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Chapter 645 Artillery Battle(1/2)

Feng Changxin swore that even though he thought he had seen the world, he had never seen or heard such a movement as if a mountain was collapsing and the earth was cracking.

Almost at the same time, countless loud noises rang out from the camp behind him, and the tunnel he was in shook violently. At that moment, even he knew very well that it was the cannon from the camp behind him that was pointing at him.

The Tartars were firing cannons, but he still had the illusion that the earth dragon had turned over.

Not only him, he could clearly see the looks of horror in the eyes of his companions. He was swaying around, and some of them even lost their balance and fell down. But the team deputy who usually seemed very kind,

At this moment, it became like a ferocious little tiger, kicking and dragging people up in the tunnel who were trying to lie down on the ground.

"Don't lie down on the ground, you will be shocked to death!"

The squad deputy shouted loudly, and Feng Changxin also followed him, dragging his companions up. Amidst the roar of cannons, the squad deputy's face was very serious: "I know people who lie down like this."

Those who were shocked to death underground..."

He pointed to his chest and shouted loudly: "If your internal organs are injured, even gods can't save them..."

After the initial panic, everyone quickly squatted down in the position of the assistant coach of the team. Everyone huddled together, not sure whether it was to be brave or to make it easier to speak loudly. Amidst the sound of artillery, they usually spoke without raising their voices.

People around you can't hear it at all.

"If the fight is about to begin, please obey orders from above at any time!"

Feng Changxin shouted loudly: "If you need to pee, hurry up and don't pee in your pants!"

The team deputy also added: "This time our battalion is a reserve battalion. We are not the first wave to go up. Don't be afraid!"

Everyone stared at their captain angrily: "Who is afraid? Who is afraid? Whoever is afraid is the grandson..."

Even though he said this, everyone still involuntarily tightened the weapons in their hands. Their group of new recruits were all spearmen, each holding a spear. In addition, there were only captain Feng Changxin and the squad.

There is also a waist knife on the deputy's waist.

No one was dissatisfied. The spears in their hands were much longer than they had imagined before joining the army. This meant that when several or dozens of such spears were erected, the Tartar cavalry would be close at hand.

Without their bodies, this greatly reduced their sense of powerlessness when facing the Tartar cavalry.

"That's a rationale!"

The deputy of the team listened carefully to the sound of the cannons, and then said with a serious face: "It's unreasonable that you can't hear the sound of cannons. That's also true. If you want to hit the Tartars from such a long distance, you must at least use reasonable cannons!"

"Lieutenant, are you referring to the big guys in our battalion when you talk about rational guns?" Someone asked curiously. They had not been in the army for a long time, and many of the opinions in the army were not very clear.

"That's right!" the deputy of the team replied loudly: "We all call those three-pound cannons unreasonable cannons. The people in the artillery team have no idea when they fire these three-pound cannons. They just fire them with bang bang.

Anyway, in the direction of firing, no matter how brave you are, you will still be gutted!"

"It doesn't make sense at all, so it's called an unreasonable gun!"

"Then why is the big guy called a Reasonable Cannon?" Not only the person who asked the question was curious, but other people were also curious. We are all together on weekdays, and we are all new recruits. How could we know so much about being particular.

"Two children are fighting, and if the younger one can't beat the younger one, do we have to ask the adults to come out and reason?!" The deputy team member burst into laughter: "Our older ones are also reasonable, and they are always criticized by the unreasonable ones.

Once again, if they can still stand and want to fight with us, our big guy will talk to them carefully, but this truth needs to be explained with cannonballs!"

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed. This metaphor was very vivid.

"Do we have so many cannons in our camp?" Feng Changxin asked curiously: "Why do I feel that this is more cannons than we fired during the battle of Zhenjiang Fort?"

"I don't know about this!" The team deputy waved his hands irresponsibly: "Besides these two types of gunfire, there are several other types of gunfire that I can't hear. Anyway, it must be the sound of our commander-in-chief.

Those who were brought in later, with such a loud movement, will definitely be able to reason with the Tatars better!"

Feng Changxin nodded thoughtfully, as long as it was powerful. With such fierce artillery fire, the Tatars would definitely not dare to risk their lives. It would be best to kill all the Tatars. When the artillery stopped, they would go out and chop them.

Just like the Tatar head.

After waiting for almost half an hour, the sound of artillery gradually stopped, and a shrill whistle came from the tunnel. Feng Changxin stood up in a flash and ordered his men: "Quick, quick, cover the plate."

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Pieces of wooden strips that had been prepared long ago were taken out, and then quickly formed into pieces of wooden planks, and then the pieces of wooden planks were combined into larger pieces. Several people were waiting aside. Once the wooden planks were formed, they immediately assembled these pieces.

The planks were erected on top of the tunnel.

Several large wooden piles were quickly erected under the wooden planks. Almost in an instant, the tunnels that could be seen were full of such situations. These soldiers set up in these tunnels covered by wooden planks.

There are wooden bridges that can cross these tunnels.

It didn't take much effort to build these wooden bridges. Everyone in the tunnel heard countless footsteps coming down from the wooden boards. From the gaps in the wooden boards, the soldiers could see heavily armed soldiers striding overhead.

Got out.

Feng Changxin didn't even need to imagine, he knew that the tunnels in front of the camp, which were dug by them these days, and the soldiers and horses pouring out of the camp, all turned into a flat land. If it weren't for his responsibility here,

, he really wanted to go out and see the situation where the army was fully mobilized outside.

