Taiwei of the Song Dynasty, who was deployed on all sides of Jinzhou, Shangqing, Niu Gao of Runan County, stood on a small slope behind the main artillery position. Less than two miles away in front of him was the core fortress of Jinzhou Hamburg.
The three triangular forts that previously guarded the city wall directly south of the Jinzhou Hamburg Core Fortress collapsed into ruins. Although the three piles of ruins can provide some cover for the walls of the Jinzhou Core Fortress to a certain extent, two large sections of the wall are still exposed. Under the muzzle of the Song Army's guns. Niu Gao then aimed the 120 10-pound cannons at these two sections of wall respectively, and spent half a day conducting test firings before the official bombardment began.
In addition, on the north bank of Xiaoling River, the firing positions of three hotpot cannon groups have also been set up. These three positions all cleverly used the ruins of the three triangular forts for cover, so they were all in the blind spot of the direct-fire artillery set up on the walls of Jinzhou Hamburg Core Fort.
Six of the ten siege artillery generals assigned to Niu Gao are now placed on these three positions. More than 200 25-pound hot pot cannons have been placed in place, and multiple rounds of test firings have also been conducted. Now the ammunition handlers of the hot pot cannon are squatting on the ground, holding on to the expensive and somewhat outrageous copper-skinned shells beside them, nervously waiting for the order to load and fire.
In front of these three artillery positions, along the three ruins, an arc-shaped starting position was built with sandbags. Behind the position were twenty or thirty 5-pound cannons, and six more that would exceed 10,000. Two thousand infantrymen in armor were squatting behind the sandbags, waiting with bated breath for the artillery bombardment to begin.
At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind Niu Gao. Niu Gao looked back and saw Yue Fei's brother Yue Fan leading a team of people to follow Pegasus, and soon arrived behind Niu Gao. I saw Yue Fan reining in his war horse and shouting loudly: "Captain Niu, the officials think it's almost time to fire!"
Well, this is just a suggestion... It's not an imperial edict. The command is still Niu Gao's job. Zhao Kai is just giving some rational suggestions.
Niu Gao nodded and said to the staff on the left and right: "I think it's almost done... I'll give orders to all the artillery formations to launch artillery bombardments on the city immediately!"
The staff members responded loudly, and then saw one of them striding towards a flag bearer holding a red flag. He took the red flag from the flag bearer, raised it high, waved it vigorously a few times, paused briefly, and then waved it fiercely. wave down.
Two artillery groups composed of 120 10-pound long cannons suddenly shook at the same time. The fire spit out first, followed by a roar like the earth was shaking, and then the smoke filled the air. In the blink of an eye, Jinzhou Burger Just got beaten. Several large, grinning holes suddenly appeared on the straight wall, and sand and gravel rolled down.
This is just the beginning!
Just when the first round of shelling of 120 10-pound long guns had just ended, the second round of shelling had not yet begun. The three hotpot cannon groups located on the north bank of Xiaoling River also started to attack!
These hot pot cannons now use copper-skinned wooden support explosives, which are bombs that can be fired from hot pots. These shells were ignited with a wooden tube fuse, which was lit and then inserted into a hole in the head of the shell. Then the cannonball can be filled into the barrel. After filling it, the cannon must be fired immediately, and it cannot wait. Therefore, there was no way to load the ammunition in advance. The gunners of the hotpot cannon only lit the fuse and started loading when they heard the long cannon behind them roaring. Therefore, the firing time of the hot pot cannon is slightly later than that of the long cannon.
But it’s never too late for a good shot!
After the ground shook for a while, more than two hundred black spots visible to the naked eye were sprayed into the air, and then they drew a perfect parabola in the air at a speed visible to the naked eye and flew towards Jinzhou Hamburg.
Before these black spots hit the ground, some exploded in the air and turned into a dazzling fire in the sky. It was extremely spectacular - but spectacular, these prematurely exploded ammunitions were not enough to damage Jinzhou Hamburg. There was a problem with their fuses, which burned too quickly and detonated the copper shells prematurely.
However, not all copper shells exploded before landing, most of the shells persisted until they landed.
And behind the shells, some will explode, and some will misfire for various reasons... In this case, even the shells and powder will "surrender" to the enemy.
But there are still many shells that will explode after landing!
Large areas of smoke and fire suddenly rose up inside Jinzhou Hamburg, and the fragments exploded by the shells swept across the southern part of the castle like a storm. The Jin soldiers gathered in the south of Hamburg, Jinzhou, waiting to go out to fight, were blown up and turned into a mess. Many buildings were knocked upside down by the thunder from the sky, and some unknown objects were ignited by the burning gunpowder splashed from the exploding shells!
Smoke and flames covered half of Jinzhou Burger in an instant!
It was originally a safe area to avoid gunfire, but now it suddenly turned into a place like hell.
