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"Oh God! Is this the end of the world? "A second lieutenant in the Spanish Army, lying behind a barricade, was deeply frightened by the scene in front of him. The artillery of the Xinhua Army kept smashing shells into Dongwanlu. The whole city trembled as if under the shelling, and what was unfolded in front of the officers and soldiers of the Jose coalition in the city was a scene of the end of the world.

The power of black gunpowder was limited, but it was more than enough to deal with brick houses. The fierce artillery bombardment of the Xinhua army was enough to destroy the entire Dongwanlu.

In a house on the side of the street, several Spanish soldiers were hiding and shivering. The higher officers gave him the task of staying here, and if the Xinhua army passed by the street outside, they would shoot and kill the officers and soldiers of the Xinhua army. It's just that now the Xinhua army has not yet begun to attack, and the shells have fallen in front of their eyes.

"It's horrible! Can't you run out of shells for the Xinhua Army? A young Spanish soldier said bitterly. The Spanish soldiers in the room were praying to God Lu, praying that the shells of the Xinhua Army would not fall on their heads. It's just that this is the East, which doesn't seem to be under God's jurisdiction, and God doesn't hear the prayers of his followers.

"Whew!" A 105-millimeter shell roared down on the roof of the house, and the 12.5-kilogram shell easily smashed through the roof and exploded. The explosion of several kilograms of black gunpowder tore several Spanish soldiers inside the house to pieces in an instant, and the entire house was also blown up. Reduced to rubble!

The same scene was played out throughout the city of East Valhall. The artillery of the Xinhua Army continued to blow up the buildings in the city. At the same time, the soldiers of the Jose coalition army who were hiding inside were blown up. In the shelling of the Xinhua Army, the Jose coalition army suffered heavy losses!

The commanders of the Jose Coalition Army, Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General De Boer, hid in a basement in the Eastern City of Manlot, which was originally the basement of the mansion of the Lan Fang Kingdom, but was now converted into the underground headquarters of the Jose Coalition Army. The shells of the Xinhua Army fell on the top of the underground headquarters and fell back to the city in a shock. After a while, Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General de Boer were discouraged. It's just that although this is very embarrassing, it is better than being blown up.

"General de Boer. The shelling of the Xinhua Army is too fierce, don't those guys want money for their shells? Besides, they brought the shells from Manila, wouldn't there be a lot of logistical pressure? Lieutenant General Callisto said speechlessly. The fortifications of Don Manlu were not strong. Because of time and material reasons. It can only be regarded as a simple fortification, which simply cannot withstand the fierce shelling of the Xinhua army!

"The intensity of the shelling of the Xinhua Army far exceeded my expectations!" Lieutenant General de Boer's face was also very ugly. He presided over the fortifications of the Eastern Manyu. originally thought that with these fortifications, the Xinhua army could pay a heavy price. But now it seems that the attack power of the Xinhua Army is much stronger than he expected before!

"General de Boer, what about our artillery? When will the counterattack begin? Lieutenant General Callisto asked. The Jose coalition army also has hundreds of cannons in the city of East Wanlu. It's just that the caliber and range of these cannons. are far from being comparable to the artillery of the Xinhua Army.

"It's useless, our artillery can't reach the artillery positions of the Xinhua Army at all! Or wait until the infantry of the Xinhua Army launches an attack. Shell their infantry! Lieutenant General de Boer said. In this way, the role of the artillery of the Jose coalition army can be brought into play. It's just that now the entire Dongwanlu is under the shelling of the Xinhua Army, and the artillery positions of the Dutch and Western coalition forces are also within the range of the Xinhua Army's artillery attack. If the artillery positions of the Jose coalition army were destroyed before the infantry of the Xinhua army attacked, then everything would have been in vain!

Lieutenant General Callisto nodded and said nothing more. He knew that this was the best way. However, for this battle, his confidence is getting less and less!

"Oh my God! With such fierce artillery fire, those foreign devils must be dead! Gu Yun stood less than two kilometers away from Dongwanlu, observing the city with a telescope. Seeing the place where he used to live gradually turn into ruins, he had mixed feelings. This was the former capital of Lanfang Kingdom, but it was occupied by the Jose coalition army, and now it is even more destroyed in the war. This also seems to indicate that Lan Fangguo is destroyed! However, at the same time, those foreign devils who occupied the city were destroyed, which made Gu Yun feel that he had a sense of revenge.

"The artillery fire of the Xinhua Army is too fierce, I guess I just need to rush in and collect the bodies of those foreign devils in a while!" Some of Gu Yun's subordinates said. Gu Yun asked Niu Meng to involve his troops in this battle, and he wanted to personally avenge the dead Chinese of Lan Fangguo and his father, and Niu Meng agreed to his request. Therefore, Gu Yun and his subordinates were also in the first wave of attacking forces.

