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Chapter 1429 Unknown Liaodong Soldiers (Second Change)
Chapter 1438

"General, you're not lying to us, are you?" Cao Min yelled, Xu Zhao glared at him with a dark face and shouted. "This is the commander-in-chief's military order. This general doesn't have the guts to fake the military order."

"Great, the last general is in charge!" Zhe Keqiu clenched his fists, roared, and hurriedly began to pull on the protective gear on his body. A group of young people with excess energy began to help each other, and then ran straight to the camp.

Suzhou City is about two and a half miles away from the city wall that Song Guoyi used as a barrier, and the farthest north city wall is only three and a half miles away, and the Yuanyou Shenwei Cannon of the Song Dynasty, if it is projected, six miles is not a dream, let alone Yu Cai. Suzhou city in many places.

After Ma Kui, the coach of the Jiaodong Navy, learned that he was planning to launch a general attack by night, he volunteered and asked the navy to join the battle, but was eventually rejected by Zhong Shidao. However, the three gunboats got the opportunity to show their talents and will take At night, try to press the shore as far as possible, and then open fire on the Liao army camp that is only a few miles away from the shore.

The reason why the Liao camp was chosen to open fire was because the water level on the west coast where the Liao Kingdom was located was deep, which was conducive to the movement of naval warships, while the east side was a shoal where warships could easily run aground.

Less than two-quarters of an hour after Zhong Shidao's military order was issued, all the imperial artillerymen were in position and arrived at their respective gun positions.

All three hundred artillery pieces had their gun jackets removed. Even every day, the artillerymen would conduct various artillery drills and maintain the artillery. But today, they did it extremely meticulously.

And all the gunners were divided into three groups. The 110 artillery positions in the east were responsible for the women's straight barracks, the [-] artillery positions in the west were responsible for the Liao army camp on the west side, and the fifty long-barreled guns in the central position were in charge of the Liao Army camp on the west side. Fifty cannons were launched, and their target was the city of Suzhou.

During the day, a group of people had already memorized the various parameters and propellant charges of the artillery, and every gun commander had at least three hundred live-fire shooting experiences.

So, soon, the angle of the respective artillery positions and the parameters of the elevation angle of the artillery were obtained.As for those Dutou and Yingzheng, they are by no means bureaucrats. Even Guo Shang, the first deputy artillery commander in the Song Dynasty, has more than [-] live ammunition shooting experiences.

The parameters of all artillery commanders will be handed over to the capital and battalion commanders, and they will be tested repeatedly, trying to make the artillery fire evenly and densely covered.

And the other generals of the Liaodong Army all looked ignorant, watching the soldiers of the Imperial Artillery holding various tools such as pens and rulers, observing, muttering, and writing and drawing.

"What are they doing? Could it be some kind of sacrifice?" A Liaodong soldier asked the corporal beside him in a low voice.

"I don't know. It doesn't look like a sacrifice, but it looks like a painting. As expected, they came down from the imperial court. They all look very knowledgeable." The corporal rolled the eyes of the boss and continued to look at those who were concentrating. Artillery gunners who made gestures and adjusted calculation data.

Not to mention that these Liaodong Army soldiers can only watch the excitement, even if they are like Zhong Shidao or other Liaodong Army generals, they can only listen to how many degrees these guys sway to the left and how much they lean up , how many ticks on the line of fire...

They were also embarrassed to ask, mainly because no one came forward to ask just now, and the other party opened his mouth, full of all kinds of physical and geometric terms that were magical and incomprehensible, which made the self-proclaimed poet The Confucian generals of the Liaodong Army retreated in embarrassment.

On the contrary, Guo Shang, the deputy commander of the Imperial Artillery Corps, only cared about the general plan and had nothing to do for the time being. He stayed with Zhong Shidao and others to explain to the generals of the Liaodong Army of the Song Dynasty.

"To become an artilleryman, you need to be not only literate, but also proficient in arithmetic, physics and geometry. In this way, you can be considered qualified to become an artillery commander."

"But if you want to become an excellent gunner who can command artillery to hit targets miles away, then it is impossible to achieve it without thousands of repeated exercises and live ammunition drills."

"Each of our gun commanders consumes at least thirty to fifty pieces of ammunition at the training site every month. Just every month, an artillery consumes at least fifty pieces of shells and gunpowder. After a year of daily drills, one artillery piece will have to be scrapped, so although the Imperial Artillery Corps is small in number, it is indeed a big spender of money."

"Hey, according to what you said, aren't these artillery soldiers all made of gold?" All the generals gasped at the same time, tsk tsk loudly.

"That is, otherwise, how can we train them." Guo Shang sniffed, his face was full of pride, and looked at these artillerymen. These are all good seedlings of Song Dynasty artillerymen.

Guo Chang believes that tonight will definitely become a nightmare for Beiliao and the female straight people, and it will also be a good day for artillery to show off to the world.

Even those honorable disciples did not dare to be negligent at this moment. They carefully observed the distance, calculated the elevation angle and angle of the artillery under their command, and then began to cut the lead wire of the artillery according to the military order of the battalion. One shot must be guaranteed to be forward than the first shot, so that the so-called artillery coverage shooting can be formed.

As for the gunner of the fifty lengthened artillery in the middle position, he is the elite among the elite, and the range of his artillery is longer. Therefore, after repeated consultations between the two battalion commanders, the strategy drawn up is .

Ordinary guns shoot from near to far, while extended artillery fire from far to near. In this way, the enemy can be squeezed to the middle position to cause greater casualties.

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At dusk, whether it is Suzhou City, or the two camps in the east and west, at this moment, the smoke from the cooking is rising.After all, they were used to it, and they understood that these timid Song people only dared to hide behind the city wall, and did not dare to take a step to the north of the city.

What's more, now that the number of troops has reached [-], they are even more unscrupulous, and they don't even think about the stupid question of whether the Song people have the courage to rush out to attack the camp.

Xiao Shen is sitting indoors at the moment, with a few well-cooked side dishes on the table, and a jug of wine beside it, but he is still not satisfied with this, after all, there is no singing and dancing in the barracks here There are no beauties to accompany the wine, only a group of rough old men, which is really off-putting.

But as the commander-in-chief of an army, he still had to take on his own heavy responsibilities, raised the wine glass in his hand, and smiled at the generals. "It's all for today, gentlemen. After dinner, let the soldiers rest early. Tomorrow, we will fight to decide the world."

"Report to the commander, all the artillery is ready." At this time, Guo Shang quickly walked to Zhong Shidao's side, and said loudly to him with a deep salute.

Zhong Shidao squinted his eyes, turned his head and asked towards his side. "What time is it?"

"Marshal, it's the three quarters of the unitary hour."

"General Guo, wait another hour, wait until the third quarter of Xu time, wait until the Liao army and the women's straight army have completely undressed and fell asleep, and then launch an attack."

"No!" Guo Chang nodded heavily and promised loudly.

(End of this chapter)