde was filled with emotion when he did not expect to meet each other on the battlefield today.
Kong Youde, who discovered Sun Yuanhua, was also looking at it carefully, and he was not even interested in seeing the hot air balloon of the "Red Banner Army".
The two actually met each other through binoculars.
Sun Yuanhua was actually Kong Youde's benefactor. He transferred Kong Youde from the bitter Dongjiang Town to Denglai to entrust him with important tasks, but Kong Youde launched a mutiny in Wuqiao and destroyed half of Shandong. Historically, Sun Yuanhua was beheaded by the court.
Fortunately, Huang Han helped at the critical moment, making Sun Yuanhua a prisoner and came to Ningyuan City as a prisoner a few days before he was beheaded.
The past is vivid in his mind, old and new grudges welled up in his heart, Zhang Tao, Zhang Keda, Gonzago de Sheila and other old friends who died in Denglai flashed in Sun Yuanhua's mind.
Kong Youde felt uncomfortable seeing his old superior again. The knowledge he knew about commanding and firing artillery was learned from Sun Yuanhua. He didn't know that Sun Yuanhua was not only good at casting artillery, but also an expert in artillery shooting.
It is certain that the next artillery battle will not be easy, but what can be done now?Not to mention that falling into the hands of the "Red Banner Army" will not end well, being caught by Sun Yuanhua is also a dead end.
He did not try to order ten heavy artillery pieces that could shoot seven or eight miles away at the maximum elevation angle to bombard the lookout post five miles away from the south gate of Pyongyang, although he clearly saw Sun Yuanhua.
Because Wuli has already exceeded the effective range of the heavy artillery, the shells fired can only be collected in the sky. It takes a little luck to hit the lookout post. Of course, the effective number of shots cannot be wasted for useless work.
The "Red Banner Army" was well-trained, the parapets of the artillery positions were built, and the foundations of the artillery positions were compacted, and 81 artillery pieces were placed in place almost at the same time.
When Kong Youde saw the artillery of the "Red Banner Army" pushing up, he immediately ordered to fire preemptively. He wanted to be the first to destroy a few of them before the artillery bombardment of the "Red Banner Army".
Kong Youde's ten heavy artillery fired three rounds, and thirty cast iron balls weighing about ten kilograms from the Ming Dynasty entered the artillery formation of the "Red Banner Army".
Since the gunners at the head of the city of Pyongyang did not encounter shelling at this time, no one panicked, they performed well, and the shells basically did not deviate from the landing point.
Although the "Red Banner Army" took precautions, it could not completely contain the damage caused by the artillery. The artillery suffered more than [-] casualties, more than half of them died on the spot, and a [-]-pounder gun was destroyed.
No one flinched, and all the artillerymen knew that the only way to reduce their own casualties was to fight back in time. Just after three rounds of artillery shells from the Qing army swept by, [-] revenge shells flew out of the artillery array.
Immediately after adjustments were made based on the coordinates re-corrected by the artillery observers, another eighty cannons were ejected.
All the artillerymen entered a state of ecstasy, and no one cared whether they were hit by Qing army shells. Everyone completed a series of processes such as clearing, loading, and igniting with mechanical movements.
The city of Pyongyang is bustling, every iron ball hitting the city will bouncing and reaping life, the splashing bricks, the flying logs, and even the Franji cannons and tiger squats that were directly hit The cannon was spinning.
Amidst the wailing, Kong Youde and his confidants shouted harshly: "Bastard, don't leave the cannon position, quickly reload and fire for me!"
Yang Huazheng beat the soldiers who tried to escape with the back of his sword, and shouted: "Those who retreat will be killed without mercy! Brothers, don't even think about running down the city, as soon as the supervising team finds anyone leaving the city wall, they will beheaded on the spot. Don't stand still, fire, hurry up!" "
The siege teams of the "Red Banner Army" were all on standby. In order to reduce the casualties of Paoze as much as possible when the ants were attacking the city, the order for the general attack was not issued.
The fourth round of artillery fire at the head of Pyongyang was very reluctant. Only three heavy artillery were fired, and three shells also fell into the "Red Banner Army" artillery formation, resulting in three deaths and four injuries.
(End of this chapter)
Therefore, Huang Han pre-built artillery positions before our 81 [-]-pounder, [-]-pounder, and [-]-pounder field guns were deployed to increase the defense.
It doesn't need to be too troublesome, just build a parapet with a thickness of five feet and a height of five feet with grass-packed soil.
The propellants used in the cannons of this era are all black powder, and their power is almost the same.
Kong Youde also knew the use of granulated gunpowder, and also knew that when the bore of the gun was not smooth and there was a possibility of air leakage, special caulking was used to seal the outside of the shell to enhance the airtightness.
Therefore, it was discovered that there were ten heavy artillery pieces at the head of the southern city of Pyongyang, and Huang Han had already predicted that the confrontation between the two armies was inevitable.
Compared with the cast iron cannon in Kong Youde's hands, the cast steel cannon of the "Red Banner Army" has the advantages of greatly reducing weight and good heat dissipation. The number of times it can be fired continuously is more than double that of cast iron cannons, but the range and accuracy may not be as great. Advantage.
After all, Kong Youde's artillery was mounted on a high fort at the head of the city, fired at the maximum elevation angle, and its range would not be less than the [-]-pounder field gun owned by the "Red Banner Army".
There are advantages and disadvantages. Kong Youde's fort is strong, and the artillery is mounted high and far away. The key problem is the lethality.
The shells fired by the heavy artillery at the head of the Qing army fell into the artillery array of the "Red Banner Army". Unless they hit the cannons and soldiers accurately, they would cause damage. Even more insignificant.
