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Can the army's Fran cannon hit so far?

Li Zicheng watched his artillery position being blown to pieces, his brows furrowed and his face darkened.

In the minds of most rebel generals, including him, the Fran machine gun shells are solid iron bullets. In addition to boosting morale, their greatest role is to bombard solid fortifications such as city walls, and to bombard moving targets. , For people with small targets, it is better to fight in close combat and kill with swords.

His own artillery position was blown over and dozens of gunners were lost. To him, these casualties were completely negligible. He was just a little worried and curious, why did the army's Franco machine cannon shoot so far?

However, to be honest, he felt that the power of blooming cannonballs was much greater than that of solid iron bullets. When used against people, especially dense crowds, the lethality was quite scary.

The densely packed rebel army was still charging. The regimental artillery battalion of the 1st Royal Regiment bombarded the rebel artillery position as quickly as possible. After destroying more than 30 artillery pieces, under the command of the officer, the muzzle of the gun was The elevation angle was lowered, and artillery fire sniper fire began on the rebels who were charging intensively.

Governor Sun, this tactic is called artillery sniping. It uses intensive artillery fire to form a death blockade to block the rebels' subsequent charge, thereby reducing the pressure on the frontline soldiers.

Xu Yu continued to explain the new artillery tactics to Sun Chuanting. The artillery officers commanded well and the gunners shot accurately, which made him proud.

But, having said that, the reason why these artillerymen can shoot so accurately is because, in addition to the usual life-threatening training, they use live ammunition to fire. It is all in vain, and only the emperor has such courage. .

Well, pass the order and let Commander Xu's men command the artillery...

Sun Chuanting listened to Xu Yu's explanation and nodded repeatedly. He now understood the practicality and power of these new tactics, and he couldn't help but admire the emperor's wisdom, prowess, talent and strategy.

After this battle is over, the officers in charge of the artillery must be asked to learn how to fire artillery from the First Royal Regiment. It is too late now. Let Xu Yu first send some officers who are proficient in artillery to command the artillery. .

Governor Sun, it's too late. Xu Yu said with a bitter smile. The rebels were charging very fast and were already within the firing range of the Fran machine gun. It would be a bit of a steal to let his subordinates command the friendly artillery units.

Forget it, let's wait until this battle is over. Sun Chuanting stroked his long beard and nodded, continuing to observe the battlefield with a monocular.

Xu Yu also held up a monocular to observe the battlefield. All the senior generals gathered around looked at the monocular in his hand eagerly, feeling extremely envious in their hearts. The treatment of the emperor's soldiers was just different, so enviable. Jealousy and jealousy.

Dozens of Fran cannons from the right-wing Baoding Army were already roaring, and solid iron bullets and explosive bombs roared down among the densely charging rebel group. The explosive shells exploded into clouds of fire and billowing smoke, and the stumps were broken. The arm flies.

The solid iron bullet hit the human body fiercely, creating a large bloody hole. It continued to fly forward under the inertia of strong kinetic energy, and hit the body of the second rebel soldier, then the third, until it knocked down the fourth. Just landed.

Although the cheating Zhu Youjian forced all the artillery shells in the army to use blooming artillery shells, it was only for his new army. In order to encourage Sun Chuanting and boost morale, he supported 500 rounds of blooming artillery shells.

The easy-to-produce and low-cost grenades supported 2,000 grenades. Evenly divided, the Shaanxi, Baoding, and Huguang armies only received about 160 shells. Dozens of artillery were destroyed in two rounds at most. Solid iron bullets are still the most commonly used artillery shells on the battlefield.

The artillery battalion directly under the Royal 1st Regiment in the center had the longest range and the fastest rate of fire. They all used highly lethal shells. They fired five rounds rapidly, causing considerable damage to the charging rebels. casualties.

The Fran machine cannon of the Baoding Army on the right wing only had time to fire two rounds, and the gunner hurriedly dragged the cannon back. If it was any slower, it would be chopped into pieces by the rushing rebels.

Although the two rounds of shelling caused certain casualties to the charging rebels, they failed to stop the rapid charge of the rebels. The densely packed rebels surged in like a tide and fiercely attacked the official defensive formations. The brutal hand-to-hand combat officially began. Opening ceremony.