nucmednet Chapter 186 Mortar Demonstrates Power
Chapter 186 Mortar Demonstrates Power
There were no telescopes in this era, so people at the forefront could only observe with their naked eyes.
The news coming in was mixed, and no one knew whose artillery fire was more accurate.
But there is news: Hit the target!
"Brothers, the scouts ahead said they hit the target. I just calculated that most of them hit the target. I don't know whose target is not good."
The technicians brought with them cooperated with the people from the New Second Division to adjust the artillery positions. Seeing that they were talking so harshly, they did not say anything. They wondered how these soldiers could be so talkative.
"If you have the ability, come one by one, don't just fill in the numbers."
Some people were not convinced and wanted to decide the outcome with cannons.
"There aren't many targets left. What's the point of competing? Hurry and blow up the remaining siege ladders."
The commanding officer saw several people arguing with each other and started cursing.
"You're from the Arsenal. Can the tent over there be blown up?"
One of the soldiers from the artillery crew came over and asked.
"Theoretically, it's 2,000 steps. I just checked the distance, and the tent is outside the 2,000-step range, but not by much. It should be fine."
The mortar was making a loud noise, and Zhao Sheng couldn't hear what they were saying, but he saw someone adding medicine rings in violation of the regulations.
"Go ask why the drug ring was overdosed?"
Zhao Sheng ordered Liang Dong beside him to go and ask.
"Is there any problem?" Zhao Long came over and asked when he saw Zhao Sheng sending out his personal guards.
"One group of artillerymen was over-adding propellant rings, which increased the chamber pressure and could easily lead to danger."
When Zhao Sheng saw that it was Zhao Long, he patiently explained.
Zhao Long didn’t understand much about this, but he didn’t ask any further questions and waited for Liang Dong to come back.
"Sir, they wanted to blow up the tent behind us, and thought that adding a medicine ring would be enough to hit the target, so they resorted to an illegal method."
Liang Dong reported what he had learned.
"Nonsense! This is very dangerous. These soldiers don't know this, but don't these debugging technicians know this either?"
Zhao Sheng was very angry. The consequences were serious. "Use sacks to block the mortar, hook the trigger with the fuse and fire. Ensure safety. Afterwards, check the barrel to see if there is any damage."
"Yes, sir!" Liang Dong turned and ran towards the artillery position.
"I told you not to violate the rules. Now, the Prince Consort is angry. I might be sent to the front line."
"What? Are you afraid of death?"
The artillerymen of the 1st Regiment of the New 2nd Division were upset when they heard the technician's complaints, and they couldn't help but confront the technician.
"I don't think that's what you think. I just got married, my wife is pregnant, and my family is waiting for my salary. I can't..."
He didn't say the last word "die", not because he didn't dare, but because he couldn't.
"You already have a wife, but look at us, most of us are single and don't even know what a woman looks like."
Although the word "death" was not spoken, everyone knew it. But no one wanted to die in a war, and no one was afraid of death.
Wrapped in their horsehide, this is their fate...
"Stop arguing. The Prince Consort has ordered that we surround this cannon with sacks, fire the shells out, and then check if there's any damage to the barrel."
Their guns have a delayed fuse, so there is no danger even if they are loaded and then poured out.
Mr. Zhao actually wanted to see how big the gap was between theory and practice. In addition, after such a test, he would not worry too much about incorrect operations in the future.
When everyone heard the arrangements made by the Prince Consort, they all followed them.
Earthen bags were piled around the gun to prevent it from exploding and causing damage.
With a loud bang, the shell in the mortar was fired.
"Report, the observation post is reporting that another shell hit the tent. It exploded two feet above the ground. Um... visually estimated the distance."
After the scout and messenger reported, he thought about it and added the last sentence.
After hearing the result, everyone turned to look at Zhao Sheng, as if asking, was this mid-air explosion correct?
"If the delay fuse remains unchanged, this effect will occur at long distances. This is also the disadvantage of our shells."
Mr. Zhao did not explain in detail why, but just told them the reason for the result, which means that this phenomenon is very normal.
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Yuwen Zhou suddenly became furious after the last bomb fell over the tent and exploded, injuring several people.
"Damn the Yanzhou army! They can actually hurt us from such a distance! Order the cavalry to charge and attack the city with bows and arrows and meteor hooks."
The Meteor Flying Hook Hammer is a soft weapon made by tying a metal hammer head to one or both ends of a long rope. It is also a type of rope-tied hidden weapon.
The Yuwen family added a circle of hooks to the back of the hammer so that it could be used for climbing.
Because there was a small hammer in front, the weight was increased, and the speed of the warhorse plus the weight thrown out made it fly to the city wall easily, and with the help of the horse to climb, the height was reduced by half.
This is a particularly good method for city walls that are two meters high.
However, the water spring fortress is three meters high and is made of concrete walls, which are not as easy to climb as earth walls.
At least there is no place for the feet to push off.
Military orders are supreme, and no one dares or can disobey them.
So, the first wave of 10,000 cavalrymen rushed towards Shuiquan Pass.
After a round of cannon fire, there were rows of gunshots and flying arrows, and in an instant, a thousand people in the team of ten thousand people fled.
"Assholes, you haven't even gotten close to the city wall yet..."
Yuwen Zhou's anger was full, but it also deflated very quickly.
"Forget it, let's withdraw our troops today and retreat to Yangcheng!"
Doing something knowing it is impossible is not the thinking of a commander. Yuwen Zhou was very clear that it was not shameful for him to do so.
Just at this time, Changshan County dispatched an army of 200,000 to attack Weizhou City and Wugou Mine respectively.
Like the Shuiquan Fortress, the walls of Weizhou were raised by ten feet thanks to the efforts of local people, and the outer walls were also widened and thickened.
The Jin army that attacked Weizhou was replaced from Dai County. These people had been bribed by the Wang and Lu families.
But after all, they were all Zhou Dynasty troops. When they arrived in Weizhou, they just surrounded it and did not attack in time.
The army that went to Wugou Mine was led by Yelu Kang first. The mountain road was rugged, and it was really inconvenient to go with Tuoba Jing.
Wugou Mine, like Hepingshan Mine, has been closed for a long time. The miners are arranged to rest in the dormitory and exercise in groups when they have nothing to do.
Lu Yihou was not originally in the iron mine. Because he fought too fiercely with the Xiongnu prisoners of war, he was dispersed and assigned to the Wugou Iron Mine.
Who knew that there were also people from Xiaolongshan in this iron mine? After Lu Yihou went there, he quickly became the captain of the mining team, with more than a hundred people under him.
"Captain, I heard you were the district chief there too. Why were you transferred here?"
"Don't ask about our boss's affairs. They killed a few Huns over there, so they asked our boss to come here to take care of you."
When several groups of people get together and are bored, they start chatting.
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. I heard that the Huns attacked the iron mine today. You'd better be careful when the time comes."
When the younger brother who had just said that he had killed the Huns heard this, he shrank his neck and stepped aside without saying a word.
"Little brother, come here." Lu Yihou waved his hand to call other teams to remind his own people: "Brother, I like men like you. Come to our team, I will not treat you unfairly."
"Brother, I'm from the Lu family, and I'm here to talk to you."
The visitor suddenly whispered in Lu Yihou's ear.
What? Sent by the Lu family? Why did you come to me only now?
Lu Yihou doesn't understand...