The dog Tatars dared to shoot down the Ming Dynasty's airship, which undoubtedly aroused the anger of the Ming army. In the eyes of the king's soldiers, the airship was an unattainable and extremely sacred weapon, and any offensive behavior was intolerable.
Under the counterattack of the Qing army, the airship troops were caught off guard. Due to their clumsy appearance, poor maneuverability and almost zero defense, they were unable to withstand the artillery fire from the ground.
Airship No. 012 was hit first and fell, then No. 015 was also hit. The two airships No. 007 and No. 008 directly collided with each other. As the "target" increased, it became easier for the Qing army to hit it. Target.
In less than ten minutes, the Ming army lost four airships one after another. No. 012 exploded on the Qing army's position, and No. 015 made an emergency landing in the area controlled by the Ming army. Although the crew of the boat suffered some injuries, there was no life. worries.
No. 007 and 008 were burned by fire in the air. When they fell to the ground, all the crew members in the gondolas were killed. These four airships were direct losses, equivalent to the fact that technological weapons worth more than 20,000 taels of silver were hit by artillery fire. Gone.
The price the Qing army had to pay was that as the artillery positions were exposed, they were immediately bombarded by a storm of Ming troops at the top of the city. Under the disadvantage of the terrain, the Qing army's artillery was as helpless as the Ming army's airships in the sky. .
The special turrets were built under the orders of a certain prince. They had nearly 360-degree omnidirectional shooting capability. Not only did they have a wide range of shooting, but they were also built relatively solidly.
The internal structure is the world's most advanced reinforced concrete, and a foot-deep foundation has been laid previously. Even earthquakes and even underground blasts will be difficult to shake its foundation unless it is extremely powerful and the location is precise.
Not far in front of the fort is the trench that was dug not long ago. Even if the dog Tatars are close at hand, it will be difficult to cross this deep trench. This is the greatest security guarantee for the fort.
On the other side of the trench, there used to be a large and well-proportioned Min's House, but now it has been burned into ruins, and wisps of green smoke can still be seen from the ruins.
The people living here have already suffered heavy casualties. All of these are heinous crimes committed by the Dog Tatars. The blood debt must be repaid with blood, so just shell it. There is no need to inform the Dog Tatars, the shells are the notice.
The two sides exchanged fire at a distance of no more than one or two steps. This distance was beyond the reach of the Tiger Crouching Cannon and Baizi Gun equipped by the Qing army. Only the Xiaoflang Machine could achieve more accurate bombardment.
However, although the small Folang aircraft has a fast rate of fire, most of them are used for air defense. In the eyes of the Qing generals, shooting down the airship is the top priority at the moment. This is crucial to boosting the morale of the warriors. important role.
The heavy firepower used to deal with one side of the city wall was greatly reduced. By the time they realized the seriousness of the shelling again, it was too late. More than twenty gun emplacements had been destroyed by the Ming army.
A gun position includes an artillery and a team of gunners, and the power of a copper cannon at close range is unparalleled. As long as it hits the target, the artillery, personnel, and houses can all be penetrated.
The Qing army did not capture the city for a day, so the defenders had a commanding shooting advantage. They could clearly see the situation near the city wall, which could be said to be unobstructed.
It may not be possible to control the distance, but especially the West Square of Chaotian Palace between Xizhimen and Fuchengmen, and Jinchengfang south of Fuchengmen Street, both of which are completely within the coverage of the city's firepower.
"Hit me hard! It's best if you can shoot the cannonball directly into the dog's mouth!"
The airship was here to support the offensive and counterattack of the city's defenders. Now that the airship was shot down, Ni Chong, who was watching the battle in the Fuchengmen tower, was of course furious.
As long as the brother troops cannot annihilate the dog Tatars who sneaked into the city through the caves, the city defenders under his command will always face the situation of being attacked from both sides.
If the Dog Tartars dare to shoot down the Ming Dynasty's airship, they will not know whether they will live or die, and they will be in trouble with themselves. In this case, then use cannons to kill all the Dog Tartars!
The Gou Tatars had been struggling for a long time, but Ni Chong's troops did not lose much heavy firepower at all. Instead, their Hongyi cannons were beaten to pieces.
Under the care of the crown prince, the firepower of the East Palace Guards was the highest since the beginning of the dynasty. The city head was equipped with a Folang machine, there were mortars at the base of the city, and new bronze cannons were deployed on the fort behind the city wall.
Once these three artillery pieces start firing without reservation, whether they are dealing with targets outside the city or targets inside the city, it will be a devastating blow to the enemy at any position without many bunkers.
Ni Chong is worried that the troops' ammunition will be consumed too quickly due to the continuous meetings. At present, they can only supply supplies along the city wall, not because they are afraid of the dog Tatars not far away.
But now that the brothers' troops have reached the vicinity of Jinchengfang, he doesn't have much mental burden. If he works harder, he can stew the dog Tartars who sneaked into the city.
The defenders at the top of the city are not allowed to move lightly. It is still possible to provide necessary fire support. It will be much easier to deal with the Dog Tartars without their artillery.
