Almost at the same time, something was seen near the artillery position of the Ottoman army. Big craters were made by something, and the earth splashed with a loud noise.
There were even many Ottoman artillerymen who were operating artillery, and they were torn apart and their blood was scattered on the ground.
Needless to say, this is the Ming Dynasty artillery bombarding the city of Baghdad.
But why were the artillery of the Ming Dynasty so accurate? Don’t they need to proofread?
For the Ottoman artillery battalion commander, it was even more incredible. Because the artillery position he selected was based on his calculations and was outside the effective range of the Ming Dynasty's rifled ship-borne guns.
He originally wanted to deploy heavy artillery here to bombard the city wall with maximum power. Then other artillery with insufficient range moved closer to the city wall under the cover of heavy artillery, and then fired after reaching the effective range.
However, judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the artillery position he chose is still within the effective range of Ming artillery on the top of Baghdad.
How is this going?
Before he had time to think about it, he shouted like crazy: "Quick, retreat, retreat..."
However, the transfer of artillery does not mean that we can retreat immediately if we retreat.
Just as the Ottoman artillery was busy, the deafening sound sounded again.
"Boom boom boom..."
Needless to say, this is the Ming Dynasty artillery showing off its power again.
This time, the Ming artillery fired more accurately.
In fact, the Ming army had known for a long time that the Ottoman army would attack Baghdad. Therefore, they made various marks outside the city early in the morning, thus eliminating the need for prior artillery testing and estimation, and directly adjusted the artillery fire according to the marked distance. Just parameters.
The effect of the first round of shelling was somewhat unsatisfactory. The experienced Ming army artillery soldiers quickly adjusted the shooting parameters and fired again. The effect was naturally much better than the first time.
In particular, the giant siege cannon on the Ottoman artillery position received special attention.
The fired iron bullets, with a harsh whistling sound, hit the Ottoman artillery positions, plowing bloody trenches until the kinetic energy contained in them was exhausted, or they hit the Ottoman artillery and made a huge noise.
"Bah..."
The giant Ottoman siege gun was hit by two iron bullets at the same time during the Ming army's second round of artillery. It also made a huge noise and was knocked to the ground. The gun mount was scattered, and the surrounding Ottoman artillery was affected. , flesh and blood flew everywhere, killing and wounding a large area.
Under the attack of the Ming Dynasty artillery, how can a flesh and blood body resist the attack of iron bullets? Even with a shield, it can even be said that any protection cannot stop the attack of iron bullets. The Ottoman artillerymen who dared to stay within the firing range fled back one after another.
The entire artillery position of the Ottoman army was in a mess. Amidst the dust, various artillery pieces could be seen either falling into pieces or rolling over on their sides.
Faqir's tea cup had been thrown somewhere long ago, and he had already stood up, looking with a livid face at his own artillery position that was bombarded by Ming artillery.
The siege artillery that he relied on to decide the battle was completely destroyed in front of him, which was equivalent to someone slapping him hard on the ear and scolding him at the same time: "I will let you attack Baghdad, I will let you attack Baghdad..." "
"Come on, come on..." Faqir suddenly roared. He wanted to find the artillery commander from his family, "Didn't I calculate the range? Isn't it very sure? I want an explanation..."
However, it was impossible for the artillery commander to come over. He was hit by an iron bullet and was torn apart next to the giant cannon. He could no longer explain it.
Even if he were still alive, he would never be able to explain it, because they still didn't know that the gunpowder used by the Ming army was not the black gunpowder they were familiar with, but white gunpowder with three times higher performance. And this is the Ming army’s biggest trump card in defending Baghdad!
After Faqir heard the report that the artillery commander was dead, he was stunned. Before he could recover, he suddenly saw the Ottoman soldiers arrayed in chaos amidst the rumbling sound of artillery.
Hearing the sound and turning his head to look, Faqi's face suddenly became even more ugly.
Although the army formation has avoided the Tigris River, because there are two Ming warships docked there. But at this time, they saw the two Ming warships emitting black smoke, sailing upstream easily, shortening the distance from the Ottoman army in formation, and firing artillery towards the Ottoman army.
"Boom boom boom..."
Amidst the roar of the Ming Dynasty artillery, Faqir ordered repeatedly in embarrassment: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
In fact, there was no need for him to give orders. Those troops threatened by the Ming army's artillery fire had already begun to flee.
The Ottoman army, which was originally in formation, ran away in despair. The first siege of the main force ended with the roar of artillery.
When the Ottoman army fled far away, the only things left behind were the bodies of men and horses, and the artillery pieces scattered on the ground.
