Chapter 781： Gun Gun Gong Gong (Part 2)

Chen Jin is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the governor of Guangdong. Naturally, he has great power. Although large-scale casting of iron ball shells is very expensive. However, in the Ming Dynasty, Guangdong was an important place for iron production, and Guangzhou Railway was an important source of iron materials for the Ming Dynasty. In a province of Guangdong, the annual output of iron can reach 5 million catties. Huizhou and Chaozhou in Guangdong were famous iron smelting centers in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong, Chen Jin obtained a lot of iron material is still very simple. At the order, a large amount of Guangzhou Railway was transported to the front line of Liuzhou.

Of course, the front line is not idle. As many iron ball shells as possible are cast. Even those short-body tube artillery of the Ming Dynasty, the craftsmen also cast iron ball shells so that those artillery can assist shooting.

It's just that the calibers of the earthen guns are different. Even if sand casting is used, it is more troublesome to equip each earth cannon with proper shells. After all, there was no strict uniform standard for casting cannons in the Ming court, which was all played by artisans. Therefore, the caliber of the cast cannons varies. Therefore, to equip the artillery with shells, the carpenter needs to make a wooden ball first, which exactly matches the caliber of the artillery. Then, using this wooden ball as the female parent, sandbox casting was carried out to obtain shells.

This method of casting shells is very troublesome. Because each earth cannon needs to be equipped with a sand box for casting shells. Fortunately, wet sand casting is faster. As long as the wooden **** of the template are completed, mass production can be started immediately.

Moreover, at the beginning, although the shells of the Franc cannon were also cast, Chen Jin did not let the Franc cannon hit the city wall, but let the craftsmen bury their shells. Instead, it was those earthen cannons. After casting the iron ball shells, they began to bombard the city walls.

The reason for this is that Chen Jin believes that since the Franc cannon is more powerful, it should be put at the end to launch the final blow. If the early bombardment caused some damage to the city wall, the enemy might take the opportunity to repair the city wall. Therefore, Chen Jin simply let more than two dozen artillery bombs first, and then broke the city wall first. In the end, 10 more powerful Franc cannons were launched and the red **** walls were swept away.

Of course, before that, the moat must be filled. Therefore, Chen Jin ordered that the army should mobilize vans and transport sandbags to fill the moat.

The van has its own carriage, and the taxi soldiers hide behind the carriage to avoid the attack of the enemy forces in the city. Sandbags can also be placed in the carriages ... The soldiers take the sandbags from the carriages and throw them into the moat in front of the moat.

When the craftsmen cast 50,000 rounds of iron ball shells for 10 Folang cannons, the main part of the moat's main attack was already filled. Moreover, the city walls were shattered by earth cannons with iron ball shells.

And, coincidentally, there was a heavy rain afterwards. The heavy rain came by coincidence. As it happens, the Ming artillery exploded many cracks on the outside of the city wall. Then, the torrential rain penetrated into the hollow part of the city wall along the gap. Then, even if the hollow part inside the city wall is soaked in water ...

If it is a normal wall, there is no such problem. However, this city wall is not normal ...

The normal city wall is made of high-quality adhesive mixed with glutinous rice juice, brown sugar and lime to bind the masonry together. As long as it is dry, it will be resistant to water and impact in the future. But this section of the wall was not made of glutinous rice juice, and it was not mixed with brown sugar. The root here is made of non-sticky indica rice juice and lime, and the firmness is simply not enough. It was destroyed by artillery fire for a while, and then soaked by rain ...

Then, the outside of the hollow city wall was loose directly. In the inner part, the brick joints are also loosened by blisters ...

When the Franc cannon re-emerged from the rivers and lakes and began to bombard, the results came out immediately-there were some old and dilapidated outer walls of the hollow city wall, which had been bombed for a long time. On the inner wall, under the hello of tens of thousands of iron ball shells, the brick cracks were loosened, and then the shelling could not stand, and there was a gap ...

It should be noted that ordinary front-mounted bronze guns generally have a lifespan of only about 1,000 rounds, such as the Napoleon gun. But the Bronze gun has a longer life, why? Because the explosion chamber of the Franc cannon happened inside Zizhen. The impact of the bronze barrel was only aftermath. Unlike the front-mounted bronze gun, because the explosion occurred at the bottom of the barrel, the barrel was directly hit by a violent impact. Generally speaking, if the barrel is overheated, the copper barrel is easy to soften. When it explodes again, the barrel is easily deformed ...

However, the Franco cannon is different. The explosion of the Franco cannon is mainly in Zizhen. The child buns that Marin gave to Daming's Franc cannons are all made of steel from steel mills, which are much better quality than those made by ordinary pig iron and wrought iron in this era. Naturally, the lifespan is much longer. Plus one cannon was changed in turn by five sub-cylinders, so even if tens of thousands of shells were fired, 10 cannon can still be used ...

