Lin Ziran at the head of the city naturally saw the actions of the Guang'an Army on the opposite side.

Their artillery units began to move forward, especially the heavy artillery that had already begun to cross the last safe distance, ready to go to the intended artillery positions.

immediately turned his head to look at Kong Deyi: "Brother Kong, let's ask the brothers of the heavy artillery regiment next!" ”

Kong De said: "My lord, please rest assured, with my brothers from the heavy artillery regiment, the people of Guang'an will definitely not come!" ”

Lin Ziran nodded, and then said loudly: "Okay, the brothers of the Heavy Artillery Regiment have this confidence, how can I, Lin, turn a blind eye and give the orders to increase the salary of the brothers of the Heavy Artillery Regiment for one month, so as to show my Lin's admiration." ”

But before it was over, he said to the commander of the artillery battalion who had just been a day later: "I can't let people say that I, Lin, favor one over the other, and the brothers in the artillery battalion will also be paid a month's salary." ”

He looked around and said loudly: "People who know my Lin Ziran know that I, Lin Ziran, have always been the same, and I will be rewarded when I say it!" ”

Then he turned to Scar and said, "Scar brings the money up." ”

In the past, Lin Ziran was a poor jingle ring, and he searched everywhere for money as a reward.

Now, Lin Ziran has a lot of money in his pocket, more than 200,000 yuan a month, and he can afford to reward him for the battle!

What's more, there were only a small number of artillery and a small number of infantry stationed at the head of the city, and the total number of people was only a few hundred, and the rest were hiding in the strong anti-artillery holes under the city wall.

The enemy's infantry rushed to within 500 meters, and they had basically nothing to do, at most they helped carry shells, repair fortifications, and so on.

Soon, Scar directly led the soldiers of the pro-guard team to carry large boxes up, and after opening the boxes, there were yellow gold coins inside!

Lin Ziran waved his hand: "Reward!" ”

A group of soldiers of the pro-guard directly carried a box full of gold coins to the fort and distributed the money on the spot!

This scene looked at Kong Deyi dumbfounded!

He has been in the army for many years, and he has experienced many big battles and small battles, but he directly issued gold coins on the spot, this is the first time he has seen it!

In the past, whether it was Feng Haozhong or anyone else, it was a slogan that shook the sky, and there were also people who said that they would be rewarded, but they were generally given afterwards, or they were rewarded on the spot for some soldiers who performed extremely dangerous tasks.

However, now, all front-line combatants will be issued gold coins directly!

After living for such a lifetime, he really saw it for the first time.

Comte was surprised that he didn't need to.

But Wu Guanlin and Wu Dajiang are very calm.

They have fought with Lin Ziran a few times, and in the previous wars, Lin Ziran always paid money if he didn't agree with him!

Of course, it's ruthless to kill them, no.

Before the money was distributed, Lin Ziran continued: "The order is that all troops are not allowed to retreat without authorization, and those who violate the order will be executed on the spot!" ”

One hand radish and the other stick!

Simple, brutal!

As for whether it is effective or not, at least in the past few times, it has been quite effective, and it remains to be seen whether it is effective now.

With a large amount of gold coins being issued, the morale of many artillery and the few infantry stationed at the head of the city was suddenly high.

Isn't it just to eat enough food and earn a few bucks, but now that they have a month's salary, looking at the golden gold coins, their timidity in the big war has disappeared a lot in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Ziran continued to lead a group of officers to seize the time to inspect the two main artillery positions.

If you don't hurry up, the heavy artillery of the Guang'an people will soon be able to enter the distance of two thousand meters, but as soon as the people open fire, the city, especially the fort, will be very dangerous.

Although the fort was specially designed and had thick fortifications, Lin Ziran still ran to the fort at the risk of being killed by heavy artillery.

Life is so precious, it's better to stay away than to stay away!

After hurrying up the inspection, Lin Ziran led a group of officers up to the back slightly, but it was the highest bunker.

Strictly speaking, this bunker is actually very small, but it is definitely the highest in the entire Nanguang defense line, with the best observation angle, and it is also the best defensive fortress.

The main body of the fortress is made up of large boulders several meters thick, but these boulders are not really the point.

The most important thing is that the outer layer and the top layer are also covered with a thick layer of wrought iron armor, which I heard was dismantled from a scrapped ironclad ship with serious battle damage.

When Lin Ziran saw this fortress for the first time, he was surprised, this is a fortress, and this Nima is an ironclad ship.

According to the thickness of this wrought iron armor, even if the 48-pound half-cannon or the 24-pound long-barreled naval gun on the battleship directly shelled within 500 meters, it is estimated that there is no way to directly destroy such a thick wrought iron armor

Other grenades, grenades are powerless.

In the past, Luo Anjun built such a fortress, naturally not for the sake of good looks, not even for the placement of artillery or combat troops, and in fact, it could not be placed.

This place is actually the command fortress of the entire Nanguang defense line.

Lin Ziran's wartime headquarters is naturally set up here.

The interior of the fort has several small holes to directly observe the frontal battlefield and the Luo River, but the field of view is limited, so many periscopes are also deployed.

When necessary, you can also go out to the outer observation station to observe and direct the command, as long as you are not too unlucky to encounter the enemy's heavy grenade and be killed by the shock wave, then there is basically no danger.

Lin Ziran stayed in the observatory at this time, using the large monoculars deployed here and dismantled from the warship to observe the Guang'an Army thousands of meters away.

It was much more powerful than the small monoculars he used to use for army officers every day, through which he could clearly see that the Guang'an artillery was urging the horses to drag the artillery forward.

According to the distance and landmarks after estimating in advance, Lin Ziran found that some of their artillery had already entered within 3,000 meters.

And this distance, in theory, is already the shelling distance of heavy mortars.

If a heavy mortar adopts a strong charge, and adopts a large-angle curved shot, in fact, the firing range can reach a very long distance, as for the accuracy, it is all a mortar artillery, what kind of accuracy do you talk about, there is basically no accuracy at all, it would be good to be able to hit it.

But the mortar on the side of the No. 1 battery did not fire!

Because the enemy's artillery advance route is not stupidly walking on a straight road, but will cover with the help of low hills, which, although low, are enough as cover.

As a result, the artillery observers on the side of Battery 1 have not yet discovered the detailed location of the other party.

But that's where the value of this command fortress lies!

Its purpose is not only to protect the commander, in fact, there is no need for it, the commander can hide directly under the city wall safely.

Its greatest role is to allow the commander to observe the overall situation and directly direct the operation of the whole army.

Immediately, Lin Ziran said: "Inform the artillery unit of the shooting Zhuyuan!" ”

Soon, there were bannermen who passed the relevant data to the artillery unit of Battery No. 1.

Soon, the commander of a huge mortar in the artillery unit personally adjusted the artillery firing Zhu Yuan, and then stepped back and ordered: "Fire!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, everyone on the battlefield heard the roar of the cannon!

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