The soldiers of the Ming Army looked at the warehouse with admiration. It was hard to imagine that after such a shelling, they could still see such a large and intact building. Although many of the walls were damaged, the main structure was still intact. This
It was a wine warehouse, but there was no burning. The traces of explosion were proof.
The strong aroma of wine hit my nose, and some wine jars must have been broken. This meant that the winery owner had not had time to transport the wine away.
The People's Guard soldiers outside were sniffing, greedily smelling the fragrant aroma of wine... It smells so good! On such a fierce and fierce battlefield, suddenly encountering such a beautiful thing seemed like a little joke made by God.
"How much is this much wine worth?"
A soldier hid behind the tank and sighed.
"I bet," another soldier said, "it's worth more than the two tanks inside."
The Futai Liquor Company is a good brand, and many soldiers have tasted the good wine produced by it...our Ming Dynasty wine.
But now, the wine of Ming Dynasty will be used to destroy the Qing captives.
"What a pity."
"yes."
The soldiers felt sorry and watched as a soldier slowly touched it, carrying a flamethrower.
"Maybe this is God's will," said a soldier. "Repeated shelling did not damage this wine warehouse. Maybe this is God leaving it behind for us to use to eliminate the Qing rebels."
After saying this, everyone agreed. Everyone now thought that if the Qing prisoners had not entered, maybe the wine warehouse would have been blown up long ago. Thinking like this, they felt a lot more comfortable.
A Lightning-2 tank drove to the side of the wine warehouse door and parked there, preparing to shoot at the Qing soldiers who ran out. Two other "Steel Crossbow" 57mm self-propelled artillery guns, one on the left and one on the right, were ambushed diagonally in front of the door.
The muzzle is facing the gate. If the Barutu tank rushes out, it will be hit head on.
A "Woodpecker" machine gun team mounted the machine gun on half of the remaining wall and pointed it diagonally at the door of the wine warehouse.
Other tanks were scattered around the wine warehouse, forming a second blockade. At this point, the iron wall surrounded the area.
The flamethrower reached the warehouse door and pressed against the wall nervously, praying while opening the flamethrower. On the battlefield, the most nervous people are the flamethrowers. Once they are hit, it will turn into a fire in the blink of an eye.
people.
He licked his lips, turned around suddenly and pulled the trigger towards the door, sending a stream of fire into the warehouse.
The Balutu tank inside the door immediately opened fire with machine guns, but he had already ducked aside and quickly withdrew. There was no need to spray a second time, one shot was enough.
Black smoke billowed out of the warehouse door, and the gasoline fire dragon was still burning, and it quickly spread.
Because alcohol does not burn as violently as gasoline, and most of these alcohols are only 50 or 60 degrees, there was no big explosion immediately in the warehouse, but the screams of the Qing soldiers began to be heard, shouting and screaming to put out the fire, but the sound
Becoming more and more frightened.
There was a constant sound of the wine jar breaking, and the aroma of the wine was getting stronger and stronger, mixed with the sound of "whooshing" in the air, as if a strong wind was howling.
Soon, light blue flames flowed out from the warehouse door. The flames were beautiful, beating, almost transparent, and burning very quietly...but screams could also be heard in the warehouse.
Several Qing soldiers with burning legs rushed out, and then fell under the machine gun. There were more and more screams in the warehouse, and the wine jars were constantly breaking. More Qing soldiers rushed out risking their lives, but they were all just
He was shot dead as soon as he left the gate.
A Barutu tank roared and rushed out desperately, with flames burning on its tracks.
The self-propelled artillery on both sides fired at the same time, and the Barutu tank was immediately destroyed. Fire and thick smoke spurted out from the two fatal wounds. The shells in the turret exploded one after another, and balls of fire shot upward. The entire tank was blown into pieces.
Rotten tin can.
The fire in the warehouse became fiercer and fiercer, and the aroma of wine became stronger and stronger. The warehouse door "whooshed" in the wind, and more blue flames flowed out. The Ming army tanks and soldiers all moved back a little more, looking at it with complicated expressions.
The blue fire...some couldn't bear it, some were happy, and some were indifferent.
It's been a long time, and no Qing soldiers have run out. Some Ming soldiers counted twenty Qing soldiers' corpses outside. When the two tanks retreated, at least one platoon of Qing infantry followed them.
.That is to say, almost a dozen Qing soldiers were burned to death in the wine warehouse.
Suddenly, there was a violent explosion in the warehouse, and thick smoke rushed out. Everyone understood what was going on: it was another Barutu tank that had been burned.
"What a pity for the wine."
A soldier shook his head and said.
Another soldier had already seen it happily and laughed and said:
"Haha, they won't have to worry about drinking wine when they get to the underworld."
But most of the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and now turned their faces to despise him.
"What's wrong," he said plausibly, "we didn't invite them."
Everyone was speechless.
…
It is now noon on New Year's Eve. Emperor Guangwu's eyes on the other side are getting more and more gloomy, and no one around him dares to speak. He discovered that a characteristic of the Yangtze River defense line is that, like bulletproof glass, even if it is penetrated, it will only be limited to one
Eyes, other parts are still strong. He originally expected the effect of ordinary glass: if one part is broken, the whole piece will shatter.
