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Replenish the situation of bombing the various city walls

Lin Fei smiled lightly, Zhao Meng just remembered what Lin Fei asked him to think about and ask again, he was a little embarrassed, laughed twice, and said, "Your Majesty, I really can't think of this." ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I got a piece of information, the intelligence said that the enemy's defense in the east of the city is very weak, we set up artillery to the east of the city, the enemy will definitely move the troops to the east of the city, the enemy army is like this we were pulled, and when we finish blowing up the east of the city, and then bomb other directions, the enemy army will definitely be exhausted." ”

Zhao Menggang smiled: "It turns out that this role was thought up by His Majesty based on intelligence, so how can I know?" Now I understand. Your Majesty, if it's okay, I'll lead my subordinates to prepare. ”

Lin Fei agreed, and Zhao Menggang immediately began to mobilize his troops, mobilizing all 15 HP-2 75mm howitzers to the east of the city, and it was already 9 o'clock in the morning on July 5.

Zhao Menggang followed Lin Fei's instructions and did not arrange camouflage, so the defenders at the head of the city saw the howitzer at a glance, and they hurriedly reported the matter to Governor Sanders.

After receiving the report, the governor of Saunders hurried to the top of the city, accompanied by the artillery expert François, who had been angry and wanted revenge since the field artillery unit was destroyed by Lin Fei's artillery, but after the battle of the first line of defense and the third line of defense, the Spaniards' mountain artillery was also lost, so François had no tools to take revenge.

François had no choice but to put more than 100 ancient breech guns at the head of the city, most of these breech guns were three-pounder or five-pounder guns, and the pomp guns fired ball-shaped shells, which were far away from the shells of mountain guns and field guns, and the range was also short, and they could only hit more than 1,000 meters.

Governor Sanders and François stood at the head of the city, holding binoculars and looking at Lin Fei's artillery in the distance, François made a startled sound while watching, and Governor Sanders was very strange, he put down the binoculars and said to François: "Monsieur François, what's wrong with you?" Did you notice something was wrong? ”

François said in a deep voice: "I have never seen the guns of the Chinese pigs, I don't know where they bought them from?" It seems that no country in the world has such artillery. ”

Governor Saunders didn't count on artillery like François, so he didn't see anything special about Lin Fei's artillery, so he asked, "Is there anything special about their artillery?" ”

François nodded and said, "Of course there is, the most special thing is the big cylinder on the barrel, I don't know what it is for." ”

The "big cylinder" in François's mouth is the "hydraulic brake and retractor", which is the first time that this kind of thing has appeared in the world, so it is impossible for François to see it.

After François said this, he pointed to the open space with his hand and said: "Look at those rut marks, they are much wider than the rut marks of our gun carriages, they must have specially made wheels, wide wheels can reduce the pressure of the gun on the ground, so this type of gun carriage must be very maneuverable." ”

Governor Sanders' brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "In this way, the artillery of the Chinese pigs is very powerful?" ”

François nodded and said, "With all due respect, Lord Doge, the artillery strength of the Chinese pigs has surpassed that of your Spanish Empire. ”

François is French, so when Governor Sanders heard this, he felt a trace of displeasure in his heart, but he was powerless to refute it, because the national strength of the Spanish Empire in this era was declining, and there was no national strength to develop science and technology, especially military technology, so the weapons and equipment were much backward than those of Britain, France, Germany, and Russia.

Governor Sanders was in a state of grief, when François's face suddenly changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Not good..."

Governor Sanders was frightened by François's words and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

François pointed to the position in the distance and said: "The Chinese pigs are going to open fire..."

Governor Sanders exclaimed, "How do you know?" ”

François said: "I saw that the Chinese pigs had moved a lot of instruments out of their bunkers, and before the artillery fired, they had to measure the distance, and they also had to measure the wind speed, so the artillery started to measure and it meant that the shelling began." ”

Governor Sanders tightened his eyebrows and did not speak, and the number one thinker on the side, Nacolino, hurriedly said: "Lord Governor, the Chinese pigs are about to open fire, let's withdraw quickly." ”

Governor Sanders showed a smug smile on his face and said, "There is no need to retreat, the cannonballs of the Chinese pigs will definitely not be able to blow up the city wall, and it is impossible to blow us up, so we must stay at the head of the city." ”

François said, "Your Excellency, it is true that the cannonballs of the Chinese pigs will not hit us, but it is useless for us to stay in the city." ”

