Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1245 Calibration Shooting
Ying Yu raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of Anping again. Unfortunately, there is no decent commanding height here. The sand dunes are only six or seven meters above sea level, which is only slightly higher than the city wall of Anping. From here, we can barely see the streets of Anping Town. , unable to clearly overlook Zheng Zhilong's mansion.

Ying Yu shook his head. As the captain of the army's artillery teaching team, he has rarely shown his face in recent years, and has devoted all his energy to artillery shooting and training—although the smoothbore guns widely equipped by the army and navy are the same as the 130 guns he used in the past. Cannons have nothing in common.

This elementary version of the howitzer is almost like a toy in his opinion, but it is already the crystallization of the highest technology in the industrial system of the Senate.Several new types of front-loading and rear-loading rifled guns manufactured by the machinery factory, from the successful trial production to the trial by the troops, he followed him for almost six months, and basically figured out the ballistic performance and shooting essentials of these guns.

The reason why Anping's "beheading" this time was to let him preside over the artillery surprise attack was not only his familiarity with artillery, but also because he was one of the very few veterans who could conduct beyond-the-horizon bombardment—not to mention the naturalized people. on.After all, so far, almost all the artillery used by the Fubo army, army and navy fires within the line of sight, even the curved gun is no exception.

In terms of the range of the 32-year-style brigade gun, the entire Anping Town is within its effective firepower coverage, but it is very difficult to accurately hit Zheng Zhilong's mansion without observation. .

The map of Anping Town and Zheng Zhilong’s Mansion originally drawn by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau for more than half a year: this map is not easy to draw: it’s easy to mix into Anping, and it’s not too difficult to mix into Zheng Zhilong’s Mansion, but it takes several months of training. It is too difficult for almost illiterate people to use the foot survey method to accurately survey and draw a map for artillery firing command, so Ying Yu does not have much confidence in using this map for accurate artillery strikes.

Fortunately, they still have a large model airplane. A few months ago, the Foreign Intelligence Agency organized an aerial photography over Anping, and took a bird's-eye view of Anping Town. Then, referring to the personnel's on-site surveying and mapping, a grid coordinate map was drawn. Scale accurate map.

The short-lived appearance of model airplanes once caused commotion in Anping and surrounding areas. For a while, there were different opinions. Various temples in Jinjiang and Nan'an either expressed or hinted that this "miracle" was related to their own gods. .However, there are also prophecies that indicate that there will be a "catastrophe", and some are more straightforward, directly saying that the Zheng family is about to end.

Although there is no special propaganda purpose in the intention of the Foreign Intelligence Service, this effect is unexpected.

With this map, he is sure to shoot beyond visual range, but he cannot make shooting corrections without impact point observation.Due to the limited height, it is difficult to accurately identify the target when observing the falling bullets from the commanding heights outside the city. Using model airplanes has high requirements for the implementation of data transmission, and model airplanes are too expensive to be used frequently.After repeated considerations, it was decided to adopt a stupid method: once the shelling started, a 9-meter-high aluminum alloy folding ladder was temporarily erected on the top of the dune, and it was fixed with ropes.Observers climbed to the top for observation.

Ying Yu commanded the team members to dig a hole, set up the artillery, and after correcting the position, carefully mark it with the positioning piles.The movement range of the retreating gun is too large, and there will be a large position change after each shot, so it is difficult to accurately correct the parameters.Although the 32-year-old brigade gun is equipped with a friction plate retraction system, it is not a real tube retraction gun after all. After shooting, the gun body still moves slightly. Ying Yu tried many times and finally adopted this simple method. solve.

After setting up the gun position, he checked the position, angle and direction of the gun again based on the map and compass points.Several team members moved the shell boxes to their side with a grunt, and opened them one by one.Yingyu took out a grenade, installed the detonating fuse, loaded it into the gun chamber, and then installed the brass cartridge that can hold the breath.Then close the breech block and insert the fire tube.Thinking that everything was right, he made an "OK" gesture.

The team members began to put camouflage nets on the artillery and fortifications to make a good camouflage.Sprinkle water before the muzzle.Xue Ziliang squinted his eyes and looked at the gradually dawning sky, trying to estimate the timing to start shelling.There are 40 shells prepared for the Zheng Mansion, half grenades and half shrapnel.The plan is to bombard Zheng's mansion with grenades first, so that the people inside will panic and run for their lives.Then use shrapnel to cover and shoot over the fleeing crowd to carry out indiscriminate killing.Although most of the casualties must have been servants in the mansion, there is no doubt that some important figures of the Zheng family could be killed.

Once the Zheng mansion falls into chaos, the navy will start shelling Anping again, which will inevitably force the main mission of the Zheng family to escape in Kaicheng.

