Chapter 937: Not an incendiary bomb, it's a grenade
Stretching for thousands of miles, the mountains are undulating, the mountains are stacked, the peaks are scattered, and the ridges are like giant beasts across the mountains, enclosing one basin after another.
The Shu land in the game is more magnificent and majestic than the reality, the mountains are connected one by one, the strange peaks are independent, the walls stand thousands of miles, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the river comes out of the mountain stream, and the mountains pass by, such as the dragon out of the water, the turbulence is endless.
Between the mountains and mountains are a number of majestic passes, like war bunkers, silently guarding the mountain roads and river valley portals like mountain gods, and then guarding hundreds of large and small basins by means of continuous mountain ridges.
Every basin is a city.
With the ridge as the city wall, as the checkpoint as the city gate, the planning of the city of Shu should be a unique in the world, looking at the world, there is no such tall and majestic city wall, and there is no such indestructible city gate.
Most of the cities in the basin are not built with walls, and the whole basin is a huge city.
Where the Swordsman City is located, it is the largest gateway in the south of the Central Sichuan Basin.
The Long Xiang army sent troops to Shu this time to attack Jiangyang County, which was to cross countless mountains, wade through countless river valleys, climb over cliffs, and conquer the seemingly impossible levels.
Coupled with the rugged mountain roads, the insurmountable gap between the moats, and the difficulty of supply transportation, relying only on conventional combat methods, it is very difficult for the Long Xiang army to complete the task of capturing the Swordsman City.
Therefore, this time, the Longxiang Army has prepared four secret combat weapons, mimic aircraft, P2 artillery, detachable siege vehicles and special operations ziplines.
The mimic aircraft can ignore the combat characteristics of the terrain, it is the nemesis of Shudi, and the hundred aircraft parked at the airport in the northern suburbs of Gangcheng are gathered with the power of the dynasty, and they are also the core weapons of this attack level.
The P2 gun is a light gun improved by the Industry Department on the basis of the P1 gun according to the characteristics of mountain warfare, and the weight is only half of the P1 gun, which greatly reduces the difficulty of transportation.
Of course, the P2 gun is smaller, and its range and firepower have been weakened to a certain extent, although it is not enough to bombard the city wall, but it is more than enough to bombard the city gate.
The detachable siege vehicle is a new type of siege equipment jointly developed by the Gewu Institute led by Mozi and the War Readiness Administration, which can be disassembled into piles of parts and components when marching, and then quickly assembled on the battlefield.
When Ouyang Shuo saw it, he didn't feel admired.
The Gewu Academy led by Mozi is rebuilding a series of siege equipment, in addition to siege vehicles, there are also mobile arrow towers, siege vertebrae and other siege equipment, all of which are being transformed and upgraded.
Finally, the special operations zipline developed by the Industry Department itself, specially designed for the terrain of Shudi, with the assistance of mimic aircraft, the zipline can be set up, which allows soldiers and materials to easily cross the cliff.
These four secret weapons are the hole cards of the Long Xiang army to attack Shudi.
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September 5, Hengshan Pass.
Hengshan Pass is located in the southeast corner of Jiangyang County, which is the southeast gateway of Jiangyang County, and the basin behind the checkpoint is the seat of Hengshan Prefecture in Jiangyang County - Hengshan Castle.
There are 5,000 elite soldiers stationed in the level, from the Second Legion of Swordsman City.
After three days of difficult marching, Luo Shixin, the right vanguard, led the forward troops of the Fourth Army of the Longxiang Army, and finally arrived at the first important checkpoint on the march.
The vanguard arrived with four P2 guns, ten detachable siege vehicles, fifteen three-bowed and eight-ox bed crossbows, and fifteen mobile turrets.
It was precisely because of the need to transport these siege equipment that these days were delayed.
Luo Shixin rode his horse to the front of the pass, but saw that the cliffs on both sides were towering, and it was difficult for birds to fly, so a narrow mountain road was carved out in the middle. A majestic pass lies in front of the mountain road, blocking all view.
Battle flags fluttered at the checkpoints, and soldiers patrolled back and forth.
What's even more difficult is that the trail is not flat, and the higher you go, the higher the terrain rises, like a steep hill, and the level stands at the top of the hillside, almost halfway up the mountain.
The terrain is so dangerous, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Hengshan Pass is not a lonely level, on the nearby more than 100 miles of mountain roads, on the mountainside, there are sentry points, bright or dark, and the main level to form a complete defense system.
As early as yesterday, the whereabouts of Luo Shixin's department were discovered at the checkpoint set up in front of Hengshan Pass, and the scouts of the two armies had several encounters, each with casualties.
When the Ministry of Luo Shixin came to Hengshan Pass, the checkpoints along the way were cleaned up.
It is precisely like this, Hengshan Pass has long been in full battle.
When Luo Shixin saw this, he was not in a hurry, and ordered the troops to rest in place, while the accompanying engineers began to assemble the various equipment they brought and arrange them one by one.
As a forward unit, in order to reduce the weight and speed up the march, the grain and grass were replaced by military food pills, so the army did not need to make a fire to cook, it was very light.
For this war, the War Readiness Administration has invested a lot of money and taken out all the military rations and pills that have been accumulated for more than half a year to support the front line.
