At this time, the battle to defend the capital had officially begun.
Three Mountains Fort.
"put!"
Accompanied by the roar of the gunner, the river-locking cannon at position A of the main fortress fiercely retreated, spraying several feet of flame toward the river.
The 20-pound shells that were discharged at the same time cut through the air with a roar.
On the mighty Yangtze River ahead, chains locking the river have been raised.
One end of these iron chains is connected to Sanshanji, and the other end lacks similar fixings, so they are directly covered with reinforced concrete and poured into the shape of a lying cow. In fact, the skeleton is tied with wrought iron bars and then poured. The giant iron chains are tied to the cow.
Half of the concrete cow is simply buried underground.
It was originally dug and poured.
The final concrete cow is estimated to weigh one million kilograms...
But not much.
It is nothing more than the weight of an eight-story residential building.
Then there is a winch in front for lifting these chains.
This costly defense project allowed Ambassador Yang to digest the moldy banknotes in the warehouse and made great progress in the capital's industry.
So now wrought iron and bamboo reinforcement buildings have begun to appear.
Since the right to self-build houses in the city has been liberalized, a competitive construction wave is taking place inside and outside the capital.
Well, during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, the vast majority of the capital was actually public housing, because the vast majority were military households, and their housing was built and then allocated by the imperial court.
The construction boom caused the banknotes that Yang Feng spread to quickly turn into deposits and tax returns.
Of course, it's not just these iron chains. This is a systematic defense project. To be precise, it is the Dashengguan fortress group, with Sanshan Fort as the front, Dashengguan as the core, and Niushou Mountain and other military camps at the back.
, a whole army of the Beijing camp was stationed outside the outer wall to block the invading enemies from upstream. Now this hugely expensive fortress group began to perform its duties. The king's fleet, blocked by the iron chain locking the river, watched in amazement at the rise of the Sanshan Fort in the crowd.
The smoke rises.
The next moment was the impact of the shell.
The shells, which were enough to penetrate the planks of the Victory, hit a river battleship brutally, and then completely penetrated it in an instant.
Hit it in from the deck and crash out from the other side under the waterline.
This battleship, which was estimated to be only a hundred tons, began to sink before it could fire a single shot.
Then came the roar of more cannonballs. The entire Sanshanji was actually piled up into a two-story bastion of Sanshanji. After all, Sanshanji was not that big in the first place.
The lower bastion was piled on the outside, the upper bastion was piled on the top of the mountain, and the Suojiang cannons were all on the upper level. There was no Zimu Island at this time, and the Yangtze River was just a water surface of less than two kilometers. There were eye-catching buoys on the iron chains. Which one is specific?
The distances of buoys are all numbered, and the corresponding charges, elevations and azimuths are fixed. As long as the enemy warships are blocked on the river, the rest is just a roll call.
Because of the huge power, basically one cannon can hit a ship, and there is no need to hit the second cannon.
"It is simply a dream to think of attacking the capital from the Yangtze River."
In the tunnel of the main castle, Geng Rui looked at this scene and said.
"We should really let the abbot come and see how stupid his order to withdraw to the city was."
The guard of Sanshan Fort said with a smile.
"stupid?"
Geng Rui sneered.
"He's not necessarily stupid."
he said.
In fact, these generals are all sober, and the head of state is not necessarily stupid.
But for Jingying, no matter whether they are nobles or not, they are bound to the princess and they must be loyal to the princess.
It's impossible for them to betray even if they want to.
After all, the junior and middle-ranking officers in the Beijing camp are all Yang Feng's fanatical followers. If they dare to betray the princess, they will be shot to death by the staff within ten minutes. This kind of thing does not need to be thought about.
"But no matter what he wants to do, if the enemy army cannot pass the victory, all efforts will be in vain."
Guard said.
At this time, the enemy troops on the river finally began to fight back.
However, these river warships cannot carry very large artillery. The largest cannon can only be a nine-pound shell. If this thing falls on Sanshan Fort, it is basically equivalent to making people drool. As for those ten thousand-jin giant cannons, they must first occupy a stable position nearby.
Control point, then unload the ship, and then drag it little by little to Sanshan Fort. Moreover, the plan was to bombard the capital city wall, and I never thought about bombing the outer fortresses.
"Let's take a look at the quality of their imperial camp!"
Geng Rui said.
Then he looked south through his binoculars.
The battle there has already begun. If you want to conquer Sanshan Fort, you can only attack this fortress. But to conquer this fortress, you must first win the battle in the field, then block the reinforcements from the rear, and then launch a continuous bombardment with a huge cannon.
