Chapter 739: Breaking through the flood and destroying the fallen leaves
For the North Navy, attacking Shengjing City is really not difficult militarily. The troublesome thing is to minimize civilian casualties.
The time to launch the general offensive was set at 4:15 in the morning on the sixth day of August, which was the time when people were most trapped and relaxed. At 2:30, the leading battalions of each regiment serving as the main attack entered the predetermined attack position and lurked under the cover of night.
In the past few days, the Eastern Front troops have fought many times with the Qing army's scouts. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Eight Banners armored soldiers with superb martial arts were not enough to encounter the scouts composed of the Ewenki and Daur people, and they suffered heavy losses. So now the Qing army has
We dare not send people out of the city at night anymore.
"Let's get started." Deng Fei looked at his watch and saw that the time was up.
Zhao Xin nodded noncommittally, and under the eager eyes of everyone in the headquarters, he took a sip of the warm tea, then picked up the walkie-talkie on the table and gave the order to start the attack.
"Tum!", "Tum!", "Tum!"
Several red flares rose from the dark night sky, casting shadows on the dark earth. Such a scene was already familiar to the Qing troops stationed on the city wall and outside the city gate; the night watch on the city wall
The Qing army just looked up and muttered something, not even bothering to knock the gong.
On the first night of harvesting sorghum, the Eastern Front Command requested that flares be used. Although the frontline troops did not understand the command's intention, they still complied with it. Sure enough, when the Qing army first started, they thought the Beihai Navy was going to attack
The city was attacked, so gongs rang loudly on the city walls. No one dared to sleep the whole night. However, it only lasted for three days, and the Qing army couldn't hold it anymore. During the day, they were like black-eyed chickens, holding their heads high.
Two dark circles.
The first to attack was the artillery. The Eastern Front Command split the two 75mm artillery battalions and the 122 howitzer battalion directly under the headquarters, and deployed them in the east, north, and west directions of Shengjing City. The positions were only a few meters away from the city wall.
two kilometers. When the artillery company commanders gave the order to fire, thirty-six 75mm field guns and eighteen 122 guns fired directly at the Wengcheng of Fujinmen, Fushengmen and Waipengmen. Due to the various targets
The azimuth scale had been measured in advance, so there was no test firing at all.
The entire city of Shengjing suddenly became shaken by the earth. A series of shells roared in, fierce and dense, like thunderstorms rolled down by a fiery storm. Bricks and stones collapsed, crenels exploded, and limbs were torn apart...
…The whole city was shaking and shaking. Red and green tracer bullets were flying wildly on the city wall like meteors. Smoke followed smoke, flame followed flame, raging on the city wall, blinding people's eyes.
In the light and shadow of the flames, purple-black mixed with red and black, the smell of gunpowder smoke, burnt smell, blood smell, dust smell, turbid and unpleasant odors invaded the mouths and nostrils of the defenders, and everyone was helpless.
Coughing, sneezing, or even being choked to the point of being unable to breathe.
One hundred and sixty-three years ago, that is, the fifth year after Jin Tiancong, Huang Taiji ordered the reconstruction of Shengjing City. The Shenyang Acropolis wall built during the Ming Dynasty was made of bricks on the outside and earth on the inside. After the reconstruction, it was based on stone, and the inner and outer walls were all brick.
, the earth was rammed in the middle. The height of the city wall was increased from the original two feet and five feet to three and a half feet. The wall thickness was one foot and eight feet. There were eight gate towers, four turrets, and 651 crenellations.
At the eight city gates, there are concave-shaped urns built, the height of which is equal to the height of the base of the city gate tower. The front is closed, and the two sides are connected with the city wall, with an arched door on each side. To prevent the city ram from attacking,
When weapons attack, the gates on both sides of the barbican are not in the same straight line as the gates they protect.
Three years later, Huang Taiji personally issued an order to name the eight city gates, with Manchu scripts on the outside and Chinese scripts on the inside. The so-called "receive the blessings of heaven from above, carry them from the ground below, cultivate civility internally, fight off military troubles externally, and appease the people who have been conquered"
, Huairou and all the tribes outside the vassal state, creating a flourishing of merit."
