Daming Military Empire

Chapter 144 Base Number of Shells
The Tianxiong Army, the Qin Army and the First Army of the Imperial Guards are all elites of the Ming Dynasty, so the deployment of troops is naturally extremely fast. In addition, the same formation has already been arranged once yesterday, and the speed of this formation is even faster. Well, in less than half an hour, the 30 troops had already set up their formation.

Zhu Cijiong stopped talking, and directly ordered the [-]-type howitzers in the front row to be filled with solid bullets, aimed at the arrow stacks on the south wall of Haizhou City, and bombarded continuously until the solid bullets were fired!

This time the Houjin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers on the city wall suffered. It’s not that Azig was brainless and didn’t come up with countermeasures. shotgun attack.As for the solid bullets, it depends on how thick the wooden shield is. If it is only one or two inches thick, then I'm sorry, I will smash you to pieces even with the shield. To prevent the solid bullets fired by the six-inch howitzer, the wooden shield must be at least Five or six inches thick.

It’s no wonder that Azig made a mistake in command. A giant wooden shield with a thickness of five or six inches weighs at least 100 kilograms. How many people can carry it!Considering the weight, the wooden shields he built were basically less than three inches, so they were tragic.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to fire, Azig quickly ordered the coalition forces to use huge shields to block all the gaps between the arrow stacks, and everyone went up to withstand the giant shields, in case the impact was too strong and the giant shields were knocked over up.After a round of shelling, none of the giant shields were knocked over, but several giant shields were smashed to pieces. One can imagine the fate of the soldiers behind the shields.

This is because the Ming army deliberately aimed at the arrow stack in seconds. The shells did not hit the wooden shield. Only a few missed shells hit the wooden shield. If the Ming army fired directly at the wooden shield, it is estimated that the round will be the least. Can kill hundreds of people.

Seeing that the Ming army used solid bullets, Azig regretted it, so he had to order all the soldiers to squeeze under the parapet, and then lean the wooden shield against the parapet. , there will be no casualties.

Boom, boom, let's see how many shells you have, how many people you can smash to death, and piss you bastards to death.I don’t know if the Ming army was pissed off, but Azig himself was so angry that he ran directly into the city gate to rest, leaving only a few guards lying on the observation hole of the city gate to check the enemy’s situation.

The bombardment of the Ming army is a joy, one shot per minute, one shot per minute, without stopping. Through continuous fine-tuning, the hit rate of the shells is getting higher and higher. After half an hour, there is finally a The arrow stacks were completely smashed.

Zhu Cijiong saw that the arrow butts were really smashed, he couldn't help jumping up from the chair excitedly, and asked excitedly: "How, how, have you counted it, how many rounds, and how many hits?"

Lu Xiangsheng happened to be in charge of counting this section of the city wall. He put down his binoculars, turned his head and saluted, and said, "If you go back to the emperor, you fired 61 rounds and hit about [-] rounds."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said, "Okay, continue to observe."

After finishing speaking, he sat back and began to calculate in his mind: "The city wall of Haizhou City is about four miles wide, which is about 2000 meters, and there are arrow stacks about 1.1 meters apart. The width of the arrow stacks is also about one meter. There are 1 arrow butts, and each arrow butt needs to hit [-] rounds, that is, it needs to hit [-] rounds, and the hit rate is about half, that is to say, it needs to blast out [-] rounds. The rate of fire of the artillery is about one shot per minute. , two hundred cannons would take about three hundred minutes to bombard, that is, five hours, according to the current saying, it would be two and a half hours, and it didn't take half a day to blast all the arrow stacks!"

He was in high spirits, but the sound of shelling in front suddenly stopped, and Zhu Cijiong asked displeasedly: "What's the matter, didn't they let them keep bombarding?"

At this time, Sun Yuanhua, who was next to him, walked up to Zhu Cijiong, cupped his hands and said, "My Majesty, due to the rush of time, only [-] rounds of six-inch solid bullets have been prepared. I reckon that they should have finished shooting."

