Chapter 975: Bombardment

"We can't take it lightly. The lesson of Temu Ta is right in front of us. Read" Mule Hongzhen looked forward, "We also dug trenches, relying on the advantage of military strength, and slowly consumed them."

Under the guidance of the Russian officers, they mastered many tactics.

The current Beidi army no longer fights like before, but has learned to fight like the Westerners.

With the addition of Western muskets and artillery, Beidi is still reborn.

"Yes, Khan." After receiving the order, the king of the royal tent returned to his respective army and ordered the soldiers to dig trenches on the spot.

At this moment, they are about five miles away from the trenches of the Dasong army.

From here, they will keep digging trenches forward until they reach the opponent's trenches.

Finally, they launched repeated charges and defeated the Dasong army in Lingwu County.

At the same time.

Mule Hongzhen was observing the trench fortifications in front of Lingwu County.

Bai Shang was also observing the Beidi army.

This time, in order to stop the Beidi army, he dug trenches from the Jin River and extended them to the pig head.

The trench fortifications span five kilometers and are more than six hundred meters long and wide.

The soldiers are distributed in the vast trench fortifications, and there are also breech-loading howitzers and rifled guns deployed in various places in the trench fortifications.

"They are digging trenches. The Beidi people have learned a lot from the Russian country." Bai Shang put down the telescope and said to Huo An beside him.

Now, the four armies of the Central Army all obey his orders, and Huo An temporarily became his deputy general.

"Can they still dig trenches leisurely? How about letting them taste the new howitzers first?" Huo An laughed twice.

The Beidi digging trenches five miles away are naturally afraid of their artillery.

But they would never have thought that their artillery has been updated and the range can reach ten miles.

"That's for sure." Bai Shang licked his tongue.

This icy and snowy weather made him and his soldiers very cold, and it was all the fault of the Beidi people.

How can the soldiers feel comfortable if they don't show them a little color?

So he immediately passed the order down.

This time, the artillery of the four armies of the Central Army were all sent to the battlefield.

The number of their howitzers reached 480 and the number of rifled guns reached 240.

The number of the two types of artillery was so different.

This was because howitzers became an important force in killing enemy soldiers on the battlefield.

Rifled guns were more about destroying the enemy's artillery positions, so there was no need to equip too many of them.

Soon, Bai Shang's order spread among the artillerymen.

The artillerymen who had been frozen stiff finally got a chance to move.

The artillerymen in charge of observation used a telescope to determine the distance and asked the artillerymen in charge of correction to correct the muzzle angle.

After that, the loader immediately pried open the ammunition box, unscrewed the bolt, stuffed the shells in, and screwed the bolt again.

"Fire!"

Everything was ready, and the artilleryman on the right side of the artillery waved the chess piece from top to bottom.

The artilleryman who pulled the ignition fuse pulled the rope violently.

The firing pin hit the primer in the ammunition and detonated the propellant.

"Boom." With a sound, the snow around the artillery was shaken up, the muzzle flashed, and the shells flew to the Beidi army five miles away.

After the first howitzer, the rest of the howitzers sounded one after another.

The shells drew a huge parabola in the sky like raindrops, making a "swoosh" sound of tearing the air.

The Beidi soldiers who were gathering together with tools to dig trenches suddenly heard the "swoosh" sound.

When they raised their heads and looked up, it was too late.

The heavy shells tilted and hit the soil under their feet, and then exploded suddenly.

There was a collective scream, and dozens of Beidi soldiers around the shells were blown away.

Other shells exploded in the air, and shrapnel fell into the Beidi army like flowers scattered by fairies, killing a large number of soldiers.

"Boom boom boom..."

For a time, explosions continued to sound, and balls of flames rose in the Beidi army.

Muller Hongzhen was also within the bombardment range of the howitzer shells at this moment.

When a shell exploded, his back felt cold.

Bamutuo and other kings immediately rushed to him and surrounded Mule Hongzhen to prevent him from being hurt by shrapnel.

But they also knew that they could not prevent the shells from falling on their heads.

So Bamutuo said, "Khan, get on your horse and leave here immediately. It's too dangerous here."

After that, everyone pushed Mule Hongzhen onto the horse, and they also got on the horse to escort Mule Hongzhen to evacuate further north.

As they fled from the bombardment, the shells seemed to have eyes and kept exploding around them.

The more they ran, the more frightened they became. They could not imagine that Dasong's artillery could shoot so far.

Just as Mule Hongzhen fled in embarrassment.

In the central military trench fortifications of Lingwu County, Bai Shang and Huo An showed a satisfied look.

This satisfaction was naturally for the new howitzer.

On the battlefield, this howitzer not only has an advantage in range.

It also has a great advantage in firing rate.

In one minute, the howitzer can fire six shells, while before, it was good to fire two shells in one minute.

It is for this reason that the rain of shells in this bombardment is very dense, and it can be said to be continuous.

He believes that during the time when the Beidi soldiers retreated beyond the range of the artillery, they would suffer considerable casualties.