Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Boom boom boom——

More than 200 artillery pieces of the rebel army were the first to roar, and the shells roared towards the densely packed army of officers and soldiers on the opposite side, who were lined up in neat defensive formations.

The guns are all knock-off versions of Portuguese Franco cannons, and there are also some improved models, but there are as many as fifteen or six calibers, most of which are small cannons with smaller calibers, and there are only about a dozen of large calibers.

All Fran cannons were seized from the official army. The large-caliber Fran cannons are too heavy and inconvenient to transport. In addition, the rebels often engage in mobile warfare and it is inconvenient to carry such heavy big guys, so most of them are Small caliber cannon.

Due to the technical level at that time, the Franco machine gun, which was divided into sub-cannons and main cannons, had an insurmountable shortcoming. The gap tolerance between the sub-cannons and the belly of the gun was large, causing leakage of gunpowder gas. Therefore, it did not have the long range of the Hongyi cannon. .

Therefore, despite the fierce bombardment of the rebels' more than 200 artillery pieces, due to range and other reasons, the damage caused to the officers and soldiers was negligible, and most of the solid projectiles fell on the open ground.

The roaring sound of artillery not only boosted the morale of the rebels, but also served as an order to attack. The densely packed rebels shouted, armed with swords and other various weapons, and launched a charge towards the opposite officers and soldiers.

More than sixty artillery pieces were arranged in front of the dense defensive phalanx of the army. Most of them were improved versions of the Fran cannons like those of the rebels, but they only had two calibers: large and small.

In front of the central square, there are sixteen large-caliber cannons that are obviously different from the Franco cannons. They are cast from steel, have an integrated gun body, a rear-mounted gun breech, and a steel frame gun wheel. They use fixed paper cartridges. What was fired was a blooming artillery shell, which already had the immature form of modern artillery.

These sixteen large-caliber artillery pieces belong to the regimental artillery battalion of the First Royal Regiment, and are equipped with twelve small-caliber artillery pieces. According to the number of artillery pieces, they are actually a regiment-level organization, and the troops are also a brigade-level organization. It's just that Zhu Youjian didn't upgrade his unit number.

Boom boom boom——

Following the officer's order, several artillery shells fired. Several officers on the side held up monocular telescopes to observe the impact point of the bullet, and then made corrections based on the impact point and target. The second artillery shell was the real effective shot.

Stay steady, don't panic, I've been able to hold it all together, no one is allowed to light the fire without my order.

On the artillery position on the right, a young officer shouted loudly to his artillerymen who looked very nervous.

This young officer is called Liu Hui, and he is a subordinate of Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Baoding. In his spare time, he went to the artillery camp directly under the Royal First Regiment to drink. He became familiar with the officers of the artillery camp and learned a lot. The theoretical knowledge of young artillerymen is now really put to use.

At the same time, on the artillery position on the left wing, more than 20 Fran machine cannons were fired one after another, blasting out clouds of black smoke in the open space. Only a few shells fell on the charging rebel group. , causing some damage, but failed to stop the densely packed rebels from continuing to charge.

Three quick shots.

The artillerymen of the artillery battalion directly under the Royal First Regiment went through a school firing and calibrated the azimuth and range. The sixteen large-caliber artillery finally began to roar. The shells roared and smashed down the rebel artillery position, exploding into clouds of fire. The fire and black smoke also blew the rebel gunners to pieces.

boom……

There was a violent explosion at the rebel artillery position, and thick smoke rose into the sky. It was the gunpowder barrels piled randomly by the rebels that were hit by artillery shells. There was a big explosion, which blew up the artillery within a few feet and overturned it. Several Fran cannons.

Okay, good job, give me a good beating.

A wooden high platform was temporarily built in the central square. Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, stood on the high platform, holding a monocular telescope to observe the battle. He saw a big explosion in the rebel artillery position and shouted with joy.

My Lord Governor, this is a new artillery tactic taught by the Emperor, called artillery suppression...

Xu Yu and a group of senior generals gathered around Sun Chuanting. He also held up a monocular to observe the battle situation. He also saw the big explosion on the rebel artillery position. While sighing at the practicality and power of the new artillery tactics taught by the emperor, With a thought in mind, I explained to Sun Chuanting the theory and role of artillery suppression, emphasizing the important role of artillery in modern warfare.

Artillery is the god of war.