Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 85 Large-scale Offensive

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

The time came to June [-]th.

In the past three days, there has been no large-scale attack on Xia Town's defense line. Jiannu has been busy building the fort, because the fort built on the first day was found to be not high enough.

It was given another high day, and the height of the fort was increased to three feet.

Then when the height of the turret was increased to three feet the next day, it was found that it was still not high enough, so I had to give Gao the next day, and the height of the fort was increased again, directly to five feet.

Gaodi's surrendered army was busy building the fort, and Jiannu was not idle.

There have been no large-scale attacks, but small-scale harassment has never stopped.

Sometimes during the day, sometimes at night, Jianu will suddenly come to raid.

However, no matter whether it was day or night, Jian Nu couldn't get any bargain.

This morning's raid was particularly miserable. Geng Jimao took a Niulu of the Zhenghuang Banner Han Army, and under the cover of the Flang cannon of the van and the Eight Banners soldiers, he successfully broke into a gun platform in the front again, and then when Geng Jimao was about to lead When the soldiers continued to attack the next blunderbuss platform, countless lead stones suddenly poured down like hailstones.

It was really hail, and the entire blunderbuss platform, together with the surrounding trenches, were completely covered by lead.

The previous raids were only a small area when they were attacked by artillery fire from the Ming army, and the range was only a dozen steps at most, but this morning's wave was nearly a hundred steps wide.

You can't find a hiding place within a hundred paces.

When Geng Jimao was carried back by his coat, he was in a daze.

Zu Zerun pinched Geng Jimao's people for a long time before he came back to his senses.

Bai Yintu and Aobai called the traitor Wang Aoyong to analyze it for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that the Ming army must have concentrated all the tiger crouching cannons from other directions to the front.

"My lords, this is the situation."

"There are so many lead bullets, at least there are more than [-] tiger squatting guns."

"There are so many cannons in one blunderbuss platform, how many cannons are there for thousands of blunderbuss platforms? It is impossible for the Ming army to have so many tiger crouching cannons."

Wang Aoyong vowed: "The Ming army must have concentrated all the tiger squatting cannons from other directions to the front, which will definitely leave the defenses of the other directions empty, so attacking from other directions at this time will definitely have a miraculous effect. Maybe there will be a chance to break into the core of the Ming army's defense line in one fell swoop."

Both Bai Yintu and Aobai moved slightly.

Wang Aoyong's analysis is quite reasonable.

But at this moment, a guard came in to report: "My lord, there is an urgent message from Beijing."

Since Dorgon has decided to negotiate peace with Daming, he will naturally not let Bayintu and the others continue to fight.

So while sending out a mission with Zuo Maotai as the official envoy, an urgent delivery was also sent to Baiyintu.

"Beijing Express?" Bai Yintu frowned upon hearing this, and took the wax letter from the guard, and Ao Bai who was next to him immediately came over. For some reason, both of them felt ominous.

This guy Dorgon is not going to do something wrong again, right?
As a result, after reading the letter, both of their noses were almost crooked.

"What are you doing? Why did the Qing Dynasty and the Nanming Dynasty become a state of brothers?"

"We still want to give up Shandong to Nanming? Then our two battles in Shandong were not in vain? And the hundreds of warriors with the yellow flag were not in vain? How can this be done?"

"Master Baiyintu, this is not acceptable."

After reading the letter, Aobai was so angry that he wanted to jump up.

Bai Yintu also had a gloomy expression and didn't speak for a long time.

In fact, during the period after entering the customs, Dorgon has been wooing Baiyintu through Gong Adai, and it has not been a day or two for Dorgon to mix sand with Xianghuang Banner and Zhenghuang Banner.

To be honest, Bayintu is also very optimistic about Dorgon.

Compared with Dorgon, Jierhalang is a coward.

As for the little emperor Shunzhi, he was really too young.

Bai Yintu felt that it might be difficult for Shunzhi to keep the throne.

When Dorgon monopolizes power and completes the integration of the Eight Banners, usurping the throne will be a certainty. After all, Daming has a precedent for uncles usurping the throne of nephews.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly a wise choice to secretly take refuge in Dorgon.

But Dorgon must not be too obvious before he has monopolized power, otherwise it will easily arouse the resentment of Ao Bai and other generals with the Yellow Banner.

Thinking of this, Bai Yintu immediately made a decision.

"Oboi, you are right, this is not allowed!"

"Our Xianghuangqi has killed more than 300 warriors in Shandong, including 14 Ba Yala! Ever since Lao Khan raised his troops, Xianghuangqi has not suffered such a big loss."

"If this enmity is not repaid, I, Bai Yintu, will be in vain for Xianghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen."

"You, Oboi, are in vain as Baya Latuzhangjing of Xianghuang Banner! Our Xianghuang Banner will also become the laughing stock of the Qing Dynasty! We will never be able to raise our heads in front of people for the rest of our lives."

Bayintu spoke impassionedly.

Aobai also felt his blood boil.

"Lord Baiyintu, you have touched the heart of me, Oboi."

Aobai Chijie said: "In the afternoon, we will attack in a different direction. I will bring a Niulu warrior with a yellow banner and two Niulu from the Han army with a yellow banner. Let's fight again!"

