Chapter 375: Attack before and after, break the city in one day!
"Woooooo
Dense shells, rockets howling from ghosts and wolves, kept flying overhead, such a terrifying sound, not a single soldier was afraid, but his blood was boiling.
Of course, the Timurid army on the other side was uncertain.
Small boats and bamboo rafts, moving quickly, the machine gunners in the bow of the ship, frantically strafing the areas not covered by the artillery.
Some people may ask, why only two points are bombed, and not a few more points are opened to attack the communist army.
Those who ask this question absolutely do not understand war.
With the spread of film and television, the power of cannonballs has been infinitely amplified, making ordinary people mistakenly believe that no building can withstand the attack of artillery.
In fact, this is a misconception.
Both ancient and modern architectural structures are very perfect.
The current reinforced concrete, if it does not find a support point to blast, ordinary artillery will not destroy it at all.
The ancient city wall buildings do not seem to be very strong, but in the mixture of various triple clay and bluestone and blue bricks, its hardness even surpasses that of cement and steel bars.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the city wall of Jinling was still strong in the face of various artillery and aircraft bombardment by the Japanese army, providing a solid defensive front for our army.
What's more, the gunpowder power that the Ming army now has is not up to the current level of gunpowder power, and in the face of such a strong city wall, the attack power is a little stretched.
For example, in the Air Force, although many of the more than 100 100-pound bombs missed, at least 30 hit the target.
As a result, there were few results, except for a few gnaws on the wall, which did not shake the other party at all.
Later, it was still an airship unit, carrying 800 pounds of super bombs for continuous bombing, only to see that two gaps were blown up.
This shows how strong the ancient city walls were.
Artillery and rocket fire are two of these two areas, killing and injuring the enemy is secondary, and its main purpose is to widen the gap a little more, so as to facilitate the army's attack.
If the artillery is scattered and fired, although it can successfully suppress the enemy, it is easy to be blocked by the enemy in the gap.
Once the gap is closed, it will be a battle for the lives of people inside.
"Fire the guns, shoot them!"
The Ming army's artillery and heavy machine guns were firing wildly, and the Timurid Empire was not to be outdone, and the wide city walls were exposed one by one, and one by one the artillery pieces were exposed, and the frenzied flashes of fire.
Iron ball shells roared out, smashing on the surface of the water and splashing water columns one after another.
If it falls on the bamboo raft of the Ming army's boat, it will take away one, or even several lives, in an instant.
"Hurry up and ......"
Standing on a boat, Zhu Gaosui, who was holding a submachine gun in his hand, looked at the iron ball cannonballs whistling from the opposite side, and loudly urged the guards to row quickly.
He was not sent by the old man to the front, but he himself was coming.
In his words, I grew up on the battlefield since I was a child, and I have been idle at home for the past few years, and my hands have long been out of birds, and I must go to the battlefield today to kill a good person, even if I die on the battlefield, it is better than lying in bed at home and dying.
The old man agreed with this very much, if it weren't for Zhu Zhangui's eyes staring at him, this old man would have wanted to take a gun and personally lead the team to rush up.
"Dad, the third child has gone up!"
Zhu Gaoxu, who was being waited on the side and observing the battlefield with a telescope, saw the first batch of the third brother's ship docking, and excitedly shouted hello.
He can't go to the battlefield anymore, so he can only hope that the third child will kill a few more enemies for him to relieve his boredom.
"Haha, I see!" The old man, who was also staring at his third son, saw Zhu Gaosui's neat sinking action, and couldn't help but appreciate: "I thought that the third child had been idle at home for a few years, and his ability should be wasted, but I didn't expect it to be less than then." ”
"Hehe, although the third child loves to play, I heard that I still get up early every morning to exercise, alas, unlike me who can't move in the past few years, I guess even if I get better now, I can't hold a knife."
The old man glanced at his second son, who had a dark look, patted his shoulder with a smile, glanced at Zhu Zhangui, who was holding a telescope next to him to observe the entire battlefield, and deliberately said loudly: "It's okay, there is your eldest nephew, now the world is about to be peaceful, even if you are treated in the future, you don't need to hold a knife." ”
Zhu Zhangui turned around and bared his teeth at the second uncle, then turned his head to look at the battlefield again.
