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Chapter 23 Siege and defense

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The long horn sounded across the sky.The golden soldiers began to attack.

Dozens of chariots several heads taller than a person were pushed towards Fort Wanghai under the push of the golden soldiers, while the golden soldiers squeezed behind the chariots and large shields, and then advanced.

"The golden soldiers are coming! Get ready for battle!" The Ming soldiers at the top of the city reminded each other.

Chu Yun was standing at the position of the fort at the moment.Wanghai Fort was surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and only one side could be attacked, so Chu Yun placed all ten cannons on the front.

"Fill the artillery with solid bullets and aim at the enemy's chariot!" Dong Dawei, the artillery squadron leader, began to direct his subordinates to load artillery shells according to the method taught by Westerners.

The solid ammunition was removed from the ammunition pile by the soldiers, and then loaded into the artillery according to the usual practice method.Rangers quickly make distance observations.Hitting a moving wagon is difficult.

Artillery ammunition can be divided into solid bullets and shotguns. Solid bullets have a long range, but limited lethality, while shotguns can use explosive fragments to kill enemies in a larger range, but the range is shorter, and it takes more time to clean the barrel. .

The densely packed golden soldiers under the city entered the killing range of the artillery.

"Get ready, fire!" Dong Dawei gave the order to shell after Jin Bing entered the range of 500 meters to 600 meters.

boom!boom!boom!
A loud noise like thunder rose from the ground, and even the top of the city trembled.Chu Yun, who was near the fort, felt that he could not stand still, and almost fell, his ears were ringing.

Ten rounds of solid bullets roared and drew a sharp arc in the air, and then fell heavily!
The moment the cannon rang, the Jin soldiers on the battlefield were startled, looking at the shells falling from the sky in bewilderment.

Boom!A car was hit by a solid bullet, and it was smashed to pieces by the terrible impact in an instant!Several golden soldiers near the cart were even injured by the splashed wood and iron chips when the cart collapsed!The chariots they used to cover bows, arrows and stones have now become deadly killers.

There were still nine solid bullets that missed the chariot and fell into the crowd, smashing more than a dozen unlucky golden soldiers into meat paste!After some solid bullets landed, they still jumped up on the hard ground, causing a second injury to the golden soldiers behind!

Jin Bing's offensive was stopped by this round of shelling!
Chu Yun watched from the top of the city and couldn't help shaking his head.The moving chariot was really hard to hit, one out of ten shells hit one, and the actual damage to the golden soldiers was only a dozen or so. The deterrent effect on the golden soldiers was far greater than the lethality.The power of black gunpowder is still insufficient. To truly rely on the lethality of cannons, modern gunpowder such as TNT, dynamite, and smokeless explosives must be developed.

Although Chu Yun was not satisfied with the damage caused by the first wave of shelling, it was a nightmare for Mang Ergutai.He followed Nurhachi to fight against Ningyuan, and saw the power of the Ming army's artillery with his own eyes.Now Wanghai Fort, which has more than a thousand Ming soldiers, actually has artillery, and the number is still about ten, which is even more powerful than Ningyuan City, and even has a longer range!In the past, when the small artillery and stone cannons used by the Ming army bombarded the chariots, they could not even penetrate the chariots. However, if the artillery hits the chariots today, the chariots will immediately fall apart, and the judgment will be judged!
"Continue to attack!" The arrow had to be fired, Mang Ergutai had no choice, and he wanted to avenge the hatred of the will that was defeated by the artillery below Ningyuan City.

"Quick, quick! Get to the bottom of the city for me, and the artillery of the Ming army will no longer threaten us!" Li Sutai led the first batch of Han troops to attack.

However, it may not be an easy task to rush to the bottom of Fort Wanghai.

"Cannons No. [-] to No. [-] are filled with solid bullets, No. [-] to No. [-] cannons are loaded with shotgun shells, and fired again!" David Dong directed the cannons to load different cannons, causing medium and long-range fire coverage to the Jin soldiers.

boom!boom!boom!
The artillery resounded through the sky again, and shells roared and fell into the dense attacking lineup of golden soldiers!Not only solid bullets, but also shotguns with a shorter distance and a larger damage range were also put into use. More than ten pieces of iron pieces burst by the shotgun pierced through several golden soldiers in the center of the explosion!

"No!" A golden soldier was horrified to find that a shotgun had fallen at his feet. He only had time to let out a scream before his throat was pierced by an iron sheet and he lost consciousness forever.

Under a round of mixed ammunition bombing, more golden soldiers died, as many as 20 golden soldiers.In this round of shelling, one wagon was destroyed, and the other wagon had its axle broken due to the fragments of the shell, and it was stuck on the ground and could not move.

"Clean up the residue and keep shooting!" Dong Dawei seemed to be crazy, he mechanically directed the artillery to load different ammunition, and continuously bombarded the golden soldiers.The loud roar of the artillery made his ears temporarily deaf.

"Rush rush!"

Jin Bing general Li led the same hysterical.The shells falling and exploding around him made him feel nervous. He just wanted to lead the army to the city as soon as possible and take down the city of death as soon as possible.

In a short distance of 600 meters, five rounds of artillery landed in the queue of Jin soldiers, causing hundreds of casualties.

However, one-tenth of the casualties have not been able to break the will of the golden soldiers who stormed Wanghai Fort. After all, their Eight Banners masters are behind them to supervise the battle.Going back is death, and going forward may escape the artillery of the Ming army by luck.

At the foot of Wanghai Castle, Chu Yun's army dug a two-meter-wide and one-meter-deep trench, and sprinkled some iron nails in it to stop the Jin Bing's chariot from moving forward.If you want the chariot to move forward, you have to send engineers to fill the trench.However, to fill the trenches, you need to face the bows and muskets of the Ming army on the top of the city.

Therefore, the Jin soldiers first tried to use hook ladders to build bridges on the trenches, and let the archers come down to the city under the cover of a large shield. Only when the archers suppressed the Ming army at the top of the city first, could the engineers behind fill the trenches and the chariots move forward.

"Finally came to our shooting range! Brothers, our thunder has been taken away by the artillery, and now it's our musketeer team's turn to show the golden soldiers some color." Mrs. Yang, the captain of the First Infantry Battalion , the second team leader Chang Yi, the third team leader Xu Ji and others were impatient, now it's finally their turn to show their power!
Black smoke rose from the top of the city, and rows of muskets roared!

The golden soldiers outside the ditch were able to set up the hook ladder, and before they had time to rush through the ditch, they were hit by dense muskets and fell into the ditch.Maybe the city wall was not enough for Chu Yun's thousands of soldiers to line up, but these Musketeers lined up on the city wall in five rows. After one row finished shooting, the other row stepped forward and continued to shoot.Compared with ten artillery pieces used for deterrence, dense musketry is a truly lethal weapon.In just one minute, one or two hundred golden soldiers fell while rushing through the trench.Houjin's not-so-thick large shield may be able to withstand bows and arrows and rough matchlock guns, but the French 1 rifle can easily penetrate these large shields that are not iron shields.

Under the full coverage of artillery and muskets, groups of golden soldiers stepped forward to die like moths to the flame.

Mang Ergutai looked at the intensive artillery fire of the Ming army, his scalp became numb.The artillery as far as 600 meters, and the muskets close enough to attack the city, almost make this 600 meters a death road to the endless hell.

"I've fought battles for half my life, but I've never seen such terrifying firepower!" Mang Ergutai stared blankly at Wanghai Fort, which was out of reach.

(End of this chapter)