Chapter three hundred and ninety-fifth this war is also a big crime
At the artillery position outside Chongzhou City, Jiang Lei, escorted by a group of shield soldiers, held up a telescope and began to observe the city wall being bombarded by artillery shells!
Three hundred artillery pieces of various types were transported from the palace treasury. Jiang Lei ordered a total of 280 artillery pieces to be deployed at the four city gates, and the remaining twenty were scattered around to defend the Chinese army's tent.
Smoke billowed above the city wall, and even with a telescope in hand, Jiang Lei couldn't see clearly what was going on above.
After the first round of artillery fire, there was no sound of artillery outside the city. Until the smoke cleared completely and the artillery bombardment on the city wall was not clearly observed, Jiang Lei would not order the second round of artillery fire.
Although the commander-in-chief said when he gave the order, it was a powerful bomb, but as an artillery general, Jiang Lei knew the preciousness of artillery shells, and based on the principle of not wasting as much as possible, he subconsciously conveyed the order according to past habits.
In the time of a stick of incense, the smoke on the city wall dispersed, and after the dust settled, I picked up the telescope again and looked at the city wall.
What appeared in the lens this time was no longer smoke and dust that could not be dispersed, but enemy corpses floating in the moat below the city. The blood had turned the river water somewhat discolored.
Several crenellations on the city wall collapsed, and there were crowds of people carrying injured soldiers and comrades who died on the spot under gunfire.
After a long time, Jiang Lei frowned slightly and put down the telescope in his hand and waved the command flag in his hand: "The range of the general's cannon is insufficient. The six-city cannon shells bombarded the city wall. Order the saber and shield soldiers in front to cover the general's cannon and move forward for two seconds."
Ten paces, one gun at fifteen paces, waiting for the order to fire!"
"Got the order!"
"Command, the red-coated cannon retreats ten steps, lowers the muzzle to load the cannonball, and must not shoot the cannonball behind the city wall and accidentally injure the people!"
"The rest of the artillery is placed in place, loaded with shells, waiting for orders to fire!"
"Got the order!"
After Jiang Lei gave the order, he held the order flag and ran towards the Chinese army's tent. Just as Jiang Lei ran there, Young Master Liu was holding the telescope and walked out of the tent after eating.
Young Master Liu frowned slightly as he looked at Jiang Lei who was trotting over: "Why haven't you continued firing after such a long time after the test firing? Don't you know that time waits for no one? If you delay here for a while, we will be exposed.
Just one more point!”
"Have you forgotten what I ordered yesterday? Even if we have 400,000 troops, you still have to show me the momentum of a million-strong army."
Jiang Lei was startled and hurriedly looked at Young Master Liu respectfully: "Commander, the muzzle of the cannon has been re-adjusted. The general came here just to ask, how to bombard Chongzhou City?"
"Three-stage coverage, five-stage coverage, or full artillery coverage?"
Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a moment, then raised his telescope and looked over the city wall. He could vaguely see the enemy troops on the city wall putting out the fire caused by the artillery bombardment.
"Self-fire, depending on the situation!"
"The last general has received the order! The last general has resigned!"
After Jiang Lei ran away, a group of generals around Young Master Liu also raised their telescopes and looked at the city wall.
Because of Liu Mingzhi, Gumo Rongrong was honored to be assigned a telescope. Looking at the tragic situation on the city wall, Gumo Rongrong's heart trembled. She was glad that she did not act like other countries in the Western Regions.
Thoughts that exceed the disobedient heart.
At that time, my Gumo Kingdom was the first country among the thirty-eight countries in the Western Regions to withstand the bombardment of Liu Mingzhi.
At that time, Mr. Liu's cannons were not as powerful as they are now, but the power of the cannons in Liu Mingzhi's hands today is simply incomparable.
Just one round of artillery test firing has brought such fruitful results. What will happen next?
On the city wall, Bai Shanguan wiped the dust from his face and looked at the soldiers being carried down the city, his face extremely gloomy.
"Sima!"
"The end is here!"
"Are there any statistics on battle losses? How many brothers were lost?"
"Go back to the general. More than 620 brothers were killed on the spot. More than 470 brothers were seriously injured. There are too many brothers who were slightly injured. It's too late to count them now!"
Bai Shanguan sighed heavily: "Quick, carry the injured brother down for treatment first!"
"Got the order!"
"Commander!"
"The humble position is here!"
"Quickly send a message to the King of Shuzhen to truthfully report to him the situation in Chongzhou. Tell him that the enemy's offensive is very fierce. A small number of 200 artillery fires were used. Ask him how the situation in Guzhou is!"
"Got the order!"
After Bai Shanguan passed the order, he looked out of the city with a heavy face. The generals of Dalong had a telescope and could easily observe the enemy's situation. The generals of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks were not so lucky!
You can only rely on your own eyes to judge the enemy's situation.
Bai Shanguan, who was observing the situation, was tapped on the shoulder. When he looked back, he saw the same gray-faced Wo Kuotai standing next to him at some point.
