Chapter 575: The Capture of Pyongyang (Part I)

"Boom Boom"

Artillery fire enveloped the head of Pyongyang and the inside of Pyongyang, turning almost the entire city of Pyongyang into a sea of fire.

In the face of the Korean city, the Ming army was not afraid of hurting the ordinary people during the civil war, but could only bomb the city wall, for Pyongyang, the third army, the eighteenth army of the two regular armies together 152 90 mm caliber cannons, without scruples of all-round bombardment, not only the city wall, but also the city was also heavily bombed.

General Park, who was originally standing at the head of the city, and the generals of the North Korean army were stunned, and they finally understood why the soldiers who had fled back trembled with their hands and feet, and their faces showed fear to explain the strength of the army's artillery fire.

Where the hell is this powerful, it is simply terrifying, with this power and rate of fire, even if there are 800 red-coated cannons of the Qing army back then, they can't catch up with the fierceness of the current Ming army's artillery.

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom"

Outside the city, the Ming army continued to open artillery, and shells continued to explode on the city walls or inside the city, and a large number of Korean civilians and soldiers could be seen running everywhere in the city.

"Boom!"

"General Park, be careful!" Suddenly, an artillery shell exploded not far from General Park and other North Korean army generals, and the flying shrapnel killed and injured three North Korean army generals.

"General Park, the Ming army is under fierce artillery fire, and the city wall is too dangerous, let's go down to the city as soon as possible." A North Korean army general said to General Park.

General Park was in a state of panic, and a total of two shells exploded not far from them, wounding four North Korean generals beside him. It was only after being lifted from the ground that General Park came to his senses.

The artillery fire of the Ming army has already injured four generals, if a shell explodes in front of him, I am afraid that not only will he be killed, but there are also a few Korean generals left around him, and General Park knows the danger, so he has no objection to immediately removing the city wall.

Soon, General Park and the Korean generals around him escaped from the city wall and withdrew to a city wall in the city, which was blocked by a city wall, and the distance from the city wall to the city was not blown up by the Ming army's shells.

Although hiding behind the city wall temporarily avoided the trajectory of the shells and prevented them from being directly bombarded, the shells still made the entire city wall tremble, and the debris that was blown down from time to time also injured some people, and many Korean soldiers hiding here showed fear and trembled.

The artillery fire on the city wall was the most intense, and a large number of Korean soldiers who had been stationed on the city wall fled.

"What's going on? Who let you down! General Park grabbed one of the leading generals and shouted angrily.

"Park, General Park, the bombardment on the city wall is too, too!"

"Damn, those who desert their posts will be summarily executed!" Before the general could finish speaking, he was pushed to the ground by General Park, and then killed him with his own sword with a bang!

The blood sprayed, startling the other generals around and the large number of Korean soldiers who had just escaped from the city wall.

"Pass on my military order, all city gates are strictly guarded, and there are those who leave their posts without permission, and those who flee in fear of war will be killed!" After General Park gave this order, he murderously pointed to the Korean soldiers who had just escaped from the city wall and ordered: "You guys, return to the city wall immediately to resist the attack of the Ming army!" ”

The soldiers of the Korean army who had just escaped from the city wall were frightened by the execution of General Park himself, and did not dare to disobey General Park's military order, so they could only go up to the city wall again, after all, they would not necessarily die if they were bombed by the Ming army on the city wall, but they would definitely die if they disobeyed General Park's order.

Although General Park was also frightened by the artillery fire of the Ming army, his heart of resolute resistance did not change.

Under General Park's strict orders, although the North Korean soldiers in Pyongyang City were still panicked and afraid, they did not abandon the city and flee like other cities.

Outside the city, the Ming army camp.

Huang Degong was using a telescope to observe the situation of the Korean army on the city wall.

As long as the generals of the North Korean army are frightened by the fierce artillery fire, they are likely to directly open the south gate and flee in fear, which will drive more Korean soldiers, and the iron cavalry of the Ming army can also rush into the city from the south gate and break through Pyongyang in one fell swoop.

The regular army of the Ming Dynasty is equipped with war horses, which can form an iron cavalry, even if a part of the Korean soldiers escaped from the south gate, they could not escape the pursuit of the Ming iron cavalry, just like Xuanfu City at that time, more than 30,000 Korean soldiers stationed in Xuanfu City were captured by Huang Degong nearly 30,000.

After dozens of shellings, Huang Degong frowned and asked, "What's going on at the South Gate?" ”

"Back to the army commander, there is no movement in the direction of the south gate, and no North Korean soldiers open the city gate and escape!" The general of the Ming Army replied.

"Then it seems that there is a high-ranking general of the North Korean army with a high prestige and some talent in Pyongyang, and it is also the second largest city in North Korea, and its position is extremely important, and there will be no less troops stationed there, and it is not so easy to abandon the city and flee, in this case, we can only attack hard and forcibly break the city!" Huang Degong's eyes flashed with coldness.

"Send the order down, prepare to blow up the walls of Pyongyang and storm Pyongyang!" Huang Degong ordered.

"Obey!" Immediately a herald went down to deliver the order.

Since the development of a new type of high gunpowder, the city walls were no longer enough to hinder the attack of the Ming army.

In order to change the situation of this loser, the Firearms Bureau earlier specially developed a ** package filled with a large amount of high gunpowder, a ** bag can be worth the power of five shells to explode, but the manufacturing cost is not even the price of a shell, it is the best thing to use to blow up the city wall.

"The first regiment and the second regiment of the Third Army will attack and suppress the Korean army on the city wall!" Following the order of a division commander of the Third Army, nearly 6,000 soldiers of two regiments of the Third Army immediately rushed towards the walls of Pyongyang.

When they rushed to a distance of seventy or eighty meters from the city wall, nearly 6,000 soldiers of the Third Army lined up in a long line, their rifles pointed at the city wall, ready to shoot the North Korean soldiers who dared to show their heads.

On the city wall, a Korean soldier who saw the Ming army rushing towards the city wall for the first time ran tremblingly to report to a Korean general.

"General, the Ming army, it seems that the attack has begun!"

"What?" The North Korean general was taken aback and immediately got up and rushed to the edge of the city wall to investigate.

It's a pity that the North Korean general had just stuck his head out when he immediately attracted a burst of gunfire.

"Bang bang bang" The entire chest of the North Korean army general was beaten into a blood plug, and the body fell back unwillingly, and the death was extremely miserable!