my days with tyrants

Chapter 374 Moling Blood
At this time, the battle to defend the capital has officially started.

Sanshan Fort.

"put!"

Accompanied by the roar of the gunner, the river-locking giant cannon on the A character of the main castle retreated ferociously, and sprayed several feet of flames towards the river.

At the same time, the [-]-jin shells fired from the chamber pierced the air with a roar.

And on the mighty Yangtze River in front, iron chains locking the river have been raised one after another.

One end of these iron chains is connected to Sanshan Rock, and the other end lacks similar fixtures, so they simply put reinforced concrete directly on it, and poured it into the shape of a reclining cow. Half of the concrete cow was simply buried underground.

It was originally dug and poured.

The final concrete cow is estimated to weigh a million catties...

Not much though.

It is nothing more than the weight of an eight-story residential building.

Then there is a winch in front for lifting these chains.

This costly defense project allowed Ambassador Yang to digest the moldy banknotes in the warehouse well, and made great progress in the capital's industry.

So now both wrought iron bars and bamboo bars have begun to appear.

Because the self-construction rights of private houses in the city have been released, a comparison-style construction wave is being set off inside and outside the capital.

Well, during Zhu Yuanzhang's time, the vast majority of the capital was actually public housing, because the vast majority were military households, and their housing was built and then allocated by the imperial court.

And the construction tide made the banknotes that Yang Feng scatter quickly turned into deposits and tax returns.

Of course, it’s not just these few iron chains. This is a systematic defense project. To be precise, it is the Dashengguan Fortress Group, with Sanshan Fort as the front, Dashengguan as the core, and Niushou Mountain and other military camps behind it. At that time, an entire army of the Jingying camp was stationed outside the outer wall to block the incoming enemies from upstream.Now this costly fortress group began to perform its duties, and the King's Fleet, blocked by the iron chains that locked the river, watched the smoke rising from the Sanshan Fort in amazement amidst the crowd.

The next moment was the impact of the shell.

The cannonball that was strong enough to penetrate the planks of the Victory hit an inland river warship ferociously, and then completed its penetration in an instant.

Knock in from the deck and come out under the waterline on the other side.

This warship, estimated to be only a hundred tons in class, began to sink before firing a single shot.

Then there were more shells roaring. The entire Sanshan Fort was actually a two-story bastion of Sanshanji. After all, Sanshanji was not very big.

The lower bastion was piled up on the periphery, and the upper bastion was piled up on the top of the mountain. The cannons of Suojiang were all on the upper layer. At this time, there was no Zimuzhou, and the Yangtze River was less than two kilometers above the water surface. There were eye-catching buoys on the iron chains. Which one? The distance of the buoys is numbered, and the corresponding charges, elevation angles and azimuth angles are all fixed. As long as the enemy warships are blocked on the river, the rest is to roll call one by one.

Because of the huge power, basically one shot is fired one by one, and there is no need to hit the second shot.

"It's just a dream to want to attack the capital from the Yangtze River."

In the tunnel of the main castle, Geng Rui watched the scene and said.

"I really should let the head of the country come over to see how stupid his order to withdraw into the city is."

The guard at Sanshanbao said with a smile.

"stupid?"

Geng Rui sneered.

"He's not necessarily stupid."

He said.

In fact, these generals are all sober, but the head of the country is not necessarily stupid.

But for Jingying, no matter whether they are honorable or not, they are bound to the princess, and they must be loyal to the princess.

It is impossible for them to betray.

After all, the middle and lower-level officers in the Beijing camp were all Yang Feng's fanatics. Anyone who dared to betray the princess would be shot to death by the staff in less than 10 minutes. There was no need to even think about such a thing.

"But no matter what he wants to do, the enemy can't pass the big victory, and everything is in vain after all."

Garrison said.

At this time, the enemy troops on the river finally began to fight back.

But these inland warships can't carry too much artillery, the largest is a nine-pound shell, which is basically equivalent to making people drool when it falls on the Sanshan Fort. Control point, then unload the ship, and drag it to Sanshan Fort a little bit, and the plan was to bombard the city wall of the capital, and never thought that it would have to bomb the outer fortress.

"Let's see how good their imperial camp is!"

Geng Rui said.

Then he looked south through his binoculars.

