Chapter 476

Because of the long range and the unpredictable direction of the wind, no one knows where the gliding bomb will fall in the city. For the officers and soldiers defending the city, their hearts will hang over their homes anytime and anywhere, not knowing whether the next gliding bullet will fall on the heads of their relatives. And the soldiers, who couldn't concentrate, suddenly became a little less threatening. This kind of psychological tactics has proved to be extremely effective in the tug-of-war between Ye Tao's troops in Northern Xinjiang and Xiling. However, the Blood Qi Army is a proud army, if it weren't for the current situation, they would be reluctant to use this method, and even if they did, Zou Shuangwen would have tasted it and limited it to two shots.

The rails of the ballista made a screeching scraping sound, and the two gliding bullets were instantly pushed out by the torsion spring. I saw a glider bullet with a whistle, drifting and approaching the sky above Xiangning City in an unpredictable curve, and then in the eyes of all the sergeants at the head of the city, it crashed to the ground. A gliding bomb hit the eastern city of Xiangning, where the largest number of shops were concentrated, and it made the officers at the head of the city feel relieved. Now in Xiangning City, except for the people who help defend the city and deliver supplies, they are all hiding at home, and there are only a very small number of left-behind people in Dongshi. Their joy lasted only a dozen seconds, and the other gliding bomb flew farther and more erratic, and smashed directly into a low residential area. Orange-red flames flew in all directions, and immediately spread out in all directions along with the tightly packed houses.

"Not good!" Xiangning City Guard Tan Yan's heart tightened. The dwellings were all places where the poor people lived in the city, and although the walls were now clear, most of the shabby men in the city were gathered together to form a group of people. Those who had relatives to take refuge in the distance had long since left, but the simple buildings and countless illegal constructions piled together made it easy for the fire in this area to spread. Once the prairie fire is formed, it will be difficult to control. Tan Yan hurriedly ordered: "Let the people go over and put out the fire, you must be fast." Ah Jin, you stay there, organize people, and where there is a fire, you rush to put out the fire. ”

The deputy captain of Tan Yan's pro-soldier team was this man named Ah Jin, and he went immediately after answering.

Although Tan Yan's reaction was fast, the Blood Qi Army's fire oil bomb came faster. After opening the game with gliding bullets, the Blood Qijun spoke in a neatly formed ballista array. The Blood Qi Army will be divided into three ballistas in a group, except for the first two rounds of all salvos, and then they are all fired in groups of three, taking turns to fire to form a continuous fire output. This began with two volleys, and hundreds of fire bombs were dropped on the city at once. Clusters of orange-red flames burst out one after another at the head of the city, and the scorching flames and explosions of air threw the city's originally well-organized defenses into chaos. Even in this kind of rapid shooting, the Blood Qi Army habitually maintained a firing sequence that maximized its power, the first wave of fire and oil bombs covered the entire city, and then began to adjust the subtle direction, concentrating on the places where people were concentrated, and where the stairs and slopes for people and supplies to go up and down the city wall were located. Although the three rounds of firing consumed hundreds of fire and oil bombs, they also basically separated the head of the city from the city.

"Very well, keep shooting, and after two more rounds, the whole army will advance slowly. How many fire and oil bombs did the heavy weapons battalion bring this time? Zou Shuangwen asked indifferently.

"There are also three base fire oil bombs, a hundred gliding bombs, and one base Mars bomb. This was the pre-war stockpile, which has changed slightly. The staff officer on the side was even calmer than Zou Shuangwen.

"After the archers had suppressed the city, the heavy armament battalion advanced five hundred paces. Perform a continuous free projectile into the city without ignition. ”

"General!" After recording the order, the staff officer lowered his voice and confirmed, "Are you going to carry out a city-wide deflagration?" ...... do that."

"Enough ammunition." Zou Shuangwen snorted coldly and said, "What if you destroy Xiangning City and kill everyone." I only need to see the results today, and I can go to support Ye Shuai tomorrow. As long as Ye Shuai is fine, I don't care about the rest. What do you think? ”

The staff officer stroked his chest and saluted, and without saying a word, he turned to give the order. Actually, he just asked. The strong determination and combat power that the Blood Qi Army showed in attacking Xiangning City this time and even surprised everyone a little were because they had to settle the battle as soon as possible so that they could support Ye Tao's blocking battle. Zou Shuangwen just pushed this point forward a little further. On this path, there is no difference between fifty and a hundred. The Blood Qi Army, which has a high average level of education, also understands this. After the order was passed down, the heavy equipment battalion happily accepted the order, allowing the soldiers and auxiliaries who were on rest rotation to begin preparations. The Heavy Weapons Battalion has always been too much of a unit to be watched and protected, and even in the biggest battles, their battle loss rate will be so low that they themselves are a little ashamed, especially compared to the combat infantry, heavy infantry, and cavalry that have suffered the greatest losses. This time, the heavy weapons battalion finally advanced to the city in the battle, which was theoretically within the reach of the opponent's longbow. This sense of excitement makes the heavy equipment battalion more and more combative.