"Inform the artillery to extend the firepower, the Shenlong Rocket Artillery Corps, immediately load the rockets, and after the loading, separate the No. 2 and No. 4 positions to cut off the enemy's support forces."
While observing the battlefield, Zhang Fu quickly gave orders, made simple adjustments from time to time, and ordered the landing force to arrive at various positions.
"Hurry, hurry...... The heavy machine gun mount is here, the tiger squat cannon, hurry up. ”
Zhu Gaosui, who was the first to rush off the boat, was shooting at the Timurid Imperial soldiers who were pushing all kinds of items and even corpses frantically above the gap a hundred meters away, trying to plug the gap, and shouted to command the heavy firefighters who rushed off the ship, and quickly suppressed the enemy's firepower.
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"Puff..."
A heavy machine gunner had just jumped down with a machine gun when a volley of bullets came over, and the heavy machine gunner didn't even say a word about the pit, and fell to the ground with a bang.
"Damn!"
Zhu Gaosui scolded in a low voice, threw the submachine gun with empty ammunition in his hand to the guards who protected him next to him, rushed to the corpse of the heavy machine gunner, grabbed the crane gun, and roared.
"Lead-in-a-shooter, quick!"
Carrying the ammunition box, the co-shooter, who jumped from the ship, did not care about the death of his sad companion, and rushed forward to load the bullet with the machine gun.
"Set it up for Lao Tzu!"
Beckoning two soldiers to carry machine gun tripods, Zhu Gaosui pulled the safe, aimed at the Timurid Imperial soldiers shooting on the city wall, and frantically pulled the trigger.
"Da Da Da..."
The bullet casings flew down frantically, and the dense bullets hit the opposite wall in dust, and from time to time burst out with blood mist.
"All to ......"
Under the cover of heavy machine guns and other soldiers' desperate fire, the Tiger Squat gunners finally assembled the cannon and began to frantically vent shells on the opposite wall.
The curve-firing Tiger Squat Cannon is more powerful than the artillery when attacking such a narrow wall.
Shells landed accurately on the wall, and shrapnel flew in all directions, harvesting human lives one by one.
"Follow Lao Tzu!"
After firing a bullet and handing over the heavy machine gun to another shooter, Zhu Gaosui took back the submachine gun with the bullet under his hand, roared, and rushed frantically towards the gap with the stormtrooper team prepared for him by the old man.
Zhu Gaosui's stormtrooper is not an ordinary army, this is the old man's personal guard, and every soldier is the elite of the elite.
And the weapons they are equipped with are also the most advanced in the Ming Dynasty.
Unified submachine guns, unified standard pistols, newly developed oval grenades, hung everywhere on the body.
The river was only 100 meters away from the Baisha defensive wall, although at this 100-meter distance, the Timurid Empire had built various defenses to block the Ming army's attack.
It's a pity that these defenses didn't work, and in the first round of artillery, almost all of them were destroyed, not to mention the infantry blocking the charge, and it was estimated that the cavalry would be able to rampage.
"Grenades!"
When there were still 10 meters away from the gap, Zhu Gaosui, who was rushing to the front, saw at a glance the soldiers of the Timurid Empire who were waiting quietly with shields, bows, arrows and muskets on the opposite side.
Zhu Gaosui, who was experienced in combat, almost did not hesitate and quickly gave the order to throw grenades.
Half of the stormtroopers around him continued to fire, suppressing the fire from the opposite side, while the other half quickly took off the grenade on their bodies, ripped off the ring and threw it at the opposite side.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Dozens of explosions rang out, and screams rang out from the opposite side.
"Rush!"
Zhu Gaosui, who had already been killed, had red eyes, waved his big hand, stepped on large and small stones, and rushed through the gap.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
Suddenly, a stormtrooper threw Zhu Gaosui to the ground, and before Zhu Gaosui could react, he heard a dense explosion, and he and the stormtroopers who pressed on him were swept away by the shock wave of the explosion.
