Chapter 31: Hall Rocket

"My lord, Kong Zhen said he knew, but he had to wait." Zhang Yi, who came back from the herald, looked at Guo Xing'a pitifully, and he couldn't figure out why Kong Zhen replied like this.

"What did he say?" Guo Xing'a almost jumped up from the trench, and his first reaction was to send Fuquan over and kill the anti-bone boy who disobeyed the battlefield with him.

"Kong Zhen said that the enemy is now under heavy artillery fire, and we didn't fight back at the first time just now, and now we can't raise our heads. The launcher can't be pushed out, there is no way to fight back, so you can only wait. Zhang Yi saw that Guo Xing'a was going to be angry, and hurriedly explained to Kong Zhen, after all, they were all comrades-in-arms of the guard class.

The present world is now in the news! Guo Xing Agang took advantage of the unprepared musket team of the Taiping Army, and took the lead in killing hundreds of people in one fell swoop. The Taiping army took advantage of the fact that Guoxing'a* did not enter the position, and five foreign cannons bombarded indiscriminately.

"I'm ......, he has a point, just wait!" A depressed Goxinga continued to squat in the trenches and picked at his fingernails.

A few people in the guard squad looked at the depressed Guo Xing'a and smiled helplessly. Although Guo Xinga is the commander of the first army and has led everyone to a brilliant record, in the eyes of everyone, Guo Xinga still has an identity, he is still a child who is only thirteen years old. So Guo Xing'a occasionally messes around and occasionally plays scoundrels. Not only in the eyes of the old people such as Xiande, but also in the eyes of the soldiers in the guard class, they also felt that Guo Xing'a still hadn't grown up, and he was a little childish. People in the 21st century live a privileged life, and although they are in their thirties and well-informed, they are actually more childish than those of ancient times.

However, it is precisely because of this that everyone tolerates Guoxinga's current achievements. If Xing'a was an adult, when Guoxing'a was practicing the guard class, several Xiande would come to the door and ask him to abide by the law of his ancestors.

The Taiping army's foreign artillery sent in more than 20 shells, and demolished four houses before it finally came to an end. After the cannon stopped, Goxinga picked out all ten fingers again, looked up for a moment, and then jumped out of the trench at once.

"Master!" Seeing Guo Xing'a jump out of the trench, Fuquan almost flew out of the sky. Then he also jumped out of the trench, threw Guo Xing'a to the ground, and pressed Guo Xing'a to death. Several other people in the guard squad also rushed out and dragged Guo Xing'a back to the trench.

"What are you doing?" Guo Xing'a, who was disgraced, was very angry, Fu Quan pounced too hard just now, and Guo Xing'a ate a mouthful of soil.

"Master, it's dangerous! What's the matter, slave go, you can't put yourself in danger! Fuquan almost cried.

"After the shelling is over, I'll command Kong Zhen to return fire!" Guo Xing'a rolled his eyes helplessly, people are loyal, why are you embarrassed to get angry!

"My lord, beware of tricks! What if the bandits deliberately stop and wait for our troops to leave the trenches and then fight us? Don't be careful! "Zhang Yi is still more discerning.

"Don't worry! The first Taiping army is not as smart as you, and second, even if they are as smart as you, their artillery will not work. How many rounds have been fought, their cannons need to dissipate heat, and now they can't fight. Guo Xinga explained helplessly.

"Oh!" Several members of the guard squad nodded in realization.

"Got it!" Goxinga squinted at them.

"Understood, thank you for your explanation!" A few people nodded to Goxinga.

"Then the won't let go of Lao Tzu, and if you delay for a while, you'll call again." Goxinga finally found an excuse to curse.

"Your Excellency, forgive your sins!" Several people hurriedly let go of Goxinga, who was pressed into the trench by them.

"By the way, Zhang Yi, go back and tell Kong Zhen about your idea just now, and we can use it next time when we beat others." You're a bad kid! Hehehe! Guo Xing'a patted the dust on his body and praised Zhang Yi with a smile.

