That night, another counterattack and destruction of the trenches were organized in the city, but with little effect.

On the second day, the city seemed to have resigned itself to its fate, and there was no intention of leaving the city again.

The excavation outside the city was completed by noon, and some mortars originally used to defend the city had been deployed in the widened trench, and the sappers had set up artillery positions about 250 paces from the city wall.

The remaining soldiers continued to dig along the second, widened parallel trench, depending on the effect of the shelling.

On this day, the weather was still good, there was no wind and rain, and the scorching sun was in the sky, which was just right for the decisive battle.

More than a dozen mortars were aimed at the city walls, and more direct copper cannons were being transported along the widened trenches, and once the mortars began to fire, the remaining copper cannons had to take advantage of the chaos to enter the deployed positions and pull the defenders of the city walls into range.

Looking at the height of the sun, Six Fingers glanced at the rest of the people and gave the order to start bombarding.

Gunpowder smoke continued to rise in the trenches, heavy iron bullets continued to fly towards the city walls, and the white smoke shrouded in the firewood and grass piled up in front of the trenches provided cover for the artillery behind to deploy the copper cannons.

"Don't skimp on gunpowder and iron bullets, the more gunpowder is used, the less blood we will shed. If human life is priceless, it is not considered human life, only utilitarian, and gunpowder is always cheap. ”

Six Fingers said that this is the strategic guidance of the siege of Sishang, and it has always been so, whether it is digging trenches or zigzag excavation, everything is based on the first priority of the few dead.

Through the binoculars, the first round of mortar shelling caused the defenders in the city to panic, and a large number of soldiers who should have been deployed in the rear were sent to the front of the city wall and waited for them.

Through the glass of the lens, Six Fingers saw an iron bullet falling from the sky, smashing a city wall, and injuring several people with the splash of rubble.

He shook his head, thinking that this was just the beginning, and the real tragedy would not begin until the copper cannons were unfurled.

Moving the angle of the telescope, I looked at the artillery that was being deployed there on the artillery position, more than sixty brass or bronze guns were adjusting their positions and angles under the impetus of the artillerymen, and several guns at the head of the city also began to suppress and counterattack, but to no avail.

Several iron bullets flew to the chest wall in front of which was piled up with thick soil, and the soft soil absorbed the energy in the iron bullets and could not bounce up.

The artillery, which had already been rehearsed many times, spent about half an hour to deploy the artillery amid the roaring of the artillery.

Six fingers looked at the time, and when the sun was setting, it was about two and a half hours before dark.

He turned around and asked the staff officer beside him: "If there are twice as many people in front now, day and night, will the zigzag trench be able to approach the city wall by tomorrow evening?" ”

The staff officer made a slight calculation and said: "If the city does not counterattack, if our artillery can suppress the city wall, we will definitely be able to approach it by tomorrow evening." ”

Six Fingers nodded, thought about it again, and ordered: "Let the artillery adjust the muzzle, according to the predetermined plan, let the iron bullets bounce on the fortress as much as possible, and kill and injure the enemy." ”

"Let the two brigades that are preparing to dig also go up with shovels and pickaxes, speed up the digging, force the defenders of the city to go up to the city, and make threats to let the artillery kill and wound."

"Staff officers make a plan......"

He pointed to the convex corner of the city defense directly opposite and said, "The plan is that if the enemy cannot withstand the artillery bombardment, we will directly capture that convex corner without digging a third parallel trench." ”

"After the attack, it is necessary to prepare a counterattack, how to build a simple defense inside, and the defensive range of each unit."

"The sooner the better."

The staff officers do not need to ask whether this plan must be implemented, but only need to construct a plan that can be implemented according to the ideas of the six fingers.

The convex corner directly opposite, the hot air balloon has been observed more than ten times, and drawings of various angles have been drawn.

There are loopholes in the defense system of Dangshan City, because this is a transformation of the city, not a special garrison fortress, so there is no double fort inside, only a star-like structure on the outside.

As long as one corner is breached, and a wave of counterattacks can be held, then the entire defense system of the city is completely destroyed.

To make such a plan, it is necessary to consider the number of first battalions to rush up, the size of the cantonment trenches they need, how to break through the last moat of the wall, and the direction of artillery bombardment after the attack, the earthwork required for the simple earthen fortifications for defense, the number of transports, and the maximum number of soldiers that can be deployed.

It's not something the manager needs to think about, he just needs to have a rough idea.

Before evening, the staff officers had already come up with a plan, and the digging speed ahead was about the same as the staff officers had estimated.

Comparing the map, the senior officers of the legion led by Six Fingers looked at the plan and nodded their heads.

