In the early morning, sharp horns sounded in the trenches, and the Qing army's artillery positions fired thousands of cannons at Dongzhi County. The thunder was rolling and the roar was deafening.
The Qing soldiers in the trench covered their ears and looked up at the roaring artillery. When did the Qing army spend so much money? The artillery fell like raindrops into Dongzhi County. The artillery fired well and blew the enemy to pieces.
The Qing Dynasty devoted all its power to the returning troops and dropped thousands of cannons. It can be said that this was the largest artillery battle since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. It fully shows that the imperial court attached great importance to this battle. He was able to transport military supplies to Dong Zhiyuan and inspire the hearts of the people with a great victory.
The city wall made of huge stones fell apart piece by piece under the raging cannons. The collapsed stones shattered, and the loess inside the stone bricks was exposed. Then the loess also cracked bit by bit. The city wall shook and became incomplete. The forts on the city wall disappeared one by one, and the cannons had long since fallen into the pits, with half of the muzzles exposed in the twisted shape of the barrels.
The city walls trembled under the ravages of artillery, the earth trembled, and gunpowder smoke filled the sky over Dongzhi County, but Dongzhi County still stood on the high loess slope. She was still so tall, like a weather-beaten old man, stubbornly unwilling to admit defeat.[
Guo Baochang remained motionless, his tall and straight body looked so majestic that the officers next to him did not dare to say a word. How long will it take to wait for a long time, which sharpens one's character and lashes one's will.
I don’t know what Guo Baochang was thinking. The commander didn’t speak, and no one dared to say anything. Round after round of shelling, the city wall withstood the baptism of the cannons without completely collapsing. The loess in the city wall was solidified by rammed earth, and the same Strong and durable.
"Light the fire." Guo Baochang seized the opportunity and lit the fuse of the explosive at just the right time. There were tens of thousands of kilograms of explosives buried in the hollowed out area under the city wall. He wanted to level the city wall in front of him and open up a way forward.
There were constant rumbling noises, and Dongzhi County City seemed to be twisting weirdly like an earthworm. The tumbling earthworm was struggling in the soil. Section after section of the city wall collapsed, and some sections of the city wall seemed to have fallen into a pit and disappeared all of a sudden.
The huge air wave lifted up layers of loess, and the entire Dongzhi County disappeared before our eyes, leaving only the rushing yellow dust and billowing yellow clouds billowing in the sky. The scene was so exciting that the officials hugged each other warmly. , the fortifications that the Hui army was proud of were destroyed by the Qing army.
"Concentrate your firepower on me and open up a path for the Qing soldiers." Guo Baochang ordered, without a trace of smile on his face. The moment of victory had not yet come, and the returning army had not put down their weapons. There would be a hard battle ahead.
The first step of the battle was carried out smoothly, and Dongzhi County was dangerously defendable. The subsequent street battles were even more confusing. Dongzhi County would be turned into ruins in a bloody storm.
Qing troops held high the Snow Mountain Lion Flag and appeared in every gap in the city wall. Thousands of Qing troops rushed to Dongzhi County. The Qing troops were like ants. The enemy and ourselves fought in a melee on the ruins. Children were weapons, and stones were equally deadly.
Behind every ruin, there are returning soldiers who are resisting tenaciously. The two sides are fighting to the death in a small area. What they are fighting for is not important and has no strategic value. What is important is that the bloody men are fighting.
Every life disappeared in the ruins, and every piece of rubble was covered with blood. The unyielding returning army, the heroic Qing army, and the two mortal enemies were fighting, both fighting for their ideals.
The emergence of hot weapons put lives in danger within a thousand meters, making it impossible for commanders to watch the battle from close range. Commanders rarely went to the front line to personally direct the city climbing battles. As the main attacking army, the Qing army was the closest to death on the battlefield. The most important ones are the battalion officers, sentry officers, and captains. These officers braved the rain and rain to command their respective teams on the front line.
