Chapter 313: Arson is our specialty

Although it was still in the era of cold weapons, the battles of the Yunzhou armies now have a bit of the flavor of modern warfare, and the soldiers sat on the ground from afar, watching the big, round things fly over their heads like meteors, fall on the city wall, and burst out of flames. And even if they know that this is the habit of the Yunzhou army, the enemy can only put some soldiers on the city wall, otherwise, if they all hide behind, once the Yunzhou side perceives that the defense of the city wall is weak, and directly pounces on them one after another, it will really be over.

The call sign from the city wall made the soldiers in Yunzhou a little creepy, but also a little excited. The more miserable the enemy, the easier it will be to wait for the battle to be successful. It is not that there are no veterans in the Yunzhou army, but in Yunzhou, which is already loyal and fanatical, these veterans do not spread the horrors of war, but regard war and death as a feast.

Not long after the two heavy weapons battalions opened fire in full swing, Cheng Chi realized that something was wrong. There was one part of the wall that was particularly under fire, and judging from the light of the fire, the types of bullets used were constantly changing.

"Ding Shi, Li Yang, what are they doing? Tell them to come to me. Cheng Chi turned his head and ordered.

After a while, the two came to Cheng Chi's side, and Ye Tao came with them. Ye Tao, who was also aware of the abnormality, also wanted to ask, how many bullets are used in such a combination, is there any explanation? Ye Tao didn't mean to question or blame at all, just curious. It is the responsibility of the front-line commander to use the limited types of weapons to match the most abundant tactics and achieve the best results.

"Ye Shuai, General Cheng, here's how it happened......" Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Ding Shi simply revealed all his thoughts and dishes. And after listening to Ding Shi's statement, everyone rolled their eyes in unison.

"Really?" Cheng Chi knew about the legacy of burying a jar in a man-made house in Yunzhou, but he was really a little skeptical that Qingtian had this kind of problem.

"My lord, you will still be in the infantry on time anyway. Even if it's not sure, it doesn't lose anything, right? Ding Shi said cautiously.

“…… Well...... But if that's the case, remember if you didn't train the Demoman before? Wouldn't that be a little more reliable? Cheng Chi asked again.

"It's trained...... But then we said that we were robbing the infantry of the job bowl like this, and besides, it seems that the blaster or something is not so reliable. We don't have the manpower or the equipment right now. In addition, I remember what you once said at the all-army military meeting, saying that it is not easy for us heavy weapons soldiers to learn to shoot artillery accurately, saying that each of us performs its own duties and can do things at a distance of 500 steps, but we are not allowed to get close to 100 steps, and if we can do things at a distance of 100 steps, we are not allowed to rush forward...... Besides......" Ding Shi shrugged.

"What else?" Cheng Chi and Ye Tao both laughed and hurriedly asked.

"I'm afraid of death...... Ding Shi scratched his head and said angrily: "I'm afraid of death...... All right. ”

In fact, the first reason alone is completely sufficient, and the last two are obviously added by Ding Shi in order to liven up the atmosphere. Cheng Chi did say that, but it was quite a long time ago, and it was the angry words of several branches of the army when they were fighting for priority rearmament. Ding Shi was definitely not there at the time, God knows how he listened to this. And Ding Shi's deadly and cunning tone, although he may not be the kind of reckless man who will be ready to fight at any time, he can't be a guy who is afraid of death.

"Let's reduce the density of fire in the other sections of the wall, and reduce the frequency. I won't allow you to increase the total ammunition consumption, but I'll give you an extra quarter of an hour for the fire preparation time. Cheng Chi thought for a moment and said categorically, "How?" ”

"General Cheng, if you give more time, give one more hour, and suspend the firepower of other sections, it will be more economical. As long as it can be burned down, there is no need to waste it. If it doesn't burn out...... The frequency is reduced, so the sparse firepower is not of much use. Li Yang suggested with a frown.

looked at Ye Tao, and after that, Cheng Chi turned around and said, "Okay, then do it." Go ahead and continue. ”

"Summons, send the snacks down, and everyone continues to sit and watch the play." Cheng Chi continued to command. Anyway, with an extra hour, the soldiers will have time to digest that little bit of refreshment......

At this moment, both the enemy and us can see that the Yunzhou side is preparing to use the heavy equipment battalion to directly destroy the city wall. But Keita Mamoru was also confused, and he didn't know why it was this section of the city wall, and what was wrong with this section of the city wall. But he knew that he could not let the other side achieve his goal, and he kept ordering the soldiers to pile up the earth and stones, seal the gaps that had appeared, and extinguish the fires......

With the passage of time, although the Qingtian guards were injured by the inexplicable tactics of Yunzhou, they were injured by extinguishing the fire and repairing the city wall, but it was Ding Shi and Li Yang who were more nervous. Although there is no such thing as a military order now, if it has no effect at all, the two of them will be ruined.

