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The South Shore Army in the open area three kilometers away was like a mercury pool, and the crowd of people slowly approached from the entrance of the official road in the direction of Shabak, and one by one the phalanxes formed an array, constantly marching towards the east. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The observers on the city walls were nervously holding their rangefinders and staring at the approaching enemy, and from time to time someone reported the distance of the enemy. Several veteran sniper teams were also nervously measuring the wind direction and speed, and an observer holding a three-cup anemometer shouted: "The wind speed has reached level four!" ”

Wind speed up to level 4 is very disadvantageous for snipers, the impact of wind speed after the bullet is ejected is considerable, because the target and wind direction are the same, it will affect the arc of the bullet fall, causing considerable deviation, in fact, in this case the sniper has not played much effectiveness.

Three trenches have been dug outside the Shabak wall, each three meters wide and two meters deep, completely excavated around the entire outline of the Shabak wall. The only location that has not been dug up is in the area of the road at the entrance to Shabak in the east, because if you want to dig a trench to communicate with the road, it is necessary to dig the road, and a large amount of materials need to be transported to the Shabak fort every day during the preparation stage, and it is impossible to cut the road, so the excavation of the trench will be terminated on both sides of the road. In order to prevent the enemy from breaking through from here, two machine guns and a platoon of Foreign Legion infantry were placed in the direction of the city gate for special defense.

The distance between the three trenches is about 100 meters, and the excavated earth and stone are filled in the area between the trenches, which increases the difficulty of climbing over the trenches. Originally, according to the defense plan, it was planned to lay barbed wire between the trenches, but the barbed wire was too late to produce for a while, so this plan had to be abandoned, and about 200 mines were planted in the high places between the trenches instead.

The matter of laying mines was rejected several times by the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the preliminary discussion stage, and it is reasonable to say that it is a war in a foreign region. However, it will be a very cumbersome matter to lay landmines on one's own territory and clear them after the war, and if they are not cleaned up, it is easy to cause military and civilian casualties, which is very unfavorable to the development of the local economic and public security environment. At the end of World War II, when the German army set up the Atlantic barrier, it planted more than 100 million mines along the coast of France and Belgium and other countries, causing a large number of casualties to the American army in the war, but after the defeat of the war, the German prisoners of war paid heavy casualties in order to remove those mines that did not explode. It took N years for the mines on the Sino-Vietnamese border to be cleared, and there are still leaks in many areas, and sometimes the mines can be washed out directly when it rains. Even before the crossing, landmines in many areas of Myanmar continued to take a heavy toll on the local population.

However, after it was finally determined that there could be no sufficient amount of barbed wire, the Joint Staff Committee finally approved the mine-laying plan after several discussions. Like the previous artillery shells and rockets, these mines have a wide variety of types, ranging from anti-infantry mines the size of bamboo tubes to oversized "underground earth-shaking mines" weighing about 30 kilograms. In the spirit of building a few of each, the Military Industry Committee really built three or four of each kind of mines, and even the projectile incendiary mines with white phosphorus incendiary bombs that were used to harass the Southern Barbarian army were also built three or four, and now they are all installed in front of the second trench, which can ensure that the burning white phosphorus will not be blown to the city wall and cause casualties. Even the poisonous smoke from burning will not be blown into the Shabak by the wind. But now it's the east wind, so you don't have to worry about this problem at all. The elders on the city wall were a little nervous, but they were far less worried than they were in the battle to defend the port of Champa. Although there is a boundless army of 100,000 in front of them, and the army in the distance is pushing towards this side, the invisible pressure is naturally there, but the combat effectiveness of the Annan army also makes them not need to worry too much, the army of this era can reach 10% casualties and not collapse is already a strong army, if these troops can reach 1% casualties and do not collapse, I am afraid it will be a miracle.

Qian Longzhou stared at the telescope tightly, his ten-fold telescope field of view was too small, although he could see things clearly, but his eyes were shaking very much, "No wonder they all say that there are seven and don't grab ten," he said while looking at the seven-fold telescope that Li Yuan was carrying, and his breath looked at the west steadily. "Can you see what's going on over there?"

"I can't see clearly, of course I can't see clearly," Li Yuan shook his head, "It's about two kilometers, how can you see clearly, you have to be able to see the observation mirror over there." As he spoke, Li Yuan pointed to the two large-aperture observation glasses on the observation platform not far away.

