Rumble!

More than 12,000 artillery pieces of various types belonging to the 16 national defense armies of the Ming army began to indiscriminately carpet shelling, and almost all the artillery fire was concentrated on the first line of defense.

Such an artillery bombardment not only frightened the Qing troops stationed everywhere, but even the officers and men of the Ming army were shocked.

In less than an hour, the first line of defense built by the Qing army had become full of holes, a large number of low walls had been destroyed, the dust kicked up by artillery shells, and even many trenches had been filled.

The sandbag wall deployed by the Qing army in the defense line could not withstand the saturated shelling, and began to collapse in a large area, and even buried the Qing soldiers hiding behind.

In the west of Shenyang City, Liu Yan held a clairvoyant mirror to observe the effect of the artillery bombardment, and saw that on the first line of defense of the Qing army in the west, there was no longer a complete low wall and sandbag wall, and the Qing troops stationed in it were all crowded in various trenches.

According to the Qing army's banner and the Ming army's night exploration, the Ming army's various departments have almost figured out the deployment of the Qing army's first line of defense, and at this time, according to Liu Yan's estimates, after this round of shelling, these 40,000 or 50,000 horses will definitely suffer a lot of casualties, and the army's morale will be completely broken.

Rumble!

A ten-pound cannonball fired by a red-coated cannon smashed heavily on a low wall, which was already the last one within two miles of the left and right, and it also fell down with a bang at this time, covering several North Korean Zhenglan flag soldiers hiding behind it directly.

However, the shell continued unabated, and it rebounded directly into the trench next to it, and bounced back and forth in the trench, directly sweeping more than a dozen steps away, killing and wounding dozens of Qing soldiers who were crowded and hiding in the trench, and the originally crowded trench suddenly became a human purgatory, full of stumps and broken arms, the ground and the pit wall of the trench were full of intestines and all kinds of minced meat, these things were mixed with mud and blood, forming a disgusting muddy state, and the strong smell of blood permeated, The soldiers of the two blue flags of North Korea, who had escaped the catastrophe around them, fell into a frenzied fear.

"Ahh

At this time, the soldiers of the two blue flags of North Korea in the trench began to frantically flee along the trench to both ends, and even many soldiers were frightened by the scene in front of them and lost their minds, and climbed out of the trench directly, either to the west or to the second trench to the east.

However, under the fierce artillery bombardment of the Ming army, these North Korean soldiers who escaped from the trench were soon hit by artillery fire, especially a large number of rockets, which directly harvested many people, and even two North Korean soldiers were shot by the same rocket, and the two were forced to wear them together, and then nailed to the ground.

Some North Korean soldiers were directly hit by large and small shells, and under the horrified gaze of the other North Korean soldiers of the two blue flags, they were directly beaten into a cloud of blood mist.

And running to the second line of defense in the east, the Korean soldiers who were lucky not to be hit by the Ming artillery were shot head-on by the two white flag soldiers and horses of the Han army stationed behind, and there was also a white flag of the Han army Pashku who roared loudly: "Dog stick, go back to defense, no one is allowed to retreat!" ”

In this way, under the artillery fire of the Ming army and the shooting of the two white flag soldiers of the Han army in the second line of defense, the hundreds of Korean soldiers and the Han people who escaped from the trench were killed and wounded in an instant, and only the scattered "lucky ones" in the west jumped into the trench in panic, waiting for the moment when their lives ended.

At this time, the North Korean Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Mafuta was also huddled in a trench, but this trench was built very strongly, and it was reinforced with a large number of thick planks and sandbags, so although it was also hit by a few shells, it did not form a ricochet and did not cause too many casualties.

But Mafuta's face was very ugly, the fierceness and duration of the Ming army's artillery fire had completely exceeded his expectations, and if he continued to fight like this, without the Ming army's soldiers and horses, those North Korean sticks would collapse on their own.

"Report!"

A Baya soldier rushed into this trench in embarrassment, approached Mafuta, and shouted loudly: "Master Qiqi, the Han people on the side of the Korean Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Eshuo are in turmoil, and they are mobilizing Korean soldiers to suppress it, so let the master be careful." ”

At this time, the sound of artillery outside was deafening, and the shouts of the Korean soldiers and the Han people everywhere continued, and Ma Futa listened to it twice in a row before he heard it clearly, and then he began to think about the Han people in his defensive zone, so he shouted loudly: "Order all the soldiers to wake me up, as long as those Han people make any changes, they will all be killed, and there is no need to ask me for instructions!" ”

"Huh!"

Soon, there was very little left of the Han people in the first line of defense of the Qing army, except for the hundreds of people who were slaughtered by the Eshuo troops, although the remaining Han people Zhuang did not move, but they were hated by the two blue flag soldiers of North Korea, after all, they were beaten into dogs by the Ming army, and they were all Han people, and those Korean soldiers naturally vented their anger on the Han people in the defense line.

So the soldiers of the two blue banners of North Korea in the first line of defense of the Qing army directly waved their butcher knives at the Han people, and soon the Han people in the first line of defense in the west were slaughtered.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Ming army also began to thin out, but Mafuta and Eshuo did not relax, but began to command their subordinates to prepare for the battle.

However, the artillery bombardment of the Ming army for more than an hour has almost completely destroyed the first line of defense of the Qing army, and the current so-called defense line has no decent fortifications except for some broken trenches.