But now, it is obvious that the construction level of Nanming's Yangtze River defense line and the fighting will of Nanming's defenders have been underestimated - especially the People's Guard.
We made a breakthrough at Zimuzhou a few days ago, but the gap was as big as it was then, and it is still big now. Although the army fought through, they were blocked by others and had no chance to expand or use their strength advantage.
Now there is another breakthrough at Dinghuaimen, and it is still the same. The gap was as big as it was when the breakthrough was made, and it is still as big as it is now.
Nanming's defense line fortifications were designed so well. I originally thought that as long as I could break through, I could successfully take down the fortifications horizontally or from behind, but I found out after fighting through them that this was not the case. Those large cement fortifications were dead.
But among them, there are too many all-steel lifting turrets, machine gun towers, and fire-breathing towers. Not only can these things shoot 360 degrees, they can also be flexibly expanded and retracted, with dynamic cross-coverage, and there are no dead spots at all.
When the Qing army wanted to clear them and called for artillery bombardment from the other side, they shrank to the level of the ground. As long as they were not hit directly, nothing happened. Even if they were hit directly, the caliber of the artillery shells was not large enough. The armor was 200 or 300 mm thick.
It is strong enough to withstand direct hits from medium-sized artillery shells.
It was the explosion of the No. 6 ammunition depot and the inflow of river water that paralyzed the 3-kilometer-long defense line, giving the Qing army a little space to intervene. However, it was impossible to tear open the intact defense lines on both sides.
Arrived.
Despite this, the rotating turrets on both sides of the gap continued to fire into the middle, and smoke pillars rose one after another on the narrow river beach. It was very difficult for the Qing troops to land and unload their cargo. Especially tanks, it was too difficult to transport them. That kind of transportation
The targets of large tanks are much larger than assault boats. The Ming army's small turrets hit them accurately. Now dozens of tanks have sunk in the river, and only five tanks have been transported.
The Qing Army only had more than a thousand tanks nationwide, and it could not afford this kind of attrition rate. Emperor Guangwu looked at the tugboats that were hit and sank from time to time on the river, biting his fists, and almost bleeding from his eyes...
...My heart really hurts!
…
At the Xinjiekou headquarters, Xiang Xiaoqiang received a report from the front line that the People's Guard had wiped out all the Qing tanks and recaptured the Stone City area. Now the Qing troops in the city were compressed by our armored forces to the north of Stone City, that is, to the west of Dinghuai Gate.
To the east is an area of Drum Tower. However, because the opponent is the Qing Army's more elite Eight Banners Division, they can still stay step by step in the face of our superior armored forces and will not give up a street easily.
At present, the city walls on the west and north sides of Nanjing are incomplete, especially the north city wall and the northern section of the west city wall, which have collapsed badly and are no longer in our hands. The Qing army is currently attacking the Fourth Division of the Eight Banners.
Huaimen established a headquarters and continuously sent reinforcements to the city from the northwest gap. The fighting in that area is now very fierce.
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at this small area on the map and suddenly said:
"Isn't this the Jinling Zoo? There are only two or three square kilometers here, and this zoo takes up more than half of it."
He didn't know that there was a zoo in the capital of the Ming Dynasty before, and suddenly he regretted not being able to visit it before the war. I wonder what kind of animals are in the Ming Dynasty Zoo now?
Li Gensheng said:
"Yes, most of this area is a zoo. The terrain in the park is relatively open, with several artificial gentle hills, and there are many animal houses. There are swamps and waterbirds in the area. The Qinglu refused to defend this place because they were forced to do so.
I came here, and secondly I was attracted by the terrain here. Not to mention there are so many animal houses, but there are dense swamps, and it is difficult for our tanks to move. There are many places where there is only a small bamboo bridge."
"Do you have a detailed picture of the zoo?"
Li Gensheng shook his head and said:
"I'm afraid I can't find it in the short term. But I used to take my brothers to play, so I can draw a rough picture now."
He started drawing on a piece of paper. As he drew, he said:
"Sir, please see, here is a small hill, with a monkey house on it... There are monkeys in it, and baboons from Africa... Here is an eagle cage, with an eagle and a vulture in it. I don't know if they have been killed by the explosion... Below
, there is a small pond here, with swans, mandarin ducks and so on... The waterway goes all the way through the whole park, from here, all the way to here, to here... it loops around. This is the liger pavilion, where there are lions, tigers, and leopards.
.This building is quite big, the walls are quite strong, the windows are tall and small, and there are thick railings on it, which is very suitable for holding on... This is a bear house, and there are several black bears... Here are wolves... This house
It's almost like a bunker, because it's for elephants and rhinos... This is a snake house, with many venomous snakes, including pythons. Oh, by the way, sir, this area is a crocodile pool."
Xiang Xiaoqiang opened his eyes wide, staring at this place that was no less than a zoo in later generations. He smacked his lips and was amazed. This is not just a zoo. This is an open, wealthy, and inclusive Ming Dynasty... Just this zoo.
, and we must protect her.
Xiang Xiaoqiang licked his tongue and explored the picture with his finger: