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Preface [Chapter 799] 105mm Howitzer

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    (0799)

    "Boom!"

    "Boom!"

    The whole earth shook violently.

    The cannons of the Ottoman Imperial Army made a huge roar.

    The solid bullets drew perfect arcs in the sky and landed hard on the white-coated army's position.  These fist-sized solid iron balls don't seem to have anything special on the outside. They seem to be just inconspicuous iron lumps.  However, if it hits a person, it is absolutely fatal.  If it hits a person on the torso, the person can be completely broken into pieces.  If it hits a person's limbs, it will definitely be the highest level of disability.

    The most powerful direct-firing smoothbore artillery adopts a flat-firing method. One such solid bullet can kill all fifty or sixty people in front and behind it when hit in a dense crowd.  It is definitely not an exaggeration to say that half the company was destroyed with one shot.  However, Xu Xingxia, who arrived as a time traveler, would definitely not give the artillery of the Ottoman Empire any chance to exert its power.

    The White Army¡¯s position has long been dug with trenches in circles.  The width of the trench is about 1.2 meters, which can accommodate two people crossing each other.  At the corners of the trenches, special bulletproof rooms were dug.  The function of these trenches is not only to effectively block the firing of Lumi gun, but also to effectively block the bombardment of artillery.  Solid bullets falling outside the trench will naturally have no effect.  If it falls inside the trench, it also falls on the sunny side.

    The soldiers of the White Army are all hiding on the reverse slope, so there is basically no danger.  The solid bullets fired by the enemy cannot land on the reverse slope.  The soft soil on both sides of the trench can effectively reduce the kinetic energy of the medicine ball and prevent it from bouncing.  As long as the solid bullet lands in the trench, it will basically sink deeply into the soil.

    certainly.  The White Army's casualties were not completely absent.  After all, while the Ottoman Imperial Army was shelling, a tide of fanatics was also rushing up desperately.  If the White Army wants to counterattack, they must poke their heads out of the trenches.  If at this time.  If a solid bullet just hits the white-coated soldier, he will be killed or injured.  Fortunately, the chance of such a direct hit is not very high.  The White Army can completely bear such small casualties.

    "Boom!"

    "Boom!"

    The shelling of the Ottoman Empire's army became more and more fierce.  There is a posture that completely covers the white army.  More than five hundred artillery pieces continued to rain down iron lumps on the White Army's position like raindrops.  There were dense black spots everywhere in the sky.  Even with the naked eye, you can see the mud that splashes up when the solid bullet falls.

    Occasionally.  There was also a stiff sound of "dang dang dang".  But it was caused by the falling solid bullets colliding with the previous solid bullets.  When solid bullets collide with each other, one can imagine how dense they are.  If the White Army had not dug trenches in advance and made bulletproof preparations, this time.  There must have been heavy casualties and scars.

    no doubt.  Mahmud's artillerymen used all their strength.  They will fire the cannon at a rate.  Raised to the top.  In this regard, the White Army is also ashamed of itself.  Those Ottoman artillerymen were all working enthusiastically and sweating profusely.  Their morale is indeed very high.  The morale of the entire Ottoman Empire team has always been very high, so high that it feels a bit abnormal.

    "This Ottoman Empire is really quite capable! Not to mention anything else, their artillery is quite good! This kind of firing speed is simply unmatched!" Behind the White Army's position, Zhang Tianhao held up a  Telescope, murmured to himself.

    "Of course, others are old empires, with a longer history than our Ming Empire. They have always pursued a policy of external expansion. Their armies have been fighting for many years, and they have rich combat experience and research on various weapons and equipment.  , and are willing to spend a lot of money. Fortunately, this place is too far away from their core hinterland, and they can't drag the heavy artillery here, otherwise, it will be really difficult to deal with." Song Bingshu explained with a smile.

    Xu Xingxia nodded thoughtfully and said with appreciation: "Insightful."

    As a traveler, he is most familiar with the overall situation of the Ottoman Empire.  In other words, the Ottoman Empire's firearms research has always been in a leading position in the world.  At the beginning of the fifteenth century, almost their entire army was equipped with muskets.  The name Turkish Musketeers is still relatively familiar to later generations.  It must be admitted that the Ming Empire at that time was not as good as the Ottoman Empire in terms of popularity of muskets.

    If it were not for the Sun-Moon Gun and Han-style rifle that Xu Xingxia created, the Lumi Gun would definitely be the best-performing musket at the time.  The flying bird gun, thunder gun, three-eyed gun and the like invented by the Ming Empire themselves are not as good as this Lumi gun in terms of overall performance.  Of course, the success of Rumi Gun?It is relatively high and difficult to process, and the Ming Empire could not afford it.

