The battlefield was filled with smoke.

After the 12-pound cannon fire, the next thing to say was the terrifying 18-pound long-barrel heavy cannon. When the dull roar sounded from the cannon barrel, the rusty 18-pound solid iron ball hit their targets with lightning speed. Their target was not the Qing army's artillery, but the Qing army infantry and cavalry lined up behind the cannon. These people were more than a thousand meters away from the east coast city wall, which was relatively safe in their perception, because few artillery could hit here, and even if they could hit it, it was at the end of their strength and would not cause much damage to them. Moreover, they did not dare to line up too far from the artillery position, because if the enemy broke out of the city, they might not have time to protect the artillery.

However, the effective range of two 18-pound cannons on the city tower with 1,400 meters (maximum range of 2,000 meters, shooting on the city wall has a distance bonus) made them know that it was not safe here. The solid iron ball that roared in the Qing army formation created terrifying damage. Although they had tried their best to expand the interval, the 18-pound iron ball that passed through the entire formation knocked down more than ten people like a destruction, and then jumped on the ground several times, touched several people in a row before finally stopping.

"Die standing in the middle", "Dieting when stuck", Li Wenchang's mind suddenly appeared in his mind as a literati in the late Ming Dynasty. Two 18-pound shells caused the casualties of thirty or forty people in the Qing army, or "death" is more accurate, because even if he is touched by the shell, he will most likely be taken away by his arms and legs, and so on. It is difficult to survive in this era.

After the 18-pound gun fire was completed, the two 12-pound guns that were first fired were almost ready again. Several artillery intern staff were responsible for observing the landing point behind them, calculating the ballistics, and then negotiating the parameters that needed to be corrected with the gunner. After the gunner adopted it, the gunner immediately adjusted the artillery and then opened fire again. This time the shells were still lost. But they were not too far away, and one shot was hit by the working wives, and one passed by the Qing army's artillery position.

Although none of the four shells hit the lucky Qing army's artillery position, the Qing army's gunners were frightened, so their counterattacks arrived soon. Six pants of black smoke rose one after another five hundred meters south, and six shells flew over the moat, over the barbed wire, and then fell head-on under the wall.

There is not enough charge. There is insufficient kinetic energy! Li Wenchang laughed in his heart. It is estimated that the Qing army artillery is not of good quality and should be exploded from time to time. Therefore, they dare not load a lot of launching medicine. This is no wonder their shells are so weak.

After the Qing army's shooting, the two 12-pound cannons on the protruding parts on both sides of the East Coast also roared and spoke angrily.

This time, the people of the East Coast finally made a victory! In addition to one shot that continued to dig the soil in the rear, the other shot hit the cannon of a red-clothed cannon. The cannon was directly dispersed, and the heavy cannon body tilted to the side, directly overwhelming the two Qing army gunners. Li Wenchang, who was observing with a telescope at the top of the city, was observing silently for the two crushed guys. He died too frustrated.

The East Coast people have fired ten shells until they have achieved the result of hitting one. This result can only be said to be careless. You must know that every area outside the city has been accurately measured before, and each cannon has also conducted a large number of test-fires in each area. The data obtained from the test-fire was processed by the staff using mathematical methods, and then a firing table was obtained. This firing table has taken into account many factors that affect the measurement, such as wind speed and temperature. It can be said that in theory, the East Coast people should be shooting wherever they are. But now they have fired so many shells before hitting one shot, and maybe it is a lucky bullet. This score is really not very good.

The Qing army artillery loading speed was too slow, and they looked very nervous because the yellow thief army's artillery was surprisingly accurate. Although most of them were not hit, all the shells were spinning around them without exception. Maybe any shell would fall on their heads at any time. This mental pressure was not ordinary, and this would naturally cause their movements to distort and their loading work would slow down.

The 18-pound cannon continued to shoot! This time, a shell hit the gap between the two infantry formations of the Qing army, allowing them to escape, but the other shell hit the crowd again, taking away the lives of seven or eight people.

The two sides were in artillery battle like this. After about ten minutes of bombing, the Qing army finally couldn't hold back. With a sound of a roar, the Qing army, which was lined up behind the red cannon, slowly retreated to 1,500 meters, but it was still shrouded within the range of the 18-pound long-barrel cannon. This terrifying artillery may have an effective range of more than 1,500 meters on the city wall, and the maximum range was more than 2,100 meters. Although the kinetic energy of the shells was a little exhausted when they hit here, it could still kill a large number of people. With the array density of the Qing army at this time, the 18-pound heavy cannon with a hit rate of more than 70% can kill and injure six or seven people with one shot. If you are lucky, you will not be a problem to kill and injure more than ten people.