The battle there has already begun. If you want to conquer Sanshan Fort, you can only conquer this fortress. But to conquer this fortress, you must first win the battle in the field, then block the reinforcements from the rear, and then launch a continuous bombardment with a huge cannon. , Blast open the city wall and attack with infantry.

So at this moment, in a green riverside rice field, the infantry of both sides marched forward in almost the same formation...

Of course, the training of the new army in the Jianwen Dynasty followed the phalanx tactics learned in the Beijing camp.

The military technological progress of the Ming Dynasty was originally the style of Yang Feng pulling seedlings to encourage them. This guy spanned more than 200 years and directly gave them the Spanish phalanx with matchlock guns and spears. Rich combat experience quickly allowed them to accept and understand this tactic, thus truly spanning more than 200 years in one fell swoop.

It wasn't enough to just give them heavy arquebuses.

Weapons are useless if people can't do it. Only people who are also elite and equipped with advanced weapons can form combat effectiveness.

So replace all the volunteers with spears and matchlock guns, and go to the European battlefield of the 30 Years War, and you can quickly become an invincible army, but give me a Mauser 1884 with bursts of Qing Dynasty elites, and it will also be held with a single shot. The old Murata's Japanese army beat him violently.

But it is impossible for the generals of the Ming army to invent new tactics themselves.

After all, this is the optimal solution after repeated trials and tribulations. Unless their weapons can continue to evolve, it is impossible to invent new tactics.

This is already the best.

They are all crawling out of the dead, and they all know what is good.

So now both sides are adding square formations to square formations, and finally set up a large chessboard formation in the farmland divided by ponds and canals.

The Beijing camp occupying the preset position was first bombarded with heavy artillery.

The nine-pound artillery shells whizzing by instantly fell on the advancing imperial camp. The dense formation allowed the shells to fully display their destructive power. Those soldiers wearing half-armor carrying spears or magic guns and moving forward under the command were bombarded by the shells. A large piece fell instantly during the impact.But the rest are still moving forward silently. It is obvious that the fighting will of these soldiers is not weak, but the Ming Dynasty at this time is basically like this. There is no such thing as an army that collapses at the first touch or even collapses at the wind.Moreover, Jianwen's imperial camp obviously had a large number of Semu soldiers. In fact, the imperial camp was dominated by Semu soldiers. In order to build this 3-man army, the Jianwen court drained the entire Semu Qingzhuang army in Guangdong and Guangxi, so that now all the Semu guards are left. The old, weak, women and children.

After all, only Semu can guarantee true loyalty.

Or rather they have no choice.

Because of the terrain, the cavalry is not very useful here. The battlefield is full of rice fields, and the cavalry can't run at all, so the Jingying didn't send out the cavalry. fight together.

Soon under the harassment of shells, Jianwen's imperial battalion arrived on the battlefield.

As the infantry continued to move forward, those field guns moved forward to occupy suitable gun positions, pushed hard against the continuous firing of shells from the opposite side, and then returned fire to the opposite side.

The Beijing infantry in formation did not move, but field artillery and heavy artillery continued to shell.

During the staggering of shells, the infantry of both sides entered the firing range of the magic gun, and then quickly fired relative to each other. On the green battlefield shrouded in gunpowder, a branch of infantry fired in the same way, turned and reloaded, and then moved forward again and returned to the firing position to fire. .And the cannons occupying suitable gun positions are also bombarding each other. Even the mortars are set up, and then they fire each other with explosive shells. Soon the rockets also join the battlefield, and they are still rocket vehicles. Although the lethality of this thing is meaningless, after all It can't penetrate plate armor, but it's a good thing for disrupting formations.

In particular, there is a certain incendiary bomb effect, and having this on both sides makes the battle scene very spectacular.

Pushing rocket launch vehicles one after another, carrying bullets and shells, the soldiers quickly entered the firing range, and then ignited the rockets.

The rockets flew out densely and roared, landing on the opponent's formation with a shocking momentum.

Because the fuzes cannot be consistent, and then many rockets explode directly in the sky.

Below are the elite soldiers, amidst the smoke of the explosion and the flying sparks, they continued to shoot at the opponent calmly.

"This is a new war!"

Geng Rui said with emotion.

"It just looks stupid, not as hearty as it used to be."

Garrison said.

