Nanming Engineer

Chapter 344 Smoke Wall
Nearly a hundred explosive packages exploded at the same time, and the effect was earth-shattering.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Amidst the loud noise, the black gunpowder smoke rolled up mushroom clouds that shot straight into the sky, like a wall of death erected on the ground, sweeping the soldiers of the Qing army into it. With the explosion point as the center, people and animals within a radius of several feet were wiped out. .

Accompanied by gunpowder smoke, a large number of iron nails and gravel danced in all directions. The yellow gunpowder endowed them with a strong initial velocity, like sharp knives that cut through the waves, raging in the crowd, no matter how thick the armor, no matter how strong the helmet, In an explosion like this, it's a joke.

What is even more frightening is the invisible shock wave. If iron nails and gravel are like sharp knives that cut off human arms and take away human heads, then the shock wave is a heavy hammer that crushes human bones and rots internal organs. After that, all of them died of vomiting blood from their mouths and noses. There were no wounds on their bodies, but their internal organs were shattered by the shock.

The places where the medicine packs landed were mostly in the death camps behind the shield vehicles. The nearly [-]-step-wide front was covered by billowing black smoke, and the screams could be heard endlessly. Flying out, even the shield vehicles that were far away from the explosion point were affected by the explosion, and they were shaken so that they were out of formation.

Li Benzhen's Chinese army followed the dead soldiers' camp nearly twenty feet away, and they were wearing heavy armor. Apart from being deafened by the shock, they suffered no major losses.

As for Li Benshen himself, he was in a more safe position at the back. Although the medicine bag was violent, it did not hurt him at all, but the sudden explosion shocked all his men and horses. , throw him off his horse.

The soldiers around him rushed forward to help him up. With a pale face, Li Ben looked forward in fear, where he could not see anything because it was blocked by a wall of smoke.

"It's a red-clothed cannon! The Ming army has red-clothed cannons!" A general of the Chinese army roared loudly, stumbling over from the position of the elite barracks in front, this general was hit on the head by a flying stone, distorting his helmet, The long cherry gun pointed at the sky comically obliquely.

"The cannon in red?!" Li Ben was still in shock. He stared at the man with rounded eyes, and roared angrily, "Where did the cannon in red come from? Such violent artillery fire is clearly a bomb!"

The confidant was startled, and then said in fear: "Could it be that the red cannons of the Ming army can shoot explosive bullets?"

The red-clothed cannon fired bombs?

Li Benshen was also stunned. This was an unheard of thing. In his memory, he had never heard that a cannon in red could shoot explosive ammunition. Explosive ammunition was difficult to process and could not be made into large-caliber shells. They were only the size of a fist and were always just flying Only small cannons such as cannons can be fired.

"No! The Ming army did not have a cannon in red. The cannon was as big as a beam and weighed a thousand catties. How could it have been transported across the Qinling plank road?" Li Benshen calmed down, and after thinking for a while, he said decisively: "This must be a new firearm of the Ming army. That’s why it’s so different, just now I felt that the firearm that looks like a tiger crouching cannon looks weird and strange, but now it seems that it’s really capable, and it’s a miracle that it can shoot the flowering bullet so far!”

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, and Li Benshen suddenly felt extremely resentful. Although the black smoke in front of him was like ink, billowing and rising, and hadn't dissipated yet, blocking his sight and making it impossible to see the situation on the battlefield clearly, this would not hinder him. his decision.

Murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and his face was ashen. He didn't expect that the battle that should have been like chopping melons and vegetables was hindered by a burst of shelling from the Ming army. He didn't underestimate his opponent. The battalion and the elite battalion of the Chinese army also used shield chariots. This is a tactic that was only used when facing a strong enemy. Not working.

