Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Outside the pass, Suiyuan City.

The roar of heavy artillery continued, and clouds of smoke rose from the ground from time to time.

The black shells broke through the air, made a whining sound, and shot towards Suiyuan City.

boom! Boom boom!

The black shells packed with terrifying kinetic energy hit the walls of Suiyuan City, but they failed to achieve any obvious results.

Because the inclination angle of the city wall has a pretty good force-relieving effect.

In addition, the Ming army also built a layer of sandbags on the wall of Suiyuan City.

When the artillery shells are fired, they actually land on the sandbags, and their kinetic energy is almost completely absorbed by the sandbags, making it difficult to produce actual killing effects.

The artillery used to bombard the Suiyuan city wall were all Tsarist Russian artillery.

The Mongols did not have the ability to forge cannons.

Although the Manchus had the ability to forge cannons, Yongxuan was alone and could not do it by himself.

A considerable number of these artillery were recruited from all over Siberia.

The cost of transporting artillery across the Siberian wilderness is quite high.

Originally, Petroyev expected that his heavy artillery would play an important role in the battle south.

Unexpectedly, now I can only hear a sound.

Facing a bastion equipped with sandbag fortifications, artillery firing solid bullets such as the one currently used by the Russian army can hardly cause actual damage.

Huang Wei stood in a fortification at the head of Suiyuan City, holding a telescope in his hand and looking at the deployment of the coalition forces in the distance.

"Division Commander, all the enemy's artillery has entered the range of our artillery. Should our artillery fire now to destroy them?"

Zhou Qiang, commander of the artillery regiment, asked for instructions.

The reason why the Ming army in Suiyuan is now bearing the bombardment unilaterally without launching a counterattack is naturally not because they have no artillery.

It's to bring the enemy closer before hitting him!
Try to use a salvo to completely eliminate the enemy's artillery threat and make a good start for the Battle of Suiyuan.

Huang Wei looked thoughtful when he heard this, then nodded and said.

"Let each artillery team of our army plan their shooting, use explosive shells, and knock out the enemy's artillery with a salvo."

When Zhou Qiang heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and went to deliver the order.

As military orders were issued one after another, the Ming army's artillery crew in Suiyuan City began to prepare for shooting.

The skilled gunners began to calculate the shots.

Then he constantly adjusted the angle of the muzzle.

As for the amount of powder?

Now the Ming army's artillery charges are fixed.

Packets of different weights are suitable for different distances, and there is no need for the gunner to temporarily reload them after entering the battlefield.

This greatly ensures the efficiency, accuracy, and most importantly safety of bombardment.

Because not every gunner can grasp the weight of the charge.

If it's too little, it just means you can't hit it, but if it's too much, there's a risk of the barrel exploding.

……

Petroyev held a monocular and looked at Suiyuan City in the distance with a gloomy expression.

"Our army's artillery bombardment cannot achieve effective results. I don't understand how the Ming army's bastion was built. How come the artillery can't hit it at all?"

There are also many bastions in mainland Europe.

When Petroyev and Kojevich fought on the European battlefield, they often commanded troops to attack bastions.

At that time, although the shelling could not threaten the main building of the bastion.

But it can also play a considerable role, and it won’t have no effect at all!

The scene on the battlefield today is really depressing.

Seeing this, Yongxuan opened his mouth to explain.

"Now the Ming army should have deployed a layer of sandbag fortifications outside the city wall of Suiyuan City for artillery protection."

"When our Qing soldiers fought against the Ming army in the Central Plains battlefield, both sides used this trick."

"Sandbag fortifications have a very good protective effect against solid artillery shells."

Although Yongxuan had not participated in the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as the prince of the Qing Dynasty, since he was sent to a foreign town, he could not be ignorant of military methods.

Yongxuan knew the sandbag fortifications well.

When Petroyev and Kojevich heard this, their expressions changed and they had thoughts in their hearts.

Since it turns out that sandbag fortifications are miraculous in defending against shelling.

Then they might as well learn from it.

The next time we go to war with the Ottomans, we may be able to reduce some casualties.

After a moment, Kojevic said with a cold face.

"Since the bombardment cannot be effective, let's send the order to the troops and let them attack Suiyuan City directly."

"It's just more casualties!"

According to the combat management on the European battlefield, in order to minimize the casualties of the army, the Vauban siege method must be carried out under the cover of sufficient density of firepower.