"The Heavy Weapons Battalion reports that large ballistae will concentrate on attacking the city gates. According to the outpost watcher's report, the gate appears to be loosening. ”

"General, the Longbow Battalion begins to advance."

According to the situation on the battlefield, Zou Shuangwen, who had already formulated the general strategy of the entire operation, did not need to make specific decisions by himself, and the commanders of each level of the Blood Qi Army would make adjustments as soon as possible according to the situation on the battlefield. And all kinds of dynamics converge here in Zou Shuangwen, and he only adjusts those that are contrary to his overall vision. He has served as the Overseer of the Blood Qi Army for many years, and his tacit understanding with the top and bottom is the best among the previous Overseers. In terms of tacit understanding with his subordinates, he even far surpassed Ye Tao. He felt that it was a matter of course, and he had much more time and energy to invest in the Blood Qi Army than Ye Tao. Moreover, he felt that the problem was not time, but that Ye Tao's ideas were too advanced and surprising, I am afraid that no one in the whole world can keep up with his ideas, if there is, probably only Princess Zhaohua Tan Weixin, who also stunned the whole world. Zou Shuangwen only felt that he was a mortal, and naturally he could not be compared with Ye Tao's world-class achievements.

"Where's the observation report from the air?" Zou Shuangwen frowned and asked.

"Just arrived. The ratio of troops has not changed much from the beginning of the war, and it is confirmed that the other side has successively removed many wounded and corpses from the city, and the airship has no way to observe at a low altitude, and is trying to confirm the number. ”

Zou Shuangwen frowned and asked, "Is Xiangning's air defense very strong?" ”

"At present, it has been exposed that there are forty air-to-air ballistae." The staff officer's words were a little nervous, "Two airships have already been injured. ”

"Oh, it's okay, don't look at it at a low altitude, just try to save yourself. The wounded were immediately withdrawn, they were no better than us, and no one could withstand the wounded. Zou Shuangwen said quietly, "Let Li Mingtao not rush up, don't let people rush down, it won't look good." I just want to go to the city once, and I can climb it, but it's okay, I can't go up. Hmph, I'm really not interested in accompanying the other party to consume troops. Anyway, it's just a day, and there is a way. ”

When Zou Shuangwen ordered the heavy equipment battalion to prepare to advance, he had already thought of the worst-case scenario, that is, to use fire oil bombs to turn the entire Xiangning City into a scorched earth, and it may not be possible to burn the remaining population of the entire Xiangning City to death, but within a few days, they will inevitably completely lose the ability to fight against the Blood Qi Army. And that's what they need. As long as they persist for a few days, whether it is Xue Yuan and Qiu Haohui's troops from Zhenning Pass, or one of the troops on the North Road under the command of the Northern Xinjiang Jingluo Mansion, they should be able to rush to the battlefield.

At this time, Li Mingtao had already rushed to a place less than two hundred steps away from the head of Xiangning City with his troops. In front of him were three platoons of heavy infantry. They were holding a new type of shield lined with a rubber mesh of double-layer metal plates, and the protection capacity was completely up to the level of their original one-armed square shield, but the weight was only slightly more than half of the original. The armor on their bodies, now I can't count the number of generations of products, the weight is getting lighter and lighter, but the protective ability is more and more tested, especially the anti-arrow penetration, anti-blunt weapons These functions that are difficult for traditional armor to do now also have good performance. In the whole world, there is no army better equipped than the Blood Qi Army. Every time the heavy infantry of the Blood Qi Army came out of battle, they held their heads high and walked forward fearlessly.

Li Mingtao followed behind, looking carefully at the section of the city wall in front of him. He has been scheduled to be the first to enter the city to open a breakthrough, and the soldiers under his command are eager to try, and the division of labor for everyone is very clear. Whoever is responsible for unfolding the ladder, who pulls the support, who pushes the ladder to get closer to the city wall, and who is the first to climb the ladder to storm the city, all of them are implemented by people. And Li Mingtao himself was the third to ascend the city. However, in such a huge battlefield, in a well-organized battle formation, he could only choose one point on the twenty-zhang long city wall in front of him, and other places, that was the territory of other cloud echelons.

Moreover, when they ascended the city, the Longbow battalion behind them would definitely stop attacking and would not pose any danger to them behind their backs. The main force of the city is the former combat infantry, and the current light infantry, and the defense behind it is not as comprehensive as that of the heavy infantry. And the connection with the Longbow Battalion determines how many casualties they have to endure and how serious the enemy they have to face.

After another hundred steps forward, Li Mingtao pointed to a place in front of him and ordered, "Look at it." The tower counted the ninth battlement. That's it. The soldiers under his command replied with a bang. Li Mingtao was a little nervous, his palms were sweating, although he had been an officer for many years, but relying on his breakthrough to determine the trend of the entire battle, it was the first time that he was expected to be placed on such a ......