Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 230 Grape Bullets

The next day, the Qing army reorganized and fought again. This time Azig sent the elite of the surrendered army, Wu Sangui's Guanning Army.

The Guan Ning army is one of the few Ming troops that can compete with the Qing army of the Eight Banners, but now it has become the minion of the Qing army, charging for the Qing army.

After Wu Sangui took the order, according to the defensive formation of the new army, he first sent [-] infantry to attack from the north, and the cavalry was used to support him.

All kinds of shield vehicles and chariots are slowly advancing in front of the formation.

Followed by light infantry with gunners and archers, close combat infantry with round shields and machetes followed slowly, and behind them were heavy infantry equipped with long shields and spears.

In the front of the new army's formation, there was a long line of defense about half a foot high. I don't know if it was built with soil or horses.

Because from the outside, you can only see pieces of wooden boards that are simply spliced ​​together, which looks a bit abrupt.

In the three gaps on the left, middle and right of this line of defense are the artillery positions deployed by the new army. The artillery is arranged neatly at intervals, and there are ten artillery in each direction.

As time goes by, the enemy infantry is getting closer and closer to the front line, three miles, two and a half miles...

"Fire the cannon..." Following an order, the command flag bearer violently waved the command flag in his hand.

One by one, artillerymen with torches stepped forward and lit the fuses of the artillery in front of them.

"Boom boom boom..."

A round of shells weighing 2.5 kg and 4 kg flew out of the muzzle, and solid shot balls rushed towards the enemy's formation fiercely, like a small meteorite falling.

The reason why the shells of the new army are now in kilograms is because the artillery of the new army not only needs to be as accurate as possible in the weight of the shells, but also sets standards in terms of caliber, barrel length and other aspects.

The minimum weight unit is accurate to grams, and the minimum length unit is accurate to millimeters.

Of course, Tang Ning was responsible for formulating this standard. The purpose was to facilitate mass production and make it easier and more standard for artillerymen and musketeers to use weapons.

Unlike before, a cannon weighs more than 1000 catties, more than 2000 catties, or even more than 3000 catties. There is no specific standard for how heavy it is made, and the caliber is naturally different.

In order to match these cannons, the weight and size of the shells have to be re-customized, so the shells of many cannons cannot be used universally, and the errors are also large.

The caliber of the gun is different, and the size of the shell is different, which leads to the different ballistic trajectory of each artillery, which directly affects the shooting speed and accuracy.

Naturally, Tangning was aware of this problem a long time ago, so when he was producing flintlock guns, he began to formulate some weight and length standards for future generations. These smaller units can be more accurate.

The warhead and propellant of the flintlock are formulated according to the standard of grams, and the size and error are also based on millimeters, and the same is true for artillery.

The production of firearms has standards, and when soldiers use these firearms, with the cooperation of sights, they naturally have a set of operating standards.

It can not only allow soldiers to quickly master, but also more effectively display the performance of weapons.

"Bang bang bang..." The solid shot fell into the enemy's marching formation, and under the powerful impact, it could smash an area into pieces.

When touched by this big shot put, at least a bone was broken, and at the worst, he was smashed into a meat paste, screaming continuously for a while.

However, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army's combat quality is obviously much better than that of the general Ming Army. Although there was some confusion, the army formation was able to be quickly reorganized.

The gaps that were smashed open will also be automatically filled by personnel to ensure the integrity of the army formation.

As the enemy continued to approach, when they approached many distances, one by one, the artillerymen of the new army took out a different kind of shells from another ammunition box next to them and began to load them into the barrels.

This kind of shell is called grape shell. The principle of grape shell is similar to that of shotgun. It uses a net bag to bundle the shells into a bunch, which looks like a bunch of grapes, so it is called grape shell vividly.

Because of the structure, the range of grape ammunition used by the same artillery is not as good as that of solid ammunition, but its advantage is that the killing area is much wider than that of solid ammunition.

Therefore, after the enemy approached, the artillery of the new army immediately switched to grape shells.

"fire……"

"Boom boom boom..."

Flames burst out from the cannons, and under the impact of the chamber pressure, the net bag containing the grape bullets shattered, and more than a dozen lead bullets of the same size wrapped inside flew out fiercely, rushing towards an area.

"Bang bang bang..." The shield held by the enemy was easily pierced like paper, and a blood hole the size of a bull's eye immediately appeared on the victim.

Scores of soldiers fell down screaming, extremely miserable.

However, the main target of the new army was the enemy's chariots. There were many kinds of these chariots, including shield chariots, Wugang chariots, Chonglu Tibetan chariots, fire chariots and so on.

Many chariots have a thick large shield installed at the front, and some even have large shields installed on both sides.

In order to improve the protection, cowhide, rhinoceros armor, etc. were also covered, such as shield chariots, Wugang chariots, and Chonglu Tibetan chariots.

But there is no similar large shield in front of the fire chariot, so the fire chariot is placed behind those chariots with defensive shields.

However, they obviously misjudged the power of the new army's shotguns. Although the defensive power of these large shields is not bad and can weaken the power of the shotguns, they are not enough to resist the power of the shotguns.

Many large defensive shields were still pierced, and some of them were knocked down entirely. The soldiers hiding in the vehicles screamed in terror.

Some chariots were just hit on the side, and the powerful impact caused the entire chariot to lose its balance and overturned to the other side. The soldiers and weapons on the chariot tumbled and scattered all over the ground.

If the chariot has not been destroyed, the officer will immediately command the soldiers to support the chariot and continue to push it forward.

The damaged chariot was directly abandoned.

When the enemy approached to about [-] feet, another artillery of the new army came into use again. This artillery was somewhat similar to the tiger squatting artillery, but it was somewhat different.

The most obvious difference is that there is an extra bottom plate below, and some improvements have been made in the pipe wall and bracket.

The reason for this design is that the gun is designed by combining the tiger squatting gun and the 81mm mortar of the new army. It is a mortar more advanced than the tiger squatting gun. It has a caliber of 100 mm and a total weight of 54.6 catties. , Song Yingxing called it the Cannon for Exterminating Captives.

Of course, due to technological reasons, there is still a lot of gap with the real modern 81mm mortar, and the shells used are mainly solid shells and shot shells.

Fortunately, this gun is relatively light, has good maneuverability, and is convenient for a large number of equipment.

At this moment, in the direction of the enemy's attack, there are more than one hundred captive-killing cannons fully deployed.

With an order, "Boom boom boom..." A series of small and small captive cannons fired, and the filled cannonballs rushed out like raindrops.

(End of this chapter)