Now that the bombardment cannot be effective, we can only let our troops dig trenches directly.

Petroyev also nodded after hearing this.

"When it comes to war, there are no immortals."

"Your Excellency, what do you think?"

While speaking, Petroyev looked at Yongxuan.

The meaning is very clear, the soldiers of Tsarist Russia are very valuable, and the Mongols must do this kind of cannon fodder job.

Seeing this, Yongxuan did not refuse, but just nodded and said.

"Well, let the army just dig trenches."

After saying this, he was going to find those Mongolian princes and ask them to send out their own men to prepare to attack Suiyuan City.

However, we haven't waited for the coalition forces to take action.

Only a loud roar was heard.

Clouds of gunpowder smoke rose up from the top of Suiyuan City one after another, and the cannonballs made a whining sound as they broke through the air.

Artillery shells, as dense as raindrops, fell towards the artillery positions of Tsarist Russia.

The shell hit the ground and exploded with a bang, and smoke and fire quickly filled the air.

A shell landed directly next to a gun crew.

With a bang, the air wave generated by the explosion of the shell directly overturned the artillery weighing a thousand kilograms, and several gunners were also swallowed up by the flames and smoke.

The next moment, the gunpowder in the gun crew was ignited, causing a fatal explosion.

With a bang, a small mushroom cloud rose on the ground.

The heavy artillery piece and its crew members were blown into the sky.

Immediately, the blown artillery hit the ground heavily, making a loud thud.

The barrel of the artillery has undergone obvious deformation.

The gunners of those artillery crews were even worse. They were still intact when they were blown into the sky.

But when he landed, he was reduced to a pile of broken limbs.

The scene is shocking.

The Ming army's artillery fire was precise and sharp, with rumbling artillery fire.

Almost all of Tsarist Russia's artillery batteries were destroyed one by one.

Only a few lucky people were lucky enough to survive the Ming army's shelling.

The reason why the Ming army's artillery bombardment was so accurate was because Tsarist Russia's artillery was all smoothbore cannon, while the Ming army's artillery was all rifled cannon.

Rifled cannons have a much longer range than smoothbore cannons.

In other words, if Tsarist Russian artillery wanted to hit Suiyuan City, they would definitely enter the range of the Ming army's artillery.

Coupled with the fact that the Ming Army had hot air balloons for observation and calibration, the Ming Army had an astonishing hit rate in this artillery bombardment.

……

Boom! Boom!
The deafening sound of shelling continued.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the Ming army's artillery fired continuously to hit the coalition's artillery positions. Artillery shells kept flying past, and the roar of the shells falling to the ground was deafening.

Petroyev looked at the scene in front of him dumbfounded and couldn't help but open his mouth.

It was not easy for them to transport those artillery pieces across the Siberian wilderness to the East.

How long has it been, and all the noise is gone?

Kojevic on the side also widened his eyes.

Looking at the scene on the battlefield in disbelief.

Amidst the overwhelming shelling of the Ming army, the artillery they pushed onto the battlefield was destroyed one by one.

The gunners suffered heavy losses!
There were wails and screams everywhere.

Despair and panic spread in everyone's hearts.

Petroyev took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then shouted.

"Hurry! Hurry and reinforce the frontline artillery team, hurry!"

"Remove the artillery crew immediately..."

Petroyev is really numb now.

He didn't understand why the Ming army's artillery was so accurate. He didn't understand why the Ming army's explosive shells were so powerful.
There were actually explosives in Europe at this time.

It's just that it's filled with black powder and is not powerful enough.

Furthermore, because the probability of explosive bombs exploding is too high, they have not been used on a large scale.

Petroyev really didn't understand why the Ming army's explosive ammunition was so powerful?

Kojevic had a bad feeling in his heart.

It had only been a long time since they arrived in the East, and they had suffered such a major blow.

He couldn't help but have some doubts. Could he really open up the situation if he led his army to fight in the east this time?

And the Mongolian princes on the side were all shocked to the extreme. They couldn't help but open their mouths and stared blankly at the scene that happened in front of them.

Everyone felt cold from the bottom of their hearts.

Many people even began to secretly regret that they had nothing to do with meddling in the grudges between the Han and the Manchus.

Wouldn’t it be nice for him to live his own little life on the grassland?
The worst thing is to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

Is it possible that a group of Han people in the Ming Dynasty could actually control the grasslands?
Doesn’t the grassland still belong to the Mongols?

