Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 162 Cannon Rumble
Zheng Jun in Zhao'an City has been paying close attention to the movements of the new army. When the new army moves, they immediately notice it and report it to the higher authorities.

Not long after, the deputy general boarded the tower and observed carefully with binoculars.

But now he was still a little far away, and he couldn't see anything clearly, but he was still too nervous to put down the binoculars.

After the team was assembled, Wu Liuqi, who was riding on horseback, waved his hand and gave an order: "Go forward."

The vanguard army marched in the direction of Zhao'an City in an orderly manner.

Eight cannons followed closely behind the team. With the help of the team's cover, the enemy was temporarily prevented from knowing the situation of their own cannons.

Of course, according to the range of the two cannons, Zhao'an City can be reached at this distance.

But since the distance can be shortened, why not get closer and shoot within the visual distance, the accuracy will be higher.

Wu Liuqi ordered the troops to stop in an open area about five miles away from Zhao'an North City with a better view, and divided the regiment into two square formations, with the middle left open for the artillery.

Eight cannons are laid out in a row, two 88mm anti-aircraft guns are in the middle, and six 105mm howitzers are separated on both sides.

After the cannons were placed and the ammunition was ready, the gunners quickly took their positions.

The first thing to move is the howitzer on the far side.

"The distance is [-]." The gunner who calculated the data said loudly.

The unit of distance he calls is not meters, but steps. One step is about 1.5 meters and five, so the distance of [-] steps is about five miles.

"The distance is [-]." The deputy gunner in charge of aiming quickly began to adjust the rotation of the cannon's muzzle.

"One shot loading..."

"One shot to load..." A gunner opened the breech breech.

The second gunner, the third gunner, the fourth gunner, and the fifth gunner send fuzed shells and propellants into the barrel according to the process.

A gunner closes the breech again.

"One shot of the standard gun, rapid fire..."

"A quick shot..."

"put……"

"put……"

The operating soldiers backed away, and the second gunner in charge of firing yanked the matchlock.

With a "boom", the barrel of the gun retreated sharply, pushing the shells in the barrel out.

In about five seconds, the cannonball flew across a distance of five miles, crashed into the city with a sharp whistling sound, and fell among a group of soldiers who were gathering.

There was a loud "boom", as if a big stone was thrown into a calm lake, a huge black mist rose up, mixed with crimson light, and the dismembered human body stumps and flesh were thrown away.

The soldiers who were farther away seemed to be swept by a hurricane, and fell to the ground.

His body was indescribably uncomfortable, his ears were buzzing, and his internal organs seemed to be violently stirred.

A few seconds after the explosion, the screams of the wounded and the terrified screams of the frightened were heard.

The lieutenant general and several officers on the tower quickly turned and walked to the other side to check, their expressions horrified.

The artillery positions of the new army saw some deviations from the benchmark artillery, and the artillery chief immediately commanded adjustments.

"The distance is 550..." The six howitzers all moved, and the deputy gunners who had operated thousands of times immediately lowered their firing angles.

"Fifty to the left..."

"Fifty to the left..." The muzzle slowly moved a little to the left.

"Six salvos..."

"Six salvos..." The first gunner, second gunner, third gunner, fourth gunner, and fifth gunner were each responsible for their own task according to the familiar operating procedures, and loaded the shells into the chambers.

"put……"

"Let it go..." With loud shouts, the second gunner yanked the match to fire.

With six sounds of "Boom boom boom...", the barrel of the gun suddenly shrank, and the shells in the barrel were fired violently.

The order of the salvo is to fire effectively. The gunners immediately command the guns to operate according to the instructions, and the gunners quickly reload according to their own procedures, and then shoot out the shells at the fastest speed.

"Boom boom boom boom..." For a moment, the sound of the artillery was rumbling like thunder, the earth trembled, and the Zhao'an city wall in the distance was directly submerged in the gunpowder smoke.

Wu Liuqi was also someone who was used to seeing big scenes, but this was the first time he saw the salvo of the new army's new artillery.

It's really earth-shattering, is it a shock?
Even he, the commander, was like this, not to mention the other ordinary soldiers, each of them was nervous, excited, and full of awe, and their morale improved unknowingly.

These spectators were so shocked, but for those Zheng Jun who endured all this, it seemed that the end was coming, as if they were suffering in purgatory.

Only Zheng Jun soldiers who participated in the Battle of Huanggang know the power of this artillery, which can blow up a terrifying big hole, but those survivors are not in Zhao'an now.

Even here, they don't have any experience in dealing with this kind of shelling, so they can only flee desperately.

However, where is the safe haven, who knows whether the next step is to escape from birth or step into hell.

If you are unlucky, you may rush directly into the explosion range of the next shell, and then be smashed to pieces.

The Urn City, which was originally an extension of the city's defenses, now seemed to them to be catching a turtle in an urn. Everyone wanted to escape from this purgatory as soon as possible.

Flying shrapnel and shattered rubble raged everywhere, they were sharp weapons that killed one after another.

The gate tower and watchtower turned into balls of fire one after another, and collapsed overwhelmed.

The bricks on the city wall were blown to pieces, the soldiers were thrown into the air, and the deployed artillery was overturned. The soldiers who were preparing for defense fell into chaos.

……

In fact, each gun fired only five shells, and the total time was less than 1 minute.

But even so, for the soldiers in Zhao'an North City, it seemed that it was more tormented than a century.

As soon as the gunfire stopped, many people seemed to be dumbfounded, as if their souls had left their bodies, and then they were stunned by the scenes in front of them.

After the six howitzers stopped firing, the two 88mm anti-aircraft guns moved, aiming at a collapsed part of the Wengcheng wall.

"Boom boom boom..."

In World War II, none of the Allied tanks could withstand a single blow. The 88mm anti-aircraft guns got angry, and the two guns bombarded a position.

If it is facing the gate of the Wengcheng, it is naturally easier, and it can be blasted open with a single shot.

However, the gate of the Wengcheng is on the side and cannot be directly aimed at. This is also one of the characteristics of the design of the Wengcheng.

Fortunately, the walls of Zhao'an City were not very thick, and with the power of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, it was not a problem to blast them open. As a result, a large gap of two feet was blasted open in the city walls.

The gate of Zhao'an City was officially opened to the new army. Wu Liuqi saw all this with the Zeiss binoculars, and his eyes shone with excitement.

"Good, good, good." Wu Liuqi shouted three good words excitedly.

The wall was broken, the artillery stopped, and Wu Liuqi immediately shouted, "Attack."

Following an order, the vanguard army immediately moved and headed towards Zhao'an City.

At the north gate of Zhao'an City at this time, the defenders were already in chaos. In the artillery attack just now, not only the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but even several officers including the lieutenant general died on the spot.

Seeing that the city wall had been blasted, the morale of the army almost collapsed at once, and many soldiers fled directly into the city.

Tang Bing rushed to bring the latest news to Zheng Hongkui's tent in the city. Zheng Hongkui didn't go to the tower in person, but he knew something was wrong after hearing the shelling earlier.

After seeing the Tang newspaper, he was so startled that he slumped down on the chair.

"kill……"

"kill……"

Outside the city, the screams of the new army were loud, from far to near, the Zheng army on the city wall was able to organize resistance to very few.

(End of this chapter)