Xue Ziliang looked at his watch, it was [-]:[-] in the morning, and the radio operator reported: All the teams have sent the signal of "Get in place".He cheered up and began to check the defenses around the dunes—they didn't use smokeless propellants, and the white smoke would soon reveal the location of the artillery, so be prepared for the enemy troops in the city to come out and counterattack.

At 5:12, a dull cannon sound came from a distance, not much louder than the thunder in the distance.Xue Ziliang and Ying Yu couldn't help looking towards Weitou Bay: It's finally started!

The gunfire became more and more intense, and thick black smoke began to appear on the horizon.Although Xue Ziliang didn't know the specific situation of the battle, he knew from the few words from the headquarters that the battle was going smoothly-of course, it was unlikely that it would not go well. In Xue Ziliang's view, this was simply a sign of bullying.

From the binoculars, I saw commotion at the top of Anping City. According to reports from various teams: Anping Town is now closed with four gates, and no one is coming in or out.

"From now on, we will closely monitor whether there are any people entering and leaving Anping, and all sporadic people entering and exiting will be killed." Xue Ziliang issued an order through the walkie-talkie, "Report any abnormalities immediately."

Although the situation in the city could not be clearly seen, the bells and drums in the city sounded very quickly, as if they were calling for personnel, and then there was the whining of horns, and the soldiers on the top of the city ran around like headless flies. Soon, The entire city of Anping was covered with defense soldiers.

The fleet under Anping City also became tense, and Xue Ziliang noticed that the boat was also in a hurry.

Xue Ziliang knew that armies in the Middle Ages rarely took the risk of marching at night.Therefore, even if Anping wanted to reinforce Weitou, he would have to wait until dawn.In other words, the fleet reinforcements will be at least [-]:[-].The army will be later - the level of mobilization of the army in the Middle Ages was very low, and it was impossible to send troops in a hurry, not to mention that before that, the commander who did not get the news would be indecisive because he could not judge the situation.

Cutting off the communication between Anping and other places means that the main commander of the Zheng family cannot confirm the situation on the front line. This is the most effective action to delay and disrupt the tactical deployment.

"Set up the ladder!" Xue Ziliang ordered, and several team members immediately set up the aluminum alloy folding ladder.This aluminum alloy folding ladder is 9 meters high when it is fully unfolded. The team members fixed it with four stay cables. The top end of the ladder.Regardless of the shaking of the ladder, he straddled the highest place and observed the situation in Anping Town with a telescope.

The situation in the town was chaotic, but there was no sign of a large-scale army being concentrated—the Zheng family hadn't judged the situation yet and made up their minds.Xue Ziliang felt that the opportunity was just right, and immediately waved his hand: "Start to act!"

Ying Yu knelt on one leg, pulled the matchlock, and the 70mm artillery moved back violently. The friction disc brake played its role. The range of the artillery's rear seat was very small, and the shell roared into the sky with white smoke.Xue Ziliang's eyes followed the trail of the artillery shell, the arc-shaped ballistic trajectory passed the Anping city wall high, and fell towards Zheng's mansion.

"Reset!" He yelled, and the two team members pushed the cannon wheel with their hands, staring at the marked mark, and pushed the cannon back to its original position.

Ying Yu opened the breech breech, and the hot brass cartridge came out of the breech.He took the second round of shells handed over by the team members and quickly completed the second round of loading.He waited for the observer to report the impact point of the first shell.He planned to use 4 rounds of shells to correct the shooting point, and each shell was estimated to fly in the air for 15 seconds before landing on the ground and exploding.After the point of impact is calibrated, he fires rapidly at a rate of 10 seconds.

It would be nice if it was a mortar.He has a little regret: the mortar can be fired every 2 seconds is not a problem.Although the mortar is an infantry major, which has nothing to do with his artillery major, but at any rate, ballistics is also interlinked.

The first bullet hit the main street in front of Zheng's Mansion. When it exploded, a burst of flames and bricks flew across the street, killing several pedestrians on the street. It fell down and shattered.

According to the observer's report, Ying Yu turned the adjustment handle of the altitude machine, raised the muzzle slightly, and fired the second shell.

The second shell directly hit the roof of the sedan chair hall, blasting a big hole in the roof of the sedan chair hall, and the tiles on the gutter of the roof flew everywhere.

Ying Yu's forehead began to sweat. He glanced at the coordinates of the map, and adjusted the altitude and azimuth with the handles in both hands. The third shell came out of the chamber.

The hit coordinates of the third shell came from the intercom, and the shell landed on the intended target: Zheng Zhilong’s office and discussion in the pond in the backyard of Dunren Pavilion. .

Ying Yu looked at the map again and knew that he had roughly calibrated the target.He turned the handle slightly again.The fourth shell directly hit the eaves of the front yard of Dunren Pavilion, killing several servants and soldiers who were waiting for orders on the spot.

(End of this chapter)