Chapter 495: Martyrdom

Zhang Chenfeng raised the telescope again.

At the top of the city, several red lights burst out, and the stumps and broken bodies and clods of earth that had been lifted into the air were scattered all over the sky like fireworks......

The impact point was slightly off, and Zhang Chenfeng didn't need to give an order, and the observer quickly corrected the parameters.

The first gunner quickly adjusted the shooting Zhu Yuan, and raised his right hand one after another, Zhang Chenfeng waved his hand violently, and ordered loudly: "All artillery preparations, three salvos, release!" ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

……

The rapid firing of the mortar was crisp and pleasant.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "......" Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”……

Explosions continued to sound from the city, and one smoke and fire after another rose into the air......

"Boom...... Click-la-la-......"

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion that shook the mountains.

Zhang Chenfeng's hands holding the telescope trembled slightly, and in the lens, the small city gate building was almost completely lifted into the air......

This is...... Powder keg detonated?

In the violent and continuous explosion, not only the castle tower was gone, but the entire earthen city wall was blown down into a huge opening, and the rain of broken stone and bricks continued to fall......

"Heading 350, speed one section, forward!"

Zhang Chenfeng put down the binoculars and issued a landing order, "Put the dinghy, three companies and one platoon, and prepare to land!" ”

……

It took less than an hour to conquer the Cloud Ladder Pass.

In fact, when the soldiers of the first battalion of the cavalry regiment, three companies and one platoon, climbed the river bank and rushed at full speed towards Tucheng, there were few nearly 300 soldiers left to defend the city.

In the violent explosion, Fan Shizai was engulfed in an instant, and his body was completely dead, along with the dozens of gunners at the head of the city, who were either lifted into the sky or buried alive by the collapsed city tower.

Most of the survivors were the firecrackers and sword players who cowered in the remaining earthen cities and were ordered to fight back against the Ming thieves landing.

When the flowering bomb exploded, they were already frightened, some of them were simply scared to pee, and after the violent explosion, as long as they were still full of hands and feet, they were dizzy and ran away.

Yes, almost without firing a shot, a platoon of soldiers rushed in with bayonets to take a look, and everyone who could run ran ran away, and the rest were all half-dead, with only one breath left......

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When the forward fleet broke through the defenses of Yunti Pass and appeared on the river outside Andong City, the Qing army's sailor fleet completely collapsed.

As soon as the guns of the "Qinzhou" began to roar, the scene was already extremely chaotic, and dozens of sailor ships scattered in a hurry, scrambling to row to the shore first.

Before they could reach the shore, the soldiers on the boat couldn't wait to jump into the river one after another, scattering and fleeing for their lives......

Chen Jin's subordinate officials and staff were all elated a few hours ago, full of the hope that the fire attack fleet had won a victory, and a big victory was nine out of ten.

Even Chen Jin himself, although he was skeptical, but in the sound of compliments, he gradually swept away his apprehension and began to daydream.

Speaking from his heart, Chen Jin is more eager than anyone else to really usher in a big victory like burning Chibi, not to mention destroying all these thieves, at least they will be burned on their backs and flee in embarrassment.

Of course, it would be excellent if you could capture a few gunboat wrecks and cut back a batch of heads.

If that is the case, he, the guilty minister, will not only be completely exempted from his previous crimes, but maybe the young emperor Long Yan Dayue will send a promotion order and quickly transfer him, the contemporary Zhou Yu, back to the capital......

Unexpectedly, in a peaceful atmosphere, a lunch had just been used up, and bad news came one after another-

"The fire attack fleet was completely annihilated, and the Ming thief gunboats were shelling Yunti Pass......"

"The Cloud Ladder Pass has fallen, and the Ming Thief Sailor is killing ...... upstream"

"The Ming thief soldiers are coming to the city, and the sailor battalion is arrayed to meet ......"

The emergency Tang Bao flew to the river, and Chen Jin was extremely disappointed, but he regained his senses.

In view of Zhejiang's lessons, he was naturally prepared for this expected situation.

As soon as the water battle began, he made a quick decision, left Wanghailou without hesitation with a group of staff, rode on the fast horse that had been prepared, and the "Caobiao" soldiers led by Zhang Tianlu personally surrounded him, galloping all the way to the north, without taking a trace of clouds......

As for the "suspicious soldiers" arranged on the water, Chen Jin's "official boat", escorted by a number of sailors' ships, fled upstream in a panic and headed straight for Fucheng.

Naturally, the boat against the current could not outrun the "Qinzhou" without wind on its own, although the whole army was wiped out along the way, but Chen Jin and his party also got out smoothly.

As for the state and county officials, some fled with Chen Jin, and some were not qualified to follow, Xu felt that he had done too much evil, and in desperation, he simply committed suicide in the government office......

The city was left without an owner for a while, and immediately fell into chaos.

A few groups of stragglers took advantage of the opportunity to gang up with thieves to make trouble everywhere and engaged in murder, arson, and robbery.

Zhang Chenfeng immediately ordered the troops to enter the city, form a picket team, maintain order in the city, and fight fires and robbers......

By the time Shi Lang led the main force of the fleet, collected many warships abandoned by the Tartars along the way, and finally arrived at Andong, it was already sunset, and the city of Anton had been "pacified", and Zhang Chenfeng had been waiting at the headquarters for a long time......

Zhang Chenfeng's first battalion and three companies (one platoon owed), with 300 migrant workers, were ordered to enter the city to garrison.

This company will be stationed here for a long time, and their main task is to control the county seat and its city area, and to echo the platoon at Yunti Pass, patrolling along the river.

The main force of this company was stationed, but the county government was not chosen, and Zhang Chenfeng set it up in the sailor battalion outside the south gate.

Although the history of the city's "surrender" and the gentry have already invited them to enter the city, some gentry took the initiative to offer their willingness to sacrifice the courtyard as his line......

However, Zhang Chenfeng flatly refused.

He didn't do this to refuse the sugar-coated attack - he was not in charge of the land reform work, and he did not mind using some of the available resources as long as it was beneficial to the military operations of the front-line troops.

In fact, he chose the sailor battalion as the station, because it was not only close to the wharf, but also had ready-made barracks, which were not only free from disturbing the people, but also easy to manage.

Although the number of his cavalry regiment is not large, it is the first-class main force under Lin Xiao, and the soldiers are all on top, and Yishui's automatic weapons, machine guns and mortars are also equipped with top equipment, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

Naturally, the military discipline of this unit, especially the management of arms and materials, is also strict to the extreme - not to mention guns and grenades, not even a pair of military boots and a single bullet must not be lost......

In fact, just from the distribution of military uniforms, it can be seen that Lin Xiao's eccentricity - from now on, only the troops directly under his headquarters can be issued camouflage as training uniforms, and the rest of the divisions can only wear self-made military uniforms, and only a few division scouts can receive this kind of time-lapse military uniform......

For Lin Xiao's blatant partiality, Liu Xulei, Xia Bomin and others dare not speak out!

However, when they turned their heads and thought about it, they figured it out, they are all comrades-in-arms, and no one should be blushing at anyone, otherwise, why would they be the division commanders, Zhang Chenfeng and Duan Cannon are still just regiment commanders......

(End of chapter)