"Ahem..."
After rolling on the ground a few times, Zhu Gaosui got up and coughed heavily.
"Brother is okay!"
At this time, the entire battlefield was shrouded in gunpowder smoke and dust, and now let alone observing the battlefield situation, it is impossible to see the situation on the other side clearly from 10 meters away.
Zhu Gaosui, whose eyes were dazzled by smoke and dust, wiped the corners of his eyes vigorously while asking the soldier who had saved him just now.
"Your Highness, he's dead!"
An answer sounded behind him, Zhu Gao squeezed his eyes, tried to open his eyes and looked back, and saw that the soldier who was protecting him was pierced through his chest by an arm-thick wooden thorn, and he was staring at the sky unwillingly.
Zhu Gaosui was silent for a moment, reached out and dragged the brand off the other party's neck, stuffed it into his pocket, took the submachine gun handed over by the guard next to him, and loaded the "Kacha" at once.
"The ghost grandma of the dog, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that he can't take down this broken wall, and he rushes with Lao Tzu!"
With a roar, the second charge was launched again.
At the same time, this time, the stormtroopers also learned to behave, as long as they saw any target holding a box, a barrel or even a cloth bag on the top of the gap, they would shoot directly.
Just now, a few guys directly dropped the powder keg from above, causing the stormtroopers to have to retreat.
In the observation post across the river, the old man held the binoculars in both hands and kept patrolling the entire battlefield.
Although the opposite side was covered in gunsmoke and dust at this time, and he couldn't see anything in his telescope, he still didn't stop watching.
Behind him, Zhang Fu and Zhu Zhangui, as well as a group of veterans and staff officers, kept planting flags on the sand table.
And next to a row of radio stations, a signal soldier kept reporting on the battlefield situation.
"The 6th Brigade of the Vanguard Regiment reported that the attack was blocked, the enemy resistance was very strong, and requested artillery support."
"The 4th Brigade of the Pioneer Regiment reported that the gap on the left side of No. 3, the enemy's resistance was very strong, and now the enemy is jumping down with explosives bags on their backs, they have suffered heavy casualties, and they ask to withdraw from the battlefield to rest."
Zhang Fu, who looked down at the sand table and listened to various reports in his ears, did not stop for a moment in his mouth, and kept giving or replying to various orders.
"Tell the 6th Brigade to fire flares into enemy areas to direct artillery targets."
"Order the Seventh Brigade to take over the Fourth Brigade, tell Zhang Hao to send the wounded brothers down, and he will continue to assist the Seventh Brigade with his troops."
"Report to the Jianghuai Corps!"
A relatively quiet radio soldier suddenly stood up and said the news that lifted the spirits of everyone present.
Zhang Fu stepped forward quickly, took the microphone, and asked quickly, "Jianghuai, where are you now?" ”
"Master, I am now less than 20 miles away from the Baisha defense line, and I am expected to reach the battlefield in an hour."
"Okay, great!"
"After you arrive at the place, immediately lead your troops to launch a harassing attack on the enemy's rear and assist the main army in the front."
"Yes." Jiang Huai first responded, and then asked with concern:
"Master, did you fight hard?"
Zhang Fu smiled, "It's still under control, okay, don't ask more, rush to the battlefield as soon as possible." ”
After saying that, he threw the microphone to the communication, and quickly returned to the side of the sand, picked up a flag and planted it in the rear of the Baisha defense line.
"The Jianghuai Corps will arrive in an hour, and we will settle this Baisha defense line today."
Zhang Fu's words made the observation post, which was a little tense, suddenly feel a lot more relaxed.
Seeing that the battle was already under control, Zhu Zhangui came to the old man's side, looked at the battlefield in the distance full of gunsmoke and dust, and gunshots everywhere and said slowly: "Grandpa, Jianghuai has arrived, we can take down this natural danger today." ”
The old man nodded, and sighed softly: "Now the war is easy to fight, if this is left in the past, this kind of natural danger type of defense line, without hundreds of thousands of troops, will definitely not be able to take it after a few years or even more than ten years." ”
Zhu Zhangui smiled calmly and said: "Technology has not only changed people's lives, but also changed the situation of war. ”
"In the future, it is no longer a pressure to defend like this kind of natural danger, the most difficult thing is the street battle in the city, that kind of intricate environment, is the real meat grinder, even if the weapons are advanced, in that complex situation where there are enemies all around, it may not be able to take advantage."
