Chapter 635 Double Opening——Bings Arriving in Guangzhou
Since the beginning of time travel, Zhu Youjian has been trying to avoid multi-front battles and trying to solve one major problem within a period of time.
However, the development of the situation forced people to face several things at the same time. In April of the 25th year of Chongzhen's reign, the south had already ushered in midsummer. Fang Ruocheng and others from Fujian set out from Xiamen on a sea ship with 30,000 soldiers and horses.
Go to Guangzhou City to find trouble for Sun Kewang.
Last year, during the two-pronged Northern Expedition in Xiying, Sun Kewang encountered obstacles in Zhangzhou and had to retreat to Guangdong. However, Li Dingguo's journey went smoothly. He captured Nanchang City and suddenly had the momentum of drinking from the Yangtze River and sweeping the world.
Xiying can no longer be allowed to attack the city without any hindrance, otherwise a super force will appear in the south before the north is cleared up. Now that Xiying has occupied Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangxi and Jiangxi, there is no restriction for them to take over.
If the two lakes and Jiangsu and Zhejiang were occupied, it would definitely be a big trouble. After repeated consideration, Zhu Youjian finally decided to seize the retreat of Xiying and let the navy capture Guangzhou City.
It's not scary for the Xiying to enter the two lakes and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. What's scary is that they have a stable rear area. By occupying the city of Guangzhou and then taking Zhaoqing, the Xiying in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi area and the Xiying in the Jiangxi-Guangdong area can be defeated.
Cut it apart. As for whether they are going to cause trouble in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, don't worry too much. As long as Songjiang Prefecture is defended, it is not a bad thing to cause trouble in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
On the Pearl River, Fang Ruocheng used a telescope to observe the city defense of Guangzhou. He said to Zheng Damu next to him: "Little General Zheng, why did you collapse so quickly when you were under the city of Guangzhou last time? Logically speaking, you have many soldiers in the army.
With artillery, there is nothing the Western thieves can do."
Zheng Damu accompanied Fang Ruocheng and the others to Guangzhou as a trainee general. After all, he had experience in fighting Guangzhou, and even the experience of failure was worth learning from.
"Commander, I mainly fell into the trap of the Western Bandits. They let go of the city defenses and allowed my Iron Man Army to enter the city. Then they used cavalry to raid the camp and blocked the passages in the city. As a result, we were defeated because we couldn't look at each other from the beginning to the end.
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"Making good use of cavalry is indeed a characteristic of Western thieves. I have also seen your Iron Man Army. Although it has a complete armor and stomach, it can cope with ordinary heavy firepower and bow and arrow attacks. However, it moves slowly and is very restricted in the lanes in the city. Once
If it is blocked from beginning to end, it will be difficult to take advantage of it. If this type of unit is faced with an opponent who mainly uses cold weapons, it is best to only use it to attack difficulties and break defenses, and not to use it too old."
He said this to save some face for Damu. In fact, after listening to Damu's description, Fang Ruocheng felt that this guy was too crude to lead the troops in the war. As long as the troops and horses are connected better and the organization is more formal, it will be better.
There will be no such so-called trap. There is a large group of cavalry on the periphery, and if you attack the city without any protection for the back route, isn't this looking for death?
"Based on the opinions of the General Staff, the tactical configuration of the Battle of Guangzhou is as follows. The main force of the land battle will first seize the beach and gradually advance from the land to the outside of the city. The sea-going ships will continue to bombard the city with cannons from the ships day and night. The commandos and
The main siege force should maintain a distance of ten miles to support the main siege force. During the siege, if the enemy forces attack outside the city, the artillery in the river and the commandos must quickly separate the enemy's front and rear armies to create a clear path for them.
The main force turns around and annihilates the bandits outside the city to create opportunities." Gathering the main generals on the flagship, Fang Ruocheng simply announced the battle plan.
The battle plan was not much different from Damu's attack on Guangzhou City. It was to seize the beach, advance to the city from the land, and then bombard the city with artillery fire! After blasting the gap, the army entered the city. The only difference was that there was an additional preparation for reinforcements.
Having said that, it seems that Oaki-san also thought of calling for help at that time, but he just didn't have time to implement it.
Is it that simple? Can Guangzhou City be defeated? After listening for a long time, Damu was very doubtful whether Fang Ruocheng's plan could succeed. What is the difference between this arrangement and his own arrangement for defeating Guangzhou City? This time to attack Guangzhou City,
The total strength of the entire army is only 30,000. As for Guangzhou City, I heard that there are 200,000 troops. The strength of the troops is not superior to begin with. There is no sophisticated plan to successfully capture Guangzhou City?
The next day, according to the predetermined plan, the marines and horses successfully seized the beach and landed ashore under the cover of naval artillery fire. After the main force came ashore, they fought towards Guangzhou City.
The Xiying side, like last time, dispatched mobile troops mainly cavalry outside the city, fought and retreated, and finally gave up the area outside the city!
They had no choice but to give in. Being suppressed by firepower, the cavalry could not get close at all and could only watch helplessly as they advanced. Facing the fierce firepower of the imperial army, apart from the city defense fortifications, there was really nothing that Xiying could do to intercept them head-on.
After approaching the city, the battle situation was different from when Damu and the others attacked the city. Now, more than 20 heavy artillery were deployed at the top of Guangzhou City. In other words, the first battle between the two sides was an artillery battle. Last time, Xiying could
No such thing.
The heavy artillery in Xiying was naturally purchased from the Portuguese in Macao. In addition to the heavy artillery, Xiying also bought a lot of muskets.
Just because you have firearms doesn’t mean you know how to use them. As far as the use of firearms is concerned, Xiying is very rough. Their tactics still inherited the way and style of using firearms by the Ming Dynasty’s frontier troops. Muskets are a classic three-wall tactic, and artillery is
It's even more confusing. Wherever there are more enemies, you can fire a few rounds. Even if there are people or no one, you can fire a few rounds. You don't care about accuracy, you just want to be able to rely on the artillery to suppress the siege party and not get closer.
"As for the artillery, the heavy artillery on top of the city must be silenced within two days. If the task is not completed, military action will be taken." If there are artillery in the city, the army cannot get close to the city wall. It can only stop outside the range of the heavy artillery.
So Fang Ruocheng issued an urgent mission to the artillery, asking them to clear the heavy artillery first.
After these years of development, the imperial artillery has made great progress. Both the performance of the artillery and the level of the artillery operators have begun to mature. Although the artillery in the past could not shoot anywhere, it was not much better.
Fine work can't be done. Today's artillery can actually do some fine work, such as pulling out the enemy's heavy artillery positions. One shell may not solve the problem, but about ten shells can still almost hit the target.
"Don't let the warships sit idle. At least the city wall along the river must be unbearable. The main force to attack the city will probably be placed on the city wall along the river."
Guangzhou City is an important city, and the city walls are quite strong. Xiying has also specially and consciously reinforced the city walls. Artillery alone cannot collapse the city walls. At most, they can only smash the Ru wall of the city wall, making it difficult for the city wall to collapse.
Stand tall. In terms of ability to break through walls, there is no essential difference between high-explosive bombs and solid bombs. During the Anti-Japanese War, the ancient city of Tengchong was able to withstand the bombing of heavy aerial bombs.