Chapter 441 Shelling
"boom……"
What is the situation where hundreds of artillery fires at the same time? I'm afraid many people will never see each other in their lifetime, but today the thousands of Qing soldiers guarding the city in Jinzhou City saw it. Since hundreds of artillery fired at the same time, it sounded like there was only one sound, but the noise made by this sound was really loud. Even the Qing army at the head of Jinzhou City two miles away felt the city wall at the foot tremble slightly, and then a muffled sound came from the distance, and a thick white smoke rose into the air at the same time.
"Hurry... hide... everyone hides!" Many officers' hissings and roars came from the city walls.
The Qing army is not unfamiliar with the Jiangning Army. As battles come one after another, even the bottom-level auxiliary soldiers and Baoyi know that Jiangning arms are the most important. In the several battles with the Jiangning Army, the Qing army suffered countless hardships. Countless people have already told them with bloody facts that no matter how brave you are, you are even capable of lifting a cauldron, you must run as far as you face the flying projectiles or lead bullets, otherwise what awaits you will end up being broken into pieces.
In fact, there is no need for the officers to say more. The infantry armor, vests and even auxiliary soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner that the Jiangning Army had fought against had been hiding in battlements and even any place where they could avoid artillery shells long before the Jiangning Army fired artillery. Otherwise, the battlefield is the place where people who grew up quickly. After several major battles, even those who looked down on firearms the most in the past would subconsciously find a place to hide when they saw the Jiangning Army's artillery or muskets. This has nothing to do with whether they are brave or not, it is purely a subconscious reflection of human beings when facing danger.
In less than three seconds, hundreds of flowering bullets flying at a speed of more than 400 meters per second flew to the destination. These flowering bullets either flew over the city wall and fell on the buildings behind the city wall or in front of the city wall, but more accurately hit the high city wall in Shengjing.
"Boom...boom boom boom..."
Flowering bullets exploded almost at the same time. Driven by the power of hundreds of grams of black explosives, countless shrapnel and iron beads sprayed around at speeds that the naked eye could not see. Many Qing army had no time to find cover or had no good luck in their traps and were instantly penetrated by shrapnel and iron balls that were splashing everywhere.
A soldier who was hiding behind the mercedes, who thought he was already very safe suddenly heard a dull sound like a heavy object falling to the ground coming from behind. He turned his head and looked back and saw an iron ball the size of a fist rolling behind him. Before he could react, he saw a ray of orange-red light suddenly flashing in front of his eyes, and then his whole body was wrapped in smoke.
When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, there were two more pieces of rotten meat that were blown up so hard that they could not see the appearance. Yes, two pieces of rotten meat that were blown up so hard that they could not see the appearance. In such a close-range explosion, no one or a living object could escape.
Before the Jiangning Army fired, Haoge had been half-crowded by several Goshha and more than a dozen officers and came down from the city wall to the Tibetan soldiers cave below. Haoge, hiding in the Tibetan soldiers cave, listened to the huge explosions above his head and the vibrations from his feet. Even though it was not the first time he fought with the Jiangning Army, he was still shrouded in his heart by a feeling of powerless despair.
Haoge is a man with a rough and bold personality. He has become famous for his bravery since he was a child and is deeply loved by his father Huang Taiji. Since childhood, Haoge has always believed that with the long sword in his hand and the war horse under his crotch, he can conquer everything he sees, but this belief was broken after meeting the Jiangning army.
In the six-year war outside Jinzhou City, Haoge witnessed the manchurian warriors he considered to be the most brave in the world in the past to fall in rows in front of the guns and cannons of the Jiangning Army. Countless formerly famous Batulu held up long swords to charge towards the Jiangning Army's phalanx, and then fell under the lead shells that he looked down upon in the past. In that battle, even his grandfather Nurhaci was seriously injured by several ten thousand enemies, and finally died of serious injuries. Since then, Haoge has doubted his previous beliefs. Can his personal courage really resist lead shells and artillery?
Just last year, Haoge, Da Beile Daishan and others conquered the Zarut tribe in Mongolia. In this battle, Haoge performed very well and killed the brave general of the Zarut tribe, Beile Ezhaitu. When Huang Taiji learned about it, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered the promotion of him to Dorobel. It was in this battle that Haoge regained his past confidence. He tried hard to tell himself that his strong bow and long sword were not outdated, and he could still rely on them to conquer the world. However, this confidence that he had finally established was broken by the familiar sound of cannons today.
