Dominate the Country

The flying thunder cannon is also called the heartless cannon. In many historical short stories about Qidian, this is a big killer. In fact, the power of this thing is indeed a big killer. Moreover, the theory is simple and the manufacturing is simple.

It can be called an explosive projectile. It has some similarities with early heavy mortars. It is used at a high elevation angle and has a short range, but its power is amazing. In the original history, this weapon was first used to deal with enemy fortresses, then used to siege cities, and finally showed its magical power on the Huaihai battlefield.

The barrel is as thick as the caliber. The strong explosive impact produced by the huge explosive package will blow up bunkers, men and horses wherever it passes. Many enemies who were knocked down by bombs often couldn't find any wounds on their bodies, but they were bleeding from seven holes. They were shocked to death. After figuring out this situation, Guo Jun simply called this kind of thing a "heartless cannon".

The thing Chen Ming created is much weaker than the real thunder cannon. First of all, the range is shorter than the original thunder cannon's 150 to 200 meters. It can exceed 100 meters, but rarely can. Some of them are over 130 meters; there is a certain chance that the fired explosive package will not explode or have various problems, anyway, the effect will not reach the ideal state; in the end, the Chen family made their own iron barrels and reinforced them with iron hoops. However, an iron barrel can be fired up to five times. It is even safe to say that it can only be fired three times. Any more will be dangerous.

The explosive package fired by the flying thunder cannon weighs more than ten kilograms [Qingjin], and the amount of gunpowder used is one-quarter of the explosive package. One launch required 20 kilograms of black powder. For Chen Jiajun, who seriously lacked a fixed source of gunpowder, this amount was absolutely astonishing. Explosive bags are always wrapped in silk. Who makes this thing waterproof and breathable?

Good steel should be used on the blade. The Chen family worked hard to build the flying thunder cannons, not just to let them rust in the iron village, but to make them have a huge effect. Now is the time for the Flying Thunder Cannon to make its debut!

Chen Hui brought down twenty-five thunder cannons and one hundred specific explosive packets from Tiezhai.

Looking at the Qing army camp opposite with a monocular telescope, Chen Hui was anxious and hopeful. Chen Ming pointed out another way for him, but the prerequisite was that the current 'dilemma' must be overcome, otherwise everything would be a delusion.

Today, Chen Ming was going to show him how to break out of the 'dilemma', and Chen Hui felt uneasy. He was uneasy for a while and very excited for a while.

In three days, more than a hundred shield vehicles appeared in the open space between Tumen Jibao and the Qing army camp. They were like small hills, completely covering the figures of Chen Jiajun soldiers who had sneaked into them. The performances for many days have made the Qing army on the north bank relax a lot of vigilance towards Chen Jiajun. Today, the Chen Jiajun started their usual harassment, and the Qing army was also happy and relaxed. The two sides fought back and forth in a lively manner. Although no one was injured or bleeding at all.

They didn't know that Chen Erbao had led his two hundred capable men to lurk into the shield vehicle array late at night. They didn't even know that there were thick flying thunder cannons hidden in the shield vehicles. But behind the peaceful Tumenji Fort, thousands of Chen's troops were ready to fight.

"Beep beep..."

A sharp whistle sounded. Chen Erbao, who had been hiding in the shield car formation for a long time, was shocked. He knew that this was a signal to fire, and he also knew that this was a warning sound for them to prepare for a fight.

Chen Ming stood on the Tumenji Fort and felt that with the two whistles, the atmosphere in the shield car array below suddenly became different. He thought it was his own psychological reaction, and he suddenly felt that the shield car formation in front of him was murderous.

"Boom, boom, boom..." A series of explosions. Each flying thunder cannon revealed its powerful minions.

Black smoke rose in the shield car formation, and the rolling explosive packets fell towards the Qing army camp at a speed visible to the naked eye. Chen Ming did not assign any fixed-point clearing mission to the flying thunder artillery troops. That would be too unrealistic.

The flying thunder cannon is like a musket, with a range of 100 meters, and the deviation can exceed people's imagination.

Wu Shixiong stood up suddenly, "Bang bang bang..." A series of loud noises were obviously explosions. There were at least fifteen or six cannons. Where did the Chen family thieves get so many cannons?

But before Wu Shixiong's shock could go through his mind enough, a series of explosions that were many times louder made his ears go deaf. Wu Shixiong felt that the ground beneath his feet was shaking. He rushed out of the tent and saw the entire camp of three thousand men and horses running around as if the camp had been blown up. The order of the army completely collapsed in this moment...

"Lord Xietai, Lord Xietai..."

Wu Shixiong's soldiers grabbed him and said, "Come on, hurry up..." Wu Shixiong didn't see the huge flying thunder cannon in the camp just now. It can be said to be a bug in this era, but the soldiers were guarding outside. , he saw with his own eyes the thick gate of the camp. The Chen family thief instantly turned into complete and complete fragments with one shot. He saw the huge pit about a hundred meters away in front of the big tent. The package-like thing shot by the Chen family thief exploded. The deep pit is the midpoint, and everyone within a radius of three to five feet has finished playing.

The power of the flying thunder cannon is beyond the imagination of people of this era. Otherwise, the Qing army's camp just suffered a round of thunder cannons, and why would it all collapse? Although there is also a reason why the ratio of militiamen to rural warriors is too high, which lowers the overall quality of the defenders in the Qing army camp. But if it collapses, it will collapse.

After the flying thunder artillery crew fired the second round of fire at the fastest speed, Chen Erhu, who had already touched the front of the shield car formation, raised his sword and rushed towards the Qing army camp with the two hundred capable men behind him.

"Attack--" Chen Ming shouted loudly. After the first round of bombing by the flying thunder cannon, the drums on the top of Tumenji Fort were beaten, and thousands of new recruits behind Tumenji Fort, led by some veterans, rushed towards the Qing army camp. You can no longer see a trace of fear and hesitation on their faces. The new recruits who were still faintly afraid of the officers and soldiers last night, at this moment, were like tigers and dragons coming down the mountain and going out to sea, and regarded the Qing army as chickens and dogs.

The collapse of the Qing army and a series of thunder-like explosions made the morale of the Chen family army reach its peak.

This is the killer in Chen Ming's hand. If it weren't for the flying thunder cannon, how could Chen Ming drag the time for so long, and wait until the exact news of the Qing army's reinforcements, and then decide to defeat the Nanyang Town in front of him.

The flying thunder cannon, this simple artillery fire with huge gunpowder consumption but absolutely huge power, is Chen Ming's magic weapon to sweep everything. As long as the Qing army was entangled with the Chen army on the Yinma River line, the relatively narrow horizontal surface here was a natural advantage that allowed the Flying Thunder Cannon to exert its power to the maximum extent.

No matter how much flesh and blood there were, they would not be able to withstand a single blow in front of the Flying Thunder Cannon. This was a weapon beyond people's imagination in this era. Not to say that it was invincible, at least during the period when it was first used, Chen Ming could not think of any way for the Qing army to resist it.