"Your Majesty! The Ming Ming defenders at the top of the city did not fire a single shot and allowed our troops to fire. This situation seems too strange!"
General Jia Shikui was supervising the artillery fire of the Tianyou Army on the front line. He was originally within the range of the Ming army's Hongyi artillery. Supervising the battle was a very dangerous thing, but Jia Shikui never expected that the Ming army on the opposite side made no movement at all. No.
"You continue to supervise the battle, and I will go and report the situation to the Emperor, who will make a decision!"
Kong Youde had never seen such a fighting method. He was passively beaten without firing a single shot. Even the defenders of Dengzhou City did not do such an unthinkable thing.
I don't know if it was intentional, or if the Mingming Hongyi cannon was malfunctioning, or if the gunpowder was damp and the heavy cannon couldn't fire bullets.
"...It's okay to show weakness to Man Ming in this way. If Man Ming's defenders don't fight back today, from tomorrow onwards, the number of red cannons will be doubled to bombard the city!"
After listening to Kong Youde's report, Huang Taiji also summarized the reports of King Huaishun Geng Zhongming, the generals of the Han army, and the newly promoted "Zhishun Gong" Shang Keai and others. After thinking for a while, he issued a new order.
Breaking the capital was an important task for the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Division. Regardless of whether the Ming army in the city resisted or not, the Imperial Division had to break through the city. Only in this way could they capture the capital, then march into the Central Plains, and even seize the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty. .
"Second brother! Why do you think the dog barbarian is pretending to be deaf and dumb? Ignoring my Qing bombardment?"
After the meeting ended, Duduo told his brother about his doubts, hoping that his extremely smart brother could give him some advice.
"Brother, I didn't guess what Gou Manzi was thinking, but it's better to be careful and never make the same mistake again."
Dorgon didn't understand such a bizarre situation, but he was careful not to overturn the Wannian Ship, not to mention that it had capsized once before.
"The Dog Emperor cannot escape. Only the Dog Queen and the Dog Prince are left in the city. King Qin's army is too timid to fight against our army of hundreds of thousands. Aren't the Dog Barbarians exhausted?"
He didn't even have the guts to fire back, and Duduo didn't think the Man Ming defenders were powerful. All the current situations were extremely favorable to the Qing Dynasty.
"Perhaps you are deliberately leading us to attack the city!"
No matter what the situation of the other flags is, the two white flags cannot afford to lose anymore. If they are tricked by a barbarian again, their vitality will be severely damaged and it will be difficult to recover in a short time.
"Ah? Why did Second Brother say this? When Master Wang entered the pass this time, even the defenders of the Great Wall were routed and fled. They were clearly afraid of a battle with Master Wang!"
Duduo was greatly puzzled after hearing this. The King of the Qing Dynasty was victorious in every battle against the barbarians, otherwise he would not have knocked on the pass several times and dominated for more than a thousand miles, as if he was in an uninhabited land.
"Fleeing? Hum! How many of Man Ming's deserters were caught along the way? Man Ming deliberately narrowed his defense line to avoid being broken by Wang Shi one by one. Now he is huddled within the capital. If Wang Shi does not break the city, Man Ming's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jifu area can Just survive. The 200,000 Ming troops fighting in the south will go north and join the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from western Liaoning for reinforcements. Then will be the decisive battle concerning the fate of the country!"
There has been no report from Dorgon that the flying cavalry discovered King Man Mingqin's division. This was what he was most worried about. If his traces were discovered, he would have nothing to worry about.
First repel the barbarian King Qin's troops, and then besiege, attack, and destroy the city. This will make the battle much easier. On the contrary, the Qing army will be trapped in the dilemma of encirclement and counter-encirclement.
What Dorgon was most worried about was that the king's division was about to break into the city. At this time, the clever king's division suddenly swarmed in, which was terrible.
"Then this city is still..."
The second brother thought long and hard, and it was impossible for Duduo not to be convinced. After Dorgon's analysis, Duduo also had doubts about attacking the city.
"There is a detailed report that the Japanese troops who landed in Lushun later came here, saying that they wanted to use their military exploits to exchange silver coins with the Man Ming court. Brother Wei was worried that Man Ming would hire Japanese troops to help them defend the city. Since then..."
Through the Battle of Lushun, Dorgon also learned about the general combat power of the Japanese army. Perhaps its field combat capabilities were similar to those of the Ming army, but if they stuck to key areas, the Qing army would definitely not be able to attack them.
With the help of oil barrels, gunpowder packets, grenades and other weapons, the Japanese army exerted its own combat power to the extreme, causing the Qing division to attack the mountain and suffered repeated setbacks and casualties. It almost suffered the heaviest losses since the Battle of Sarhu. .
If he knew that there were tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in the city, Dorgon would have no idea of attacking the city. Even if one Qing warrior replaced five Japanese soldiers, the Wang division would definitely not be able to withstand such a standard of casualties.
"Huh? Is this okay?"
