"Having said that, this city is not easy to fight at the moment~"
"There are really too many enemy troops gathered, 200,000 people, gathered in such a small city. There is no room for people to stand on the city wall. It will not be easy for us to defeat them."
Huo Ying nodded, took a telescope and looked at the defenders on top of Erzinjan City, but couldn't help but frown.
There are too many people. Two hundred thousand troops defend a city. Relying on the solid city walls and the advantages of defending the city, even if the Ming army is strong, they will probably have to pay a heavy price if they want to take it down.
"Yes, the Ottoman Empire's army is still very powerful in combat effectiveness, and its equipment is also quite good, and its will to fight is also quite strong."
"It would definitely be unwise to fight head-on."
Liao Yuan also nodded and said, after fighting the Ottoman Empire, Liao Yuan also had a new understanding of the Ottoman Empire's ability to sweep across three continents.
The Ottoman Empire's army is indeed powerful, not only in traditional weapons and equipment, such as armor, cold weapons, cavalry, infantry, etc., but also in artillery and muskets. The Ottoman Empire also learned European muskets and artillery technology.
Their artillery is not bad.
If it weren't for the fact that the Ming army was strong enough, they might not have been able to reach the city of Erzinjan so smoothly.
"We are here for revenge, not here to die."
"Of course I won't fight them head-on."
"Today I'm going to let you have a long look at the latest weapons developed by Miyun Iron Factory."
Yang Yun smiled and said very confidently. He was full of confidence in taking over the city in front of him.
"The latest weapon developed?"
When Huo Ying, Liao Yuan and others heard this, they were immediately filled with doubts and asked in unison: "What weapon?"
"You'll find out later!"
Yang Yun smiled very mysteriously, and then ordered to the ordering soldier beside him: "Send the order, fire immediately!"
"Yes~"
As soon as the messenger heard this, he immediately began to convey the order.
"What kind of medicine is inside the gourd?"
Huo Ying and Liao Yuan looked at each other, somewhat confused about what Yang Yun meant, but they still picked up the binoculars and looked at Erzinjan City. It was almost a practice of the Ming army to shell the city before attacking.
No matter what, let's do a bombardment first. It doesn't matter how many people can be killed or wounded. The main thing is to suppress the enemy in terms of momentum.
Soon, Yang Yun's order was conveyed to the artillery position.
On a hillside, five hundred Miyun cannons were neatly arranged, and the artillerymen were constantly calculating design parameters with pens and paper in their hands.
"Wind speed level three~"
"Five thousand steps away~"
"Solid bullets, test fire three rounds!"
As the commander's voice sounded in the artillery position, soon, the artillerymen quickly began to adjust the design angle and fill the ammunition next to the Miyun cannons.
"Fire!"
Along with the waving of the red flag, continuous roars resounded through the sky, billowing white smoke rose into the sky, and shells roared in the sky and fell towards the city of Erzinjan.
"Huh~"
The whirring sound came from far and near. On the city wall of Erzinjan, Ibrahim, the governor of Anatolia, turned his face aside and immediately ordered: "Artillery attack, defense!"
Soon, thick shields were quickly added up and placed directly on the heads of the defenders on the city wall. Many defenders held on tightly.
The Ottomans had already experienced the ferocious artillery of the Ming army, so they also made these thick shields in a targeted manner, which could be used to withstand artillery shells, firearm bullets and bow and arrow arrows.
"Bang~"
Dense cannonballs continued to fall into the city and onto the city walls.
The kinetic energy carried by the artillery shells was so great that it was difficult to defend against such huge inertial artillery shells just by relying on shields. For a moment, the city of Erzinjan was wailing, even though the defenders on the city wall were protected by shields.
However, the shields were still easily shattered by the cannonballs, tearing the people under the shields to pieces, causing blood to flow everywhere and the flesh and blood to be blurred.
However, there are 200,000 defenders here in Erzinjan City. As long as there are casualties, they will be replaced immediately. Sufficient troops and defenders are always maintained on the city wall.
Even at the city gate, knowing that the Ming Dynasty was good at using violent artillery to blow open the city gate, tens of thousands of infantry and archers were deployed at the city gate to guard it tightly and never let the Ming army take advantage of it.
"Dong dong~"
Intense artillery attacks came one after another, and the whistling of artillery shells became the only sound in Erzincan.
The kinetic energy carried by solid bullets is very powerful, but the lethality is really limited. Even though 500 cannons attacked at the same time and thousands of shells fell, the casualties in Erzincan City were also very limited. For an army of 200,000 people,
For the city of Erzinjan, this is just a small fight.