It's over, it's over so soon!Zhu Cijiong touched his chin in embarrassment, and said helplessly: "Well, let's stop here today. I have asked the Ministry of Industry to speed up production, and it should be delivered in two days."

At this time, Zheng Chenggong beside him interjected inappropriately: "Unfortunately, less than [-]% of the arrow stacks have been smashed, and they will probably be repaired in two days."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but rolled his eyes when he heard the words, and told you boy, you are not allowed to speak without my permission, why don't you have a long memory?But what you say makes sense. If you stop fighting, people will definitely repair while shooting. It seems that the shells must accumulate to a certain base.

In other words, the army has been bombarding Haizhou City for two days. Why didn't Huang Taiji respond at all?
He wanted to react, but there were too few elites under his command. He only had a total of 30 elite cavalry, and it was a bit unreliable to use it against the phalanx formed by the [-] troops of the Ming Army.If the muskets and cannons of the Ming army were still the original sticks for burning fire, he would dare to try it. The problem is no longer there. It is very powerful. His hundred thousand elite cavalry rushed up, simply looking for death.Of course, if the opponent is attacking the city, you can also try it. The problem is that the Ming army is afraid of his sneak attack. They line up in neat formations every day. They only use shells, but they don’t attack the city. What can you do with him?

Could it be that Huang Taiji was helpless?That is of course impossible, he has many tricks!
For example, now, even though he is not moving at all, in fact, many scouts have been sent to find the food storage place of the Ming army.If you want to defeat the strong with the weak, the easiest way is to sneak attack the enemy's grain storage and burn their food and grass. This is known to Hou Jin who read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a textbook. , Huang Taiji naturally knew it too.

However, this time Huang Taiji is destined to squirt blood. According to the news from the scouts, there are three places where the Ming army garrisoned food. One is Sanchahe Fort. For Taizi Fort, there are at least [-] to [-] defenders, and the defenders are full of Gui; there is also Dalinghe Fort, which also has [-] to [-] defenders.

After Huang Taiji received the news, he cursed angrily: "Sun Chengzong, you old man!"

One look at these generals defending the city and you will know that this is definitely arranged by Sun Chengzong. They are all generals of the Liaodong Army. , in terms of defending the city, it has almost never been breached!
Huang Taiji felt a headache when he thought of these goods, so he had no choice but to give up the most threatening tactic of sneak attacking the food store.

What tactics to use next?Do you want to help out?There are only three points that can be surrounded now, one is Dalinghe Fort, one is Santaizi Fort, and one is Dingliao Youwei. In these three places, there are two city defenders and one with a hundred thousand troops in their hands. They are not easy to mess with. , he surrounded by a hundred thousand fine riders, will people be afraid, will they ask for help?This is really not certain, it is very likely that people will not pay attention to him at all, you surround you, I will continue to attack the city, hit the city of Shengjing, see if you panic, then maybe he will be rescued, so, The tactic of encircling and attacking aid is also not available now.

Huang Taiji stared at the map, swiped his finger back and forth on it a few times, his eyes gradually became cold, since sneak attack on food storage places and encirclement for reinforcements are not available, he can only use the most poisonous move, as for this What is the trick, let's make a pass first, and continue to return to Haizhou.

It is said that after Zhu Cijiong crackled all the six-inch solid bullets, he decided to rest for a few days, and wanted to wait until he had enough shells before launching an attack.However, he had only rested for less than half a day, and that afternoon, a group of senior generals came to him.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the neat generals standing below, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, didn't you tell you to have a good rest, why did you come here after less than half a day's rest?"

Sun Chengzong, who stood at the front, replied without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. The so-called 'one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion. If they come down, their morale will inevitably drop, and Jiannu will think that we have nothing to do with them, and their morale will definitely rise, which is not good for us!"

