readx;?“ Boom boom", with a loud bang, followed by a few more shells falling in the ranks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The whole firearms battalion was a mess of people shouting horses and neighing cows, and the horses that had escaped and the frightened cattle were scurrying around in the ranks, mercilessly trampling on the wounded soldiers to the ground. The cannon fell to the ground, and one of the gun carriages was directly hit by the shell, and the cannon body was hit so hard that it was planted on its back, smashing several unlucky eggs to the point of bursting their brains. The gun carriage, which was so strong and bulky, was only scratched by a flying shell that fell apart.

Li Mo watched as the powerful Hongyi cannon either toppled to the ground or the artillery carriage was destroyed by the shells and fell into the soil and could not move, not to mention the dead and wounded cattle and horses, the frightened cattle ran around with blood-red eyes, and the infantry around them were rammed by the cattle and horses, and the queue was chaotic. Some people are scolding "hitting the street", and some people are scolding "x your mother".

Fortunately, the rapid fire of the field artillery did not last too long, and Li Mo found a small life. The most valuable and powerful Hongyi cannon in his firearms battalion had been beaten to pieces. Some of them were broken in two, some of the guns were cracked, some of the guns were destroyed, and the cannons were deeply sunk into the mud, and it took a lot of manpower to dig out the cannons.

Li Mo originally wanted to push the cannon forward a little more, so that he could hit more accurately. But now that he knows that the range of the enemy's artillery fire is far beyond his own, he can no longer fight the idea of pushing the artillery closer to the firing, and I am afraid that he will not even be able to set up the cannon any further. At that moment, he packed up the remnants of the army and retreated, ready to use two 5,000-pound cannons that could fire fifteen-pound shells. These two Hongyi cannons can reach as far as three miles. But it's hard to say what will hit.

In the earthen fort, the watchtower observed the results of the battle. "Several of the guns were smashed, and the rest were retreating."

After forcing back the opponent's Hongyi artillery, several cannons continued to be thrown into the battle to bombard the officers and infantry.

Li Mo retreated two thousand meters away and bombarded the other party with the two largest 5,000-pound Hongyi cannons. However, the distance was so far that the shells simply rolled into the trench in front of the earthen fort.

Li Mo saw that after the shells were fired, he didn't even touch the enemy's skin, and he was very anxious and shouted: "Add more medicine!"

The gunners, who had already loaded the most gunpowder according to their usual experience, were shocked when they heard that they would have to be refilled. Because cannon explosions were a common thing in the army at that time, once the cannon exploded, it was difficult for the surrounding gunners to survive even if they were not killed on the spot.

"My lord, I'm afraid it will blow up my stomach if I add more medicine......"

"Fill the pill!" Li Mo pulled out his saber and slashed into the air, "Those who violate the order will be killed!"

Under the threat of decapitation, the gunners added an extra third of the gunpowder. In order to show that he was not afraid of more charges, Li Mo personally lit a magnifying cannon.

The 5,000-pound Hongyi cannon burst out with a loud bang, and the heavy sports car almost jumped backwards. The two soldiers, who could not dodge, were immediately knocked out and vomited blood and fell to the ground.

The shell finally flew a distance of almost 1,500 meters and hit a convex fort in the earthen fort, but by this time the trajectory was so low that it could only slam into the bulge wall, leaving a patch of dirt in the field.

Lin Weiye was shocked: "Can you fire at such a distance?" This is definitely a larger caliber Hongyi cannon. ”

Huang Hansheng also noticed this situation and mobilized several artillery pieces again to launch a counterattack. Although this field gun, which was based on a Napoleonic gun, reached the pinnacle of accuracy and range of front-loading smoothbore guns, it was still too difficult to hit several cannons at a distance of more than 1,000 meters. Several school shots in a row were far off. While the gunners were scrambling to calculate the position of the other party, suddenly a loud noise was heard in the distance from the opposite side, and a puff of smoke shot into the sky.

Lin Weiye wiped the sweat on his forehead and smiled: "It's easy now, it's estimated that the borehole will be blown up." ”

He was right, after firing twice in a row with a "super charge", a cannon suddenly exploded. The shock wave and debris of the explosion killed more than a dozen people around him in an instant, and Li Mo was swept out by the shock wave for more than ten meters and fell on a dead horse before escaping.

Li Mo supported his body and climbed up, his head dizzy and his ears buzzing. He shook his head vigorously and found that all the soldiers around him had fled, and even the intact Hongyi cannon had been left behind. Several of his own soldiers ran to set him up. Li Mo also wanted to continue to reload and open the cannon, but found that this intact cannon had actually cracked on the cannon, and he would definitely die if he fired another cannon, so he was so angry that he picked up his saber and slashed in the air.

The artillery of the officers and soldiers was gone, and the convoy could concentrate on the charging infantry. Although the fire of the field artillery was fierce, it did not make the officers and soldiers quickly shake, although the huge lethal effect of each shell landing caused some of the soldiers to shake and retreat, but they were quickly driven by the officers to resurge.

The officers and soldiers of the brigade had already rushed to a place five or six hundred meters away from the earthen fort. At this time, 8 catties of mountain artillery also joined the ranks of artillery bombardment, although the range and power were not as good as those of field artillery, but this distance still caused great casualties to the officers and soldiers.

When the official army finally approached about 100 meters away from the wall under artillery fire, Huang Hansheng ordered: "Shoot!" ”

Hundreds of Qionghai-style rifles in front of the front opened fire in unison, and a dense rain of bullets swept through the entire forward, and hundreds of people were immediately shot and fell to the ground. This sudden blow made the already wavering infantry finally unable to hold on, and the road to the enemy seemed to be so far and dangerous as never before, and began to flee backwards. Tong Yizhen, the Chaozhou general in charge of the southern offensive, personally beheaded several defeated troops, but he still couldn't stop the soldiers who retreated like a tide.

Tong Yizhen was shouting loudly, asking the generals to hold on and not allow the soldiers to flee. But at this moment a buckshot suddenly knocked down his horse, and he fell to the ground, and his soldiers around him quickly put him up, and he immediately jumped on the second horse, but at this time his flag bearer was hit by a lead bullet, and without a snort, he fell off the horse, and the flag fell down instantly.

This made Tong Yizhen know that he was already in a very dangerous situation, and he no longer insisted on continuing to attack, and let the soldiers and soldiers escort him to retreat. As soon as the Lord retreated, the soldiers ran faster. When the smoke cleared, only the flags and corpses were left behind.

The guards on the earthen fort erupted in heartfelt cheers, many of whom had already prepared for a desperate battle, but did not expect the officers and troops to retreat so quickly. Pride, contempt and pride filled their hearts, and many waved their weapons and cheered as they repelled the first wave of attacks from the officers.

(To be continued.) )