Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 842 Deployment
Boom boom boom boom boom!

Feeling that he had been plotted against, the insulted Dutch artillery scrambled to ignite the fire. The cannons erected on the top of the city roared like thunder. Turning his head to look at the situation on the top of the city, wanting to see if Kui Yi has hanged or not!
Yang Menglong shouted: "You just fire! If you can hit it, I will lose!"

Nonsense, now the distance between the two sides has reached 800 meters, and the Dutch are using front-loading smoothbore guns. There are only a few cannons participating in the shooting.No, artillery shells are flying all over the sky, one after another, the error is almost measured in kilometers!The Dutch were full of anger, regardless of the cost, and all they threw out were expensive bombs. These bombs were quite competitive and all exploded, but the results were extremely frustrating—not even the corner of Yang Menglong’s clothes. Yes, it just blew up a little bit of the turf.Yang Menglong stopped there and happily enjoyed the fireworks show. That kind of wordless mockery almost drove Holland's popularity crazy. Kui Yi roared with red eyes: "Fire! Fire! Blast that bastard into meat sauce!"

The Dutch soldiers cleaned the barrels of the cannons and reloaded them as quickly as possible.Yang Menglong was so hateful that after discovering that both solid shot put and blooming bullets could not do anything to him, the Dutch artillerymen unexpectedly switched to chain bombs!You must know that this chain bullet cannot be fired casually, it wears out the barrel of the gun quite seriously, if you keep firing chain bullets, it is easy to use up the entire gun.Therefore, chain bombs are generally equipped with naval guns and are used to attack the sails and masts of enemy warships and kill people on the deck. They are rarely used in field battles.But now the Dutch are mad with anger, so they don't care about so many things. If there is something useful and ruthless, just hit it with a brain. Anything that can kill Yang Menglong is a good thing!
But the Heluo New Army would not just stay back and watch them bombard their boss. Three 85mm howitzers opened fire at the same time, and a row of high-explosive grenades flew over. Smoke and flames billowed on the city walls, and bricks and gravel were scattered. Flying wildly, the Dutch soldiers flew into flesh and blood again, and several of them were even thrown high by the blast wave and then fell down hard, smashing their bodies to pieces.Another salvo fired, and a cannon that was racing against time to reload was overturned. Almost all the artillerymen were spared, and they were all blown to pieces. The area near the gun position was a mess of bones and flesh, and it was terrible to see.After two rounds of shelling, the Dutch army was in chaos again. All the guys, including Kuiyi, who had just been aggressive and vowed to take revenge, screamed like a group of frightened hens and ran around waving their arms, trying to find Safe corners to avoid artillery fire... As a result, under the rain of shells, the casualties were even more serious.When encountering artillery fire, you should look for a bunker. If there is no bunker, you should lie down on the spot to reduce the body's surface area. Even military illiterates know this common sense, but it cost the blood and lives of thousands of people. In return for the valuable experience, the Dutch obviously had not paid enough tuition, so they naturally did not know this experience. Faced with the bombardment, they instinctively ran around, only to be cut down by clusters of shrapnel.

This scene made the Dutch army desperate.The cannons of the Heluo New Army have an overwhelming advantage over the most advanced front-mounted smoothbore guns in the Netherlands in terms of rate of fire, range, and accuracy, not to mention the power of the shells. Once fired, the radius is 15 meters Within a radius of 25 meters, there is no doubt that death is inevitable. What kind of cannon can have such terrifying power? This is a weapon belonging to the devil!
The Dutch are already in a mess, everyone is only focused on fleeing, so naturally no one has the leisure to set off fireworks for Yang Menglong to see.A group of soldiers rushed up and carried Yang Menglong as he ran wildly. They ran for two miles without losing breath. Yang Menglong didn't care: "Why are you nervous? Those guys are really bad at firing artillery. I can't stand still even if I stand there." , They can’t hit me even if they shoot all the shells in stock!”

The soldiers couldn't laugh or cry, Zhaji said helplessly to Weng: "My lord, you are now the Optimus Prime of Daming, you can't afford to lose, how can you risk yourself! Next time, don't do such a risky thing. !"

Yang Menglong said carelessly: "Don't worry, the Dutch's gunnery skills are so bad, I'm not interested in teasing them anymore, I'll play with them when they get better!"

Zhaji Chongweng almost didn't cry... Your old man is not playing, you are clearly playing with your life!
Going back to the Chinese military account, needless to say, there was another round of condemnation, including Li Yan, everyone accused Yang Menglong of taking such a risk without knowing the severity.Li Yan glared at Yang Menglong and said, "My lord, if a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, a person who does great things cannot take risks with his own body at will! Next time you make such a joke, I will have to find another job." !"

Li Yan has always had a good temper, but now he has said harsh words like "find another job", which only shows that he is really anxious.As an outstanding figure with a long-term strategic vision, Li Yan is more aware of the situation of this bastard than Yang Menglong. There are not 1000 million people in the world who want Yang Menglong to die, there are probably 800 million, and there are many people who are deliberately trying to take his life. , the most important thing Yang Menglong should do is to be careful in his words and actions, and pay attention to safety!It turned out that this guy was fine, he didn't take it seriously at all, and even ran to provoke the Dutch artillery!Thinking of the scene just now, he was terrified. My God, is this cannon a joke? "One cannon rots for dozens of miles" must be an exaggeration. Do you think it is an atomic bomb? But being touched by a cannonball, the whole person will change. It is absolutely true that there is no human-like meat sauce in a ball, and the Houjin army has the most say in this matter. In case...he dare not think about it anymore!

