Fan Zhongyan, a veteran cadre with a trio of academics, politicians, and famous generals, who has been cosplayed from the Yueyang Tower, has left his name for generations, and Zhou Huaian, who is really happy when he comes back, has just returned to the position of the Chinese Army. The traces of the brief battle have been basically cleared.
Obviously, with the continuous control of the main points and the completion of the suppression of most parts of the city, the manpower of the Taiping Army has become abundant again. On the surrounding city, there were also people watching, the new weapon that was put into battle for the first time today.
"This is a big sharp baby... it feels like thunderous movement to use."
Zheng Chen Nian, the newly transferred team of the throwing fire team, is like stroking his beloved son, boasting to the marvelous other soldiers.
"As long as you have enough medicine to start a fire, even those yellow heads will be crushed to pieces even if they are fierce."
"Of course, to prevent this thing from being hurt... Then you have to learn something..."
"Not only must you have a foundation in basic arithmetic calculations, but you also have to learn some calenders, comprehension, and measurement skills... Otherwise, you will be a far cry from the slightest difference..."
"Hey, this is really an amazing skill and method..."
Suddenly someone joked in and exclaimed loudly.
"Isn't this a magic weapon borrowed from the earth by asking the thunder father and electric mother in the sky..."
As a result, there are still people making various gestures of worship toward this firearm. Obviously, a simple and ignorant concept is not so easy to reverse and correct immediately through enlightenment and education in the military.
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but smiled slightly.
The weapon that has just come into use in the anti-raid battle is the latest batch of front-mounted cannons that are rolled by hydraulic machine tools and have a thick bowl. In order to take into account the needs of saving cost, strength and weight reduction in materials, the composite design of the iron bore thermal sleeve copper tire is adopted to make full use of the thermal expansion ductility of the bronze material and the wear resistance of hard cast iron.
Therefore, it is entirely possible to use a half-inch inner caliber and a full charge within the safety threshold to launch two to three catties of prefabricated pig iron projectiles, or large lead-iron shots of twice and a half weight. The ammunition is made of flammable nitrate-impregnated crude silk. The projectiles and gunpowder particles are packed separately, and they also come with cloth bags of different lengths and extension leads.
In this way, several sub-drug packs of different specifications can be directly selected according to different loadings. Because it is a relatively short and small barrel, it will not be much slower than the later development of after-loading guns when the veteran is skilled in the operation. This batch of newly-made small cannons has been accumulated in small batches in an exclusive workshop to produce a total of more than one hundred.
But about 30% of it is about 30%, because it does not meet the standard and requires the elimination rate of refurbishment; therefore, it is finally spread on the finished product, each with 12 jin of tin, 7 jin of lead, and 35 jin of copper. Fifty-five kilograms and eleven kilograms of white forged steel; together with other spare parts, the material and labor costs have reached 70 to 80 yuan, which is about 70,000 yuan per door.
This time, all 86 qualified products were brought out. Among them, in addition to the six directly attached to the regiment; the other 80 have three to five personnel as an operation team, together with the logistics Zizhong auxiliary personnel, under the sequence of the fire team, they are organized into two brigade (six squadrons / two squadrons). Fourteen teams / eighty artillery groups and twenty baggage auxiliary groups).
Of course, this kind of thing that is improved and upgraded from the big sprayer that used to hit the live target, it is said that the small gun is actually more like a large-caliber gun suitable for shooting. When needed, you can even sacrifice range, alignment, and future service life. Latte slag stones and the like can make up one or two, just add a hardwood pallet to assist in the promotion of the ammunition bag.
The best kill range of specific scattering is between ten and twenty steps. The coverage of the projectile is greatly reduced. As far as the distance is, the penetration and clearness gradually disappear, and only the person is left to smash the head. The kinetic energy inertia is gone. And if it is replaced with other larger-shaped physical projectiles, the killing distance can probably be extended further.
Therefore, this is just a rather primitive team support firearm; according to the standards of a certain kind of moon cooks and related book lovers, it is just the most white starless treasure for people; only after the mass production is selected Only after the high-tech propellant and explosive technology tree, and the corresponding production capacity of blooming shells, gun steel, and bumper fuzes, can be upgraded to the so-called military-level and city-level treasures.
