"Bang!!" "Bang!!" Two adjacent artillery fired one shot each, and then the accurate distance can be calculated based on the landing point and time. This is a common method used by artillery soldiers.

However, the character of this range-finding gun seemed to be out of reach. One of the shots hit several boxes of ammunition placed near the cannon on Zhaojiapo, so several rounds of small explosions occurred in Zhaojiapo, and all the cannons were silent.

The battalion commander of the artillery battalion who saw this through the artillery mirror suddenly fell to the ground. He couldn't believe it. I just wanted to drive two guns to measure the distance. I didn't have to be so lucky, right? He just hit the opponent's ammunition!

Seeing the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, Sun Zhongqiang, in a row, Li Niu asked, "What's going on?"

Sun Zhongqiang turned his head, his mouth still wide open, and said, "It's been knocked out."

"What?" Luo Xiong said in disbelief.

"It's been knocked out." Sun Zhongqiang repeated.

Li Niu said: "Are you saying that the two cannons that just measured the range just now took out their artillery position?"

"That's right. Hahaha, the opponent's artillery position was destroyed in two guns! Ah hahaha." Sun Zhongqiang jumped up happily.

"It seems that the artillery opposite may have dug the grave on the mountain." Li Niu said.

"Well. I guess they dug up someone's grave as a cannon position." Luo Xiong also said.

"What?" Sun Zhongqiang couldn't hear what the two teachers meant. He said, "I'm so lucky, don't be jealous."

Without the bombardment of artillery, the pontoon bridge was completed quickly, and the soldiers trotted quickly to the other shore and quickly deployed defenses. The artillery and tractors needed to be transported by ship to transport ten gates across the river, while the other five gates were aimed at the mountain to prevent the other party from having artillery.

There were only 7,000 people crossing the river, and the remaining more than 2,000 people were close to Kaifu.

Shishan is the highest mountain in the north of Changsha Prefecture. The highest peak is nearly 300 meters above sea level. There is a temple in the valley called Shishan Temple. There is a pond 50 meters away from the temple. The location of the temple and the pond not only reminds people of the story of "one monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat".

Zhang Zhidong asked his troops to station on the two mountains, Zhaojiapo and Baiyunpo. The explosion of the artillery team just now shocked Zhang Zhidong. As soon as he asked, he learned that the only few cannons were gone. He couldn't help but be amazed at the power of the Qin army's artillery team and ordered preparations for combat.

Since the enemy's artillery position was on the mountain, the enemy must be up the mountain or near, and it was impossible to be too far away. The infantry crossed Sujia Mountain and continued to advance towards Zhaojiapo, but the ten artillery could not go up the mountain. Although there were artillery tractors with more than 20 horsepower, there was no suitable way to go up the mountain, so the artillery retreated back to the main road.

When the breeze blew, the pine needles made a "rustling" sound. Apart from that, there was no other sound in a mountain. But Li Niu knew that there were at least three thousand people hidden on the mountain. Li Niu had to watch around with a telescope without walking a short distance. Suddenly, he saw a man wearing a gray-blue robe, and immediately made gestures to stop the troops and lay down. It was about 400 meters away. Li Niu found many Qing soldiers. He estimated that they would be Qing soldiers in the future, so he ordered two rounds of mortars.

In fact, Li Niu had been discovered long ago, but the Qing soldiers just held back and didn't move.

Because the hillside has an incline at times, there was an error, and the shells were all shot far away. Fortunately, there were Qing soldiers in the back. As the shells exploded, the gunshots rang out immediately, and gunshots filled for a while. In order to march quickly, heavy machine guns remained behind, but the Qing soldiers had three 10-barrel Gatling hand-crank cannons, which suppressed the Qin army as soon as they opened fire.

Li Niu put his back on the grass, changed into a magazine, then observed the telescope, saw the position of a Gatling gun, estimated the distance, adjusted the scale, turned over, and began to shoot at the machine gunner.

Li Niu's shooting skills are very good. He suddenly heard that the Gatlin cannon was turned off, but someone would soon make up for it.

"Mortar! Kill those three rotary guns for me!!!" Li Niu yelled. Simply killing the machine gunners is not a solution. They must destroy those Gatling guns.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was three or four hundred meters. Even if the Qin army's hit rate was not very high, the Qing army's was even worse. Moreover, there were many trees on the mountain. Although the bullets had good penetration, after penetrating 100 mm of trees, they could only cause damage to targets within 5 meters.

After several minutes, the Gatling guns were still spraying flames with "da da da da da da da da da" and Li Niu shouted to Luo Xiong: "Go and ask what's going on with the mortar! Why haven't you exploded yet!"

"I asked just now, and they said they couldn't hit it accurately on the slope!"

"Go to meet them and think of a solution. There is a heavy firepower on the opposite side that will suppress us and it will be difficult to get up!"

There must be a solution. The mortar shooter hit 10 guns in one place and then fired them at different angles, and finally smashed the three Gatling guns.

When the Gatling gun was destroyed, the Qing army launched a charge, rushing from top to bottom with the slope, as if it was unstoppable.

"Grenade!!!" the officials roared.

The grenades were thrown out after pulling the fuse, just in time to face the charge of the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers screamed and fell down in the explosion. The blood mist and smoke in the air made the Qing soldiers even more crazy. They were all loyalists of the Qing Dynasty. It was impossible for him to cut off his braids. If the court was gone, they would die if they didn't cut their braids. Anyway, they would die on the battlefield.

When the grenades are used up, it will be the pistol turn to show its power. The soldier decisively threw down his rifle and took out his pistol to shoot at the enemy closest to him. After shooting it, he used a yue clamp to quickly change the bullets, and then continued. (Yue clamp, the revolver has a circular magazine that is convenient for changing bullets. It seems to be called a yue clamp, but I can't find it. If you know, tell me, thank you)

Those who want to fight for bayonets can't get close. One shot of .45 pistol bullet is very powerful. Although it is possible that it will not die if it does not reach the critical point, it is absolutely impossible to act.

The battle ended with the failure of the Qing army's charge, and the remaining people fled. After getting the news at Zhang Zhidong of Shishan Temple, he picked up his pistol and shot himself, but his subordinates had no time to stop it.

"Amitabha, why bother with the donor?" The abbot of the temple next to him closed his eyes and began to recite the scriptures.

"What should we do?" Several officers looked at each other.

"Surrender?" said one person.

The other people shook their heads.

"Then let's go to Chongqing?" Another person arrived.

The other few shook their heads, and then one of them pulled out the dagger and cut off the braids, saying, "Be an ordinary person!"

“Okay.”

After the battle, the scouts were dispatched and began to investigate whether there were any enemies on the mountain. As a result, only a large amount of ammunition was found, while no guns were left.

"Do these people want to be bandits? Well, let the new recruits fight to fight the bandits." Li Niu said.

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Chapter completed!