, blast open the city wall and then attack with infantry.
So at this moment, in the green rice fields on the river bank, the infantry of both sides marched forward in almost identical formations...
The new army training of the Jianwen Dynasty was of course based on the square formation tactics learned from the Jingying camp.
The progress of the Ming Dynasty's military technology was originally promoted by Yang Feng. This guy spanned more than two hundred years and directly gave them the Spanish phalanx with matchlocks and spears. At this time, relying on the excellent tactical qualities of the Ming army, as well as the commanders
Their rich combat experience quickly allowed them to accept and understand this tactic, thus truly spanning more than two hundred years in one fell swoop.
It is not enough to give them heavy matchlocks.
Weapons are of no use if people are not good enough. Only if people are equally elite and equipped with advanced weapons can combat effectiveness be achieved.
So if we replace all the volunteers with spears and matchlocks and go to the European battlefields of the Thirty Years' War, they can quickly become an invincible legion. But if we equip the elites of the Qing Dynasty with the continuous-fire Mauser 1884, they will still be held single.
The Japanese soldiers beat Lao Murata violently.
But it was impossible for the Ming generals to invent new tactics on their own.
After all, this is the optimal solution that has been refined over time. Unless their weapons can continue to evolve, it will be impossible to invent new tactics.
This is already the best.
They all crawled out of the dead, and they all know what is good.
So now both sides are building square formations upon square formations, and finally they set up a large chessboard formation in the farmland divided by ponds and canals.
The Beijing camp occupying the preset position first bombarded with heavy artillery.
The nine-pound artillery shells whizzing by instantly fell on the advancing imperial camp. The dense formation allowed the shells to fully demonstrate their destructive power. The soldiers wearing half-armor carrying spears or blunderbuss and moving forward under orders were bombarded by shells.
Large pieces fell instantly during the impact. But the rest still moved forward silently. It was obvious that the fighting will of these soldiers was not weak, but the Ming Dynasty at this time was basically like this. There was no such thing as an army that could collapse at the first touch or even be defeated by the wind.
Moreover, Jianwen's imperial camp obviously had a large number of Semu soldiers. In fact, the imperial camp was dominated by Semu. In order to build this 30,000-man army, the Jianwen court drained the entire Semu Qingzhuang of Guangdong and Guangxi, so that now all the Semu guards are left.
The old, weak, women and children.
After all, only Semu can guarantee true loyalty.
Or they have no choice.
Because of the terrain, the cavalry is of little use here. There are rice fields everywhere on the battlefield, and the cavalry cannot run at all, so the Beijing camp did not dispatch the cavalry. They lined up on the flanks of Sanshan Fort, waiting for the enemy to come and then use infantry
Fight together.
Soon, Jianwen's imperial camp arrived on the battlefield amidst the harassment of artillery shells.
As the infantry continued to advance, the field artillery moved forward to occupy suitable gun positions, pushed hard against the shells fired from the opposite side, and then fired back at the opposite side.
The Beijing infantry in formation did not move, but field artillery and heavy artillery continued to bombard.
In the interlacing of artillery shells, the infantry of both sides entered the range of the magic gun, and then quickly opened fire at each other. On the green battlefield shrouded in gunpowder smoke, groups of infantry fired in the same way, turned around to reload, and then moved forward again and returned to the shooting position to fire.
.And the cannons occupying suitable gun positions were also bombarding each other. Even the mortars were set up and then fired explosive shells at each other. Soon rockets also joined the battlefield, and they were also rocket cars. Although the lethality of this thing is meaningless,
After all, it cannot penetrate plate armor, but it is a good thing to disrupt the formation.
In particular, there is a certain incendiary bomb effect, and having this on both sides makes the battle scene very spectacular.
The soldiers pushed rocket launchers one after another, carrying bullets and artillery shells, quickly into the firing range, and then lit the rockets.
The rockets roared out densely and landed on the opponent's formation with a shocking momentum.
Because the fuses cannot be consistent, then many rockets explode directly in the sky.
Below are elite soldiers, who continued to calmly shoot at their opponents amid the smoke and sparks from the explosion.
"This is the new war!"
Geng Rui said with emotion.
"It just looks stupid and doesn't kill as smoothly as it used to."
Guard said.
"Indeed, it looks stupid, but let alone go up and kill like you did in the past, it is difficult for you to even touch the formation. All the magic guns, field artillery, bullets and shells fired during your rush are enough to kill most of the enemy.
