Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 611 Jiaguang Sunshine Golden Scales Open
"Hold on!"

"Everyone keep calm!"

In the big camp, Adolf, the battalion officer of the Cannon Battalion of Shence Township, shouted in a Ningbo accent, and those who fired in front were small cannons such as tiger squats and Frangji of each battalion.

The Shence Army is the most elite imperial guards. Among the ten battalions, there is also a cavalry battalion and an artillery battalion.

The artillery battalion gave up the bulky siege artillery, but equipped with field artillery designated by the emperor. After the cooperation and improvement of the Macau Bugarao Artillery Factory and the Zhoushan Artillery Factory, the thickness of the barrel wall was reduced by improving the quality of explosives. Casting shortens the length of the barrel and reduces the weight of the gun.

It uses three-pound shells and is named field guns, and it is also commonly known as battalion guns in the army.

This improved gun has a length of three feet and six feet and is only 280 kilograms (about four hundred and seventy kilograms) together with the gun mount after trial and error. It even uses integral shells, which simplifies the loading process and improves firing efficiency.

After nearly two years, the main towns of the Imperial Battalion now basically have an artillery battalion directly under them. The artillery battalion has six posts under its jurisdiction, including four field artillery posts, one engineering post, and one blasting post.

Each of the four field posts has two three-pound field guns, and the whole battalion has eight three-pound guns.

A three-pound cannon actually only needs two gunners, but the artillery battalion of the Ming army still has twelve soldiers at each post. In addition to the two gunners, the rest are equipped with a groom, and the rest of the soldiers are gunners. , can also be replaced as a gunner at any time.

After using the pre-loaded shells, the rate of fire of these guns is astonishing. Although it is not as good as the Franc machine with three sub-cannons, and the first three cannons can be fired within half a minute, it is also faster than the bird gun.

The shotgun fired six rounds in three minutes, but these three-pound guns fired eight rounds in three minutes.

Although the three-pound guns are not as good as the real field guns in Shenji Town, Shenji Town is a professional artillery unit with siege guns and field guns. The gun also has a greater caliber and firepower.

However, the mobile transportation of heavy artillery is not easy, so Shenji Town did not participate in this battle.

Adolf had a long beard with two straight characters, which was very stylish.

His name is said to be of Old German origin, meaning noble wolf.However, when Adolf was in Europe, he was just a shabby settler, relying on being a mercenary to make a living. Later, he couldn’t stand the fight in the 30 Years’ War. He accepted the Portuguese recruitment and took a boat to the east of Malacca, where he worked as a mercenary to guard the castle. As a result, a few years ago The Dutch attack.

After a long siege, they finally had to surrender when they were out of food. Fortunately, because they surrendered, they were able to leave safely.

After leaving Malacca, he first returned to Goa, and then came to Oriental Macau with the ship, where he continued to work as a mercenary.

Because the salary is not high, life has not improved much, but it is still much better than fighting a bad war in Europe. After all, Macau is very prosperous and rich. Later, they were hired by Ming Dynasty because they paid a higher salary.

In a blink of an eye, he has served in the Ming Army for three years.

This guy who doesn't know whether his ancestors are German, Dutch or Swedish, has been very satisfied in the past three years. He can already speak quite authentic Zhejiang Ningbo dialect, as well as some Cantonese and Nanjing dialect. Now Can speak some Shandong dialect.

Wearing the military uniform of Ming Dynasty, it actually looks a lot like it.

Because he is a professional artilleryman with rich combat experience, he is also useful in the imperial camp, and even made a lot of contributions. He has been promoted all the way, and now he has become the artillery battalion officer of Shence Town, even as early as two years ago. Years ago, he applied for Daming citizenship, married a wife and had children in Ningbo.

A battalion officer pays 50 taels of silver a month, as well as other famous food for soldiers, silver for ministers, etc. He even has a fifth-rank martial rank. It can be said that the current life is a few years ago when he was wandering around as a mercenary to earn a living. unimaginable.

Although he is a foreigner, Adolf does not regard himself as an outsider. It is good to be a member of Daming. The officials of Daming are better. Although Europe is his homeland, he has no concept of homeland. don't want to go back.

He even gave himself a Chinese name, Zhao Adao.The family name Zhao ranked first, in fact, he wanted to be named Zhu, the emperor's surname, and later learned that he could not change the country's surname casually, unless the emperor bestowed the country's surname.

Zhao Adao knew the eight three-pound guns in the artillery battalion like the palm of his hand, as familiar as his own wife.

Now the eight cannons are hidden in the tents in the camp, and the gunners have already prepared grape shells.

"Hold on!"

Adolf kept yelling.

The range of the three-pound gun can reach 1000 meters, but the effective kill with shotgun is only about 200 meters, so it is best to shoot it close.

This time the opportunity to fight is very rare, he intends to show his hand and make a great contribution.

