Chapter 738: Knowing Yourself and Knowing Your Enemy
"Boom ......"
Suddenly, the cannon roared on the tower of Ningguofu, and black smoke rose from the sky. Ten huge black cannonballs rushed into the sky, heading straight for the artillery of the Dongjiang Army.
The sound of artillery alarmed the Dongjiang army, and Cheng Zuo was watching with a telescope, and when he saw the cannonballs whistling in the air, he immediately exclaimed: "It's not good......
As soon as his words fell, he saw that Li Dingguo's shells had already smashed on the artillery ground of the Dongjiang Army. Because it was a solid shell, there was no explosion, but the shells that fell from the air were extremely ferocious, and everything that was smashed suddenly made a clattering sound.
Four of the more than a dozen artillery pieces of the Dongjiang Army were directly smashed, and the gun bodies and gun mounts were scattered all over the place, and it seemed that they could no longer be used. The soldiers who were affected could not escape death, and the entire artillery position was in mourning.
Cheng Zuo was so angry that he trembled, and before he really started fighting today, he was taken advantage of by the enemy twice in a row. This is the first time that such a situation has been encountered since the establishment of the firearms battalion of the Dongjiang Army.
Feeling a deep shame in his heart for no reason, Cheng Zuo no longer hesitated, and immediately rode his horse and galloped to the panicked artillery position to personally supervise the battle. Under his drink, those soldiers who were suddenly attacked and at a loss finally came back to their senses.
"Fight back, return fire......"
Cheng Zuo's roar echoed over the artillery position, and the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army who had come to their senses did not dare to slack off, and operated those unaffected artillery pieces one after another, aiming at the place where the artillery had just been fired in Ningguofu City.
"Ignition ......" the short artillery hundred, roared.
"Boom ......"
The sound of cannons exploded on the ground, and eleven identical solid bullets whistled and smashed into the sky above Ning Guofu City.
"Bang ......"
Almost at the same time, eleven cannonballs smashed accurately on the tower of the city, stone chips flew everywhere, and wails arose. The tower, which had just been majestic, collapsed in an instant, raising up dust in the sky.
Li Dingguo had already hid far away at this time, and the ten artillery pieces were also moved away from the place where they had just been fired. In other words, at this moment, the city tower shelled by the Dongjiang Army was just an empty building, and at most it killed more than a dozen unlucky guards who had not had time to escape.
However, at this moment, after Li Dingguo saw the power of the Dongjiang Army's artillery, he also had palpitations. I'm glad I just ran fast, otherwise I would have to die there. There is not much time left for Li Dingguo, in addition to the hot air balloons of the Dongjiang Army, it is those artillery, he must kill the artillery of the Dongjiang Army as much as possible, otherwise he will lose in the end.
After hesitation, the non-commissioned officers pushing the artillery had already relocated ten guns. Without a moment's delay, Li Dingguo immediately ordered another shelling of the artillery positions of the Dongjiang Army.
With a roar, ten more shells whizzed away. Li Dingguo didn't have time to wait for the shells to land, and after the soldiers opened fire, he ordered the place where the artillery was replaced.
The cannon sound in Ningguofu City sounded again, which made Cheng Zuo suddenly understand that the place they bombarded just now was not at all the place where the enemy placed artillery. Encountering such a cunning opponent for the first time, Cheng Zuo was a little overwhelmed for a while.
Imagine that he followed Mao Wenlong out to fight for so long, which time was not that these sharp weapons were immediately successful as soon as they appeared. The worst case is to use more gunpowder or cannonballs, and it is the first time he has encountered such a style of play as Li Dingguo.
"Boom ......"
Just when Cheng Zuo was surprised, the shells had already landed, and before the smoke and dust swept up, Cheng Zuo only had time to see a few more guns destroyed. Then his vision was completely obscured by the smoke and dust that obscured the sky.
Suddenly, Cheng Zuo suddenly felt a whistling sound beside him, he quickly turned around to look, only to see a huge black shadow whistling towards him.
"General, be careful...... "A personal guard disregarded his own life and flew directly from the horse, knocking Chengzuo away from the horse.
Cheng Zuo didn't have time to react at all, he was knocked off the horse, and out of the corner of his eye, he only saw the guard who had just knocked himself away, which would have been hit by a flying cannon and spurted blood. After landing on the ground, Cheng Zuo ignored the abrasions on his body, and when he turned over and stood up, he saw that the guard who saved his life would have been pressed to the ground by the cannon body, and there was blood and some internal organs scattered all over the ground.
Clearly, he was too dead to die. The rumbling began to subside gradually, the dust flying in the sky gradually dissipated, Cheng Zuo's vision began to recover, and his ears were filled with miserable screams, like hell on earth.
"Retreat......" Cheng Zuo suddenly shouted.
At this moment, he had realized that he could not continue like this, he knew nothing about Li Dingguo, but the enemy knew them well. If we continue to fight blindly like this, there will be no benefit to be gained except for adding meaningless sacrifices.
Taking advantage of the fact that the smoke and dust had not completely dissipated and the enemy's vision was still obstructed, the Dongjiang Army was about to evacuate the artillery positions that had just been arranged and return to the camp of the army. After the liquidation, Chengzuo found that after this battle, the Dongjiang Army lost nearly ten artillery pieces, and the wounded reached more than 200 people.
This was undoubtedly the heaviest loss of the firearms battalion since its establishment, and Tie Qing's face showed that Cheng Zuo was in a bad mood at the moment. For Li Dingguo, who has repeatedly made accidents, he Chengzuo feels that he has no way to start.
On the city of Ningguo's mansion, Li Dingguo watched the retreat of the Dongjiang army, and his hanging heart finally fell. And Wu Chengen was already trembling with excitement, gave a thumbs up to Li Dingguo, and cheered incoherently: "Gao, General Li is really tall!" ”
At the beginning, two hot air balloons were shot down, and now they directly repelled the artillery of the Dongjiang Army. These two things have always been the invincible weapons of the Dongjiang Army, and it can be said that whoever encounters the Dongjiang Army on the battlefield will only be beaten.
However, Li Dingguo's counterattack this time shocked Wu Chengen, and he was incoherent at the moment, but he couldn't express his inner excitement and admiration for Li Dingguo.
In the face of Wu Chengen's praise, Li Dingguo was rarely reserved, smiled at Wu Chengen, and then waved his hand and said: "Wu Gonggong, don't be too happy, although we have temporarily repelled the Dongjiang Army, their main force has still not been injured. So then comes the real test, and we can't afford to be careless or complacent. ”
Wu Chengen was naturally convinced by Li Dingguo, and he nodded again and again, saying that it was all up to Li Dingguo.
After sending Wu Chengen away in a few words, Li Dingguo looked back at the Dongjiang Army position in the distance, but a serious expression appeared on his face at this moment. He knew very well that the Dongjiang Army was by no means the enemy army of the past, and it was easy to run away as soon as it was frightened, and it would not fight to the death.
"Alas, it seems that a hard battle is inevitable!" Li Dingguo suddenly sighed lightly, and then left the city tower.