Governor Sanders laughed and said, "Who said it didn't work? The Governor himself led his men to defend the city under artillery fire, do you know how much courage this news can add to the soldiers? ”

François and Nacolino suddenly realized, and the other staff officers under Governor Sanders also understood his deep meaning, and they all gave a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly, at this moment, François was keenly aware that the fifteen howitzers of Lin Fei's artillery were adjusting their muzzles, and he hurriedly said: "The Chinese pigs have completed the preparation for the launch such as ranging, and now they are about to fire." ”

Governor Sanders laughed aloud and said to Nacolino: "Go and ask the newspaper painter to draw me in the newspaper as I braved the fire to defend the city." ”

Nacolino hurriedly agreed, turned around and called a subordinate, and arranged the matter, there were already cameras in this era, but the printing technology of newspapers was not developed, and photographs could not be printed directly on newspapers, and the pictures in newspapers were drawn by painters.

Not long after, a painter from the Philippine newspaper rushed over, this person can be called the royal painter of the Spaniards, often painted for high-ranking Spanish officials, he took out a pen and paper, and began to paint, at this moment, only heard a loud "boom" in the distance, the sound of "boom" cannonballs from far and near, everyone could hear it, the cannonballs were far away from them, so no one dodged.

The pitch of the cannonball breaking through the air became higher and higher, and it stopped abruptly at the highest point, and then a "boom" explosion came from the city wall, everyone felt a shock under their feet, and turned their heads to look at the explosion point, only to see a thick black smoke rising from the location of the explosion point, Governor Sanders They were on the head of the city, limited by the angle, they could not see the situation of the city wall, Governor Sanders turned his head to Nacolino and said: "Where is the military engineer?" ”

The military engineer was on the side, and when he heard Governor Sanders' words, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, here I am. ”

Governor Sanders pointed in the direction of the bombing point and said, "Go and see if the walls are okay?" ”

The military engineer agreed, but he did not go out to look at the city gate, because it was too far away, and several Spanish soldiers took out a large basket with a rope tied to it, and let the military engineer sit in it, and then put the large basket down so that people could see the wall.

The military engineer went down to observe for a while, and came up to report: "Your Excellency, the cannonball has blown off a large part of the concrete of the wall, and a narrow crack has appeared in the wall, but the wall is very thick, and there should be no problem. ”

Sanders nodded proudly, turned his head to look at the artist, and said with a smile: "Draw the smoke in it, and draw a few panicked Chinese pigs in front of me." ”

The painter nodded and waved his brush, and at this moment, he only heard the sound of "boom, boom, boom" coming from a distance one after another, as if there were thunderstorms in the sky, and then the sound of cannonballs breaking through the air came like a tsunami, and for a time the city wall was full of explosions one after another.

Governor Sanders felt the walls shake under his feet, and his face was no longer that confident and smug expression, and he said to the military engineer in a bit of a panic: "Hurry down and have a look." ”

The military engineer thought that there must be smoke on the city wall, and he couldn't see anything clearly, but he didn't dare to disobey Governor Sanders's order, so he could only let a few Spanish soldiers send him down the city.

The military engineer just wanted to shake the rope and send a signal for the people above to pull him up, but suddenly found a thrilling scene, which made his hand freeze on the rope all of a sudden, and he forgot to shake it.

He saw a large piece of concrete peeling off from the wall and slamming heavily on the ground, making a muffled "bang" sound, and the grass under the city wall was smashed into a large pit more than one meter deep.

It turned out that under the continuous bombardment of shells, a large number of cracks appeared in the concrete layer of the wall, and these cracks expanded with the explosion, and every time the crack was closed, a large piece of concrete would fall off from the wall, and after the outer layer of concrete fell off, it was the inner layer of concrete, which meant that it would not take much time for this wall to be blown open.

The military engineer hurriedly shook the rope with his hand, and the soldiers above received the signal and immediately pulled the military engineer up, and the military engineer rushed to Governor Sanders in a few steps and said: "Lord Governor, no, our city wall is likely to be blown up..."

Governor Sanders exclaimed, "Didn't you say that our walls are strong and will never cause problems?" ”

The military engineer hurriedly said: "There is a limit to the fortification, the enemy's shells are too dense, and the city walls can't resist it..."

While the two were talking, the sound of "click" came from the wall in the distance, and then only a muffled "boom" was heard, and in a thick smoke, the section of the city wall that had been devastated by the shells collapsed with a bang, and the rubble was scattered all over the ground.

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