"No!" Bai Yintu waved his hand.

"One Niulu is not enough, you take a Jiala warrior with you."

"The eight Niulu of the Han Army Banner and all of Gao Di's surrendered troops."

"With our strength, it is impossible to launch an attack from hundreds of gun platforms at the same time, but it is still possible to launch an attack from more than a dozen gun platforms at the same time! This time we must defeat the Ming army!"

"Hey!" Obai responded loudly.

……

Chongzhen has been busy for three whole days.

For the past three days, he has been doing one thing: measuring shooting parameters.

As for efficiency, it can only be said to be unsatisfactory, and more than fifty gun platforms have been calibrated.

After all, there is only one person, and it is already the limit to calibrate [-] or [-] blunderbuss a day. It does not take much physical strength to measure and shoot Zhuyuan, but it takes time.

This time Chongzhen came to another gun platform.

And move one of the tiger crouching guns to the center of the gun platform.

This tiger crouching gun weighs at least sixty kilograms, which is heavier than the tiger squatting guns of other gun platforms.

Speaking of this, Chongzhen was speechless. The Ming Dynasty's war bureau and the military bureau were really crotchless. Even Daqin's weapon manufacturing had formed a certain level of assembly line manufacturing, but in the Ming Dynasty, it became more and more confused. Back in the Ming Dynasty, there was never such a thing as assembly line production, let alone the concept of standardization.

Even if it is the same batch of tiger squat guns just cast by the same craftsman, you will not find the same.

Because the sand molds are all refurbished and cast on the spot, after casting a cannon, a new sand mold must be made, so there are no two tiger crouching cannons of the same size in Ming Dynasty.

In fact, let alone tiger crouching guns, even bird guns have not yet formed a standardized production.

The outer diameter of the barrel of each bird gun is not necessarily the same, and it is very troublesome to match the bird gun with a bayonet, because each bird gun must be equipped with a dedicated bayonet, which is very troublesome.

It cannot be standardized, not only is the efficiency low, the production speed cannot be increased, but also the cost cannot be reduced, and Daming’s finances will also be dragged down. Therefore, after withstood this wave of Jiannu’s attack, I will return to Nanjing immediately. The first item after returning to Nanjing The thing is to make money, of course, and the second thing to do after getting the money is to reorganize the Weapons and Weapons Bureau.

It is also said that the tiger squatting guns have almost no identical technical parameters, which greatly increases the workload of measuring parameters, because the two tiger squatting guns of the same gun platform must be measured separately.

For example, the two cannons on this blunderbuss are not only different in weight and caliber, but even the shape and inclination angle of the two tiger claws are different, there is no correlation at all.

But even such two tiger squat guns have to measure parameters.

In addition, it is necessary to measure the calibration shooting parameters of 2 on the left and right sides, 4 in the front row, and 3 in the front row, a total of 11 blunderbuss. When any one is attacked, the two tiger squatting guns of this gun platform can support the large error of artillery fire according to the shooting parameters calibrated in advance.

According to modern standards, the tiger squatting gun does not have the conditions for calibrated shooting at all.

Because the error rate of the tiger squatting cannon is too high, the same amount of charge is loaded with the same projectile, but the impact point of the two shots can deviate by [-] steps, close to [-] meters!
You must know that the maximum range of the tiger squatting gun is only [-] meters.

But the point of impact can be deflected by [-] meters. What kind of concept is this?
By modern standards, such artillery could not even be used on the battlefield.

Fortunately, Chongzhen's requirements are not high, and the error of [-] steps is a bit big, but it can be used.

Because more than a dozen gun turrets and more than [-] tiger crouching cannons fired at one blunderbuss from different directions at the same time, this defect of the tiger squatting guns turned into an advantage instead, forming a full barrage covering a large area without dead ends!
"Start to work." Chongzhen roughly adjusted the shooting angle, and said to Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong, "It's still the old rule, Hong'er, you go to the gun platform on the left, Jionger, you go to the right."

Following Chongzhen's shooting parameters for three days, Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong's karmic ability has also improved by leaps and bounds, and they can already take on the important task of reporting to Chongzhen alone.

That is, after Chongzhen finished firing the cannon, the two brothers first measured the error of the impact point, and then reported it to Chongzhen.

The two younger brothers answered yes, and when they were about to leave, there was a sudden bang from a gun platform in front of the right.

"This is the cannon!" Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "It is estimated that another Jiannu came to harass him."

"These slaves are disgusting, like a swarm of flies." Zhu Cijiong said, "They came back after being chased away, and they couldn't die after being slapped. It's really annoying."

Before the two brothers finished speaking, there were two more bangs.

"The cannon fires three times!" Zhu Cihong's expression changed instantly.

Three blasts from the trumpet gun means it is not a small-scale harassment, but a large-scale attack!
"Let's go!" Without saying a word, Chongzhen turned around and ran towards Xia Town's canal wharf.

The entire defense line has been designed long ago, but the actual effect has not yet been verified. Now that Jiannu has finally launched a large-scale attack, it is time to test the effectiveness of the defense line.

As the creator of the entire Xiazhen defense line, what Chongzhen needs to do now is to observe the entire combat process from the vantage point of the naval warships, in order to find any flaws in it.

(End of this chapter)