Qian Longzhou sighed, walked over, let one of the indigenous observers who was observing get out of the way, and put his eyes on it. These telescopes use Galilean telescopes, which provide clearer vision than ordinary binoculars.

Sure enough, the enemy two kilometers away immediately became clear and extraordinary, but it also immediately made Qian Longzhou scoff - where is this army? Those at the front of the queue were dressed in tattered clothes, and these were not uniform uniforms, and many of them even had no clothes at all on their upper bodies, shivering in the wind. The weapons in the hands of these soldiers can be described as varied, and the most frequently seen are thick wooden sticks, in addition to thick wooden sticks, there are also sharpened long bamboo poles. He could vaguely see that there were many people in the rear in the distance with long knives and bows and arrows in their hands, but they were all behind three or four phalanxes, and the first few rows of phalanxes were all dressed in tatters like the peasant rebels in the old time and space villain books.

"Meow, that is, the vanguard who was sent to the front, used to send them to death." He couldn't help but take a sip, and Li Yuan next to him chuckled, "Aren't they all the same all these years?" The dying faction was at the front, allowing them to consume the enemy's ammunition and manpower, and the elite soldiers were generally in the third and fourth rows, and they rushed up again after the front was in a mess. ”

Qian Longzhou hummed noncommittally and turned his binoculars, he was searching for the cavalry in the South Bank Army. Soon he found it - in the distance there was a dusty rear of the enemy's marching line, where horses and knights were shuttling, among them there were some heralds who carried orders back and forth, but more often cavalrymen with spears and sabers, who lined up in the rear of the ranks under the rebuke of the officers. During the siege, the cavalry could not play a role at all, and could only lure the enemy troops defending the city to open fire and waste some ammunition, and it seemed that the commander of the South Bank Army still had command experience.

Sun Wenbin once gave them a request in the name of the Executive Committee through the Joint Staff Committee, that is, to capture as many cattle and horses as possible and other livestock, but now horses and cattle in Dongfang Port are the main means of transportation, and the number has always been overstretched, which makes the Executive Committee very anxious about this. Qian Longzhou could only snort lightly, so far behind, and still in formation, if the battle was lost, they would immediately flee, and I am afraid that this side would not be able to catch up at all.

"Handsome flag! Handsome flag! Someone shouted, "Bearing 285, two thousand eight hundred meters away!" Qian Longzhou hurriedly turned the telescope in that direction, looked at it carefully, and sure enough, it was an apricot yellow flag, with three big characters on it: "South Coast Army". In ancient times, yellow was not something that anyone could use, it was a royal privilege, and the military flag of the South Bank Army in front of him was obviously given by Emperor Annam.

"This is the emperor's flag!" Immediately some of the recruits of the Sixth Company shouted, although they could not read the words on it clearly, but they had seen this flag many times. But someone next to him immediately interrupted his speech, "It's Ruan Phuc Yuan, not the emperor, we are now the army of the Senate!" The recruit hurriedly stood up, "I'm sorry! Staff sergeant! It was Mr. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen who gave the flag to the South Bank Army! ”

This flag is the military flag given by Nguyen Phuc Yuan to the South Bank Army that year, in recognition of the South Bank Army's outstanding military achievements in guarding the north and south gates of An Nan and guarding the boundary river for many years. But now that the South Bank Army is attacking Nguyen Phuc Nguyen under this banner, it can't help but make people sigh.

The South Bank Army in the distance suddenly boiled, and the soldiers in the back rows shouted Long live, waving their swords and guns, and even the cavalry at the back waved their hands and shouted. Qian Longzhou sneered, "Is this an encouragement?" ”

Xiao Lihua was looking at the telescope not far away, and laughed when he heard this, "Isn't the encouragement of these years so good?" Take a flag out to boost morale, and you can win the three armies. ”

"Can our cannons knock out that flag?" Qian Longzhou turned his head sideways and asked the person behind him. After a while, a sergeant in the distance ran over and saluted Qian Longzhou, "Report to the commander-in-chief, the hexagonal artillery team said that that that the flag can be knocked down!" ”

"Good!" Qian Longzhou slapped him hard, "Knock him off for me!" ”

The sergeant saluted again and ran back to the hexagonal firing position. The hexagonal cannon emplacement, located on a wide platform on the city wall, was originally used to house the flying thunder cannons, but now the flying thunder cannons are placed under the city, and the rifled guns and hexagonal cannons that shoot directly at the city are hoisted on wooden cranes to provide fire support for the defense of the city.

