In the early morning of November 15, the merchants' army launched an attack from north to south to the Qing army's bell and drum tower stronghold. ⊕ Baipai search: ⊕\\green^color^Xiao^Say//⊕
The soldiers of the Merchant Army were scattered into units of companies and walked through the complex streets and alleys like a maze. The Qing army relied on the houses and set up blocking points where they fell, and were also striving to block the Merchant Army's attack. Although each one was
The company has a detailed map of Nanjing, but in the fierce battle, it is inevitable that it will be lost. Sometimes it has to blow up the walls and then pass through the streets and courtyards, and sometimes it will be through the houses.
A big hole exploded on the other side and rushed in from behind the Qing army. Therefore, the entire building complex in the Bell and Drum Tower area was filled with gunfire and cries of melee.
Both the attacking and the defending parties use complex streets to explore each other. Both sides use small forces to fight. The entire battlefield is intertwined, and there is no concept of front and back at all. You have me, I have you, most of them.
The battles are all sudden encounters, caught off guard, and then close forces are connected and the battle begins. In almost every street and every courtyard, encounters will occur. Often, as they fight, the two teams of soldiers collided together.
At this time, there was almost no tactic at all. It was relying on the alertness of the soldiers on both sides, the extreme reactions on the scene, the experience of street fighting and the individual combat capabilities of the soldiers. However, in these aspects, the merchants who have received street fighting training all had all
Having a clear advantage, the number of people put into battle, the morale of the soldiers was also among the Qing army, and the merchant army was in rotation, and now the soldiers who were fighting basically had two or three hours of rest time, while most of the Qing army were
After the fierce battle in the first battle, they retreated from each front to the bell and drum tower area, so the mental and physical states of both sides could not be spoken at the same time.
Once the Qing army's blocking point was discovered, the merchant army would be attracted to each other and then sent a small team to assault from the side. Once it approached, it would immediately throw grenades into the Qing army's stronghold. When encountering the Qing army, it would immediately
It unfolded into a combat team, with bayonets in the front row and firepower support in the rear row, so it destroyed the Qing army's blocking points one by one, and captured the streets one by one. It stepped forward to the central area of the Bell and Drum Tower District.
At about 2:00 pm, most of the positions in the Bell and Drum Tower District were occupied by the merchant army, and the Qing army had been compressed into more than ten civilian houses with the Bell and Drum Tower as the core. At this time, the number of Qing army in the Bell and Drum Tower District was already
Less than two thousand, the soldiers of the merchant army could see the base of the bell and drum tower. So they made tide improvements to these two buildings that stood tall like cranes.
The Qing army also fought desperately in the bell and drum tower. From every window, there were archers and musketeers of the Qing army desperately attacking the attacking merchant army. Some even smashed them with stones and bricks, and in the two buildings.
The surrounding area was filled with the bodies of soldiers, and many of them were thrown down from the building.
The merchant army first fought to the bell tower and used dozens of grenades to blow up the gate of the bell tower. The soldiers of the commando immediately rushed into the bell tower from the breakthrough. The two sides fought fiercely in the lobby on the first floor, and soon the merchant army was
The Qing soldiers who had defeated the first floor attacked the second floor. At this time, the defenders suffered heavy casualties. People were constantly beaten to death, thrown down from the window, or jumped down the stairs to escape.
The soldiers in the building used everything they could use to resist, including tables, chairs, cabinets, wooden boxes, bags of grain, etc., which were all used as bunkers.
However, under the brave attack of the merchant army, the Qing army finally could not resist. The second and third floors were also lost one after another. In the end, more than 200 soldiers who were forced to the fourth floor all surrendered, and the merchant army also occupied the bell tower.
The bell tower, the drum tower is a building across the street. The bell tower was broken by the merchant army, and the Qing army, who was resisting stubbornly in the drum tower, could see clearly. The command headquarters of the Qing army in the bell tower area was set up in the drum tower. Mandahai held a sword in his hand and just killed a side general who suggested surrendering to the merchant army. The blade was still covered with blood. There were more than a dozen Qing soldiers standing beside Mandahai. Mandahai looked sour and said: "The court raised troops for a thousand days, just to use it for a while. Now Nanjing is in danger. As military generals, we are naturally loyal to the country. We are here to fight to the death with the merchant army and will never surrender."
Just as Mandahai finished speaking, the merchant army had already attacked the Drum Tower. At this time, in the bell tower opposite the Drum Tower, the soldiers of the Merchant Army fired and fired at the Drum Tower, killing the Qing army in the Drum Tower. I dare not approach the window.
The merchant army launched an attack on the second and third floors of the Gulou. Since the clock tower had been lost, the Qing army in the Gulou had no power to resist and surrendered one after another. Therefore, the merchant army also successfully killed the fourth floor of the Gulou. , and at this time Mandahai died here.
