She Song

Chapter 285 Naval gun suppression!

At the end of August, the ready-to-move Jin army finally moved south in a large scale, attacking Jinzhou first. In Wanyan Zonghan's view, in addition to regaining the lost territory, it also had the benefit of annihilating the Xi people and completely solving the remaining troubles of the Liao Kingdom.

15 Jin troops, including [-] new troops equipped with artillery, crossbows, telescopes and other new equipment, marched towards Jinzhou in a mighty manner.

In the face of Jurchen's blatant invasion, Xiao Qian and Han Shizhong joined hands again to hold on to the city wall with the absolute inferiority of [-] Zhen Guojun and [-] Xijun. Because they knew that the Jin army would definitely attack, they both built a large number of buildings inside and outside the city. of fortifications.

It took three days to break through the three peripheral positions in the northeast and west. In order to curb the arrogant Jin army, Han Shizhong finally devoted his air force to flying airships to bombard the enemy in front of him.

Although the Nuzhen power in the north was contained, Jinzhou continued to be bombarded by artillery on the east and west sides of the city. The defensive battle was extremely bloody. Every time the Jin army launched a charge, both sides would suffer hundreds of casualties.

The next day, the Jin army launched a violent attack on the east gate of Jinzhou, which was the weakest. Han Shizhong personally boarded the city to supervise the battle, inspiring the entire army to hold off the enemy.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Jin army destroyed the East Gate Tower and a section of the city wall, and took the opportunity to launch three charges of more than a thousand men, but Han Shizhong used death squads and explosives to block them all.

Corpses piled up like a mountain under the east gate of Jinzhou. It was a hot summer day and the smoke, blood and stench were nauseating.

On the third day, when he learned that the Jin army had concentrated a large number of artillery outside the east gate, Xiao Qian took the time to run over to inquire about the situation. Looking at Han Shizhong, whose upper body was bare and wrapped in layers of gauze, he couldn't help but blame him: "Good minister, why are you at the top of the city again?" Come and fight for your life? If the Jurchens come over with a cannon, what will happen to the defense of the east gate?"

Han Shizhong didn't answer, just glanced south and asked: "Why hasn't Lao Zhang made any move? It's been five days..."

Xiao Qian said: "Don't have too much hope. Do you think Zong Han will be unprepared? And only 5000 people can support Pingzhou to death. Even if they can safely enter the city, they can only survive for one day."

Han Shizhong said with a smile: "Even if it takes half a day longer, it will be fine~ The 15 golden dogs are going south. If they can eat them all at once, the Jurchens will be doomed!"

Based on the experience of the past two days, Xiao Qian also observed the artillery of the Jurchen New Army on the spot.Although they are not as far away as Jinzhou City, there are many of them.

The Jin Army carried sixty imitation Hanwang cannons this time, with an effective range of 1000 to two hundred steps. All sixty guns were now placed in front of Han Shizhong.

Moreover, in order to prevent being bombarded by the Suppressing Army, the Jin Army would build artillery defensive positions according to the drill before firing, using earthen sandbags to cover the barrel of the gun and only expose the barrel. The actual effect in the past two days was not bad.

At this moment, someone rushed to the two of them with a secret letter. It was a communication soldier. Han Shizhong couldn't help asking: "Where did you get the letter?"

"Reporting to the deputy division commander, there are two letters! One is the plan from the staff headquarters, and the other is from Tanggu Naval Base."

Han Shizhong took the lead in opening a secret message from the General Staff Headquarters, asking the Jinzhou defenders to hold on until the eighth day of September. The Zhenguo Army had mobilized troops from various places to prepare to encircle and annihilate Zonghan's troops at the foot of Jinzhou City. Considering the pressure on Jinzhou's defense, the Navy would send warships to assist.

Han Shizhong handed the letter to Xiao Qian, and then opened the secret message from the Tanggu Sihai Fleet. The content was very simple: Our department will send two warships to the rescue and are expected to arrive at the Jinzhou coast this afternoon. Please provide signal cooperation at that time.