But the fun has just begun.
"Adjust the angle~"
"Replace with bombs!"
Here at the artillery position, after three rapid fire rounds, the artillerymen replaced the explosive shells.
The blooming bomb is a newly developed thing at Miyun Iron Factory. Of course, this is also a new weapon developed at the request and prompts of Liu Jin.
Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, naturally knew that cannonballs could only have terrifying destructive power if they could bloom. The power of cannonballs that only relied on iron pellets to hit people was quite limited.
Therefore, Miyun Iron Works has been asked to develop artillery with a longer range, faster rate of fire, greater power, and higher accuracy. At the same time, it also focuses on research on explosive ammunition.
(Historical explosive bombs first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, they mainly filled the empty iron shell with gunpowder and then detonated it through a delayed fuse. However, this manufacturing process was very backward, and it was very explosive when launched.
It is dangerous because when the artillery is fired, the gunpowder on the artillery must first be ignited, and at that time the gun barrel is larger than the diameter of the shell. After the gunpowder is ignited, it is easy to ignite the fuse of the shell and cause an early explosion, thus causing
own casualties and losses.)
Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, explained the manufacturing principles of later generations of explosive ammunition, adopted modern technology from later generations, researched new time-delay fuses and wooden supports to protect artillery shells, and then developed explosive ammunition that transcended this era.
I saw the artillerymen carefully calculating the time and distance before loading the explosive shells into the barrel.
"Fire!"
Soon, with an order, the red flag waved.
"Dong dong~"
The familiar sound of artillery shelling sounded again, and a hail of bullets formed and roared towards the city of Erzinjan again.
On the city wall of Erzinjan, there are dense defenders everywhere. Thick shields are set up. Every defender is praying silently, praying for better luck and not to be hit by cannonballs.
.
Even though this shield is thick enough, it is still as papery when faced with the powerful inertia of the cannonballs. Some unlucky people were hit directly in front of them, and their flesh and blood were bruised on the spot.
"Huh~"
Another burst of whistling sound of artillery shells came, and every defender couldn't help but become nervous.
A cannonball landed on the city wall with incomparable accuracy. The huge inertia carried by the cannonball tore a shield to pieces on the spot, killing a man directly and falling to the ground.
"call!"
The people around them wiped the foam from their faces and were secretly glad that they had not become unlucky. Then they looked at the motionless shell, and some people couldn't help but kick it with their feet.
But at this moment.
"boom!"
With a loud noise, the motionless cannonball exploded again. The terrifying explosion force directly tore the iron sheet of the package into pieces, forming countless fragments that shot out in all directions.
"Ah~"
Suddenly, miserable screams sounded on the city wall, and the impact of the explosion directly overturned a large area of the surrounding crowd. Countless fragments were fired, easily tearing apart the armor of the surrounding defenders. In the central area,
A dozen of them were killed on the spot, with wounds caused by shell fragments everywhere on their bodies.
The defenders within a few steps around were overturned by the air waves caused by the explosion. Some people fell directly from under the city wall. At the same time, a large number of shell fragments caused horrific damage, and a large area of defenders let out miserable screams.
.
"Boom~Boom~"
Loud noises continued on the city wall, and people were blown away by the explosion. Large areas of people were killed by broken shrapnel. For a moment, the originally orderly city head turned into a shrapnel.
hell.
There were blown pieces everywhere, blood flowed everywhere, corpses were strewn in the field, and painful wails could be heard endlessly.
Not only on the city wall, but also in the city of Erzinjan, as the explosive bombs fell, terrifying explosions continued to sound in the city. Buildings collapsed under the impact of the explosive bombs. Crowds of people gathered everywhere.
, the blooming bomb set off billowing air waves, accompanied by blood and debris constantly rolling.
"What kind of shell is this?"
"The power is so terrifying!"
The Governor of Anatolia was dumbfounded. He looked at the scene in front of him and was in disbelief. The city of Erzinjan in front of him had become a hell of Shuras. Explosive shells kept falling into the city, everywhere.
The place keeps exploding.
And this small city gathered 200,000 defenders. Faced with such a terrible artillery attack, no one knew how many people died in the blink of an eye.
"Flower bomb!"
Outside the city, Huo Ying, Liao Yuan and others, who had been watching with telescopes, saw this scene and couldn't help shouting in surprise.
"Haha, yes, this is the flower bomb~"
"This was sent from our Ming Dynasty capital city all the way through the starry night. The effect is really impressive."
Yang Yun also saw the scene in front of him and couldn't help laughing.
When two hundred thousand defenders gathered in a small city and faced explosive bombs, they were looking for death.