Preparations for the artillery bombardment of the Ming army outside the city did not begin until near dusk. It began to unfold at the end of June, just after noon. At the beginning, it was just that the twenty-four Hongyi cannons in two directions that continued to fire in the direction of the city wall did not seem to be very dense. It was only after the Hongyi cannon completed the test firing of the charge standard, it seems that at least more than 100 other general cannons also pushed over and launched a fierce firing test. The test was not haphazard, but orderly. Obviously, those Western missionaries who followed the Ming army were absolutely facing this unprecedented city defense and strong enemy, and it was not enough to rely only on the 24 Hongyi cannons that had been concentrated, but also to concentrate at least 100 generals of about 3500 offensive specifications to fire at the expense of their lives, and to determine the general direction of each group's artillery attack in accordance with the most serious principles. Only in this way can the defenders at the corners of the city be threatened to the greatest extent during the day when the killing efficiency of projectile weapons is relatively low.

The artillery positions deployed by the Ming army outside the city were not only heavy artillery positions that fired in the direction of the city wall, but also some artillery formations of the second and third generals that opened fierce fire at a certain angle roughly along or in the direction of a certain degree of enanglement. The maximum firing range of these guns is only about one mile, and even if the artillery that crosses the city wall a little because of the error, it seems that it will not pose much threat to their artillery positions or even the starting positions, but they can effectively create a "nest bomb area" from two directions.

Obviously, it seems that after the previous night's confrontation, as well as some of the tactics shown by Li Zicheng and others and even himself, the technical and tactical level of the Ming army's use of firearms at this time is obviously much higher than imagined. This also added to some of Xiao Xuan's worries in his heart. The biggest advantage of a traverser is often two: the one who takes the direction of civilian officialdom lies in the understanding of historical events and even historical figures, and the one who takes the direction of warlord military and military affairs lies in some insight and knowledge that transcends the times. As for the Golden Elephant Leg Shuangwen, it doesn't matter for the time being, but in his own plane, it seems that the opponents, whether they are Jiannu or the Ming army, have a learning ability that far exceeds their expectations. If so, then what is the point of winning a few victories with a modest "first-mover advantage"? Do you really have the capital to compete with the powerful people in the world? The only thing that can make Xiao Xuan's heart feel safe is that he has failed in the end. Maybe he can also become a good "coach" for this era and country. At least, being able to defeat the opponents of himself and the team led by Zi Sufficiency in the siege battle, Xiao Xuan believes that such a Ming court may eventually be limited to division, but it shouldn't give much chance to Jiannu outside the gate...

The test firing, which was not too intensive, lasted less than an hour, and although there were a lot of shells fired, the firepower was not too intensive. But just after a short period of time the artillery suddenly became furious, after a short period of slump and pause. Twenty-four Hongyi cannons, more than 160 general cannons, and 400 second and even third general cannons respectively used the city corner to launch a fierce attack on the city corner between Andingmen and Dongzhi Gate from four directions. Hongyi cannons and general cannons are mainly fired sealed live ammunition, and the second general cannon and even the third general cannon that are not so reliable and standardized are mainly fired heavy shotgun shells at this time. With the use of Western overseas black powder and semi-charge standards, it seems that the rate of fire of the artillery has been maximized, and in just a few minutes or so, more than 2,000 heavy shells were smashed into the city head in both directions at the corner, and the range was no more than about ten meters. The second and third generals' guns also fired tens of thousands of heavy shotguns, directly hitting the flanks and rear positions of many inner city walls.

Under the cover of fierce artillery fire, the more than 6,000 strong attackers who could open more than seven bucket bows gathered by the entire Liaodong Army gradually approached a distance of about 150 paces under the cover of the car shield and heavy shield men within a range of about one mile to the east and the back of the continuous northeast corner, and continued to launch intensive projectiles, and almost in a short period of time, they slowed down the city with nearly 100,000 arrows. Immediately afterwards, the second general and the third general began to use the method of combining small shotguns with live ammunition to continuously smash the shells on the city surface and the inner test of the city wall. Taking advantage of the weakness of the ramparts, a fire with few dead ends was formed almost from all directions.

Such fierce fire preparations lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and after judging that few defenders could approach within a mile of the northeast corner of the city under such artillery fire, the Ming army's assault that had been prepared for nearly a day finally began.

In the past nearly a day, using the equally abundant craftsman resources in the army, more than 20,000 black powder grenades were also produced, as well as thousands of black powder grenades thrown outside the city that were collected during the night battle. It's just that very few people in the Liaodong Army can throw a black powder grenade weighing about a pound to a distance of more than ten zhang with their bare hands, so it's just

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation lasted for more than ten years. It was soon restored in 1952; India, on the other hand, was a long period of peace in 1949, with the gap between China's per capita agricultural output almost doubled. During the Mao era, much infrastructure construction and export earnings depended on labor input, and behind them were resources from production. In the 60s, the per capita agriculture was scarce, and the development was slow, while in the 50s and the late 70s, the per capita agriculture was good and the development was rapid

Contemporary China's energy consumption is 4.4 billion tons, and the domestic resource output is more than 3 billion tons; India's current energy consumption of 600 million tons will require a large import of oil, and soon oil imports will surpass China's. After the reform and opening up, India did not have the level of China's domestic resource potential. In addition, there are other disparities: there is no legitimate P5 status brought about by World War II, the importance that major powers attach to China's cannon fodder resources, and the different traditions of national education (with additional investment from Chinese parent-teacher associations)

The increase in grain from less than 300 million tons to 400 million tons should be due to a combination of reasons. Those fertilizer plants will not bring in 120 million tons of increased production. Agriculture is generally not good in tropical countries in the third world, and heavy rains will wash away soil fertility, and not all places are suitable for farming. Of course, human reasons are also important reasons.

Many fields in the north, such as the unexpectedly watered wheat, are indeed only more than 50 kilograms, or even more than 30 kilograms when they are not good. The best Susong area in ancient times, yielding 3-4 stones of rice per mu; This stone is 60 kilograms, 600 grams of old catties; If it is calculated according to rice, it will be 300-400 kg.

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