Chapter 813 Chain bombs flying on the top of the mountain.
Xue Tu, who had gathered in front of the front camp of the Xin tribe and set up his formation, had been waiting for the moment of dawn. He communicated with Shu Da on the sea several times, and after confirming that both sides had arrived at the position and were ready, he began to aim the muzzle of the gun at the wooden camp of the Xin tribe.
"Marshal, what type of charge should we use, what kind of bullet should we use, and how many rounds should we fire?" After the artillery captain of the Tiger Guards transported 20 artillery pieces to the front of the battle, he ran to ask Xue Tu.
"This bombardment is mainly aimed at demolishing the enemy's wall, not killing people. Just use chain bombs and destroy all the walls of the two main attack directions in the southeast. You go to scout the specific firing angle, charge, and number of bombardments, and wait for my order when you are ready." Xue Tu thought for a while and immediately ordered.
"Yes!" The artillery captain immediately bowed and left. After the reconnaissance of the front-line scouts, he quickly provided the firing parameters for each gun.
Considering that they were shooting from low to high and using chain bullets that were twice as heavy, the artillerymen chose to use the largest charge. Otherwise, chain bullets didn't have much range, and with less charge, they couldn't shoot far.
After a round of intense debugging, each gun aimed at its own set target, waiting for Xue Tu's firing signal.
On the sea, Shu Da also encountered the same problem. His ship was in the strait, and the firing position was lower than that of the army. It was very difficult to use a cannon, a direct-fire gun, to hit the top of the mountain on the side.
Shu Da looked at the dark cliffs in the south with a telescope, feeling a little anxious. He was still waiting for the trajectory calculation of the decks below.
"Report from the first artillery deck, the target is too close, we can't hit it, the best trajectory is to retreat 500 meters, and use a round bullet with double charge to hit the target."
Just when Shu Da was getting impatient, a report came from a row of copper speakers on the command platform in front of him.
Shu Da understood immediately. As the commander of the Fubowei army, which mainly used cannons and gunboats, he had always thought about the use of cannons. In this situation of hitting high with low, even the cannons on the first deck below the deck could not hit the target, let alone the two lower decks. Not only could they not hit the target, they might not even be able to see the target.
So Shu Da immediately gave an order to the captain, "Command the gunboat to move 500 meters south, immediately, right away."
"Yes!" The captain responded and hurried to coordinate with various units.
"Turn, right full rudder, raise the sail and turn around." The captain quickly issued a series of ship operation instructions, but was afraid that Shu Da did not understand, so he quickly explained it again.
"Commander Shu, it is not easy to move horizontally. Our sailboat does not have the ability to reverse. We might as well turn around and go half a circle. We will use the guns on the starboard side to shoot."
Shu Da nodded after listening. This job was simple. He understood it immediately after running a ship for more than half a year, so he did not ask the captain and immediately issued an order to the gun deck below.
"All gunners, move to the starboard gun position, and be ready to recalculate at any time."
"Yes!"
The deckhands quickly raised the sails, and the helmsman held the rudder tightly. The Fubo, with a full load displacement of more than 4,000 tons, quickly drew a semicircle on the sea, using a medium turning radius to draw a circle with a radius of about 500 meters. After turning half a circle, the ship was exactly on the same horizontal line as the previous position, and still pointed the side in the direction of the Xin tribe camp, but it turned from facing west to facing east at the beginning, and the artillery was also switched from port to starboard.
When the ship dropped anchor and stopped, the gunners below quickly calculated the trajectory again. In fact, this calculation was also simple. The cannons of the Han tribe were not very far away, which was basically equivalent to straight-line aiming, so as long as the target could be seen visually along the axis of the cannon, it could basically hit it.
The gunners' observations came back soon.
"Report, the first layer has double charge, seven degrees of firing angle, and can fire."
"Report, the second layer has maximum charge, ten degrees of firing angle, and can hit."
"Report, the third layer can't hit the target, and can only see the edge of the cliff."
Voices came from the third deck of artillery decks one after another, and Shu Da's brows frowned. If the bottom deck couldn't hit, it would directly lose the firepower of twenty guns. But he had finally got a chance to fight, and he couldn't waste this opportunity, so he listened to Shu Da's words.
"It's okay to hit the edge of the cliff, even if you can't hit anyone, it's okay to break a few rocks to scare them."
"Yes, the third layer understands, maximum charge, maximum firing angle, prepare to fire." A reply came from the copper speaker of the command desk soon, and the battle preparations began.
On the Xin tribe camp, Qi Yun also began to realize that something was wrong. He listened to the reports of several spies around him, but suddenly noticed that the originally bustling Han army suddenly stopped moving. Seeing that the day was about to dawn, it was impossible for the enemy to suddenly fall asleep at this time, right? That was too much nonsense. But if the enemy wasn't sleeping, was he preparing to attack? !
He listened to a young man from the tribe reporting about the super ship on the sea, but his eyes looked at the eastern sky that could emit light at any time. At this moment, a ray of white suddenly appeared from the eastern sky, instantly tearing apart the dark forest before dawn.
But before he could react, a dozen bright fireballs suddenly flashed under the mountain outside the camp, accompanied by large amounts of gray-white smoke. Then, at the moment when everyone was attracted by the fire, a continuous burst of thunder rang in their ears. The thunder was so terrifying that it seemed to be right next to their ears. It was a scene they absolutely didn't want to experience.
But before everyone was frightened by the thunder, the next moment, a dozen unidentified objects that flickered in the air quickly smashed towards them.
Most people subconsciously stretched out their hands to block in front of them, closed their eyes and turned their heads to the side. This is the instinctive self-protection reaction of the human body when attacked, but for artillery, such actions are basically useless. After all, this is the first time that most people present have seen the attack method of artillery.
"Heavenly punishment, get down quickly, it is the heavenly punishment of the Han tribe, everyone get down quickly."
Just when Qiyun and most of the clan soldiers of the Xin tribe were still at a loss, many grassland soldiers who had seen similar scenes reacted first, and quickly lay on the ground, while constantly yelling at the people around them, because this was the only effective way they knew to avoid being hit by artillery shells. As for counterattack? That was impossible.
Qiyun, who was pressed to the ground by someone, also reacted. When he was about to tell all his soldiers to get down and hide, he heard another loud rumbling sound in his ears, and the sound of wooden stakes breaking.
Countless people looked up and saw a dozen flying chains hitting the wall they had built with great difficulty. The next moment, the solid wooden wall was instantly shattered into pieces under the heavy blow of the chains. There were also broken wooden stakes, bamboo pieces and wooden thorns flying around like flowers scattered by fairies, and the soldiers who were close to them were pierced into hedgehogs in an instant.
My brother just finished the college entrance examination. I helped him move yesterday. I'm sorry to everyone. I will make up for it today.
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