"Company commander, the Houjin army has built a roughly usable camp here, and the technical level is the same as all the fortresses they built before, which is simply more scum than tofu scum.

Not to mention that the horizontal and vertical fence cannot effectively exert firepower, and the trench, which is only more than half a person high, is completely fooling, and I am afraid that we will have to carry out large-scale renovation after we take over.

Even the antlers, which were the outermost to prevent the cavalry from approaching, were only for show, and the ground was very porcelain, and there was not a single pit for the horses.

The enemy's perfunctory attitude is really very obvious, and they probably think that this place is very safe.

There were two gates of the barracks, one on the north and one on the south, and they were in the style of drawbridges, but because of the depth of the trenches and the lack of rammed earth around the fence, we did not need to take the drawbridge at all, and we could break any of the fences to rush into the enemy barracks.

In the camp, the enemy garrisoned a force of about 3,000 men, of which about a tenth of the true Tartars had horses, armor, and war bows.

There are also about 10% of the Mongols, who have no war horses, and most of their weapons and equipment are bows and arrows with scimitars.

The rest was a large army of Han soldiers with black flags and Goryeo people with green flags.

Judging from what I have just observed, this is the enemy's first grain transit station after entering the mountain, so this wave of enemies should be a baggage team specializing in transporting grain and grass, and their weapons and equipment are not small compared to the Houjin army on the front line that they encountered when they were interspersed before.

The specific equipment of the enemy is only a few small-caliber Franc cannons, and most of the rest are cold weapons such as knives and guns, plus a small number of muskets.

However, it is worth noting that the enemy also has an iron cannon weighing about 1,000 pounds, the caliber is not small, and the barrel is about 15 to 20 times the diameter.

It is not known how the casting process of this cannon is and how much propellant it can hold, so it is impossible to estimate the effective range of the gun.

However, according to the comparison of the data of our army's smoothbore guns of the same caliber, even if the enemy's artillery performance is only half of that of our army, it is still necessary to focus on prevention. ”

The command structure of the 2nd Reconnaissance Company fell silent.

Staff Officer Li gave a very detailed introduction, and several officers quickly gained a clear understanding of the enemy's situation.

And it is precisely because he understands the enemy that he is silent.

Everyone knows that if the thousand-pound artillery is cast correctly, it will be able to make the 10-kilogram smoothbore heavy gun that the Kingdom Navy was equipped with before.

Of course, Houjin's technology will never be able to make this kind of cannon of the Kingdom Navy, but even if it is not cast, the cannon wall is much thicker, and the proportion of the body tube is much shorter, it should not be underestimated, because this is a real artillery.

Even if it is calculated based on half of the data of the 10-pound long-barreled heavy artillery of the Royal Navy, the enemy's cannon has a range of more than 900 meters.

At this distance, it is already all the weapons of the reconnaissance company, after all, this is just a lightly armed reconnaissance company, and it is not equipped with real artillery.

With the strength of the 2nd Reconnaissance Company, which is now more than 50 people, if it is arranged in a dense formation and accurately hit by the enemy, a single shot can completely make the company lose the ability to continue fighting.

Therefore, everyone has to be cautious and silent, and it is a matter of course.

In the end, it was the company commander who broke the deadlock, "Staff Officer Li, where is the enemy's artillery?" ”

"Company commander, the enemy artillery has been facing due north, about 20 meters to the left of the gate."

The company commander followed the direction given by Staff Officer Li, picked up the binoculars and observed carefully, "Yo roar, it's really a big guy, how did this group of Houjin soldiers move such a big guy to the mountains?" ”

The second platoon had a fast mouth, and everyone was still thinking about it, so he gave his own answer, "What else can it be, a pawn on behalf of the animal." ”

"How so?"

"You can see for yourself, the answer is easy to find." The second platoon commander sold a pass and let everyone observe for themselves.

When everyone heard this, they pursed their lips, but they had no choice but to look at it themselves.

Suddenly, the platoon leader noticed that he patted his thigh, "In the camp, except for a small number of war horses, there are no service horses. ”

It dawned on the officers.

The cannon in front of him, in the army of this era, is really a heavy artillery, weighing thousands of catties, and it definitely requires a lot of animal power to pull.

And there are no service horses on the enemy's side, so the enemy can only use manpower to move the artillery.

At this moment, the corner of the company commander's mouth also showed a smile, "Haha······ God really helped me, we finally transferred." ”

"Boss, what's the matter, you are so happy? Got a problem on the enemy's side? Or have you found the whereabouts of your allies? ”

The company commander put down the binoculars and said in high spirits, "I have found a way to break the enemy, so I will naturally be happy." ”

Everyone asked rhetorically, "What is the way to break the enemy?" ”

The company commander was not as bad as his subordinates, and directly explained, "The enemy's artillery does not have gun mounts, and they use a base without gun wheels, that is, a fixed wooden platform." ”

"Really? Is it so weird? The platoon commander first couldn't control his suspicions and verified it against the artillery in the enemy camp.

"Hey! It's really true. It's weird enough, what does the Houjin Army think? ”

The second platoon commander is a veteran, and when he saw the appearance of the enemy's artillery mount, he couldn't help but smile and explained, "These things of the Houjin Army are all inherited from the old artillery left in the Nuer Gandu Division of the Ming Kingdom, and the old artillery artillery carriage of the Nuer Gandu Division of the Ming Kingdom is a form that has been handed down from hundreds of years ago.

Because it was the world of General Li on this side, even Nurhachi was the house slave of General Li Bing, and the Ming Kingdom had no strong rivals in this generation, so, naturally, the artillery was not updated.

After Liaodong was occupied by the Tatars, Nurhachi went against the grain and did not pay attention to the development of technology, so he could only use the kind of cannon rack that the Ming Kingdom had hundreds of years ago. ”

The platoon leader was explained, but there were still many questions in his mind: "Then, how to adjust the firing angle of this gun rack?" How do you get the reset and aim after launch? No matter how you look at it, it's a burden that fixes the angle of shot. ”

"Actually, under the wooden shelf, it was divided into two layers, with a gap in the middle, which allowed different numbers of wedges to be smashed in, and these wedges of different sizes were used to adjust the elevation angle of the muzzle.

As for the adjustment in the left and right directions, it will depend on a large number of people to adjust it manually. ”

The first platoon commander smiled and thanked the second platoon commander for his explanation, and then said, "I understand what the company commander meant, is the company commander thinking about changing the direction of attack?" ”

The company commander happily admitted the platoon commander's guess: "That's right, the enemy's artillery is amazingly heavy, but it is inconvenient to move, as long as we can get close to the effective firing distance of our army before the enemy adjusts the angle of the gun, and destroy the artillery, we will naturally solve this big trouble."

Without the threat of this artillery, what obstacles could we have if we wanted to capture a logistical camp guarded by heavy troops? ”