Zhu Cijiong didn't expect this, and he couldn't help asking: "Then what should we do? Now that the six-inch solid bullets are all fired, if the arrow stacks on the opposite side are not cut off, the city will surely suffer heavy casualties when attacking the city, and it will be even more harmful to the subsequent battles." It's not good for you!"

Sun Chengzong explained: "It is not necessary to attack the city, as long as we maintain this momentum and send troops to suppress Jiannu every day."

Press it, what do you mean?Zhu Cijiong asked curiously: "What does Taifu mean?"

Sun Chengzong bowed his hands and smiled without saying a word. Lu Xiangsheng behind him stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, didn't you let us sum up the tactics of guns and artillery? It's very good like yesterday. We can fire two cannons from time to time and observe carefully." Let’s take a look at the effect, so that we can not only suppress the morale of Jiannu, but also practice the formation of troops, and also summarize the tactics of artillery, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone, so why not do it?”

It turned out to be that simple. Zhu Cijiong was afraid that they would say that he treated war as a trifle, and there were so many benefits in firing a few shots for a long time. Naturally, he had no objection, so he simply made a decision and said: "Just follow the advice of all the lovers." Let’s continue tomorrow.”

Now Azig is out of luck again. The arrow stacks have been knocked out for less than half of the time and naturally they need to be repaired. He just completed half of the repairs during the afternoon and evening truce. The next morning the Ming army came again, and they still lined up. Whether you want to play or not.

What's the matter, isn't it out of shells, is my head crazy or something?
In the end, he guessed wrong. The Ming army didn't have a crazy head, nor did they run out of shells. They had just arranged their formation, and immediately began to reload the shells. All the Jin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers were scared and all retreated to the female wall. Underneath, with the wooden shield on top, they dared not move at all.

As a result, after firing a cannon, there was no movement. They waited for a long time, but they still hadn't seen the Ming army firing. The shells are loaded!

The Ming army just fought and stopped like this, tossing back and forth, shooting bullets for a while, blowing bullets for a while, falling to the front of the city wall for a while, and falling to the middle of the city wall for a while, which made the Jin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers on the city wall exhausted and complaining.

The Ming army seems to be addicted to playing, and it has been like this for the next few days. First, arrange the formation, and then fire a cannon from time to time.Azige was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother. Although the Ming army did not use solid bullets anymore, and the arrow stacks were all repaired, the Ming army’s tossing like this every day made his 20 troops almost crazy. Many Mongolians The soldiers would sit against the parapet as soon as they climbed the city wall, and then they would not get up.Their reasons are very strong, anyway, they have to shrink back when they get up, it is better not to get up while sitting, so as to save the tossing back and forth!
Their side is tossed nervously and their morale is low. The Ming army is different. Seeing their embarrassment, the soldiers of the Ming army are not to mention how happy they are, and their morale is rising day by day. In the hearts of soldiers, they are no longer invincible enemies, but shrunken turtles who dare not stick out their heads after being beaten.

Not only did the morale of the Ming army increase, but the thermal weapon tactical literacy of the senior generals also improved significantly. Zhu Cijiong combined the effects of live ammunition attacks to guide out thermal weapon tactics such as rapid fire, cover attack, barrage, and saturation attack. The concepts of shell base and bullet base are introduced.

For example, if the base number of the 120-type howitzer is set at 500 rounds, then two hundred [-]-type howitzers need to carry [-] bases for a total of [-] to bombard all the arrow stacks on a city wall about four miles away like Haizhou. Send solid bullets.

It is because Zhu Cijiong ignored the calculation of the base number of shells and the number of shells that the 30 troops could only stop here and wait for the shells. This shows the importance of calculating the base number and quantity of shells.

There are Dingliao Zhongzuowei, Shengjing, Tielingwei and other cities in the back. He also has to face the [-] golden iron cavalry. How many bases of various types of shells and bullets are needed? Just let them calculate it together so that Song Yingxing can produce according to demand.

(End of this chapter)