However, the Qing army's infantry formation obviously could not retreat any further, and it would not be able to protect the artillery position. The cavalry of the Yellow-clad Thieves Army might come over at any time. If they did not have time to rush to assist the artillery team, then the boss would be unbearable to blame them, the newly surrendered people.

After about fifteen minutes of artillery attack, the Qing army only fired three rounds, and only four of the 18 shells hit the wall of Yantai Fort. However, this thick city wall made of bricks and stones was obviously not something they could easily shake. Several shells only knocked off the cement layer on the outer layer, and the damage to the main body of the city wall was limited. If the Qing army wanted to truly break the Yantai Fort wall, they would better move the artillery forward two or three hundred meters, but this was really difficult for the heavy and slow red-clothed cannon. In the fifteenth minute, the artillery of the East Coast fired violently at a constant rate of two minutes, but only one shell still hit. The shell injured several Qing army gunners, but the main body of the artillery was not damaged.

Taking advantage of the retreat of the Qing army's array, the gunmen on the east coast also seized the time to cool the artillery. They covered the cannon barrel with a large ball of wet and cold towels, and a large fog of steaming mist suddenly appeared on the towel. Strictly speaking, this cooling method is harmful to the cannon barrel, but at this time it was during the battle, in order to cool the cannon quickly so that it could be put into battle as soon as possible, it was understandable.

The Qing army on the opposite side seemed to have dispatched a cavalry. After paying for the casualties of one or two hundred worthless new affiliated troops, the Qing army was finally willing to transfer the precious Man Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners cavalry teams. However, they were still stationed outside the range of artillery artillery in the East Coast, which was considered to be a cavalry force of the East Coast people. As long as they made an action to attack the Qing army artillery team, they would pounce on them with thunder and completely eliminate the enemy cavalry team.

But in fact, they are likely to be disappointed. Mo Ming, who had just arrived at the city wall to watch the battle, sneered at the range, firing rate, accuracy, and destructive power of the Qing army artillery, believing that the damage they caused to Yantai Fort at a distance of 500 meters was quite limited. This is not an inner layer of rammed earth, and the outer layer of brick walls is a solid city wall made of bricks and stones. The thickness is not less than 3.5 meters, and the thickest point is even 6 meters. You backward artillery, who also wants to collapse my city walls more than 500 meters away, dreaming about you! Therefore, he did not intend to send cavalry out of the city to attack the Qing army at all. He just used cannons to bombard them, and it would be clear who could not hold on first!

Until now, the people of the East Coast have consumed dozens of shells, and the personnel have not been injured. On the other hand, the Qing army on the opposite side, the infringement formations mainly surrendered to the Ming army, had been killed and injured by the East Coast artillery. One artillery was damaged, and five or six gunmen were killed, not to mention the Master who was shocked by the cannons. At this time, the Eight Banners Coats were gritting their teeth and coming forward with furious hearts. While begging the shells not to land on their heads, they were fiercely forced to the front with swords and guns, and continued to build those artillery positions that had not been completely completed.

The artillery battle continued. The cooling-off artillery fired several rounds of fire at a rate of fire per shot in two minutes. During these rounds of artillery attacks, the Qing army's artillery was finally destroyed. It was also a red-clothed cannon, and two gunners were reimbursed. The Qing army's counterattack was still weak. Their fire rate was extremely slow, and the shells that finally came were all falling in different places. The destructive power on the city wall of the East Coast people was almost worth mentioning. According to this style of fighting, the Qing army would have to break the wall of Yantai Fort in the year of the year of the monkey and horses!

Perhaps seeing that the role played by his artillery team was limited, the Qing army commander no longer asked to transfer the remaining artillery to the front line, because it was useless to go. After they sent people to communicate with the commander of the artillery team, the power of the Qing army artillery suddenly increased. It seemed that the superiors specifically asked them to increase the amount of gunpowder loading. However, it was obviously a tragic thing to do. Although the quality of the Qing army's artillery was much stronger than that of the Ming army, it was obviously at its limit. After two shells hit the Yantai Fort walls and knocked down a large piece of cement and bricks, the Qing army artillery team, who had not yet had time to be happy, was very sad. A cannon suddenly exploded, and the broken cannon body flew up more than one meter high. The seven or eight nearby gunners were either dead or injured, which was extremely tragic.
Chapter completed!