Iron Age

The artillery battle continued, and three return cannons had been destroyed. The artillery officer saw the steam cannon on the city wall through the binoculars, and hurriedly ordered to concentrate fire on the most threatening target---the opponent's cannon, the gunner They adjusted the gun carriage nervously, put iron bullets in the leather nest, and a thousand gunners pulled the gun cable, and five huge iron balls came through the air. The power far exceeded the stone bullets, but the accuracy of the return gun was obvious Not as good as the steam cannon, none of the five iron bullets hit, three of them crossed the city wall and smashed down several houses in the city, and two were hitting the crenels, smashing down a piece of city wall bricks and injuring ten people. Come a guard soldier.

Factory owner Peng urgently ordered incendiary bombs to fight back, but there was only one cannon, no matter how accurate it was, it could not withstand the attack of multiple return cannons, another round of shelling, the steam cannon hit and destroyed one return cannon again , but he was also hit by an iron bullet.

The power of the return cannon is also very powerful. The iron ball hit the cannon body of the cannon, and the steel cannon body immediately flew up sideways, and several artillerymen who were reloading were shocked and flew up, and then the round cannon body rolled on the city wall He got up and crushed more than a dozen soldiers who couldn't dodge into meatloaf. Factory owner Peng happened to be on the rolling route of the cannon.

Liu Ziguang's eyes were quick and his hands were quick. He lifted the old man's back collar, plucked the onion from the dry land, and jumped over. The cannon continued to roll over the city wall, flattening everything along the way, and didn't stop until the power faded. It was also broken, and white high-temperature steam sprayed Lao Gao from the fracture, and the air chamber of the cannon was also damaged, making it unusable.

Factory owner Peng was shocked for a while, and cupped his hands at Liu Ziguang: "I owe you three lives, and I will repay this kindness." Liu Ziguang waved his hand: "It's nothing to worry about. It's better to repair the cannon quickly."

The old man didn't say much, and checked the damage of the cannon. Fortunately, the steel cannon was not damaged too much. The brass air chamber was bent, and the steam pipe was broken. All these had spare parts.He ordered people to quickly repair the cannon. Once the firepower was cut off, the return cannon started to fire again. The hollow wall of the north gate was not as thick as the usual city wall.

The defensive firepower was weakened, and the small return guns of the Qing people took the opportunity to approach and shoot, throwing stone bullets onto the tower, smashing the archers to hide in Tibet, and the owner of Peng factory quickly dragged Liu Ziguang into the enemy tower.

The grain cart covered with quilts approached the moat, and the infantry hiding in the cart rushed out shouting, put their shields on their heads, and threw sacks of soil into the moat with their hands in their hands. Pushing into the river, all for the sake of attacking the city, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty issued a death order, those who retreat, beheaded!

It was too slow to fill the river with sacks. An officer had a quick wit and ordered the soldiers to push all the grain carts into the river. Under the dense arrow feathers, the tenacious Qing infantry finally filled up a section of the moat with grain carts, crashed cars, sacks, and corpses. The tall chess player took out a large flag from the car, and unfolded it with a clatter, and the three characters of "Jianruiying" flashed under the dim light of the gas lamp on the city wall.

The Jianrui battalion is the ladder soldier, the bravest and the highest casualty rate.The soldiers took out the folded ladders from the car, knotted them to a sufficient length, and then a group of people carried them to the city wall, and some people used bows and arrows to catch the flying tiger to the city, climbed up the rope, and the iron The guards shot arrows desperately, but there were too many enemies, and several thousand-man teams were sent up one after another. The city was densely packed with people, and the archers shot upwards at the top of the city, and the small return artillery kept firing shells. , the situation is very critical.

In order to avoid hurting their own people, the return artillery has extended its trajectory and started attacking the buildings in the city. Fireballs and stone bullets kept flying over the city walls, causing small fires and casualties in the city.At such a critical moment, the boiler under the city wall suddenly broke down, the pipeline leaked, and the steam crossbow could no longer be used.

The sound of shouting and killing was loud, and every few seconds there was the sound of returning cannons hitting the city, and arrows like locusts were flying all over the sky.It would be nice to have rolling wood and beating stones, but factory owner Peng despises weapons without technical content the most.

"Bring the fire dragon." He ordered loudly, originally he didn't want to use such a cruel weapon.Soon a large copper pipe was pulled up the city wall, behind it was a soft leather pipe, connected to a large tank, and a few people beside them used something like a pump to pressurize the tank, and the soldiers holding the copper pipe in front were under the standard In the sea, one person approached the mouth of the nozzle with a torch, and someone behind him pressed the switch, and a fire dragon spewed out, which was an alcohol flamethrower. He poured kerosene and smashed it down with a torch. The fire spread, and many ladder soldiers were burned and jumped into the moat and drowned. The burnt smell wafted away.

Hell, it was hell. Liu Ziguang was shocked by the cruelty of the war. It was massacre, torture, but the nature of war is like this. If you don't want to be massacred by others, you have to massacre others.

The amount of alcohol is not much, just to save an emergency and then stop spraying.Boilers and steam cannons are undergoing emergency repairs, and the rickshaw crossbow in the warehouse has been pulled up to the city wall. This weapon does not rely on steam engines to operate and can be used as the main force temporarily.

Two chariots were parked next to the city gate, ready to block the infantry swarming in after the city gate was broken. Many iron guards defending the city were injured or died in battle. Many workers climbed onto the city wall and continued to use their weapons to resist. Here It is their home, where they work and live. If the city is destroyed, even if they are not slaughtered, the ending of becoming refugees is very sad.

