Chapter 831
The skin of the airship burned at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the airship fell like a spinning top.
"Boom!" The airship crashed to the ground, and there was no explosion but only burning.
Wu Sangui's face was pale, there were more than a dozen airships in Mumbai, but now there was only one on the battlefield. The airship fell, and it fell when the ammunition was exhausted. Everything they can have done has already been done, and as a general he has nothing to blame.
The battlefield in front of him is the most tragic battlefield Wu Sangui has seen since he joined the army. A narrow strip of five or six kilometers was littered with the carcasses of thirty or forty thousand people and horses. The ground was almost full of corpses, flesh after flesh, and there was almost no place to put your feet.
I didn't expect these forcibly recruited Indian soldiers to be so able to fight, perhaps, because they had no chance to escape.
There were not many intact corpses, most of which were broken into pieces. In this battle, he even played with cold weapons. This is really rare at a time when firearms are getting better and better.
"Major General, we have repelled the Zhangxi people." Wu Lao Er's silly music.
Wu Sangui is very envious of this fool, he is happy no matter what time he is. It is estimated that one day, he will be happy to cut the knife on the neck.
"Let's march! Take Zhangxi early, I can already smell the Ming army. Wu Sangui looked at the battlefield and ordered.
"I smell Li Xiao." Dolgon, beside him, spoke slowly.
"Li Xiao! Will he come in person? Wu Sangui looked at Dolgon, and Li Xiao was a god-like figure in his eyes. Ever since he knew, no! Ever since he heard the name Li Xiao, he didn't seem to have lost a battle.
Wu Sangui even despaired of defeating Li Xiao in his heart. This is an invincible man, as confirmed by almost all of Li Xiao's enemies.
"Look, when we fight with the Zhangxi people and his head is broken and bleeding and scarred all over his body, he will appear like a vulture. The current battlefield is too much in line with Li Xiao's style.
Look at the corpse in front of you, we have formed a blood feud with the Zhangxi people. It is no longer possible for the Zhangxi people to negotiate peace with us, and if the queen dares to do so, the Zhangxi people will overthrow her immediately. Dorgon said slowly.
He had a hunch that this time Wu Sangui was going to be finished. Dolgon also had to think about his future, as the last bloodline of the Jurchens, he had to pass on the Miao descendants. For a time, the world was so big, but he had no place to stand.
"God babble! Urge the baggage and artillery behind, and tomorrow the artillery will catch up, and we will attack Zhangxi City. Wu Sangui muttered, turned around and walked back.
Dolgon looked at Zhangxi City in the distance for a moment, and the black city walls stretched in front of him. The walls are cut out of black volcanic rock, which is said to be so hard that it doesn't even have much to do with explosives.
In the middle of the night, the artillery finally arrived, and with the artillery, Wu Sangui had more confidence. Li Xiao is right, fighting a war depends on artillery. After all these years of fighting, Wu Sangui felt more and more that Li Xiao was reasonable.
Ever since the airship was tinkered with? The shape of war has changed again. Geldan has deployed heavy troops in the Orangutan Gorge, the gateway to the Western Regions? No one expected that Li Xiao would come up with a way to use an airship to parachute in. Directly to Hami? Cut off the back road of the defenders of Star Gorge.
Needless to say, the result? The defenders of Star Gorge, who had lost their supplies, could only be wiped out except to surrender. Don't say anything else? Li Xiao's soldiers can win this war just by besieging it.
Sometimes Wu Sangui doesn't understand how he thinks? A kid from a village in Liaodong? How could it be such a military genius. How did he come up with those ideas, Wu Sangui boasted that he was also a dragon and phoenix among people, and he grew up in the military camp since he was a child.
can be compared with Li Xiao, it really can't be compared.
Twenty-eight thousand people out? Thirteen thousand returned. Many of the people who came back were wounded? It's just a day's work. The cruelty of modern warfare has made Queen Zhangxi's heart ache.
Even more heart-wrenching was the Tiepu Sultan, who commanded 5,000 elite iron horsemen, and now only 1,800 people remained. However, his results today were brilliant enough, if it weren't for his five thousand iron horsemen to attack with thunder. It is simply impossible to knock out the heavy machine-gun and mortar positions of the Indians? More than 10,000 Zhangxi people have no way to withdraw at all.
Overall, Tiepu Sultan's efforts were worth it!
