Chapter 420

In this large area where the Tennessee and Ohio rivers meet, except for a few scattered hills, other places are very flat.

Of course, this flatness does not mean that you can follow the lead. After all, this is the intersection of two rivers. Although it is flat, it is more swamp and woodland.

It's like the swamps to the South and west of okron fortress are the natural barriers of okron fortress, even better than the Ohio River and Tennessee River, which act as moats.

Naturally, it is impossible for the first regiment of the explosive bear brigade to attack from those two directions. Attacking from the swamp in this warm spring season is an act of seeking death. This huge swamp is enough to engulf tens of thousands of people. The first regiment of the explosive bear brigade has just over 1000 people, so it is not enough to see in front of this swamp.

The Ohio River in the North was too wide to attack, so the stone bear put the direction of attack on the east side of the fort.

To the east of okron fortress is the Tennessee River, which is more than 500 meters wide. Although the river here is not wide, the current is very fast, and there is no big enough boat to cross the river.

But the stone bear didn't plan to cross the Tennessee River to attack Fort okron, which was no different from looking for death. Among other things, the two fortress guns and the small caliber infantry guns on this side of Fort okron are an insurmountable gap.

But others can't help it, but the stone bear is quite sure.

Because the first group of explosive bear brigade has as many as 15 55 mortars!

Yes, the whole explosive bear brigade is equipped with 20 55 mortars. This time, the stone bear has brought 15 mortars.

It's not that the stone bear doesn't take care of the big horn sheep. It's really that the West Road army has to face only the weak chekasa people all the way through. 55 mortars are not very useful in dealing with this kind of weak chicken. It's enough to have a barrel and a musket. Five 55m mortars are reserved only for handling accidents.

The North Route Army is going to attack solid fort okron, so it needs more 55 mortars.

Now there are more than 1000 people in the first regiment of the explosive bear brigade. These soldiers are all veterans. In addition to 15 55 mortars, the first regiment was also equipped with 50 grenades. In addition, there are 200 horsemen equipped with explosive bear rifles, 300 infantry equipped with explosive bear rifles, 200 guerrillas and 200 logistics and scouts.

The force of the first regiment is very powerful, which is the best in the whole explosive bear brigade.

To attack Fort okron this time, stone bear is counting on the 15 55 mortars.

On the East Bank of the Tennessee River, there are also several 20-30-meter-high hills. Now, at the top of three of them, they have become 55 mortar positions.

The straight-line distance from okron fortress to the West Bank of the Tennessee River is only 400 meters, and the straight-line distance from these three hills to the East Bank of the Tennessee River is only 300 meters. Plus the width of the Tennessee River, the straight-line distance between these three hills and okron fortress is about 1200 meters! The distance of 1200 meters is the best shooting distance for 55 mortars!

At this distance, even the two 24 pound fortress guns on the wall of Fortress okron, which are facing the East, can't work. Although this kind of Fortress gun has a range of 3000 meters, its effective range is even less than 500 meters. At a distance of 1300 meters, the Gunners of the fortress gun can only pray for God's love. Otherwise, at such a distance, the shells fired by the fortress gun can deflect tens of meters or even hundreds of meters!

Yes, the artillery of this era is of this virtue. Although the range of artillery is as high as 3000 meters, the effective range is only a few hundred meters, even hundreds of meters! Otherwise, the sailing battleships of this era would not be able to draw close to 200 meters before firing

Although the 24 pound fortress gun is placed on the fort, its stability is much better than that of the sailboat's gun, but its real effective range is not much better. It's all close and makes people cry.

The artillery of this era, it's not that if you miss one shot, and then adjust the muzzle direction of the next shot, you can ensure that you hit. The guns of this era fired sub caliber bullets, and the diameter of the shells was smaller than that of the barrel.

So when the shell is fired by black powder, because there is a large gap between the shell and the barrel, the shell will advance in the barrel in a way of "jumping". In this way forward of the shell, who knows the shell in the bore is aimed at which direction?

Even if the shell deviates a millimeter when it comes out of the bore, the error caused by a kilometer away is not known how many meters!

These three hills are 1200 meters away from the fortress of okron. Therefore, the fifteen 55 mortars of the first regiment can appear on the three hills, even if they are seen by the French of the fortress of okron. Stone bear, even if they stand here and don't move, they can't hit even if they are hit by those guns.

The most important thing is that, with the firing rate of mortar, it is estimated that those fortress guns in okron fortress need at least one minute to load one shell, that is, there is only one chance to fire one shell at most

Each of the three hills is equipped with five 55 mortars, ten of which are specially used to bomb Fort okron, and the remaining five are specially used to "take care of" the 400 meter step road from the fort to the wharf.

Stone bear had never thought of giving the French in the fortress a way to live. The main entrance and exit of the fortress is the wooden Wharf on the West Bank of the Tennessee River. As long as the road leading to the wharf is controlled, the French escape route can be cut off.

Although there are small paths in the swamps in the West and south, the stone bear, long before building mortar positions, made 500 horsemen and infantry equipped with explosive bear rifles swim across the Tennessee River several kilometers away from the fort, and built a long ambush circle around the swamps.

As long as someone dares to take the path in the swamp, they will be taken care of by these Musketeers.

Stone bear doesn't believe that in front of 500 explosive bear rifles with an effective range of 600 meters, who else can escape from this swamp. Even shooting at a distance of 400 meters is enough to strangle the possibility of French escaping from the swamp path!

Originally, the stone bear was a little worried about the crocodiles living in the swamp, but this time is far from the time when the crocodiles wake up from hibernation. As long as they don't deliberately provoke these terrible big guys, these crocodiles won't jump out to look for trouble.

When the soldiers of the first regiment were building positions and ambush circles, the French soldiers in Fort okron had already found out, but they had no choice but to watch the "little black spots" in the distance like ants.

When the mortar position was built under the rising sun, the stone bear gave the order to attack.

"All 55 mortars, test fire, measure range and bearing!"

With this order, fifteen 55 mortars opened fire at the same time, and fifteen sharp roars rang through the world