In this era, the hit rate of the front-mounted smoothbore cannon is a great tragedy, even if the target is the wall of a huge manor with a population of thousands.

Therefore, in previous battles, whether in land and naval battles, Xu Shiyang always emphasized that artillery soldiers should approach shooting, and it is best to directly hold the opponent's chest.

Today, there are more long-range shootings from Target 2, which is actually more like a training game. Xu Shiyang is worried that when facing the main force of the Tartars, his artillery with lower quality will not be able to play the greatest role, so he needs to give the artillery a chance to grow before this as much as possible.

The artillery bombardment in actual combat is undoubtedly the best way to train soldiers.

On the other hand, from the perspective of the Zhu family army, in the absence of long-range firepower confrontation at all, the best choice at present is to launch a firm charge against Xu Shiyang's artillery position, hinder the artillery observation and neutralize the firepower advantage.

But the Zhu family army did not do this, perhaps because they did not know the harm of artillery, or because they were concerned about the Qingzhou army with superior military strength.

The Zhu family's choice allowed Xu Shiyang's naive artillery to shoot calmly and adjust the ballistics at an extremely low rate of fire.

After a long time, the seven generals in the new army's organization fired two shots each, but still failed to get any direct hits. At the beginning, Zhu Family Bing, who was frightened by the amazing cannon, gradually felt relieved.

Now it seems that this kind of thing that is quite scary when fighting is probably not as powerful as the rumor.

Many people even think that these cannons may never hit anything.

"Hmph, the Shangshang came from the east and said that the Qingzhou soldiers' cannons are powerful and can break mountains and rocks. I think this is the case, just to scare people!" Zhu Biao smiled indifferently:

"A strange technique is so weird that you can't be in a big face after all. To shoot and kill someone, you have to rely on a strong bow and crossbow!"

The Zhu family had a good relationship with the Tartars. Sometimes, when they helped the Tartars work, they would use some strong bows and heavy arrows instead of rewards. Therefore, the Zhu family's army had much more bows and arrows than most docks in Jiangbei, which was also the capital they could gain a foothold by the canal.

Hearing his younger brother's sigh, Zhu Long, who was so angry at Xu Shiyang, also agreed: "What the third brother said is reasonable! No matter how powerful the cannon is, what's the use of not being able to hit it accurately? I also think this thing can't beat the bow and arrow!"

Whoosh~~~

boom!!!

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Long suddenly heard a sharp roar from far to near, and then a thunderous explosion came from the soles of his feet!

The east wall of Zhujiawu Fort, which was facing the Qingzhou Army, was like a giant being shot by a crossbow arrow, began to tremble violently, and stopped after two breaths.

Zhu Chaofeng, Zhu Long, Zhu Biao, Master and others who were watching the battle on the wall had to hold the wall with both hands to avoid falling.

Only Han Tao, who is very skilled in kung fu, can directly stabilize his body. He quickly stretched out half of his body and carefully observed the dock wall here.

"Oh no!" After a while, Han Tao shouted: "I've been hit!"

The general cannon, which had fired more than twenty test projectiles, finally got the first direct hit!

Cheers sounded from the Qingzhou Army's position - after getting the first hit, the next thing will be much simpler.

Xu Shiyang has been promoting the more accurate metric weights and measures he "invented" in artillery and military factories of high-tech arms.

At this time, although the weapon tolerance of the Qingzhou Army was still very large, it was far smaller than all other weapons of this era, especially the general cannon of the same model, and the ballistic differences were minimal!

Therefore, all generals and guns in the entire gun group can be used according to the same observation data target, especially for targets such as the dock wall that are huge, without interference, and will not move. One hit means that more hits will definitely be achieved later!

"Infantry Attack!"

Xu Shiyang has been patiently waiting for the result of the artillery test firing. He does not want the infantry to advance and affect the artillery observation landing point and hit rate.

But it doesn't matter now. The next job of the gunners of the general cannon is to copy it according to the gourd. During this period, only a small adjustment is required, and the infantry attack has no effect.

With Xu Shiyang's order, the infantry, who had already prepared, began to act.

22 shield cars were slowly pushed out of the Qingzhou Army by auxiliary soldiers and began to advance towards Zhujiazhuang not far away.

The Tartar shield chariots he had seen were not very different. They were all seven to eight feet tall, and the front baffle was between 5 and 6 inches (15 to 18 mm), which was enough to withstand powerful cold weapons such as the Eight-Cow Crossbow.

Xu Shiyang once conducted an experiment and had a certain defense against the main 15mm musket of the Qingzhou Army, but he could not fight against the cannons at all. No matter it is a general cannon, a magic machine cannon or a wooden cannon, it can only block the shotgun at most.

Of course, for the army of this era, such defense is enough. At least Zhujiazhuang definitely does not have the weapon to destroy this shield car from a long distance.

There are 4 small wheels installed at the bottom of each shield car, and two musketeers stand on it. They can shoot from the top of the shield car. Each shield car is arranged to push 6 auxiliary soldiers, and there are also 6 auxiliary soldiers carrying hoes or earth bags behind them. They are responsible for filling the trapped horse pit in front of Zhujiazhuang gate under the cover of the shield car.

The shield chariot is covered with the selection of the front guards. These elite melee soldiers carry swords in one hand and use a round shield to cover their heads with their left hand, and follow the shield chariot.

The 22 shield cars were like moving wooden walls, slowly moving forward. When they encountered obstacles such as horse pits, deer rocks or thorns, auxiliary soldiers immediately stepped forward, either filling them out or moving them away.

During this period, the shield car array will stay for a short time to avoid the line breakage. Although this method is rigid, it does not give the opponent any opportunity to take advantage of it.

If the Zhu family army launches a counterattack at this time, they are like a feint attacking a low wall. If they continue to watch the shield chariot formation advance like this, then they are the living targets of artillery!

While the shield car advanced, all the general artillery began to shoot at Zhujiazhuang Dock Wall at a rate of fire every 5 minutes. Unlike the previous test shots, this time, the artillery, which was still completely uninterrupted, achieved extremely high hit rate - 5 shots were directly hit in the first round of volleys, 4 shots in the second round, and 5 shots in the third round!

The Zhujiazhuang dock wall collapsed a lot in the second round of volleys, but the Qingzhou army artillery still did not relax. The 4-pound iron balls kept hitting the dock wall, lifting up large pieces of soil and human limbs.

The soldiers of the Zhu family, who were just mocking the artillery for not being able to fight, kept making inhuman screams. Some people collapsed in the artillery and jumped directly from the dock wall. More people could not bear the dilemma of being beaten and could not fight back. They threw down their weapons and fled back to their homes in the village.
Chapter completed!