Therefore, like other firearms and equipment, these small guns are also one of the important trump cards and assassins prepared for this aid to Gangneung; and as long as they are equipped with special fixing frames and expansion equipment, they can even sacrifice the gun body. For the price, to conduct targeted destruction operations.
It is usually mounted on a rigid small gun mount with iron-clad wooden wheels to carry out basic maneuvers that accompany the infantry; or when encountering rugged terrain, the gun mount is split into four parts and carried by two soldiers. Walking, or a single mule and horse carrying the march; while on normal roads or flat open areas with hard ground, it can be fixed on some reinforced carts, accompanied by cavalry and riding infantry for rapid maneuvering .
When parked, you can add wooden signs and hand cards as temporary shields, or build earth bags and parapets as shields, and temporarily arrange them into corresponding guard positions to provide initial fire support and suppression; Under the conditions of practice, the initial model is basically concise and has good versatility.
The main reason is that the laminated spring steel technology is not enough to pass the test. The only production capacity is used for vehicle manufacturing and crossbow components; otherwise, you can try the tube-retracting gun mount. This preliminary product was also named as a series of small cannons of the "Defend the Enemy" by Zhou Huaian.
It's just that there are no chances to come in handy for all the wrong things along the way. Therefore, he was kept in the snow until the moment he entered Yuezhou City, before he was able to test the waters on the battlefield; in the process, some detail flaws and deficiencies were also exposed and appeared;
For example, no matter how you usually train your proficiency and run into details, some people will make mistakes after encountering a real enemy; for example, when the enemy hasn't reached the optimal kill distance and range, they have already begun to bombardment, and some people are nervous. The shot bag that made the mistake of killing the fan was loaded into a linearly damaged ball.
Fortunately, the final killing effect and power were decent, and it also deterred and intimidated those loyal armed forces who were disguised as sneak attacks, which caused a moment of stagnation and chaos; this did not turn this sneak attack and counter-ambush into another impossible On track as expected.
But despite this, the statistics summarizing the results afterwards are quite impressive and a little heavy. As a price to clean up these scattered loyal military troops in the city, even with the active help and cooperation of the local residents, the rebels paid nearly two thousand casualties in the obvious advantages and advantages of subsequent street fighting.
In terms of the number of deaths, it has far surpassed the losses of fighting in Tanzhou towns and cities, and it was the first time that there were far fewer wounded than killed.
Because these remnants of the loyal military army are quite experienced and deadly. Even in the disadvantaged and disadvantaged, they are not only fierce to the enemy, but also more cruel to their own people; often in despair, they would rather endure more pain and injury, and Get the result of the enemy's death.
In contrast, these mixed old and new volunteers are inevitably afraid to go all out. On the contrary, they are dragged down and disturbed in disguised form by the local people who have the courage but lack experience and skills. The weapon was projected.
On the other hand, it was the conclusion of the report delivered at the small meeting after the reflection and summary that these loyal soldiers were significantly stronger and more skilled; therefore, their physical fitness and endurance were more durable than the relatively uneven rebels.
Therefore, after the opponent occupies a building to block long-range killing methods such as bows and crossbows, the rebels often have to rotate two or three batches of manpower before they can take down the exhausted opponent; it is not until the subsequent throwing in the cupping can and the poisonous smoke ball. This situation has been improved, but there are still examples of volunteer soldiers who were exhausted in combat but were unable to reveal their flaws and were attacked by the opponent or rushed out of encirclement.
Therefore, although the enemy was easily cleaned up after the fight, the wounded who survived the battlefield were basically severely injured, and the proportion of minor injuries was rarely caused by accidents outside the battle or by indirect factors.
But since Yueyang City, a water and land hub connecting the Yangtze River, Han River and Xiangjiang River in Dongting Lake, has been initially taken down, it means that the siege of Jiangling will not be far away. Zhou Huaian still understands the truth of preparation.