That must be spectacular.

The actual situation was much more spectacular than Feng Changxin imagined. At the same time, not only the camp of the East Route Army was in action, but also the camp of the West Route Army and the main army camp. The Ming Army in these three camps

After the sound of artillery stopped, they all started taking action together. They came out of the camp and quickly assembled into battle formations of different sizes in the wilderness hills that had been plowed aside by artillery fire.

The generals and officers on horseback were running and galloping in the gaps between the battle formations, making their soldiers enter the fighting state the moment the battle formations were formed. There were more than ten large and small square formations,

Almost in a very short time, the wilderness hills were filled with fire. Under the previous artillery fire, all the Tartar military stations, outposts, and even observation points on the wilderness hills that were within the range of the artillery fire were destroyed.

Completely cleared.

There is no factor that can prevent the army from gathering at this moment, and correspondingly, there is a panic in the Tartar camp. Teams of cavalry, teams of infantry, and even catapults are slowing down.

He was slowly pushed out. Both sides were arranging their troops almost ignoring each other. Under the flags of the two sides that were out of sight, the coaches of both sides were looking at their opponents in the distance, and then moved themselves

The army is like the chess pieces on the chessboard, placed where they should be in their hearts.

Now, just wait for the chess player to make a move.

"The artillery teams of each battalion advanced and deployed mobile artillery arrays. The rapid-fire artillery positions covered all the enemy's forces within the firing range. Order Mei Xiaofei. Without my order, even if the Tatars rushed in front of him, the rapid-fire artillery

No firing is allowed in the position!"

"Order Yao Chunyong, after the West Route Army has arranged the battle formation, rush forward half a mile. If encountering enemy obstruction, engage in battle on its own!"

"Order Zhao Huchen, the main army should stay still and keep an eye on the enemy's right wing. The enemy's right wing should not move. The main army should not move. If there is any movement on the enemy's right wing, take the initiative to attack and entangle the enemy!"

"Order Li Zicheng, when you are ready, wait for orders to prepare for the attack!"

Jiang Wan placed a piece on the chessboard, very carefully and cautiously.

The battlefield is so large that even as the commander, he can only command up to the legion level. Under the legions, each has several square formations and various types of arms. The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, which is even more of a test.

The abilities of these legion commanders.

The flag next to him quickly passed on his order. After a slight delay, the soldiers and horses of each legion on the battlefield began to move slowly.

Compared with the aggressive momentum of the Ming army, on the Tatar side, after the initial panic, it is obvious that they have stabilized the situation at this moment. It can be seen from the direction of Jiang Wan, and the "Ming army" displayed

They are slowly adjusting the array of their army.

They arranged a huge array in the shape of a "mountain", and Jiang Wan had no doubt that the most elite and fiercest troops among the Tartars were placed in the middle of the "mountain" by Huang Taiji.

The Tartars' tactics were as simple and crude as ever, using force to defeat force and head-to-head confrontation. No matter how fancy the Ming army's battle formations were, their tactics were always unfavorable. In field battles in the wilderness, cavalry and a large number of

, the fierce cavalry is enough to defeat all enemies without so many bells and whistles.

On the battlefield, the sound of cannons rang out again.

Jiang Wan saw bursts of white smoke rising from the Tartar battle formation. At the same time, the Western Route Army, which was advancing like waves, seemed to have pebbles falling on the waves.

Let this wave ripple one by one.

The Tartars also advanced with the times, and they also had cannons.

Jiang Wan knew that during the Battle of Daling River, the Tartars used artillery as an aid to defeat the reinforcements led by Wu Xiang. Now that he saw bursts of cannon fire from the Tartar camp, he had already given his

He was not surprised at all that the army had taken casualties.

"Quick-fire artillery positions mark enemy artillery positions and destroy them!"

The flag beside Jiang Wan was waving, conveying his order to the artillery position behind the army.

"The enemy's left artillery array, distance, give me distance!"

On the rapid-fire artillery position in the distance, following Mei Xiaofei's order, the officer on the artillery position shouted loudly: "All gun muzzles are three inches and a half to the left based on the benchmark, and the distance mark is 3,500 to 4,000 meters.

A team of two rapid fires, let go!"

Following his shout, a huge roar sounded almost immediately, and the shells passed over the crowd and landed in the white mist that was rising in the distance!

The commander of the artillery formation could not see the chaos in the enemy formation in the distance, but the observer standing on the high watchtower could clearly see the chaos caused by his own artillery shells falling into the enemy group.

Although this round of artillery fire caused heavy casualties, this was not the result they wanted. The enemy's artillery was still roaring and killing their comrades.

"Correct the mark, raise the muzzle by two points, and shorten the distance by three hundred meters!"

As the observers on the watchtower reported the results, the commander of the artillery team once again adjusted his direction and range: "Everyone is here, fire ten rounds in a row, let go!"

The rumbling sound of artillery sounded again, and the calibration of the last artillery bombardment was repeated. This time the artillery shells accurately covered the Tartar artillery position, and the saturation bombardment of ten consecutive rounds not only destroyed the Tartar artillery array.

In order to level the ground, even the Tartar troops surrounding the artillery array were implicated.

And based on everyone's understanding of cannons, these powerful but cumbersome cannons are difficult to move easily and quickly after setting up positions. However, from the Tartar artillery array to bombard the Ming army to the Ming army,

The retaliatory destruction of the artillery shells fell, and the whole process took less than a cup of tea.
To be continued...
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