"What? Is the show just beginning? "Ahh

This time it was Hou Fangyu's turn to look confused.

Over there, Hong Chengchou was already issuing military orders.

Let the Han army of the Eight Banners immediately withdraw from the uncovered second heavy platform, and enter the outer trenches on the north and south sides of the platform and the east side of the platform.

This time, the red-clothed artillery of the Ming army could no longer hit the Eight Banners Han Army hiding below the horizon.

At this time, Hou Fangyu also reacted: "Hong Butang, do you think our Qing soldiers still have a chance?" ”

"Of course there is a chance." Hong Chengchou said, "Yan Yingyuan's desire to capture is indeed a beautiful play, and the whole hall is played by him between applause, but he also made a fatal mistake. ”

"Hong Butang is saying that Yan Yingyuan has too much?" Hou Fangyu asked. Diaphragm

"Yes, he's overindulged." Hong Chengchou said, "If Yan Yingyuan only gives us the first heavy platform, and then puts the red-clothed cannon on top of the second heavy platform, we may not have a good way to deal with him." ”

"It's not easy to capture the triple platform on the east bank of the canal at least once."

"But now Yan Yingyuan has directly conceded the double platform, but he is killing himself."

Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "Don't we have red-coated cannons in the Qing Army?" As long as the red-coated cannons of our Qing soldiers can overwhelm the red-coated cannons of the Ming army, they can easily destroy the third platform of the Ming army, and then the Ming army's three-fold cannons on the east bank of the canal will all be lost, so that our Qing soldiers can hold on to the Ming army across the canal. ”

The two armies confronted each other across the river, which meant that the grain route of the Ming army had been cut off by the Qing army.

"Bombardment with a red-coated cannon?" Hou Fangyu's eyes showed a look of excitement, "Who have more cannons than anyone?" ”

"yes, more than anyone's cannons." Hong Chengchou said fiercely, "If I'm not wrong just now, the number of red-clothed cannons in the Ming army should be about a hundred, but our Qing soldiers have five hundred red-clothed cannons!" With five guns against one, and a close-range bombardment with red-coated cannons, how can our Qing soldiers not be victorious? "Ahh

"There's a problem." Hou Fangyu frowned and said, "The Ming army has cut out the retaining walls and slopes facing the west of the first and second heavy platforms in advance, and if our Qing soldiers put the red-clothed cannons on the first heavy platform, because there is a retaining wall and slope protection on the east side of the second heavy platform in the middle, there is no way to hit the Ming army." ”

"So only by putting the cannon on the second platform can the Ming army be hit."

"So here comes the new problem, how to place the redcoat cannon on top of the second gun?"

Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "After all, the entire platform of the second heavy platform is exposed under the muzzle of the Ming army's red-coated cannon, and there is no cover in the middle, and it was blown into slag before we pulled the red-coated cannon up." ”

"Who said we had to pull the redcoat cannon to the second platform? Wouldn't that be looking for death? ”

Hong Chengchou said abruptly: "Our Qing soldiers don't even need to put the red-coated cannon on the first heavy platform, but only need to place the red-coated cannon outside the slope protection of the first heavy platform, and then let Lian Yong cut off the retaining wall and slope protection on the east side of the second heavy platform, so that the firing boundary of the red-coated cannon will be cleared?" Won't you be able to hit the third platform? ”

"Huh?" Hou Fangyu's eyes lit up, he really didn't expect this. Diaphragm

Hong Chengchou immediately gave an order, and Lian Yong was quickly transferred to the earthwork work.

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Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, Xie Yuancai began to be anxious again.

"Brother Jianheng, Jiannu hid in the trench of the second heavy platform, our field artillery and mountain artillery can no longer beat them, only the infantry can still beat them, but the lethality is also very limited, how can this be good?" Xie Yuancai said, "Do you want to organize a counteroffensive and drive Jiannu out of the trench of the second heavy platform?" ”

"Hey, organize a counteroffensive." Yan Yingyuan said, "Isn't that another time for us to attack?" ”

"So what should I do, do I just wait?" Xie Yuancai said, "What should I do if Jiannu also brought a red-clothed cannon?" ”

Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "Brother Xingdou, you can be regarded as saying this, the younger brother is waiting for Jiannu to pull up their red-clothed cannon, hehe." "Ahh

"Huh?" Xie Yuancai was stunned when he heard this.

Could it be that this turned out to be a trap?

……

Taking advantage of the confrontation between the two armies, the green battalion soldiers quietly dragged the red-coated cannon up.

Before dragging to the slope of the first heavy platform, the green battalion soldiers nailed the iron drill into the ground one after another to fix the gun mount.

At the same time as the Green Battalion fixed the gun mount, Lian Yong was also digging the slope protection and retaining wall of the first and second heavy platforms.

In the ping-pong shooting between the two armies, the time soon came to the beginning of the child, and this battle had lasted for two hours. Diaphragm

In addition to the casualties of more than 2,000 people at the beginning of the Qing army's attack, the casualties in the subsequent battle were not large, because the distance between the two heavy guns was a full 150 steps, which was beyond the effective range of the Ming army's flintlock pistols, and it was night, so the hit rate could not be guaranteed.

However, Lian Yong had already dug up the slope protection and retaining wall of the double platform.

The Green Battalion had also loaded a total of 200 red-coated cannons.

Hong Chengchou finally decided to put in only two hundred red-coated cannons.

One is because the width of the battlefield is limited, and the second is because of caution.

