Chapter 322: Battle for Supremacy 15
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The name is not heavy, either?
If you feel unconvinced, you can change your name to a certain two dogs first......
Make sure that when you introduce yourself, the other person will be able to laugh out loud!
"The host...... The little ones are coming! β
Liu Fu, this kid, is clever, and he ran over with his relatives first.
He was originally a servant assigned by Lao Liu Tou to the young man of the second goods, but now he has become a postman who delivers messages on both sides.
Because he had a special pass (warrant) issued by the highest governors of both sides, it was unimpeded even if the war was imminent.
"What did the Governor say?" His Majesty the Emperor still wants to take Jiangning lightly without blood
Mrs. Liu also wants to marry her granddaughter to a young man of the second goods, so that the relationship between the two parties will become that of a father-in-law and a son-in-law.
If the young couple can really tie the knot, even if the dynasty changes in the future, the status of the Liu family can be as stable as Mount Tai.
It's just that this suggestion was rejected by the stubborn old Liu Tou, and his wife and the whole family were not allowed to mention the matter again.
Let's not talk about how the high-flying and domineering prospective son-in-law is, even the crime of banditry, in the Qing Dynasty, he will be cut by a thousand knives and beheaded all over the house.
Liu Fu was embarrassed, because the news he brought would not satisfy the little master: "...... The enemy is now, and he should repay the country! β
More fierce words, Liu Fuke, who is good at observing elegance and color, did not dare to say it, even if the master was in a good mood, it was still good to be silent.
"Hmm~!" The chicken laughed at this, and then ordered: "Go down and rest, if there are any dignitaries in the city who want to come, you can bring them!" β
Lao Tzu didn't believe that those local tyrants would be the same as Lao Liu Tou, and Jiangning City would survive, and people still had a lot of money to spend!
"Yes! Time is pressing, so it's better to rush over overnight! Liu Fuke was very afraid that the master in front of him would start attacking the city the day after tomorrow
If you are unfortunately injured by bullets, shells and other sharp weapons, then you will lose a lot.
The young man waved his hand: "Don't worry, don't worry, within a week, my men and horses will not attack the city, and the rich people in the city can escape, lest the jade be burned!" β
If the city is attacked now, wouldn't those leaflets that Lao Tzu let the planes drop in vain?
"The master is really kind-hearted, and the little one thanked the people in the city in advance!" Liu Fu hurriedly made a rudeness
Let you first suffer in the cauldron for a week, but the deity wants to see how many people can make it to the end!
Jiangning is a famous stove in summer, if you want to "escape the heat", choose this place!
The siege of the city happened to be at the beginning of July, and it was the time of the hot and dry time, but fortunately, the young people of the second cargo had a way to cool down.
All units participating in the war, regardless of the division of labor, each officer and soldier will have two popsicles per day, and there will be enough ice water pipes.
The meal was too hot, and people didn't have much appetite under the high temperature and sun, so they all changed to bread and lo mein.
The large amount of cooked food and cold dishes that the second-class youths salvaged from the main time and space has played a tremendous strategic role in maintaining the combat effectiveness of the troops.
With the full support of His Majesty the Emperor, the First Army was able to successfully complete its mission even after a long siege.
The braids in the city don't have this treatment, if you want to be cool, you can go swimming in the river, anyway, the clan army doesn't plan to besiege Jiang Ning.
The water route from the Shimonoseki pier to the Pukou on the opposite side can still be used, and it will not be shelled and attacked by the clan army.
Most of the passengers in Beidu were fledgling flag men, who were afraid of being retaliated against by the "shorthair", so they dragged their families and ran away in a hurry.
The people who were transported to Xiaguan were all combat troops, including the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion, the regimental training, and the men and horses of various departments who galloped south to help.
"Thirty-five degrees?" Looking at the degree on the thermometer, the young people of the second cargo were dumbfounded, this is still at night.
Fighting in the scorching heat is simply testing the will of both sides of the war, how did Liu Bei defeat Yiting back then?
However, there was also good news, a battalion officer led 428 minions from his headquarters to surrender.
The unit carried 397 German-style rifles, 10 handshots, a "Maxim" heavy machine gun, a "Krupp" cannon, and eight pack horses.
In front of everyone, the cashier used an abacus to report the account: "The battalion officer's own duty is worth 2,000 taels, his subordinates are worth 2,140 taels, the rifle is worth 19,850 taels, the hand is 500 taels, the heavy machine gun is worth 1,000 taels, the cannon is worth 3,000 taels, and the pack horse is worth 4,000 taels, a total of 32,490 taels!" β
Equivalent to 1.2 tons of silver, such a huge amount of money, he can't take it away no matter what.
Moreover, the silver exchanged for weapons must be split in half with the braids used, otherwise he will be dismembered by a pack of hungry dogs when he leaves this door.
