Chapter 441: Shelling
"Boom ......"
What does it look like when hundreds of guns fire at the same time? I'm afraid that many people will never have the opportunity to see it in their lifetime, but today the thousands of Qing troops defending the city on Jinzhou City have seen it, because it is hundreds of artillery guns firing at the same time, so that it sounds like there is only one sound, but the movement of this sound is really loud, even the Qing army at the head of Jinzhou City two miles away only felt that the city wall under their feet shook slightly, and then there was a muffled sound in the distance, and a thick white smoke rose into the air at the same time.
"Quick...... Hide from ...... Everyone, hide! "There were many screams and desperate roars of officers from the city walls.
The Qing army is no stranger to the Jiangning army, with the battles fought one after another, even the lowest auxiliary soldiers and coats know that the Jiangning army firearms are the most to get, in several major battles with the Jiangning army, the Qing army has suffered countless hardships, and there have been countless people with bloody facts to tell them, no matter how brave and invincible or even the warrior who can lift the peak, you must run as far as you can in the face of flying projectiles or lead bullets, otherwise what awaits you will be the end of broken bones.
In fact, there is no need for the officers to say more, the infantry armor, vests and even auxiliary soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner that had fought with the Jiangning Army had all hid in the battlements and even any place where they could dodge the shells before the Jiangning Army opened fire, or how to say that the battlefield is the place where people can grow up quickly, after a few major battles, even the people who despised firearms the most in the past will subconsciously find a place to hide when they see the Jiangning Army's artillery or firearms. It has nothing to do with being brave or not, it is purely a knee-jerk reflection of human beings in the face of danger.
In less than three seconds, hundreds of flowering bombs flying at a speed of more than 400 meters per second flew to their destination, and these flowering bombs either flew over the city wall and landed on the buildings behind the city wall, or landed in front of the city wall, but more accurately hit the high city wall of Shengjing.
"Boom...... Boom Boom Boom ......"
One after another exploded at the same time, driven by the explosive power of hundreds of grams of black explosives, countless shrapnel and iron beads were sprayed in all directions at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and many Qing soldiers who had no time to find cover or did not hide well were instantly pierced through their fragile bodies by the shrapnel and iron pellets flying everywhere.
A foot soldier who was hiding behind the battlement and thought he was safe suddenly heard a dull sound of a heavy object falling from behind him, he immediately turned his head to look back, just in time to see a fist-sized iron pellet rolling behind him from behind, before he could react, he saw a burst of orange-red light suddenly flashing in front of him, and then the whole person was wrapped in gunsmoke,
When the smoke cleared, there were two more pieces of rotten meat that had been blown up in the place where the Qing soldier had been hiding. Yes, just two pieces of rotten flesh that had been blown up so that no one or a living object could have escaped in such a close explosion.
Before the Jiangning army opened fire, Hauge had been half-embraced and half-framed by several Goshha and more than a dozen officers and came down the city wall to the hidden soldier cave below. Haoge, who was hiding in the hiding cave, listened to the huge explosions above his head and the vibrations under his feet, Rao was not the first time he had fought with the Jiangning army, but at this moment he was still enveloped by a feeling of powerlessness and despair.
Haoge is a person with a rough personality who advocates bravery, and he is famous for his bravery when he is young, and he is deeply loved by his father Huang Taiji. Since he was a child, Hauge has always believed that with the long knife in his hand and the war horse under his crotch, he can conquer everything he sees, but this belief was broken after meeting Jiang Ningjun.
In the battle outside Jinzhou City in the weather for six years, Haoge witnessed the Manchurian warriors who were considered to be the bravest in the world in the past fall in front of the guns of the Jiangning army, and countless former famous Baturu held high swords and charged towards the phalanx of the Jiangning army, and then fell one by one with hatred under the lead shells that he looked down on in the past, in that battle, even his grandfather Nurhachi was seriously injured by several thousands of enemies, and finally died of serious injuries and hatred. Since then, Hauge has been skeptical of his previous beliefs: can his personal bravery really withstand lead bullets and artillery?
Just last year, Hauge and Dabel Daishan and others conquered the Mongolian Zarut Division, and in this battle, Haoge performed very prominently, personally killing the brave general Bel Ezhaitu of the Zalut Division. Huang Taiji was overjoyed when he learned about it, and immediately ordered him to be promoted to Dorobelle, and it was in this battle that Hauge regained his former confidence, and he tried to tell himself that his strong bow and long knife were not outdated, and that he could still rely on them to conquer the world, but this confidence that he had finally regained was broken today by the familiar sound of cannons.
