Daming pirates

Chapter 76: Sacrifice

Just from the color of the gunpowder smoke, we can see that the gunpowder used by the Ming army was not very fine in proportion and production. The gunpowder did not burn fully, so there was a lot of black smoke. Compared with the granular gunpowder used by Sea Wolf, it was of poor quality.

is not a level.

A cannonball whizzed towards Xishan Village and hit the village wall heavily, creating a deep hole in the wall. The entire wall shook violently. Ordinary Sea Wolf soldiers were still

It was better, they had seen the power of the cannon when it was fired, but for the local soldiers recruited, it frightened them so much that their faces turned blue and they couldn't help but scream in surprise.

"What's it called? What's the fuss about? Isn't it just a shot? This wall is not as unbearable as you think, and it is not so easy to be blown down! I personally supervised the construction of this wall, and it is strong!" Liu BuTong said

The men he brought with him sternly scolded the screaming country soldiers.

Although the thickness of the village wall is not as thick as the city wall, it is still more than one meter thick. It is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. It is made of rammed soil. Ordinary solid cannonballs, not heavy artillery shells weighing more than 18 pounds, want to destroy this village.

It's really not easy to build a wall. Unless you get a 32-pound heavy artillery and bombard it directly, if you want to blow down a section of it, the red barbarian cannon currently used by the rebels is really enough for it to chew through.

It's been a while.

After being scolded and seeing that the wall was indeed fine, these rural soldiers felt relieved. Each of them tightened their face and quickly grabbed the weapons in their hands, pretending to be generous, for fear of being punished by their officers next.

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Seeing that his cannon hit the wall of Xishan Village and made a deep hole, although it did not directly collapse the wall, it still made the rebels excited, and the rebels suddenly let out a cheer.

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But before their cheers could end, the two Sea Wolf Hongyi cannons fired again. Two shells roared towards the rebel Hongyi cannons again, and one shell almost hit them directly.

The Hongyi cannon was on the emplacement, but it still fell off the edge, bounced on the hard frozen ground, and continued to fly forward.

Along the way, there happened to be three rebel gunners blocking its way. As a result, they were torn into pieces by the shells on the spot, turning into pieces of meat and flying out. The scene can be said to be extremely bloody.

The other cannonball landed a little further away, but not too far away. It was only five or six meters away from the rebel Hongyi cannon. After landing, it just bounced and flew not far away. First, it killed a rebel and then pulled him away.

It became casual, and then exploded with a bang,

Several shell fragments immediately flew in all directions, immediately tearing apart several nearby rebels who were watching the fun. In addition, the huge sound and shock wave caused by the explosion overturned many people and shocked the nearby rebel gunners.

There was ringing in the ears, dizziness, and dizziness.

The rebel gunners were a little panicked, because the enemy fired twice, and the impact point of the shells was getting closer and closer to them. Only then did they realize that the enemy gunners were aiming very accurately, and they could still shoot so accurately at such a long distance.

Fortunately, the target of their cannon was not very big, otherwise it would have been a house.

It collapsed. For them, this kind of accuracy is simply a fantasy. They dare not even think about it. If they want to hit a house three to four hundred meters away, unless God opens their eyes and allows them to get lucky, it is probably impossible.

It was possible, but the enemy's gunners were so powerful, which made them even more worried.

The more worried and frightened they were, the more panicked they became, and the more panicked, the slower they went. Under the general's orders, these gunners began to reload hurriedly, and their movements were more chaotic than the first time.

They fought a lot and almost caused trouble. After struggling for a while, before they could reset their sights and aim at Xishan Village, they opened fire again.

Judging from the artillery fire rate of both sides, the gunners on the Xishan Village side have already completely defeated the rebels. Seawolf's artillery training itself is very sufficient. Various trainings are carried out continuously every day. It can be said that every movement of reloading has been completed.

, are all perfected, without any fancy movements, everyone's movements are accurately streamlined to the extreme, and the cooperation has reached an extremely tacit level.

In addition, the Seawolf's gun mount is reasonably designed, and its aiming mechanism is close to that of modern artillery, making it much easier to operate. If the firing speed cannot exceed that of the rebels, the gunner may have to find a crooked tree and hang himself down.

Therefore, the gunners of the Sea Wolf can fire at a speed that is at least three times higher than that of the rebels, and can even reach four or five times, making it absolutely beyond the reach of the rebel gunners.

The Seawolf's gunner did not give the rebels a chance to counterattack. The two cannons fired in turn, constantly adjusting the shooting angle and aiming more and more accurately. The six-pounder's shells were already grazing on the fourth shot.

The edge of the enemy's cannon fell, and a group of rebel gunners surrounding the cannon were torn into pieces on the spot, creating a bloody alley.