With the command on the gun position, the gunners quickly ran, first dragged the cannon back half a meter, so that the muzzle of the gun returned to the battery, the loader quickly stuffed the silk-wrapped propellant bag into the gun chamber, and immediately someone next to him pushed the propellant cartridge to the bottom with a loading rod, and the loader came over again, holding a round-headed long cannonball with a hexagonal cross-section, the front end of the cannonball was also painted with blue paint, and there was a small brass disc on the warhead, and a fuse was exposed outside.

"Two thousand six hundred meters away!" Immediately, a nearby observer shouted the distance parameters. The loader twisted the disc with a screwdriver, set the distance to 2,600 meters, and then loaded it upside down into the muzzle. The man holding the loading rod hurriedly and carefully pushed the shell gently to the bottom - this is a shrapnel with a soft metal top of the warhead, and if you use too much force, it will cause the top of the warhead to deform and affect the trajectory. The launcher in the back moved quickly, poked through the firing hole with an iron nail and punctured the silk medicine bag, and then stuffed a fire pipe into it, and tied it with a tether.

Seeing that the loading work was completed, the four artillerymen next to him hurriedly stepped forward, two pushed the wheels, two pushed the gun carriage, and pushed the hexagonal gun to the firing position. The sight quickly stepped forward, and when the gun was in place, he immediately approached the sight and began aiming. Today's artillery sights use optical glass sights instead of the previous protractors, and the accuracy has increased more than ten times, and the speed of aiming action has also increased by more than three times.

The sightman finishes aiming, takes a step back, and raises the small red flag in his hand, indicating that the launch is ready to be launched and can be launched. The launcher took a step back and looked at Qian Longzhou, Qian Longzhou nodded, and the launcher hurriedly pulled the fire pipe.

The "boom" was accompanied by a loud bang, and the smoke of gunpowder erupted from the muzzle of the gun, but before the smoke was spewed out, the shell had already broken away from the shackles of the cannon chamber at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and spun and flew towards the target two kilometers away.

"Ruan Wei has opened fire!" The veterans of the South Bank Army shouted, "They even have artillery!" ”

"What's the use? How can a cannon hit so far in this world? "That's it, a bunch of gutsless rats," seeing the soldiers in front of him start to stir, and one of the generals behind shouted loudly, "Don't run around, there is no cannon in the world that can hit so far!" ”

But as he shouted these words, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and then the shells exploded above their heads. The crowd below the explosion site immediately blew up their nests and wanted to run to the side, but the military law team mixed in the queue hacked to death several soldiers who tried to run around without saying a word, "Calm down!" Don't mess with anyone! This thing didn't kill any of us. ”

But before their words fell, they heard a commotion behind them, and everyone turned their heads in shock, and the apricot yellow banner that was still behind the tree just now was falling to the side at this time, and no one knew what was going on, and they all asked the people around them.

"What? Shuai Qi was knocked down? How can it be? Zhao Ximin jumped up, and a soldier next to him immediately handed over a few pieces of torn yellow cloth, "General, this is the remnant of the flag we can find." ”

Looking at the rag that was less than ten the size of a banner left, Zhao Ximin's heart was half cold, "How far can you fight?" ”

"General, it should be about seven miles away." The soldier's words were immediately interrupted, "Nonsense! How can you beat it in six or seven miles? The farthest cannon is only three miles. ”

"General, the villain doesn't dare, it's really a distance of about seven miles." Zhao Ximin looked at the soldier's face, and it didn't seem to be a fake at all. He took two turns around the tent, "How many of our troops have entered the battlefield?" ”

"About six thousand people, General." After listening to the soldier's report, he glanced at the staff officers in the tent, let out a heavy breath, and ordered, "Let these six thousand people start to move forward directly, and the troops behind will speed up and strive to move forward like a tide." ”

"Yes, General!" The soldier saluted, then withdrew from the tent.

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