Chapter 56
This improved wooden cannon was nicknamed "3-jin cannon Mark 2" by Xu Shiyang. The militia did not know what the mark meant, so they simply called it a large wooden cannon. Simple wooden cannons reinforced with hemp ropes were called small wooden cannons.
The latter mainly fires stone shotguns to deal with enemy group charges, while the former is mainly used to deal with targets with strong protection or enemy cities with low levels - such as Luo Daoren's copycat gate.
The first large wooden cannon was directly installed on the shield car, and the muzzle extended out from the cannon window in the middle of the shield car guard plate and pointed forward.
Under the cover of the shield car, the personal soldiers pushed this special-shaped "armored cannon car" to approach only 10 steps from the bandit village gate.
"Open fire!"
A personal soldier brought the wooden fork with a fuse close to the gun door...
boom!
With a loud bang, white smoke rose up, and the three-pound iron projectile flew out of the cannon chamber at a lightning speed, instantly crossing a short distance and directly hitting the wooden village gate!
With a burst of wood cracking, the center of the gate was penetrated by a shell, and the thick door latch inserted on it was directly hit, turning into a piece of broken wood slag flying backwards.
The sharp wooden slags were as dangerous as arrows. The bandits standing behind the door were about to stand by the village gate and all screamed and fell to the ground.
There is no need for a second cannon, because the door has been opened and no obstacle can be formed.
"Arrowmen shoot arrows! Suppress the city head!" Xu Shiyang issued a series of orders: "Infantry attack with me!"
"One, two, one! The whole team!"
Xie Zhen and Jie Bao led 8 scouts to shoot light arrows at the village wall. Their previous battle performance was not good. They neither could detect Liu Gao's ambush (Xu Shiyang already knew why Liu Gao suddenly rushed out that day. It was a beautiful misunderstanding, but he couldn't expect another time), nor could he block the bandits from rushing into the fence, and even two rounds of light arrows did not shoot any bandits.
In addition to the outstanding performance of Zhizhen Jiebao and the other two, they were essentially a small team of ordinary militias with relatively strong physical and well-equipped equipment.
However, this is enough. The strong body means that they can safely pull out the battle bow under the guidance of two experts Jie Zhen and Jie Bao, and shoot the light arrows onto the not-so-high wall of the village.
Under the cover of the shield, this safe shooting environment like a training ground can easily improve their performance - at least when the third round of light arrows flew out, the arrow clusters could already be pierced on the hanging house set up by bandits, rather than Brown's movement like A San's missiles.
Coupled with Jie Zhen's accurate shooting and the shock of the shot just now, ten people and ten bows (2 masters and 8 rookies) could even suppress the bandits, so they were able to hide behind the hanging house and dare not show their heads!
Without the most threatening rolling stone attack, Xu Shiyang boldly led the war team to advance towards the gate of the cave. He himself was still at the forefront, regardless of the dazzling armor on his body, which was the enemy's best shooting target, and directly pressed his life against the unreliable scout shooting skills and the protection of the iron armor.
Dangdang two light sounds, two feather arrows shot Xu Shiyang, one of which was a stone arrow hit his helmet, and it directly broke into a tiny sand shovel, and the other was an iron arrow, but it also failed to penetrate the armor leaves on his body.
Due to the close attack distance and the bandits' attack window was very short, Xu Shiyang was only hit by these two painless attacks and successfully walked into the door hole.
Other militia followed him, holding their heads and chests up, and broke into the bandits' village in rows. The wall that was highly expected by Daoren Luo made Xu Mujiang's headache break.
However, the battle was far from over, and a strong old bandit suddenly stood up from above the doorway, held up a large stone, and threw it down.
Xie Zhen, who was already ready, hit his throat with an arrow. The bandit fell under the wall with his stones and hit a militia in the back row. The militia was silent and collapsed on the ground like noodles.
Although it is very similar, it is not a real modern army after all. Another militia stopped unconsciously and reached out to pull his neighbor out of the stone. A small chaos suddenly arose behind the queue.
Fortunately, a personal soldier followed two steps and tugged on the militia's arm with a stick. The half-grown child shouted fiercely: "Don't stop! Keep moving forward!"
The militia couldn't help but tremble. In the queue training more than a month before the war, he was hit with a lot of military sticks and had already developed a conditioned reflex fear of this thing.
He quickly straightened his back, listened to Xu Shiyang's command, and ran two steps quickly to follow the queue.
As the eyes suddenly lit up, the team had already crossed the door opening and entered the interior of the village.
The architectural layout here is not much different from that in Shiwutun. There are chaotic straw sheds and wooden houses everywhere. Occasionally, I see a few rammed earth yards, which are even luxurious buildings.
A messy roar came from the front. Xu Shiyang looked up and found a group of ferocious bandits following a middle-aged man in Taoist robe and quickly rushed here. Bandits continued to emerge from the buildings on both sides, waving variegated weapons into the crowd opposite.
Needless to say, the leader must be Dao Ren Luo.
After the bandit leader discovered that the North Gate was obviously the main force of the Xu family army, he led 50 old bandits and 200 threats to reinforce. Not long after he arrived at the place, someone rushed over from the South Gate and said that the South Gate could no longer be defended.
At that time, Luo Dao was so popular that he almost killed the bandits who reported the news. The defense at the South Gate was the key focus of his attention for several years. In a sense, it was also his proud work. How could he be broken through in one attack?
The Xu family army is a militia, not a Tartar army!
But the messenger was right in front of him, and he cursed and swore that the South Gate was about to fail, so he could not believe it, so he had to lead half of the bandits back. As soon as he arrived at the place, he actually saw the Xu family army really crossing the village gate and rushing to the front!
When did the Xu family become so strong?
"Which Fortress Master of the Xu family is ahead? Can you speak out?" Dao Ren Luo also wanted to follow the rules of the world and talk to the other leader before the battle. In this way, even if he is defeated, both sides will generally look at each other and leave a way out.
Xu Shiyang's answer to this was: "One, two, one! Standing at attention! The whole team! Prepare to take the enemy!"
From the perspective of Luo Daoren, the Xu family army changed from a marching formation to a combat formation at an astonishing speed, and they completely ignored their own intentions.
"Say! You're not afraid of breaking the rules!"
Dao Ren Luo cursed:
"Brothers! This Xu family is here to our copycat to grab the foodies! Without food women, how can we live! Those who retreat today are beheaded! The son puts the oil pan! The woman and the daughter are distributed to other brothers! Those who don't want to die, come with me!"
Chapter completed!