The forbidden army on the city wall also saw these shore defense guns, and the confidence and morale accumulated in the few days of fighting were suddenly gone. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although they are not professional artillerymen, it is not known how powerful those shore defense guns really are.

However, dozens of shore defense guns were arranged together, and rows of black holes were aimed at the head of the city, and the formation alone was particularly terrifying.

Zaitao, the commander of the forbidden army, climbed the city wall as soon as he heard the report.

Seeing that the Beiyang Army outside the city was arranging artillery, he immediately frowned and asked the artillery commander next to him: "Is our artillery the opponent of the Beiyang Army, and can we suppress the artillery fire of the Beiyang Army in the battle." ”

"Can't!" The artillery commander replied with a solemn face.

"They have more artillery than we do, and we're certainly no match for fire. Unless you strike first, destroy some of their artillery first, so that you still have a chance to fight them to a draw. ”

Zaitao immediately made a decision: "Then strike first." ”

"From now on, all artillery in the city is under your command. This king has only one request for you, not to let the artillery of the Beiyang Army threaten the defenders of the city. Otherwise, we will definitely suffer heavy losses in the next battle to defend the city. ”

"Also, according to the observation of this king, there are only more than 10,000 Beiyang troops left outside the city, as long as we destroy another 5,000 of them in the next battle to defend the city, the Beiyang army will give up the siege due to insufficient troops, and we will win."

"Obey the orders of the prince!" The few commanders who were following Zaitao had already been enthusiastic, and then as if they had discussed it, they replied very confidently.

More than 1,000 artillery members of the Beiyang Army were sweating and arranging artillery positions around dozens of shore defense guns, when the screaming of shells across the sky suddenly sounded over the battlefield.

The artillerymen were more familiar with the sound of artillery than anyone else, and as soon as the screaming reached their ears, they realized that the shells were flying towards them.

The faces of more than a thousand artillerymen turned pale with a single brush, and then they screamed and scurried around the unfinished artillery positions, trying to escape from here.

However, no matter how fast they reacted, they could not fly as fast as the shells could fly.

As soon as dozens of shells exploded on the battlefield, dozens of gunners were blown up on the spot, and many artillerymen were injured.

The artillery commander of the Beiyang Army was not a vegetarian, and he could see at a glance the purpose of the forbidden army's preemptive artillery fire.

Then he ordered his officers to stop the confusion, and ordered the artillery that had been placed to counterattack.

But after all, it takes time to counterattack, and when the Beiyang Army finally adjusts the firing angle and shoots the first round of shells. The three artillery battalions of the forbidden army have fired four rounds of more than 100 shells, almost all of which have been smashed into the artillery positions of the Beiyang Army.

After the Beiyang Army began to counterattack, the artillery fire of the forbidden army paused slightly, but in the blink of an eye, the scream of shells across the sky reached the ears of the Beiyang Army again.

Because the Beiyang Army had less than 30 shore defense guns in place, the forbidden army's preemptive artillery bombardment destroyed another six or seven. At this time, the shore defense artillery of the Beiyang Army participating in the counterattack was only 21 at full capacity.

Because the caliber of some of the coastal defense guns was larger than that of the mountain artillery, and the forbidden army had an absolute advantage in the number of artillery, the two artillery units were evenly matched in the firing of each other.

Shells with screeching sounds came and went, and after ten minutes, the number of shells fired by both sides was nearly half.

Perhaps knowing that the result of this artillery bombardment would be a defeat for both sides, Feng Guozhang, who had finally obtained these coastal defense guns, decisively ordered the troops to launch an attack, and took advantage of the dispersion of the forbidden army's artillery fire to decisively order the artillery to withdraw from the battlefield.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the attacking troops of the Beiyang Army also withdrew from the battlefield after dropping two or three hundred corpses.

"The artillery is good at fighting, and the king will order that each soldier of the artillery will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and the officer will be doubled!" Zaitao's face was quickly covered with a smile, and then he ordered very quickly.

As for the defenders of the city, although it was not they who were rewarded. But the victory of the artillery was also a very happy thing, so, in addition to envy, everyone's morale was high.

On the other hand, in the Beiyang Army, from top to bottom, everyone lowered their heads and had no fighting spirit.

Feng Guozhang was an assistant commander by his side, and regardless of the commander's already sad mood at the moment, he frowned and asked: "General, the coastal defense artillery is useless, how will we fight next!" ”

Feng Guozhang thought for a full two minutes before answering: "We can only rely on artillery, the city's defense is too strong, if we don't need to open a gap with artillery, even if we have many people, we won't be able to get close to the city wall." ”

"But there is no way for our artillery to be placed under the noses of the forbidden army." The artillery commander, with his head down and a decadent face, immediately asked rhetorically.

Everyone saw the artillery battle just now, and as soon as the artillery commander finished speaking, more than a dozen officers next to him showed a look of approval on their faces.

Feng Guozhang frowned and thought for another two minutes, his frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and then said with a look of regret.

"I was too anxious just now, if I hadn't been in a hurry to order the coastal defense artillery to shell the city wall, dozens of coastal defense artillery would not have suffered so much loss."

Among the dozen or so officers around, the artillery commander had the most fire in his stomach.

Dozens of shore defense guns were blown up by the forbidden army before they could exert their might, and anyone would not be convinced.

Therefore, the artillery commander was anxious to find a solution, so that there were more than a dozen coastal defense guns left in his hands to teach the forbidden army a cruel lesson.

Seeing the change in Feng Guozhang's face, the artillery commander seemed to realize something, and immediately asked, "General, have you already thought of a solution?" ”

Feng Guozhang nodded affirmatively: "The solution is that at night, as soon as it gets dark, the forbidden army will not be able to see us set up artillery positions." The artillery set up the artillery positions at night, camouflaged them at night, and after dawn, they suddenly launched an artillery bombardment on the head of the city, blowing up a gap before the artillery of the forbidden army reacted, covering the troops to enter the city. ”

"As long as we enter the city, I'm sure that the Forbidden Army will definitely not be our opponent."

The commander of another town next to him added: "I have seen the Wehrmacht set up artillery positions outside the pass, and there is something we can learn from. The Wehrmacht would never place its artillery in one artillery position to avoid being overwhelmed by the enemy. ”

"We have fifteen shore defense guns left, and I think we can place at least three artillery positions. When the attack comes, leave at least a third of the artillery still in case of emergency. ”

The artillery commander saw at a glance the cleverness of arranging the artillery positions in this way, and then said with a sudden understanding: "With this arrangement, it is very difficult for the forbidden army to counterattack with several artillery positions!" One is not good, we can still fight the forbidden artillery and counterattack. (To be continued.) )