What's more, more than one of the Crown Prince's airships were shot down. To commit such a crime of disrespect, one must pay a considerable price!
If you shoot down an airship, you will have to pay for it by killing and injuring a thousand people!
Ni Chong is not kidding. When it comes to dog Tatars, you must do what you say!
The defenders at the top of the city were in a commanding position. As long as they had enough ammunition, friendly troops coming from the east bank of the Cao River would keep a certain distance from their targets and would not be accidentally injured.
Then it would be as easy for them to defeat the dog Tatars in the Jinchengfang area as it would be to beat Sun Tzu. Anyway, the people in this area were almost harmed by the dog tartars.
As long as you see a living person, you are a target that can be killed. A bunch of living people are like a bunch of dog tartars. It would be perfect if you can blast them all into pieces with one shot!
"boom……"
Seeing Man Ming's airship reduced to a burning fireball under the bombardment, the soldiers of the Qing army were extremely happy. This was so refreshing, and they could finally feel proud.
All the previous disadvantages were swept away at this moment, replaced by extreme excitement and joy, as if the fallen wreckage of the airship was Man Ming's final fate.
However, this good mood only lasted for five minutes before they were hit by a violent storm of shelling from the direction of the city.
In order to withstand the fierce attack from the Ming army from the east bank of the Cao River, most of the small Folangji with more powerful firepower were deployed to the east side.
The defenders on the west side of the city did not act rashly for the time being, and a trench could be used as a barrier. The Qing army did not pay enough attention to its west side.
This resulted in the fact that even if the gunners of the Tiger Crouching Cannon and Baizi Cannon fought back, they could not defeat each other at all. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army.
Including the casualties of other armored soldiers, in just a quarter of an hour, Omoktu, Wang Shixuan, Buyan, Chang Guofang, Pan Xiaohe and the Xianghuang Banner unit that originally belonged to Tu Lai lost no less than a thousand people.
Because the fire burned the roof, the Ming artillery could clearly see the exact location of their prey through telescopes and shoot at it as they pleased.
In order to save their lives, the soldiers of the Qing army were beaten by the shelling and fled. They did not know where was safer and had to move from one place to another.
The safety of the new place can only be measured by whether it is hit. If it is suddenly hit by a shell and a companion is directly killed by the bombardment, it must be moved immediately.
"So much? Okay! We guys will play with you until dark!"
If you can survive until dark, you are considered capable, otherwise, you will all have to be dead bodies under the fire!
Ni Chong saw thousands of dog Tatars moving frequently through the telescope, more than he expected. Such a large number of dog Tatars was enough for his superior Zhou Yuji to lead his troops to deal with them.
If the headquarters did not provide artillery support, I was afraid that I would have to fight for several days before finishing the work. He was still waiting for a large amount of ammunition and supplies to be delivered directly to him.
The Dog Tartars could afford to wait, but Ni Chong could not afford to wait. The earlier he eliminated the Dog Tartars in the city and joined his superiors' troops, the earlier he would be able to settle down.
The officers and soldiers under his command are also looking forward to this. Since the dog Tatars have entered the city, don't even think about escaping completely. Either the upper body or the lower body is left behind.
Just leave a head, or half a head!
In short, these uninvited guests will not leave easily!
"Why don't you fight back?"
Buyan heard the sound of his own artillery gradually weakening, and immediately came to Pan Xiaohe to inquire about the situation. It was not so much an inquiry as a question.
"Back to Zhangjing, our small Folang aircraft are bombarding the Manming airship. The Tiger Crouching Cannon and Baizi Cannon have a very short range, so it is difficult to cause damage to the Dog Barbarians at the top of the city. On the contrary, firing the cannons will expose one's position and attract the Dog Barbarians' attacks. gunfire!"
Pan Xiaohe thought that his unit had already taken the greatest credit for bringing down the two airships, but he didn't expect that Buyan, a great talent, would have to make further progress.
This was not because he was deliberately looking for excuses. He only had such a small plan, and he had to fight airships and attack the city. It was really hard to do both.
Even if they are used to fight back against the city, the artillery equipped by the opponent are all heavy artillery, which is no less inferior to the red cannon made by the Qing Dynasty. In terms of direct fire, this will not be a slight advantage.
Rather than losing the gunners in vain, it is better to be more rational and choose to stop all activities, conserve strength first, wait until the enemy in front of them is defeated, and then find a way to deal with the defenders at the top of the city.
"Are we, thousands of Qings, being allowed to be beaten passively? How can you bear it?"
Buyan believed that if our side had no artillery, we would have to accept being beaten. Now that we have dozens of artillery pieces of various types and we are still being beaten, it is unjustifiable.
"Zhang Jing might as well send people back to mobilize dozens of Folang machines, otherwise the general will be so clever that he can't make a meal without straw!"
A layman commanding an expert can really trick people to death!
Buyan is Ye Chen's subordinate, and Ye Chen is the emperor's servant.
Pan Xiaohe didn't dare to offend Buyan, so he could only put forward a solution tactfully.
In such a terrible situation right now, is there any use in just talking?
Do you think I like being beaten by nature?
With these dozens of gadgets on hand, even if the King of Huaishun, Geng Zhongming, comes, don't we have to be patient and cautious?
