Traveler Major League

Chapter 243

Only the south side of Beishan is relatively flat, and the easiest breakthrough point is on the south slope. However, if you want to attack this point, you have to attack from the front, which is blocked by the city wall. If you attack from both sides, you have to withstand the attack from the Ming army on both sides. Attacking from behind is difficult due to the terrain.

Therefore, the tactical arrangement of the First Battalion was the same as what the Ming army expected, attacking from the front. The only difference was that the first attack was to launch a beheading attack on the general from the air. The firepower of the mortars was not fierce, but when there was no one, With the correction of the machine, they all exploded into the crowd. All the Ming army in the back mountain could see was that the place where the general's flag was originally turned into a ball of gunpowder smoke. Without anyone to command, they passively welcomed the first round of charge from the people's army. .

If you look at the entire battlefield from above, the first battalion is in the south and the cavalry battalion is mostly in the north. These more than a thousand people are surrounded by tens of thousands of Ming troops in the middle. Although the mountain fortifications can effectively resist direct-aimed artillery, even mortars can't. It was impossible to accurately hit the Ming army in the trench, but the mortars of the People's Army did not hit there at all, so the fortifications were useless.

Boom boom boom, huge clouds of explosions emerged from the back mountain. It was the gunpowder stored by the Ming army that was detonated by the drone.

Zhao Asan in the distance was startled. He felt like something was coming out of his crotch. Although he tried not to wet his pants, his feet were still a little weak.

Zhao Asan suddenly thought of the terrifying feeling when Baoji City fell. Suddenly, he felt a chill and couldn't help but think of his Mr. Qian. A terrifying thought came to his mind. Could he be like this? Like Mr. Qian, the little thing was thrown from the sky and was blown into a bloody sack?
  He looked around in panic. As a defeated soldier who had retreated from Baoji, the only people he could rely on were his brothers in life and death. If nothing could be done, thinking of this, he looked around at the robes who had the same fear on their faces.

Zhao Asan suddenly remembered the words of Han Laosan that had just been transmitted from the sky. It was a voice he recognized: "So Han Laosan is not dead. Could it be that he was captured by the evil magic of the bandit army?"

Thinking of this, he called on his acquaintances to run away. Who can withstand this evil spell? Just run. Whoever doesn't run is a fool!

The Hidden Soldier Cave under the Huating City Wall was crowded with Ming soldiers and strong men who had been blasted off the city wall by mortars. These original holes, designed to prevent enemy catapults, happened to comply with the regulations of anti-blast holes and were like a shelter. , protecting this group of trembling soldiers who worshiped the gods and Buddhas all over the sky.

The looped loudspeakers urging people to surrender continued, coupled with the violent vibrations from the explosion of mortar shells.

The oil lamps in the Tibetan Soldier Cave were swaying, as if they were in another dimensional world. This kind of loudspeaker was more powerful than cannonballs, intimidating the Ming army so that they did not dare to go out to resist. Besides, there was no general to order them, and those who took the lead were all dead.

More and more shells passed through the city wall and fell into the city. With a sharp whistling sound and billowing white smoke, they hit the building, smashing the building into pieces and hitting the ground, splashing. Dust and stones filled the sky. If they hit a person's body, either their arms or thighs would be torn apart and blood would fly.

Occasionally, a few fleeing Ming soldiers rushed in from outside. They all covered their heads and eyes with their hands, as if this was the only way to prevent themselves from being frightened by loudspeakers and artillery fire.

Another small cannonball fell from the sky, and along with a plume of smoke and dust, a strong shock wave blew into the cave, blowing out the lights on the wall, and a strange scream of terror suddenly sounded inside.

A shout came: "My lord is dead, the rebels are attacking, run away." As soon as the voice fell, the artillery fire stopped, and the accurate drone reported the time, which greatly saved precious ammunition. When the soldiers who were huddled in the cave heard this, they stopped hiding and fled to the north in a swarm.

When the first wave of soldiers from the first battalion rushed up with rifles equipped with bayonets, there was almost no resistance, and they easily occupied the southernmost city wall. The fleeing Ming soldiers did not dare to look back at all, and the entire Ming army in Huating collapsed. Then the second wave of riflemen, under the cover of soldiers equipped with cold weapons, continued to drive the soldiers in the city back to the mountains like ducks. At the same time, drones continued to attack any Ming army officers who dared to show up to command. bombing.

The city wall of Huating looked like a hill under the bombardment of artillery fire. Although the watchtowers, forts, horse faces, parapets, crenellations and other fortifications above and below the city wall were all pockmarked by artillery bombs, they basically changed little. The rammed earth structure of the city wall is far from being destroyed by 82mm mortars. Apart from the damaged wooden buildings collapsing and burning, there are almost no changes. The city wall is filled with smoke and flames are beating, but it is useless no matter how complete it is, because Everyone ran away.

It took about another twenty minutes before the smoke gradually dissipated.

Although sieges have become much easier since the advent of cannons, and city strongholds have become very fragile, this is only for siege warfare. The real trouble is that if the defenders have a firm will and weapons to defend the city, It’s still not something that can be kneaded at will.

For thousands of years, most of China's ancient Great Wall was built with rammed earth. It must be at least three or four meters thick. Especially the brick-clad city wall is very strong. If it is well maintained, it can last for hundreds of years, because even if it is demolished, Without bricks and stones, after hundreds of years, it is still a mountain of earth.

Ordinary mortars simply cannot cut a hole in such a wall. Even during the Anti-Japanese War, when the city walls of Nanjing faced the small and medium-caliber artillery of the Japanese invaders, those shells had no impact at all on the walls of Nanjing. Of any use, the only threats are heavy artillery and aerial bombs.

"Batalion Commander, look, the Ming army has run away, and the Ming army in the back mountain has also run north."

At this time, the battle status of the cavalry battalion was transmitted over the intercom. Most of the Ming army had retreated north, and the cavalry battalion was pursuing them. It was expected to be a battle of annihilation. Please be prepared to accept prisoners.

The drone sniper killing of the generals and this time's artillery bombardment caused the defense line on the city wall to completely collapse, and there was no trace of the Ming army soldiers anymore. This combat mode was almost accustomed to the officers and soldiers of the first battalion.

If it were the siege tactics taught in the army in the past, even if there was artillery cover, it would still be filled with human lives. This was the case when we attacked Baihuling before. Facing the squire regiment training with only earthen artillery, there was no benefit. The only way to climb the wall is to use a ladder to climb the wall. The most common method is to use explosive packs to open the way. Compared with now, winning is too easy.

In the view of the first battalion commander, just so-called third world civilian equipment can change the pattern of war. So what will war be like in another world? The idea that a hydrogen bomb can destroy a city was far beyond his imagination. He shook his head and dismissed these thoughts, "Get ready to enter the city and report to the brigade headquarters that our army has captured Huating. Please follow-up troops to march as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)