Because these shells of the pseudo-Tang thief army do not kill the target with kinetic energy, but rely on direct explosion, using shrapnel and shock wave after explosion to kill and injure the target.

Many Ming soldiers ambushed at the explosion site, even if they relied on luck to avoid the attack of shrapnel, but they could not stop the powerful shock wave, the bleeding of the seven orifices was light, and the heavy internal organs were injured and died.

The huge power of the mortar cannon almost instantly suppressed the Ming army in the city, because they could no longer find a way to counterattack or even resist!

Want to fight back? The heavy artillery of those pseudo-Tang thieves is hiding more than 500 meters away, even if there are still a few seven-pound artillery pieces at this distance, but damn it, the heavy artillery of those pseudo-Tang thieves seems to be hiding under the mountain pass.

Now they don't even know what these heavy artillery of the puppet Tang Thief Army look like, so how can they fight back!

The continuous howitzer shelling not only led to the continuous casualties of the Ming gunners on the city, but even those who hid behind the city wall, ready to go up to the city wall at any time to participate in hand-to-hand combat, in order to resist the advance of the puppet Tang thief army's infantry, were all killed and wounded!

And in terms of probability, these Ming infantry behind the city wall suffered even more casualties!

Not every grenade will land accurately on the city, in fact, more often than not, it will go over the walls and then explode behind the walls!

The sound of artillery and explosions continued to sound, and those Ming troops were completely stunned!

They don't know how to fight back, they don't even know how to dodge this flowering shell!

It's not even safe to hide behind the walls, where else is it safe?

Li Chunjing put down the telescope in his hand at this time, and then said, "This cannon is good!" ”

Wang Danxu next to him also said: "Yes, the power of this cannon is amazing, although the ammunition consumed is more serious, and the accuracy is poor, but this power is not said, according to this, you don't have to wait a few days, you can directly launch the city now!" ”

Li Chunjing shook his head: "Don't rush, take your time!" ”

There were only twelve howitzers in his hand, and the shelling was only dozens of shells, although the Ming army seemed to be stunned, but in fact the number of dead and wounded was not much.

So don't be in a hurry, take your time, let these howitzers bombard for a day and a night, plus hundreds of field artillery auxiliary shelling, he wants to see how long these Ming troops can hold out on to the city!

Once the Ming army could not hold on to the artillery fire and took the initiative to retreat to the city to reduce casualties, then it was time for their own infantry to charge!

As for saying that after his infantry climbed the city wall, the Ming soldiers rushed up to fight back again?

What else can I do? In the words of Butcher Chen, the book is: fuck it!

In the siege battle, the most difficult stage is to rush over and climb the wall, in this stage, the Ming army's bows, muskets, and artillery can cause a lot of damage to their own assault infantry.

However, after overcoming the most difficult stage, they have already climbed the city wall, are they still afraid of the hand-to-hand counterattack of the Ming army?

I'm afraid of the egg, after the assault battalion of the Tang Army went to the city, there was no precedent for being driven down by the enemy, and the generals of the Second Army also didn't want to let this precedent be created in their own hands!

Once they successfully ascended to the top of the city, the sword and shield soldiers in the assault battalion relied on the plate armor, stainless steel long knives, grenades, muskets and other equipment they were equipped with, and they did not dare to say that they would kill gods and Buddhas when they met Buddhas, but it was impossible for the Ming army to counterattack in this kind of hand-to-hand combat.

The Ming army has fought many times, especially the Ming army on the front line, and actually knows that although the firearms of the Tang Dynasty are sharp, their hand-to-hand combat is stronger!

The puppet Ming army is often able to conduct medium and long-distance combat with the Tang Army, but it often collapses completely when it reaches the hand-to-hand combat stage!

The puppet Ming army did not dare to fight in the field with the Tang Army, not only because they were afraid of the firearms of the Tang Army, but because they were even more afraid of the hand-to-hand charge of the Tang Army!

Once they saw the puppet Tang thieves all over the mountains coming over with spears and muskets loaded with bayonets, they didn't have much courage to resist at all.

Li Chunjing rejected Wang Danxu's suggestion to immediately launch a battle in the city, and instead let the artillery continue to bombard!

If you want to enter the city, you must first knock out the artillery of the Ming army, or suppress it.

Although it is difficult to destroy the artillery itself with hundreds or even thousands of catties of artillery by simple shelling, but the artillery will suffer heavy casualties, without skilled artillery to operate the artillery, the artillery of the Ming army is just a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron!

The artillery battle between the two sides continued, although the artillery of the Ming army suffered heavy blows, and they could not counterattack those pseudo-Tang mortar artillery positions behind the anti-slope, but they could hit those field artillery positions!

As a result, the artillerymen on both sides fought an artillery battle four or five hundred meters apart!

And casualties are also beginning to appear in the Tang Army!

