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Chapter 1850 Tangshan Defense Battle (Part 2)

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    Zhang Chen was riding on the yellow steed that had accompanied him in many conquests for many years. He looked seriously at his subordinates who had approached two miles in front of the enemy's line.  I saw that the chariot camp had separated the draft horses from the chariots and began to use sidecars to form an array, thinking that the army had stabilized its position.

    These sidecars, known as the "Footed City", are made of hard elm wood and can easily withstand bullets and bows and arrows.  To protect against rebel artillery shells, the carriages were filled with wet sandbags.

    ?????????????????????????????? However, the car camp is just a stage set up, this time it is the artillery camp that plays the leading role.  I heard that the rebels' artillery was very powerful, and they had to rely on these red cannons to suppress them.

    The artillery battalion general urged loudly, and the twenty artillery carriages that were one mile behind hurried forward, and at the same time changed from column to horizontal formation, so as to enter the artillery position as soon as possible!

    Everything is going smooth.

    It¡¯s just that we haven¡¯t found the rebel artillery position yet, which makes Zhang Chen a little uneasy.  When such a large army charges, it is inevitable that it will suffer unexpected losses.

    It wasn¡¯t until a row of fire flashed behind the rebel position that Zhang Chen discovered with horror that the enemy¡¯s artillery position was right in front of him¡ª¡ª

    Zhang Chengyin was even more stunned. He had ignored the row of huts made of wooden planks and thatch spread out a hundred meters behind the trench several times before for close inspection.

    Those huts were densely built behind a defense line that stretched for twenty miles. Anyone would think they were frontline barracks!

    Who would have thought that it was a disguised artillery fortress!

    It was too late to say, but it was too late to say that, amidst the sound of cannons that shook the earth and the mountains, the father and son stared blankly at a small black dot in the air rushing toward their faces.

    "Lie down! Get down!" The officers screamed and screamed, and the soldiers scrambled to the ground in panic, clinging to the ground, praying that the big pile of iron lumps would not fall on their heads.

    The soldiers also quickly pulled the commander-in-chief and his son off their horses and hid behind the horses.  The power of the cannonball is so terrible that if it touches the body, the muscles and bones will be broken!

    The prayers of the officers and soldiers seemed to have worked. The roaring shells passed over their heads and did not hurt anyone

    Just when everyone was about to get up, they heard a huge roar and a scalp-numbing scream behind them.

    Zhang Chen turned around in horror, and what he saw made his hands and feet feel cold¡ª¡ª

    I saw those shells falling on the heads of the artillery team that was moving slowly behind!

    "It's more than three miles" Zhang Chengyin roared, extremely shocked.

    The gunner thought the same way. He could only hear a sound from such a long distance, so he shouldn't be in range at all.

    However, the only absolute thing in this world is that nothing is absolute!

    Hundreds of big dark iron balls smashed down like that, and death instantly enveloped the entire artillery team!

    How huge is the kinetic energy carried by those heavy artillery shells?  As soon as the shot fell, the heavy and strong elm car body disintegrated instantly like paper!

    The shell did not lose any force, and jumped up like a pinball, directly cutting off the head of a gunner, piercing the chest of the person behind him, and breaking the leg of a gunner after landing

    Another solid bullet grazed the back of a cow, instantly cutting off the strong spine, and the driver was sprayed with blood and internal organs, turning him into a bloody man!

    The shells roared and hit the cannon again.  Sparks were flying everywhere, and the thousand-pound bronze cannon body twisted and deformed like dough. It broke away from the restraints of the iron hoops and rolled irregularly. Before the gunners on the carts around them could react, they were swept away until their brains burst and their limbs were broken.  The broken body flew into the sky!

    The one that caused the most damage hit the cart transporting the artillery shells. The thick carriage was shattered instantly, and hundreds of artillery shells scattered in all directions.  Although these big iron lumps were not shot by cannons, they were not something that flesh and blood could withstand.  The legs and feet of more than a dozen gunners were immediately smashed.

    The two cows pulling the cart were frightened, dragging the unloaded cart with a low moo, and ran rampantly through the crowd.

    I don¡¯t know how many officers and soldiers I knocked over

    After only one round of shelling, the army's artillery team turned into a mess.

    The rebels gave them no chance to breathe and escape.  Then came the second round and the third round of shelling!

    ??~~

    In order to shorten the shooting time, the 00 institute has already changed the wrapping of fixed shells to silk.

    It¡¯s not cooked silk used to make satin, but raw silk that hasn¡¯t been degummed.

    Although the cost of wrapping gunpowder with raw silk is high, the advantages are very outstanding!

    The most important advantage is that after the cannonball is fired, the high temperature in the barrel will instantly turn the protein into ash, and it will not smolder in the barrel like paper or cloth.

    In this way, when firing rapidly, you can save the step of brushing the barrel with water, greatly increase the rate of fire, and reduce the number of gunners.  So thisLiang adjusted his glasses and showed a knowing smile.  Then he shouted: "Go to post No. 9!"

    He went downstairs, mounted his horse, and ran towards another watchtower a thousand meters away

    The staff continued to stay behind, just in case.

    ??~~

    Half an hour later, the officers and soldiers lined up again three miles away.

    Zhang Chen personally beat the war drum to revive the morale of the soldiers!

    The soldiers also shouted loudly to encourage themselves!  Then the soldiers from the chariot camp pushed the front of the chariot forward to clear the way.

    The rest of the infantry hunched up and lined up in a long column, following the chariots and slowly approaching the enemy's position.  It can also be regarded as the Huangming version of Butan synergy.

    But everyone still prays together, don¡¯t fight, don¡¯t fight¡­

    However, contrary to expectations, when the chariot convoy approached a distance of 400 feet, the enemy's position once again sounded the frightening rumbling sound of artillery!

    ¡®Yao Shou, they are really all cannons!  ¡¯ Seeing the small wooden huts in front of him being knocked down, and streaks of fire shooting out, Zhang Chengyin felt like he was suffocating.

    There is no way, this is the passivity of the defensive side.  The offensive side can choose any point to break through, but the defensive side can only cover everything and honestly arrange artillery everywhere

    The defense of the City of Steel is so simple and passive.

    ????????????????????? Well, let me say it for you - you heard it, do people say it?

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