Section 59 The Battle of Zhenjiang (Unbanned Chapter)

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With the fall of the Jiangxinzhou Fort, the fort on Xiangshan fell silent amid the intensive fire of 150mm darts and 100mm rocket artillery.

Originally, if it was long enough, Chen Jin planned to move the red-coated cannon with strong attack power to the top of Xiangshan, but the weight of several tons made him have to make another plan. Therefore, these cannons with huge attack power were installed on Jiangxinzhou, otherwise the battle of Zhenjiang of the Shenzhou Army would only suffer considerable losses!

Despite this, the street battle in Zhenjiang is still the battle with the largest casualties since the founding of the Shenzhou Army. It can be seen that the intelligent generals who have grown up in the war have stronger attack and defense capabilities.

Chen Jin gave up the Beigushan position along the river, as if he already knew the strength of the Shenzhou army's artillery fire. Therefore, his main force was fixed on the north side of Zhenjiang City, and the final stronghold was the installation of the red-coated cannon Yellow Crane Mountain.

These cannons using flowering shells and armor-piercing shells can cover most of Zhenjiang City, of course, their shooting accuracy is really quite poor, but this kind of artillery arrangement has already shown Chen Jin's skill in using troops.

In Zhenjiang City, due to the large number of people fleeing, there are many empty houses in the city. Chen Jin used some sturdy houses to form some garrison strongholds, and demolished the houses within 200 meters around these strongholds, clearing the shooting boundary. The forts are lined with rows of houses and protected streets.

Chen Jin's original intention was that after the Shenzhou army's chariots penetrated the alleys, they would encounter intensive artillery fire in these open spaces. What he didn't expect was that when the Shenzhou Army came to attack this time, he didn't bring a chariot for the charge, which couldn't help but make him feel like a "pearl secretly cast".

These artillery fires used armor-piercing shotguns, which were created by Chen Jin's own craftsmen.

They were shells drilled into some wooden planks and loaded into iron spear tips (actually simplified into long conical iron rods). These were inspired by the scattered bullets and armor-piercing bullets that Bolo had taken from the victorious army.

It's just that Chen Jin changed it slightly. He poured a little lead into the tip of the spear where the wooden handle had been inserted. Quite a decent aerodynamic shape, which makes the muzzle velocity of these shells quite high. Lead, in turn, can make the shells quite penetrating.

After testing, they can easily penetrate the armor of the samurai-type combat vehicles used by the Shenzhou Army at a distance of 100 meters, of course, those combat vehicles are also the vehicles used by the Shenzhou Army to equip the Shengwu Army.

Despite this, this kind of shell is also unbearable for the armor of the Samurai-A combat vehicle that the Shenzhou Army now uses itself.

From another new weapon, it can be seen that Chen Jin is more experienced in the use of new weapons than Zhi Boluo. Because the mechanical parts of the flying crossbow only need to be slightly improved to become a bed crossbow with an extremely long range.

It's just that Chen Jin's design only shoots an arrow with fire oil, which is more suitable for long-range accurate shooting. Within three hundred meters, these rather thick crossbows could hit the chariots of the Shenzhou Army, and the oil bladders carried on them would make them burn.

Of course, it did not cause greater losses, but thanks to the stupidity of the ministers in the Qing court, this weapon was only used in a small area, and did not become the standard equipment of the Qing army.

As in the previous landings, the Marines of the 2nd Marine Division went ashore on the embankment outside Zhenjiang City. Strangely, there was no fierce fighting, and not even a single soldier could be seen above the intact city.

Above the river, raindrop-type fast artillery, one after another, carried out tentative shelling on the city. However, there is still no mission response.

The soldiers of the 2nd Marine Division marched in formation towards the walls of Zhenjiang City. Except for the people who came out of the city in an endless stream and rushed to the river, there was no trace of the Qing soldiers.

All this made the soldiers of the Shenzhou army rush to the point of doubt, but despite this, they quickly formed a military police team at the city gate, so that the number of civilians pouring into the city gate was controlled, and a way was made for the army entering the city.

At this moment, halfway up the Yellow Crane Mountain, there was the roar of cannons. A number of spherical solid shells flew towards the river, and it seemed that the Qing army was targeting the cruisers that were parked along the river and were expected to support the street fighting in the city.

However, although the 150mm cannon of the Shenzhou Army can basically hit, it is not accurate shooting. Comparatively speaking, the artillery position of the Qing army on Yellow Crane Mountain was much more powerful.

At the head of the city is Shi Lang, who is hidden behind the city wall to observe. He held a telescope in his hand and watched all this arrangement, and he couldn't help but admire in his heart, the enemy's general is by no means idle.

And beside him, he saw Lu Fang's mouth and scolded: "Fuck, isn't this Lao Tzu's trick to kill the region, the five fortresses have sealed the entire Zhenjiang City tightly."

The first three and the second second, and the last two have been out of the range of 100 mm naval guns, and it seems that when they get there, they can only rely on the mortars under their command to cover.

"It seems that according to the last Hangzhou style of play, it will not work, and the naval guns will not be able to shoot accurately at such a long distance. It seems that we can only be effective if we first deal with the Qing army on the city wall, and then from the top down the city wall or the last two fortresses, supplemented by ground attacks. ”

Lu Fangdao: "This time, we are under the attack of enemy artillery fire throughout the whole process, but I am afraid that the casualties will be relatively large." ”

Shi Lang also felt a little depressed: "What's the solution, who let our artillery battalion not be there!" That's it, you lead a regiment to fight inward from the eastern wall, just pay attention to the anti-artillery. And I led a regiment to assault head-on, and after you occupied the city wall, I sent mortars over and gave him the last two strongholds from the city wall, but we attacked Yellow Crane Mountain together. ”

Lu Fang said: "I'm afraid it can only be like this, the chief said let's do it, I think the one on the city wall will start first!" ”

"Well, I want the balloon to be lifted into the air, pay attention to the coordination of infantry and artillery, so that the navy has nothing to do with two more cannons, and it is good to scare the Qing army."

Shi Lang, who has never told jokes, actually told an unprecedented joke today, but none of the officers under him laughed. Because, as everyone knows, today's battle is not easy to fight.

At this moment, Chen Jin, who was hiding on the Yellow Crane Mountain, watched the movement of the Shenzhou Army under the city at a glance, and when the soldiers of the Shenzhou Army began to attack from one side of the city wall, he gave an order.

"Ask the cannon to fire in that direction! Stopping the enemy's offensive"