Become a feudal king from today

"Oh my God!"

A huge plume of smoke shot into the sky from the battlefield after the explosion.

Harriman, whose ears were ringing from the loud noise, let out a horrified sigh.

Wesley also looked at the location of the explosion with disbelief.

This was the most powerful explosion he had ever seen.

Six howitzers in the vicinity of the explosion were completely destroyed.

"May God bless us." Wesley crossed himself, feeling increasingly uneasy. .

Having experienced countless battles, he knew very well that the introduction of a new weapon into the battlefield would put tremendous pressure on the enemy and seriously weaken one's own morale.

Before finding a way to counter this weapon, it will be difficult to rebuild one's own morale.

Without having to observe, he could imagine that the coalition soldiers were now panicking.

The only belief that can support them to continue fighting is that they are defending Tianzhu, a British asset.

Also, once they fail in the Eastern Territory, the Western Territory may also be threatened in the future.

Just like when they came to the Eastern Land to burn, kill, and loot, no one could guarantee whether Da Song would retaliate against them.

Although this is a sign of guilty conscience, it is not impossible.

"We can't stand here like fools. We must do something. Let the soldiers shoot into the sky and knock down these ghosts." While Wesley was thinking, Harriman suddenly shouted like crazy.

He grabbed the rifled gun from the soldiers beside him and aimed at the airship.

Other officers saw this and followed suit.

Many soldiers in the trench also reacted and raised their guns to shoot overhead.

"Bang bang bang..." For a moment, intensive gunshots rang out from the coalition fortifications.

However, their counterattack is destined to be massacre.

After a round of shooting, not only did they not suffer any damage to the airship, but the falling bullets injured many of their own people.

"Asshole! Put up the artillery and be sure to shoot them down." Seeing that the musket fire was not only ineffective, but also accidentally injured one of his own people, Harriman became angry and continued to bark orders.

Because Wesley had fought against the Dasong army, he was calmer than Harriman at the moment. He immediately stopped him, "That's enough, Harriman. Do you think the Dasong army on the opposite side is stupider than you? They must have considered all the intelligence. , that makes this ghost thing fly so high. The smoothbore cannon does have a very long range, but it is a horizontal shot, and it is impossible to shoot vertically, just like our muskets. "

Just as Wesley thought, the height of the airship was indeed calculated.

When he was in Yancheng, Wang Chong tested British muskets and artillery according to their standards.

They calculated each other's rifled guns as having a maximum range of 900 meters.

When the rifled gun fires vertically, the distance can only reach about 430 meters.

As for the artillery shells, because the opponent still uses solid shells.

Solid bullets weigh much more than tapered lead bullets.

This means that the solid body faces greater air resistance and gravity after being launched.

The higher you fly, the greater the restricting force becomes, like a hand pulling the cannonball back.

Therefore, the range of their field smoothbore guns is three thousand meters, but their vertical firing range is only 600 meters.

"You're right." After being scolded by Wesley, Harriman calmed down and broke out in a layer of sweat.

If he had given this order, more soldiers would have been killed by his own people.

This would be a stain on their military careers.

Then, he looked at Wesley, and he no longer had the arrogance he had maintained since arriving in Tianzhu.

At first, he thought Wesley was inferior to him.

Now he finally fully understood that anyone else would suffer a disastrous defeat in Malacca.

"Wesley, what should we do now?" Harriman had no idea at all.

It's okay to be bombarded by the opponent and unable to fight back.

Now, there is another thing flying in the sky, like a sharp sword hanging above their heads, threatening their lives at all times.

"We have no choice but to fulfill our military duties and fight to the end against our British enemies. We may have to sacrifice more than they do, but even so we must fight to the last man and achieve final victory. This is holy war. We must root out heresy," cried Wesley.

Harriman nodded, "Yes, they are devils and heretics, and we are the knights of justice. We will eventually defeat these eastern devils."

Turning to the other generals, he shouted, "Did you hear that? Go and fight, and tell your soldiers that we are not only fighting for Britain, but also for God!"

"Boom boom boom..."

As soon as he finished speaking, another violent explosion occurred on the coalition trench fortifications.

These bombs were also dropped by flying objects in the sky.

As the bombs fell one after another, they realized that the bombings of these flying objects had a purpose.

The main goal seemed to be to destroy the artillery on the coalition positions.

But even if this is discovered, it will not help.

Their every move is under the surveillance of these flying objects.

No action can escape their detection.

The subsequent changes in the position of the Dasong artillery bombardment further confirmed the fact that they were under surveillance by these flying objects.

Because the opponent's artillery shells were hitting more and more accurately, their field artillery was continuously destroyed.

"Boom boom boom..."

The flying objects continued to drop bombs, and Dasong's artillery seemed to become more powerful.

Although they were quickly encouraged by their generals, the fear of death still made the Union soldiers cower and hide in the trenches like moles.

Some people cried out of fear, while others screamed after being hit by shrapnel.

Mud mixed with flesh was constantly being rolled up into the air, and fell on them like raindrops.

In the pungent and rich smoke, they only felt deep despair.

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at the same time.

Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other Dasong generals were also observing the bombing effect of the airship.

Seeing huge fireballs set off one after another on the coalition positions, everyone was excited and at the same time felt a slight chill behind their backs.

At this moment, they were really glad that the airship was theirs.

"With the precise bombing and battlefield guidance of the airship, the opponent's artillery will be cleared soon." Guantong said while observing.

Qin Shan looked at an airship with his telescope at this time, and then replied, "Not necessarily, their generals will also be smart and not expose all the artillery."

The flag signal played by the soldiers on the airship told them that a hidden artillery cover was lifted by the shock wave during the bombing.

Hearing this, Guan Tong frowned, "In that case, let's conduct a night attack in the next few nights and let them expose all the artillery."

"Just what I want." Chang Wei nodded.

Obviously, this decisive battle with the Western-Turkish coalition cannot be resolved in three to five days.

The opponent's muskets and artillery were only one generation behind theirs, and their number of soldiers was much greater than theirs.

If they meet head-on, although they can win, the price they pay will be absolutely huge.

In order to annihilate the Western-Turkish coalition forces at the minimum cost, they must be a little patient and disintegrate their defenses step by step.

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