    In terms of artillery, the artillery of the Ottoman Imperial Army is also quite powerful.  Since the attack on Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire has attached great importance to the research and production of artillery.  Currently, they have more than a thousand large-caliber heavy artillery.  The largest caliber siege gun, with a caliber exceeding 400 mm.  At the time, this was definitely a powerful weapon.  However, due to geographical and logistical restrictions, they were unable to bring the heavy artillery over.

    To be honest, if the Ottoman Empire army also brought their heavy artillery to Tilik, the white army would definitely not confront the opponent head-on.  Because those large-caliber heavy artillery can completely cover the White Army's position when firing shotshells. Even if they are hiding in the trench, it is not safe.  Only by avoiding the sharp edge of the enemy's artillery can the battle continue.

    Of course, this is just an idea, a hypothesis.  In fact, if the Ottoman Empire really pulled over a super heavy artillery weighing more than 10,000 kilograms, the White Army would probably try their best to pull over a 105mm howitzer.  Anyway, in terms of the quality and quantity of artillery, the White Army cannot be surpassed by the enemy by much.

    For the needs of long-term operations, in addition to the 75mm mountain cannon, the White Army has specially developed a field gun with a super long range, that is, the 105mm howitzer.  This howitzer adopts a caliber of fifty times and has a maximum range of more than ten kilometers.  This kind of range is enough to suppress all enemy artillery types.

    Seeing how fierce their own artillery fire was, the morale of those fanatics suddenly boiled to the top again.  They were already fast, but now they were even faster.  There are a very few lucky enthusiasts who have entered the shooting range of about a hundred meters.  At this range, their Lumi gun can also fire.

    "Choo Choo Choo!"

    "Choo Choo Choo!"

    The sound of Rumi's gunfire was a bit sharp and a bit sharp.

    ¡°Perhaps because of the small caliber, the sound of the Lumi gun is completely different from the sound of the Han-style rifle, and they can be easily distinguished.  As the Rumi gun fired, tiny projectiles kept passing over the heads of the White Army soldiers, or hitting the sand in front of the trench.  Since the White Army dug trenches, and the soldiers lay on the edge of the trench to shoot, the probability of the Lumi gun hitting was very low.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? We were closer to the White Army, and the counterattack they suffered was naturally greater, and the casualties were greater.  At a distance of about a hundred meters, the hit rate of a Han-style rifle is quite high.  Those fanatics who stood tall and lined up to rush forward were more eye-catching than the targets on the shooting range in the eyes of the soldiers of the White Army.  If you can't hit the target at this distance, it can only be said that your shooting level is too bad.

    At this time, the one who shines most is naturally the sharpshooter of the White Army.  Facing such a target, they simply don't need any aiming action. They only need to raise the muzzle of the gun to accurately hit the target.  The chance of failure is almost non-existent.

    For them, the only obstacle is to pull the bolt and reload the bullet.  No matter how skilled their movements are, these two actions must waste a certain amount of time.  If they had automatic rifles, their performance would probably be even more brilliant.

    Bullets whizzed away one after another, knocking everyone who came swarming to the ground.  The closer the distance, the more Zealots fall.  However, the fanatics behind them still rushed forward without fear of death.  There are simply too many of them.  Even if waves of people die in front, those behind are still coming in droves.  Precious life, in the face of fanatical religious beliefs, becomes so insignificant and not worth mentioning.

    As for the White Army, all the gunmen except the reserve team have been mobilized to the front, and they continued to shoot at the fanatics.  Many troops also have grenades ready.  Once the Zealots are within thirty meters, greet them with grenades.  To deal with the crowd tactics of fanatics, large-scale killing is the fundamental way.  Since mortars cannot fire for the time being, the only option is to use grenades.

    "These guys are really freaks! They are all rushing to die! Can't they think about whether their death is worth it? Their commander seems to really regard them as  Cannon fodder, you don¡¯t care at all! It¡¯s a shame that they are so ignorant and sacrifice their lives!¡± Zhang Tianhao said with emotion.

    Such a battle is almost a one-sided massacre.  The damage caused by the fanatics to the White Army can be said to be minimal.  But the White Army's blow to them was very heavy.  Thousands of Chinese-style rifles fired continuously, and the lives taken away were calculated in units of thousands.  In a short time, in front of the White Army's position, the corpses of a large number of fanatics had begun to pile up one after another.The walls were fortified.

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