He heard that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to strengthen the artillery force. In the future, the three-pound guns would be equipped up to the battalion level. Each battalion would be equipped with a sentry post and two three-pound guns to increase its firepower.

The town is directly under the artillery battalion, and it will be equipped with twelve-pound guns, which are the real field guns.

The guns of various countries have their own systems and different standards, but they are also quite confusing, but generally there are only a few types of artillery at this time, one is for long-distance bombardment of the enemy, generally called long guns and falcon guns.

The other is a siege gun used to destroy enemy fortresses, fortresses, and enemy artillery positions. This type of gun is generally called a cannon, and there are also subdivided half cannons, quarter cannons, etc.

The other is the cannon that fires stone bullets, such as mortars, stone-shooting cannons, etc., which are characterized by thick and short.

The long cannon has a thick wall, the longest range, and the cannon body can often reach thirty or forty times the caliber.High metal content, heavy weight, and low risk of bombing.

The second type of cannon has a thinner barrel wall, a shorter barrel, a larger caliber, and can fire larger shells than the long cannon, but the range is shorter and the muzzle velocity is lower. The barrel length is generally 28 to [-] [-] times the diameter, generally eighteen times the diameter.

The half cannon is 24 times the diameter, and the quarter cannon is 28 times the diameter.

The 28-pound main field artillery established by the Ming army is actually a quarter cannon with a diameter of [-] times. It is actually similar to a long artillery, so it can also be called a semi-long artillery.

The Hongyi cannons of the Ming and Qing armies can actually be said to be long cannons. After all, they are ship-borne long cannons salvaged from Western warships.

Adolf is very aware of the power of these [-]-pound field guns, which not only have a super long range, but also have a large caliber shell with heavy firepower, and are even relatively moderate in weight, so they can be pulled by a carriage to facilitate mobile field operations.

Compared with the current three-pound cannon, he really wants to have a few twenty-pound field cannons. At that time, they will not be supporting them. On the battlefield, infantry can support them and become the protagonists of the battlefield. Or siege, can play a big role.

However, although the imperial court has established a brand new artillery system, the equipment has to be equipped step by step. Except for Shenji Town, which is the priority for the artillery unit, the rest of the towns, even if they are the main force of the imperial battalion, have to line up.

Whoever equips the new artillery first and who will equip the new artillery later depends on the battle lines of the towns.

The perimeter of the camp.

After the battalion cannons of each battalion finished cooling down, they showed their power again, and shot out one after another.The musketeers were also firing continuously.

The battlefield is full of smoke.

The Tartars suffered heavy casualties. After they crossed the river, they were trapped in horse pits, barbed wire, antlers, ditches, and camp fences, which slowed down their speed and greatly increased the lethality of the firearms in the camp.

When they scattered and approached, they began to jump over the ditches, cut down the fence, and rushed into the camp. The musketeers fled without fear, and then stood behind sections of horse-repelling walls, firing their muskets.

Relying on fortifications, they still adhered to the pre-war deployment.

There are eight teams of men and horses at one whistle, four teams of gunners, each with 12 people, and the four teams form a musket formation, and then two teams of carrying guns and two teams of small artillery are deployed on both sides of them.

There are four sentries in a battalion.

Four whistles tied.

After the battalion, there was another battalion.

There are also camps on both sides of the camp.

The basic deployment is that the depth is relatively thin, but after all, it is not a battle in the wild. This is a camp defense battle. All can rely on camp fences and trenches. Although the musketeers are not protected by pikemen, they have carbine repelling guns in front of them.

In addition, their muskets are also equipped with bayonets on the barrels, and they are also spearmen themselves.

The musketeers used a four-stage shooting method, four teams at a whistle, each time one team fired a volley, and the second team took over after shooting, and the cycle continued like this.

Although this is equivalent to weakening the firepower, it has a continuous suppression effect and there will be no interruption of firepower.

The cavalry battalion and artillery battalion directly under the town were deployed in the center of the battalion, especially the artillery was still hidden in the tent, just to lure the Qing army to go deep.

As the vanguard of Emperor Zhu Yihai's army reform, Shence Town has gone through several rounds of reforms, and now there are no troops with cold weapons such as spearmen, bowmen and sword soldiers. The soldiers are all equipped with firecrackers and artillery. .

At this time, only the auxiliary soldiers of the auxiliary battalion, armed with spears, were deployed behind the second battalion fence, between the two battalions.

The battle is fierce.

However, from the beginning of the deployment of the Ming army, they did not plan to use their full strength when they came up.

This is a trap, to lure the Qing army into the camp, and they are not afraid of them rushing into the camp.

The Shence Army's [-] soldiers, plus more than [-] auxiliary soldiers, are deployed in groups of battalions, and they are not afraid of them rushing in.