Ten minutes after the bombardment had been carried out, the attacking troops who had been preparing for the attack were dispatched. Under the cover of machine gun fire, they carried assault boats that had been inflated in advance and ran quickly along the roads on the various gates. In a blink of an eye, they were here
Arrive at the moat.
The moat in the outer city of Shengjing was also re-excavated under the orders of Huang Taiji, and was re-cleaned in the first few years. The river is nearly fifty meters wide and three meters deep, and connects to the Hun River from the north to the south.
Su Wan's 3rd Battalion and 3rd Company of the 17th Regiment served as the assault company to attack Xiaoximen. Under the leadership of company commander Xu Jian, more than 100 of them used engineer shovels as oars and paddled desperately, ten black rubber boats
It only took a minute for the boat to cross the moat. At this time, the artillery fire of the Northern Navy had extended to both sides of the barbican. Xu Jian ordered a platoon to stand under the city and shoot at the collapsed barbican tower.
After all, the squad responsible for blasting the city gate brought the explosive bag to the keyhole outside the arched door on the east side.
This ticket hole is the same as other city gates. The inside is made of azurite bricks, and the joints are made of glutinous rice egg white ash. The surface is painted tightly. The inner city gate is nearly five meters wide, and is made of thick wood inside and outside.
Board covered with iron sheet and covered with nails.
"adhesive tape!"
Following the squad leader's order, several soldiers took out the tape and stuck two ten-kilogram packs of explosives firmly near the middle of the two doors. The sound of the tape being ripped off was extremely harsh in the empty coupon hole.
.When everything was ready, the two soldiers opened the firing tube, and then everyone withdrew outside the door.
"hidden!"
30 seconds is neither too short nor too long. Su Wan stood half-crouched on the slope of the moat, holding a machine gun and shooting in the direction of the turret. He was so addicted that he didn't even pay attention to the reminder behind him. He only heard a loud sound behind him.
There was a loud sound, and a shock wave immediately knocked him to the ground, making him gnaw at the mud. Immediately afterwards, countless gravel, sawdust and iron pieces whizzed past his head.
Previously, through drone reconnaissance, the troops already knew that the Qing army blocked the Wengcheng gate with sandbags and logs, so a full 20 kilograms of ammonium nitrate explosives were used for the blast.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When the smoke cleared, two soldiers from the demolition squad took out their big flashlights and looked into the cave. They saw two city gates wrapped in iron sheets.
It was in pieces, with only a few broken wooden boards left hanging on the door shaft. The blockages behind the city gate had disappeared.
"Charge!" Following the platoon leader's order, more than a dozen soldiers passed through the city gate and soon arrived at the urn city. There is a small temple under the urn city at the small west gate. It is close to the root of the urn city wall and is dedicated to Xuan Xuan.
Zhenwu Temple of Heavenly God.
Speaking of which, Beihai Town has a close relationship with Emperor Zhenwu. When they first attacked Fuldan City, the migrant workers discovered a basalt stone statue in the Suifen Valley. Although Liu Sheng prohibited burning incense for worship at that time, he also punished Jiang Tenglin. But when
After Fuldan City grew in size, the Xuanwu statue became a local sight. From then on, there was a rumor among the people in Beihai Town that Zhao Xin was the reincarnation of Emperor Xuanwu.
But for Xu Jian and his soldiers, no one has the intention to go to the temple to worship the gods at this time. There is a city gate not far away that is about to explode!
At this moment, more than a dozen pine oil torches were suddenly thrown down on the walls on both sides of the Xiaoximen Gate Tower and the Wengcheng. Then dozens of Qing soldiers, holding muskets and bows and arrows, fired at the Wengcheng indiscriminately, and even fired at the Wengcheng.
Someone lit a gourd filled with gunpowder and iron sand and threw it down.
"Machine gun cover! Su Wan! Where are you dead!"
"Here it is!"