The old man nodded in agreement, continued to look at the battlefield with a telescope, and said softly: "That's why we want to end the war in our generations, so that future generations will not face the pain of war." ”
Zhu Zhangui was silent when he heard this, the old man's idea is good, but who knows what will happen in the future.
I hope that as the old man thought, there will be no war after the Ming Dynasty unifies the world.
Is this possible?
"Da Da Da..."
A short strafing shot knocked down several Timurid soldiers who were running slowly, and Zhu Gaosui, whose face was blackened by gunsmoke, looked at the Timurid soldiers who were holding guns in the distance and did not dare to come forward laughed.
After a desperate fight, the stormtroopers led by Zhu Gaosui finally rushed to the wall of Baisha Pass from the gap at the cost of more than a dozen casualties.
In such a narrow area, the power of the submachine gun was fully exerted.
The Timurid Empire countercharged several times, but was repulsed by dozens of submachine guns.
Now in front of Zhu Gaosui and others, there are piles of corpses more than one meter high, all of which were dropped by Timur's soldiers.
And in the gap under the city wall, four heavy machine guns lined up, facing the crazy strafing inside the city wall, and in front of them, no less than 10,000 corpses had fallen at this time.
With such a large casualty, even the determined troops could not stand it.
Now the soldiers of the Timurid Empire, no matter how the officers shouted and scolded, they just did not dare to go up.
Zhu Gaosui led people forward a little bit, and the opposite side would be frightened and retreated, without any fighting spirit at all.
That is, there is a team of warlords in the back, otherwise these Timurid soldiers would have run away long ago.
Da Ming is really terrifying, this is not a communication between people at all, for them the feeling of fighting with Da Ming is like challenging the gods, so that they can hardly see any hope of victory.
"Report to the command that we have captured part of the city wall, the enemy's morale has dropped to freezing point, ask for reinforcements!"
Zhu Gaosui didn't rush over, not because he was afraid of death, but because he had no ammunition.
Now he only had a dozen bullets left in his hand, and if the other side rushed again, he had no choice but to choose hand-to-hand combat.
Fortunately, the other side was frightened by them, otherwise they would definitely take this opportunity to snatch the city wall back again and drive Zhu Gaosui and the others down.
"Is it really going to be defeated?"
When the Ming army and the Timurid imperial army were fighting for the city wall, Shahru, who commanded the army in the rear, heard one bad report after another, and his expression was at a loss.
Originally, he thought that with the Baisha natural danger and the powerful equipment of the army, it would be absolutely no problem to block Daming for a year and a half.
Unexpectedly, in just one day, the defense of the outer city wall was broken by the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, the Ming army may be tired and is resting, if the Ming army does not rest, I am afraid that the outer defense line has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty.
"Damn, Omurad, I believed in your ghost, I knew that in this way I should have taken refuge in Da Ming, instead of going crazy with you."
One bad news after another, Shaharu was particularly irritable, and when he received the report that the repaired Ming army had launched an attack again, he angrily pushed everything in front of him to the ground and cursed.
At this moment, he forgot who had sought out the Ottomans in the first place, and who had come up with the idea of an alliance.
"Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, there are Ming troops in the rear of our army, and the number is no less than 50,000."
An officer rushed in and reported to everyone present a piece of news that they least wanted to hear.
"It's over!"
When he heard that there were also Ming troops in his rear, Shaharu immediately thought of the occupied plateau.
He didn't expect the Ming army to be so ruthless, and he was not afraid of hardships and dangers, and turned over from the plateau, you must know that before the war, he never thought that the Ming army would fall from the plateau.
Because in his mind, man would never be able to conquer the mountain that reached into the clouds.
But now the Ming army has done it, and he is also in danger of being flanked in front and back.