(Note: In fact, the structure of the Frang cannon is similar to the later copper shell rifle. The copper shell takes away most of the explosion impact and heat, and the barrel life is naturally longer. The ordinary 45 carbon steel is made of The 56 half rifle barrel has a lifespan of more than 10,000 rounds. This is still considering the wear of the rifle. If it is a rifle gun, the life is longer ... Similarly, if the propellant uses a single corrosive with lower corrosivity, it is even weaker. Black gunpowder, the life can be increased ...)

After 50,000 rounds of iron ball shells were smashed, the city wall finally opened a gap. Chen Jin was immediately excited, he quickly signaled that the military commander Mao Rui of Guangdong and Guangxi sent troops to attack.

Therefore, Mao Rui quickly dispatched thousands of swords and shields, and attacked the stones and bows of the Tongyao Uprising Army on the city head, rushing into the gap that only two people could pass ...

But soon, the swords and shields were shot out ...

"What's going on?" Mao Rui asked the thousand households who led the charge with dissatisfaction ...

"Fu Qiang Bo, there are vine armoured soldiers in the city! The brothers rushed in and were shot by the enemy vine armoured soldiers!"

"What?" Both Chen Jin and Shen Rui were taken aback.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written early in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many storytellers who spoke about the Three Kingdoms in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, both Chen Jin and Mao Rui know what Fujiko is. That stuff is invulnerable, very difficult to deal with ...

"Burning rattan soldiers?" Shen Rui suggested.

"Try it!" Chen Jin nodded.

Then Ming Saber Shield Soldiers replaced their single swords with torches and threw them into the gaps, hoping to burn down the enemies that blocked the gaps, just as Zhuge Liang defeated the savages of the Southwest Barbarians in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

However, they are miscalculated ...

"Hum, want to 'burn the vine armor?' I had expected you to have this move!" Zheng Yunhu looked proudly at the city's plan as the Ming army's plan was shattered.

This rattan soldier in the city belongs to the Yaomin troops under his command. Zheng Yunhu has read the book and heard the storytelling of the Three Kingdoms, and naturally knows Fujiko.

Coincidentally, Yao Min, such as Zheng Yunhu, came out of Dateng Gorge and is most familiar with vines. According to Mr. Storyteller, Zheng Yunhu tried to make a batch of vines with tough vines and tung oil. After years of experimentation, he finally produced 800 pairs of vines. Although it can't reach the level of invulnerability in the romance, it can also resist most sword damage.

Therefore, in the face of the impact of the Ming army's swords and shields, the eight hundred Yaomin vine armor soldiers successfully resisted, and also beat the Ming army back.

Moreover, Zheng Yunhu knows the weakness of Garnet-that is fear of fire. Therefore, before the city wall was bombed, Zheng Yunhu placed the eight hundred rattan soldiers here. At the same time, a lot of buckets were moved, and the cloth was covered with cloth. The cloth was soaked in water ... The cloth was covered with wet cloth, and there were buckets ready for fire fighting. Even if the Ming Army threw a torch in, he could not achieve merit ...

"The younger brother really is awesome! Aha ha!" Chief Huang Wenlong was very happy to see this.

"The big master, although temporarily blocking the Ming army, after the truce at night, we still have to close this gap quickly!"

"That's right!"

...

However, they think too simple. Seeing this, Chen Jin resolutely said:

"Uncle Fu Qiang, you picked hundreds of dead men, as swords and shields, and rushed in again ..."

"But ... Lord Governor ... those Fujika soldiers?"

"The old man let the musketeers follow behind the sword and shield soldiers, as soon as they entered the city, they shot from the slit of the sword and shield soldiers and shot the rattan soldiers!

Shen Rui thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly brightened:

"Master Governor's plan! Even dozens of pounds of iron armor can't block the musket, not to mention the vines made of vines!"

"Okay, go ahead and pick the deceased who have great strength and martial arts. Remember, those people must use their own strength to hit an open space, so that the fire fighters have a place to stand!"

"Observe!"

Then, Mao Rui selected 500 Hercules, put on the cotton armor lined with iron, held the knife shield, and rushed into the gap ...

After a **** battle, these hundreds of people finally squeezed a gap under the sword of Tong Yao's coalition forces. Then, a hundred matchlock gunmen got into the city ...

In order to cover the musketeers who entered the city, Chen Jin also ordered the archers to focus on the enemy troops above the gaps in the city wall, so that they would not dare to show their eyes to the musketeers. At the same time, another group of strong men, holding an iron hammer, also rushed forward, hitting the gap with a big hammer, making the gap bigger and bigger ...

Soon, the matchlock gunmen who entered the city found the gap between the crowds and began to aim at the vine armor soldiers who were fighting with the swords and shields ...

The commander of the matchlock gunman Li Sanshui shouted:

"The hands of the sword and shield in front must not move, otherwise it will be easily injured by mistake!"

