On the Huazipo position of the 1st Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, smoke and clouds suddenly filled the air, and the long muzzles of the guns spewed out tongues of fire, firing 15 huge grenade warheads at the three cities outside the Guanwai in the south. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Woo-"

When the roar of the cannon resounded between heaven and earth, the scream of the warhead breaking through the air also sounded sharply in everyone's eardrums.

According to Sakurai's order, two grenade bombs were smashed in a straight line towards the North Wing Castle due south.

The remaining thirteen shells will be shifted at a certain angle to the east and west, focusing on cleaning up the Qing army on the city walls of East and West.

"Get down the wall, get down the wall!"

Hearing the sound of cannons, the Qing army in Dongxiluo City was in an uproar, and everyone's faces changed, and they rushed towards the stairs of the city wall.

And some clever ones, seeing the crowd of people at the wall ladder, immediately turned around and ran towards the city wall elsewhere.

At this time, no one cared about who was the sentry commander, battalion officer, and general, all of them relied on their own abilities and orders, and the one who went down the city wall first was victorious.

"Don't squeeze, Cao Nimabi, ah-"

"Fall, fall, don't squeeze, you're paralyzed!"

"Ahh My leg is broken! He's paralyzed—"

The crowd of nearly 2,000 soldiers squeezed desperately towards the wall ladder, squeezing the soldiers standing at the top of the ladder like dumplings off the city wall.

smashed on the blue brick ground nearly seven meters high below, and one by one they broke their heads and bled out, which was extremely miserable.

And the first few to squeeze down were the soldiers who rolled down one after another from behind, smashing their heart-rending howls.

In the blink of an eye, all that was left was the breath that came out.

"Woo-"

Amid the screech of Japanese shells, several huge grenades flew over the city of Cilo.

"Get down!"

Xu Bangdao, who was also blocked on the city wall, saw the Japanese cannonballs coming in an instant, split his eyes, and shouted to remind the soldiers who had no time to escape on the city wall, and fell prostrately.

"Boom!"

With several thunderbolts, fifteen grenade bombs exploded in the sky above and around the three cities outside the gate, spraying thousands of projectiles carried by the inner cavity of the shells into the earth.

This large-caliber grenade bomb has a much larger killing range than the Japanese army's previous 80mm bronze mountain gun, with a theoretical effective killing radius of more than 35 meters, which can cover an area of about 3,000 square meters.

"Ahh

A bomb exploded in mid-air near Dongluocheng City, and the dense projectiles smashed a blood mist on one of the sections of the city wall of more than ten meters, and the more than 20 Qing soldiers who were piled up in that section were all shot and fell, vacating a strange no-man's land.

"Boom!"

As soon as the first round of Japanese artillery bombardment ended, a new and terrifying roar was immediately heard from the north.

"Boom-"

The grenade bomb flew over the three cities outside the gate in an instant, and then exploded violently again, knocking the Qing troops on the city wall into pieces and falling down the city.

One of the shells was so outrageous that it flew directly above the heads of the three major units of the 16th Wing of the Japanese Army and exploded, and in the frightened shouts of the Japanese infantry below, more than 40 Japanese troops who were caught off guard were turned into a honeycomb.

"Yaga! Launching a grenade projectile, why only let it go back 150 meters, and it's an inclination angle! ”

The three major captains who were attacked, Jiang Tian Kunei, saw that his soldiers were covered by that artillery fire, suffering heavy casualties, and he was shocked and angry and cursed.

South Water Well.

Yamaguchi Suchen held a telescope and looked excitedly at the tragic situation of the Qing army on the city wall of Dongxiluo.

He didn't expect Sakurai Kuzaburo to dare to disobey his orders and actually use grenade bombs to bombard Dongxiluo City.

But now it seems that the effect is very good.

It's just five volleys, and it feels more lethal than ten salleys in the early morning.