While he was talking, Su Wan, who was covered in dirt, ran over with a machine gun in his arms. He stood in the darkness at the corner of the doorway, raised the machine gun and hit the outer gate tower. The trajectory of the red tracer bullet was like an electrified whip, hitting the gate.
The green bricks at the crenel were blazing with fire. Soon, two more machine gunners climbed onto the roof of the Zhenwu Temple, lay on it and joined in the shooting. The Qing army behind the crenel suffered heavy casualties in the blink of an eye.
The Qing troops behind the city wall no longer dared to show their heads. Whoever showed up would die. They could only ignite the few flying thunders in their hands and then throw them down aimlessly.
"Boom!" After the flying thunder exploded, a plume of smoke came out.
"Whoa!" That was iron sand flying around after the explosion.
"Boom!" A grenade was thrown onto the city wall.
Seeing that the Qing army's counterattack was suppressed, the demolition squad rushed forward again. The same operation, the same thirty seconds, this time Su Wan heard the prompt, but because he was standing at the door of Wengcheng, a huge explosion
The echo almost burst his eardrums. This guy is not stupid, but stunned. He has a single-threaded thinking and only focuses on the one thing in front of him.
The city gate was blown open. Xu Jian used the walkie-talkie to report to the battalion commander. Then he rushed forward with his men and arrived at the small cross street in a blink of an eye.
The dark night sky began to turn white, and the figures on the streets became vaguely visible. The North Korean navy's bombardment stopped as several city gates were opened. However, as a large number of follow-up troops crossed the moat and entered the city, the sound of gunshots and shouts of death were instead heard.
Intensifying.
Xu Jian and his men came down to the city tower. Dead and wounded Qing soldiers and civilian warriors were lying everywhere, and there was no place to put their feet.
"Attention! There is someone in the gate tower!"
A soldier heard a movement in the gatehouse and immediately issued a warning. People from the second platoon of the third company quickly surrounded him, and the leader of the second platoon shouted: "Come out! Put down your weapons! Hold your head with both hands!"
As soon as they finished speaking, the remaining Qing troops in the gatehouse responded with two strange cannons loaded with shotguns. As the fire suddenly appeared, the two strange cannons, which looked like large shotguns, sprayed out more than thirty rounds of iron bullets, leaving the gate.
The two soldiers of the Third Company closest to the door were injured and fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, more than twenty Eight Banners armored soldiers, armed with swords and guns, led by the guard leader, rushed out howling. Su Wan shouted "I'm coming",
After a round of shooting, a pile of corpses lay at the door.
The company's health worker ran to the soldier who was shot. After examination, it was found that one of the soldiers had been shot through the shoulder and there was no major problem; the other was disabled. He had been shot in the abdomen and his intestines were exposed. He had to be sent out of the city for treatment immediately.
Xu Jian ordered the second platoon to clean the gatehouse to see if there were any living enemies. He also arranged for people to escort the wounded out of the city. Then he walked to the city wall and raised his binoculars to observe inside the city.
At this time, large troops of the Northern Navy had entered the city one after another from Waihumen. The first few hundred people who came in quickly ran south along the roots of the city wall. Their goal was to block the Tianyou Gate and Desheng Gate in the south, thereby completing the attack on Sheng Sheng.
Complete siege of the inner city of Kyoto.
The telescope's field of vision ranged from near to far. More than a hundred meters east of Xiaoximen, there was a large-scale temple. Figures kept running in panic, and the temple was also crowded with people. Xu Jian thought for a while, and then ordered someone
The second platoon and the second platoon stayed to guard the city gate, while he took the third platoon over to take a look. When he came to the mountain gate of the temple, he saw a large archway standing outside. Because the sky was dim, he could see the plaque on it.
The four characters "Longevity without Borders" are written on it.
He really came at the right time. About 300 remnants of the Qing army and bannermen who escaped had hid in. These people were frightened and were kneeling in front of the main hall, kowtowing and asking for the Buddha's blessing. Outside the temple gate
The ground was littered with all kinds of swords, guns and weapons, obviously thrown by the Qing troops who fled in.
