Section 13 The Last Battle Fort (Chapter 13)

Of course, the Ming army defending the "Suzhou Defense Line" was not all in ruins, and there were some Ming troops who did not run out of the bunkers, but along the underground passages connecting the bunkers, running to the resistance hub of each of the three defense lines, which was not only the general headquarters of the entire "Suzhou Defense Line", but also the reserve supply depot and cantonment hole of the "Suzhou Defense Line". If there is still resistance, or if there is still resistance, there is still resistance, that is the only possible place.

Bolo was still standing on the top of a chariot, looking at the other side with his "clairvoyant mirror", a large number of Ming prisoners sat there dejectedly, one by one with their heads hung down, their eyes only looking at the Qing soldiers who came and went with high fighting spirit from the corners of their eyes, waiting for their unknown fate.

Bolo was dismissive of these surrenders. According to the Manchurians, surrender was a very humiliating thing. And these Han people, it is because they are afraid of death that they have lost this great world of flowers.

"Boom ......", but not far away, there was still the rumbling of cannons.

Bolo had a question in his heart, and casually asked the staff under the car: "Isn't this enemy army completely defeated?" ”

"General Hui, Wu Shengtai, the brother of the enemy chief Wu Shengzhao, led thousands of Ming troops to occupy a fortress and swore not to surrender, but the cannon sound was that our army occupied the fortress near him and bombarded his army with artillery!"

"Huh?! With such a thing, it seems that he is still a good man! I'm going to go and see ......" After a pause, he said: "I want them to hurry up, the whole army here will cross the river as soon as possible, and if it drags on, I'm afraid it won't be able to catch up!" ”

The fortress occupied by Wu Shengtai is the resistance hub of the third line of defense.

The fort is quite distinctive, and it looks a bit like the cream cake we eat today, except that it is a civil fort with three floors. On the upper floor, there are communications, lighting equipment, and lightweight, range-range weapons such as the "Flying Crossbow". The second floor is used for garrisons, and the walls are equipped with long-range weapons such as infantry birds, so there are also platforms and breastworks on the outside. At the bottom there is a semi-buried basement and a gun emplacement with cannons protruding outward.

"It's all useless!" Wu Shengtai, who was looking out on the third floor, scolded his mother in his mouth, turned his head to look at the more than 100 pro-soldiers left around him and some loyal and brave people in the miscellaneous Ming army, he knew that at the last moment, his eyes suddenly became cold, and he said loudly: "Okay, let's fight to the death!" ”

Whether it was his own soldiers or the remnants of the miscellaneous Ming army, whether it was a scarred or exhausted soldier, they all raised their weapons and shouted loudly, "I am willing to die with the general!" …… I am willing to follow ......" Wu Shengtai looked at these passionate soldiers in front of him, all of whom knew that they would die, and sighed in his heart, "I only know now why the Shenzhou Army wants to choose people fairly as officials, if the generals on the defense line today are all these warriors......!" ”

All the Qing soldiers in the fortress near this fortress were captured by the Qing soldiers, and now the cannons in three directions have been turned around, and one after another "armor-piercing shells" continue to bombard the last fortress of the Ming army. Due to the extreme proximity, the weighted projectile roared towards the fortress.

Under the sharp blow of the "armor-piercing pill", in just a while, the fortress was hit by the artillery fire of the Qing army.

A large number of Qing chariots braved the dense projectiles fired from the fortress to send truckloads of soldiers into battle. The chariots used the "Xiaofei Divine Crossbow" on the vehicles to block every hole where the fortress fired artillery fire, while trying to avoid craters, horses, deer and other objects, and slowly approached the fortress.

A large number of "chain fire oil bombs" flew out of the fortress and met the chariots of the Qing army, and the chariots that were hit quickly burned into balls of fire, and the soldiers who ran out often flew out of the fortress under a long arrow or bullet.

Wu Shengtai held his revolver in one hand and looked out while issuing orders. The fortress's artillery also fired back at the most dangerous guns.

"Don't hit the chariots of the Qing army, let them lean ......"

With Wu Shengtai's order, the "chain fire oil bomb" stopped shooting, and more chariots that were not destroyed slowly came to the outside of the fortress, the back door of the chariot opened outward, and the Qing soldiers came to the front of the fortress one by one with "spear-type crossbows", wanting to drill in from all the holes.

The remnants of the Ming army inside the fortress fired an arrow or fired a fire gun from wherever they could. The Qing troops outside the cave were knocked to the ground one by one, and those who were not knocked down let out terrifying shouts from their mouths, and drilled into all places where they could hide from artillery fire and crossbow arrows.

The artillery fire of the Qing army stopped firing because of the entanglement of their own people and the other party, but the artillery fire of the Ming army in the fortress was guarded, and they could not hesitate, and groups of shells fell on the nearby fortress occupied by the Qing army. The target was nothing but the place where the fortress fired its fire. After a while, the cannons in the surrounding Qing fortresses were dumbfounded by the artillery fire of the last defenders of the Ming army.

Due to the lack of artillery support, the offensive momentum of the Qing army stalled.

Bolo, accompanied by a group of officials of all ranks, came to the vicinity of the battlefield. Everywhere there are traces of the cruelty left by last night's battle, and the sound of artillery and gunfire is still ringing.

Bo frowned slightly, and the officer accompanying him hurriedly came to explain, "General Yu, this is the remnants of the enemy army stubbornly resisting, our army is stepping up the attack, this cannon has now thinned out, and it is estimated that it will not be able to be used." ”

"Hmm!" Bolo nodded lightly and said: "The soldiers who want to attack this position are speeding up, and in addition, I want 500 chariots and 20,000 cavalry, and immediately move forward to meet the chariots that came ashore last night."

While he was talking, he suddenly came to report and interrupted everyone's words: "Report to the general, our army's attack has been blocked, and the casualties are extremely serious......"

Bolo listened attentively, but did not care, but continued to the officer: "Be careful to bring more ......" After finishing speaking, he said to Tanma: "Take me closer to see." ”

After a while, he came to a fortress occupied by the Qing army, and Bolo looked through a shooting hole at the last defensive fortress of the Ming army on the opposite side.

At the fortress, at least fifty chariots of the Qing army were parked nearby. The sound of shouting and killing inside and outside the fortress shook the sky, among which the continuous firing of the revolver of "Woo Woo Woo" was the most eye-catching. Due to the lack of cover, the Qing troops outside the fortress were shot and killed one by one by the weapons inside the fortress.

"Hmph" Bolo snorted coldly, put down the binoculars in his hand and said: "A group of stupid people, they can't use their brains in a war!" Tell the soldiers in that place to come down, and then go and take what we have taken...... Fire trucks and oil were fought, and ten tanks with 'Bolo rockets' were lined up there. ”