A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 893 Fear
You Shiwei watched the launch of the rocket in amazement. He had always heard about the mysterious weapon of the Jingbian Army, the rocket. He also saw the real thing during the military parade, but he always had doubts in his mind. .

He watched the rockets soar into the air from the front of his own formation, and then howled towards the enemy. The distance had already amazed him, and then the power, every time a shot fell, the army formation around the bandits collapsed in a panic. No bandit can resist the power of the rocket.

The people around him also took breaths, Zheng Jiadong, the general of Guyuan, murmured: "Donkey ball, how can you fight so far?"

Gao Jie and his generals Hu Maozhen and Li Chengdong stared blankly, especially Hu Maozhen opened his mouth wide, watching the rockets roaring in the air, after a long time he said: "It's good, I'm afraid it will cost too much money."

Chen Yongfu sighed happily, Wang Dou's strength refreshed his senses one after another, but he had already decided to follow Marshal Wang Dou closely, the stronger the Jingbian Army, the more honored he felt.

He said to Ma Yan, the general of Gansu Province beside him: "With rockets, the form of warfare may be different in the future."

Ma Yan nodded vigorously. He is the grandson of the famous general Ma Fang. He has always been influenced by his family. He can be said to be a general. According to him, in a war, he first slowly knocks in from the outside, and then hits the central army. At this time, the enemy is in danger. few.

This is also the advantage of the Hongyi cannon. It can hit far away, and sometimes even hit the core of the front line, bringing great panic to the enemy and shaking their morale.

However, the launch of the rocket at the moment is actually blooming directly inside the core of the bandits and enemies, even passing their front and directly hitting their rear, which is really incredible.

Ma Yan saw with his own eyes a few rockets howling and falling on the core of the Rogue's army. Perhaps compared to the huge number of Rogues, the number of casualties was unknown, but Ma Yuan could imagine the panic and insecurity of the Rogues. Ma Yan himself didn't know what to do in this situation.

In short, these old generals of the Ming Dynasty, seeing the vast power of this new weapon, everyone's heart throbbed, feeling that a different era had come.

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Wen Fangliang looked at the results of the rocket launch with satisfaction, and all the generals around him were also smiling. This rocket is too sharp.

They saw with their own eyes that just now, a hundred rockets fired in volley and landed in the bandits' car camp and gun camp, and there was a huge crowd of terrified shouts and chaos in that instant. Yelling, the officers couldn't hold back the bullets.

It is certain that they were flustered. Needless to say, the Rogue Car Camp was all the Ming army that had surrendered. No matter how well-equipped they were, they had no fighting spirit.Many of their gun battalions were new troops who had surrendered, but they had long been corrupted and degenerated. Facing powerful rockets, even light rockets, they couldn't resist them.

There are also heavy rockets, which are fired with the same howl. Unlike light rockets, they need to find more valuable targets, so the car battalion gunmen in the front line are not considered by them, and even the cavalry on the two wings of the thief army are basically not in them. In consideration.

They directly hit the core of their central army, the cavalry on the three walls, and the surrounding range of some big flags. Although the distance is far, they basically fall in that direction. Whether they can bomb valuable targets depends on their own side and the enemy. out of luck.

At this time they stopped four miles away, the army had already stopped, the rockets, and the heavy artillery that was desperately pulled in, will follow the strategy ahead and beat up the artillery battalion and car battalion of the thieves, otherwise if the thieves go forward The guns are still there, and our own infantry is pushing up, which may cause unnecessary losses.

Twenty Hongyi heavy cannons and thirty heavy mortars have been pulled by horse mules to various forts, and will be fired soon, while those rockets are still roaring continuously.

Wen Fangliang's Qinglong army has two battalions of light rockets. Each battalion has [-] launch slots, [-] in total. They are divided into two layers to launch, and the front and back are misaligned. There are [-] gates in front and [-] gates in the rear, separated by [-] steps. Sanda in the front and salvo in the rear.

There is also a heavy rocket battalion, twenty rocket vehicles, and they are mounted on various forts.

