The purpose of the soldiers from the Song Dynasty was to capture Sun Ren, the garrison of Jiangyin, and then use him as a hostage to seize the Jiangyin Fortress, and then cut off the Yangtze River waterway, causing a confrontation between the Ming court and the Song Dynasty. At this moment, they were rushing towards Sun Ren on canal boats.
Sun Ren was on the warship, but the warship was trapped in the middle of the river and could not move at all. Sun Ren ordered the crossbows on the fortress to shoot for cover while escaping for his life under the protection of his own soldiers.
Jiangyin Fortress is one of several important river defense fortresses on the Yangtze River. It is equipped with dozens of large-scale steam repeating crossbows purchased from the Liguo Iron Works. This type of repeating crossbow is specially used for river defense. The crossbow arrows used have sharp iron rods and have the ability to ignite fire.
The weapon is a sharp weapon for attacking ships, but the continuous crossbow needs steam to drive it. The stove is not boiling at all. Where can the steam come from? Even if there is enough steam, they dare not open fire. Now the river is full of water boats.
The soldiers on the fortress did not dare to use their repeating crossbows at will. How many ships would sink to the bottom if such a wave of arrows rained down? If the ordinary people's ships sank, they would also sink. But who dares to bear the responsibility for blocking the waterway due to sunken ships?
And able to take responsibility.
After a moment's hesitation, the Tibetan soldiers came over and cut off Sun Ren's way back to the fortress. When the deputy general saw that Sun was trapped, he quickly asked the soldiers to use ordinary bows and crossbows to cover him. The Yangtze River waterway is so wide that ordinary human-powered bows and arrows cannot threaten him.
When the Tibetan soldiers arrived, just as they were about to capture Sun Ren, several inconspicuous canal boats suddenly lifted their tarpaulins, and armed soldiers jumped out from them, catching the Tibetan soldiers by surprise.
These ships arrived later, and because of their small size, they were like loaches and had penetrated everywhere unknowingly. Now that the soldiers hiding in the cabins came out to kill them, it was indeed a bit unexpected.
These Cheng Yaojin who broke out on the way were the officers and soldiers of the Shanghai Navy led by Wen Getao. Although their combat effectiveness was not very strong, they were a new force after all, much better than the Tibetan soldiers who had been holding back in the cabin for three days and three nights.
The physical strength was much stronger, which offset part of the disadvantage in numbers. After two battles, blood and flesh flew everywhere. The Tibetan soldiers were desperate to survive, and the navy officers and soldiers were committing meritorious deeds. They fought with swords and guns, and the sound of killing was loud.
The water surface of the Yangtze River suddenly became a Shura hell.
Wen Getao rushed to the front brandishing a serrated knife. The blade of this steel knife had a row of staggered serrations. It was used to chop people and even cut with a band saw. It was a bit sharper than ordinary steel knives. Those thin and small
The Tibetan soldiers were cut into two pieces in just one move in front of him. Blood flew everywhere and heads rolled around. For a time, the Ming army was full of momentum.
The fighting will of the Youth League of the Song Dynasty is indeed admirable. The young officers took the lead and charged forward, relying on their numerical advantage to gradually suppress the navy officers and soldiers. The cargo transported by the ships was complex and became a weapon in the war.
Soybeans were scattered on the ship's deck, and the Ming soldiers wearing shoes frequently slipped and fell. On the contrary, the barefoot Fan soldiers were not affected and took the opportunity to kill a large number of Ming soldiers. The transported pigs escaped from the cages and ran around the ship, making a mess.
There were only more than thirty soldiers around Sun Ren, and he was killed by Song soldiers in no time. The garrison was captured without any help. The Tibetan soldiers used him as a hostage to force the Ming army to drop their weapons. Who knew that this Ming army was not a soldier of Jiangyin Fortress?
, regardless of Sun Ren's life or death, they continued to fight. At the critical moment, Wen Jun personally went into battle and led an elite team of soldiers to resist Wen Getao. The rest of the Tibetan soldiers took the opportunity to defeat the Ming army in one go.
Although Wen Getao was brave, he could not save the defeat by himself. After rushing from left to right, there were no soldiers left around him. He was also stabbed several times and was bleeding profusely. Faced with the siege of more than a dozen masters, Wen Getao
Unable to hold up the waves, he turned back and jumped into the water, disappearing into the narrow gap between the boats.
There are not many left of the thousand men and horses brought by Wen Getao. These people can only fight with the wind. After the previous vigor has been consumed, they have no morale anymore. Their chance of escaping is far better than their ability to fight.
He slipped into the water of the Yangtze River and escaped. The blocked ships on the Yangtze River also dispersed at this moment. The ships, whether they were coming from the east or the west, were so frightened that they turned back the way they came. They were trapped in the middle of the river among the boats.
A huge gap opened up, and the steam boiler of Jiangyin Fortress was on fire. Seeing that the Tibetan soldiers were about to attack them, the fortress defenders had no choice but to use their steam repeating crossbows. The powerful crossbow handles were wearing life jackets.
The Tibetan soldiers were torn into orange-red pieces, and several cannon boats leaked arrows and sank to the bottom of the river. Under the command of the officers, the Tibetan soldiers rushed towards the fortress quickly, ignoring the crossbow arrows fired in the face. An officer raised his hand
Wearing a sword and shouting: "The Green Army will charge, charge!" In the blink of an eye, he was shot by a giant crossbow, and everyone was reduced to minced meat. The sword in his hand was still pointing at Jiangyin Fortress.