After seeing the difficulty of Suiyuan City, many Mongolian princes wanted to quit.

It was obvious that they regretted their involvement in the war.

However, the matter is now over, the war has begun, and they have offended Ming Dynasty to death.

You can't just quit if you want to.

In order to avoid being retaliated by the Ming army, these Mongols could only continue to follow Yongxuan and go all the way to darkness.

……

On the contrary to the coalition forces, the Ming army in Suiyuan City couldn't help but burst into cheers after seeing their own artillery knocking out the enemy's artillery.

The atmosphere in Suiyuan City is quite lively!

Countless people are excited about it.

"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

"Drive out the Tartars and restore China."

"..."

……

On the battlefield, the Ming army's shelling continued.

Amidst the bursts of shelling, all the Tsarist Russian artillery groups had been destroyed.

On the huge battlefield, there were gunners’ broken limbs and broken arms everywhere.

And deformed artillery.

Even the response troops sent by Petroyev were quickly defeated under the overwhelming shelling of the Ming army.

In desperation, Petroyev had to order the withdrawal of troops.

Then prepare for the second attack.

Soon, the coalition forces began to carry out soil work outside Suiyuan City.

However, the progress is very slow.

The reason is also very simple. It is almost winter now and the climate is very cold.

The Ming army had previously deliberately fetched water from the Dahei River and poured it on the land outside Suiyuan City, turning the land outside Suiyuan City into frozen soil.

Maozi and Mongolians are indeed more resistant to freezing. This is an objective fact.

But no matter how hard they resist freezing, there is nothing they can do about the frozen soil.

You can only dig in little by little.

The progress is very slow.

The Ming army in Suiyuan City and the coalition forces outside the city began a confrontation in the air.

Except for the Ming army's rifle gunners who occasionally fired black shots at enemies who were struggling with the frozen soil, the two sides basically did not break out any large-scale conflicts.

Facing the Ming army's bastion fortifications, the coalition forces would have no way to launch an attack unless the trenches were dug.

When the Ming army faced the coalition soldiers who were digging trenches, there were too few people on the other side, and digging trenches was an underground operation.

Bombardment is difficult to achieve.

In order to avoid wasting shells and artillery as much as possible, the best way for the Ming army at the moment is to let the rifle gunners go out of the city to shoot black guns.

If you hit it, it's naturally best. If you don't hit it, just practice your marksmanship.

Anyway, the cost of musket shooting is much lower than the cost of artillery bombardment.

As time passed, the two sides in the confrontation showed completely different states.

The morale and condition of the Ming army were maintained well.

But the morale of the coalition forces is getting lower and lower visible to the naked eye.

The reason for this is very simple.

Because both sides of the confrontation have a fortified city to rely on, and the city has complete facilities such as barracks and schools. Food, winter clothes, medicinal materials, wine and meat, and even charcoal for heating have been reserved in advance.

Although the two sides are confronting each other, the quality of life on the Ming army's side has not declined.

The morale and morale of the military will naturally be stabilized.

But what about the coalition forces outside the city?
It was so cold that they could only live in tents. Due to the bitter cold on the grassland, all kinds of living materials were in short supply.

Even my stomach is not full.

Although both Maozi and Mongolians are relatively frost-resistant, people still froze to death almost every night during this period.

How can the morale of the military be stabilized?
How should I put it, the grassland is already bitterly cold, and it is still winter, so supplies are even more scarce.

It is difficult to meet the logistical needs of 100,000 people!

Is this still just cold and not snowing yet?

If there is another heavy snowfall, it will only be more uncomfortable for the coalition forces.

Petroyev stood in front of his military tent, looking at Suiyuan City in the distance, his eyes full of solemnity.

"This Suiyuan City is difficult to fight!"

Now he felt regret in his heart.

Maybe he shouldn't have led troops to capture Cullen.

If he hadn't been greedy in his heart and led his troops to capture Culun, and then as the situation progressed, he stood on the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty, how could he be in today's predicament!
Now Petroyev is really numb.

It is possible that they will not be able to defeat the Ming army.

He was reluctant to abandon his land to seek peace.

Let’s just have this confrontation for now, right?

He was afraid that St. Petersburg would issue an order urging him to fight the Ming army as soon as possible.

Petroyev knew how much Tsarist Russia had suffered since the Ming Dynasty banned trade. (End of chapter)