However, this negative state did not last long, and Haoge quickly secretly cheered himself up: "No... I can't continue to be negative anymore. The safety of hundreds of thousands of bannermen in Shengjing City is all entrusted to myself. I can't continue to be so negative. So what if the artillery fire of the Jiangning Army is so powerful, at worst I can just give this more than 100 pounds here."
He turned his head to Du Du next to him and said, "Send someone to inform all the princes' mansions immediately, and ask them to gather the clothes, servants and men over 16 years old and under fifty years old, organize them to carry things and go up to the city wall to defend the city. If anyone dares to refuse, you can take them down or even kill them on the spot!"
Many of the officers of Zhenglan Banner next to him were shocked when they heard this. When Huang Taiji set out to fight, he took most of the young and strong in the city. Now Haoge has to gather the remaining old and weak together to fight on the city wall. Doing so is easy to offend people. When Huang Taiji leads the army back, maybe someone will make a fuss about this matter.
A Jiala Zhangjing couldn't help but say, "Brother, the young and strong people in Shengjing City have gone to war. Almost all the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled. If we recruit them to guard the city walls, the casualties will definitely be very serious, and we may be criticized in the future."
Haoge sneered: "I was criticized? Do you think that if Shengjing City is broken, these old, weak, sick and disabled people can save their lives? At that time, even if you want to "is criticized", I am afraid that you will not be criticized?"
"Not bad!" Du Du also agreed: "The old saying of the Han people: How can there be a complete egg when the nest is destroyed? If Shengjing City is destroyed, all of us cannot survive. If we are still afraid of being criticized, then we should just do nothing. Just wait for the Jiangning Army to enter the city and kill all of us. Don't forget, what is the Jiangning Army's favorite thing to do?"
Hearing this, the officers remembered that the Jiangning Army was famous for its capital. However, over the years, due to the popularity of the Jiangning Army, many people gradually forgot about this matter intentionally or unintentionally. Now that Du Du reminded them, everyone remembered that with Yang Feng’s hatred towards Manchus, if Shengjing City was broken, those women might be able to be spared from death, but adult men would definitely not be spared. Even if Yang Feng showed great compassion and surrounded their lives, the best outcome of these people would be to spend the rest of their lives in a mine.
When the city was broken, the officers with the blue flag had their eyes red. Now no one would say anything more about the deaths and injuries. If the Jiangning Army attacked in, they could not even save their wives and children. Who could care about whether the elderly, weak, sick and disabled were killed or injured? Soon several officers took the order and left, and for a moment, the entire Shengjing Capital began to jump in chaos.
At the same time, Yang Feng outside Shengjing City was sitting in a specially made carriage, looking at the signals uploaded from the drone from the monitor, sometimes frowned slightly and smiled and nodded. No one knew what he was thinking. Next to him, the girl was carefully controlling the drone hovering hundreds of meters above the head of Shengjing City, and Zheng Tuo Niang kept writing and drawing with paper and pen, and sometimes picked up the walkie-phone in her hand and said something.
About half an hour later, when he heard the sound of cannons outside gradually slowing down, Yang Feng said to Zheng Tuoni: "Okay, let the artillery battalion stop the artillery bombardment and rest for an hour!"
"clear!"
Zheng Tuoni quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and notified the people in the cannon camp.
Yang Feng got off the carriage and came to the formation. Geng Bingyi, who was the commander of the front enemy, quickly walked over and said in an excited tone: "Marty, after the shelling just now, the Tartars suffered a lot of casualties. I will finally think we can launch a tentative attack."
Yang Feng shook his head: "No, it's not the time to attack the city. The artillery bombardment just now has not achieved the expected results. Most of the Tartars have hid under the city wall. I just looked at it. At best, our artillery bombardment only caused hundreds of casualties to the Tartars. Moreover, the Tartars' walls are made strong and strong, and the flowering bullets did not cause too much damage to the city wall. It is difficult to capture the city if they attack the city now, but the casualties are definitely not small."
Although in terms of equipment, the Jiangning Army, which is equipped with firearms, is already a hot weapon army, Yang Feng would not really think that the Jiangning Army's combat effectiveness is really invincible. You should know that any weapon has its own shortcomings. What's more, although the thermal weapon army has stronger attack capabilities than the cold weapon army, its consumption is much higher than that of the cold weapon army.
Take the current 20,000 Jiangning Army as an example. The artillery shells they carry are only enough to maintain the consumption of the artillery battalion for two days. Once the artillery shells are consumed, the artillery battalion can only stare at me. Therefore, before the subsequent supply arrives, Yang Feng dared not let go of his hands and feet to play artillery fire covering tactics.
Chapter completed!