When Xu Jian led his people to the gate of the mountain, several soldiers from the Northern Navy were arguing with some monks at the gate. The monks stood in a row and blocked the gate, and the soldiers were so angry that they could do nothing.
"what happened?"
The leading soldier saw the two vertical stripes on Xu Jian's helmet and knew that the other party was a captain and company commander, so he hurriedly saluted: "Sir, we are going in to search, but these bald donkeys are stopping us! Damn it!"
Yes! If I hadn’t said it in the previous meeting, I must make them look good!”
At the pre-war meeting held in the regiment, all major buildings in Shengjing City were marked and explained. In addition to the palace in the inner city, the General's Office and the Wubu Yamen, the Wanshou Temple in the Outer Gate is also the most important.
one of the buildings.
This place is known as the "Permanent Jungle of Buddhism in the Ten Directions". The temple contains a copy of the Tripitaka given by Emperor Yingzong in the 5th year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, in the 13th year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign, a new set of Tripitaka was given by the Emperor. Today,
In the entire Liaodong region, there is only one temple with such a rich collection of Chinese scriptures, and no other temple.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Eastern Front Command asked the siege troops to avoid destroying the Wanshou Temple as much as possible during the battle. Of course, if the Qing army relies on the temple to resist, it must be resolutely destroyed; if
If you just hide in the temple to survive, then as long as you check and confirm that you will no longer resist, let them go.
At this time, the eldest of the several monks took two steps forward, bowed and clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! Soldiers, this is a holy land of Buddhism. You are not allowed to use weapons without permission. Please forgive me."
Xu Jian looked up and down. He saw that the monk looked to be in his fifties, with a medium build, wearing a clean trousers, a Chinese character face, a straight nose, a wide mouth, deep eyes and low eyebrows.
Xu Jian said coldly: "What do you do?"
"Well, the poor monk is a monk from Wanshou Temple." The monk thought to himself, "What else can I be dressed like this for?"
"How to call it?"
"The poor monk's Dharma name is Yuanbao."
Xu Jian was stunned for a moment, wondering why there were monks with such a name. Several Beihai soldiers around him also had strange expressions on their faces, thinking that this monk's name was really interesting. Could it be that he was crazy about money?
Xu Jian nodded and said: "Master Yuanbao, our people found that many Qing troops were defeated and fled into the temple. There is a war now, so we have to go in and take them away."
Monk Yuanbao said: "What the official said is wrong..."
Xu Jian interrupted: "There are no masters or slaves in our Beihai Navy. Officers and soldiers are equal. Just call me Captain Xu."
Monk Yuanbao's eyes showed a trace of surprise and said: "Company Commander Xu, you have also seen the weapons all over the ground. Those people are just poor people trying to survive. Moreover, there are not only officers and soldiers who put down their swords and guns in the temple, but also old, weak, women, children and
There are also many children, all of whom came here to take refuge.”
After he finished speaking, he recited the Buddha's name, and then said: "In the early years, I heard Master Chengche mention the matter of your department. He said that the Beihai Navy was kind and righteous to the people, and King Zhao was the reincarnation of the holy king who saved the people from water and fire...
..."
Xu Jian ignored the compliment, but he keenly noticed a name, so he interrupted: "Chengche? Do you know Master Chengche from Wuya Temple?"
Monk Yuanbao said that indeed, it seems that Master Chengche is very famous among the North Sea pirates! He was about to speak again when Xu Jian raised his hand and interrupted: "I don't care what your reasons are, now we have to enter the temple
Search! Not to mention your Wanshou Temple, even the imperial palace, I will search it! Everyone listen! After entering, only people wearing Qing uniforms will be taken away, the old, weak, women and children will not be bothered!"
At this time, a soldier behind him muttered: "Company Commander, if we rush in like this, Buddha will blame us."
Xu Jian said angrily: "Fart! We are not going in to burn, kill and loot, we are here to capture the enemy! People from the first class are guarding the door. No one is allowed to go out without my order!"
After saying that, he waved his hand, and more than 40 Beihai navy soldiers rushed forward. Without any explanation, they pushed aside the monks who were blocking them, and rushed in with a roar.