"Ha Lu Ha! The more fierce the artillery fire of the Xinhua Army, the more those foreign devils will die! We can avenge the death of our compatriots! Gu Yun's eyes shone with hatred. The main purpose of joining the Xinhua Army was to take revenge, and now it seems that his goal is about to be achieved. In addition, the strength of the Xinhua army also conquered him. Now Gu Yun doesn't think about recovering the country or anything, and plans to die for Xinhuaguo. What Lan Fangguo has not completed, Xinhua will definitely be able to complete!

The shelling of the Xinhua Army lasted for more than an hour, with a total of 258 cannons firing more than 15,000 shells into the eastern Wanlu City, which accounted for more than half of the shells brought by the Xinhua Army from Manila. Niu Meng, chief of staff of the Xinhua Army, obviously intends to finish his work in one battle and completely solve the Jose coalition army in this battle!

"Order the infantry to prepare for the attack! The heavy artillery brigade is ready to suppress the enemy's artillery fire! Niu Meng ordered. In the face of the fierce shelling of the Xinhua Army, the artillery of the Jose coalition army remained silent, which made Niu Meng a little worried.

"Yes, Chief of Staff!" Kang Rui nodded, and quickly conveyed Niu Meng's order.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Xinhua army began to attack Dong Wanlu. The 1st and 6th Brigades of the Xinhua Army attacked from both the north and the south at the same time. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Xinhua Army scattered into a sparse skirmish line and launched an attack on the city. Gu Yun and his subordinates also dispersed. They are all natives of Dongwanlu, and they are familiar with the city, and if they lead the way, the attack of the Xinhua army will be smoother!

"General! The infantry of the Xinhua Army began to attack! After the infantry of the Xinhua Army was dispatched, the Jose coalition forces guarding East Wanlu suddenly discovered it and reported it to Lieutenant General Callisto and Lieutenant General de Boer.

"Order the artillery to fire! Let those yellow-skinned monkeys taste our awesomeness! Lieutenant General Callisto immediately ordered. Previously, it had always been the artillery of the Xinhua Army that opened fire again, and the Dutch-Western coalition forces suffered heavy losses. Now, finally, it's their turn to show artillery!

The artillery position of the Jose coalition army is located in a clearing in the city of East Wanlu. In order to ensure that they were not destroyed by the artillery of the Xinhua Army, the entire artillery position was dispersed into a dozen large and small. In the previous fierce artillery bombardment of the Xinhua Army, the artillery of the Jose coalition army also lost more than a dozen artillery pieces, but for the Jose coalition army, which had a total of more than 100 artillery pieces, this loss was not large!

"Fire!" With the order of the artillery commander of the Jose coalition army, hundreds of artillery pieces of the Jose coalition army opened fire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Spherical shells, under the action of propellants, flew towards Chengcheng. These cannons, most of which were small-caliber cannons, weighed four, six or nine pounds, with only a few weighing 12 pounds!

"Shelling, lying down!" The soldiers of the Xinhua Army, who were attacking, immediately shouted when they found the whistling shells.

The soldiers of the Xinhua Army, who had undergone professional training, immediately fell to the ground. Gu Yun and his subordinates moved one step slower.

"Boom!" The shells continued to explode around them, and the soldiers of the attacking Xinhua Army paid a certain amount of losses. Of course, because the Xinhua Army was relatively dispersed, the losses were not large. However, some of Gu Yun's subordinates did not dodge in time and were killed and injured by the explosion!

"Artillery suppression! Destroy the cannons of those foreign devils! ”

The heavy artillery brigade of the Xinhua Army opened fire in time and suppressed the artillery of the Jose coalition army. The 105mm howitzers of the Xinhua Army, both in terms of range and rate of fire, are much more powerful than the artillery of the Jose coalition army.

In less than twenty minutes, the artillery of the Jose coalition army was suppressed. Most of the hundreds of artillery pieces were destroyed, and the artillery also suffered heavy casualties. The rest of the cannons did not dare to continue firing any more and hid.

In the shelling of the Jose coalition forces, the losses of the Xinhua army were not large, and the casualties including Gu Yun's troops were less than 200. Compared with the losses caused by the shelling of the Xinhua Army to the Jose coalition army before, this loss is almost negligible!

After the artillery of the Jose coalition army was suppressed, the infantry of the Xinhua army continued to attack. Soon, he broke into the city of East Wanlu and began to engage in street battles with the Jose coalition army!

"Bang! Bang! Fierce gunfire rang out in the city of East Vili. The soldiers of the Xinhua Army and the Jose Allied Army launched a confrontation. The Jose-West coalition forces hid in houses that had not yet been blown up and opened fire on the Xinhua army, trying to resist to the end. However, when the Xinhua army began to clear these places with mortars and open the way with grenades, the losses of the Jose coalition army became greater and greater, and the resistance became more and more weak!

With the combined use of mortars and grenades, coupled with the suppression of snipers, the Xinhua Army has explored a set of effective tactics in street fighting! (To be continued......)