Duduo was suddenly startled when he heard this and felt cold sweat breaking out on his back. He knew only too well how tenacious the Japanese army was. Half of his men with white flags were almost surrounded by the Japanese army at Laotieshan.
The warriors of the Qing Dynasty were not afraid of death, but it would be very embarrassing if the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side were not afraid of death either.
If you fight, you will die together, if you don't fight, you can only stare.
In the end, he failed to achieve even death, and instead was beaten until his butt was wet...
"Brother Wei is just a guess. There is no real evidence and cannot be taken seriously!"
Dorgon had no intention of offering advice to Huang Taiji. Even if the throne was not his, it should have been Duduo's.
Now that Huang Taiji has become the emperor, let him go through the trouble and see if he can benefit from Shenzi in the end.
"Yes! Brother Yu understands!"
Naturally, Duduo would not tell anyone about this matter. Except for his two brothers, he did not believe anyone.
After suffering a big loss at Lao Tieshan, Duduo lost his previous arrogance and started to behave with his tail between his legs.
Everyone knew how miserable the Xiangbai Banner was, and Huang Taiji was reluctant to let the Xiangbai Banner participate in the siege, so he sent it and the Zhengbai Banner to wait for an opportunity to severely damage King Qin's division and collect food at the same time.
Dorgon sent Azig and his troops out to collect food, and kept Duduo with him. The purpose was to prevent Duduo from falling into the trap of the barbarian again. Now he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.
Once they are led into an ambush by the barbarian army, the loss of soldiers and generals will be light. If they are unlucky, they may not even be able to save their own lives.
In a head-on confrontation on the plains, with all the troops on the open side, there is not much danger, and the strength of the Qing Dynasty's royal division's cavalry assault can be used.
Huang Taiji was well aware of Dorgon's ability, so he only assigned tasks and did not interfere with the specific details of his command. As long as he could defeat the clever King Qin's army, it would be a great achievement.
The next day, after receiving Huang Taiji's approval, the Qing army doubled the number of red cannons in the positions outside Andingmen, Deshengmen, Xizhimen, and Fuchengmen, and bombarded the red cannons at each city gate. There are as many as twenty doors.
In addition, Huang Taiji also sent flying cavalry back and ordered Jierhalang to send the newly built red cannons, together with the old red cannons, to the front line of the capital.
In this way, the total number of red cannons besieging the capital could reach nearly two hundred, which was almost half the increase compared to the current number, thus greatly increasing the chance of breaking the city.
"Hey~! Added to the count!"
"Well! It seems there are twice as many as yesterday!"
"The dog Tartar is indeed cunning!"
"The prince is good at calculating things and predicting things like a god!"
The sentry hiding behind the parapet used a telescope to see that the smoke on the opposite position was bigger, so he observed it carefully, especially the number of enemy artillery, and would repeatedly check and try to make sure there was no missing one.
After collecting statistics from multiple outposts, they were summarized to brigade commander Chen Guowei. Chen Guowei personally observed it and determined that the reported data was roughly similar to the actual situation, and then reported it to division commander Zhou Yuji.
"...Then let's fight! It must be fast, accurate and ruthless. Don't leave time for the Donglu artillery to counterattack. Use copper cannons and rocket launchers to destroy the Donglu artillery position directly. Don't begrudge the life of the shells and barrels. According to the two Rapid fire every minute!"
After listening to Zhou Yuji's phone report, a certain prince ordered the net to be closed. The eighty red cannons that could knock off pigtails at one time were already considered a considerable victory.
Due to Braid's limited production capacity, it is estimated that Huang Taiji will not bring more than two hundred red cannons. He will knock out more than 40% of his technical equipment in one go and see if he can make up for it as soon as possible.
"Yes! The general will obey the order and immediately order all ministries to counterattack!"
Zhou Yuji was very happy after receiving the order. He also knew that Donglu was firing cannons at will during the day. The little guys below were hiding behind the city wall and swallowing their anger. They could hardly hold it in any longer. Now it was better and they could start fighting.
"Quick! Get to your places!"
"Pull the bronze cannon up quickly!"
"One! Two! Three! Pull harder!"
After receiving the order, the platoon leader at the gun position immediately asked his strong men to use a crane to pull the extremely valuable new weapons to the city wall and turret.
There are thirty strong men in each group, all of whom are strong men in their twenties and thirties. In this way, they can work together to quickly lift the half-ton copper cannon (M1857 12-pound gun), together with ammunition and various parts, to a height of more than ten meters. The place.
It is precisely with these manpower that the city does not need to store large amounts of explosive and flammable ammunition. As long as the enemy is found to be gathering or approaching, part of the ammunition required by the defenders can be sent to the designated location within five minutes. .
"Aim the muzzle at the target location!"
"Start ranging!"
"Adjust the angle!"
"Clean the barrel!"
"Prepare to charge!"
Except for senior artillery officers, few people knew the actual maximum range of the bronze cannon.
Ordinary soldiers only know the distance of two miles, and the accuracy of this copper cannon can be controlled to about two feet.
