Chapter 689
Although Goguryeo stationed heavy troops along the Yalu River, and even successfully stole the artillery out of the cottage, the artillery cast in bronze and used projectiles as shells was not at the same level as the new heavy artillery of China in terms of power and range.
Even the troops of the Chinese Legion had not yet seen it, but only saw a few huge airships rising and flying slowly from a distance, and the location of those artillery positions was quickly determined, followed by heavy artillery fire.
The shells were overwhelming, and they didn't even see where the enemy was, and the troops had no possibility of fighting back, in fact, even if they knew, it was useless, and the heavy artillery corps was more than ten miles away, and the artillery of the Goguryeo cottage couldn't reach it at all.
It was only a few rounds of artillery fire, and the defensive positions that were once thought to be impregnable had been beaten to pieces, and the artillery battalion, which had given high hopes, was even more focused on artillery fire, and it was cleaned in an instant.
The originally high morale was directly hit to the bottom by a burst of artillery fire, and then several huge airships flew into the sky in a swaying manner, and a large number of leaflets fell from the sky, crushing the last bit of confidence to resist.
It's a normal person who seems transparent, since these behemoths that can fly into the sky can drop leaflets to persuade them to surrender, and of course they can also drop cannonballs directly, just like the leaflets that persuade them to surrender, there is no point in continuing to fight......
"Squad leader, when did our empire produce this kind of flying ship, why don't I know at all?" One of the soldiers asked the squad leader next to him, and several others came closer.
"Don't say it's you, even I just learned the news a few days ago that our empire has established an air force, and this big guy is not called a flying ship but an airship, which is the empire's first real air weapon vehicle."
"Isn't that hot air balloon counting, that thing can also float in the sky?"
"That one has no power in itself, it is too affected by the weather, and it is only suitable for observation and reconnaissance from above, and of course it is not a real air weapon vehicle."
"Was this airship born also designed by His Majesty the Emperor himself?" The other youngest soldier asked curiously.
"Nonsense, the Empire is such a magical thing that His Majesty was not personally involved in the design...... You don't know, but I heard that His Majesty also designed airplanes, and the people in the Ministry of Industry are building real airplanes. ”
"What is a plane?"
"As the name suggests, of course, the flying machine is said to be much more powerful than this airship, and it only takes a few hours to fly here from the imperial capital, instead of a few days like those airships."
"It's been a few days, and it's been almost a month since I went north."
A few people were chatting hotly, but suddenly they heard the horn of the march.
"Don't say anything, quickly assemble and set off, and go to the front line to catch prisoners."
"It's the squad leader."
"The big guys have memorized it for me, Kou Shuai has an explanation, if the other party is unwilling to drop his weapon and surrender, and tries to resist, don't talk nonsense and shoot him directly."
"Understood!" Several people responded and quickly joined the large team, marching towards the true meaning of the front line, and with the development of ground forces, the war on the Korean Peninsula also began.
In fact, this is not a real war, the difference in strength is too great, and it is completely one-sided.
The balance of strength between the two countries may be a few points greater than that of the later US imperialism in Iraq, the two armies have not yet contacted, the Goguryeo army, all the defensive positions have been destroyed, and the morale is disheartened, either surrender or flee.
Without a defensive position to rely on, to resist the attack of the Chinese army is no different from sending them to death.
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For this kind of war, Kou Zhong is really not used to it, and originally wanted to have a good rush and kill, showing that he has practiced the sword technique of the transformation realm, but under modern warfare, the shadow of the enemy is not seen, and even if he sees it, he is only a prisoner.
The airship reconnaissance artillery opened the way, and the ground troops were only responsible for consulting the remnants of the forces to capture prisoners by the way, and the regiment marched in the same direction, never rushing forward, just advancing little by little, all the way through.
All strategies, all traps, seem useless in the face of absolute power disparity.
Kou Zhong led the vanguard to advance first, speeding up the progress of the war and reducing the consumption of arms and materials as much as possible, but he was persuaded by Li Xiuning.
If you don't listen to persuasion, you will do everything you can at night and clean up Kou Zhong ruthlessly, and Kou Dashuai, who was tossed with a sore back and back, could only follow the large army to advance little by little.
"Xiuning, do you know that a cannonball is two taels of silver, it's really a waste to always open the way with such a cannonball, and it's not easy for Ling Shao to be in charge, why can't you save some money?"
"Human lives are at stake, of course we can't save them."
"In fact, the soldiers of Goguryeo have already been frightened, and they have no resistance at all."
"You and Your Majesty grew up together, can't you see that in his eyes, the value of an imperial soldier is more precious than 10,000 shells?"
"That being said, it's just that the war is always so hiding behind and firing artillery, which will weaken the combat effectiveness of the soldiers."
“…… Kou Zhong, in the past two years, in addition to dancing with knives and guns, have you learned any laws of modern warfare? ”
"What, I am a rare military genius in the world, who can teach me?"
"You're completely out of the times, and you're still a genius."
"This is looking down on your husband, and I don't know who asked me for help back then."
"Be arrogant and complacent, and sooner or later you will suffer a big loss."
"Miss, why do you always like to count me down, don't you?"
"If you don't count down, who will you count?"
"Report!" A very young correspondent outside the tent shouted, scaring Kou Zhong, who was holding Li Xiuning in the ledger, and quickly let go of the person, and Li Xiuning also quickly sorted out his military uniform and sat aside.
"Well, come in, Xiao Wang!"
"It's handsome!"
After the jubilant little Wang entered the tent, he hurriedly sent two telegrams, which can be said to be double happiness.
One is from the imperial capital, Kou Dashuai has a queen, that Dong Shuni gave birth to a son to him, the mother and son are safe, and the other is from the front-line troops. Someone in the capital of Goguryeo took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender, but the only pity was that the king of Goguryeo fled overnight.
The news from the imperial capital, this is indeed great news for Kou Zhong, although he doesn't have much affection with Dong Shuni, but it is always good for the other party to give birth to a child peacefully.
It's just that Li Xiuning, who was sitting on the side, had a slightly wrong face, and immediately put away his happy look.
"Xiao Wang, inform the front-line troops that they must pay attention to discipline after entering the city, and don't do something angry and resentful, otherwise I will personally cut off their heads."
"Yes!" The correspondent wanted to ask if he wanted to send a telegram back to the imperial capital, but when he saw the face of Chief of Staff Li, he immediately retreated.
“…… Congratulations, Kou Dashuai. Li Xiuning said lightly.
"Don't be angry."
"That eye of yours is angry when it sees me?"
"Otherwise, if we work hard, we may get pregnant."
"I'm not free, don't bother me."