It was a pile of large earthen platforms about one foot high. They were grouped together with five doors. The main launch was Sanda, but if a valuable target was found, three rockets would be loaded into one cart, or even all of them. Launching, launching fifteen heavy rockets at a time.

The smoke was billowing, and the thick smoke from the rockets filled the front of the arrow array with smoke, but the porters continued to carry the prepared bombs from the carriage and put them into the launch slots.

The observers of the rear battalion set up gun scopes, and finally calculated the target distance range: "The distance is four miles and 160 steps, the height of the bullet is five minutes and three degrees, salvo!"

All the headquarters observers, observers, and rocket commanders of the battalion shouted in unison: "The bullet is five minutes and three degrees high, salvo!"

The rocket carrier moved the bipod and adjusted it to the direction of the corresponding scale on the arrow body. Each rocket length cut the corresponding fuze and inserted it at the fuze port of the head.

This is a time-delayed fuze, which can burn at a predetermined speed after being ignited. During wartime, the length of the fuze is cut according to the corresponding data, so that it can explode at a predetermined distance as much as possible.

At this time, flowering bombs often have the problem of early blasting and late blasting, but Wang Dou and others believe that it is better to have a long fuze than a short one, and that late blasting is better than early blasting.

If it exploded early, it was just a bright firework in the sky. If it exploded late, the enemy might run away, but this time we are talking about a strict army formation. It doesn’t matter if you run, but the entire army formation collapses. It may be more effective than standing and being bombed. good.

The rocket is more than one meter long, and the rear part is propellant. The front part is made of brittle pig iron. number.

The power of black powder is actually not small, mainly depends on how big the amount is. Later generations said that the eight-way grenade was blown in half. It was because the casing of the captured Japanese grenade was reinstalled. The strength was too high. Later, it was changed to cast iron, and the effect It's pretty good, except it's a bit bigger.

Moreover, when the front part of the rocket is cast, there are prefabricated fragments, which are opened inside. The rocket launch does not need to take into account the chamber pressure, and there is no need to worry that the prefabricated fragments will affect the structure of the projectile body and cause an explosion in the barrel.There is no recoil, and it can be launched anytime and anywhere. It is really a very good weapon.

Unless large-caliber live ammunition is fired, the Jingbian army has considered gradually replacing mortars with rockets, because even in low-pressure artillery such as mortars, using pre-fabricated fragmentation shells will have negative effects, and the shells may be prematurely fired. Explodes in the barrel.

After opening up the idea, the only thing that restricts the development of rockets is the cost. After all, the black powder and iron materials at this time are not cheap. In particular, many old generals even have very primitive formulas for making gunpowder, and they need to use a lot of eggs to purify. The cost of a catty of gunpowder Quick one tael of silver.

In a fight like Wang Dou's, at least ten taels of silver would be lost for a rocket, and no general could afford it.

The battalion was ready for another rocket volley, and the battalion observer shouted: "Launch!"

All observers, observers, and rocket commanders shouted: "Launch!"

The ignitors of each arrow ignited the fire. They first lit the fuze and then the tail fuse. The fire wire hissed and burned. soar into the air.

They dragged long red tail flames and flew shrill and screaming. At the same time, the rocket was constantly rotating under the action of the three inclined spiral plates installed at the tail, so that it could achieve a relatively stable and accurate effect during flight.

Another large group of rockets flew across the sky, dragging flames as bright as fireworks, roaring indescribably in the air, like meteors falling all over the sky, flying towards their target.

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In a fortress of the Shun Army, this is their typical three-story fortress, with five four-wheeled mopan cannons at the top, fifteen ordinary Hongyi cannons on the next floor, and thirty general Buddha cannons at the bottom. Lang cannon.In order to prevent the artillery of the Jingbian army, they also arranged a large number of earth bags and bamboo baskets around, but at this time...

A gunner ran away with flames all over his body. He screamed and ran wildly. The people around him either couldn't dodge in time, or ran for their lives in the same panic. into a big ball of fire.

The big fireball stumbled and groaned indescribably. Wherever it passed, things around it were constantly being ignited. Suddenly it hit something, and then there was an earth-shattering explosion sound, and it was a series of explosions.