"Indeed, it looks stupid, but let alone go up and slash like in the past, it is very difficult for you to even touch the formation. All the magic guns, field guns, and the bullets and shells fired during your rush are enough to kill the giants. Most people were killed on the way, and when you are lucky enough to rush over, there are countless spears waiting for you. When you want to charge away the spears, the magic gun is loaded again, and even the best armor can be shot through a few steps away. .

This is the way they are fighting now, and after all the flintlocks are replaced, they will be replaced with new tactics. "

Geng Rui said.

Of course, flintlocks are still too expensive, and Da Ming has no enemies worthy of using flintlocks, and he is already invincible with magic guns, so it is estimated that he will not change it within ten years.

"Today we use magical muskets, and in ten years we will replace them with flintlock muskets. Ambassador Yang said that in another ten years, we will use flash cap muskets, and in another ten years, we will use the same bullets as him. All reforms will be completed in 40 years. In the future, we will be like gods in this world, and the whole world will kneel at our feet."

He said with some pride.

Just then...

"Moling Pass was attacked."

An officer suddenly shouted.

Geng Rui and others quickly turned their heads and looked in the direction of Moling Pass.

There was a cloud of black smoke in the sky, which was obviously a warning rocket rising from Moling Pass, which was another pass of the defense system.

Moling Pass.

"Kill!"

Jianwenchao's commander of the imperial battalion made Yuguro howl like crazy.

At this moment, he didn't even wear armor, he was shirtless, holding a sword in both hands, and ran towards the Moling Pass in front of him. This pass was actually a fortress, but it was smaller, and around Commander Yu There were thousands of shirtless soldiers like him, holding sabers in both hands.These soldiers, almost all of them with lustful looks, shouted famous slogans while crashing into the low city wall in front of them as if suicidal, and then their flesh and blood splattered in the violent storm of shotgun strikes.

But they, who had obviously entered the state, continued to move forward like crazy with the hatred accumulated by Yang Feng for nearly ten years.

At the moment they are not fighting for Jianwen.

But they are fighting for their descendants, for their descendants' right to continue to survive in this paradise-like country.

Death is no longer justified.

After all, after death is just the beginning of happiness in another world.

Like the zombies in Resident Evil, they ignored the death around them and continued to move forward directly on the dead bodies of their companions.

Blood stained the green beneath their feet.

And behind them, there are musketeers in formation and a field cannon, firing towards the city to provide cover for their death charge. Behind these musketeers is Governor Hu's guard of honor. It's just a cover. The real main target is Moling Pass. When you open this place, you can transport the [-]-jin cannon to Shangfang Gate by water and then blast the outer wall.

Soon Commander Yu rushed to the bastion.

Then they jumped into the moat as if they were committing suicide. Being familiar with the properties of water, they were protected. They moved forward bravely amid the splash of shotgun shells.

"Open the capital, don't seal the knife for ten days!"

Commander Yu roared.

Then he rushed straight to the bottom of the city, then untied the rope in the water and suddenly threw it upward.

But at this moment, a head poked out from the city wall, followed by a tin bucket, dumped the contents down at him, and at the same time, more tin buckets appeared on top, and a feather The Commander watched in amazement as the contents fell and poured into the moat.In the moat, the soldiers under Commander Yu were still swimming to the bottom of the city wall, even throwing ropes upwards. Commander Yu, who already understood what this was, turned around and dived underwater in horror.

And on top of his head, at first the guy was holding a torch, throwing it down with a sinister smile, and the next moment Commander Yu made the top of his head ablaze.

Immediately afterwards, the pitiful and desperate howls of his soldiers, because of the obstruction of the water, passed into his ears like the cry of a ghost.

He held his breath like crazy and moved forward, swimming out of the flaming red, and then got out with lingering fear, looking at the sea of ​​fire under the city wall, and his men were in the sea of ​​fire.

Although the vast majority of them reacted quickly and dived underwater like him, the fire burned too fast, and a third of them were still ignited. Although they still knew how to dive in pain, there were also many who were unable to hold their breath. Not as good as him, he had to show his head to breathe before he swam out of the sea of ​​fire. The bodies that were burned by the fire and then soaked in water turned into a terrifying black-red...

Even if he escaped like this, he would be dead, and even antibiotics would probably not be able to withstand the infection.

But they couldn't escape, because above the sea of ​​fire, countless guns and cannons were already aimed at them.

Accompanied by bursts of flame spurts, shotguns and bullets swept across Commander Yu and his soldiers who were rejoicing for the rest of their lives,

(End of this chapter)