Compared with other similar weapons, such as the Hongyi Cannon, this is already very accurate, and it can only hit the enemy's mouth directly...
Due to the high cost, limited factory production capacity, and the extremely wide defense width when defending the city, the new copper cannons were only deployed around the gates of the old city.
Currently, twelve cannons are deployed at each city gate, but due to the extremely high rate of fire of bronze cannons, they are equivalent to five times the number of red cannons.
Even if there are only twelve, the artillery troops at each city gate can use these bronze cannons to form strong suppressive firepower.
They can also be deployed on the turrets behind the city wall, but at this time they are replaced by more powerful rocket launchers.
This is the surface-to-surface missile that a certain prince mentioned. Currently, the "Scud" is developed, with three models under its jurisdiction.
The firing range ranges from one thousand to two thousand steps, and the hit accuracy at long distances is basically not as good as the bronze cannon.
However, due to the use of collision warheads and submunitions, the killing effect after the explosion is higher than that of the copper cannon.
"Brothers, work harder! Let the dog Tatars have a taste of our Ming Dynasty's fairy weapons!"
"Okay~!"
Chen Guowei took advantage of the interval between the Qing army's two shellings to give the order, so that even if the dog Tatars saw the movement at the top of the city, they would not fire faster than their own side.
Previously, all units at the top of the city had timed transportation and firing. From hoisting to launching, the bronze cannon only took eight minutes at the fastest, and the rocket launcher was even shorter, only seven minutes.
To the gratification of the artillerymen, the dog Tatars on the opposite side seemed not to know that they were about to be in disaster. They did not move and were still cleaning the barrel of the gun slowly.
This time, even the prescribed steps of distance measurement can be saved, because the distance between each other has already been crossed dozens of times. After loading the ammunition and adjusting the angle, you can fire.
"One shot is ready!"
"The second artillery is ready!"
"..."
"Zhuyuan is ready!"
"put!"
September 15th was an unforgettable day for the artillerymen of the King's Division of the Qing Dynasty. When they got up in the morning, they had just fired a cannon and were cleaning the barrel when they heard a loud noise coming from the tower opposite.
As the green smoke rose, unknown objects were released from the city. They were flying so fast that it was almost impossible to keep track of them with the naked eye. They drew jaw-dropping trajectories and flew toward where they were at a blink of an eye. Location.
No one had ever seen such a magical flying object. The gunners all froze on the spot, with their mouths open, admiring this unique sight that had never been seen in a century.
But there was no time left for them to appreciate it. The Man Ming defenders used artillery shells to give them a brutal blow, and one of the artillery shells with the most precise impact directly flattened the barrel of a red cannon.
"The barbarian is firing..."
The number of twelve artillery shells was not many, but it shocked the artillery team of the Tianyou Army that was shelling Deshengmen. The dog barbarians who had previously chosen to stop their activities actually dared to sneak attack the Wang division. Is this okay?
At a glance, although the loss was not too big, just one cannon and a few soldiers, the blow to face was another matter. The wise rat must accept the severe punishment of Master Wang.
However, as soon as they finished speaking, those objects that flew as fast as chaffinches suddenly rushed toward them. The gunners of the God's Blessed Army, who had never seen such objects, almost forgot to escape.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
I regretted it only after the "Scud" missile hit the ground and exploded, because each missile's warhead contained a thousand iron beads. Once scattered after the explosion, it would be devastating to unarmored and lightly armored soldiers. of.
In order to quickly eliminate the Qing artillery positions in the Deshengmen area, Chen Guowei's command fired twenty-four "Scud" missiles at once.
Judging from the impact point, only six missiles landed in the designated target area, and the others were completely deflected, flying about ten feet away.
But it was the destructive power of the warheads of these six missiles after the explosion that impressed everyone present in the Tianyou Army, including Kong Youde's general Jia Shikui.
The explosion area turned into a sea of fire in an instant, and the fire almost swallowed up dozens of people. Because the Qing soldiers were wearing cotton armor, they were directly ignited by the flames generated by the explosion.
More people were knocked to the ground by the explosion, rolling on the ground holding their injured parts and wailing incessantly. The entire grassland was dyed red by the blood flowing out, and some broken limbs could be seen from time to time. .
"Ouch~!"
Jia Shikui then realized that he was also injured. After checking, he found that a hole had been made in his upper arm by an iron bead. Fortunately, no bones were injured.
"Damn you bastard!"
These barbarians will hide behind the city wall and sneak attack the king's troops. When the king breaks through the city, they will kill all the damn barbarians to let them know how powerful the king is.
Before Jia Shikui could continue to think about it, the second batch of shells came from the opposite side. Jia Shikui was stunned. What kind of firearm was this? How could it have such a rate of fire?
Could it be that Gou Manzi was deliberately showing weakness and waited until Master Wang's red cannon approached the city before Gou Manzi counterattacked?
Isn't this too terrible?
"Quick! Move the cannon! We must keep the cannon!"
Jia Shikui suddenly thought of his mission and immediately ordered his men to remove the red cannon from the gun position, otherwise it would be all over.
