I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 295 God's Blessing Army

Of course Huang Yi knows how to defend against artillery.

He carried a large number of sacks when he sent troops.

The technology of the Ming Dynasty did not lag behind this world. Explosive bombs had already appeared, but because the killing effect was not outstanding, they were not widely used.

Therefore, iron or stone solid shells are still the mainstream in the Denglai battlefield.

Digging more trenches and building low walls with sacks of soil can better defend against solid shells.

Unless the soldiers are so unlucky that they just happen to land on the shell, it is difficult for the solid shell to cause damage.

Because the lethality of artillery fire at this time comes from the tumbling and jumping of the shells after they hit the ground, and from the splashing of debris caused by smashing stones, wood, etc.

The artillery fortifications built under Huang Yi's command would cause the enemy's shells to fall directly into the trenches and fail to roll over.

As a result, the shells hit the low wall filled with sacks filled with soil and could not jump.

It is impossible to build a strong army by always fighting with the wind. This time Huang Yi will lead the Xinghe Army to experience the baptism of artillery fire.

The soldiers withstood the pressure in this battle, and will never be afraid of shelling again.

This is not taken for granted, because the degree of intense artillery fire in Denglai's suppression of the rebellion was the most intense in the late Ming Dynasty, and there was basically no such large-scale artillery battle in subsequent battles.

Oh, right!The rebel army should also be the best army in the direction of firearms in the late Ming Dynasty. A large number of soldiers used bird guns, Lumi guns, and three-eyed guns...

Sun Yuanhua contributed a lot to this result.

It's so sad!
Back then, Kong Youde was full of confidence, and the plan was to select some Liao soldiers in Dongjiang Town to equip them with muskets and cannons, and to invite many Portuguese instructors to train the soldiers to use firearms.

The first result was that this army smashed half of Shandong, and the Qianjin side, which had done nothing, suddenly got the artillery and gunners it had dreamed of.

This made Huang Taiji feel that there was no will of God in the dark, that this eldest son was a character, and he treated Sun Yuanhua, Geng Zhongming and other old Dongjiang Town troops who had surrendered favorably.

It is simply because the soldiers of Dongjiang Town were originally old enemies, and the two sides have a deep hatred.

Did he disband the soldiers and horses brought by Sun Yuanhua and Geng Zhongming? He also added them, and named this traitor army "God's Blessing Army"!
When Zhang Tao read this period of history, he sighed and felt that God was playing tricks on the Han people.

What now?
Did God open his eyes?

It was just a coincidence that brought Anlong to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it also gave Anlong the opportunity to follow a semi-armed army to Denglai to fight Li Sicheng, Sun Yuanhua and other rebels.

The confrontation between the Xinghe Army and the rebels has formed, "Boom, boom, boom..." The peaceful artillery battle is over.

Did the rebels surround the camp of the Xinghe Army and adopted the tactics of concentrating artillery fire on one side.

If the Xinghe army camp endured such a peaceful shelling and there was chaos, the rebel cavalry and infantry would take the opportunity to make a surprise attack and defeat the Xinghe army in one fell swoop.

Li Sicheng dispatched more than [-] soldiers and horses and hundreds of small cannons. He thought that the Ming army on the opposite side would collapse after at least eight rounds.

Who knew that a thousand shells fell into the Ming army's small camp like stone sinking into a small sea, and the enemy's camp was still in order.

An Long was afraid that the artillery of the Pan army would be accurate, and he was most afraid of being accurate. It stands to reason that when the rebels bombarded, only if they were within range could they be in danger.

But whether Zhang Tao did this, he and generals such as Zhi, Yong, Shuang, Quan, Peng, Bi Xiaoxi used the cover of the trench to boost morale at the last edge.

The artillery of the Xinghe Army fought back. They all followed the instructors to the rear edge to observe the rebel artillery positions with binoculars, and observed the position of the Hongyi small cannons to calculate the impact points of the shells.

More than a thousand shells fell into the rear edge, which of course caused dozens of casualties, and the number of people who died on the spot was less than those who were injured.

Because the generals were by his side, and he still heard the voice of the chief general Zhang Tao from time to time, the soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and even the servants basically panicked.

Oh!By the way, there are still more than [-] criminal officials who were sent to the army. Whether they received preferential treatment or not, they have been participating in digging trenches.

When the rebels finished shelling, Kong Youde, Wang Wei, and Huang Yi were all leaders, because they were unfamiliar with artillery and were experts in this era.

They were happy to see whether the incoming shells hit the low soil wall and repelled the trenches, causing casualties, and they all understood why the master ordered thousands of people to die and dig trenches.

The exile officials were all ignorant. They had seen or even commanded the army in person. The military appearance and discipline of the Xinghe Army impressed them.

Today, the cannonballs were flying randomly overhead, and the criminal officials saw a Xinghe soldier fleeing with his head in his arms.

I could only see the auxiliary soldiers and medical officers carrying stretchers running at a slow speed!
"The Xinghe Army should carry a hundred or so cannons. Why did they fight back?" Wang Wei, who was squatting outside the trench to hide the cannons, asked a little depressed.

Kong Youde, who was also hiding outside, said: "The cannons of the Xinghe army can be pulled by two horses. I am afraid that the enemy is the small cannon of the Hongyi, and it is impossible for the small general's cannon to do the same. It is so clumsy to make a coincidence, so they Simply fight back!"

"It's unreasonable, the shooting range is enough and there is no way to remedy it! Chuyang, you are best at artillery, why would you recommend yourself?
At your level, even if the power and range of those artillery pieces are poorer, they may still be beaten to the point where you can't fight back! "

"Hey! Brother Liangfu, don't forget that we are all lucky enough to survive!"

"Since we survived, we should use our strengths to do meaningless things!"

Kong Youde smiled wryly and said: "The key is that I know the characteristics of the Xinghe Army's artillery. It would be futile to say that it will increase casualties in vain."

Seeing that Kong Youde was confident, Wang Yan turned to Huang Yi and said:

"You are the best at observing and aiming. You have trained hundreds of thousands of artillerymen in the past two years. It is said that most of the rebel artillerymen who are going to shoot here are trained by you!

Use your experience to personally control a cannon, it can be a small red cannon that can destroy a rebel army! "

Wang Yu is a civil servant, and he is a military officer, so he should be polite when talking to the military officer Huang Yi, besides, Huang Yi was promoted and appointed by Kong Youde and Wang Yu.

Huang Yi has indeed accumulated very little experience in firing artillery, and he has earned a false reputation. He said:

"As long as I test fire two cannons, I can judge the invalid range, and then adjust the position, and there is a very small chance of killing a small Hongyi cannon of the rebels."

"Then what are you waiting for? Mao recommends himself!"

"How can I shoot a gun by myself?"

"Both Chuyang and I can act as gunners! With our level and experience, eight people are enough to fire the cannon!"

Hearing the rumble of cannons, An Longyong and An Long's hands were itchy. They temporarily forgot their identities as troops, and ran along the trenches to the place where there were no generals.

Li Sicheng, Sun Yuanhua and other rebel generals were all experienced in battle. They saw that the Xinghe barracks was not at all chaotic, and they had the supreme order to attack the whole army.

After fighting twice, the rebels realized the strength of the Xinghe Army, and had a headache where did this Ming army come from!

(End of this chapter)