The soldiers of the two blue flags of North Korea were even more like lost dogs, and there were as many as 2 or 3,000 soldiers killed by the artillery fire of the Ming army alone, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were even more panicked.

In the face of such a situation, whether it is Mafuta or Eshuo, they know very well in their hearts that the first line of defense cannot be defended, and it is even very likely to be taken by the Ming army with a charge.

"Cheer me up, as long as you repel the Ming army, the court and the master will issue rewards, and you can have a good future. If you lose the line of defense, then everyone will die! ”

"Defense!! Everyone take up arms, and no one is allowed to retreat, or don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the sword in my hand! ”

Mafuta and Eshuo each took the Baya soldiers to inspect the places, and kept roaring loudly, mobilizing all the soldiers and horses of the two blue flags of North Korea.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Ming army had basically stopped, and the Ming army in the west had also begun to move forward.

In the west, the chief officer Chen Xun has come to the front, this time by the deputy commander-in-chief Guo Mingxu led the attack, the left battalion staff general Zhang Xun led the troops to attack the North Korean blue flag defense section, and the right battalion staff general Shen Donglai led the troops to attack the North Korean blue flag defense section.

Soon, the huge army formation composed of more than 40,000 officers and men of the First Army of the Wehrmacht began to advance rapidly, and a large number of throwers also rushed out of the military formation and began to rush to the first line of defense of the Qing army at full speed.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot them!"

Looking at the large number of Ming army throwers rushing up, Mafuta and E Shuo were so shocked that their braids were cocked, and they shouted loudly, and the soldiers of the two blue flags of North Korea also began to shout and release arrows, and a large number of firearms also crackled.

Soon, some Ming army throwers were hit and fell to the ground, but more throwers had already rushed to the front of the defense line, after all, everyone was wearing heavy armor, desperately rushing up with casualties, and then began to throw earth-shattering thunder.

Rumble!

Thunderous explosions sounded one after another in the first line of defense of the Qing army, and many Korean soldiers who only cared about firing arrows and firing were killed and wounded, and the battle entered a white-hot battle from the very beginning.

"Withdraw!"

Soon, after the throwers had finished throwing the Heaven-Shattering Thunder, they began to retreat rapidly, giving up the front of the attack to the main formation.

At this time, the military formation of the First Army of the Wehrmacht had advanced to seventy paces away from the Qing army's defense line, and it was still advancing.

"Release!! The Ming army is killed, everyone has to die, let me go! ”

At this time, Ma Futa and E Shuo were shouting as if they were crazy, and the soldiers of the two blue flags of North Korea were the same, they had already fallen into madness, countless arrows and lead bullets were fired into the Ming army's formation, and soldiers were constantly hit and fell.

Under the protection of the guards, Guo Mingxu, the deputy commander-in-chief, also followed the military formation forward, and at this time he was already furious, and immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing, and the army stopped at a distance of forty steps from the Qing army's defense line, and then the death platoon began to roar.

"Put!!"

Rumble!

More than 40,000 bird-gunners fired a uniform volley, and in an instant formed a storm of lead bullets, constantly sweeping the Qing army's defense line, and the two North Korean blue flag soldiers who were desperately shooting were caught off guard, and directly fell in large areas, and the Qing army's firepower was instantly suppressed.

Mafuta stood in the trench and supervised the battle loudly, and was also hit in the head under the volley of the Ming army, and the whole person fell down on his back stiffly, and the surrounding Baya soldiers were furious when they saw this, and they rushed out of the trench with a roar, wanting to rush to the front with their shields and heavy armor and break through the horizontal formation of the Ming army.

However, the firepower of the Ming army was too fierce, and as soon as the dozen Baya soldiers rushed out, before they could run a few steps, they were hit by dozens of lead bullets all over their bodies, and they fell not far in front of the trench, turning into more than a dozen corpses.

"Put!"

At the same time, the battles in the south, east, and north of Shenyang City have also begun in an all-round way, and the officers and men of the Fifth Army, the Ninth Army, and the Thirteenth Army of the National Defense Army have also advanced to the vicinity of the first line of defense on the other three sides, and have begun to kill and injure the Qing troops with fierce salvo fire and a large number of earth-shattering thunderbolts.

"Report!"

At this time, in the Chinese army of the First Army of the National Defense Army, Liu Yan received the battle report that was not received at night, and the battle at this time was the fastest progress in the south of Shenyang City, and the officers and men of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army had broken through the first line of defense of the Qing army under the leadership of Shen Tuo, the chief officer, and Guo Rong, the deputy chief soldier.

The 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Korean Jeonghuang Banner stationed in the first line of defense in the south were all routed, and Gusan Ezhensoni was shot dead by the officers and men of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army.

At present, the officers and men of the Fifth Army of the Wehrmacht are resting and defending in the first line of defense, and the officers and men of the Sixth Army of the Wehrmacht have been assembled, and the artillery fire on the southern front has begun to roar again, and the carpet bombardment of the second line of defense in the south has begun.

However, the casualties of the officers and soldiers of each department are not small, such a tragic fierce battle, the casualties of the soldiers of each department are far heavier than in previous battles, but Liu Yan can only grit his teeth and insist, no matter how big the casualties are, this battle must be fought to the end.