Kai Fu Han

Chapter 385 Fighting Huacheng Again 4
"Shao Zhen just sniped a high-ranking official of the Jin Army. Even if he was not the supreme commander, he should be the second or third in command. I saw that as soon as this man died, the defensive Jin Army command system was immediately thrown into chaos. It took a long time to recover." Jiao Rui and Liu Xinyuan from the city came back to report.

Since the Qin Dynasty, officers and soldiers on the battlefield have been distinguished by the emblems on their clothes.In the Han Dynasty, the evolution was more detailed, mainly including chapters, banners and negative feathers.The badge is of a lower level and is mainly worn by soldiers. The badge generally indicates the identity, name and unit of the wearer, so as to facilitate identification after combat sacrifices.

The flag is worn by military attachés and is a shawl-like ornament made of silk draped diagonally over the right shoulder.

If it is negative, it can be used by both officers and soldiers.

After the Xinghan League's muskets wreaked havoc on the battlefield, military attaches wearing flags and bearing feathers in the Jin Kingdom would be given special attention. As a last resort, they could only begin to fully implement "Zhang" in the army.The original seal was just a small wooden plaque, tied around the waist or chest, but this could not be quickly recognized by soldiers and superior and subordinate officers on the battlefield.As a last resort, the "negative seal" reappeared in the Jin army.

A negative seal is to hang a square decorative object on the back, made of leather or cloth, or even a wooden board.The name of the army, military rank and name are written on it. For senior officials, there will also be colorful decorative items to make the negative seal more eye-catching.Because it is carried outside the armor, it is called a negative seal.

When the two armies are fighting, the officers and soldiers behind the generals can identify them from the negative seals on their backs, so that the soldiers know the generals and the generals know the soldiers.

With the negative seal, there is no difference between the clothes and armor of superior and subordinate officers. From the front, it is impossible to distinguish who is the main commander on this battlefield.

This leaves the Xinghan League in sniper battles, where the snipers can only try their luck.And if you don't look at the corpses, you still won't know which level of officer you sniped to death.

Therefore, when Jiao Rui reported, it was unclear whether the person Shao Zhen killed was the supreme commander.

"It seems that the time is almost ripe. The next time the Jin army attacks the city, the special warfare battalion can leave the city to prepare." Liu Xinyuan replied.

"I think so too." Jiao Rui agreed.

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On September [-], the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army insisted on launching an siege against Huacheng despite being harassed by the special operations battalion last night. All the soldiers failed to get enough rest and were already very tired.

Anticipating that the Jin army's attack on the city would be a "burning cauldron" attack, Liu Xinyuan did not arrange for his soldiers to go out of the city to fight, but chose to defend against the wall.

The siege battle was very fierce. The Jin army mainly attacked the north gate, and assisted the east gate and west gate, taking advantage of their numbers to the extreme.

Moreover, the Jin Army had been preparing for this war for several months. All kinds of engineering equipment were very complete and in sufficient quantity.

Crashers used to destroy city gates;
A large ladder for climbing the city (with a chassis and wheels);
The nest car (building car) used to shoot the defenders on the city wall condescendingly;

There are also ride-hailing vehicles that install large sharp blades on long poles and mount them on vehicles to use leverage to attack people on the city and destroy city walls;

and many more…

There are even twenty catapults used for long-distance attacks, and they are all large catapults.

After the Jin army arrived in the north of Huacheng on September [-], they began to assemble these siege equipment, and they were finally deployed on the battlefield during the nine-day siege battle.

"Order the artillery to use solid bullets and explosive bullets, and use all your strength to destroy the Jin Army's siege equipment outside the city. Don't worry about the Jin Army soldiers for the time being." Liu Xinyuan saw a mass of engineering equipment being pressed against the wall, and immediately felt the huge pressure to defend the city.

"Yes!" Deputy commander Wu Jin went over to direct the artillery in person.After the order was passed on, the artillery no longer concealed the attack distance. Whenever the Jin Army's engineering equipment entered the artillery attack range, it would start aiming and shooting.

The deafening roar kept coming, and the Jin Army's siege equipment outside the city was hit from time to time. They either fell apart immediately, or were burned by explosive bombs.

The siege equipment of this era has never experienced the baptism of artillery, and it is not equipped with anti-artillery armor. Basically, none can withstand artillery attacks without being damaged.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

A large number of engineering equipment, even if some were damaged, still managed to reach the city wall.

The large ladder was built up on the city wall and could no longer be pushed open by a push rod. Fortunately, the Xinghan League had grenades. Throwing them down the ladder would directly blow up the ladder on the base frame and turn the ladder into scrap.

For the nest car, the musketeers on the city wall can shoot a wave of concentrated fire to kill all the archers in the nest building. The nest wall can protect against bow arrows, but it cannot protect against fire gun bullets. Bullets that penetrate the nest wall can penetrate again. An unarmored archer body.

The car crashed and they couldn't even get close to the city gate, and they were bombarded to pieces by artillery.Because the car crashed directly towards the city gate, aiming the artillery in a straight line was equivalent to shooting at a still object, and the accuracy rate was greatly improved.

The most troublesome thing is to hitchhike. It is light and can be pushed by three or five people. It is fast and easy to operate. The large blade on the head of the long pole has a certain attack effect of a blunt weapon. The armor on ordinary soldiers The large blade is shaped like thin paper after facing the leverage force.This kind of ride-hailing caused the largest proportion of casualties among the rebels and soldiers of the Xinghan League on the top of the city.

"Do you want our soldiers to go down to the city to help destroy those hitchhikers?" the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon of the Fourth Field Regiment asked for instructions.

Jiao Rui has already led the special battalion out of the city, so the special warfare commander on top of the city is now the reconnaissance platoon leader.

"No, there are grenades. These hitchhikers will be wiped out soon. If you jump down, you will risk being besieged." Liu Xinyuan thought about it for a moment, but finally did not agree. After finishing speaking, he added: "It's just for training the soldiers." Ability to defend the city."

The enemy's most dangerous ladders and nest vehicles did not work, which has reduced the pressure on the defenders to a minimum.

After the last ladder was destroyed, the sound of gold came from the Jin Army camp.

"Wu Jin, take people out of the city to chase the enemy." Liu Xinyuan ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

Wu Jin handed over the artillery command to another officer and quickly went down to the city. He led the two battalions of soldiers who had been waiting behind the city gate and [-] elite rebels, and rushed out through the opened city gate.

The Jin army did not expect that the enemy would dare to go out of the city to pursue the enemy when they were surrounded by a large army, and they were caught off guard.The carefully prepared siege equipment was all damaged in a wave. It was no longer possible to capture the city, and morale dropped sharply.Coupled with the fact that there was no rest for two days and three nights, I became exhausted after relaxing.

A rout was formed in an instant.

Wu Jin led two battalions of soldiers as arrows, and the five thousand rebels expanded their results on the two wings, chasing the rout of the Jin army.

(End of this chapter)