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And outside the northwest gate of Yueyang City, where a gap had just been opened, the Zhongwu Army also made Zhou Yanling desperate and fleeing right away with dozens of surviving cronies. Although the first moment he discovered that the city was attacked by an enemy, he made people call for the loyal warriors and soldiers in the city to gather against the enemy.
However, he obviously overestimated the appeal of his own loyal warriors who had just robbed and plundered them. In the end, only half of the Feihuang who he directly led and Pang, another school lieutenant, were able to join together and piece together. Four to five hundred people come;
As for the other loyal warriors who were inferior, they were all attacked and killed in full swing by these thieves, who relied on the advantage of numbers to divide and divide them in various parts of the city, showing the tendency of being destroyed by each.
Although relying on these four or five hundred battle-hardened loyal soldiers, he can choose to retire from the sub-city to resist and wait for assistance, or go out to fight against Guo's rampant and interspersed attacks to meet and gather the scattered soldiers;
However, the situation took a sharp turn and went far beyond his expectation. Zhou Yanling led the men and horses to be blocked by several grass thieves' soldiers, throwing firearms and straddling crossbows, and then repelled again. ；
And in this kind of chaotic battle, even if they have a ten-percent guarantee of battle kung fu and veteran skills, they can’t perform three or four points under the shortage of food and weapons at this moment and hunger, thirst and exhaustion; instead, they can only play three or four points. Relying on his personal fierceness and resistance, he persisted in the downwind.
Although after the final fierce attack and killing, he still broke through the defense lines arranged and assembled by the grass thieves, but the loyal warriors under his command have also been there for half of the time, and they are fighting with another school lieutenant, Pang Cong. Spread out in the middle.
At this moment, Zhou Yanling became a little uneasy and hesitated. Compared with Jin Hui, who is desperate to make a turnaround, or several other leading lieutenants who have not been in battle or have been lost in the chaos; as the adopted son of Jidu, he released the leader. It is undoubtedly necessary to know more about flexibility and life-saving.
Especially after seeing the people in the city getting up, some men, women and children, holding hatchets, forks, and a little stick, joined the grass thieves to besiege the official army/loyal army generals; he knew what was going on. It's impossible to do anything and can only move in quickly.
As the North Goblin corps, the Zhongwu Army was able to judge the situation and watch the wind in the battle against various rebellious feudal towns and thieves, it was also no different. As the saying goes, if you want to beat the enemy, you have to run faster and more decisively than the enemy.
Therefore, although they are known for being fierce and capable of fighting, they have a reputation for being unmoving and standing like a mountain. However, from the siege of the grass thieves or rebels who have the advantage and the upper hand, they have repeatedly been able to leave behind the dead-end allies and close neighbors, and the key to successfully passing in and preserving the strength of most of them.
At least he left most of his troops and fled back. Although he would inevitably be punished or even engaged in military law, he could at least save his next life and start over, which is much better than throwing his wealth and life here.
Moreover, if he could bring the news that Yue Yang was attacked by the grass thief army back to the camp of Jiedu Liu Jurong in the south of Shannan, he would undoubtedly be able to make up for it to some extent; and then use this to fill in some people to continue to stand. Even if he returned to Xuzhou in the future, it would be better for him to win the battle.
He ran wildly along the official road by the Dongting Lake but was never blocked anymore, which also made his hanging heart slowly calm down. It wasn't until I met a post that I ordered to stop and take a rest, and collect some usable things nearby;
At this moment, on the road not far away, there was a piercing sound of horns and many cavalry rushing smoke and dust; Zhou Yanling, who had a dry mouth and cracked lips, couldn't help but be shocked, and then turned into a certain surprise. Looking at the other side's direction, could it be that Liu Jieshuai, who attacked Jiangling, sent a follow-up cavalry.
Only after a while, this kind of surprise turned into a piercing icy water, because these "official riders" didn't mean to slow down at all, but rushed towards their remnant soldiers. Come here; on their saddles there are still several head-like things hanging on them.
"Finalize,"
Sangzi's hoarse Zhou Yanling only screamed for a while, and was rushed into the post by these pawns with spears and knives, and kicked and chopped down those Feihuang soldiers who were trying to stop him.
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