Zhuozi Mountain City was in flames, burning half of the sky.
The fire burned until night before it was extinguished. The smell of barbecue wafted in the air.
It was so disgusting that many people vomited out their breakfast and lunch.
When it was dark, there were more than a dozen people, all completely black. Except for their eyes and white teeth, you could tell that they were human beings, and the rest were almost like charcoal.
They opened the half-collapsed city gate and stumbled out.
Everyone looked at them without saying a word. No one attacked them either.
The men were covered in soot and burns. The clothes were stuck to the body and were all gray and black. As they walked, someone fell down and never got up again.
Yang Fan looked at the miserable state of these enemy troops and felt a little unbearable.
Although every time they invaded Han territory, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes.
Put the baby on the tip of the spear and circle it as a game. They killed young children and the elderly, took away the strong men as slaves, took away the young women, and plundered all the supplies.
The Mongols were so poor that they lacked everything. When they come, they will even take off your clothes. Because on the grassland, felt fur cannot withstand the summer heat and an inch of cloth is hard to come by. Regardless of pots and pans, they are all good things.
After they cross the border, they are like locusts. The place was left in a mess and deserted.
These people were severely burned and Yang Fan couldn't cure them. Soon it will suppurate and the whole body will fester and die.
According to Yang Fan's military regulations, in order to undermine the enemy's morale and prevent desperate resistance, prisoners should be treated preferentially.
However, these people's lungs have been exhausted by the poisonous smoke and they will not live long. At this time, the more humane treatment is to give them a good time.
Yang Fan nodded expressionlessly, and Zhang Geda immediately understood.
There was a sound of a steel crossbow, and these people fell to the ground without much struggle.
"Send a hundred households in to search to see if there are any survivors," Yang Fan said.
Then, a centurion from the reconnaissance battalion dismounted and rushed in. They all put water on the cloth and covered their mouths and noses. Watch out and carefully enter the city gate. While advancing, search at the same time to prevent the remaining enemy troops from attacking.
Wang Zhongsi was from a hundred households. He looked at the two crumbling city gates and kicked them. With a bang, the city gate fell backwards, stirring up a lot of dust.
He led the soldiers into the city. As soon as he came out of the city gate, he was immediately stunned. There are two big pits in front of you.
This small town is not big to begin with, only seventy or eighty meters long and wide. In this small space, the house collapsed and it was a mess. The two large pits in the middle were both blasted out by explosive packets.
The remains of destroyed bricks and charred wood were everywhere. The interior of the city wall collapsed in large numbers.
They ascended the city walls via a damaged bridleway. There were many charred and twisted corpses on it, all shrunk into a very terrifying appearance.
Under the strong visual impact, they vomited again.
Yang Fan looked at the city walls where people were holding on to the battlements and vomiting. Sighed. It is estimated that there is no one alive here. This weapon is still too cruel.
However, it can significantly reduce one's own casualties. As the coach, Yang Fan's first consideration is how to reduce his own casualties and eliminate as many enemies as possible.
In this era, siege warfare was a grinding mill. It cannot be defeated without tens of thousands of lives. It wastes time, materials, and lives.
Now, Yang Fan has steel-structured trebuchets, arrow towers and building carts that can be easily disassembled and assembled and transported in caravans, as well as incendiary bombs and explosive bombs that can be thrown by gunpowder. Basically enough. Even if we hit Europe, it will be enough to deal with Europe's city walls.
Moreover, Yang Fan's heavy artillery casting technology has long surpassed Europe. These technologies are already overwhelming.
"It seems that there is no place for people to live in this city, so let's camp outside the city. For extra meals tonight, each general banner will be given a bucket of 50 kilograms of canned pork head meat. Let the cooking team steam the steamed buns, and they will have enough for today. Then. Give each person two taels of liquor." Yang Fan said.
As soon as they heard about the extra meal, the three armies immediately burst into joy.
It was comfortable to fight with Uncle Dingyuan. Along the way, I had good food and good accommodation. It was like going on a big battle, more like a spring outing.
Thanks to perfect logistics support. Three thousand oxen-drawn caravans with a carrying capacity of seven tons could carry a large amount of baggage.
Along the way, each general banner and fifty officers and soldiers were equipped with a large cotton tent.
When camping, set up the tent and lay a thick felt inside on the spot to isolate the moisture and air conditioning. Everyone slept on the ground and got into sleeping bags. It was very warm.
Each tent also has an iron stove, which can be used for heating and boiling hot water for drinking. The briquettes were all brought by the caravan. This thing is resistant to burning. One truck of seven tons of coal is enough to burn the entire army for three days.
Among the soldiers' rations, there are also small bricks of tea wrapped in oil paper, one centimeter square. You can also put one in a pork kidney-shaped metal lunch box after eating, and then brew it with hot water.
Drinking tea can supplement vitamins. Since Yang Fan took over the Beijing camp, he has considered all aspects of supplies. No one ever gets beriberi. No one suffers from night blindness either.
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The fixed meals every day include lard, soup, dehydrated vegetable soup, and enough cornmeal pancakes. Today's extra meal, in addition to these, provides an additional fifty pounds of pork head meat for each general banner, plus unlimited white flour steamed buns. There is also two taels of white wine per person.
These officers and soldiers haven't drank much since they left Jimingyi. Birds almost burst out of his mouth. This time I heard that the commander-in-chief rewarded the three armies with liquor, and they all cheered.
Zhang Shize also nodded and smiled. Looking at this situation, morale and military morale can be used. We are about to arrive at Guihua City. The army is in high spirits, which is a good thing.
The army has finished its meal, but the engineers are still busy. This type of soldier is dirty, tiring and dangerous.
There is no other way. Who let them be engineers and receive twice the military pay?
They must sort out Zhuozi Mountain City as soon as possible and get rid of the construction debris and dead bodies and throw them away. Fill the ground level. Repair the damaged city wall.
Because early tomorrow morning, the army will set off for Guihua City. This is very close to Guihua City. There is only less than a hundred miles away. According to the terrifying marching speed of the Beijing camp, we can arrive at dawn and dusk.
This place will be handed over to the remaining troops soon. It is an important node on the transportation line.
The army's logistics supplies will be stored along the way. Establish material warehouses in Tumubao, Jimingyi City, Zhangjiakou, Jining City, and Zhuozi Mountain City.
Because the grassland must be unsafe, hungry small tribes, even the Khalkha tribes in Mobei, and even the Chahar people and Jiannu may send cavalry to attack and harass.
The strategy to protect the transportation line is to send out reconnaissance cavalry from a distance, and when there are no enemy troops, transport supplies into the castles along the way and build warehouses.
If the front line is fought and the transportation lines are harassed, these castles along the line can be held, each with a warehouse inside.
Then seize every opportunity to deliver supplies one by one, from the nearest warehouse to the frontline camp.
If we don't adopt such a multi-site layout method, it will take too long to send it all the way from the capital, and there will be too many variables in the middle.
And with these strongholds along the way, each section of the road is not too long. After leaving this city, you can enter the next city in a day or two. Together with the scout cavalry sent out, safety can be ensured.
It is relatively safe within the Great Wall, with guard posts and garrisons along the way. After leaving Zhangjiakou, we relied on two strong strongholds, Jining and Zhuozi Mountain City. So Yang Fan left two regiments of mounted infantry to protect the safety of the transportation line.
This section of the road covers a total of six hundred miles. It can be said to be the lifeline of the army.