However, the senior generals of the Qing army were all generals who fought on the battlefield. When they saw that the battle was going well and the Qing army had poured into the gap in the ruins, they immediately moved the command post forward. Guo Baochang built the battlefield command post in the middle of the ruins. Three hundred Goshiha built a line of defense around the city bricks.
Li Guolou stood there for a long time, with constant gunshots all around. He could only see Geshiha nervously standing guard with a gun, and then turned around and said: "Commander Guo, how many days are you planning to regain Dongzhi County!"
"There is no exact date. The Huizi are very stubborn. They are willing to go through fire and water for Ma Zhenghe. In the evening, the Huizi will launch a counterattack. It is difficult to say whether they can stand. Don't be too happy too early. At least there are still people in the city. There are tens of thousands of returning troops." Guo Baochang never thought about being as tough as the returning troops. It is not worth the effort. The Qing army first established an advantage and built a line of defense in Dongzhi County, and then consumed the strength of the returning troops. Anyway, he had artillery. Let the returning troops retake some positions in the evening, and they can regain them tomorrow.
"Hey, these ground rats are hiding in the tunnels. They want to fight a tunnel battle with us when they return to the army." Li Guolou tried his best to look at the battlefield where the smoke was rising. A cloud of smoke was rising, and there was an artillery battle there.
"I am the God of Death. I will send death to these returning troops who resisted the Chinese Empire. I will try to capture Dongzhi County in three days. But Deputy Commander Xu gave me five days. I am not in a hurry. Master Li, learn from it and I will teach you how to fight. , I want you to pay your tuition." Guo Baochang prepared to turn the attack on Dongzhi County into a classic battle, so that the world would know how to capture a strong city.
"Yes, Commander Death's order, I will obey it." Li Guolou is not a selfish person. He hopes that a country will be strong and prosperous, and he also hopes that other troops will make a qualitative leap. His help to the Chu army is private. Do your best to help the brother troops fighting for the country.
Battle reports continued to come in, including reports of victory over the returning troops, urgent requests for reinforcements from the front, and news of the team's retreat. These constituted every detail of a battle. Guo Baochang issued various orders according to different battle situations.
At most, the battlefield maps drawn by the student soldiers of Li Ziying were sent one by one. The map of each small plot of land appeared on the paper. Wei Hanyu and Xu Lan quickly pieced together the small maps into connected maps. One street or even Several streets and fortresses can appear in front of you.[
Guo Baochang was not only surprised, but also admired. The map was so important in Li Guolou's mind that he even asked his subordinates to draw maps of each street on the battlefield.
The supreme commander actually fights by looking at the map. In a huge city, the supreme commander can only see one street at most. Where can he see the overall situation? If he wants to grasp more information, he needs a complete map, so for the commander, the map is It's baby.
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"Fucking Li Guolou, how did you come up with this idea? This method is good, but if a student soldier dies, I will be so painful that I can't sleep." Guo Baochang looked at the map and snickered, slowly stretched out, and became more and more The larger map was drawn by student soldiers on the front line under artillery fire. With a map of an area, he could make decisions quickly. The command system suddenly became flexible and he could issue orders faster.
Li Guolou stared at the map, wishing it was a complete map of Dongzhi County, but such a fragmented map was already extremely difficult. He was extremely entangled and said: "Commander Guo, if we weren't on good terms, I wouldn't be able to part with it.
Let student soldiers do this kind of thing. These students will become sentry officers and battalion officer-level officers in the future, and some will become generals. If they die in a place like this, I can't even eat!"
"Well, I understand. As long as the student soldiers survive, I will not treat them badly. When the team rests, I will select a group of people from the army and let Liu Liu Mazi train a new generation of officers for me." Guo Baochang glanced at them.
, What a pretense, Li Guolou led the student soldiers to the battlefield, and prepared to build graves for the student soldiers, so that they would not miss a piece of meat.
"I think the south can be used as the main direction of attack. Use fire to attack with the wind and not give the enemy a chance to survive." Li Guolou looked at the simple map and tested the direction of the wind with his hands. He said that he must win on the battlefield.
