The horn of the offensive sounded.

The soldiers of the first echelon were all smiling and preparing for the battle.

It looks like it's not about going to war, but about traveling.

The Ming army is still eager for opportunities for combat, because the fastest way to obtain military merits is to fight.

When the army is not afraid of death, it is the strongest army. At this time, the Ming army is really not afraid of death, because the army's support has left them without any worries.

People in this era pay more attention to their families than people in later generations. It is unusual to sacrifice themselves for their families.

If you sacrifice your life, you will be more happy. If you can live a better life for your family, you will be the greatest comfort.

It is the wish of every soldier to obtain military merits and live a good life. Now they are in the first echelon and have the most opportunities to obtain military merits. How can they be unhappy?

The artillery has been loaded and the target is calibrated under the parameters passed down by the hot air balloon.

"Prepare! Calibrate the shooting!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Twenty bronze cannons seemed to be hit by something and retreated more than a meter, and twenty grenades flew towards the target.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Several flames suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and some shells flew over the city wall and exploded inside.

The Portuguese artillery, who had already done a head-on attack on the Ming army, was immediately devastating. They had no idea that their position had been completely exposed to others' eyes.

As a result, he was blown up without any warning.

A twelve-pound cannon was waiting to be activated, and seven or eight gunners and people carrying shells were preparing. The gunner standing behind the cannon had already ignited the line of fire.

While they were waiting, they heard an unusual sound coming from the sky. When they looked up, they saw a small dot coming towards them.

And accompanied by this small dot, there is the harsh friction sound of tearing the air.

It's a bit like the howling sound of the wind.

Suddenly, the faces of these gunners changed drastically. They were also artillery soldiers, but they were not big-headed soldiers who knew nothing. They were obviously shells fired by large-caliber heavy artillery!

The sound of this shell must be at least thirty-two-pound cannons.

Seeing the shells flying straight towards him, these gunners ran away without thinking. After all, no one knew who would hit anyone's head. If you don't run at this time, you'd be waiting to die.

It’s a pity that their legs were not as fast as the speed of the shells. Before they could even take a step, the shells landed less than half a meter away from the cannon.

The shell touched the ground and then hit the fuse. Under the action of the fuse, three kilograms of strong explosives contained in the shell exploded.

"boom!"

The cannon was blown apart by the explosion shock wave, and the black gun barrel was immediately blown to the sky at a height of at least three meters, and then it suddenly hit the city.

The explosive explosive ignited the gunpowder in the gun barrel. The barrel shivered suddenly, and the barrel roared and exploded. A shell also shot out and flew directly to the Portuguese soldiers on the city wall.

Although the power of Portugal's artillery was limited, it was also a solid iron egg. The twelve-pound solid iron bomb directly smashed the first person to block his body, then hit the city wall and bounced away, and then smashed another Portuguese soldier on his movement trajectory.

After several consecutive bounces, five or six Portuguese soldiers had turned into minced meat on the movement of the shell.

The losses of infantry were second, and the losses of artillery were the greatest. The Ming army used heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 mm, plus the charge of the three kilograms of strong explosives. It can be said that within eight meters of this shell, there was no human or animal.

Why is the damage range of shells eight meters? In fact, this is very particular.

When I was studying this cannon, the accuracy could only be studied to five meters, and then I could no longer improve.

Finally, Zhu Youxiao ordered that since the accuracy cannot be improved, the charge should be increased and the coverage of the shells should be increased to eight meters. This would be fine even if it deviates from five meters, and the explosion range would be enough.

Under His Majesty's idea of ​​taking a different approach, the Ming military workers immediately became full of inspiration and developed this new cannon.

From then on, the Ming army used howitzers and gave up the solid iron bullets.

Unfortunately, it’s just that the enemy has suffered a little, but there is no way. No matter how hard it is, it will have to suffer from other people’s children. Their own children must not be in pain.

Under the precise artillery of the Ming army, the Portuguese artillery was rapidly decreasing.

The artillery gun positions were overturned under the heavy artillery of the Ming army, and then they were dispersed.

"Bang!"

I saw a huge black mushroom cloud flying into the sky.

A Ming army shell directly hit the gunpowder pile point in Portugal. Although the dozens of barrels of black gunpowder were not very powerful, they were numerous. After being bombed by a shell, they were immediately ignited together, and the power was also quite powerful.

The castle collapsed immediately under the explosion of black gunpowder. Dozens of Portuguese soldiers were buried in stones and soil by the collapsed city walls without any time.

After the Ming army bombarded the Portuguese all at once. They had seen such fierce artillery there, and it was like a devil himself taking action.

The Portuguese soldiers who had confidence before were immediately frightened. They had never seen such a terrifying attack method.

The devil is indeed the devil!

Ten minutes later, the Ming army's artillery was suspended, and the Portuguese were also frightened.

Black smoke was everywhere on the city walls, and the Portuguese soldiers who were originally ready to fight were also blown upside down.

Many soldiers turned into minced meat under this explosion.

At the corner of the city wall, a flax-haired Portuguese soldier's hat was gone, with a piece of pink intestine hanging on its head, and the yellow semi-solid flowing from the broken intestine.

But this soldier had no idea. He was now only trembling and constantly placing crosses on his heart and begging God for protection.

The Governor didn't know if he was lucky or something. Anyway, he had never been bombed by cannons in the place where he was, but he was also scared and lay behind a box and shouted with his hands raised.

"Quick! Go and invite Bishop Ward!!"

To deal with such devil creations, the bishop must be the bishop. The governor didn't care that Bishop Ward had just been "injured". He could only turn to the clergy now, otherwise the enemy would rush in soon.
Chapter completed!