"Huh!" Zhang Yi bowed down to answer the order.

"You too! If you don't want to run errands for the rest of your life, just think more about how to fight, come up with good ideas, and have a reward! Zhang Yi! Next time, expand the organization and go down to become a company commander! You're a kid! Goxinga encouraged everyone. The guard squad was his closest person and was with him day and night. Moreover, these people were all directly raised by Guo Xing'a from the bottom, and Guo Xing'a can be said to share honor and disgrace, if they become the backbone of the army, Guo Xing'a will be more at ease.

"Huh!" Except for Fuquan, everyone agreed in unison. Guo Xing'a directly promised Zhang Yi a position as a company commander, but everyone saw the role model, and the voice of this promise was extremely loud. Zhang Yi's eyes lit up even more, a company commander! Although it is only a promise now, the people in the guard squad can know Guo Xing's thoughts, and this position will be there sooner or later. If Guo Xing'a has the opportunity, he will expand the number of 10,000 people tomorrow, he will dare! He is a thug maniac, and he will definitely recruit and expand in the future.

"Fuquan, why don't you keep quiet, you don't want to be a company commander!" Guo Xinga was curious about Fuquan's silence.

"The slave doesn't want to be a company commander, the slave wants to run errands for adults for the rest of his life!" Fuquan smiled.

"You!" Guo Xinga patted Fuquan on the shoulder.

When Guo Xing'a arrived, Kong Zhen had already pushed the launch rack out. The launch frame was a little rudimentary, made of square wooden strips and iron buckets, and two large wheels removed from the board car were added underneath. Although the shooting angle can be adjusted, and the inner wall of the iron bucket is very smooth, the shooting accuracy is still not high. However, the flexibility and ferocity of firepower have achieved these two points. It's still only good for preparing fire during sieges, or attacking large clusters of targets. In this kind of artillery battle, the accuracy is really not as good as that of artillery, and the rate of fire of artillery is also faster than *.

*'s rate of fire is a strange proposition that makes Guoxing Yadu fall soon. Say it's fast! It is four rounds at a time, and the launcher has the potential to be modified, changing it to six, eight, or even twenty-four rounds. One fire is fired, and a single fire is equal to four guns. Call it slow! *The reload speed is too bad. The artillery could fire two shots a minute, and a particularly skilled gunner could do three or four shots a minute. And *It's good to be able to fire once in five minutes, don't think it's easy to stuff a few guns into the launcher. * After each launch, you also need to clean the launch rack, and also connect the fuse, there is no electric ignition, only connect the four fuses together, and then light them together. Want to point at a time? *'s tail flame is no joke. During the Chinese New Year, enlarge a second kick, what will happen if you place it too close, and what will happen if you don't connect the fuse. It's sure to ring, but the devil knows when to think about it. Really left a person who hasn't sounded, and if you want to get close, you have to set up a death squad. Therefore, the single firepower must be relatively fierce, and the continuous fire must be the rate of fire of the artillery.

However, if He Chuncheng has not yet arrived, Guo Xing'a can only catch the ducks on the shelves. The three artillery teams were also not idle, the gunners helped to hold the *, ready to reload at any time, and the three gun commanders helped to observe the enemy and adjust the angle of fire.

"Your Excellency!" Kong Zhen was so busy that he was sweating.

"Hmmm! Bet on it! Aim at the artillery of the Taiping Army, and strive to scrap their broken guns. They can't be allowed to fight so casually, and the brothers can't stay in the trenches all the time. Goxinga commanded.

"Huh!" Kong Zhen hugged his fists, turned around and adjusted the shooting sequence, and then held the launcher and aimed.

"One group fires!" Kong Zhen waved his right hand fiercely.

"Whoosh, whoo、......sh"* did not have the dull sound of a cannon, but the tail flame emitted a terrible, high-pitched sound.

