Chapter 151 The grass and trees on Guangwu Mountain are withered

Over the years, the staff system has been perfected.

Ye Shen was the general of the expedition to the south, and his staff group had hundreds of people, gathering top talents from all walks of life. Ye Shen doesn't know about the steel industry, they do. With their operations, this was done almost quickly.

These cables are called directly to the finished product.

After all, this kind of iron cable is also used in the people. Whether it's an iron anchor anchor chain for a ship. Or other aspects of use. It's just not that long. But it doesn't matter.

Even if the task is directly transmitted to Zunhua Iron Works, it is only a matter of a few working days. It's just that the biggest time consumption in this way is not to build iron chains, but to transport them from behind.

These seven days are not the time to build iron chains, but to send people directly to Tianjin, and directly requisition the iron chains of dozens of ships in Tianjin. Then connect together to ship back the time.

So there are quite a few problems.

But this idea gave Ye Shen a new idea.

After asking about the cost, he immediately placed an order. A dozen days later, three more pontoon bridges were arranged. As for the first one, it was directly dismantled. The reason is simple, the load capacity of this iron cable is insufficient. Not as good as these later locks.

Even many people patted Ye Shen's chest and said that there was no need to arrange the ship under the chain bridge as a support at all, because it was okay to directly cross the cannon across the chain bridge.

It's just that Ye Shen thinks it's very possible. After all, the artillery weighs, especially the heavy artillery. Most of the land was passed by heavy artillery, and there were two deep ravines, and even directly into the pit.

However, this also inspired Ye Shen.

For example, he procured a lot of iron plates from the rear. Not for anything else. That is, spread under the artillery. After all, the recoil of heavy artillery is very powerful. On the soil quality of the sandbank, there is a problem with the artillery firing on Guangwu Mountain, and this problem is that after firing a few cannons, the back of the original artillery position becomes a big pit, and people must be immediately sent to fill it up and tam it. Otherwise, no more artillery can be fired.

This continuously limited the continued combat capability of the artillery.

However, now there is a large iron plate. The situation is much better.

In this way, the general assault on Guangwu Mountain officially began.

The heavy artillery on the sandbar opened fire directly on Guangwu Mountain.

It had no effect, but it made the southern army dare not expose it to the beach.

At the sound of an order, hundreds of small boats rushed over.

In Guangwu Shannan army artillery fire.

Columns of water rose into the sky. Live ammunition is much more powerful in water than on land.

First of all, the ships are much larger than the people. Hitting a person with artillery is simply betting on probability, but hitting a ship with artillery is not. This is a possibility.

Secondly, water is incompressible. When a shell hits water, it will form a near-miss, and the energy of the cannon is completely absorbed by the water. And if a person is in the water, it will be affected, and it is very likely that he will be killed directly by the shock wave.

The same problem is on board.

To be honest, the ships of the Northern Army were of very poor quality. If the sailors of the Northern Army were to use such ships, they would not use them at all, because they felt that this was simply murdering for money.

After all, the quality of wood in Huaiqing is also quite poor. As one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, after thousands of years of development, there is no big wood on Taihang Mountain. Either it's used to build a house. Either that, it's used as firewood.

Without good wood, there would be no good ships.

Although the near-miss bullet is powerful, if it hits the battleship of the naval division, it is not a problem at all, after all, if the cannon hits it directly, it is very likely that it will be bounced off. Not to mention the recent loss. But here it's different.

A lot of boats leaked quickly.

It was the near-miss bullet that shook the cracks in the planks of many ships.

Or simply blow some of the planks apart.

In short, the Northern Army suffered heavy casualties.

However, Ye Shen was on the embankment of the Yellow River on the north bank, looking at it from a distance with a telescope, not at all

with what is moved.

There is nothing to see in such a scene. The task he gave to his subordinates was to rush up and choose a place with thicker soil on the opposite beach, dig trenches, and lead the army behind.

Today is only the first time, the battle has just begun, and there will be more dead after that.

What is that?

Ye Shen asked the people around him, "Is there any movement in Shanxi?"

