Chapter 346: Street Fighting in the North Sea

Obviously, the tactics adopted by the Ming army were to use the superiority in weapons to suppress the Qing-Russian coalition forces. The Ming army attacked in front with the Mongol samurai with swordsmen, and the Ming swordsmen used grenades and pistols to suppress the enemies hiding in the house, and then let the Mongols rush in and slash and kill. After capturing a building, decide whether or not to settle a sniper according to the requirements of the terrain.

The houses that had just been conquered by the Ming army were from a vantage point in the block, so after the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces conquered these buildings, they let snipers enter the houses.

Condescendingly, you can look around the rooftops, and the snipers who climb up to the roofs pick up Minnie sniper rifles and keep shooting outcropping Qing soldiers.

Although the sniper's rate of fire was slow, it demoralized the Qing army.

"Hold on! When the dog gets closer, fire immediately! Nomin gritted his teeth, mustered up the courage to poke his head out of the window, his head sticking out, and immediately retracted.

The Ming army in the queue had already appeared eighty paces away, only to see the Ming army standing in four rows, the front half squatting, the second row standing, and the back two rows holding guns waiting. Immediately after that, the gunshots rang out, and the Ming soldiers who were half-squatting in the first row immediately turned around and retreated with their guns after firing their bullets; The Ming troops standing in the second row fired, and at the same time, the Ming troops in the third row passed through the middle of the first and second rows of Ming troops, walked to the front and half-squatted down, and pulled the trigger; The second row of Ming soldiers finished shooting, retreated and reloaded, and the fourth row of Ming soldiers came up, standing with their guns at their ends, and the muzzles of their guns spewed fire.

Eighty paces away, the smoothbore guns in the hands of the Qing army basically had no power, and they relied on the protection of the ruins and broken walls, and counterattacked with the weapons in their hands, but they could not hit anyone at all. And the bullets fired by the Ming army can knock down a Qing soldier from time to time. It's just that the Qing army has fortifications to protect it, and such losses can still be afforded.

"Boom" The small Franc machine gun that several clothed soldiers had been fiddling with for a long time finally fired, and a shell pierced into the crowd of Ming Minnie gunners lined up, knocking down many Ming gunners at once.

"Well played!" Nomin shouted excitedly.

However, the Franc cannon that had just opened fire immediately became the primary target of the Ming army's snipers, and bullets continued to come in, and several coated gunners fell one after another.

The Qing army relied on the barricades to resist desperately, making it difficult for the Ming army in front of them to move an inch. Although the Ming army had an advantage in weapons, the Qing army's use of weapons with a long range, such as the Franc machine and the carrying gun, also brought certain casualties to the Ming army.

The snipers of the Ming army hiding in the building were shooting cold guns from time to time, and Qing soldiers were constantly shot in the head.

Nomin was just about to poke his head out to see what was going on, when a bullet whizzed. He was quite agile, and ducked back behind the wall with his head down. But a soldier with a gun next to him was not so lucky, the gun just knocked down a Ming army Mini bullet musketeer, the Qing soldier pulled back the gun and loaded the bullet, only to stretch out the gun, ready to shoot, a bullet pierced through the window, the head of the Qing soldier carrying the gun in front exploded, the brain was mixed with blood, spraying Nuo Min's face all over. The Qing soldiers in front were killed, and the Qing soldiers in the back could not bear the weight of their guns, and the muzzles of their guns hung down to the ground.

"Damn the Dog Gods!" Nomin scolded.

"Damn barricades!" The Ming army officer on the opposite side was also scolding.

It was the barricade in front of him that had blocked the Ming army for half an hour, and the Ming army had suffered more than 20 casualties. Of course, the losses of the Qing army were greater, but the Ming army had such sophisticated weapons in their hands and was still blocked here, how could the Ming army officers not feel annoyed?

"Shall we get closer and approach the Tartar with a grenade?" A Ming sergeant suggested.

"There are many Tartars, there are bows and arrows and muskets in the distance, and there are oil cans and lime bottles when they get closer, and I don't want the brothers to die in vain! Or think about it! The Ming army officer said.

"Can you get around the side?" Another officer asked.

"If only I could get around! We're attacking from here to get around a castle over there! Shall we go back again? Then fall under the fire of the castle! The officer shook his head.

"There's a way!" One soldier proposed, "Let's blow up a passage from there and we'll be able to get through!" ”

The Ming army collected the captured gunpowder and collected hundreds of clay pots from the captured residences. Several Ming soldiers who were familiar with explosives filled the gunpowder into the clay pot, and then sealed the hole with earth, leaving only a small hole that could be inserted into the fuse, and in doing so, they became dozens of earth bombs.

"The walls of the clay pot are still not thick enough, and after exploding, the strength is not enough to blow down the walls, right?" Someone asked.

Black [gun] powder is not explosive, it is not violent, it will only explode in a sealed environment, and it will burn quickly if it is in an open environment. Gunpowder is packed into a clay pot and sealed to seal the hole, although it can explode, but the force of the explosion can only kill people, not collapse walls. In the same way, a gunpowder package made by wrapping gunpowder in thick paper and sealing it can also explode, but the impact of the explosion is not large.

"Just dig a hole under the corner and put the powder jar inside. Coupled with the sealing of the earth, a few more gunpowder canisters can blow down the walls. The soldier in charge of the demolition said.

The Ming army left to start construction, and some of the musketeers climbed the building and cooperated with the snipers to suppress the Qing army. Another group of musketeers, together with the knifemen who arrived, dug under a wall, dug a hole, and stuffed gunpowder canisters. Approximately four powder canisters were stuffed, and the fuse was lit and left. After a while, only a loud "boom" was heard, and a large area of the wall collapsed.

The Ming army in charge of the demolition blasted a passage between the buildings, and the Ming army detoured back to the back of the Qing army from this passage and buried gunpowder canisters under the walls.

A big hole was blown open in the "boom" wall, and more than a dozen Ming swordsmen poured in, but before anyone could enter, a row of smoke-emitting grenades swirled and flew in, exploding in the compound, blowing up the flesh and blood of the Qing army. Then the Ming swordsman pulled out six rounds of pistols and fired repeatedly, causing the Qing soldiers to fall to the ground one after another.

However, Nomin was lucky enough to escape, his reaction was quicker, and when he saw the Ming army blasting through the wall and rushing in, he escaped through the small hole dug in the side wall in advance.

Fierce street battles were raging everywhere in the city, and the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces were marching step by step, and the sound of gunfire and explosions was heard one after another in the city. Encountering a strong fortress built by the Russians, the Ming army blew a passage through the middle of the building, detoured to the castle, and blew up the castle with gunpowder blasting. However, every strong castle cost the Mingmeng coalition army a lot of money. In the end, Zheng Xi ordered the machine guns to be transported into the city and bombarded directly at the castle.

The wooden castle still couldn't stop the machine gun shells, and the double-barreled bangbang guns brought in a few rounds of fire knocked the castle to pieces.