This is not a linear defense at all.

The Tartars rushed into the camp, and the attacks they faced would be stronger.

The Qing army fought desperately with heavy casualties, but they were still sturdy and brave at this time, and they were a soldier who dared to fight.

They charged on horseback, some with three-eyed blunderbuss, some with shotguns, and more with bows and arrows. When they approached, the Ming army also suffered a huge increase in casualties.

The first battalion fence was broken into several gaps, and Manqi shouted excitedly, squeezing in like a tide.

A javelin roared towards him.

Zhang Tiezhu next to Zhao Xiaolou screamed and fell to the ground. The javelin was stuck in his shoulder, and another arrow flew in. Deputy Liu was shot in the abdomen and fell to the ground.

Captain Li Baoquan yelled, "Don't retreat, hold on tight, obey orders and fire the gun."

Two of the 12 people fell down, and when the guns were fired again, it was obvious that someone did not follow up with the guns because of panic. The captain scolded the two and asked everyone to continue to prepare.

Zhao Xiaolou involuntarily leaned closer to his teammates, and moved closer to the back of the horse. While loading, he couldn't help but wait and see.

The Tartar cavalry rushed in through the gap like a flood.

At this moment the battery fired again in turn.

Shotguns gushed out, and at such a short distance, the densely packed tartars were swept down in pieces.

The gun-carrying team also stared at the Tatar cavalry rushing forward, and shot down many cavalry.

The sound of horseshoes was like drumming, and it became more and more urgent.

Another round of gunfire was fired, and a new horn sounded from over there.

Lieutenant Liu stood up bleeding and shouted, "Raise the gun, let's fight the bayonet!"

The captive cavalry had already rushed in front of them. Although there were some refusal horses blocking the front, the captive cavalry rushed over from both sides, slashing with their knives, shooting with their bows, and throwing javelins.

It was too late to reload, and the team deputy asked everyone to hold muskets with bayonets inserted as long guns to defend and counterattack at close range.

A cavalryman rushed over and cut down a musketeer with a knife. Zhao Xiaolou and Liu Dui raised their bayonets and stabbed the cavalryman. The deputy yelled and rushed forward to make up for it.

Zhao Xiaolou quickly followed and stabbed him in the chest with a bayonet.

At this time, another cavalryman rushed up, stuck a gun in the back of Captain Liu, and then galloped away.

Zhao Xiaolou panicked and pulled the immobile Captain Liu back to the back of the horse rejection.

"Liu Tou."

Liu Tou didn't respond.

At this time, a few more cavalry rushed towards him, and one of them swung a knife and slashed at him ferociously. Seeing that Zhao Xiaolou was in danger, there was a sudden bang, and a cloud of artillery shells swept across, and the ferocious cavalry was smashed into a sieve, and even The horse screamed and fell to the ground, directly bumping into the sharp rejecting horse,
Refuse to crush half of the horse.

The horse was even bloody from being stabbed.

Zhao Xiaolou was splattered with blood, and he was still in a daze. Captain Li Baoquan pulled him back and yelled in his ear, "You're looking for death, cheer up, load the ammunition quickly, and get ready to shoot!"

He finally came back to his senses, wiped the blood from his face, checked his matchlock, but luckily it was not extinguished, so he quickly picked up the firecracker to check it quickly, and then quickly reloaded.

Many captive cavalry rushed into the camp, and there was the sound of guns and cannons everywhere. Looking around, they could no longer distinguish each other, there was no boundary, and they all fought together in chaos.

Even after the captive cavalry rushed into the second fence, the auxiliary soldiers with long spears gathered into a spear formation and began to stab the Tartar cavalry.

The campfire gunners behind them also hurriedly opened fire.

Gunpowder smoke rises everywhere.

Zhao Daofu's face was flushed, and he turned his head to look at the watchtower in the center of the camp.

Three red flags were raised.

The order for the artillery battalion to attack also came immediately.

"Fire, fire, fire!"

At this moment, Adolf was like a bloodthirsty wild wolf, letting go of his throat and roaring.

The three-pound field guns deployed in the tents in the camp finally had a chance to be used.

The gunners quickly tore open the tent.

The gunners ignited the fuse directly.

The grape bombs that had been preloaded a long time ago spewed out suddenly with a loud noise, and a large area was sprayed.

The captive cavalry who went deep into the camp just rushed in, and didn't even take care of the tents before they came. Who knew there was an ambush here, or this kind of ambush.

They didn't understand why the Ming army hid these cannons inside, why didn't they deploy them outside, and why there was no movement for a long time just now?

No one answered them.

The only answer to them was the continuous firing of eight three-pound guns, and eight grape shells were fired within 3 minutes.

Eighty-eight 64 guns.

In front of the artillery, it was emptied immediately, with countless limbs and arms, and blood stained the ground.

(End of this chapter)