In the end, a large mushroom cloud erupted in the entire fortress, and the flames that rose violently were as blazing as the sun, and bursts of thick smoke rolled into the air, and then everything in the fortress was rising and flying.The rolled gun barrel, wheels, and iron materials, with the help of powerful gunpowder, swept in all directions, and the waves of air that were set off surged toward the surrounding area.

Yang Shaofan and Gao Yigong climbed up from the fallen ground, their horses were already terrified, and they didn't know where to go. After the gunpowder smoke cleared and the collapse stopped, they looked at the artillery barracks again, and they were blown into bare, smoking holes. There was scorched earth, and black smoke full of burnt and bloody smell continued to rise from the pit.

There are also soldiers from the Shunjun Chariot Battalion and Gunbattalion lined up in the surrounding area. They fell in a large area in a mess, with dead and wounded pillows. Human bodies and horse corpses can be seen everywhere, as well as overturned chariots and scattered weapons and banners.

They stared at all this blankly, letting all kinds of pungent smells pierce their nostrils, and seeing the people around them crying and running, they were powerless to stop them.They had already stopped it once earlier, and the hundreds of rockets fired at once caused great panic, and it was only the two of them who tried their best to suppress it that managed to calm down. Now they really can't stop it.

Yang Shaofan staggered a few steps, the ground under his feet was soaked black with blood, he looked blankly at the shouting and running crowd around him, did his ambition end like this?

No, I am not reconciled!

Yang Shaofan managed to pull himself together, he was about to say something, when suddenly another "Shenhuo Flying Crow" flew towards him amidst a mournful howl, he instinctively wanted to run, but when the "Shenhuo Flying Crow" landed a hundred steps away, and stabbed No sound on the ground.

Yang Shaofan heaved a sigh of relief, the "Shenhuo Flying Crow" of the damned Jingbian Army is really scary, suddenly at this moment the "Shenhuo Flying Crow" exploded again, and there was another scream around, and many people flew in all directions Fall away.

Then Yang Shaofan was terrified, but there was a long black line shadow rushing over there, whistling sharply, spinning rapidly in the air.

This thing is actually two iron balls, one big and one small, connected by an iron chain. It makes a whirring sound, and then whips them all the way rapidly. Anyone hit by this thing will have broken bones, broken bones, and broken heads. Blood flowed, white brains splattered, the scene was extremely terrifying.

Yang Shaofan saw the hammer whirling towards him, and suddenly it turned Gao Yigong's head. In his terrified eyes, Gao Yigong's head was torn off, and then it was strangled by his hair. Gao Yigong's terrified head hung on it, and it spun along with the hammer.

Then the hammer and the human head fell on one person, entangled his chest, almost entangled his whole body, and everything inside flowed out, colorful and colorful.

Yang Shaofan watched tremblingly, especially Gao Yigong's head rolled down, his eyes protruded, and his expression was extremely terrifying.

Yang Shaofan couldn't restrain the fear in his heart anymore, he saw a department chief beside him yelling and galloping his horse past, he caught up with him and knocked him over with a knife, grabbed his horse, and fled to the rear.

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The dense cavalry gathered in the rear of the Chinese army. They looked at the meteor flames in front of them in horror, and watched the "Great Fire Crow" flying overhead from time to time. The firearm of the Jingbian army could hit six or seven miles The distance, perhaps farther, is truly terrifying.

Suddenly a "Great God Fire Flying Crow" flew over, and the old cavalry team here didn't know how to react, but there were also clever people who shouted and rode their horses to stay away.

However, before the "Great God Fire Flying Crow" landed, it exploded when Ren Ce was far away from the neck of the horse, and then dense flesh and blood flew across it. The surrounding people screamed and rolled over a large area, and the surrounding There was also blood mist rising, and thousands of small iron bullets flew under the help of the gunpowder explosion, bringing a strong lethality.

Not only that, there are four or five larger iron balls roaring in all directions, they pierced through many people and horses all the way, and the momentum was so urgent that it was like artillery bombarding these people at close range.