The fanaticism of the Qingjunhui and the ignorance of the Tibetan soldiers formed the best fighting combination. They quickly formed a fighting group and rushed to the river on a canoe, directly climbing up the steep wall of the fortress. These natives were very good at climbing.
Climbing a rock with bare hands is like walking on flat ground. There is no need for rope ladders at all. The military equipment on the fortress has been neglected for a long time. The accuracy of bows and arrows is very poor. Coupled with the cover of the Tibetan soldiers on the water, it is impossible to form a decent combat effectiveness. Even so.
, the casualties caused to the Tibetan soldiers were still huge. The river cliffs were already stained with blood. The red waves were crashing on the shore. The corpses of the Tibetan soldiers floating on the water were shocking. Wen Jun personally went to the front line and hid in the blind spot of the shooting.
Commanded the battle. Under his supervision, the Tibetan soldiers finally climbed to the top of the fortress. After a brief battle, the top of the city fell. The Tibetan soldiers climbed up the fortress one after another. Countless ladders were thrown down, and more troops from the Song Dynasty climbed up.
At the fortress, the bright flag finally fell, and a blue military flag of the Song Dynasty was firmly planted on the highest point of the fortress.
Wen Jun, surrounded by his generals, also boarded the Jiangyin Fortress. His first order was to sink all the river ships and block the Yangtze River waterway. The crossbowmen who had no time to escape were forced to attack the unruly people in the river under the threat of swords.
The ships fired rockets, and the unmanned ships whose owners were killed became the best targets. The cloth and grain loaded were all things that were easily ignited. Under the attack of the rockets, the Yangtze River suddenly ignited with balls of fire. Looking at those
As the ship gradually sank into the water, the officers of the Qingjunhui cheered, but Wen Jun sighed softly, because he knew that the most difficult enemy to deal with was about to arrive.
Liu Ziguang personally led the airship troops to come. He stood in the airship cabin and looked at the land. He saw the land south of the Yangtze River, beautiful mountains and beautiful waters, beautiful fields and fertile soil, with mountains and rivers facing each other, villages and ruins touching each other, and willows blooming on the banks. The people here have not suffered from war for a long time.
It was only through the poison that the rich and fertile land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River was formed. This was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and the granary of the Han people. Wen Jun tried to spread the war to the south of the Yangtze River, which Liu Ziguang would never tolerate.
The airship headed west along the Yangtze River. It was still dozens of miles away from Jiangyin when it saw plumes of thick smoke rising into the sky. "Wen Getao and the others have been defeated." Liu Ziguang put down his telescope and said.
"Yes." The person driving the airship next to him was Kuori Dubu. This Rakshasa man didn't talk much. He only liked to say yes or no. Liu Ziguang stopped saying more when he saw that no one answered his words. In fact, everyone understood that Wen Getao
The troops are just cannon fodder. It would be best if they can capture Wen Jun's men. If they can't capture Wen Jun's men, it would be no pity. They are not trustworthy troops anyway, so they will be destroyed as soon as possible.
"Get ready to fight. Jiangyin Fortress has also fallen."
Liu Ziguang had already seen the blue flag of the Brigade Song Dynasty flying at the top of the fortress through the telescope. He did not expect that Wen Jun's troops were so powerful in combat. They were completely different from the performance on the streets of Shanghai a few days ago. They were clearly two troops.
The powered parafoils on the airship were first released to carry out the first round of strike missions. Two-quarters of an hour later, thick smoke billowed from the Jiangyin Fortress in the distance. According to the report of the parafoils returning after dropping the bombs, the Jiangyin Fortress had indeed been destroyed.
The troops from the Song Dynasty occupied it, and now they are using the fortress's continuous crossbows to blockade the Yangtze River.
The small bombs on the parafoils alone could not cause serious damage to the fortress, so Liu Ziguang decided to let the airship drive over and bombard the fortress with heavy bombs.
Jiangyin Fortress was facing collapse. Just after occupying the fortress, it was attacked by more than a dozen parafoil bombs. Although the small bombs did not kill a few people, they ignited some wooden buildings and caused extreme damage to the native soldiers.
A huge psychological blow. These soldiers who grew up in the jungles of Southeast Asia are not afraid of death or bloodshed, but they are very afraid of things beyond their psychological endurance, so much so that they lose their combat effectiveness, and they run around holding their heads in fear.
When the huge airship arrived over the Jiangyin Fortress, the Tibetan soldiers' fear reached its peak. They knelt on the ground and worshiped, muttering words to themselves and refusing to get up despite being beaten and scolded by the officers.
The officers of the Qingjunhui used crossbows to shoot at the airships high above, but the arrows shot upward could not reach that height at all. The fortress's steam repeating crossbows did have this range, but the crossbows were fixed inside the castle, facing the Yangtze River.
On the side, it was impossible to shoot into the air at all. The sparse arrows could not even touch the hair of the airship. As if in response, the bomb rack under the airship began to move, and each heavy bomb fell with a long whistle.
Among the native soldiers, the iron-riveted cylindrical bombs were filled with bullets and iron nails. The huge lethality was shocking. First, the bombs fell to the ground and smashed people to pieces, and then exploded.
The air waves lifted the soldiers into the air, and the fragments of the iron shell and the iron nails inside left the bodies in the air full of holes. The entire fortress instantly turned into a terrifying hell.
After a round of attacks, the Jiangyin Fortress had turned into a red fortress, dyed red by the flesh and blood of the Tibetan soldiers.