Then, the sword and shield soldiers who were entangled with the Yaomin Fuji armor did not dare to move suddenly, but stood mechanically there to defend the attack of the Fuji armor.

Just when Fujiko Bing thought he had the upper hand, bursts of gunshots suddenly sounded in the cracks of people-"cracking-"

"Ah--" Some Fujiko soldiers screamed suddenly ...

Because there are a few rows of swords and shields separated from the firearms, so close, it is very easy to aim. Because Marlin's matchlock gun has a sight, it is very convenient to aim. Therefore, the matchlock shooters are very accurate. At least, it won't "go off target." After all, the frontal area of ​​living people is so large. At such a short distance, it is still aiming with a sight. It is difficult to "go off target" ...

Tens of grams of lead bullets hit the vines fiercely, and the vines that originally resisted the sword suddenly had no effect.

In the time of a cup of tea, eight hundred rattan soldiers lose half ...

Because the swords and shields are only separated from each other, the distance is very close, and the rifle gunmen are also aiming accurately. It takes ten minutes for a tea, but the musketeers have been shooting for several rounds. When shooting, the matchlock gunmen simply put the matchlock gun on the shoulders of the brothers of the sword and shield soldiers in order to aim and shoot ...

Although the Fujie soldiers are fierce in close combat, these sword-shield soldiers are also carefully selected Hercules. It may be difficult to defeat these vine soldiers, but it is okay to withstand them. For the rest of the time, the musketeers have killed the vines ...

Fujie soldiers are not long-range soldiers, facing the matchlock gunmen hiding behind their cold guns, they have no choice ...

In fact, these vine armoured soldiers don't know that the matchlock gunmen are actually afraid of the tide. As long as they lift the bucket on the ground and pour it over to wet the matchstick, the matchlock gunmen will be dull ...

It is a pity that these Tong Yao uprising soldiers did not have this kind of consciousness. They do n’t even know what a matchlock is, and they do n’t even think of ways to restrain it ...

Therefore, under the cover of the swords and shields, in about two quarters of a minute, the Uprising Army's largest card player Fujikuji was wiped out ...

Even the most elaborate vine armoured soldiers were wiped out. The Tongyao Uprising Army panicked, and their fighting spirit was severely affected. Even Zheng Yunhu, the second character of the Uprising, vomited blood and was comatose. Before the coma, Zheng Yunhu shouted "My Vine Soldier!"

On the other hand, after the Ming army was eliminated, the morale was greatly boosted, and more Ming army soldiers stormed into the city ...

In the cold weapons era, the morale thing is really mysterious. Obviously, it was a Ming army with five slags. After the morale was greatly boosted, the combat power actually broke the table ...

The Tongyao Allied Forces in the city suffered a serious blow to their morale because of the destruction of the Fujiki soldiers. Coupled with the number one think tank Zheng Yunhu vomiting blood and coma, the nominal big boss Huang Wenlong suddenly panicked ...

Then, in the street fighting, the soldiers of the Ming Army who fought against the five slags actually escorted the Tongyao Allied Forces to fight ...

After half a day of **** fighting, the Ming army finally controlled most of Luorong County. And at this time, the time has come in the middle of the night ...

Seeing that there was no hope of victory, sober Zheng Yunhu persuaded the chief, Huang Wenlong, to take the remnants of less than 3,000 people and break out of the north gate. Then, in a circle, he fled south towards the direction of Otto Gorge ...

If they fled during the day, the Ming army had cavalry and would surely be able to catch up. But in the middle of the night, the Ming cavalry was not good at night fighting, so Huang Wenlong and Zheng Yunhu ran away.

But in any case, Luorong County was finally recovered by the court. Moreover, most of the rebels were either annihilated or captured. Moreover, this is a tough battle. Therefore, the Ming army was a big victory.

As for the remnants of the insurgent army, as long as the army is pursued and pursued ...

The next day ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Chen Jin, who was so eager to write, quickly wrote a good news, ready to send to Beijing.

The triumphant news is divided into two parts, one is written by Chen Jin as Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The other was written by Fu Qiang, Mao Rui, the general officer of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Chen Jin is like boasting, but he is a literati after all, he has a face. So, he and Fu Qiang Bo Maorui negotiated-we boast ...

In Chen Jin ’s success report, he vigorously praised the soldiers for their lives, and Mao Rui “leads the army well” ...

In Mao Rui ’s victory, Chen Jin slammed for Chen Jin, praising Chen Jin ’s “anticipation of the enemy ’s first chance” and “regardless strategy”. For "extreme vision". Because these two weapons really shine in this battle ...

In addition, Chen Jin's own report also praised the Frang machine gun and the matchlock gun as "the weight of the country" ...

In this way, the Fran machine gun and the matchlock gun were just hit by the Ministry of Ritual Shang Shu Mao Cheng into the "Leng Palace", but this time as a "national weight", they entered the vision of the big men of the Ming Dynasty ...