The eighteenth fortress of Tsarist Russia, on the third floor, on the tower, the Russian defender, Major General Andrei was looking at the camp of the Ming army in the southwest with a telescope, looking at the neat military tent that stretched for dozens of miles, he only felt a hairbreak in his heart.

Counting the number of Sun and Moon Dragon Banners, you will know that on the opposite side are the three regular legions of the Ming Army, a full 300,000 army, which are three regular legions of the Ming Army! Moreover, in the middle, the sun and moon dragon flag turned out to be the sun and moon with the same light, which was the strongest combat power of the Ming Empire, the symbol of the first-class legion!

As a general of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, he was naturally very familiar with the division of the Ming Empire's legion ranks, and according to the performance of the Ming Empire's previous wars, the allies made a rough assessment of the combat strength of the Ming Empire's regular legions.

The third-class army of the Ming Empire is equivalent to the elite troops of the allies, that is to say, if each country gathers 100,000 elites to fight in the field with a third-class army of the Ming Empire, the victory or defeat is only five or five.

The second-class legion of the Ming Empire completely crushes the elite troops of the allies in terms of combat power, that is to say, if the elite troops of about 100,000 countries encounter the second-class legion of the Ming Empire in the wild, then, run quickly, they will definitely not be able to do it!

The first-class legion of the Ming Empire, that is an extremely terrifying existence, its combat power can no longer be assessed with the same number of elite troops, like last time, Marshal Golovin encountered the first-class legion of the Ming Empire, the Far Eastern Army 100,000 horses went to sneak attack the ordinary guard station garrisoned by 10,000 horses, and attacked for a few days, not only did not capture it, but lost nearly 20,000 people, and the rest were almost all wounded.

What kind of will is that, what kind of combat power is that!

Didn't you say that there were only three first-class legions in the Ming Empire, and there was also one of them His Majesty's Imperial Guard Legion, which generally did not directly participate in the battle, why was he so unlucky, but he met one!

If he could, he really wanted to run away with his men, but he was not Marshal Golovin, Marshal Golovin could lead the army to run frantically, run for thousands of miles, and a strategic retreat would be fine.

He is different, if he dares to lead the army to retreat even a few miles, Marshal Golovin will definitely hang him with a pork hook!

However, fortunately, Marshal Golovin has already led reinforcements to lurk near the fortress, and the marshal also sent someone to send a personal letter, so that he can defend the fortress with peace of mind, and the reinforcements will seize the opportunity to sneak attack when the enemy is besieging the fortress, and there is absolutely no problem in repelling the three legions of the Ming Empire.

Andrei is still very confident in the defensive power of the fortress, even if it is a first-class legion of the Ming army in front of him, even if there are 300,000 Ming troops outside, it is impossible to break through the fortress he is guarding within a few days, I just hope that General Golovin will not deceive people, he has no confidence to hold this fortress forever, because the ammunition in the fortress is limited, if the enemy takes turns to attack, within a month, the ammunition in the fortress will be exhausted.

Golovin is not deceiving Andrei, the reinforcements he led are indeed lurking near the fortress, and he also wants to sneak attack while the Ming army is attacking the city, but will Sun Chuanting give him a chance?

On the side of the Ming army, 300,000 troops took turns to go into battle, frantically manufacturing siege equipment, how many siege equipment can be made in five days?

Sun Chuanting naturally couldn't count them all, anyway, it was definitely enough to capture the fortress in front of him.

There are not many types of siege equipment made by the Ming army, except for the ladders and siege vehicles that must be used, there is only one new type of siege equipment called the turret.

This turret does not mean that the artillery can be placed on it and pushed up to attack the city, but the square frame used to protect the artillery and artillery, to put it bluntly, it is a large box, covering the artillery, so that even if the enemy's shells are smashed over, they can only hit the frame, but not the artillery and artillery below.

Now the siege equipment of the Ming army has also been greatly improved, such as siege vehicles and turrets, the top is equipped with an inch thick steel plate, and the general cannonballs can not be smashed a few times, unless several shells hit at the same time, the siege vehicle or turret is smashed apart.