Mr. Haohao was also angry, and Yang Menglong had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake: "Okay, it was my fault. Didn't I want to lure that bastard Kui Yi out and kill him with one shot to save trouble..."

Li Yan said: "Beheading generals and capturing the flag is a matter of choosing the front; destroying cities and pulling out strongholds is the duty of generals. As a commander, you just need to plan strategies in the rear. Why risk yourself?"

Yang Menglong shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's enough to have you, I stay here can only add to the chaos..." Seeing that Li Yan's complexion was wrong again, he quickly changed his words: "Okay, I'm not joking, after the trial just now , I am sure that the range of the Dutch heavy artillery is only 3000 meters to 500 meters at most, and the effective range is less than 400 meters." He said excitedly: "They can still hit relatively accurately within 300 meters. I can only fly around, I think we can deploy the artillery position 300 meters away from Chixian City, and shoot directly at the nearest point, blast the mother!"

Li Yan pondered: "500 meters...is it just one mile? Is it a little risky? If the Dutch attack the city, their cavalry will be able to reach the artillery position in one charge!"

Yang Menglong said disdainfully: "They have a cavalry! The only cavalry was beaten severely by Shi Tianbao, and more than half of them were killed or injured. They are hiding in Chikan City crying!" He gestured with his hands and said: " 120 armored heavy cavalry came out of the city and tried to destroy Shi Tianbao's torpedo cannon position. As a result, Shi Tianbao bombarded him with torpedo cannons and fired volleys of muskets. They didn't even touch the edge of the artillery position. They were half dead! If they didn't accept it, Lesson, if you want to use cavalry to attack our artillery positions, I don't mind giving them a bigger lesson!"

Hearing what he said, Li Yan also felt that it was a good idea to move the artillery position forward, the closer the distance, the more accurate the shooting.So with an order, thousands of civilians pulled twelve 85mm howitzers to a place only 500 meters away from Chixian City, using horses and pushing them with their hands. At this distance, they could completely level the barrels. , bombarded the walls of Chixian City.Considering that Chixian City is really strong, it is not easy for the 85mm howitzer to open the gap, so the tri-service team removed three 120mm cannons from the ship and deployed them together.It's not hard to imagine, with so many powerful cannons under their noses, the psychological shadow area of ​​the Dutch soldiers is huge... It's almost like going to the sky, covering the sky and covering the earth.

On the lighthouse side, after hard work, two 160mm lightning cannons were finally hoisted and deployed to the top of the lighthouse.Now the civilians are shouting slogans and hoisting the cannonballs. A shell of the 160mm Thunderbolt Cannon weighs 160 catties, and there are four shells in a box. Even if there is a pulley block, it is not easy to hoist them up, and it will take a long time.At the beginning, the civilian husbands refused to do this job. They had seen the tragedy of Dutch soldiers being bombarded by [-]mm lightning cannons. Hundreds of people were finished with one shot. Come down, so they can’t be smashed to pieces? There is no office, so the artillerymen had to remove the fuze first, and then use a hammer to knock the shells loudly, telling the civilians that these shells are safe, even if they are thrown from the top of the lighthouse, they will not explode. , the people were relieved.They are relieved, but after the shells are sent up, the artillerymen have to reinstall the fuzes before they can be used. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth... Sigh, there is no way, it is better to waste a little time than lifting the shells. There was an accident and a lot of people were killed.

Seeing more and more cannons pointing their black muzzles at their own territory, but he was helpless, Kuiyi was extremely anxious, the feeling that a sharp sword was hanging above his head and might fall at any time, really put him in a hurry. Driven mad.He didn't dare to sleep anymore, because as soon as he closed his eyes, he would see the artillery of the Ming army firing violently, and the shells rained down on the middle of his army, blowing up his soldiers, including himself, to pieces of blood, and his fear was like a bird. The sharp claws grabbed his heart tightly, as if trying to pull his heart out of his chest, how could he still sleep? Even though he boasted over and over again in front of the soldiers about the strength of Chicai City and promised them Reinforcements will come soon, but he himself does not believe these lies. The lingering fear torments him and destroys his self-confidence. He even thinks: Even if the combined West-Holshine fleet can defeat the Ming army as he wished Sailor, I'm afraid he won't be able to defend Chixian City!
What to do? What to do?
He thought about negotiating peace with the Ming army, but the Ming army seemed to have no intention of talking to him at all, and kept piling more cannons and shells in front of him.The attitude of the Ming army is very clear: Get out of Taiwan and compensate for all losses, otherwise there will be no talk!For Kui Yi, compensation for losses can be discussed, but giving up Taiwan is absolutely impossible. If he dares to give up Taiwan, he will just wait for the grill!So he fell into a desperate situation where he couldn't win the fight and had no way to negotiate peace. He was like a lamb who fell into the lion's den, so helpless and desperate.

If the commander is like this, the morale of the soldiers is naturally not much higher. They either steal alcohol to drink, or gather together in twos and threes to discuss how to escape, and they are not in the mood to stand guard at all.The cannons of the Heluo New Army have shattered their hope of victory. What they care about most now is how to save their lives!

It's a pity that whether they can save their lives is not up to them!
(End of this chapter)