Instructor Wu Zhengchun persuaded: "Division commander, the sky is still darkening in more than two hours, and it is inevitable that our army will have unnecessary losses if it attacks an area with complex terrain at night. I suggest that we rest for the night and fight again tomorrow, which is more conducive to the firepower of our army during the day. ”

Chief of Staff Sun Shengjie also said: "Yes, division commander, the initiative is still with me, and I am not in a hurry." ”

Li Zixuan laughed, looked at the slightly chaotic scene of the third division units that arrived one after another, and the whole team in turn, said: "The commander of this division did not decide to attack immediately, he just wanted to shoot a few cannons and tell Jiannu that Lao Tzu is coming, and their death time is coming." ”

"Okay, then fire a few cannons, and count it as a greeting gift for our Tiance Army." Wu Zhengchun said jokingly.

The Tiance army has won many battles against the Qing army, and its morale is high, since the division commander is in Xingtou, he can't sweep his excitement, just fire a few cannons to listen to the sound, which can be regarded as cheering before the battle. ”

After the arrival of the three brigades and six regiments of the Third Division, they were doing the work of forming a whole team and forming a camp, and 32 self-propelled howitzers drove to their respective gun positions in turn, making preparations for the shelling.

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In order to better observe the situation of the entire battlefield, a tall hollow enemy platform stood on the top of the chimney hill at the enemy command post in front of the Qing army's chimney mountain. The enemy platform is divided into two layers, five zhang high, 18 zhang wide circumference, built with arrow window battlements, and the ring building is all made of large stone masonry.

On the enemy platform, two huge woven gold dragons were erected, and below the dragons, stood the eight banners of Manchuria Zhengbai Banner Lord, Rui Prince Dolgon and the blue flag lord, Zheng Prince Jierharang.

Behind the two of them, there is also the Baya Laqi Zhangjing in the flag, who is in charge of the most elite Baya Laa soldiers in the flag, and is in charge of guarding the Longxu banner. There are also a large number of banners in the Mei Le Zhangjing, Jia Lae Zhen and other officials and generals solemnly, all with the two princes, looking at the Ming army position.

Around this enemy platform, there are also two banners of elite Baya soldiers soldiers, each of them with a bright helmet and bright armor, and the fine armor leaves are exposed, all of which are very thick. There are huge bronze glasses on the front and back chests, and on the back, there are dazzling red tassel flame flags.

These warriors were tall and stout, and they carried heavy weapons, either heavy swords, sledgehammers, or long-handled knives. The bows and arrows on the back of the body are all strong bows with several stones, dozens of steps away, and they can penetrate heavy armor.

They stood vigilantly, even though they were clad in thick and heavy armor, and in the hot weather, they also stood motionless in their positions.

Both Dolgon and Zilharang had a clairvoyant mirror given by Huang Taiji, in which they could clearly see the scene of the arrival of the Tiance army under the mountain.

After looking at each other for a long time, the two princes looked at each other in shock, and Zilharang put down the clairvoyant mirror and exclaimed: "This Tiance army is different from the past, it seems that there are a lot of incomprehensible iron cars. ”

Dolgon's face was gloomy and said, "Fortunately, we have made sufficient preparations, if we are in Yima Pingchuan, it is indeed difficult to resist." ”

He ordered someone to summon Anthony López, the commander of the artillery battalion, and said, "Dwarf Dongjiala, is everything ready?" This king must see that this Gaizhou defense line is the burial place of the Tiance army. ”

Anthony López, is Portuguese. In that year, Kong Youde captured Dengzhou, which was the base for the Ming army to manufacture new artillery and train artillery, and there were nearly 100 Portuguese and other foreign gunners and craftsmen, as well as a large number of trained gunners, all of which were captured by the rebels, and these Portuguese were coerced by Kong Youde to surrender to the Manchu Qing.

The chief general of the Qing army's Wuzhen Chaoha firearms unit is Kong Youde, and the weekday affairs are also in charge of Kong Youde's generals Cao Shaozhong, Liu Chengzu and others. However, the specific command of the artillery battle was still commanded by Anthony and other Franc officers, as well as those Franc soldiers who were captured together.

Antony was given an official position by the Manchus, and he led the more than 100 Portuguese.

Subconsciously, everyone in the Qing Kingdom still thought that it was more appropriate for the pure Francophile to command the artillery battle, after all, the gunners of the Ming army were mostly trained by them back then. Their artillery battalion also has a claircase, and uses moments, guns, gauges and other instruments as aiming tools.

Anthony and other Portuguese participated in the planning and arrangement of the firearms arrangement of the Gaizhou defense line, so they knew everything about it.

Anthony was disgusted by the title of Dwarf, and his noble and allegorical name became a joke in these Oriental people. However, he still had a polite demeanor on his face, and he didn't seem to care.

Dolgon speaks Chinese, and Anthony has been in Macau for many years, and is also quite enthusiastic about Chinese affairs, and the local language, of course, has long been mastered.

Anthony bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency, as you wish, the Gaizhou defense line will definitely not disappoint you. Although the firing range of the artillery of the Tiance Army far exceeded that of our army, in terms of the number of artillery, our army had an absolute advantage, with only three pound guns, more than 1,500 three-pounder guns, more than 800 six-pounder guns, more than 400 eight-pounder guns, more than 1,000 large-caliber mortar guns, and nearly 2,000 small-caliber mortar guns.

Inferior officials have also seen flowering shells in Europe, so trenches and earthen forts can protect the survival rate of our artillery.

As long as the Tiance Army dared to launch an infantry charge against our Gaizhou defensive line, the various types of artillery that I had survived would deal a fatal blow to them in the trenches and numerous earthen forts.

You must know that our artillery is mainly for anti-personnel personnel, and most of the loading is scattershot, which is a lethal weapon for infantry.

Unless their heavy artillery shells numbered as many as 100,000, they would not be able to completely cover our entire defensive line. And those small cannons that fall vertically from the sky pose a certain threat to the warriors in our trenches, and we have also taken precautions against this. ”

Through many battles with the Tiance Army, the Qing army has basically figured out the performance of several weapons of the Tiance Army. Figuring out that it does not mean that it can defeat the Tiance army, and the Qing army still came to the conclusion that it was a failure, so there was a Gaizhou defense line.

The Gaizhou defense line has made a lot of countermeasures against the characteristics of these weapons, and the most feared by the Qing army is the 155mm howitzer, which can not be resisted by any fortification in this era, but fortunately, the number of howitzers is not huge.

Dolgon nodded, but said with a worried face: "I, Daqing, am not afraid of using human lives to fight against the Tiance army. But the dwarf Dongjiala, the chariots of the Tiance Army are sharp and difficult to handle, can the hidden heavy artillery of our army destroy them? ”

"Your Excellency!" Anthony bowed again and said: "So far, the Qing Empire has not obtained a single enemy chariot, whether it can be destroyed or not, I dare not assert." However, no matter how strong the chariot is, it is afraid of burning in flames, and even if the steel chariot cannot be burned, the people inside will also be burned to death, but this will test the courage of the warriors of the Qing Empire who are not afraid of death. ”

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