"The flowering bomb contains poisonous smoke and iron slag. It can explode and hurt people after it hits the ground. It is very powerful, but the bullet is too small and its power is limited. Don't look at the thick smoke billowing now. In fact, our army has not suffered much casualties. Stop and keep going!" Li Ben gritted his teeth deeply, got on his horse again, and shouted loudly: "When a cannon shoots, it will always take a lot of effort to wash and refill after one shot. Now the north wind blowing in the sky, the wind blows in a short while. I will blow the smoke away, and rush up now, otherwise, when the Ming army reloads and fires for the second time, it will waste the lives of soldiers again!"

The general of the Chinese army heard the order and turned around to go. Li Benshen shouted back again: "Keep beating the drums, don't lose morale!"

The surrounding soldiers were stunned by the violent explosion just now, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time. At this moment, they were roared by the commander, and they woke up. They quickly picked up the drumsticks again and beat the drums to cheer.

The elite battalion of the Chinese army re-arranged, shouted forward, and marched forward under the orders of the leading generals. Although the Ming army's firearms were strong, the Liaodong army had also seen mighty firearms. Although it was shocking, everyone knew It takes a long time to stop firing a firearm, but now is the safest time.

Therefore, although the smoke and dust in front have not cleared, the Qing soldiers still stride forward without fear. It is not the time to run and rush. OK.

As Li Benshen said, at this time the north wind blows in the sky, and the strong wind blows the loess over, sweeping away the thick gunpowder smoke, and slowly revealing the scene ahead.

Dead bodies all over the place.

The smoke dissipated, flesh and blood burst out, and there was no one standing on the ground of the Death Soldier Camp. Dozens of craters of different sizes were still emitting white smoke, with each crater as the center, in a radial shape. The bloody corpses lay lying down, and the closer they got to the bombing point, the more fragmented the corpses were. None of the 500-man archers or the 1000-man death camp survived.

Many soldiers who were farther away fell to the ground and groaned in pain. In front of the scattered dead and wounded, unmanned shield chariots stayed crookedly on the ground, and some of them even fell apart. was affected by the explosion.

Only some people with minor injuries were struggling to crawl on the ground. Their mouths and noses were bleeding, obviously hurting their internal organs.

"What?" Li Benshen was riding on a horse with a good vision and could clearly see the situation in front of him. The scene in front of him made him almost unbelievable. The Ming army fired a volley and wiped out his own front army. How could this be possible? ?

"What did they hit?" He murmured, his lips trembling involuntarily: "How come the explosive bombs are so powerful? What did they add?"

Just as Li Benshen was out of his body, on the other side of the battlefield, Wang Pingfan was leading the Guanning cavalry to gallop.

He saw the charge of the front infantry and the artillery fire of the Ming army. Guan Ning's cavalry ran on the left side of the battlefield and had a clear view of the entire situation.

The artillery shells fired by the Ming army almost made the whole ground shake, as if the effect of an earthquake made Wang Pingfan slap his tongue. Although the distance was far away, the mount under his crotch was still startled by the explosion, and became restless and began to scatter. Running around, there was a brief confusion in the cavalry formation.

Fortunately, the cavalry were all veteran riders. They had been riding horses for at least ten years, and the horses they rode were as familiar as their own relatives. After some effort to appease them, the cavalry queue was reunited.

"Stop and calm down the horses!" Wang Pingfan reined in his horses and shouted loudly. It's not a trivial matter for the horses to be frightened. If these beasts are not calmed down as soon as possible, there will be big troubles.

"Did the Ming army knock out all the gunpowder? Such a big commotion." Wang Pingfan frowned and looked at the black smoke that was more than ten feet wide and shot straight into the sky in the middle of the formations on both sides, and was secretly shocked: " How much gunpowder did it take to create such a look? The Ming army's firearms are indeed powerful!"

He turned his eyebrows and looked forward, where was the left wing of the Ming army. The three thousand Ming army Gansu town cavalry guarding that area were looking at him uneasily.

The front has been caught fire. According to the usual practice, the Ming army will collapse in a short period of time. Although the Liaodong Army's death battalion is not as fierce and fearless as the Eight Banners Jurchen soldiers, it is still not comparable to the weak Ming army. Next, It should be time for the final word.

(End of this chapter)