If the soldiers who surrendered to Cheng carried rifles, they would receive one hundred and fifty taels of silver each.
If you come with the battalion officer, you will also be given the commander twenty-five taels of silver for the rifle fee.
On average, it costs 60,000 taels of silver to rebel against an infantry battalion of the Qing army.
If the garrison in the city is counted as 30,000 people, then the second young man needs to prepare 6 million taels of silver!
Equivalent to 222 tons, what an auspicious leopard number~!
If you can get the pigtails on the other side to come and surrender, it's worth spending this money.
Those who are willing to stay will be sent to Suzhou for training and then reorganization.
If you plan to go home to farm, you can also get an additional 20 taels of travel expenses, but you won't be able to eat braised pork.
"Is it Big Brother? I'm an iron egg! Come over quickly, there are braised noodles here, or pork stew, which is very fragrant! β
There are many sharp-tongued guys who are willing to serve the clan army, act as tongues, shout to the opposite side, and launch a word-of-mouth offensive.
"Lord Wang wants to marry Lord Liu's granddaughter, this is the son-in-law and the father-in-law are fighting each other, let's not follow the blind mixing!"
Even with the strict orders from above, and the supervision of the battalion officers, the restless braids were still very moved after hearing it.
"Remember to bring a gun, a foreign gun fifty taels! Add 100 taels of the fee to vote, and you can get 150 taels! β
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and after nightfall, there are constantly braided people with weapons to take the initiative to disarm.
In fact, Lao Liu Tou can't pay his military salary, and now he can only manage the following.
I heard that the "shorthair" was brave and good at fighting, and the governor had to use the price of ten taels of silver a month to recruit enough cannon fodder.
Not counting other places, even the 30,000 troops in the city will consume 300,000 taels per month, and the salaries of the generals are even more ridiculously high.
To support 50,000 troops for half a year, it will cost 3 million taels of silver, and with advanced weapons and equipment, it will be doubled.
If it weren't for the support of the imperial court, plus the help of the gentry from all over the country, some other funds were urgently embezzled.
I'm afraid that without a war, Lao Liutou's Nanyang will go bankrupt......
After hearing that there were still seven days to run, the hearts of everyone in the city, from the dignitaries to the people of Pyongmin, immediately became active.
It is rumored in the market that after the "short-haired" will break through Jiangning, they will massacre the city to demonstrate their strictness, which is no different from the "long-haired" bandits of the year.
Although they are all gossip, the gossip gossip is full of words, and they all claim that they are not made up.
The Great War was imminent, and under the strict orders of the Governor, the four gates to the south and west were now closed.
No one is allowed to approach the city gate without a special permit, and violators of the order will be punished as treason.
If you want to get out of the city, you have to go to the north, which leads to Shimonoseki Pier, and there is no shadow of "shorthair" found nearby.
"My lord, will that guy really keep his promise and won't attack the city for seven days?" Cheng Wenbing, the governor of Jiangning, did not believe in the rebellious words at all
Lao Liu Tou and Lao Li Tou were both promoted to local leaders because of their military exploits, but they belonged to the Hunan and Huai families.
Speaking of this, Liu Kunyi took a sip of chrysanthemum tea, and then said: "This fang is cunning and treacherous, using the method of besieging the city, luring the army with silver and silver, and chasing the army by time." It makes the people of the army in our city panic, anxious and thinking about changes, and when the time is ripe, they can break themselves! β
The Governor was a fierce soldier and planned to fight his protΓ©gΓ© to the death, but the people below didn't think so.
"My lord, last night there were about three battalions of soldiers who defected to the enemy and took away a lot of weapons!" Cheng Wenbing felt that this matter had to be mentioned
In fact, everyone has a hard time, counting this month, the various departments in Nanyang have been in arrears for two months and have not paid their salaries, and the dissatisfaction of the soldiers is increasing day by day.
The weather is hot, the casualties are huge, the plague is spreading, and the "short-haired" is difficult to beat, these subjective and objective reasons are piled up, so that the braids have long been full of complaints.
And Lao Liu Tou failed to fulfill his promise and gave them a salary to appease, which made the soldiers and horses of the troops who were not already in high fighting spirit even more inseparable from the Governor.
You don't have to fight, you won't lose your life, and you will give more than 100 taels of silver on the other side, where can you find such a good thing?
Lao Liu Tou commanded with a calm face: "Strengthen vigilance to prevent defection to the enemy, if such an incident occurs again, the old man will hold the generals responsible!" β
He also understands that even if he says it, it is impossible to prevent it, and the entire battalion has begun to defect, so how can it be prevented?
If you push it too tightly and put it in a dilemma, then what will happen next can be predicted.
In order to defend Jiangning City, prevent the "Shorthair" "Iron Armor Monster" from advancing strongly.
Cheng Wenbing asked his subordinates and Minfu to dig a circle of moats around the city, with an average width of two meters and a depth of one meter.
