Chapter 604: The Most Valuable Asset
After this test-fired 40mm infantry artillery shell hit the shield car, although it failed to penetrate the front cover of the shield car specially reinforced by the Houjin Army, the powerful kinetic energy carried by the shell still made the entire shield car beat violently.
The front half of the hardcover shield car suddenly jumped up, and under the kinetic energy conduction, countless pieces of wood chips suddenly burst out from the back of the guard plate behind the shield car.
The stubble of wood, like rain on a windy day, spilled rapidly to the back of the shield cart.
The large and small flying wooden skewers were like sharp blades, piercing the bodies and faces of the coaters hiding behind.
The coats who were pushing the shield cart in the back screamed almost at the same time, covering their faces and chests and falling to the ground with a loud cry of misery.
Jin Zhong had long known that the person hiding behind the shield cart that was shot would be this fate, and he had already seen the power of the Huaxia Army's heavy artillery from a distance during the late battle of Daling River.
In the later Battle of Jinzhou, he had seen the power of this infantry cannon, and he couldn't be more familiar with it.
At the same time, he also knew what was going on with these guys who fell to the ground and dared to howl.
Not daring to look more, Jin Zhong waved his stick again, driving the coaters in his team to speed up.
In the group of archers who followed, two Jurchen archers walked a few steps and slashed to the ground with their swords, hacking to death all the clothes that were falling to the ground and howling.
When the Houjin army reached the marker about 300 paces (about 450 meters) in front of the first rammed wall of the Huaxia army, they heard the sound of artillery on the Huaxia army side repeatedly, and the gun emplacements in the gap of the earthen wall began to shoot one after another.
On this front more than 500 meters long, the Huaxia Army arranged a total of 10 artillery emplacements and a total of 10 field guns and howitzers. And that's not counting the number of infantry guns placed on top of the walls.
The Huaxia Army has conducted several exercises here, and now all artillery has pre-calibrated the angle of the muzzle.
It's just that, judging from the effect of the shell just now, the infantry artillery is a little weak in the face of the shield car carefully built by the Houjin army.
Therefore, for the time being, we will not be involved in the ranks of artillery bombardment, and wait until the Tartars get closer, which is a good opportunity for infantry artillery to exert its might. Now the main weapon of the Houjin army on the opposite side is still the full 10 smoothbore field guns.
The Huaxia Army specially pulled up these bulky field guns, not to pursue a high hit rate, but to prepare to use the low-stretch trajectory of the field guns to fire solid iron ball bullets and the ricochet formed to hit the living forces of the Houjin Army.
This method not only saves a lot of special shells and other accessories, but also kills and injures enemy personnel and vehicles to the greatest extent.
The firing range of the smoothbore field guns equipped with artillery units was at least 1,800 meters, and the Huaxia Army specially lowered the enemy to 450 meters before firing, in addition to luring the enemy into depth, it was also to save ammunition as much as possible and increase hits.
Now, the Huaxia Army is busy all over the world, fighting wars everywhere, and it can save a little bit, anyway, the Huaxia Army's rear hand under the arrangement of Port Arthur can ensure that its own side will not be defeated.
The Jurchen archers who were responsible for supervising the operations of the coats in front of them had no mercy and hacked all the miserable howling coats to death on the spot.
In doing so, they not only solved the problem of wounded soldiers at one time, and did not need to waste time and energy to treat the wounded, but at the same time, they also severely deterred the careful coats, so that they did not dare to retreat without receiving orders.
The Tartars wielded their knives, guns, bows and arrows to force the remaining coats, and after removing the shooting signs that were close in sight, the shield cart array began to move again, continuing to move forward.
However, Jin Zhong's heart became heavier and heavier, because he knew very well that they still needed to brave the artillery fire of the Huaxia Army to fill in the horse traps, car traps and other things outside the horse barrier ditch one by one.
As they got closer and closer to the territory of the Huaxia Army, the artillery fire on the opposite side became more and more accurate, and one after another shield carts were hit by artillery of different calibers and sizes, and then stopped in place and could no longer move.
All of this made the beautiful front that the Houjin Army had originally tried its best to maintain no longer be so neat.
Screams continued to sound from behind the shield cart, and the casualty numbers of the coats were rapidly increasing.
The terrible and tragic screams rang out continuously, and in Jin Zhong's afterglow, from time to time, there was a nervous breakdown of Bao Yi, screaming and fleeing in other directions.
This kind of person, even if he is not killed by the artillery on the opposite side, will definitely be killed on the spot by the Jurchens who are responsible for supervising the battle behind.
In this case, the place where the shield cart passed was covered with corpses of various shapes and extremely ugly appearances.
"Don't look back, don't look back, say you, Mali, hurry up, don't turn back and chop!"
At this moment, Jin Zhong had already lost his stick used to drive the clothes to work in a panic, so he had to carefully hold the handle of the knife, and swing it with the scabbard to slap the clothes he was concerned about.
However, after their group was killed by the masters behind them, he didn't pay attention to the others, and just stared at one of the Baoyi in front of him.
He slapped the guy who was already panicked to the extreme with the scabbard, and kept scolding, "Firmly protect the door with your claws, but don't think about running, it can only be a dead word!" ”
There is a reason why Jin Zhong ignores other Baoyi and only cares about the person in front of him, in fact, because he is an old man who is loyal to Jurchen and has made meritorious contributions, Niu Luli rewarded him with this Baoyi. It can be said that the coat that he is staring at tightly in front of him is his minion and his property.
Before he set out on this expedition, he also bragged that he was going to Lushun to catch the coat, but in fact, he himself was still very sober, and he never expected to catch any coat and aha in the hands of the Huaxia army.
With the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia Army, if this group of guys doesn't arrest him as a coat, they will already be blessed. Since his assets can no longer be increased, for him, the only minion at the moment is his most valuable asset.
In Liaodong, where there are few people, coating, which is a more important "tool" than livestock other than war horses.