Chapter 85 Final Battle South Gate 2

After looking at the situation outside the city, Li San waved to a subordinate officer and pointed to the rebel cannons and said, "Come and see if those three cannons can knock them down after the war?"

That officer is just a gunner. He is the gun commander and sergeant rank of the gun he brought this time. After looking at it, he borrowed Li San's telescope to observe it, raised his thumb, measured the distance, hesitated for a moment and replied, "The two cannons in front of him are not a problem. The key is the Hongyi cannon. I'm afraid that the small one can't guarantee that it can knock it off. It's a little too far away. I'm afraid it's difficult to hit it directly, but the small one will try its best to knock it down!"

Li San nodded to show his understanding, "Well, you can try your best, but pay attention to save ammunition. We don't bring much ammunition this time. Even if it was sent in last night, there are only dozens of solid bullets. If it doesn't work, change the scattered bullets, mainly to hit those living people, and hit me wherever there are many people!"

"Yes!" The gun commander immediately wanted to salute, but Li San stared quickly. He immediately realized that this place did not seem appropriate, so he quickly bowed to one knee and said, "I understand!"

The rebels are not talkative and send people to force surrender and so on. Now they all understand that the government of Ninghai Prefecture in Mouping County will definitely not surrender now, but only hard.

So under Chen Guangfu's order, those non-core elite soldiers and horses were sent out, holding rattan cards, and temporary assembled shields. In addition, there were also temporary shield carts, driving a large number of people, including many small-footed women and some children. Everyone was forced. Carry some earth bags or firewood bundles and prepare them to fill the trenches.

The drums rumbled, and the rebels were so lively. Seeing that the rebels began to move, the defenders also knocked the drums under the order of Zhao Zhizhou. The rumble of drums on both sides echoed repeatedly in the sky. At this time, the sea wolf's artillery was also dragged to death by dozens of villagers and gunners. He dragged up the wall and found the best shooting position. He ordered people to pile up a ring-shaped simple fortifications with sandbags on the gun position, and also piled up a large pile of sandbags at the end of the gun against the inner wall wall.

The 12-pound howitzer was surrounded, leaving a certain width of personnel passage on both sides to avoid blocking the passage of people on both sides of the wall.

Everyone was very curious about the cannon obtained by Xishan Village. Because the gun coat had never been uncovered, they could not see what the gun looked like. At this time, they saw the Xishan Village soldiers placed the cannon, so Zhao Zhizhou came to have a look with some officials and generals.

When the gun coat was uncovered, everyone felt a bright eye, and then surprised and happy, because although they had never seen this cannon, they could see that the cannon was so well made absolutely beyond all the cannons used by the rebels, including the officers and soldiers.

This gun does not look big, and the barrel is not very long, but the muzzle is quite thick, and the gun wall looks a little thin, far from the big fire they have seen. The gun wall of the Hongyi cannon is thick, and the outer wall of the whole gun barrel is polished smooth and shiny, and coated with a layer of grease to prevent rust, which is very well maintained.

The gunners came here to hold it hard enough. They followed the infantry every day and pretended to be infantry with rifles to fight. They had no chance to control their baby. Today, Li San spent his money and brought this baby here, but he was very happy. He rolled his arms one by one. The sleeves started to dry up.

After the cannon was displayed, they immediately began to load. With the cooperation of skillful movements, the loading was completed in a few breaths, and then the gunner immediately began to aim. Their first target was to stare at the rebel firehead not far from the front. After visual inspection, they determined the distance. Start to correct the left and right firing boundaries and high and low elevation of the artillery until aiming.

The gun commander was not sure. He personally checked the aim. After fine-tuning, he ordered, "Don't wait for them to fire first, knock them down!"

At this time, the gunners on the side of the rebels were also bowing their heads and busy surrounding their cannons, loading and adjusting the aiming. Although the big shot is relatively large, it is still an old-style artillery. The amount of charge depends on estimation, and there is no aiming device. They have to rely on the gunner to estimate it by themselves. In addition, the barrel is thick and thin in the front and back of the barrel, which is very inconsistent. In line with the practical principle, it is only that the amount of charge is larger, but the actual power is not very large. The initial speed of the shell is low, the trajectory is also very unstable, the accuracy is also very poor, and the recoil force is also very large.

Playing with this kind of gun is a test of the experience of gunners. Although these gunners have received some training under Sun Yuanhua, they have to rely on pure estimation. If they don't hit enough shells, it is difficult to find full experience, so these rebel gunners actually treat their own cannons. I'm not sure if I can hit the wall.

On the side of the rebels, when they were still busy loading, the first shot of today's decisive battle was fired on the wall. Suddenly, a fire flashed on the wall, spewing out a flame, and then a large mass of gunpowder smoke rose. After a moment, a thunderous sound was heard.

There was a sound made by a cannonball cutting through the air in the air. A black spot, almost accessible to the naked eye, flew out of the wall and hit the location of the rebel cannon in a blink of an eye.

The rebels only felt their scalp tight, especially those rebels who took Zhang Tao to Xishan Village. They all felt that something was wrong. They found that the cannon on the top of the city may be the kind of cannon that Xishan Village once beat them, and they were afraid it would be troublesome today.

Sure enough, the shell roared down and hit the door very close. Several rebels watching the battle had time to escape and were torn apart on the spot. The shell was very close to the door, which can be said to be close to it. It shocked the rebel gunners and almost dispersed.

The two sides completely kicked off today's war and began to bombard each other with artillery. For a while, the sound of gunfire came one after another. Of course, it was not dense, but it was also quite lively.

At such a distance, the sea wolf's gunner gave full play to the performance of their cannon. With only three shells, they overturned a big fire, and the gun rack was destroyed on the spot, including the rebel gunner who served the big fire, who was also killed and injured in pieces.

(Can't you still ask for a monthly ticket? I don't have confidence anymore!)