Even if there are fortifications in the artillery position, the artillerymen can get a certain amount of protection, and the Ming army has only twenty or thirty five-pound and seven-level guns in the hands of the Ming army that can be fired from a distance, and the rest are small-caliber shotguns represented by some bowl guns, and even the gunners of the Ming army are poor in accuracy.

But when the number comes up, it will always hit the artillery positions of the Datang Army and cause some casualties to the artillerymen!

It's just that the comparison of casualties on both sides is not proportional at all, especially when the Ming artillery at the head of the city is still facing the threat of grenades at all times!

As long as a grenade falls on the city, the Ming army on the city will always have casualties, if there is just a Ming army's heavy artillery group nearby, then this artillery group will basically be completely reimbursed.

What happens if you continue to fight like this?

There will be fewer and fewer gunners in the Ming army!

And Li Chunjing didn't believe that the gunner reserves in the puppet army would be more than his own!

As a modern army that started with guns, the Tang Dynasty Division, regardless of the army or navy, has a complete artillery training system, and the gunners are not only the commanders, but even the ordinary gunners have undergone a certain amount of training.

In this artillery battle, he Li Chunjing is the winner in his hands!

So he's not in a hurry!

This artillery battle, as Li Chunjing had planned, lasted a full day and a night, and the sound of artillery never stopped during the day and night, even in order to protect the life of the artillery barrel and avoid exploding, the frequency of shelling began to decline from noon, but the shelling did not stop.

It's just that even if the frequency of shelling is reduced, it is still inevitable that there will be an explosion accident, and after a day and a night, two artillery pieces on the side of the Datang Army have exploded due to the quality of the barrel and the operation error.

But this ratio is much less than that of the Ming army!

Because the Ming army on the head of the city continued to bombard, at least five artillery pieces were blown up, and the total number of Ming artillery guns that fired back will not exceed 30, which means that at least one-sixth of the artillery has withdrawn from the battlefield because of the explosion.

There were many originals, the quality of the barrels was not good, and even the caliber was not uniform, but the more important reason was an operational error.

In this battle, it is normal to make mistakes because of nervousness, and the less live-fire training in normal times, the more mistakes the gunners make.

The next morning, Li Chunjing, who had slept all night under the rumbling cannons, had breakfast, and when he used a telescope to observe the Luling City in front of him again, he found that the city walls of this city were already potholes, especially in the direction of the city gate tower, which was even more dilapidated, and the city gate tower had collapsed!

"According to estimates, the artillery fire of the Ming army has been reduced by more than 70 percent compared with the artillery battle, and the remaining Ming artillery, we can also effectively suppress it, it is time to attack!" At this time, Wang Danxu said: "The two assault battalions are ready and ready to attack at any time!" ”

Li Chunjing touched the military hat in his hand, and then said: "Since this is the case, then let's start, it's not comfortable to stay in this wilderness for a long time, it's good to enter the city early!" ”

Li Chunjing, the lieutenant general of the Second Army, gave the order, and the generals under him naturally claimed to be in unison.

Immediately again, the old rules began to be deployed, and the main attack mission this time will be undertaken by the 5th Infantry Division!

And within the 5th Infantry Division, the main attack task will again be undertaken by the assault battalion!

And the two mixed regiments will take on the tasks of the secondary front, and in these two mixed regiments, the same troops will be drawn to form an assault battalion.

The formation of assault battalions to carry out landing operations is a common way for the Tang Army to attack fortified cities, and there is no fixed establishment in peacetime, only a command organization directly under the division headquarters.

Soldiers, and even junior officers, were temporarily drawn from various units.

It is mainly composed of four types of troops: heavy armor sword and shield soldiers, light armor sword and shield soldiers, grenadiers, and archers, and the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers are the core.

In the Fifth Assault Battalion, more than 400 heavily armored sword and shield soldiers wearing shiny plate armor had already begun to line up, and a lieutenant colonel military academy leading the team was giving a lecture, and what they said was nothing more than some words of encouragement.

After the lecture, the tall lieutenant colonel officer, also with the assistance of the guards, began to put on a set of full-body armor, and then raised the stainless steel long knife in his hand: "The whole battalion listens to the order and marches forward in unison!" ”

Immediately, this heavily armed force marched forward with a leap of pace, and the sun shone on their plate armor, and the dazzling light reflected made it almost impossible to standardize.

The 5th Assault Battalion has more than 80 heavy armor and shield soldiers wearing full-body armor, and more than 130 heavy armor sword and shield soldiers wearing half-body armor.

Even the light armor sword and shield soldiers, as well as the grenadiers and archers, they wore cuirasses!

Even Lieutenant Colonel Yu Lianhong, the commander of the Fifth Assault Battalion, who led the team to command the operation, was also wearing a full-body plate armor!

The whole battalion of soldiers, all in armor!

And this assault battalion is also the strongest assault battalion since the formation of the Tang Army!