* Firing is much better than firing a cannon, and the cannon will be a loud bang and a puff of white smoke, and nothing else can be seen, which is similar to lighting a big firecracker. *It's much better-looking, first of all, it's visible to the naked eye, and secondly* it's a very gorgeous tail flame, and you can see a ball of fire streaking across the sky like a meteor, like a big firework.

Not only did the Qing army look at the gorgeous * lift-off, but the Taiping army also looked at the strange objects flying out of the Qing army's camp. Under the gaze of both sides, the gorgeous figure flew straight towards the artillery position of the Taiping Army, and then flew over. It left a gray-white trail in the air and flew away far away. After a long time, four unclear explosions were heard in the distance.

Guo Xing'a looked at Kong Zhen speechlessly, and Kong Zhen looked at Guo Xing'a pitifully. The effective range of the Hall rocket is about a little more than five miles, and it is difficult to say how far the launcher can fly if the elevation angle is enough. In the first actual combat of Kong Zhen, when aiming, the elevation angle was larger. Therefore, the four shots flew over the head of the Taiping army with amazing momentum and fell far behind the Taiping army.

"You can't even be considered crooked." Guo Xing'a looked at Kong Zhen sympathetically.

"Minions try again!" Kong Zhen was also embarrassed, * It was very troublesome to make, and there were a lot of materials, and wasting four at a time was equivalent to wasting a lot of silver.

"Come on!" Guo Xing'a didn't expect Kong Zhen to hit ten rings, the Hall rocket was not good at the head, and the launch frame was too simple, so it was normal for Kong Zhen to fly.

A group of rockets quickly pushed the launched launch rack to the back, cleaned the launch tube and reloaded. The second group pushed another set of loaded launchers to the launch position, waiting for Kong Zhen to aim. Kong Zhen lay on the launch stand, aimed and aim, adjusted the angle a few times, and then nodded.

The second group* of "Whoosh, Whoosh、......" also shot out, but this time it did not shoot off and landed in the array of the Taiping Army. The effect was not bad, about four or five Taiping soldiers were directly stoned to death by rockets. Guo Xing'a was even more depressed, because the * who killed the enemy with explosives did not explode this time. Once it was blown up, it was blown up, but it flew a few miles overhead. Although the landing point was good, it was a pity that none of them exploded. What is this called? The God of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with the sword on his back has appeared!

Of the four* ones, two were planted in the ground like planting trees, and the other two flew through the crowd for a while, and then fell to the ground and did not react. How many people can be stoned to death, thanks to the four* that flew over the head last time. The Taiping Army was still very nervous when they saw * for the first time, but because the first * flew directly over the head, the Taiping Army thought it was a signal from the Qing Army for help! So when the second * attacked, the Taiping army was defenseless and stupidly watched * as fireworks!

"Boom, boom......" When Guo Xing'a and Kong Zhen were hanging their heads, a terrifying explosion suddenly sounded in the array of the Taiping army. After lying on the ground for a while, the four * finally remembered their own work, and exploded one after another.

Goxinga's *, in fact, is also a simplified version. The built-in wooden time-delay fuse was removed directly from the shells of the unconscionable cannon. Therefore, the delay time of the fuse is relatively long, not only will it not explode in the air, but it also needs to lie on the ground for a while before reacting. * The firing range is five miles, and the Taiping army is only a little more than a mile away from Guoxing'a, and they have to lie down for a while for five miles, and of course they have to lie for a longer time for one mile.

Although * finally exploded, it is a pity that although it was aimed at the artillery position of the Taiping Army, in fact, the landing point of * was very clever to bypass the artillery of the Taiping Army. The Taiping army didn't hurt a single piece of artillery, but the infantry of the Taiping army was miserable. Because I didn't expect that thing to explode, almost no one avoided them, and the four* harvested nearly fifty lives.

"General, it seems that we need a battle with the whole army in battle, and we can't defeat them with a single branch." Carl said to Huang Daping, who was overwhelmed, with a bitter face.