At this time, there were nearly 40,000 Jin Army soldiers gathered in Jinzhou Hamburg, plus Ali Xi's auxiliary soldiers, some family members and servants of nobles, there were almost 100,000 people, which was quite crowded.
This explosive bomb exploded in the city, it was really a blast!
The golden man who was bombed immediately stopped working... Who would be willing to be killed by the thunder falling from the world? And he only got bombed without fighting back! Not to mention that these gold thieves were too much to bear, many European bastions in history would have been forced to surrender by direct-fire bombs and arson bombs!
By the way, the arson bombs are coming soon too!
Song Jun's group of hotpot cannons set a course, and the 25-pound iron meatballs were heated on the stove!
After it's red-hot, stuff it into the barrel of the cannon... Of course, you have to put a wooden board in there first to separate the shell from the ammunition bag, otherwise it will explode!
And this kind of red-hot iron bullet is sometimes more powerful than the expensive blooming bullet!
The most explosive bombs will blow people to pieces, while the hot arson bombs will burn people until they are half-baked... what a living person! How can I bear this?
Moreover, these shells are very hot. If they fall into granaries, haystacks, or gunpowder magazines, it will be a disaster!
The area south of Jinzhou City was in complete chaos at this time, with cries, calls for help, and curses, and many people running desperately towards the center of Jinzhou City, which had not been hit by shells yet.
When the Song Army's various artillery shells fell into Jinzhou Hamburg, Wanyan Zongxian already knew that something was wrong... Daikin was going to be over, it was really going to be over!
Who can bear this kind of bombardment? It won't take long. After three days, the 100,000 people in Jinzhou City will go crazy!
"Hurry up, go and report to the Emperor's father Bo Jilie..." Wanyan Zongxian ordered the soldiers around him while he was already dressed and was about to go out.
He is currently in his own government office. His government office is located in the center of Hamburg, Jinzhou. It is also a fortress. The walls on all sides are high and thick, which can be used to avoid artillery fire.
"Supervisor, where are you going?"
"Supervisor, are you trying to break out?
Two of his soldiers, Mou Ke, immediately came up to ask questions... They were ready to break out and were waiting for Wanyan Zongxian's order.
"What kind of siege are you trying to break through?" Wanyan Zongxian glared at the two of them, "Nan Kou is clearly trying to encircle three buildings... There must be an ambush outside the city!"
His mind was clear, but he knew clearly that there was an ambush outside the city, so why did he keep urging Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Zongpan to rescue them?
Wanyan Zongxian said again: "I am going to the south of the city to take charge!"
Going to the south of the city?
Both Muke were shocked. The south of the city was being beaten by artillery! Where are you still going now? Whose responsibility is it if he is burned half to death?
"What are you waiting for?" When Wanyan Zongxian saw the two of them dawdling, he immediately put on a straight face and drank.
The two conspirators had no choice but to gather soldiers to protect Wanyan Zongxian and headed south of the city. Although Wanyan Zongxian didn't know what role he could play in the south of the city. But he still had to go...
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The walls of Jinzhou's core fort are obviously not as strong as the outer triangular forts - although those triangular forts have vertical walls because they don't understand geometry. But they are solid and triangular after all.
The wall of Jinzhou Hamburg Core Fort is just a thicker ordinary rammed earth wall. How can it withstand the continuous bombardment of 120 10-pound cannons?
The bombardment lasted less than an hour when a broken city wall in the southern part of Jinzhou Core Fort made a roar, and at the same time a large amount of dust was raised!
Niu Gao, who was supervising the battle at the rear, saw this scene and immediately knew that the city wall had collapsed. He danced excitedly and loudly ordered to the staff and staff around him: "Beat the drum! Beat the drum...attack the city!"
The sound of the drum is the command!
The 12,000 red-turbaned soldiers who had been waiting for a long time behind the arc-shaped fortifications and were already a little impatient stood up one after another, and then turned their attention to their respective commanders.
"Boys, come after me!"
"Go forward, charge me!"
The junior officers of the Song Army shouted orders one after another, then lit torches (which were used to light thunder), and led their soldiers around from behind the low wall made of sandbags (there were openings in the low wall for entry and exit). Then he rushed towards the castle shrouded in smoke, fire, and dust.
Following these officers forward were the so-called grenadiers... soldiers who were tall, powerful, and good at throwing bombs! Did they carry any large weapons? They just carried a few mines each, as well as side and short-handled axes, hammers, and maces. Some of them even worked together to carry long ladders and moved forward together. Pounce away.
More than 10,000 people roared forward like a flood. In a blink of an eye, the people at the front had reached the wall of Jinzhou City.
They were less than a mile away from the city wall, so they didn't have any physical strength left. They attacked with all their strength from the beginning... As long as they could rush to the gap, put up the ladder, and then light the fire If you throw the thunder into the gap, are you still afraid that you won't be able to hit Jinzhou City?