The scheduled hour's time for artillery preparation has passed...... Although the walls were mottled and peeled off several layers of lime that were later pasted on, they were still tough.

The hour of adding it up is almost over. It looked like the entire section of the wall was about to be roasted, but it didn't seem to be a problem. "Brother Ding...... Let's order the reloading of the other segments...... This ......," Li Yang said with some frustration.

"Don't worry...... There is still time to ......" Ding Shi was still stiff-mouthed, but as time went by minute and second, he was not so sure.

At this time, a Martian Bomb Type 3 exploded on the city wall, but it directly tore off a large piece of the city wall and fell to the ground with a bang, directly revealing the giant tree inside that had not seen the light of day for I don't know how many years. …… Didn't ignite, but ...... It seems to be melted.

"Quick, increase the firepower, calibrate the coordinates of the city wall sections on both sides, and fire at me." After being stunned for a moment, Li Yang immediately reacted and gave the order decisively.

It wasn't just a matter of a section of the wall, as the fire intensified, the already terrifying breach grew larger, and the giant wood encapsulated inside was ignited, ablated, and then quickly exploded. All this made the Qingtian defenders frightened...... How could they have thought that the tall and bulky city wall of Qingtian would be broken like this. The constantly peeling earth and stones are like the collapse of the confidence of the Qingtian defenders.

"Let Li Yang Dingshi attack two rounds of fire on the whole line, order, and the whole army is ready to assault." Cheng Chi stroked his palms and laughed, and immediately gave a decisive military order. With the dense beating of the drums, military trumpets, and flags, in just a few minutes, Cheng Chi's order was transformed into a very concerted and active action of the whole army. The soldiers rushed towards Qingtian like a churning wave. Especially this part of the city wall that has been blasted through, because the city wall was broken, the defenders were terrified, Xiao Xu personally led people to attack the city without much effort, and then quickly killed the city gate, and opened the city gate in less than half an hour. Although the defenders reluctantly retreated into the market to resist, the fighting style on the Yunzhou side was too violent, while searching and killing, encircling and suppressing while shouting for surrender, and when they encountered those who were stubbornly resisting in the corners of the strongholds, they directly threw fire oil bombs and burned them. There is a lot of flavor of bullying Iraq in modern warfare, at least, in this era, the equipment and tactical thinking that surpasses many opponents, and the style of preserving the safety of soldiers' lives are very similar.

Without any suspense, Qingtian fell into Yunzhou's hands like this. The casualties paid by the Yunzhou side were only a little more than 1,000, and the number of dead was only 297. For the capture of a city like Qingtian, such casualties were unbelievably small. Especially the old soldiers of Yunzhou, who had experienced a tug-of-war with Xiling back and forth in the past and wore out countless lives, were even more excited to jump up and down.

In this battle, as many as 11,000 defenders of Qingtian surrendered their weapons and surrendered. Fortunately, this did not exceed the ration quota of 20,000 captives in the first phase of the preparation. Although this was good news, Suo Zheng's reaction was obviously not very good, and he quickly replied to everyone not to catch it if they could catch it or not; or wait until the second phase of supplies arrives and there is more room to feed the captives; Or, simply further reduce the prisoners' rations...... Suo Zheng just complained, but he didn't expect that everyone was very convinced of this logistics general now, and quickly understood Suo Zheng's suggestion according to their own temperament and preferences...... And Suo Zheng's name has become bigger and bigger. Others have to do it when they kill people, he just needs to use his mouth. Naturally, Suo Zheng didn't mind this notoriety. However, fortunately, the military discipline in Yunzhou has always been good, and most people think that reducing the ration quota is a good idea. Because prisoners of war are important loot statistics...... That's linked to performance appraisals.

And in this battle, Ding Shi, Li Yang, and the two heavy equipment battalions under their command can be regarded as infinitely beautiful. Ding Shi's prior analysis and research, and his extensive understanding of relevant knowledge, have become a new model in everyone's hearts. Ding Shi is not an honest person in the first place, and he is not embarrassed at all in the face of everyone's enthusiastic praise. What he was happier about was that now those officers in Yunzhou said: "You are so smart, are all the mainlanders like this?" Or "Brother, you have a set, I used to look down on you" and the like, the relationship between the original Dongping officers and the local officers in Yunzhou became very harmonious......

Ding Shi is facing all kinds of praise and awards, and he can't keep raising his head and there is no one in his head. He was also modest, but his modesty seemed more like arrogance to others, and he said, "No, no...... I'll be embarrassed if you compliment me like that. There is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry. …… Killing, you are professional; Set fires, we are professionals. That's what I'm going to do. ”