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On Dongsheng Ridge, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Liu Xiyao, Yuan Zongdi and others stared dumbfounded at the situation ahead. The meteors falling all over the sky made them not know what to say. Many places in the front line were in a broken posture, and many soldiers fled to the back line shouting.

Also, their artillery began to rumble, listening to their shells whistling, the places hit by the cannons were also heavy artillery that could hit three or four miles away, and their judgment and estimation were wrong again.

In particular, some of their strange weapons can even hit their rear and the core of their central army. Not long ago, one of them hit the bottom of the mountain, directly blowing up a large area of ​​their old battalion Xiaoqi, making Li Zicheng and others I was shocked, and everyone was terrified.

What kind of weapon is this? It can hit so far. It's seven or eight miles away, right?

Seeing the chaotic situation in front of the battle, Li Yan looked anxious, and he said: "Your Majesty, you can't let Wang Doujun fight like this. My teacher can't fight back just because he is beaten. This will damage the morale too much. We must stop them immediately. Maybe we can attack them from the two wings." attack."

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth. Indeed, the Jingbian army could not be allowed to fight like this. The soldiers on the two wings of the Chinese army should move, and even the three walls of the Chinese army's rear had to be prepared.

In fact, after calming down, he also saw that although the weapons of the Jingbian army were sharp and could strike far, compared to the huge number of people, the casualties caused by them were still small. As long as they held back their fear and dared to go all out, it might not be impossible to restore the morale of the army. .

But it is impossible to stand alive and be beaten like this. The two wings attacked earlier, and the defense strategy of the Chinese army seemed to have to be adjusted.

He was also inclined to Li Yan's attack strategy on the two wings of the Chinese army. Although the Jingbian army's frontal battle formation looked thin, the situation was unknown, so it was better to test it from the two wings first, and maybe they could outflank them behind the formation.

He ordered the two wings of the Chinese army to send out some cavalry. At the same time, Li Zicheng also asked Mianhou Yuan Zongdi to go to the right wing to supervise the attack. Earlier Cihou Liu Fangliang had gone to supervise the left wing. Li Zicheng thought that the right wing could also start.

Li Yan hesitated to speak, he was a little worried about the Qing Dynasty, but according to the news from the Sentinels, the Jingbian army launched an attack on the Qing Dynasty at the same time, it seems that the two of them are indeed not one side.

Thinking of the majestic posture of the Jingbian army fighting two against one, Li Yan sighed again in his heart.

He saw that Yuan Zongdi took the order and was about to go down the mountain surrounded by dozens of personal guards. Amidst the sudden and shrill roar, a big rocket landed on the slope not far from Yuan Zongdi and others. , their dozens of riders immediately rolled over a large area.

Especially densely packed small iron bullets flew with the explosion, and mud, dust and blood mist rose everywhere. Even a guard not far from Li Zicheng was hit in the head by the flying iron bullets. His skull was shattered on the spot and his brains were splashed. , rolled off the horse without a sound.

Li Zicheng was terrified. He tried his best to stop the trembling horse under his crotch. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw several long black shadows twisting and flying around. One of them rushed towards Yuan Zongdi's group of people, and the black shadow whizzed and whirled. Then, whipped all the way, Yuan Zongdi's face was slapped, and he rolled and fell under the horse.

After everything stopped, there were groans and screams, and Li Zicheng and others hurried over.

"Mianhou."

"Brother Yuan..."

Then their voices stopped, and everything in front of them filled their hearts with incomparable fear.

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Amidst the shrill whistling sound, rockets flew from the Jingbian army, and then fell into the formation of the Manchurian Chinese army. Looking at the panic over there, the people here felt lingering fear and panic. Fortunately.Fortunately, they were not the target of the Jingbian army, and no rockets fell.

Seeing the sky full of fireworks and smoke, and then the gorgeous falling trajectories, Tang Tong murmured: "Seeing shooting stars in the daytime."

Wu Sangui's face turned pale, and Zu Dale and others beside him were also speechless.

Zu Dabi was silent for a long time, then sighed: "Oh, I bet on the wrong treasure."

(End of this chapter)