Chen Xin heard someone ask about the bow artillery, and said with a smile, "It's all my own people, there's nothing to keep secret, the gun on the bow of the ship is a 10-pound iron projectile." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Hmm, 10 pounds of shells? How heavy does that gun have to be? ”

Chen Xin knew that the crisis had been lifted now, and he didn't hide his selfishness when he was in a good mood, "Our fast crab bow cannon is cast in bronze, the gun is 5 feet 3 inches (1.7 meters) long, the gun body weighs 1,100 kilograms, plus the gun carriage of the same weight, the total weight is 2,200 kilograms." If it is moved to land, it will also add a trailer and ammunition box, which will weigh a total of 3,500 kilograms. ”

In the midst of the exclamation, Zhong Fulin remained awake and asked suspiciously, "Commander-in-chief, why do you use bronze instead of steel?" If you use steel, I am afraid that you can reduce the weight a lot, even if you use wrought iron, the weight of the gun should be reduced by about 2%. ”

Chen Xin looked at him, nodded approvingly, and explained, "Indeed, good iron is even steel, and it is more light and flexible to make artillery, but we need to make weapons in connection with the environment in which it is used, the humidity on the ship is large, and before finding a suitable formula, iron cannons are easy to rust, and bronze is more durable." When we make artillery for land use in the future, we can use wrought iron and even steel to make lighter and more powerful artillery. ”

Seeing that everyone had no doubts for the time being, Chen Xin turned his head to the fleet in the distance.

While everyone was chatting, the second pontoon bridge had been broken into several sections and was heading towards the third pontoon.

The enemy also reacted at this time, and a large number of artillery began to fire at the flotilla.

In order to reduce the chance of being hit, the fleet retreated some distance towards the south shore, and then the bows lined up towards the north shore.

The guns in the bow of the ship were aimed at the enemy on the shore, and in the midst of the huge cannon fire, 5 iron bullets flew out again, accurately hitting the enemy's Houjin army assembled on the shore, penetrating dozens of people in a row, and plowing out 5 long blood-colored passages.

The power of the artillery frightened the assembled Houjin army, and under the orders of the officers, except for the small-caliber Franc cannons, they all moved to the rear.

Just 30 seconds later, the second round of shelling came again.

The Houjin army, who had already run hundreds of paces, was once again subjected to the same treatment as before, and the five blood-colored passages were laughing at their ignorance.

Huang Taiji, who was on the hill in the distance, gave the order to retreat 200 steps with a pale face, but after 30 seconds passed again, there were 5 blood lines that told him what was the power of large-caliber heavy artillery.

Seeing that the Franco's cannon could not cause damage to the fleet at all, and the other party was still firing at his own side unscrupulously, Huang Taiji had no choice but to order a retreat of 5 miles.

Chasing the ass of the Houjin army, the fleet kept bombarding until it was more than 1,500 paces away from the enemy, then it stopped firing and re-cleaned the cooling chamber.

Watching the fleet divide into three groups, slowly approach several pontoon bridges, and then throw out the rapo hook, dismantling the pontoon bridges into parts piece by piece, Chen Xin was completely relieved.

Facing the deserted North Shore, Chen Xin knew that this confrontation would soon be over.

It's almost April, and it is impossible for Houjin to continue to spend here hopelessly, even if the division of the country is imminent, they must go back to farming, this is the most important thing in this era, even if it is a rebellion, it can only be solved later.

Looking at the fleet that was still dismantling the pontoon bridge on the opposite bank, Chen Xin thought about it and immediately ordered everyone to work together to build a temporary wharf with sampans and logs, after all, such a large ship would finish its work in a while, and it would be impossible to stop directly at the river, it would run aground.

Because of the timely arrival of the fleet, Chen Xin's troops avoided a fierce battle and cut off the hope of the Houjin army to force the Yalu River in a short time.

In the evening, Chen Xin organized a bonfire party, which all the officers and men of the army participated in except for the sentries who took turns to be on duty.

In addition to not drinking, other things are not allowed.

After a hearty singing and dancing, everyone returned happy.

Early the next morning, Chen Xin got up early as usual, first inspected the movements along and opposite the Yalu River, and found nothing unusual, so he turned around and returned to the camp.

When I walked to the gate of the camp, the army was already a lively scene.

Because it was wartime, training programs that consumed too much physical strength were temporarily banned, and the soldiers did not need to run 5 kilometers, and many people consciously helped take care of the previously captured war horses.

After a period of careful care, 713 of the 754 horses captured at the beginning survived.

In order to take care of the sick horses, the army built some stables out of wood, and each horse had a certain independent space, and the ground was covered with hay and sawdust.

At this time, some soldiers are turning and updating, and some are shoveling horse manure, which is to ensure the cleanliness of the stables and is the first step in taking care of the horses.

Outside the stables, hundreds of horses were standing in dispersion, each with a soldier beside him, holding the horse's leg in one hand and the hoof hook in the other, cleaning the horse's hooves from the dirt.

After cleaning up the horse's hooves, a batch of bristle brushes urgently obtained from Amin came to the field, and the soldiers carefully brushed each war horse, not letting go of any place, the war horse was brushed comfortably, and sniffed from time to time.

After completing these tasks, it was time to start the meal, which was not only the time for the soldiers to start the meal, but also the time for the war horses.

Feeding horses must be regular and quantitative, and the feeding time stipulated in Chen Xinjun is 6-7 o'clock in the morning, 11-12 o'clock, 4-5 o'clock, and 9-10 o'clock in the evening, four meals a day, more than one meal per person.

The soldiers first added a handful of hay to the war horse, and then went to make their own meal, standing beside the war horse with a rice bowl and pulling the meal, seeing that the war horse was almost finished, they added another handful of ingredients, and then rowed two mouthfuls of their own food.

Now it's just spring, and the grass is really hard to get, so I can only feed the hay first, but the nutrition of the hay is not enough, and I have to let the cooking class cook some more beans.

The hay was almost fed, and the beans that had just come out of the pot were soaked in clean cold water by the sergeants, and when the temperature came down, they grabbed them in their hands and fed them to the war horses one by one.

This order is also fixed, must be in the order of roughage, green feed, concentrate feed, juicy feed step by step, after all, horses are also picky eaters, first feed good things, he will not eat roughage with bad taste.

It takes about 1 hour to feed the horses, and then fetch a bucket of clean well water to make the horses drink.

Then the warriors took out some fruits and vegetables from their pockets and gave them snacks to the horses.

The task of taking care of the war horses in the early morning is temporarily completed.

Yesterday, the last sick horse was cured.

Today, Chen Xin decided to reload the horseshoe, and the horseshoe of these horses has long been out of place after months of fighting.