Even in wartime, it still can't stop the "ironclad monster" from unleashing its might, but it can also give you some psychological comfort.
As for the "flying monsters" that are constantly wreaking havoc in the sky, there is no good way for the time being, so you can only use the "Race Electro Gun" (Makqin) to deal with it.
On the side of the clan army, in order to reduce the number of casualties in the siege battle, His Majesty the Clan Emperor gathered a large number of artillery units.
Each infantry brigade was equipped with an artillery battalion armed with thirty-six seventy-six-mm cannons, and nine brigades numbered as many as three hundred and twenty-four.
Each of the three armed forces has a battalion of 122 mm M30 howitzers, with a total of 108 howitzers.
The command of the First Army could directly command a battalion of rocket artillery "Katyusha" to carry out tactical strikes against enemy cluster targets.
"Husband, the range of this tank seems to be a bit close!" Senior Sister An Ya watched as the eight "monsters with crawler chassis" slowly moved towards the launch position
The twenty-ton tank No. 3 next to it, in front of such a burly guy, looked extremely thin and dwarfed.
The combination of the thick pig-nosed barrel and the sloped armored turf creates the "Assault Tiger", a strange way to demolish buildings.
Although it is not good-looking, the big guy with a 380-mm heavy mortar cannon will definitely teach the opposite braid, what is called "violent aesthetics"!
"It's okay, 'Fat Tiger' is thick-skinned and resistant!" The firing range of less than six kilometers is considered a tolerable disadvantage
The frontal 150 mm thick sloping armor was enough to make the cargo immune to most shells hitting the face.
One thing is for sure, the opposite side will definitely not be able to protect against the grenade weighing 324 kilograms fired by the Assault Tiger!
Whether it's a bunker or a turret, it's guaranteed to work as soon as it starts, giving them a taste of what it feels like to fly into the sky!
"From a humanitarian point of view, the deity won't get 'Carl' here!" Because I have to get it back myself
The total combat weight of the "Karl" mortar is 124 tons, and the caliber is divided into two types: 600 mm short tube and 540 mm long tube.
The 600-millimeter shell weighed more than two tons, and a single shot could blast the city gate open, giving the braids inside a "big surprise"!
However, as far as the "tofu scum project" (fortifications) built by the Qing army in the city is concerned, it is enough to destroy the withering and decaying with the assault tiger.
The air force stationed in Shanghu can mobilize 96 "Hinkel"-111 and 72 "Stuka" bombers to carry out a large-scale bombing of Jiangning.
If Lao Liu Tou insists on going his own way and plans to break the net, then His Majesty the Patriarch must let his dream come to naught.
The siege vanguard consisted of three hundred and sixty No. 3 tanks under the command of nine tank battalions. 221 four-wheeled lightly armored reconnaissance vehicles.
Although it was found through close reconnaissance, the pigtails were put into their hearts and dug a fairly decent trench to defend.
However, the young man of the second cargo has already prepared an armored bulldozer, and he already has relevant experience in the civil work industry in the Three Kingdoms.
ββ¦β¦ My lord, three more battalions escaped from the battle last night! β
Cheng Wenbing, the governor of Jiangning, felt that if this continued, the "short hair" would not need to fight, and the troops of the Nanyang Group would all run away.
Since the Jiangning garrison received a leaflet from the "flying monsters" on 5 July to persuade them to surrender, there have been vacancies in all units.
On the night of 6 July, about a battalion of stragglers ran to the opposite side, setting a precedent for the Qing army to disarm and surrender.
A day later, two battalions abandoned their positions, and one of the infantry battalions (infantry battalions) still surrendered to the "shorthairs" in formation.
In the early morning of July 8, the day Cheng Wenbing reported to Lao Liu Tou, three battalions of men and horses no longer pledged allegiance to the Qing Dynasty.
Perhaps it was due to the strict orders and warnings from the peak, and after the warning, there were signs of improvement in a short period of time.
But on the 10th of July, the anti-water wave reached a historic peak, and a whole six battalions of horse infantry abandoned the darkness and turned to the light.
In the week after the surrender of the young men of the second cargo, about 15 battalions and nearly 7,000 officers and men of the Qing Dynasty made the right choice.
Its scale was close to one-fifth of the Jiangning garrison, which made Lao Liu Tou and the generals of Nanyang anxious, like sitting on pins and needles.
"Husband, do you need to extend the time by a week?" Senior Sister An Ya felt that this trick was very effective, and it also reduced the bloodshed and sacrifice.
This graceful girl thinks that if she can recruit another 7,000 to 10,000 people, the city's defense capacity will definitely be greatly reduced.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at Jiangning City, which was waiting for the battle, and said: "Just give them another three days, and as soon as the deadline is over, they will immediately carry out bombing and artillery bombardment, so as to save the remaining braids and still have a fluke mentality!" β