Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 202 150mm Howitzer

On the city wall of Yangzhou, after a short period of stupefaction, there was a shout like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

"Divine soldier, divine soldier, divine soldier..."

"Must win, must win, must win..."

Even Shi Kefa, the supervisor and Minister of the Ministry of War, who was used to seeing all kinds of scenes, was so excited that he beat his chest repeatedly when he saw the enemy army fleeing in panic through the binoculars.

Seeing the low-morale soldiers on the city wall, each one was extremely excited at this time, and became even more excited, with a sharp light in their eyes.

"General Huang, with this magical soldier, Yangzhou Prefecture is as solid as gold, solid as gold." Shi Kefa was not stingy with his praise, and his dissatisfaction with Huang Hairu disappeared.

This is the main reason why Huang Hairu used MG42 from the very beginning, not only to boost his own morale, but also to awe and fear the rebels who had just surrendered.

Looking at the remnants of the army that fled back in embarrassment, Li Chengdong's face was gloomy. He wanted to show himself in front of Duoduo, but he didn't expect to lose so much in the first battle without even touching the city wall. .

Not only lost a large number of soldiers, but also lost a large number of weapons and siege equipment.

The commander in charge stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and said with grief and indignation: "My lord, the firearms of the new army are too terrifying. They can shoot at a distance of two hundred feet. Neither shield chariots nor chariots can block them. Those in the middle died in terrible conditions. The body was pierced and torn apart..."

"Enough..." Li Chengdong yelled to stop it, the muscles on his face twitched, and his heart was filled with horror.

If this is the case, it is indeed not a crime of war, but he can't use this excuse to answer Duoduo.

But if this is the case, it is extremely difficult to capture Yangzhou City, and the original confidence has been reduced a lot, and I don't even know whether it is right or wrong to surrender to the Qing army.

Duoduo naturally also paid attention to this battle all the time. When he heard that the first battle of Li Chengdong's troops ended in such a funny and disastrous defeat, he couldn't help showing shock on his originally plain face.

"Is there really a magic weapon?" Someone whispered.

Duoduo frowned, and scolded: "Where is the magic weapon? If it is really an invincible magic weapon? How dare Huang Hairu just hide in the city and dare not come out to fight?"

But not long after Duoduo finished speaking, there was an urgent report that the west gate of Yangzhou Prefecture opened, and the defenders put down the suspension bridge and came out openly.

Duoduo's eyes narrowed slightly, and the follow-up information came to report. It turned out that the defenders wanted to collect spoils and take all the equipment and supplies that could be taken away into the city.

Duoduo seemed to see Huang Hairu's endless contempt for him in such an act of blatantly cleaning the battlefield and collecting the spoils of war.

"Pass down the order and let Li Chengdong's entire army fight again." Duoduo ordered with a gloomy expression, and sent Beizi Tunji to supervise the battle.

Li Chengdong had no choice but to reorganize the army, and ordered: "Before the battle, the general who retreats first regardless of the army will kill his general; the army who retreats first regardless of the general, the rear team will kill the front team..."

Immediately, 8000 people were sent to launch a second attack, and they were still defeated at a distance of about two hundred feet from the city gate, or even faster.

Because when the attacking soldiers saw the horrific corpse lying on the ground, their morale was shaken, and when the terrifying gunshots sounded on the city wall, they quickly collapsed.

"Those who retreat will die, and those who retreat will die." Even if the commanding general shouted loudly, he could not stop it.

The rear team immediately raised their butcher's knife to kill the retreating front team, killing a group of people immediately, but the soldiers of the front team who came back to their senses were unwilling to die, and immediately counterattacked, and the two sides fought together.

"Let us go to die, no one can live."

"The new army has magic soldiers. To advance is to die. Let us die on the road to death. Then everyone will die together."

"It's wrong, it's wrong, it's against these sons of bitches..."

There were all kinds of angry curses, and the retreating defeated army and the soldiers of the rear team mingled together. Li Chengdong looked at all this with gloomy eyes, and immediately sent a team of soldiers to support the rear team, and ruthlessly suppressed the retreating soldiers of the front team.

For a while, screams continued, bloody.

Bei Zitunji, the supervisor of the Qing army, watched all this dumbly. He saw that Li Chengdong was a ruthless person. Although these descendants were greedy for life and afraid of death, the firepower of the new army was indeed too fierce.

Relying on strong cities and sharp weapons, such an attack would indeed cause too many casualties, and I am afraid that any surrendered army would easily collapse.

If this kind of attack like sending someone to death is forced again, things will change.

So Tunji returned and personally informed Duoduo of the situation.

Duoduo's face was gloomy, and after some deliberation, he ordered a strike and waited for the red-clothed cannons from behind to arrive before attacking.

In the afternoon of the next day, thirty red cannons from the Qing army arrived. The heavy cannons left deep ruts along the way, which also brought great confidence to the Qing army.

Duoduo didn't delay anymore, and immediately gave an order, and the ten red cannons were pushed onto the battlefield immediately.

The reason why he sent ten cannons was because he had also heard that the new army's cannons were very powerful, so he had to be careful in order to be cautious.

These red-clothed cannons are their precious lifeblood, and they rely on them to conquer cities and plunder land.

The ten red cannons arrived about three miles away from the west of Yangzhou City and stopped, preparing to set up artillery positions.

Because the view here is good and the shooting angle is good, after a burst of shelling, the long-term unrepaired city wall of Yangzhou City will inevitably collapse.

At that time, the new army on the city wall, even if there are magic soldiers, they will not be able to stop them.

Regardless of being tired, the artillerymen of the Qing army immediately got busy and looked in the direction of Yangzhou City from time to time.

It's just that they don't know that while they are staring at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at them.

Suddenly, the whistling sound of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." shells like meteorites flew over and smashed down fiercely.

"Boom boom boom..." The terrifying explosion sounded, the earth trembled, and the shock wave roared like a hurricane.

The heavy cannons in red clothes were overturned, and each soldier was like a solitary boat in the vast sea, being directly swallowed by the turbulent waves.

This scene also happened in another place, even more terrifying, where the main force of the Qing army was located.

Duoduo thought it would be safe to be stationed twenty miles away from Yangzhou City, which is really whimsical.

Huang Hairu did not use the 150mm howitzer immediately yesterday because he wanted to confirm the location of the Duduo Chinese army camp.

It would be much easier if the military tents could be directly covered.

However, there are a large number of enemy troops and the camp covers a very large area. It is really too difficult for the intelligence personnel to lock down the tents of Duduo and other generals.

He also heard that the Qing army's red cannon had arrived. After thinking about it, Huang Hairu still felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he had to act first.

Huang Hairu has a total of six howitzers, including four 105mm howitzers and two 150mm howitzers, with a maximum range of more than 150 miles, and the 25mm caliber has reached more than [-] miles.

Therefore, Huang Hairu aimed two 150mm howitzers at the Dodo army in the rear, and the other four aimed at the enemy artillery.

The enemy's artillery is well aimed, the distance is relatively close, and they are still in sight. They are locked on for the first time without knowing it.

It would be easy to just target Duduo's troops, after all, the target of hundreds of thousands of troops is too big.

But it is more difficult to target the Eight Banners Army, or even Duoduo's camp.

Scouts also only provide a more likely target location.

(End of this chapter)