After destroying the battlements on the city wall, Li Zhi moved the manhole railing up. The soldiers pushed the wheels of the manhole railing and pushed the manhole railing a hundred meters away from the city wall.
When the Tatars guarding the city saw the manhole fence coming up, they knew that the city wall would be captured by the Huben Division if they didn't fight back, so they rushed forward. More than two hundred unwilling Tatar auxiliary soldiers rushed up to the city wall and tried to shoot arrows. But once
The distance of a hundred meters is too far for the Tatars' arrows to shoot. And they who rushed to the city wall to shoot arrows were undoubtedly the best targets for the riflemen a hundred meters away.
The Tatars originally came up to shoot arrows just to scare away Master Huben's manhole fence, but they did not expect that Master Huben's fire blunderbuss had such a long range. They failed to scare them away, but lost their lives.
Only a crackling sound of gunfire was heard. The riflemen on the well fence aimed at the Tatar archers and fired. Hundreds of riflemen took turns to shoot, and hundreds of bullets were fired rapidly towards the city wall.
Entered the bodies of the Tatars. Most of the Tatars who defended the city were auxiliary soldiers. They did not wear armor and could not protect themselves from the bullets of the Tiger Infantry Division. The skin of the Tatars was torn open by the bullets, and their fragile body organs were damaged.
It turned into a ball of blood, and two hundred Tatars fell one after another on the uncovered city wall, turning into bleeding corpses.
Only about thirty Tatars were alive and were not hit by the riflemen who fired in turns. They jumped off the city wall in a panic and saved their lives.
The Tatars no longer dared to walk up the southern city wall. The southern wall of Tunbao had been completely suppressed by the Huben Division.
The soldiers of Huben Division gradually filled up the trap holes outside the city, and the manhole railing moved closer to the city wall little by little. The manhole railing was eight meters high, which was higher than the city wall that was more than five meters. After the manhole railing was close to the city wall,
The riflemen on the well railing could shoot at the Tatar soldiers behind the city wall. As the well railing moved up little by little, the soldiers on the well railing kept shooting at the Tatar auxiliary soldiers hiding behind the city wall.
Now that the manholes are high up and shooting from a high position, even behind the city wall is no longer safe. The Tatars can only hide behind the buildings in the fort, and rush out from time to time to shoot one or two arrows.
But compared with rifles that have a hit rate of 80% or 90% within 70 meters, their bows are much less accurate. Moreover, there are wooden guardrails above and below the shooting openings on the manholes. Unless the Tatar bows and arrows are accurately shot,
Otherwise, the soldiers on the well railing would not be harmed at all. After a few minutes of shooting, only a few of the soldiers on the well railing were shot by Tatar bows and arrows, but more than a hundred Tatar auxiliary soldiers who resisted were killed.
But there are still more than two hundred Tatar infantry standing close to the base of the city wall, unwilling to leave and insisting on guarding the south wall. The morale of these Tatar infantry is very tenacious. At this time, they are blocked by the city wall and are at the well railing.
They were in a blind spot and the riflemen on the well fence couldn't do anything to them.
To deal with these Tatar infantry who were determined to retreat, they could only rely on hand-to-hand combat. The two thousand cavalrymen of the Selected Front Regiment, armed with muskets, jumped off their horses, loaded their muskets, and walked towards the city wall carrying ladders. They calmly took down the
The ladder was placed on the city wall, stabilized, and then waited for the trumpet sound of the Chinese army.
Li Zhi waited for all the 200 ladders of the Selection Regiment to be placed before letting the Chinese army blow the horn. Under the command of the horn sound, the two thousand cavalry of the Selection Regiment launched an attack at the same time and took the lead in charging up the city wall. As soon as they climbed up the city wall
, they held muskets and aimed them at the stone steps up and down the city wall in the fort.
Sure enough, when I saw the soldiers of the Tiger Division here climbing up the city wall, the Tatar infantry standing at the foot of the wall howled and rushed up to the city wall.
Not only that, the Tatar auxiliary soldiers hiding on the east and west walls of Tunbao also started to make a noise, howling and rushing towards the south wall, trying to drive down the soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment who had attacked the wall.
The Tatar archers hiding behind the buildings also jumped out and shot arrows at the city wall.
Although most of the Tatars who defended the city were auxiliary soldiers, they had defeated many Ming armies with the large army over the years, and they had a condescending sense of superiority towards the Ming army. At this time, although the south city wall was suppressed by the well railing, although the Ming army
The firepower of the Ming army was unbelievably strong, but they still did not think that the Ming army could defeat them. They still had the morale to attack the Ming army that attacked the southern city wall.
However, the cavalrymen of the Selection Regiment were not vegetarians. They held muskets and opened fire at the Tatars who were charging up the stone steps. There were only four stone steps leading up to the 250-meter-long south city wall. This stone
The steps are only more than two meters wide, and only three people can pass at a time. The Tatars walking on these two stone steps became the best targets for their muskets. The soldiers of the Selective Front Regiment who climbed up the city wall opened fire on the stone steps, killing a thousand
Multiple muskets were fired one after another, turning the Tatar infantry who rushed up the stone steps into a hornet's nest.
The Tatar infantry howled and rushed up the stone steps and was beaten to death. Then the ones behind rushed up and were beaten to death again. They charged again and were beaten to death again. They got scared, ran away, and were beaten to death again. Finally, Shi
There were three or four layers of corpses piled up inside and outside the steps. More than two hundred Tatar infantrymen hiding behind the blind corners of the city wall were all killed.
As for the Tatar auxiliary troops who rushed over from the east and west city walls, the selection of the vanguard was left to the riflemen on the well fence. The width of the city wall was very narrow, only more than three meters wide.
, five people. More than 200 rifles on the eight manholes outside the city wall aimed at the narrow three-meter-long area and poured ammunition, beating the Tatar auxiliary soldiers rushing in front into a sieve again and again.
The Tatars who were hiding behind the buildings under the city wall saw the vanguard group rushing up the city wall and tried to jump out to shoot arrows. But the riflemen on the well fence had been waiting for them to come out. Often when the Tatars showed up, they would be shot several times.
The rifles were aimed and fired. After several rounds of fighting, the Tatars' bows and arrows were greatly at a disadvantage.
Moreover, the vanguard team were wearing chainmail armor, and the bows and arrows fired from under the city wall could not hurt them unless they hit their vital points.
The bows of the auxiliary soldiers of the Qing army were not strong bows, and their armor-piercing ability was very low. Unless the soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment were shot in the face or vital parts, they would not be seriously injured. After two or three rounds of shooting, the Tatar finally managed to shoot
They defeated more than twenty soldiers of the Selection Regiment, but were killed and wounded more than a hundred archers. At this time, the soldiers of the Selection Regiment on the city wall also put away their muskets and raised the rifles on their backs.
The buildings under the city. The Tatar archers were targeted by thousands of rifles and no longer dared to come out and shoot arrows.
Although the morale of the Tatars was high, their counterattack was repulsed by the soldiers of the Huben Division.
The Tatars were hit hard and felt incredible. Where did this Ming army come from? How come they are so powerful in combat?
The leader of the Tatars in the camp was Jia Lazhangjing. He was standing on the north city wall and was shocked to see his soldiers die one by one under the handguns of the Ming army. He was filled with disbelief. This
How come the Ming Army has so many cannons and cannons? How can the Ming Army have such strong combat effectiveness? Is this still the Ming Army?