The Ming artillery finally stopped bombarding, and the entire battlefield immediately became much quieter.
But at this moment, deafening cheers were heard from the top of Baghdad: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
Although the Ottomans did not understand what it meant, they could feel the emotion contained in the cheers, and naturally it was easy to guess what it meant!
As a result, the mood of the Ottomans became even lower, and the impact on morale was very obvious.
In the first battle, the siege weapon was lost, so the subsequent attack on Baghdad will inevitably become difficult.
Ordinary Ottomans all understand this, not to mention Faqir as the commander-in-chief of the entire army.
Unlike ordinary Ottoman soldiers, Faqir has to consider the entire battle situation comprehensively. Without the means of artillery siege, the war would become protracted, and the consumption of food and fodder for the entire army was an issue that he had to attach great importance to.
No matter what, we must defeat Baghdad as soon as possible!
For this reason, Faqir quickly came to his senses and continued to issue military orders, asking the Azap cannon fodder to immediately start digging on the basis of the original trench. But this time, instead of digging a siege trench, we dug it diagonally toward the Baghdad city wall. In this way, the threat of artillery on the city can be minimized.
For siege warfare, the Ottoman army also has considerable combat experience and has many methods.
The Ottoman army had sufficient manpower, and many trenches were dug at the same time, and at a very fast speed, they were slowly advancing towards the city of Baghdad.
There was no movement on the Ming army's side, they just watched the Ottomans digging in from a distance.
No matter how fast we go, the trench is less than half dug, and it’s almost dusk.
However, the Ottomans did not stop working. From the looks of it, they must have been digging day and night.
The Khan of Crimea, Mohammad Grai IV, watched all this and quickly reminded Faqir: "The Ming army is likely to leave the city for a sneak attack and destroy these trenches!"
If it is dug under the city, the Ming army's powerful artillery will lose its effect, and the difficulty of defending Baghdad will inevitably increase. Therefore, in his opinion, the Ming army will definitely not sit still and wait for death.
Muhammad Glei IV had an experience and knew that the Ming army in Baghdad were all so bold that they would not care about the number of troops outside the city and would very likely go out of the city to attack on their own initiative.
As soon as Faqir heard what he said, he remembered what happened to the Crimean vanguard. He nodded gloomily, turned to look at the Persian Emperor Abbas II, and shouted in a cold voice: "Tonight you We need people to guard the trenches and not let the Ming army destroy them, and cover them to continue digging trenches!"
When Abbas II heard it, he disagreed with it ten thousand times, because everyone knew that this was a hard job. It is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to sit idly by and ignore it!
However, he also knew that he had no choice at all. Otherwise, the Ottoman Empire's prime minister and commander-in-chief of the entire army would easily vent the anger of the lost artillery on him.
Therefore, Abbas II rationally agreed on the spot without any reluctance.
As night fell, the Persian army, under the command of Abbas II, cautiously went to cover the cannon fodder of Azap who was doing soil work.
After a while, there was no movement from the Ming army in Baghdad, which made the Persian army relax a little. They felt that the Ming army probably saw too many troops outside the city and did not dare to leave the city.
However, Abbas II did not dare to neglect. Instead, as time passed and the night deepened, he ordered his men to be on strict guard and not to relax.
I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly, at night, which was relatively quiet compared to the day, there was another burst of gunfire.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The sudden sound of musketry scared the Persian army and the Azap cannon fodder and immediately turned around and ran away.
The Persian army had been frightened by the Ming army for a long time, so why did it have the courage to fight to the death with the Ming army?
As soon as the gunfire rang out, those timid Persians or Azap cannon fodder were the first to start running back.
Under the cover of night, it was difficult to see the situation clearly, and people have a herd mentality. These two groups, which themselves did not have a strong sense of combat, all immediately fled behind them.
For a moment, just looking at their escaping posture, people who didn't know better thought they were being chased by tens of thousands of Ming troops.
The movement here also awakened the vigilant troops in the Ottoman camp. They couldn't see clearly the situation in the distance. They just saw the Persians and Azap cannon fodder running back, and immediately thought that the Ming army came to steal the camp.
Especially the Crimeans, who have encountered this before. Suddenly, they were all frightened and immediately organized their troops to prepare for war.
Fortunately, when the Ottomans set up camp, they did not form one big camp, but set up separate camps according to their different sources of troops. Otherwise, under the darkness of night, such a big movement might cause the camp to roar.
There was a commotion that almost affected the entire Ottoman army. When the white fish belly appeared in the east, the commotion finally subsided. Faqir's face was as gloomy as if it was raining!