The plan was to launch an assault with four companies of grenadiers from the advance battalion, and under the impact, a spacious trench that could accommodate about a thousand men was to be dug and a strike opening that could enter and exit a hundred people at one time.

The defenders were induced to deploy a large number of troops to the convex corners, and the artillery bombardment stopped for two moments, inducing the defenders to mistakenly think that they were going to attack the city, and then endured the artillery bombardment for an hour and then entered the convex corners again.

This was repeated three times, and at about noon, the first camp began to attack the city, and the artillery immediately changed the direction of the attack.

At the same time, during the previous bombardment, the sappers dug trenches for the deployment of the mortars, transported the mortars closer to the city walls, and once the attack began, the mortars bombarded the rear of the lobes over the convex corners.

After the first camp and the city, a brigade of the 1st Division landed in the city, each carrying a bag of sand and soil, and quickly deployed simple fortifications according to the company.

The remaining four brigades of the 1st Division then carried earth and rock, transported upwards, and reinforced the convex fortifications.

Twenty small-caliber, fast-moving, one-pound iron bullets were assembled and some lightweight Huzun cannon hemp rope cannons were assembled, and the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division was followed to the city.

The cavalry was preparing in the opposite direction to prevent the enemy from abandoning the city and fleeing, and the second division was responsible for blocking the reverse.

If the enemy resists stubbornly, they will hold the convex corner, and the sappers will quickly pile up the Yangtuo soil hill under the convex corner, and strive to complete it before noon on the second day, and deploy the artillery on the Yangtuo soil hill next to the convex corner, forming a suppression on both sides, and the infantry will gradually expand the results of the battle.

After reading it, the six fingers clicked on a time and said: "The siege can be delayed for another day, first bombarded with artillery for one day, and then choose to bombard a little more on the second day." There is enough time, no need to rush. ”

"What else do you have to say?"

The representative of the Ink Warrior of the Peiyi Legion said: "I'm still playing the same old tune. Once the plan is made, there can be no mistake in the way that the flags, drums, and heralds are now relied on. Senior officers in each ministry must be on the front line and, on the premise of understanding the intentions of their superiors, make decisions immediately if something unexpected happens. ”

"Overall, according to the plan; In terms of details, the opportunity is adapted. It can't be said that this side of the fort has not yet been captured, and the sappers are stupidly going to dig up the sheep and repair the soil mountain according to the time limit. ”

"It's still the same, the representatives of the ink masters of each ministry are on the front line, and the military commander is responsible for the overall command."

This has always been the rule of the Sishang Yishi, especially under the premise that the means of communication basically rely on shouting, there must be a high-level corps in front to deal with all kinds of emergencies.

When the six fingers were the representatives of the ink warriors of the brigade, they also needed to take the lead in the charge, which was the case more than ten years ago and is still the case today.

It's just that he is now the boss, not the representative of the ink man, and he needs to stay behind to plan the overall situation, and the ink representative of the legion needs to be on the front line, and each has its own division of labor.

Fortunately, the plan itself is linear, not non-linear like going hand in hand, and there is a sequence of steps step by step, and the possibility of accidents is much smaller.

If the camp does not capture the convex corner, there is no need for the infantry of the first division to move on to the next step, and if the convex angle is not controlled, there is no need for the sappers to pile up sheep under the convex corner.

Six Fingers added: "The only thing to pay attention to is the timing of the mortar movement, and the possibility of the enemy fighting back desperately. Since the artillery is in charge, the infantry must cover them. ”

"If there are no problems, and there are no additions, let's vote."

After the vote was passed, the recorder recorded it as a file, and then summoned the brigade-level cadres in the direction of the siege to explain their intentions.

After they understand the intentions, they tell the company the purpose, and the company communicates it to each soldier, so that they know what they should do, and agree on the tasks of each company if something happens.

Of course, there are some details that do not need to be told to every soldier and company-level cadre, such as the interval between the artillery bombardment to induce the defenders to gather in the city.

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On the morning of the second day, the artillery continued to bombard at a frequency that would keep the chamber hot automatically cooled instead of being forced to cool down by oil or water for rapid fire.

In the eyes of the envoys of the vassal states, Dangshan is already like a place where fire and demons are full of fire in those strange stories.

The hard stone that Dangshan specializes in at this time is not as soft as the soil that looks softer.

After hundreds of experiments, more iron bullets flew randomly instead of directly hitting the masonry, so that the iron bullets fired by dozens of copper cannons outside the city flew irregularly on the walls of Dangshan City.

This kind of irregular flying is the most terrifying, and it is also the easiest to destroy the will of the defending side.

The soldiers defending the city never knew where the iron bullets would fly, nor would they ever face the fate of being smashed by the scorching iron bullets flying in a few pounds.