Hong Da hurriedly climbed to the commanding nest car and reported with one hand: "Master, the two hundred red-clothed cannons have all been pulled outside the first heavy platform on the east bank, and the parapet walls and slopes on the east side of the first and second heavy platforms have also been basically dug up, leaving only a thin layer of parapet wall on the east side of the second heavy platform. ”

This thin parapet was of course kept to block the sight of the Ming army. Diaphragm

With the existence of this thin parapet wall, the Ming army could not see the red-coated cannons of the Qing soldiers.

"Hmm." Hong Chengchou nodded and asked, "Is the red-coated cannon equipped with a hundred bullets?" ”

"Back to the old man, solid iron bullets and 100 bullets are ready." Hong Dagong said.

"Good, good!" Hong Chengchou immediately shouted, "Pass the order, the green battalion immediately began to launch an artillery bombardment on the Ming army, pay attention, after the collapse of the parapet wall of the third heavy platform, change the solid iron bullet to 100 bullets, and kill and injure the Ming army in large quantities, and when the Ming army is not supported, the Eight Banners Han Army will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack and seize the east bank of the platform in one fell swoop!" ”

"Huh!" Hong Da agreed with a bang, and ordered the family to play the signal light.

The family guarding the nest car hurriedly hung up the three-color signal light.

At the same time as Jiading hung out the three-color signal lantern, Hong Da also rushed out of the nest car. Diaphragm

The tricolor signal light could only convey simple commands, such as asking the Green Battalion to launch an artillery strike.

However, more complicated military orders, such as destroying the protective wall of the Ming army's platform and changing the solid iron bullet to a load of 100 bullets, or letting the Eight Banners Han Army take advantage of the situation to attack after the Ming army is out of support, needs to be dictated.

……

Yan Yingyuan has been asking Guo Zisheng to monitor the surroundings through a telescope.

Because Jiannu's communication system could not be as efficient as the Ming army, especially at night, it was more likely that it could only be conveyed through signal lights in the simplest way.

Eight kokuzi students each hold a telescope to monitor a direction.

At a certain moment, a Guozijian suddenly shouted: "Yan Zhizhi, there is a signal light in the northwest direction!" "Ahh

Yan Yingyuan hurriedly raised the telescope and aimed his field of vision at the northwest, and soon, three colors of signal lights appeared in the telescope's field of vision: the green battalion was about to fire!

The Secret Investigation Bureau had long since figured out the meaning of the various arrangements of Jiannu's signal lights.

Therefore, Yan Yingyuan could see at a glance that the signal light was ordering the green battalion to open fire.

"Command!" Yan Yingyuan immediately issued an order, "All artillery battalions immediately drag all field artillery and mountain artillery away from the platform, and all infantry battalions immediately enter the trenches on both sides of the platform to stand by!" ”

More than a dozen Guozi students rushed to scatter and convey Yan Yingyuan's military orders.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming artillery and infantry on the third platform moved.

The artillerymen were busy raising their fixed iron drills, and the infantry quickly entered the trenches to hide. Diaphragm

However, before the artillery could completely lift the iron drill, and before the infantry all entered the trench, a roaring cannon suddenly sounded outside the first heavy gun on the opposite side.

Immediately afterward, there was a muffled sound of expansion on the parapet of the third platform.

Listening to this sound, you know that it is the sound of a solid iron bullet hitting the parapet.

Thanks to the fact that the gap between the battlements of the parapet wall was very narrow, it was difficult for shells to enter through the gap, so the field artillery and mountain artillery that had not had time to evacuate did not suffer losses.

"It's broken!" Xie Yuancai's face changed suddenly.

"Dog Jiannu really cut off the parapet wall and slope protection of the front two platforms!"

However, Yan Yingyuan was not surprised, and said with a cruel smile: "Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou, there is a way in heaven for you not to go, and there is no door in hell for you to break in, then don't blame me Yan for being polite." "Ahh

After a pause, Yan Yingyuan shouted again: "Pass on my general order and detonate the Tianzi Mine Array!" ”

More than a dozen Guozisheng behind Yan Yingyuan shouted at the same time: "Yan has an order to detonate the Tianzi Mine Array!" ”

More than a dozen Guozisheng who received the order lit the fuse at the same time, and the fuse quickly retracted into the ground and quickly extended to the front through the pre-buried pipe.

The Tianzi Mine Array that Yan Yingyuan prepared for Jiannu had 5,000 improved mines!

In order to ensure the detonation of the Tianzi Mine Array, Yan Yingyuan prepared more than a dozen sets of fuses.

As long as one of the fuses reaches the target location, the minefield can be detonated.

After about five or six minutes, a large amount of dazzling red light suddenly bloomed on the artillery position of Jiannu in front, and then one after another the red-coated cannons were overturned to the ground. Diaphragm

The green battalion soldiers guarding next to the red-coated cannon were also blown up to the ground, and the flesh and blood were molded.

There were even powder kegs stacked next to the cannons in red that were detonated, causing a martyrdom.

The bright light emitted by the explosion of gunpowder and the red light after the detonation of the chain of minefields illuminated almost the entire night sky red, and then the sound of a huge explosion spread violently.

Yan Yingyuan, Xie Yuancai, and Guo Zisheng behind him became deaf in an instant.

The whole world fell silent, and no sound could be heard anymore.

Yan Yingyuan smiled proudly, Jiannu's red-clothed cannon was finished.

There should be another chapter on the downward movement