If you have a way and you want to go, but if you can't think of anything, just take our advice, otherwise you will just hide away.
If you are bitten by a cannonball, it is your own fault!
Born to be short-lived, no one else is to blame!
"Damn barbarian! It's all about the power of firearms. If you really have the courage, you can fight to the death with my Qing warriors!"
Buyan was so angry that he was speechless. He vented his anger directly on his mouth and cursed the barbarian.
In this situation, if you stay where you are, you will be beaten, and if you attack, you will be beaten again.
You expect the dog barbarians to give up the bombardment and attack immediately, but they won't listen to you?
The dog barbarians stopped shelling and rushed over stupidly, but were slaughtered one by one by the Qing warriors.
This idea appeared in Buyan's mind more than once, but reason told him that it was just a daydream!
After arriving in the city, Buyan looked down on Turai and Omoktu at first.
The former went into battle with an extremely elite Jia La with a yellow flag, while the latter was accompanied by two banners of the Han army.
With such an advantage, they still hope that the emperor will send troops to rescue them. What a pair of losers!
As for Wang Shixuan and other Han generals, Buyan directly chose to ignore them...
After arriving at the battlefield and watching for a while, Buyan realized that the situation here was much worse than he expected.
The armored chariots of the Ming army can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Many times they are parked across the street, less than thirty steps away from us.
Gou Manzi knew that the Qing army entering the city was equipped with very few artillery pieces, so he was arrogant and acted arbitrarily.
The barbarian infantry all fight around the armored chariots. As long as the armored chariots are not destroyed, the dog barbarians will continue to fight.
This also directly resulted in the Qing Dynasty's royal division's charges ending in an anticlimax, being repeatedly repelled by the barbarians with armored chariots, cannons and explosive clubs.
Regardless of the cost, you can get close to the dog barbarian, but the casualties caused by this will definitely be unbearable.
A Niulu armored soldier, with more than two hundred people rushing towards him, was able to eliminate hundreds of barbarians.
But in the end, not many armored soldiers survived, at most a hundred or so were left.
If you change one by one, it will definitely be the Qing Dynasty King who suffered a big loss.
If it takes two warriors to exchange for one barbarian, then there is no need to continue this battle!
But if you keep enduring, you must endure until dark. Only when night falls will the Qing Dynasty King have a chance to turn defeat into victory.
There is still an hour before dark. With such intensity of bombardment, will Master Wang still have the strength to fight back when it gets dark?
If we lose two to three thousand people before dark, wouldn't we still lose in the end?
If you don't want to lose, you have to ask the emperor for help again!
Buyan didn’t even know how to speak...
On the contrary, we defeated Mingming's Siju airship, but we lost thousands of warriors. This can't make up for the merits and demerits, right?
This is equivalent to using the lives of hundreds of warriors in exchange for the victory of an airship. It seems that he has suffered too much.
However, if you don't ask for help from the emperor and just hold on until dark, your chances of winning will become increasingly slim as time goes by.
Because our side has been compressed by the Man Ming Tribe into a narrow strip that is long from north to south and narrow from east to west, we are now being bombarded from both directions, that is, we are being attacked from the front and back.
"Omoktu, what are your plans?"
Buyan found Omoktu, who was in charge of this place, and listened to his idea first before deciding whether to adopt it.
"First, counterattack immediately, otherwise the shelling will increase the casualties of our soldiers. Second, wait until dark before counterattack, use the cover of night to hit the enemy in front of you. Third, wait until dark, adapt to changes, if the dog barbarian does not attack , my troops will stick to it, if the barbarians stick to it, our troops will come out in full force!"
After fighting against the opposing dog barbarian several times, Omoktu basically understood the opponent's firepower and tactics.
In the past, the Qing Dynasty King's army had a hard attack, but under the ferocious firepower of the barbarian elite, there was almost no chance of victory.
The only effective way is to attack at night, trying to regain the lost ground on the west bank of the Cao River lost during the day.
The combat power of this barbarian is indeed quite high. If his troops had not received a large number of reinforcements, they would have been forcibly annihilated.
The battle ended like this, which was not what Omoktu wanted.
Gou Manzi's strength is not what it used to be, and he must not be judged by the eyes of the past.
There are airships in the sky, armored chariots on the ground, soldiers wearing heavy armor that cannot be penetrated by arrows, and equipped with a large number of explosive clubs.
Even with strong attacks, he couldn't defeat the opponent, and he was even blocked by the opponent.
Every time they charged, the soldiers of the Eight Banners suffered heavy casualties, but the results were pitiful. When they retreated, they were frequently shot by the opponent.
Omoktu felt helpless and resentful about this, and could not think of a way to deal with it. He could only get angry and anxious.
It was just that they couldn't eat the defenders at the top of the city. Now that they entered the city through the underground cave, they found that even the defenders inside the city were difficult to eat.
Regarding the Jia La under his command, Omoktu no longer knew how many troops were left.
Now they are completely relying on the two banners of the Han army and the new reinforcements entering the city. The Zhenglan Banner, which was the main force before, has become a auxiliary force...
