Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 275 Attacking Shengjing ([-])

As time went by, the defenders mobilized more and more artillery from other directions, and the firepower became more ferocious, and the losses of the wolf soldiers who could only passively defend increased.

Tang Ning gave another order to withdraw the troops. Before the troops retreated, the artillery quickly launched a new round of shelling.

Now the artillery position has not moved, the previous shooting elements have been adjusted, and the target has not changed, so it is enough to directly load and bombard.

As soon as Mingjin retreated, he immediately bombarded, just to not give the enemy time to react.

Under the fierce attack of four 105mm howitzers, the Qing army's artillery, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, was quickly suppressed. There was no room for retaliation, and the soldiers ran away in horror.

Shengjing General He Luohui, who was sitting on the inner city tower, saw this tragic scene again, his teeth were clenched, and his eyes seemed to spew fire.

However, he has no better way to deal with it. If he does not mobilize more forces to guard this section of the city, he will not be able to effectively stop the new army.

If the new army invaded the city, no matter how many artillery pieces there were on the city walls, they would be useless.

So even though he knew that the exposure of the artillery would cause a new round of revenge from the new army, he still had to mobilize artillery from other directions over and over again.

Use artillery to bombard the attacking new army, and then wait for the artillery of the new army to bombard your own artillery.

This is destined to be a tragic battle to defend the city.

Facing the fierce artillery fire of the new army, although the Qing army tried their best to block it, they still could not restrain the speed of the wolf soldiers laying the pontoon bridge.

Little by little, the pontoon bridge grew towards the other side of the moat. After entering the range of bows and arrows, the Qing army on the city wall rained down arrows from above.

The wolf soldiers had to lay bridges and deal with the Qing army's arrows, so their speed slowed down and their losses increased rapidly.

Tang Ning frowned slightly, and with an order, the new troops of the two companies were drawn out. They rushed to the side of the moat quickly, and the two companies separated on both sides of the pontoon bridge.

Each company quickly took out two 81mm mortars, and then set them up. The gunner used the fingering method to lock the target, which was the defenders on the walls on both sides of the gap in the wall.

"Tom tom tom tom..." The four cannons each conducted a test firing, but unfortunately none of them landed on the city wall.

However, they were not discouraged, and after fine-tuning a bit, they conducted a test launch again.

"Tom tom tom tom..."

"Boom boom boom..."

This time, two shells fell on the city wall, and the defenders who were drawing their bows and arrows fell down screaming, and some were even thrown off the city wall directly, falling to pieces.

"Tom tom tom..." The salvo began.

"Boom boom boom..."

The artillery shells raged on the city wall, and finally suppressed the densely packed archers of the defenders, and the bow and arrow shooting of the defenders suddenly weakened a lot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the wolf soldiers quickly accelerated again.

With a sudden yell, the machine gunner next to the artillery turned the muzzle and shot towards a toothed wall in front of the left front of the city wall, suppressing it.

The soldiers of the new army looked up, and many people saw a black hole in the muzzle protruding a little bit.

Fortunately, the machine gunner has quick eyes and hands. If he is allowed to aim, it is still very dangerous in this position.

As the last plank was put on the other side of the moat, the pontoon bridge was finally completed, and the wolf soldiers in charge of the attack roared and shouted: "Damn it, get on it..."

For a moment, with momentum like a rainbow, he rushed up the pontoon bridge and flew across, madly killing the gap in the city wall.

The defenders knew that they could not stop the wolf soldiers from laying the pontoon bridge, so while continuing to set up obstacles at the gap, they prepared to deal with it.

The wolf soldiers rushed to them quickly. Their bravery in battle was not based on courage and courage.

Wolf soldiers are good at optimizing and combining different types of arms. They charge forward to defeat the bandits and kill the enemy.

The defenders lined up several layers of refusal horses at the gap. Rows of sharp spears were inserted into the logs of the refusal horses, and the refusal horses were fixed with trees and door panels to prevent them from being pushed away.

Although this caused a lot of trouble to the attacking wolf soldiers, it didn't make them back down in the slightest. They climbed up one by one without hesitation, jumping and rushing over the refusal horses that were not easy to walk.

If one accidentally fell down, they would inevitably bump into the sharp spears inserted into the horses, and they would be injured at least, or directly pierced by the spears to death, but they did not hesitate at all.

There are many mountains and forests in Guangxi. Most of these wolf soldiers have been hunting in the mountains since they were young. They climb and run like apes, so even if they are walking on horseback, they are not slow.

The Qing army on the opposite side of the horse-rejection formation was shocked, and quickly opened their bows to shoot. One by one, the running wolf soldiers fell down and their bodies were pierced by spears.

"Damn it, get on it..." shouted loudly, they raised their shields to block the arrows of the Qing army, and rushed forward quickly.

Finally, someone flew past the horse-repelling formation, flashed out from behind the shield, and slashed with a knife, the powerful impact even sent the Qing army holding the shield flying, and hit the Qing soldiers behind him. Backsliding for a while.

More and more wolf soldiers broke through the blockade of the Qing army and rushed in, and the two sides rushed together at close range.

All of a sudden, there were screams and curses one after another, blood rained down, and the killing was inextricable.

On the one hand, it was because the two armies were elite, and on the other hand, it was because the fighting was mainly concentrated in the area of ​​the gap, which was small and not conducive to the deployment of large forces.

Therefore, with the continuous influx of wolf soldiers, there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides fighting directly.

The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, but both sides are brave. Guangxi soldiers are one of the best arms. They are born for fighting.

For the Qing army, Shengjing is their last glory. If Shengjing is lost in their hands, they will be the eternal sinners of the Qing Dynasty, so they have no way to retreat.

Both sides have reasons to go forward and never retreat, so the killing is inextricable for a while.

However, with the addition of reinforcements from the Qing army on the city wall, the condescending attack on the wolf soldiers' flanks was immediately very unfavorable to the wolf soldiers.

At this moment, the two sides had already strangled each other, and Tangning didn't dare to send someone to bombard them with mortars, otherwise it would easily hurt his own people.

And the machine gun could not hit the Qing army hiding behind the parapet.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the wolf soldiers, and the casualties of the wolf soldiers were increasing, Tangning's expression darkened, and finally gave the order to retreat.

On this day, although the pontoon bridge was successfully laid, the attack ended in failure. It was not because the wolf soldiers were not brave enough, but because the enemy had a considerable geographical advantage.

The siege battle was one of the most difficult battles to fight, and it was not realistic to take down the capital of the Qing court in one battle, so Tangning was not too discouraged.

After the troops retreated, Tangning immediately ordered to build another batch of siege ladders to prepare for the next day's attack.

(End of this chapter)