Chapter 832 Continue to move forward until there are Tartars!

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"Pull up the thunder cannon!"

Fang He rushed back and clapped his palms hard.

The so-called thunderbolt cannon is a 120mm caliber Napoleon cannon. After being shyly equipped for several months, it can finally make its debut openly. The Marine Corps is equipped with a total of five artillery companies, each artillery company with five thunderbolt cannons, a total of twenty-five. They will be a powerful force to counterattack the Tartars.

"Put hard!"

"Put hard!"

"Put hard!"

The artillery battalion commander Li Yang shouted loudly.

After the Thunder Cannon was equipped with the troops, Zhang Zhun made great changes to the artillery of the Hu Ben Army. All the original artillery battalions were disbanded, and all the red-clothed cannons and all the flying dragon cannons were transferred to Xue Zhidie's shipyard and prepared to be installed on the warships. Because, neither the red-clothed cannons nor the flying dragon cannons were suitable for the needs of the army's field battles.

Only the thunderbolt cannon is a good helper in the field of the army. This kind of light artillery that uses gun vans to support, drag and drop with war horses, and uses matching ammunition trucks to move easily with the army. Therefore, according to Zhang Zhun's order, the artillery factory first rushes to build 100 thunderbolt cannons, and a total of four battalions were organized to undertake different combat tasks.

According to the unified artillery of the Hu Ben Army, the full name of the artillery battalion commanded by Li Yang should be "The Third Artillery Battalion of the Hu Ben Army". However, because their main task is to assist the Marine Corps in combat, everyone directly called the Land Artillery Battalion.

After receiving Fang He's order, Li Yang immediately arranged the soldiers to prepare to transfer the Thunderbolt Cannons and related supporting equipment from the transport ship. For the soldiers of the Land Artillery Battalion, they had to transport the artillery, artillery trucks and ammunition trucks safely. There was no accident during this period, and they were still very skillful.

This is not a task that can be completed with brute force. The artillery of the Hu Ben Army is almost the most technically demanding military. In addition to training, they also have to learn basic mathematical knowledge every day. They are the ones in the entire Hu Ben Army who masters the most skillful Arab numerals. The new soldiers recruited by the artillery must also have a certain interest in mathematics.

As for the relationship between the elevation angle and range of the muzzle, as well as the connection between shells and charges, except Zhang Zhun, no one else could accurately calculate the formula. Therefore, Zhang Zhun simply made a table and fixed all the data. As soldiers in the artillery battalion, they had to recite it carefully, and even if a tiger rear-ends, they could never forget it.

Because of the high requirements for technology, heavy physical training, and heavy brain memory, the artillery of the Hu Ben Army is indeed a very tired army. However, when everyone thought of carrying artillery onto the land of Liaodong and hitting the Tartars hard, everyone was in a very high mood and couldn't help but forget about fatigue.

At this time, the port at Lushunkou had not been completely cleaned up. First, the naval soldiers who went ashore used black gunpowder to carry out underwater blasts several times underwater blasts. Each explosion would make a huge sound, and there were also huge water columns that kept splashing, just like a dragon flying up.

After several attacks by the Hu Ben Army, the current Tartars also learned their lessons. Before the Hu Ben Army arrived, they tried to destroy the roads. The bumpy roads did not have much impact on the constant speed of war horses. However, they had a great impact on the progress of artillery and ammunition trucks.

It took Li Yang's artillery battalion just from the port to Zhongzuo, Jinzhou. It took half a day for Li Yang's artillery battalion. However, they had to rest in Zhongzuo, Jinzhou, and continued to rush forward. Because the land artillery battalion was used to kill the Tartars. Since there were no Tartars in Zhongzuo, Jinzhou, then continue to move forward until there were Tartars.

Going forward, it is the acropolis of Jinzhou Guard. The acropolis is still a certain distance from the Zhongzuo of Jinzhou. Fortunately, after passing Zhongzuo of Jinzhou, the terrain is flat and the field itself is a road. Therefore, the Tartars could not completely destroy the road if they wanted to destroy it. In addition, the soldiers of the Tiger Army who marched in front all filled the road as much as possible. This greatly reduced the time spent by the land artillery battalion on the road. That night, the artillery battalion arrived at the Acropolis of Jinzhou Guard.

The acropolis of Jinzhou Guards turned out to be very majestic, with a total of twelve miles around the city. In Liaodong, there were several guards that were first established by the Ming army, such as Jinzhou Guards, Fuzhou Guards, and Haizhou Guards. In the early Ming Dynasty, the country was strong and when building the acropolis, they were built according to the strictest standards. Even after more than two hundred years of ups and downs, the outlines of these acropolis still exist. With the ability of the Tartars, even if they were to be destroyed, they could not be completely carried out.

After a night in the Acropolis of Jinzhou Guard, Li Yang and others continued to march northward. At this time, the Marine Corps, who set out in advance, had already arrived at Shiheyi, Xiaoheishan, and the base camp of Deliyingcheng Tartars. According to the first step of the Huanglong plan, this was the front line of the Hu Ben Army.

The Hu Ben Army Marines are stationed on the front line of Shiheyi and Xiaoheishan. If the Tartars counterattack, the Hu Ben Army will come to take over. Then, the Marines will continue to land at the Hongzui Fort, Guifu Fort, Xiaojia Island Pass, Huanggu Island Fort in the northeast. These forts are connected to Shiheyi and Xiaoheishan.

As long as the Hu Ben Army defends this line, the back of the Jinzhou Guard will be safe. Before breaking the defense of this diagonal line, the Tatars cannot destroy the rear of the Hu Ben Army. In this way, the Hu Ben Army will have more personnel and supplies to land in various ports of the Jinzhou Guard.

It is conceivable that as long as possible, the Tartars would counterattack as much as possible, and did not allow the Hu Ben Army to leisurely deploy troops to Liaodong. The focus of their counterattack should be on the Shiheyi line. The Hu Ben Army wanted to block the Tartars' attack at Shiheyi. Li Yang's artillery battalion was responsible for such a task.

"Li Yang!"

"come over!"

As soon as the artillery battalion arrived at the front line, Li Yang heard Zhang Zhun call him.

Zhang Zhun's two war horses, the White Dragon Horse and the Fire Dragon Horse, were both good horses, and their speed was of course much faster than that of the military horses pulling artillery. When the land artillery battalion arrived at the front line of Shiheyi, Zhang Zhun had been waiting here for a short time.

"arrive!"
Chapter completed!