However, as long as the shells of the "Red Banner Army" fall on the top of the city, the splashing bricks and jumping shells will make a bloody mess. What the effect will look like.
A dramatic scene appeared. Sun Yuanhua, who was standing straight on the lookout post observing Pyongyang's southern city gate, saw the "King Gongshun" and the "Kong" banner, and carefully searched for the Qing army on the south gate. general.
He actually saw a face that he would never forget. How many times he dreamed about it at midnight, Sun Yuanhua wanted to chop this face to pieces.
Sun Yuanhua murmured: "Kong Youde, General Kong, don't come here unharmed! You'd better be lucky, don't be hit by a cannon and go west. I'm still waiting to catch up with you."
Kong Youde was hugged by servants and generals, and he was holding up the binoculars to observe Sun Yuanhua's direction. He deliberately put on a calm face, but in fact he was already feeling guilty.
The unknown is the most frightening. He can't imagine the current combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army", nor can he estimate how many artillery pieces the "Red Banner Army" has.
The Qing army was shocked after seeing the three strange things in the sky. Rumors that the "Red Banner Army" could go to the sky spread like wildfire, and the morale of the defenders plummeted.
Kong Youde has been using binoculars to observe, and he can clearly see that there are real people in the sky, and they are all using binoculars to observe Pyongyang City. From their height, Pyongyang City should be clear at a glance.
Immediately after, Kong Youde discovered the steel lookout post, and inadvertently saw a very familiar person.
The past is unbearable!Denglai had been separated for more than six years, and Kong Youde was filled with emotion when he did not expect to meet each other on the battlefield today.
Kong Youde, who discovered Sun Yuanhua, was also looking at it carefully, and he was not even interested in seeing the hot air balloon of the "Red Banner Army".
The two actually met each other through binoculars.
Sun Yuanhua was actually Kong Youde's benefactor. He transferred Kong Youde from the bitter Dongjiang Town to Denglai to entrust him with important tasks, but Kong Youde launched a mutiny in Wuqiao and destroyed half of Shandong. Historically, Sun Yuanhua was beheaded by the court.
Fortunately, Huang Han helped at the critical moment, making Sun Yuanhua a prisoner and came to Ningyuan City as a prisoner a few days before he was beheaded.
The past is vivid in his mind, old and new grudges welled up in his heart, Zhang Tao, Zhang Keda, Gonzago de Sheila and other old friends who died in Denglai flashed in Sun Yuanhua's mind.
Kong Youde felt uncomfortable seeing his old superior again. The knowledge he knew about commanding and firing artillery was learned from Sun Yuanhua. He didn't know that Sun Yuanhua was not only good at casting artillery, but also an expert in artillery shooting.
It is certain that the next artillery battle will not be easy, but what can be done now?Not to mention that falling into the hands of the "Red Banner Army" will not end well, being caught by Sun Yuanhua is also a dead end.
He did not try to order ten heavy artillery pieces that could shoot seven or eight miles away at the maximum elevation angle to bombard the lookout post five miles away from the south gate of Pyongyang, although he clearly saw Sun Yuanhua.
Because Wuli has already exceeded the effective range of the heavy artillery, the shells fired can only be collected in the sky. It takes a little luck to hit the lookout post. Of course, the effective number of shots cannot be wasted for useless work.
The "Red Banner Army" was well-trained, the parapets of the artillery positions were built, and the foundations of the artillery positions were compacted, and 81 artillery pieces were placed in place almost at the same time.
When Kong Youde saw the artillery of the "Red Banner Army" pushing up, he immediately ordered to fire preemptively. He wanted to be the first to destroy a few of them before the artillery bombardment of the "Red Banner Army".
Kong Youde's ten heavy artillery fired three rounds, and thirty cast iron balls weighing about ten kilograms from the Ming Dynasty entered the artillery formation of the "Red Banner Army".
Since the gunners at the head of the city of Pyongyang did not encounter shelling at this time, no one panicked, they performed well, and the shells basically did not deviate from the landing point.
Although the "Red Banner Army" took precautions, it could not completely contain the damage caused by the artillery. The artillery suffered more than [-] casualties, more than half of them died on the spot, and a [-]-pounder gun was destroyed.
No one flinched, and all the artillerymen knew that the only way to reduce their own casualties was to fight back in time. Just after three rounds of artillery shells from the Qing army swept by, [-] revenge shells flew out of the artillery array.
Immediately after adjustments were made based on the coordinates re-corrected by the artillery observers, another eighty cannons were ejected.
All the artillerymen entered a state of ecstasy, and no one cared whether they were hit by Qing army shells. Everyone completed a series of processes such as clearing, loading, and igniting with mechanical movements.
The city of Pyongyang is bustling, every iron ball hitting the city will bouncing and reaping life, the splashing bricks, the flying logs, and even the Franji cannons and tiger squats that were directly hit The cannon was spinning.
Amidst the wailing, Kong Youde and his confidants shouted harshly: "Bastard, don't leave the cannon position, quickly reload and fire for me!"
Yang Huazheng beat the soldiers who tried to escape with the back of his sword, and shouted: "Those who retreat will be killed without mercy! Brothers, don't even think about running down the city, as soon as the supervising team finds anyone leaving the city wall, they will beheaded on the spot. Don't stand still, fire, hurry up!" "
The siege teams of the "Red Banner Army" were all on standby. In order to reduce the casualties of Paoze as much as possible when the ants were attacking the city, the order for the general attack was not issued.
The fourth round of artillery fire at the head of Pyongyang was very reluctant. Only three heavy artillery were fired, and three shells also fell into the "Red Banner Army" artillery formation, resulting in three deaths and four injuries.
(End of this chapter)
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