On the afternoon of the 15th, the Bell and Drum Tower District was occupied by the Qing army, and the inner city of Nanjing was also intercepted by the merchant army. As the Second Army headed northwest and the Third Army turned southeast, and began to clean up the remaining Qing army in Nanjing. .
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The merchant army's attack on the imperial city also began in the early morning of the fifteenth.
In one night, the First Army completed the full encirclement of the Imperial City and transferred a large number of artillery into the city to dispatch the offensive tasks of each unit. The First Division attacked Chengtian Gate, with the First Brigade as the reserve; The Fifth Division attacked Dong'anmen, the Fifth Brigade was the reserve team, the Seventh Division attacked Bei'anmen, and the 19th Brigade was the reserve team; the 23rd Division attacked Xi'anmen, because Xi'anmen faced Nanjing City, so this route was No reserve team was set up.
At this time, the Qing army's troops stationed in the imperial city were less than 40,000, but there were still more than 80 cannons, more than 5,000 musket soldiers, thunder rockets, and thunder. The emperor of Nanjing Although the city is not tall, it is also made of large stones and large bricks, which is very strong. Ordinary artillery does not have much effect on the walls of the imperial city.
At about 7 o'clock in the morning, the First Army, who was responsible for attacking the Imperial City, opened fire and bombarded the Imperial City from about 500 artillery pieces from southeast, west and north toward the Imperial City. The Qing army also fired and fought back on the city walls, and both sides used artillery to bombard the entire city. After nearly an hour, there were also a large number of Pili Rockets shooting. Although the artillery bombardment of the merchant army did not cause much damage to the imperial city, the Qing army destroyed most of the firepower points of the city wall, and Pili Rockets were basically used. When it was gone, only when the firearms could be used, the merchant army dispatched assault troops and launched a fierce attack on the city wall.
Since the merchant army received the benefits when attacking the Nanjing city wall, this time the merchant army still adopted the blasting tactics, but the Qing army also had experience. First, they tried hard to block the assault soldiers of the merchant army, and waited for the merchant army to push the explosive bag to the city gate. At that time, water the city immediately downwards, wetting all the explosives, making it impossible for the merchant army to explode.
The first division sent two batches of blasting teams in a row, but they were all destroyed by the Qing army using this method. On the contrary, more than 20 breakthrough hands fell outside the city gate. The division commander Su Jianlin was also very annoyed, but he did not expect the Qing army to come up with it. This stupid method is very useful.
But at this moment, the soldiers thought of using the door panel again, so they immediately removed dozens of door panels from nearby buildings. The blasters carried the door panels and once again rushed in to the city gate with the attack of the Qing army. A few small sheds were built by the city gate with the door panel, and then the gunpowder was placed under the small shed. No matter how much the Qing army bought water, it was useless. Su Jianlin also organized a group of soldiers to take turns to the city tower. The Qing army was almost unable to protrude when they opened fire.
After the explosives were all arranged, the blasters immediately stepped back. With a loud bang, the two city gates of Chengtian Gate were immediately blown to pieces, and the various artillery guns and thunder rockets of the merchant army were also He shot at the Chengtian Gate's formation, preventing the Qing army from blocking Chengtian Gate from being blocked again.
After a while of fighting, the commando immediately dispatched and rushed into Chengtian Gate. The Qing soldiers guarding the city then reacted and rushed in one after another. The two sides launched a hand-to-hand combat.
At this time, Su Jianlin also ordered the mercenary formation to break into the imperial city and join the battle.
In fact, the mercenary group had been waiting for a long time at this time, and it was finally its turn to the field. They all roared and rushed into Chengtian Gate. From the start of the war, the mercenary group had just fought a battle in Jubaoshan, and now they are all new forces. , Everyone is energetic and vigorous in fighting spirit.
The Qing army has been working hard for several days, and its mental and physical strength is very exhausted. In addition, the foreigners are tall and powerful, and many Qing soldiers have lost their weapons under one blow. Several people were knocked out and immediately killed the Qing soldiers and retreated one after another.
The Qing army was also shocked, and they didn't know that the merchant army found a vicious army from where they were. Several of them were almost like little giants, and they were all extremely powerful, compared to the most elite among the Eight Banners. The white-armored soldiers were not inferior at all, and the Qing army could almost completely resist their advance.
Correa also showed the style of an old professional soldier at this time. He commanded the mercenary group, not blindly brute force to disrupt the attack, but divided more than 700 people in the army into three echelons. , took turns to launch fierce attacks on the Qing army, and in each team, several of the most powerful men were sent to charge, and the others were protecting them from the left and right sides. The one who advanced forward, the one who retreated, and the one who covered them. , they are all organized in an orderly manner and not at all disorderly manner.
At the same time, other merchant troops were also very well assigned to join forces, using mercenaries as arrows, following up from the side and rear, and using long-range weapons such as muskets and grenades to support the mercenary group's operations. They forced themselves to break into the Qing army's formation and approached the Forbidden City step by step .The other soldiers immediately spread to the left and right sides and entered Taisheji and Taimiao to launch an attack. @ya