Chapter 636 Bell and Drum Tower (please subscribe)
Although the walls of Yangzhou City were blown down by the Ming Dynasty's heavy artillery, Fei Yanggu was unwilling to accept the fact that Yangzhou City had fallen and still ordered the Qing army to resist to the end.
"kill!"
"Destroy the enemy! Defeat the enemy!"
"..."
The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the Ming army's offensive was like a tide.
A group of Ming troops followed the breach in the Yangzhou city wall and swarmed into Yangzhou city.
In an instant, they collided with the Qing army's blocking force!
Bang! Bang bang!
Collapse! Collapse!
The sound of musketry and the trembling of bowstrings complement each other.
Arrows and lead bullets flew through the air, piercing the air and leaving ripples behind.
The hot air balloon was already floating high in the sky, like the eyes of the Ming army hanging in the sky, monitoring the mobilization of the Qing army in Yangzhou City in detail, and then reported the information.
Make sure your generals have enough intelligence support to make the most correct decision!
With the hot air balloons here, the current Ming army versus the Qing army is almost the same as playing a game with the entire map open.
There is basically no secret about the Qing army's troop mobilization on the Ming side!
After receiving the order, some Ming troops were mobilized and focused on attacking the weak points of the Qing army in order to seek breakthroughs.
Then, they successfully achieved breakthroughs again and again, tearing the Qing army's direction to pieces.
"Attack! Attack!"
Ding Shi commanded the troops to advance forward.
The elite musketeers in the army fired to cover, string grenades were thrown out one after another, and the light field support artillery carried by the army roared from time to time.
In just an instant, the Qing army in front of them was knocked upside down by the shells!
After the Qing army's array was completely destroyed by the Ming army's three axes, it was the turn of the Ming army's heavily armored soldiers to appear.
The Qing army, whose array was destroyed, faced the heavily armed Ming army. There was only one end, and that was to be massacred one-sidedly.
This moment is just like that moment!
At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty relied on its heavy offensive in Manchuria to unilaterally massacre the guardsmen who brutally tortured the Ming Dynasty. The scene was nothing more than this.
Ding Shi took out his saber from the corpse of a Qing army and wiped the blood on the corpse, but the expression on his face did not change.
"Battal Commander, five of our brothers are dead and seven are injured!"
Ding Shi's adjutant came up to report with a sad look on his face.
When Ding Shi heard this, a trace of obvious sadness flashed across his cold face, but this sadness did not last long.
He just nodded and said.
"knew!"
Although the Ming army had the upper hand in the battle in Yangzhou, it was still a fortified battle and a street battle. It was impossible to avoid casualties.
No matter how vulnerable the Qing army was, cold shots and arrows in street battles could still cause considerable casualties to the Ming army.
At this moment, a messenger trotted up to Ding Shi and delivered the order.
"Batalion Commander Ding, the General Staff ordered your troops to mobilize troops to reinforce the Bell and Drum Towers!"
"Participate in the Battle of Bell and Drum Towers!"
After Ding Shi heard this, he suddenly beat his chest with his right hand and performed a military salute.
"Yes, I will finally understand!"
After that, he led his subordinates to the Bell and Drum Tower.
Along the way, many Qing troops tried to hide at street corners or in buildings to sneak attack them.
But without exception, they were all easily solved by the Ming army!
In order to be able to cope with street fighting situations that are very likely to occur in war, the Ming army's recruit camps have conducted special training related to street fighting.
Facing the enemies hiding in the darkness, although the Ming army still could not avoid casualties, its advancement speed was not slow at all.
Those Qing troops were basically powerless to resist the Ming army's offensive!
Boom! Boom!
There was a faint roar of artillery in my ears, some of which were field support artillery carried by the Ming army, but more of which were the heavy artillery positions outside the city.
Visible to the naked eye, heavy artillery shells jumped over the tall city walls and landed in Yangzhou City, where the Qing army was still resisting.
For example, the Bell and Drum Tower, such as the Governor's Mansion!
Cannonballs hit the Qing army's heads mercilessly one after another. The solid shells rolled and rotated, trying to destroy the buildings.
The bomb exploded with a rumble, and the flames mixed with gunpowder smoke spread everywhere.
Together, the fragments and shock waves harvest lives unscrupulously.
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The Bell and Drum Towers were built by Fei Yanggu only after he took office in Yangzhou.
The building materials are the best Sanhe soil!
The main body of the building is very tall, with crenellations and shooting holes on it.
There are observation holes everywhere, and there are semi-bunker-style firepower points everywhere inside and outside the building.
Trenches and many traps were dug around the building.
Such a building is not so much a Bell and Drum Tower as it is a war fortress built in imitation of the fortress of the Ming Dynasty.
It is only because of the bells and drums placed on it that it is used to tell the time, so it is called the Bell and Drum Tower!
A large number of Qing troops, under the command of Fei Yanggu, swarmed into the Bell and Drum Towers, preparing to rely on the Bell and Drum Towers as a fortress to resolutely resist the Ming troops entering Yangzhou City.
The reason why the Qing army dared to resist the Ming army in this way was that the real courage did not come from this Bell and Drum Tower fortress.
It's because after the Ming army entered the city, they couldn't transport heavy artillery into the city for a while!
And the power of shelling through the city wall is not impressive.
In this way, the Qing army had the courage to resist!
Otherwise, if the Ming army's heavy artillery could enter the city, the bell and drum tower fortress in front of them would actually be vulnerable.
The reason why the Ming army insisted on attacking the Bell and Drum Towers at this time was that they did not attack the Governor's Mansion.
That was entirely because Fei Yanggu, the Manchu Qing governor of Liangjiang, was not in the Governor's Palace, but in the Bell and Drum Tower.
Ding Shi looked at the Bell and Drum Tower not far away, his expression gradually becoming heavy.
Such a fortress is very difficult to fight without strong enough fire support.
Looking at the densely packed shooting holes, crenels, trenches, bunkers and other fortifications on the ground, Ding Shi felt a chill in his back.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to take down the fortress in front of them, without enough heavy artillery support, it would really have to use human lives to do so.
After receiving the order, elite Ming troops arrived near the Bell and Drum Tower one after another.
Cai Ming, who was responsible for commanding the Battle of the Bell and Drum Towers, looked at the tall and majestic building in front of him and couldn't help but ask.
"I'm afraid the Bell and Drum Tower is difficult to fight!"
"When will the artillery unit be able to transport heavy artillery into the city?"
The expression on Cai Ming's face was one of obvious confusion.
Without the assistance of heavy artillery, he would not have launched a forceful attack on the Bell and Drum Towers.
Because he knew that in that case, it would be completely filled with human lives!
And the soldiers under his command are all the best among the best, so it would be a pity to lose them here.