The rebels have just fired one shot, and the second shot has not been aimed yet. Now so many gunners have been killed, and the blood and flesh of some gunners have been sprayed on the cannons, and they are sticky.

The gun barrel and gun mount were even covered with the flesh and blood of the rebels, which scared the rebel gunners and ran away. They just wanted to escape quickly and didn't even bother to fire.

The rebel general Zhang Tao jumped to his feet and cursed angrily. He ordered his soldiers to go over and cut down the two gunners who tried to escape. Then he suppressed the gunners with bullets and forced the gunners to surround the cannon mount again and push it to death.

Shen's cannon was reset. At this moment, they all regretted it. They were too careless just now and did not build a bunker for the gun position. Now it was too late to build a bunker. They could only bite the bullet and risk the sea wolf.

artillery bombardment.

At this time, the first-class marksman among the Sea Wolf infantry on the wall and the two full-time snipers were also ordered to start shooting at the gunner of the rebel Hongyi cannon with their Wolf fang rifles.

Although the furthest effective aiming range of the Seawolf's Wolf Fang rifle is about three hundred meters, this distance is a bit too far now, but as long as it reaches there, the Mini bullet is still quite lethal, rebel gunner

Since they were not wearing armor, as long as they hit them, they could be seriously injured, or even killed on the spot.

After a while, two of the rebel gunners were knocked down. Although they were a bit confused, they were beaten so hard that they couldn't figure out where the bullets came from. How could they hit them so far away?

This scared the rebel gunners half to death, and they were so panicked that they didn't know what to do.

At this time, the Sea Wolf's twelve-pounder gun had already begun to fire its fifth shell. The poor rebels had suffered heavy casualties until this time, but they still had not had time to fire the second shell.

This time, the shell seemed to have eyes. It only flew towards the rebel artillery emplacement. Before there were modern high explosives and modern columnar shells, it was impossible to destroy such a distance with simple round grenades and solid shells.

A point-shaped target is still a very difficult task for Seawolf's artillery.

However, this shell was very successful this time. It landed very close to the rebel Hongyi cannon. Unfortunately, it did not directly hit the rebel cannon, but it managed to survive and hit the place where the rebels had piled up near the cannon.

On top of a pile of ammunition, these gunpowder barrels exploded almost instantly.

A mushroom cloud suddenly rose from the emplacement of the rebel Hongyi artillery. You could almost see with the naked eye that a circular shock wave formed at the center of the explosion and spread in all directions.

The rebel gunners were in bad luck at this moment. Under this shocking loud noise, all the gunners were either torn to pieces on the spot, or were blown away by the explosion shock wave. Even if they escaped the explosion and shock wave,

The violent vibrations and sounds also killed them.

Almost all the people within a few dozen steps from the explosion had their internal organs shattered, and fell to the ground one by one without any movement. Some people were even stripped of their clothes by the car on the spot and turned into naked pigs. In short, they were at the gun emplacement.

All the rebels on board, whether they were gunners or not, and even some nearby civilians were killed in the explosion.

As for the Hongyi cannon, the gun mount was directly blown up, and the barrel flew several meters away and hit the snow. Gululu also rolled some distance away. It was completely over. From the time they arrived, to

This Hongyi cannon was destroyed, and the poor rebels only fired one shell from beginning to end. It was extremely miserable.

The rebel general Zhang Tao was almost knocked over from a distance. He was supported by his own soldiers and stared blankly at his cannon. For a moment, even his thoughts stopped. Zhang Tao looked dumb.

He opened his mouth and looked at the place where the mushroom cloud was rising, without closing his jaw for a long time.

Seeing that their Hongyi cannon was completely destroyed after just one shot, the morale of all the rebels dropped directly to their crotches. They could no longer get excited and became as if they were mourning their concubines. They had no confidence at all at this moment.

Keep fighting.

As for the people in Xishan Village, after seeing this scene, they suddenly burst into cheers, and the gloom in their hearts was suddenly swept away. They now have Hongyi cannons, but the rebels do not.

Wow, they were so scared now! Their morale was greatly boosted, and some of the country soldiers were so happy that they just danced on the wall of the village!

Zhang Tao was so angry that he almost collapsed on the spot, but his reason still allowed him to maintain a trace of clarity. Although his main force was still intact, his morale fell to the bottom because of today's incident. Even now, he continues to force his hand.

I am afraid that a forceful attack on Xishan Village will not achieve any results except paying the price of casualties in vain.

So he was angry, but he still ordered to retreat two miles and set up camp on the spot. As for the Hongyi cannon that was blown away, he didn't bother to clean it up. He estimated that it would be useless. Even if he dragged it back, it would be useless.

The gun mount, without the gunner, was still useless, so he simply threw it outside Xishan Village.

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