On the tenth day after Sun Chuanting received the holy decree, before dawn, the Ming army camp outside the eighteenth fortress of Tsarist Russia was already brightly lit, and the Ming soldiers had already begun to bury pots and prepare to attack the city.

At three o'clock, the siege equipment outside the camp of the Ming army began to move slowly, and more than 100,000 cavalry guarded both sides of the siege equipment, slowly approaching in the direction of the fortress.

Half an hour later, the sky showed the dawn, and the 200,000 Ming troops were already neatly lined up five miles away from the front of the Tsarist Russian fortress.

Sun Chuanting asked the non-commissioned officer who was calculating the time, and it was only about a quarter of an hour away, so he immediately ordered: "All the Shenwei cannons are lined up in a hundred steps in front of the battle. ”

The firing range of the Shenwei cannon is about five miles, and the firing range of the enemy's fortress is just enough for a hundred steps in front of the battle, and according to the calculation of a small number of Tsarist Russian artillery captured by the Ming army, the farthest range of the artillery cast by the Tsarist Russia is roughly equivalent to the Ming army's 417 howitzer, that is to say, the firing range of the Tsarist artillery on the flat ground is less than two miles, and if the height of the fortress is added, the firing range of the Tsarist artillery can reach three to four miles at most, that is to say, the firing range of the Shenwei cannon on the flat ground exceeds the range of the artillery on the enemy's fort.

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty is now only equipped with Shenwei cannons in the first-class legions, and each first-class legion is only equipped with a hundred.

With Sun Chuanting's order, a hundred Shenwei cannons were quickly lined up in front of the Ming army.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered: "Order, all Shenwei cannons are loaded with scattered shells and prepare for the longest-distance shelling." “

As soon as the commander flag of the guards behind him waved, the artillery group in front of the formation sounded a formation order, and soon, all the artillery positions raised the order flag on behalf of the preparation, but the artillery commander did not give the order to fire, but looked at Sun Chuanting under the dragon flag.

Sun Chuanting did not give the order to open fire, but sat on his horse and quietly observed the fortress in front of him with a telescope.

Finally, a hurried sound sounded next to him: "Vice Marshal Sun, the time has come." “

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he immediately ordered: "Open the cannon." “

"Boom, boom, boom", a burst of artillery roared in front of the Ming army, and thousands of scattered bombs rained down on the fortress of Tsarist Russia.

Sun Chuanting looked at the landing point of the scattered bullets, and then ordered: "Shenwei cannon, the scattered shells will be bombarded for ten rounds without interruption, and all the other artillery will come forward together with the turret, arranged according to the firing range." “

With his order, the Ming army launched thousands of turrets in the array, and under each turret there were artillery pushing the artillery to advance together.

The roar of artillery continued to sound, and at the same time as the turret advanced, a hundred Shenwei cannons did not stop, and the scattered bombs continued to smash into the fortress of Tsarist Russia like raindrops, but as soon as the artillery tower of the Ming army approached the four miles of the Tsarist Russian fortress, the roar of artillery still sounded in the fort.

There are not many shells fired from the fortress, only dozens, but they have never stopped, and the advancing Ming army turret will be hit by shells from time to time, and there is a huge collision sound.

Finally, all the artillery pieces were in place, and the ten rounds of scattered shells of the Shenwei cannon had been fired, and Sun Chuanting directly ordered: "Order, all artillery is loaded with live ammunition and bombarded non-stop." “

The flag fluttered, and an earth-shattering roar soon sounded in front of the Ming army, and more than a thousand artillery pieces were fired together, and the shells smashed into the fortress in front of them like a storm.

However, the effect is not very ideal, the inner circle of the fortress is filled with earth and stone, the thickness is simply incalculable, and no matter which direction the bombardment is from, there are many dead ends, whether it is a female wall or an arrow battlement, it is very difficult to completely bombard it, and the roar of the artillery of Tsarist Russia has not stopped for a moment, and the defense of this fortress is really terrible!