Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 41 Artillery Platoon

After observing for a while, Tangning immediately formulated a battle plan. He called Song Yuankui and Song Yuanwan to set up a plan.

After a while, Tangning personally led more than a dozen soldiers. They were divided into two teams, one left and one right. Using the cover of the surrounding terrain, they carefully moved towards the bandit army's temporary camp.

While Song Yunwan and Song Yuankui in the rear strictly ordered the soldiers under their command to hide their whereabouts, they also kept an eye on Tangning's actions.

It seemed that they never expected that someone would come to support them. The bandit army's security on the rear area was not strict. Tangning and his party moved smoothly until they stopped about a mile and a half away from the enemy camp.

"Action." Tangning snorted.

The soldiers, who were already tired and out of breath, didn't care about taking a break, first carefully put down the three shells they were carrying, and then took off some of the parts they were carrying, and then started to assemble.

After 1 minute, the two GrW34 mortars were assembled. They should now be called the [-]th Type [-] Mortar, which was naturally renamed for the convenience of their memory.

This is the first artillery team formed by Tang Ning. In addition to the group left behind at Honglian Mountain, the remaining two groups are here. They operate a total of three GrW34 mortars. At best, they can barely be regarded as a simple artillery platoon. .

And these people were the first batch of artillery members that Tangning personally selected from hundreds of people.

That's why Tang Ning cherished them very much. She spared as much time as possible to personally train and teach them, but the time was too short. It was only half a month since they came into contact with GrW34.

And this time, it was also their first real battle.

After the mortar was assembled, Tangning asked them to calibrate and shoot Zhu Yuan.

Since the mortar is a curved gun, its aiming method is very special, and the left and right directions are easy to determine, mainly the distance direction.

Tangning also taught them several ways to shoot Zhu Yuan with mortars. To put it bluntly, there are two main ways. One is to use sights.

The other is mainly based on some native methods based on experience, such as the eye-jump distance measurement method, first stretch out a thumb, and then adjust the vertical and horizontal coordinates with two eyes in turn, and then try to adjust.

There is also a more commonly used thumb ranging method. After extending the thumb, the number of targets blocked by the thumb is estimated according to the principle of similar triangles, and the corresponding distance of the target unit is calculated.

Of course, in addition to the thumb distance measurement method, for a target at a specific distance, it is necessary to use a fist, finger or palm to assist in measuring the angle, and assist the thumb distance measurement method.

All in all, a qualified artilleryman needs to master a lot of skills and operating tools, which requires years of accumulation and experience.

But right now, it doesn't need to be so complicated. The position of the mortar and the target position can be seen directly with the naked eye, and it can be aimed directly through the sight.

However, this method is more dangerous in other places. When you can look directly at the target, the target can of course see you.

But now, Tangning wasn't too worried. The peasant army who had started in a hurry might have local artillery, but it was very unlikely that they would have cannons with a range of thousands of meters.

Therefore, Tangning can rest assured that the artillerymen can adjust their aiming.

And at this moment, those bandits who were almost all focused on the direction of the city gate finally noticed Tang Ning and the dozen or so people.

A low-ranking officer pointed in the direction where Tangning and the others were, and said calmly, "Send a small team to catch them."

A small group of less than 30 people quickly rushed out of the temporary camp, obviously not paying attention to this little guy like Tangning.

And as soon as this team was dispatched, the aiming work of the two GrW34s was completed one after another.

Tangning gestured to one of the soldiers, who quickly pulled out two command flags from his waist, stood up and waved them backwards.

Song Yuankui and Song Yunwan, who had been observing Tangning's movements, immediately shouted, "Action."

Immediately, under the leadership of their respective company commanders, the soldiers of the two companies rushed out of their hiding places and gathered towards Tangning's direction from left to right.

Seeing that Song Yuankui and Song Yunwan were bringing people over to join them, Tangning immediately ordered, "Shoot."

The third gunner quickly took out a cannonball from the side and handed it to the second gunner. After the second gunner took it, he placed the cannonball at the muzzle, and as soon as he let go, the cannonball slid down from the barrel.

With two sounds of "tom tom", two shells were fired.

Two huge explosions of "Boom" exploded in the huge temporary camp, as if two stones were thrown into a calm lake, immediately causing a huge shock.

The intrusive shells stunned many people, and they didn't even know which direction the shells came from.

Even in the group of soldiers who were sent out, many people saw two balls of fire and smoke coming out of Tangning's direction, but they didn't think for a moment that the shells were fired from here.

Not to mention that they didn't see the cannon they knew at all, and they didn't believe that those two smoking little things had the ability to fire the cannonball so far.

So when they saw this scene, not only did they not speed up and approach Tangning, but they instinctively stopped and looked in other directions, as if they wanted to find the real culprit.

However, Tang Ning didn't care about that much. Seeing that the shooting effect was slightly different from the planned position, she immediately asked the two first gunners to make adjustments.

The two adjusted quickly, and the third gunner immediately handed a cannonball to the second gunner, and the second gunner skillfully fired the cannonball.

"Boom..." Another two shells exploded in the enemy camp.

This time it was almost the same, Tangning let out a deep sip, "Ten quick shots, release..."

The two GrW34s immediately moved at their fastest speed, and the four gunners opened the ammunition boxes at the fastest speed and prepared them.

The third gunner handed the shells to the second gunner's hand at a fast speed, and the second gunner fired the shells as fast as possible.

All of a sudden, a rain of bombs exploded in the enemy's position, and the panicked soldiers were blown to pieces or blown away by the huge air waves.

The originally fairly orderly camp immediately fell into chaos. They had no experience in avoiding shells, and they could only scurry around like headless chickens.

"Don't mess up, don't mess up, don't mess up..." the officer shouted at the top of his voice.

A team of guards rushed into a collapsed tent and helped out a general who was in a panic. He straightened his hat and looked horrified.

"General, are you okay?" A square-faced man with a scar on his brow asked worriedly.

If Tangning was here, he must know that this person was Wang Xing, and this general was the General Zhou Chongyu Zhou he was talking about.

Looking at the chaotic barracks, Zhou Chongyu couldn't help being furious: "What's going on? Where is the artillery shooting?"

"Someone has been sent to investigate..."

With a "boom", another shell landed not far away, causing earth and rocks to fly and fall on everyone.

"General, get out of here first, this place is too dangerous..." Wang Xing advised.

Zhou Chongyu pushed Wang Xing away with a ferocious face.

In two days, he attacked more than ten times in a row, and failed to capture Chenghai County with many casualties. Zhou Chongyu was in a bad mood.

Now he was bombarded by such a mindless attack, and his own people didn't even find any trace of the enemy. How could he not be angry?
(End of this chapter)