"It's really a strong city." The Qing emperor said with emotion, but under the iron hooves of the Qing army, no matter how strong the city is, it will surely fall. "They won't last long."

The drums sounded, and this time it was five thousand-man infantrymen, who carried the ladders and charged towards the city wall without any cover. The road to the moat was cleared, and now the city could be captured even by crowd tactics.

At this point in the battle, it was all about willpower. The emperor brought an army of 5000, of which 5000 were peasants, and there were [-] cavalry that could not be used to attack the city, and [-] artillerymen and their support troops. There were [-] infantrymen, nearly [-] of whom had been lost under the city. This was a very large number. The first hurdle of the Southern Dynasty was so difficult to attack.

The people on the city wall didn't know this, let alone Liu Ziguang. He only thought of his five hundred brothers. awkward.People's hearts always favor the weak, and looking at the iron factory in jeopardy, I still can't help but want to help.

Liu Ziguang was fighting fiercely in the enemy building, and inadvertently looked to the north, and suddenly there was a strange fire in the Qing camp in the distance. Watching through the binoculars, in the camera, there are still some figures on horseback moving fast. Wherever they go, the fire spreads, and there are armed forces behind the enemy!Liu Ziguang couldn't help laughing, he attaches great importance to special operations, I don't know when these people were sent out.

Factory owner Peng also observed Liu Ziguang for a while, but his face was full of doubts.It seems that he is not from the old man's school.

Just thinking about it, I saw that the Qing Dynasty's ladder soldiers had appeared on the city wall. After these people climbed the city wall, they quickly took off the shields on their heads, brandished machetes, and fiercely slashed and killed the defenders. Jing picked up his long knife and rushed out. There was a fierce battle at the top of the city. The ladder soldiers were all tough men who were not afraid of death. The iron guards and workers who defended the city did not dare to take half a step back. Now, the Yunti soldiers under the city accelerated their speed of climbing the city. Gradually, there were more Qing troops on the top of the city, and the banner of the Jianrui Battalion also appeared on the top of the city.

Liu Ziguang specifically chose the fierce ladder soldiers to attack, and chopped down more than a dozen people in a row. However, his cutting speed was not as fast as that of the soldiers climbing the ladders. The Qing army was more and more numerous, and had already formed a local advantage.

There was a mess of footsteps under the city, reinforcements came, and the slave army who had rested for a long time rushed to the city from the horse path. The joining of five hundred new troops quickly changed the situation of the battle. The new plate armor, holding the high-quality military swords and guns produced by Lianfeng, has changed drastically, and it seems to be an elite. The ladder soldiers were suppressed again, either they were hacked to death on the city, or they fell under the city and turned into flesh Cake, the flag of the Jianrui Camp was thrown down before it was planted on the top of the city for a moment.The ladder was also set on fire and burned.

The joining of the five hundred fresh troops is also a temporary solution, not the root cause. The defense weapons are consumed too quickly, and many technical weapons have malfunctioned one after another. The new round of offensives of the Qing Dynasty continued almost without stopping, and the infantry like ants climbed the ladder numbly. , I don't care about the companions who keep falling next to me.

The fire in the Qing camp didn't seem to cause any trouble, and the attack ahead was not affected, but His Majesty the Emperor was extremely annoyed that he was mixed in and burned food and grass. Where can we go to raise money in this cold weather? Strict investigation, we must catch the subtle operation of arson.

The boiler pipe was finally repaired, and the steam crossbow, which had been silent for a long time, showed its power again. The sharp whistle of Katyusha sounded in the night sky. Facing the tide of infantry, there was only non-stop shooting and shooting. The steam crossbow, bicycles Crossbows, hand-drawn crossbows, harvest life together.

The five thousand-man teams of the Qing Dynasty were disabled, and the moat is now really a river of blood, turning into a red river, not the dark red of the mineral washing water, but a real blood red.

The steam cannon hadn't been repaired yet, so the return cannons could only be left to wreak havoc. The city was full of cries, many houses were destroyed, and there were countless sporadic fires. The iron factory had gone all out. There are 10,000+ factories, and tens of thousands of people are distributed in foreign companies and branch factories. There are only 10 people here, half of them are family members, and there are 1 people in the official iron guard. The rebellion during the day killed 3000 people. The slaves also killed 300 people, and the key elements of the rebellion were imprisoned for hundreds of people, and only 6000 or [-] people could go to battle. In the previous round of defensive battle, thousands of people were killed and injured, and now the troops are very tense.

The retreating cloud ladder soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were shot and killed by the supervising team. The remaining thousands of people hid in the broken building car, hiding behind the crashed car with bows and arrows. .

The emperor was angry. He vowed to wash the whole city with blood after breaking the city. Another five thousand-man team pressed up. The technical weapons were almost exhausted. The only way to do it was to rely on ladders and crowd tactics. Five thousand infantrymen carried the ladders and rushed forward shouting, gathered with the remnants of the soldiers, and repeated the attack of climbing the city.

The owner of the factory Peng made a decision, fired on fire and oil, and continued to supply crossbows and arrows. The demolition of houses in the city has already begun, and the beams and bricks are ready to be used as rolling wood and stones.Anyway, it's going to be a bloody battle to the end.

The old man was instructing to send the rolling logs to the city wall, when a soldier ran over rolling and crawling to report: "Report--Master Factory Owner, a large group of cavalry was found outside the south gate!"