One thing everyone was thinking about now was that almost half of the army's casualties today were caused by the huge airship in the sky. Tomorrow's battle? Will the Ming army send airships to the battle? If the Ming army didn't send airships, then this battle would not have been fought.
People fly in the sky? All they had to do was shoot downward, and the Zhangxi people didn't have any weapons against them at all. Is this just one ship? If there are ten or eight ships? Zhangxi City will be blown up.
"Your Excellency? I wonder when the reinforcements promised by Daming will arrive. Tomorrow, will you send airships to help us fight? Queen Zhangxi looked at Wang Dalong helplessly, and now she had a strong feeling of being deceived.
The Ming army dragged its feet, as if it had no intention of sending troops at all. They wanted Zhang Xiren and Wu Sangui to fight to defeat both before they came to pick up the ready-made.
"Her Majesty! Don't worry, I went to see it just now, and among the weapons sent this afternoon was an anti-aircraft gun against an airship. There were not only ten anti-aircraft guns, but also two hundred skilled anti-aircraft gunners in the Ming Dynasty. You can rest assured, unless the airship does not come tomorrow. If they come, they won't be able to go back, and if there is an accident, you can cut off my head. ”
Wang Dalong stood up and saluted Queen Zhangxi.
"Your Majesty, the Ming are reliable allies. I didn't listen to Lord Wang today, and that's why I lost a lot. Listen to him! "Tiepu Sultan regrets today that he didn't listen to Wang Dalong. How did he know that the airship was so powerful. Before today, he didn't even know what an airship looked like.
"I don't mean to disbelieve Daming, I just want to know when Daming reinforcements will arrive." Queen Zhangxi gave Tiepu Sultan a blank look. This rammer, who only has muscles but no brains, still hasn't understood the Ming people's plan to kill people with a knife.
"Your Majesty, this time, I have dispatched the main force of the main force, the First Division of the Army. That's the army I can fight the most!
Moreover, this time I led the team with the marshal of my Ming Dynasty. You may not know that since our debut, we have not lost a single battle. Even if it is an unfavorable situation, the worst is a tie.
The Ming army has successively landed on the island of Ceylon from Ceylon to India. Now that we are crossing the sea, it is estimated that the strikers will be able to rush to Zhangxi City in a few days to help us defend Zhangxi. Please believe in the sincerity of our Ming cooperation, and think about how much arms and food our Ming has supplied to Zhangxi during this period of time. ”
Queen Zhangxi hated it very much in her heart, these arms and food had already been used in the mines. It was because of the covetousness of these arms and food that he fell into the trap of the Ming Dynasty. Now, I have to fight to the death with Wu Sangui.
Now this Ming envoy is actually embarrassed to talk about this. These arms and food are all exchanged for human lives.
But now Queen Zhangxi really doesn't dare to offend the Ming envoys, and when the battle comes to this point, it's already either you die or I live. With such heavy casualties today, if you really let Wu Sangui rush in. Queen Zhangxi felt that it was better to commit suicide early.
Wu Sangui, who lost his red eyes, will forcibly erase Zhang Xicheng from the earth. There will not be a single person in Zhang Xicheng who will survive, and he will die after suffering a lot. The state of Zhangxi has since disappeared in the long river of history.
Da Ming is the only reinforcement, and he can't be offended! Absolutely not to be offended!
"Honorable envoy, please thank you for me. Zhang Xi will try to defend his homeland, and please take care of the original covenant and hurry to support our Zhang Xi. Queen Zhangxi almost opened her mouth to beg.
"No! If you put it down, the lower officials will definitely report Her Majesty's words to our marshal. Wang Dalong smiled and saluted Queen Zhangxi. On Queen Zhangxi's face, he saw weakness.
Dashuai is really a god-like figure, Zhang Xi and Wu Sangui had a vicious battle today. As soon as the anti-aircraft artillery arrived, Wu Sangui no longer had air superiority. In the future, there will definitely be a series of fierce battles. Wu Sangui will definitely hit his head in Zhangxi and bleed, and his last elite will also be buried here.
When the Ming reinforcements arrive, they only need to harvest the heads.
In addition to Wu Sangui, Zhangxi, India's most powerful force, will also become weakened because of this battle. The Ming Dynasty is going to rule India today, and they can't resist.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Wu Sangui's army marched to Zhangxi. This time, Wu Sangui did not attack blindly. He was waiting, waiting for the Mumbai backup airship to arrive. Yesterday's battle showed him the power of airships.