"General Wokuotai, how is the situation at the east gate and south gate defended by your Turkic tribes?"
"Not too optimistic. One round of artillery killed and injured Brother Xiao Qian. The distance between the dragon soldiers and horses was too far. Even our Turkic eagle shooters couldn't shoot their enemies at this distance!
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"How are your crossbows and catapults prepared?"
"Everything is ready. Although there is no problem with the range of the bed crossbow, the sword and shield soldiers of their front army are like turtle shells. I'm afraid the bed crossbow's crossbow arrows can't break through their shield hands at all!"
"The accuracy of the catapult is too bad. Whether it can hit or not depends on luck!"
Wo Kuotai's face suddenly became mournful. It was the first time he suffered from artillery so much: "What should we do? Their artillery is too powerful. We are beyond our reach. We can see it but can't fight back. We can only take the initiative to be beaten."
"I just took a look at the enemy's formation outside the city. Their infantry has prepared ladders and siege engines. We can't go down to the city to avoid artillery fire. They keep firing, so we can only be passively beaten."
Bai Shanguan hesitated for a moment: "There is no better way at the moment. I can only pray that their number of artillery shells is as small as before!"
"There has not yet been a real confrontation. We can't figure out their true and false intentions, so we can only be..."
"boom!"
"boom!"
"............"
Bai Shanguan didn't even have a chance to finish his sentence. Another intensive artillery fire was heard outside the city. The soldiers and horses of the two countries who had been bombarded once learned their lesson this time. They all leaned against the wall and huddled in
The sword and shield soldiers guarded themselves against the bombardment of artillery shells.
However, the allied forces of the two countries on the city wall knew for the first time what despair meant.
The second round of artillery bombardment is not the same as the first test firing. Whether it hits or not depends entirely on God's will.
This time, the muzzles of the artillery bombardment were adjusted and all aimed at the city wall. Two hundred and eighty artillery pieces fired simultaneously, and the damage caused can be imagined.
In the blink of an eye, gunpowder smoke rose into the sky from above the city wall, and screams arose one after another amidst the flames of exploding shells. Many people started running around with their heads in their hands, and they rushed out from under the city wall without even noticing.
The Turks demonstrated their melee riding and shooting skills by manipulating their war horses, and were able to charge with ease in the face of artillery fire. For the first time, the Turks understood what it meant to be in danger of approaching disaster and unable to fly without wings.
The ears of Bai Shanguan and Baishan Guan were already roaring, but they could still feel the pitiful screams of the brothers on the city wall.
Although it was short-lived, it really touched people's hearts.
The two of them couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
"Retreat, retreat to the city wall!"
Bai Shan Guan gritted his teeth, arched his body and roared in the smoke. However, despite Bai Shan Guan's voice being hoarse, the surrounding soldiers could not hear a word, and most of their ears had been dizzy from the shellfire.
Bai Shanguan had no choice but to drag Wokuotai aside and move toward the city ladder based on the memory in his mind.
When we walked to the city stairs and Baishan Tower, we saw many brothers coming out of the smoke and spontaneously running towards the bottom of the city wall, and I suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
Following the large group of people, the two men from Baishan Tower finally retreated under the city wall.
Watching the bricks on the city wall shaking and the noise flying, the two men clenched their fists and crackled.
Under such a dense explosion, it is impossible to imagine how many ten percent of the brothers on the city wall could survive.
However, the two of them could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything. They could only sigh and pace under the city wall.
I don't know how long it took, but the sound of artillery outside the city disappeared. The two people hurriedly recruited their soldiers and horses, who had barely calmed down, and climbed up the city wall.
Climbing the city wall again, the two battle-experienced warriors looked at the tragic situation on the city wall, their expressions changed drastically, and they instinctively turned around and lay on the city wall and retched!
The conditions of the soldiers and horses behind him were not much better. Each of them had pale faces. They were all veterans of many battles, but this was the first time they had seen such a scene of hell on earth.
In the artillery position outside the city, Jiang Lei looked at the devastated Chongzhou City. The moat outside the city was filled with corpses at some point, and the river water turned into blood. Jiang Lei put down the telescope in his hand with a complex expression!
After glancing at the red cannon barrel on the side, Cheng Kai looked at the personal guards on the side.
"Report to the commander, it will take half an hour for the cannon barrel to cool down. If you continue to fire it, the artillery will be useless. Let the cavalry take a circuitous route to prevent the enemy from leaving the city for a sneak attack!"
"Got the order!"
After drinking tea, Liu Mingzhi, who received the report, glanced at Chongzhou City and walked towards the tent with a complicated expression!
"The truth lies within the range of a cannon!"
"But the truth is always cruel!"
"There is no blood and glory in war, there are only corpses in plain view!"
"The piles of corpses are smelly from the grass and trees, and the Kawahara pills are bleeding."
"Junior brother, you are wrong!"
"This war is not only sinful, but also a grave crime!"
Song Qing, Cheng Kai and the others were stunned, looked at each other silently, and silently followed Young Master Liu into the tent.