Two battleships?Can we arrive in the afternoon from Tanggu?Not so fast?
But after all, it’s all positive news. Today is the fifth day of September, which means that we have to hold on for at least two more days.

Xiao Qian gritted his teeth and said nothing. Every extra day, the Xi army would lose hundreds of people. As a minority, Xiao Qian felt sorry for him. However, Jinzhou was the place to stay that he had finally won, and it was the "home" of the Xi people. Never give up!

Han Shizhong suddenly thought that maybe muddying the water could delay the Jurchens' attack time. Regardless of whether it worked or not, kill him first.

So, he mobilized the airship to enter the east gate battlefield.

However, after so many days of attacking, the Jin Army also discovered some clues.

The Zhenguo Army airship looks very large and scary, but the power of the "bombs" dropped from it is limited, and the accuracy is poor due to manual bomb dropping at high altitudes. More importantly, the pod carrying capacity is limited.

In short, in addition to observing the enemy's situation and interfering with morale and psychological effects, the airship's real lethality is enough to kill even a medium-sized Hanwang cannon.Therefore, a new round of shelling and bombing from both sides continued. The Jin Army's artillery positions did not move at all. They had already prepared anti-air ballistas with a range of [-] steps, and were always on guard against the airships lowering their altitude.

The east gate of Jinzhou was once again covered in bullets and bullets. The Jin army's bullets were so dense that the entire east city wall was riddled with holes, and four or five more collapsed walls were added.

Wanyan Zonghan saw through the telescope that the east gate defense line was filled with smoke and was crumbling. He also learned that the reinforcements in the direction of Pingzhou were attacked head-on by his subordinates. Jinzhou was doomed this time!
"Blow the trumpet and attack!"

Wanyan Zonghan was in a cheerful mood and gave orders with a smile.

The low horn sounded immediately, and the three thousand new Jurchen troops who were preparing to attack were cheered up. They grabbed their repeating crossbows and rushed towards Jinzhou City like a tide.

However, before the horn sound stopped, a louder roar came to the battlefield.

"Woooooo~"

Ok?
What is the sound and where does it come from?

Wanyan Zonghan couldn't tell the location of the sound source for a while, but soon he discovered that cheers erupted from the top of Jinzhou City.

Moreover, Jin Army observers discovered that the airship at high altitude was using semaphores, and the direction was towards the sea.

Wanyan Zonghan then received news from the watchtower on the high slope that two huge strange warships suddenly appeared on the sea off Jinzhou.

On the Taishan, Sihai Fleet Commander Liang Hongyu led two giant steel and steam ships from Tanggu to Jinzhou in just half a day. He learned through the flags on the airship that the Jin army was launching an siege.

"Implement naval gun suppression based on coordinates!"

There are three huge cannons on the front and rear decks of the Taishan ship, with a range of up to [-] steps, which can completely cover the East Gate battlefield.

After receiving the order, the six cannons of the two warships immediately adjusted to shoot at Zhu Yuan. The first calibrated shell landed three miles outside Jinzhou City with a howling and piercing sound.

The airship immediately fed back the coordinates, and the warship gunner immediately carried out continuous bombardment according to the calibrated coordinates.

The moment the calibrated artillery shell landed, a huge explosion blasted a large crater ten steps in diameter on the battlefield outside the east gate. The flames flying everywhere were like fire dragons rising. What was even more terrifying was the shrapnel mixed in the flames, which almost swept across three areas. Ten paces in a circle.

Flower bomb!

The explosive shells fired by the giant cannon!

Wanyan Zonghan looked at the corpses strewn around the bomb crater. He was so overwhelmed by fear that he was speechless for a while.

However, as six giant naval guns opened fire at the same time, the three thousand Jurchen new troops charging on the battlefield outside the east gate were like small boats in the strong wind and waves. Those who were unlucky had already been blown to pieces and flew into the sky.

Han Shizhong wiped the blood from his face and said with a smile: "Old Xiao, is my mother-in-law's warship awesome?"

Xiao Qian watched the shells falling accurately among the Jurchens. He felt very happy. He ignored his injured arm and raised his left thumb.

"Liang Tongzhi, a true hero among women!"

(End of this chapter)