Today, he mobilized fifteen of the seventeen airships to come over, just to rely on air superiority to take Zhangxi City in one fell swoop. Now he likes to use this thing more and more, pouring fire down in the sky, and the other party can't hit him.
I waited for a long time, and it wasn't until more than ten o'clock in the morning that there was a loud roar in the sky. Fifteen huge airships, carrying heavy bombs, flew clumsily.
Based on yesterday's experience, this time Wu Sangui ordered them to be fully loaded with ammunition. Even in order to bring more ammunition, you can bring less fuel in moderation.
Today, the airship is the absolute main force, and half of the fight is out of ammunition. In his own army, there is no ammunition for the double-two-five rapid-fire gun used on the airship.
"Signal the airships to all pounce. Blow up the enemy's artillery with bombs, then cover their siege with rapid-fire guns. When Wu Sangui saw the airship, he was almost so happy that his snot was bubbling, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to contact the airship.
Colonel Johnson, who was carrying the airship, saw the flag and immediately ordered his airship to fly the red flag. In the battle drill, this means the whole army charges.
Fifteen airships rushed towards Zhangxi City like a swarm. Condescendingly stood on the city walls, those who looked like ants. Anyway, they couldn't hit themselves, the altitude was reduced to 1,500 meters, and they began to look for targets to drop bombs.
Just as all the airships had lowered their altitude to fifteen hundred meters, Captain Johnson suddenly saw a cloud of black smoke explode not far in front of him. Immediately afterward, black smoke drifted around him.
There was an explosion, and the explosion even drowned out the roar of the airship's machinery. What is this thing, how could there be an explosion? Somewhat overwhelmed, Johnson hurriedly ordered the airship to climb.
Either way, it's true to hide from it first.
Unfortunately, the airship is just too big. That huge airbag is simply a good target. Anti-aircraft artillery with a little training can almost hit at this altitude.
Ten anti-aircraft guns opened fire with all their might, and one shell accurately drilled into the airship's airbag and exploded. The thin airbag was immediately blown out of a huge hole. The hot air that has just been filled in the airbag is sprayed out of the airbag.
Another shell burrowed into the pod and exploded, this one just happened to be an incendiary bomb. The moment the shell exploded, Colonel Johnson felt the hot wind blowing in his face, and his eyes were full of orange flames.
"Boom!" Before the airship pod could fall to the ground, it exploded directly in the air.
Ten anti-aircraft guns fired continuously, and those airships that recklessly attacked Zhang Xicheng all ended up in the same fate. In addition to the long trajectory of anti-aircraft guns, there is another characteristic, that is, the rate of fire is fast.
When a bunch of smoke dots came out of the airship, Wu Sangui hadn't reacted to what was going on. When he understood that it was a new weapon of the Ming army, his heart suddenly became cold.
Their own baby airships fell one after another, some were mixed outside Zhangxi City, and some fell inside Zhangxi City. A few more were simply hit and exploded in the air, and debris was scattered everywhere.
In less than ten minutes, all fifteen airships fell. Wu Sangui opened his mouth and was directly stupid.
Dolgon's face twitched in pain. Sure enough, the Ming army had a way to deal with the airship. Originally, I thought that relying on airships could capture Zhangxi City today. Now it seems that the tragic siege has just begun. Those fallen airships are a little appetizer before a meal.
"Major General, what's wrong with you?" Wu Sangui's eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the guards around him came to help!
"Order the artillery to bombard Zhangxi City and blow up Zhangxi City for me." Wu Sangui's fingers trembled, pointing at Zhang Xicheng and said viciously.
The herald quickly conveyed Wu Sangui's order to the artillerymen behind!
Soon, the roar of artillery shells sounded in the Indian formation. Countless shells flew past the Indian soldiers on the front line and flew towards the black city of Zhangxi.
Huge pillars of smoke continued to rise from the city wall of Zhangxi, and heavy rockets fell in Zhangxi City, and the Indian soldiers squatting in front of the two armies felt that the ground under their feet was constantly trembling.
It was the first time for Indian soldiers to see such a spectacular shelling scene, and many people actually raised their guns and cheered. They felt that no one would survive such artillery fire. Next, they only need to run to Zhangxi City.