I have long forgotten the consequences of using fire to attack, and I will not hesitate to turn Dongzhi County into ashes.
"Order, the soldiers on the southern front should stop attacking and set fire to me." Guo Baochang didn't think twice and immediately issued the order. He was not a kind person, and he would use a lot of vicious tactics here.
After a while, thick smoke billowed out from the south of the city, and the fire was raging. Half of the city was burned by the wind. The Qing troops on the southern front clapped their hands and cheered, choking the returning troops hiding in the fortifications. Where the fire swept through, people could survive. This method is good.
, for the most effective strategy to kill the enemy, the soldiers of the Qing army praised the supreme commander Guo Baochang, who was cruel enough and smart enough.
"Sir Li, how did you know that the south of the city was a trap?" Guo Baochang respectfully presented his treasure, the riding crop, to Li Guolou with both hands.
"This is the advantage of having a map. Our army's breakthrough in the south of the city was so smooth. No matter what is in the south of the city, I will burn it first and let Ma Zhenghe cry." Li Guolou was extremely proud, waving his whip with his right hand and throwing out
A loud bang.
"Okay, with this trick, the returning army will burn at least a thousand people to death. Our army will definitely capture Dongzhi County in three days." Guo Baochang was even happier when he saw that the fire was showing signs of stopping. The more intense the burning, the better.
Only when you are naked can you be reborn as a phoenix, and Dongzhi County must be reborn in blood under artillery fire.
"This is a fire caused by artillery fire. It is a punishment from heaven on the enemy. It has nothing to do with us." Li Guolou had already characterized the fire as a fire from heaven, so he would not expose his own scars.
"Haha, idiot, I don't know how to write it in the battle report. The local officials will take care of the mess. What are you afraid of? I won't betray you." Guo Baochang looked at the smoke and beamed with joy. Thousands of people were killed by the returning army in a fire.
The enemy's counterattack will gain momentum at night.
"Guo Dazui, you are telling one thing and telling another behind your back. You will talk about it for the rest of your life, and you will say it even when you are drunk." Li Guolou squinted, he had been in Dong Zhiyuan for so long, and he was obsessed with women.
Let the Chu army seize the opportunity. Will these big bosses be willing to do it? If they have the opportunity to belittle him, Guo Baochang will be the first to jump out and expose his background.
"Haha, Li Guolou knows me, I won't deny it." Guo Baochang laughed dryly, and a big fire stopped the movement of the battlefield, and the contact battle between the enemy and us became more cautious.
In addition to building fortresses, the Hui army also dug tunnels to hide soldiers and avoid artillery fire. After experiencing the power of the Qing army's artillery, the Hui army changed their tactics and learned how to avoid artillery. Ma Zhenghe thought about returning after the city wall fell.
In response to the military's response, Dongzhi County has long been built as a battlefield like a meat grinder, with soldiers from both sides fighting for every yard.
The Hui army relied on its geographical advantage to resist stubbornly. A huge hand grenade was suddenly thrown into the middle of the Qing army from a hidden corner.
"Lie down." A Qing army captain suddenly fell to the ground, followed by the Qing soldiers around him.
Whether you can survive depends on the number of days. The hand grenades returned to the army are large in size and weak in power. The black powder has been carefully processed. It looks like thick smoke billowing and flying flakes. It is as lethal as the Qing army's hand grenades.
The military's grenades are still based on old-fashioned production techniques, but they are also scary enough.
It's scary. If the Qing army is not careful, they will be attacked by grenades. There will be various traps in an alley. The Qing army suffered a lot in street fighting. There are dead bodies of Qing soldiers on every street. Return to the army.
Treat street fighting as the main battlefield and fight the Qing army in a small area.
Street fighting became a nightmare for the Qing army. They advanced slowly, stopped step by step, and fired cautiously. The entire city used grenades to clear the way, and howitzers moved at a slow speed.
In the ruins occupied by the Qing army, thousands of elders began to build fortifications, using rubble, wood, and bricks to build temporary fortifications in preparation for a protracted battle with the returning army.