Yesterday, the computer suddenly made a loud noise, and then it crashed inexplicably. After restarting, there was no response. I sent it for maintenance and got it back at noon. The reason: there was no problem. They said that the static electricity was not released and caused the startup problem. Anyway, to put it bluntly, there was no problem.【
】.The maintenance staff charged a symbolic five yuan.
Whether it was the Qing army, the Russian army, or even the European army thousands of miles away, the gunpowder used was black gunpowder. Its performance and explosive power were inferior to the yellow gunpowder that Zhao Qiang was familiar with, which was also known as tnt in later generations, but as long as
The weight is enough, and it is easy to blow up a section of the city wall.
After making up his mind to blow up the city wall of Dujigensk, Zhao Qiang immediately asked Liu De to go to various ministries to count the gunpowder reserves and immediately gather them all for the purpose of blowing up the city.
Although Liu De didn't know whether the commander's idea was useful, seeing that the commander was so sure, he dubiously went to the infantry regiment to check the gunpowder situation.
At present, most of the gunpowder of the Guanning Army is in the hands of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, because the gunpowder of the Russian army in Udysk and Tugursk is distributed to the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and all the gunpowder and lead are also in hand.
Gathered in the First Brigade, apart from what had been consumed, the First Brigade still had 460 kilograms of gunpowder. In addition, 320 kilograms of gunpowder were also seized from the besieged Russian troops, plus the Second Infantry Regiment.
The more than 100 kilograms brought from Ertuna City totaled 870 kilograms of gunpowder.
Of the 870 kilograms of gunpowder, except for leaving 170 kilograms for the first battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment to sustain a battle, the remaining 700 kilograms were collected. The generals were very disappointed that the commander wanted so much gunpowder.
They were very curious about everything they did. After listening to Liu De explain the commander's intentions, the generals fell silent, with doubts on everyone's faces.
Qi Zhuang, He Manchuan, Ma Long and other thousands of families were all from the old Wu Army. Although they knew that artillery was powerful when they were in the Wu Army, they had never seen the army use gunpowder to bomb the city. Most of them used artillery to bombard the city walls.
For example, the Qing army also used this method to destroy the city wall, but now Zhao Qiang wants to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall. This is something that no one has ever heard of before, and it is beyond their cognitive scope, so everyone subconsciously feels that this method is probably
Inappropriate, or unlikely to achieve the purpose.
"Commander, is this really feasible?"
General Qi Zhuang asked doubtfully. After all, no one had done this or seen it before. They had no idea whether the gunpowder could blow up the Rakshasa city wall at once.
Zhao Qiang nodded affirmatively: "Yes!" Zhao Qiang was still very confident. There was a precedent for using gunpowder to blow up a city. Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty had done a lot, so he had no idea how to use 700 kilograms of gunpowder to blow up a section of the city.
The walls of Gijgensk are very reliable.
He Manchuan did not speak. He stared at the gunpowder in the big jar in front of him for a long time before shaking his head. He stood up and said to Zhao Qiang with some worry: "But Commander, how can we keep so much gunpowder under the walls of the Rakshasa people?"
, if it is transported by manpower, it is afraid that if it cannot reach the place, it will be bombarded by Rakshasa people or shot by their fire muskets. Wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"
What He Manchuan said made the generals discuss it. The power of such a large amount of gunpowder piled together is amazing, but even if it can blow up the Rakshasa people's city wall, who can guarantee that the gunpowder will not be hit by the Rakshasa people during the transportation process.
This thing is no joke. It will explode when it hits a spark. If it explodes before it reaches the city wall, it will really cost your wife and your troops.
"Who said it would be transported under the eyes of the Rakshasa people?"
He Manchuan's worries made Zhao Qiang chuckle, and motioned his men to go to the trench dug by the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and then said to He Manchuan: "I'll give you one day, can you dig another trench to the bottom of the city wall?"
"this?…"
He Manchuan scratched his head and was confused. He didn't know why Zhao Qiang asked him to dig another trench. When he was confused, he saw a few soldiers looming in the trench, and he suddenly understood what the commander meant.
The commander wanted to use these trenches to transport the gunpowder to the city wall under the eyes of the Rakshasa people. This method is feasible, but the distance to the city wall is still nearly two miles, and it takes a day to cover the distance of nearly a thousand steps.
I'm afraid it would be difficult to dig a trench for people to walk on. There was too little time in one day, and He Manchuan didn't dare to accept it easily, so he hesitated.
Seeing He Manchuan's hesitation, Zhao Qiang said without doubt: "Just one day, you have to do it even if you can't do it!" He turned to Qi Zhuang and the others and said directly: "I'm afraid you all know that our army does not have much food and grass, so we must do it within three days.
Take Dujigensk, otherwise we have to retreat. The success or failure depends on whether we can blow up the Rakshasa people's city wall, and whether we can blow up the Rakshasa people's city wall depends on the 3rd Infantry Regiment." At this point, he squinted his eyes.
He glanced at Congratulations Manchuan, and after hearing this, everyone also congratulated Manchuan.
He Manchuan was stared at by Zhao Qiang and everyone, and he heard that success or failure depended on him. He immediately became concerned and said loudly: "Don't worry, Commander, I will do it now. If the ditch has not been dug by this time tomorrow,
The commander-in-chief will take the head of the last general!" After saying that, he walked down the slope without looking back.
"Commander, my subordinates have something to report to the commander."
When everyone was following He Manchuan away, Liu De took two steps forward and said something joyful.
Zhao Qiang was thinking about blowing up the city, so he asked casually, "What's the matter?"
Liu De raised his eyebrows and said happily: "Our army captured a Rakshasa official!"
"Rakshasa officer?"
Zhao Qiang was still absent-minded. It was not that the Russian officers had not been arrested before. They were just some city guard musketeers and the like. It was no big deal. They were just minor characters. Therefore, Zhao Qiang did not think much about the newly captured Rakshasa official. He just regarded it as another one.
Some kind of Russian military officer like a musketeer captain. Liu De didn't even look at him: "What officer?"
Seeing that the commander was not concerned about this, Liu De immediately wanted to surprise the commander. He glanced at Qi Zhuang, Ma Long and other officers with a smile, and then said excitedly: "According to the prisoner's confession, this person is a Rakshasa in Nepal."
The governor of Buchu, Vla... Vlasov!"
"Governor Nerchinsk?!"
After listening to Liu De's words, Zhao Qiang seemed to be frozen. He stood there motionless. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He couldn't believe his ears. He grabbed Liu De's shoulders and said overjoyed: "
Is this really Governor Nerchinsk? Are you correct?"
Liu De was also happy to see the marshal so excited. He didn't care at all that the marshal pinched him a little. He couldn't help but nodded: "It's the Governor of Nerchinsk, my subordinate confirmed it wrong!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Qiang had already let go of Liu De and walked forward: "Where is it? Take me there quickly!"