However, this negative state did not last long, and Hauge quickly cheered himself up: "No...... I can't be negative anymore, the safety of hundreds of thousands of bannermen in Shengjing City is all pinned on me, I can't be so negative, no matter how powerful the artillery fire of the Jiangning Army is, it's a big deal to give this more than 100 catties here. ”
He turned his head to Du Du next to him and said: "You immediately send someone to inform all the princes' mansions, and ask them to gather the cloth, subordinates, and men over the age of sixteen and under fifty in the palace, and organize them to carry things and go up to the city wall to defend the city. ”
The officers of the blue flag next to them were shocked when they heard this, Huang Taiji took away most of the young people in the city when he went out to fight, and now Haoge will gather the remaining old and weak to fight on the city wall, it is easy to offend people, and when Huang Taiji leads the army back, someone will make a fuss about it.
A Jia Lazhangjing couldn't help but say: "Big brother, the young and powerful capitals in Shengjing City have all gone on an expedition, and the rest are almost all old, weak, sick and disabled, if we recruit them to go to the city wall to defend the city, the casualties will definitely be very serious, and I am afraid that they will be criticized in the future." ”
Hauge sneered: "Criticized? Do you think that if Shengjing City is breached, these old, weak, sick and disabled people will be able to save their lives? At that time, even if you want to be "criticized", I'm afraid you won't be able to criticize it, right? ”
"Not bad!" Du Du also agreed: "The Han people have an old saying, there are eggs under the nest, if Shengjing City is broken, all of us will not survive, if we are still afraid of being criticized, then we simply don't do anything, just wait for the Jiang Ning army to enter the city to slaughter all of us, don't you forget, what is the favorite thing for the Jiang Ning army to do?" ”
Hearing this, the officers remembered that the Jiangning Army was famous for relying on the Jingguan, but over the years, due to the prestige of the Jiangning Army, many people gradually forgot about it intentionally or unintentionally, and now they were reminded by Du Du, and everyone remembered that with Yang Feng's hatred for the Manchurians, if Shengjing City was breached, those women might be able to avoid death, but adult men would definitely not be spared, even if Yang Feng was merciful and surrounded their lives, But the best fate for these people is to spend the rest of their lives in a mine.
Thinking of the fate of the city's destruction, the eyes of the officers with blue flags were red, no one would say anything about heavy casualties now, if Jiang Ningjun came in, they wouldn't even be able to keep their wives and children, who would care if those old, weak, sick and disabled were killed and injured. Soon, several officers took the order, and for a time the whole Sheng Kyoto began to jump up.
At the same time, Yang Feng outside Shengjing City was sitting in a special carriage, looking at the signal from the drone from the monitor, sometimes frowning slightly and sometimes smiling and nodding, no one knew what he was thinking, and next to him, the line girl was carefully controlling the drone in the sky hundreds of meters above the head of Shengjing City, Zheng Tuniang was holding a pen and paper and kept writing and drawing, and from time to time picked up the walkie-talkie in his hand to say something.
About half an hour later, when he heard the sound of artillery outside gradually slowing down, Yang Feng said to Zheng Tuoniang: "Okay, let the artillery battalion stop the shelling and rest for an hour!" ”
"Understood!"
Zheng Toniang quickly picked up the walkie-talkie to inform the people in the artillery battalion.
Yang Feng got out of the carriage and came to the big formation, and Geng Bingyi, who was the commander of the former enemy, quickly walked over and said in an excited tone: "Master Hou, after the shelling just now, the casualties of the Tartars must be not small, and the last general thinks that we can launch a tentative attack." ”
Yang Feng shook his head: "No, now is not the time to attack the city, our shelling just now actually did not achieve the expected effect, most of those Tartars have hidden under the city wall, I just looked at it, our artillery bombardment at best only caused hundreds of casualties to the Tartars, and the city walls of the Tartars are made ruthlessly strong, and the flowering bombs did not cause much damage to the city walls, it is difficult to capture the city if you attack the city now, but this casualty is definitely not small." ”
Although in terms of equipment, the Jiangning Army, which is all equipped with firearms, is already a hot weapon army, but Yang Feng does not really think that the combat effectiveness of the Jiangning Army has really been invincible all over the world, you must know that any weapon has its own shortcomings, not to mention that although the power of the hot weapon unit is stronger than that of the cold weapon force, its consumption degree is much higher than that of the cold weapon force.
Take the current 20,000 Jiangning Army as an example, the shells they carry are only enough to maintain the consumption of the artillery battalion for two days at most, and once the shells are consumed, the artillery battalion can only stare dryly, so Yang Feng does not dare to let go of his hands and feet to play artillery covering tactics before the follow-up supplies arrive.
What's more important is that Yang Feng made such a big move in Shengjing, Huang Taiji must have known the news that his lair was surrounded, as long as Huang Taiji's brain has not entered the water, he will definitely gallop back in the starry night, if he waits until the arrival of the 80,000 troops led by Huang Taiji, including the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mengba Banner, Yang Feng will face the danger of being attacked from both sides, and in this case, Yang Feng will not dare to risk heavy casualties to attack the city.