I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Wenzhou, a new batch of weapons and equipment and technical arms arrived.

"Master, I heard that this is a new weapon developed in the arsenal. It is called artillery gun. There are only such a group in the whole arsenal. Now they have been transferred to the division commander. It seems that it is His Majesty's special care."

Lu Guangzu's personal soldiers laughed and said, the meaning of what he said was understood by the people around him.

It means that Lu Guangzu's strategy of sending beautiful women was successful, although he was criticized on the surface.

But secretly, it was still favored.

Lu Guangzu was also very happy when he heard the words, but he controlled it well and didn't show it.

After all, this kind of thing is disgraceful, it is enough to get benefits, there is no need to be shy and show off everywhere.

Lu Guangzu said: "This is His Majesty's hope that we will pacify the south as soon as possible. We should fight more heroically and not fail His Majesty's wishes."

After speaking, he began to ask what the mortar was.

Looking at the small-caliber gun barrel, Lu Guangzu thought it was the Thunder Run from before.

However, the muzzle of the previous Thunderbolt was pointed forward, while the muzzle of this mortar was pointed upwards.

This made Lu Guangzu a little curious. Could it be that this thing is fighting the enemy in the sky?

But the Ming army does not have an air force.

Or, is this a cannon designed to attack the city wall?

"This is a small artillery specially designed for mountain operations. It is light in weight and easy to carry. Moreover, the shells fired by this artillery form an arc and can hit high places, so it has low requirements on the site for setting up artillery positions."

Artillery Battalion Commander Lu Qing said.

In the past, the red-clothed cannon had a straight muzzle, so the cannon had to be positioned at a high position in order to bypass various obstacles and hit people.

In the mountains, the red-clothed cannon is completely useless.

If you want to hit the opponent, you have to move the cannon to a higher place, which is not easy.

Even those small-caliber and easy-to-carry Thunderbolts are useless in the mountains.

Therefore, according to the feedback from the frontline and the guidance of Wu Changqing, the arsenal came up with this mortar suitable for mountain operations.

"Try a few shots and see."

Lu Guangzu said that seeing is better than seeing. As a veteran, he only needs to take a look at how this cannon is used to get a basic understanding.

Subsequently, several mortars aimed at a hill and fired at the foot of the hill.

I saw that these few simple operations completed the launch, and the projectiles that had been launched flew upward in an arc and fell to the top of the mountain to explode.

"Hey, not bad, it will be much easier for us to attack the mountain in the future."

Several generals lit up.

When they were marching in the mountains before, they were often harassed and blocked by the Ming army.

Then they discovered that attacking the mountain was more troublesome than attacking the city.

There are many trees on the mountain, and the flintlock gun is useless.

Moreover, it is inconvenient to set up a formation in the mountains, and it is impossible to conduct intensive shooting.

The sporadic shooting of a dozen people, dozens of people, is very inefficient.

At the same time, when climbing up, it is easy to be thrown stones and grenades from the top.

The number of Ming troops responsible for sniping them is generally small, and it can't cause any fatal blow to them, but it can delay their marching speed and damage their morale.

There are mountains everywhere and ambushes everywhere, making the Chinese soldiers unbearable.

Now with the help of artillery, it may be easier to attack the mountain and remove obstacles, which is exactly what they need.

"Adjust the angle, you can also hit the back of the mountain."

Lu Qing continued to explain and demonstrate that as long as the angle was raised, the shells could go over the top of the mountain and fall behind the mountain.

However, this accuracy is very low, and it is basically used to scare people, and it is not practical for the time being.

The level of these artillerymen, and the performance of these mortars, do not support them to complete accurate strikes.

"Yes, how many such mortars do you have in total?"

Lu Guangzu asked.

"At present, only one hundred guns have been brought, and every three people operate one. This time, we are mainly to test the various actual combat performance of this artillery, and then collect data for improvement.

The above means that when Master Lu is advancing, he will try his best to cooperate with us to complete the test. After all, there will be more mountains on the southwest side in the future, and there are many places where this mortar needs to be used, and the above attaches great importance to it. "

Although Lu Qing's military rank is much lower than that of Lu Guangzu, he is in accordance with the order to do things, so his power is not small.

When facing Lu Guangzu, there is no need to deliberately flatter.

"This Battalion Commander Lv can rest assured that there are many Ming troops blocking us on the way, and some are opportunities to play."

Lu Guangzu laughed.

With the mortars and the troops resting for a while, they ended their vacation and continued on their way to Ningde in the south.

After arriving at Xiaonan Mountain, they chose to cross Xiaonan Mountain directly.

Before the change, when they had a choice, they were willing to take a detour, prefer to walk a little more distance, and were not willing to march across the mountains.

But now, they stepped into the mountains without hesitation.

Then, there was no suspense in the block.

Blocking, delaying, has become the basic strategy of the Ming army.

There is no way, they dare not fight a decisive battle, they can only use this method.

On the hillside, a group of Ming troops were stationed here. They prepared stones, grenades, and even

The trench was dug.

In the trenches, they can effectively avoid the bullets of the Chinese army, which greatly reduces the casualty rate.

Daming's army consisted of just over 300 people, a small number.

They didn't expect to be able to stop the Hua army at all, they only wanted to hinder the advance speed of some Hua army.

Xiaonan Mountain is 200 meters above sea level, and the slope is also dozens of meters away from the foot of the mountain. The terrain is dangerous, and there is only one trail across the mountainside.

Daming's army was stationed on the hillside and could throw stones and bombs on the mountainside path at any time.

Therefore, if you want to pass this place with confidence, you have to climb up the hillside, solve this Ming army, or drive it away.

However, it is not easy to climb this hill.

There is no way from the foot of the mountain to the hillside, even if there is no one to defend, you will be tired and out of breath if you want to climb up.

What's more, there are still people on the top of the defense, and when climbing the slopes, you need to guard against the stones that roll down from the top and the grenades that are thrown.

What made Hua Jun even more troublesome was that the terrain here did not support large-scale climbing by the entire army. There was only a small area of ​​terrain that was convenient for climbing, and no more than 500 people went up each time.

In this case, they can't take advantage of the number of people.

In the past, in the face of this difficult situation, they could only solve this problem by desperately trying to solve the problem.

But now, they have mortars, and the way to deal with them can be slightly changed.

"We can sit down and watch the play later, and watch the performance of the mortar."

Lu Guangzu laughed.