Most people were killed on the way. When you rush over by luck, there are countless spears waiting for you. When you want to rush away from the spears, the magic gun is loaded again, and it can penetrate even the best armor a few steps away.
.
We are fighting like this now, and when everyone is equipped with flintlock muskets, we will have to switch to new tactics."
Geng Rui said.
Of course, the flint-hair gun is still too expensive, and the Ming Dynasty has no enemies worthy of using the flint-hair gun. It is already invincible with the divine machine gun, so it is unlikely that it will be replaced within ten years.
"Today we use magical muskets, and in ten years we will replace them with flintlock muskets. Ambassador Yang said that in another ten years, we will use flash cap muskets, and in another ten years, we will use the same bullets as him. In forty years, all reforms will be completed.
Forty years from now we will be like gods in this world, and the whole world will kneel at our feet."
He said with some pride.
Just then...
"Attack on Moling Pass."
an officer suddenly shouted.
Geng Rui and others quickly turned their heads and looked in the direction of Moling Pass.
There is a black smoke in the sky, which is obviously the warning rocket rising from Moling Pass, which is another pass of this defense system.
Moling Pass.
"Kill!"
Jianwen faced the imperial camp commander, Yuguro, howling like crazy.
At this moment, he didn't even wear armor, he was shirtless, holding a saber in both hands, and ran towards the Moling Pass in front. This pass was actually a fortress, but it was smaller, and around Commander Yu
They were thousands of shirtless soldiers like him, holding cleavers in both hands. Almost all of these soldiers were lustful soldiers. While shouting famous slogans, they crashed into the low city wall in front of them as if committing suicide, and then fell into the violent storm.
Flesh and blood spattered from the bullet-like impact.
But they were clearly in a state of control and continued to move forward like crazy with the hatred accumulated by Yang Feng in the past ten years.
They are not fighting for Jianwen at this moment.
But they are fighting for their descendants, for their descendants' right to continue to survive in this paradise-like country.
Death is no longer enough evidence.
After all, death is just the beginning of happiness in another world.
They were like zombies in Resident Evil, ignoring the death around them and continuing to move forward directly over the dead bodies of their companions.
Blood dyed the green beneath their feet red.
Behind them, there were musketeers and field artillery in formation, firing at the city to provide cover for their death charge. Behind these musketeers was Governor Hu's guard of honor, and the attack on Sanshan Fort was only
It's just a cover. The real main target is Moling Pass. If you open this place, you can transport the 10,000-kilogram cannon to Shangfang Gate by water and then blast open the outer wall.
Soon Commander Yu rushed to the front of the bastion.
Then they jumped into the moat as if they were committing suicide. Being familiar with the properties of water, they were protected. They moved forward bravely amid the splash of shotgun shells.
"Open the capital, and the sword will not be sealed for ten days!"
Commander Yu roared.
Then he rushed straight to the bottom of the city, then untied the rope in the water and suddenly threw it upwards.
But at this moment, a head poked out from the city wall, and then he took out an iron bucket and dumped the contents towards him. At the same time, more iron buckets appeared above, and the feathers were poured into it.
The commander watched in astonishment as the contents inside collapsed and then poured into the moat. In the moat, the soldiers under Commander Yu continued to swim to the bottom of the city wall, and even threw ropes upwards. Commander Yu already understood what this was.
He turned around in fear and plunged into the water.
Above him, at first, the guy was holding a torch with a sinister smile on his face, and at the next moment, Yu directed the top of his head to turn red.
Immediately afterwards, the miserable and desperate howls of his soldiers reached his ears like ghost cries due to the obstruction of the water.
He held his breath like crazy and moved forward until he swam out of the fiery red. Then he emerged with lingering fear and looked at the sea of fire under the city wall. In the sea of fire were his men.
Although the vast majority of them reacted quickly and dived underwater like him, the fire burned too fast, and a third of them were still ignited. Although they still knew how to dive despite the pain, there were also many who were unable to hold their breath.
Not as good as him, he had to show his head to breathe before he swam out of the sea of fire. The bodies that were burned by the fire and then soaked in water turned into a terrifying black-red color...
Even if he escaped, he would be dead, and even antibiotics would probably not be able to stop the infection.
But they couldn't escape, because above the sea of fire, countless guns and cannons were already aimed at them.
Accompanied by jets of flames, shotguns and bullets swept through Commander Yu and his soldiers who were celebrating their survival.