At about one o'clock in the afternoon, all kinds of siege equipment had already been assembled, but Luo Shixin did not give the order to attack.
Luo Shixin is waiting.
After another half an hour, there was a sudden roar in the air, and twenty-five mimic aircraft swept across the blue sky and flew over Hengshan Pass.
There were 100 aircraft parked at the airport in the northern suburbs of Gangcheng, and 50 planes were deployed on the left and right armies. In order to improve the endurance combat capability, the 50 aircraft were divided into two and fought alternately.
At the head of Hengshan Pass, looking at the flying machine flying from afar, the general guarding the pass stared, "Sure enough, it's here!" ”
Everyone is no longer unfamiliar with the Great Xia Flying Machine.
There is a lesson from the fall of Steel City, and the swordsman city checkpoint building has long abandoned the wooden structure and turned to masonry to prevent the incendiary bombs dropped by the Great Xia aircraft.
Seeing that the flying machine was coming, the general guarding the pass was not very nervous, and deliberately smiled and said to the left and right: "This is the means of Daxia, and the donkey skills are poor." ”
"Haha~~~"
The surrounding soldiers laughed uncontrollably, according to such a Xiongguan, they were not too worried, in the words of the general guarding the pass, "The troops who can capture Hengshan Pass have not yet been born!" ”
It's a pity that they were presumptuous too early.
As the saying goes: the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high.
Twenty-five aircraft formed a battle formation and came to the sky above Hengshan Pass and dropped bombs one after another.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
One bomb after another exploded on the city wall, and in an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and this time the aircraft dropped not the previous incendiary bombs, but grenades.
The grenade is not unique to modern warfare, there were grenades made by the local method during the Ming Dynasty, but because of the local method, the explosive power is limited, and it is basically only used in the defense of the city, and is not used on a large scale in the army.
However, when a grenade collides with a mimic vehicle, it can exert the effect that one plus one is greater than two.
Although the power of the grenade made by the soil method is not comparable to the grenade in modern warfare, it is definitely a weapon to kill the enemy in the ancient battlefield dominated by cold weapons.
In addition to a pilot, a grenadier sits behind a mimic vehicle that is responsible for throwing grenades. In the cramped cabin, except for the two-person seating position, the rest of the space was used to load grenades.
Although the mimic aircraft cannot be compared with fighters in terms of speed, flexibility, and combat capabilities, there is one of the most buggy existences, that is, its energy system.
A small magnetite can replace oil without the need for a fuel tank, thus saving a lot of space. The fuselage of the aircraft uses engraving technology, and there is no electronic equipment, which further expands the space.
In this way, a mimic aircraft can carry more than 100 grenades.
Specially trained grenadiers accurately drop grenades from high altitudes, causing massive damage. For a time, there were heavy casualties at the head of Hengshan Pass.
The sudden change made the guards confused, and they couldn't laugh anymore.
"Attack!"
Seeing the opportunity, Luo Shixin gave the order for the whole army to attack.
"Kill!"
The Luo Shixin Department, which had already been preparing for the attack, was ordered to push siege vehicles, mobile arrow towers, three-bowed, eight-ox bed crossbows and P2-type artillery to kill Hengshan Pass.
Mobile arrow towers provide high cover, three-bowed, eight-ox bed crossbows fire rows of trampling arrows staring densely at the city walls, and P2 artillery is dedicated to bombarding the city gates.
The siege vehicle took advantage of the air raid to successfully reach the top of the city, locked firmly like an octopus.
Hundreds of soldiers stepped out of the siege trucks, and they climbed the city walls without shields, or climbed ladders or stepped on arrows.
In less than half an hour, the soldiers of the Longxiang army fought with the defending troops at the head of the city.
With the help of advanced weapons and equipment, it is surprising that the siege mission that originally seemed impossible has become so simple.
The soldiers of the Long Xiang Army don't care about these many, they fight more fiercely than anyone else.
As the saying goes: a soldier bears a bear, and a nest of bears will be bears. The characteristics of generals can often affect the characteristics of the troops under their command, and the Longxiang army led by Bai Qi is extremely blood-hungry, like a group of howling wolf cubs, biting people when they see them!
The guards of Hengshan Pass who were killed were defeated and retreated, and they were embarrassed.
"Boom!"
At this moment, under the continuous bombardment of artillery, the gate of Hengshan Pass finally turned into ruins and fell to the ground with a bang, revealing a huge hole.
Seeing this, Luo Shixin gave the order for a general attack.
"All the troops are attacking!"
As he spoke, Luo Shixin slapped his horse and killed it himself.
"Kill!"
Nearly 10,000 dragons stepped through the ruined city gate like a tiger, entered the pass, and fought with the enemy.
There was no suspense in the next battle, and in just two hours, the 5,000 defenders of Hengshan Pass were defeated, more than 2,000 people were killed, and the rest all surrendered.
Take Hengshan Pass, and there is a horse Pingchuan in front.
Luo Shixin didn't stop at all, greeted him, and personally led his troops into Hengshan City.
There are no city walls, no decent defenders, how can such a Hengshan city withstand this army of tigers and wolves, it will completely fall before sunset and turn into the territory of Great Xia.
The accompanying mimic aircraft did not return and stopped at Hengshan City.
On this day, the Ministry of Rossson made a beautiful start to this epic battle.