"Nope. There was no movement from Shanxi." The staff officer next to him said.

Ye Shen said, "It seems that Zhao Yong also has a headache now."

In the battle in front of him, although Ye Shen saw it in his eyes, he did not directly command, and now he rarely thought about tactical matters, and in his opinion, the situation in front of him had been determined. As mentioned before. The artillery is on the beach and has limited power.

And the Yellow River is sandy. Today, the Yellow River is in the dry season, and both banks are tidal flats. The power of the shelling will not be too great.

Therefore, it would be naïve for the Southern army to think that artillery alone could drive them out of the case.

Ye Shen is more concerned about the movements of Shanxi, he has actually arranged manpower, just waiting for Shanxi to attack, if Shanxi attacks, Ye Shen will make a big dumpling.

But Zhao Yong did not come out.

Ye Shen was thinking in his heart whether to give up this plan.

After all, the big war he was preparing needed more troops.

Soon, the battle under Guangwu Mountain was just as Ye Shen thought.

Guangwu Mountain rushed out of a foot pawn. To drive the northern army down. It's just that they had just lined up on the beach when they were bombarded by artillery on the sandbar.

Then he said that the artillery was not on target, but these people fought in formation, and almost all of them were live targets. After a burst of artillery bombardment, the Southern Army gave the Northern Army more time to repair, and then the Southern Army also dispersed its formation, and a very loose front slowly walked towards the Northern Army's position.

The battle unfolds.

However, as the density of firearms on both sides is getting higher and higher, many people have a feeling. That is, the line between the two sides will become more and more loose.

The repeated scramble at the foot of Guangwu Mountain is only the beginning.

Immediately, the Northern Army took the sandbar in the river as its foundation, not only landing at the foot of Guangwu Mountain, but also from the west and east of Guangwu Mountain, in a vain attempt to launch a larger landing field. Of course, there are successes and failures.

The most unsuccessful one, the Northern Army, which had already landed, found that it was close to the side of Guangwu Mountain, which seemed to be flat land, but in fact there was an undercurrent underneath. stepped on it, and the whole person fell into it. And this undercurrent is miles long.

The Northern Army tried hard to land, but was blocked by this natural danger. It is only possible to abandon the offensive in this regard.

Sheng Yong even sent people to fight at night, forcibly pulled out a stronghold, captured hundreds of people, and killed hundreds of people.

Of course, the Southern Army also suffered corresponding losses.

But in general, there was a regiment of troops, which landed on the south bank from several directions.

Such a situation is more and more unfavorable to Guangwu Mountain.

Sheng Yong could already foresee the most unfavorable situation, that is, waiting for the heavy artillery on the north shore to be transported.

Once the heavy artillery from the north bank is transported to the south bank, the situation on the south bank will be reversed.

In fact, the reason why it is so passive.

On the one hand, the morale of the soldiers is problematic.

After all, if your salary is a lot less all of a sudden, your motivation to work will also be problematic. It is impossible for such a big matter in Nanjing not to have an impact on the front line. Secondly, there is the reserve of firearms and gunpowder.

Guangwu Mountain is much worse than the other party.

After all, the strategic initiative is on the other side. Even if Sheng Yong focused on defense, he didn't dare to store valuable materials together.

Once the north *** changes the direction of attack, such as not hitting here, hitting Mengjin. So what should Sheng Yong do? Don't even think about transporting the materials from Guangwu Mountain to Mengjin. This is simply an impossible task.

Guangwu Mountain's weapons and materials are limited, so naturally their use should be restricted. It is impossible to use it on the side of the Northern Army, almost regardless of the quantity.

Since Sheng Yong has the intention of playing leisurely, he is naturally everywhere

Passive.

After all, for the Northern Army, it is nothing else that restricts their firepower, that is, logistics and transportation. They will give as much as they can. And they use as much as they can transport.

Ye Shen never restricted this.

Anyway, the material resources in the rear are endless, and the total amount is several times that of Sheng Yong, and even all the logistics materials of the Southern Army in this battle are not as good as the materials in the logistics camp at the mouth of the Qinshui River.