"Grenade shotguns seem to be more suitable for field combat, or to put the enemy in a situation where there is no defensive artillery barrier; For example, the wooden protection of the Qing army on the north wall is very limited, and the high-explosive bomb is the better choice. ”

Okubo Toshisada said regretfully: "It's a pity that these high-explosive bombs are all given by the West, and none of them are produced by domestic military factories, so there will be one less if you hit one." ”

"Shanhaiguan, Jinmen, Yanjing, enough;"

Yamaguchi Suchen smiled and said: "The empire does not intend to eat the Qing Dynasty in one bite, and it takes all the effort to occupy them one city after another. ”

"Stop the bombardment!"

In a short period of time, the Japanese artillery position of Hanakopo fired five salvos in a row, and seeing that there was no longer a standing figure on the wall of the East and West Luo Cities, Sakurai Kuzaburo immediately ordered to stop the bombardment.

In his opinion, for the Qing army, who had already taken refuge in the bunker of the city, firing grenade shotgun attacks was simply an unforgivable waste.

"Yo Xi!"

Sakurai Kuzaburo saw through the binoculars that the walls of Toshira Castle were covered with the corpses of the Qing army, and he was very satisfied.

"Boom!"

Not long after, a roar came from the Yao Shanpo artillery position in front, and a corrective bullet suddenly crossed the sky and rushed towards the northern wing city.

"Boom-"

The high-explosive bomb landed 140 meters in front of the North Wing City, blasting a large crater out of the hard frozen soil.

"Yo Xi, it's the turn of the North Wing City now!"

Although Sakurai Kuzaburo changed Yamaguchi Suchen's order without authorization, everything in front of him made Yamaguchi Suchen very satisfied.

"The bombardment has stopped with grenade bombardment, and now that the city of East and West is in a miserable situation, it is the best time for the Imperial army to attack."

Okubo Toshisada hoped that Yamaguchi Sotomi would immediately send a signal corps and order the soldiers of Toshiro Castle to charge.

"Okusa, you have to believe in the quality of the Imperial officers, such as Sakurai Kuzaburo, and I believe that Fukushima Yongzhi and Nakaki Nokie will also make accurate judgments; Of course, there was no problem with the signal corps immediately rushing to warn him. ”

Yamaguchi Suchen's face was proud, if nothing else, although he was frustrated under the North Wing City today, Dongxiluo City would become his surprise.

At a distance of 140 meters north of the northern flank, the separate explosion of this high-explosive bomb immediately attracted the attention of the commanders of the three Japanese troops in the forward position.

They were keenly aware that the artillery might have to change the way they bombarded.

"Yaga! Sakurai Kuzaburo is a stupid pig, why not send a signal soldier in advance to send a message, let's guess what his stupid brain wants to do? ”

Fukushima Yongzhi was extremely unhappy with his defeat in North Wing Castle this time, and he had now completely guessed Sakurai's intentions.

In other words, although Sakurai Kuzaburo was only an artillery commander and could not participate in any battle decisions, he used the artillery in his hand to make the imperial infantry have to follow his rhythm and attack.

It's nothing, as long as you can win.

However, under the deliberate adjustment of Sakurai Kuzaburo's artillery fire, Fukushima Yongzhi, who was originally in the main attack, has now become an insignificant feint.

And the three teams that were in charge of containment before, and the three teams of Nakaki Noki-ue, have become the real main attack.

This feeling of being toyed with and applauding made Fukushima Yongzhi feel very bad, but for the sake of the victory of the empire, he had to accept this embarrassing conversion in humiliation.

"Signal troops, go to the attack detachments on the east and west flanks and order them to launch a general attack immediately!"

"Boom!"

At this time, the second high-explosive bomb fired from Yaojiashan roared and hit the North Wing City.

"Doodle-"

A loud trumpet of the charge came from the three major teams of Nakaki no Ue in the west.

In Fukushima's surprised sight, more than 1,000 soldiers of the three major teams of the Fourth Wing of the Japanese Army all stood up one after another and began to run towards Shiro City.