Chapter 1015 Charge
“Boom boom boom…”
The shells exploded at the wall of Zhiling County, with bursts of fire.
The shrapnel scattered like flowers from heaven, and the Jiaozhi soldiers hit by the shrapnel were blown away by the shock wave before they could scream.
Some field guns were hit by shells, and the wheels collapsed and tilted on the ground.
The parapets on the wall were even more vulnerable to the bombardment of shrapnel and collapsed one after another.
In a short time, the wall was in a mess.
“General, something is wrong.”
Since the first shell landed on the wall, Ruan Youjin immediately went to the north wall.
When he reached the wall, he was stopped by Gao Yaozhi.
At this moment, Gao Yaozhi’s face was covered with dust and his clothes were torn.
Just now, a shell exploded five meters away from him, killing three soldiers around him, seriously injuring two soldiers, and slightly injuring him and five soldiers.
The power of this Dasong artillery shell is terrifyingly strong.
During the time when Ruan Youjin arrived, 20% of the soldiers defending the city were killed or injured.
"What's wrong?" Ruan Youjin looked embarrassed.
He didn't sleep last night.
After sending out the soldiers for the sneak attack, he was looking forward to the good news of the successful sneak attack.
But all he waited for was the sound of gunfire five miles away.
Afterwards, the entrance to the cave was discovered, and he had to order the cave to be blown up.
But this was not the most shocking thing for him.
What surprised him most was the bright light like a meteor five miles away.
He knew that it belonged to the Dasong army, but he couldn't imagine what it was?
"The firing range of the enemy's artillery far exceeds our artillery, and now we can only be bombed." Gao Yaozhi said sadly.
This feeling of being able to only be beaten and not fight back is too uncomfortable.
The most important thing is that the performance of the Dasong army has greatly exceeded their expectations.
Although they know that the current Dasong army is different from the past.
But they have always believed that it is at most similar to the Western Army.
But now the cruel facts deny this.
The tactics taught by the Frank military instructors were useless.
"Damn it, how could this happen!" Ruan Youjin was shocked.
He was in a state of confusion when a soldier suddenly came to his side and handed him a letter, "General, this is a letter from His Majesty."
Ruan Youjin tore open the letter, glanced at it, and his face turned pale.
"What's wrong? General." Gao Yaozhi saw that Ruan Youjin looked strange and asked.
"This is the information sent by Markwen. In the conversation between Ashur and British Governor Bolt, it was mentioned that the artillery of the Dasong Army has a long range and firearms that can illuminate at night." Ruan Youjin handed the letter to Gao Yaozhi.
There were only these two pieces of information in the letter.
The information about machine guns was not mentioned.
This is because the White Tiger Army was not equipped with machine guns at the time of the war in the north.
After joining Muller Hongzhen, the Lancers arrived again. The two had no time to communicate, so they fled back to Tubo in a hurry.
Gao Yaozhi took the letter and read it, stamping his feet in anger, "We just got this information now, what's the use of it."
Ruan Youjin was also a little annoyed.
He thought it was a normal war, but now he seemed to be back to thirty years ago.
At that time, he was still a captain and followed the army to fight against the Frankish army. He saw the muskets and artillery and the enemy's line formation for the first time.
The enemy's artillery and muskets scared them, and the 60,000 Jiaozhi troops that were urgently summoned were defeated by the 2,000 Frankish troops.
After that, the Frankish warships sailed along the coastline and continued to attack the coast.
Although the Franks had only more than 2,000 people, with the help of warships, they could gather more than 2,000 people at any point along the coast at any time.
And although their army was large, they had no time to support.
Sometimes, it would let the opponent have an advantage in manpower.
After a year of hard fighting, they finally found that they were powerless to fight against the Franks and finally chose to surrender.
Now, the Dasong army reminded him of the fear of being conquered again.
But Dasong is not Frank after all.
If they surrendered to the Franks, the Nguyen family could continue to live a comfortable life in Jiaozhi.
But if they surrendered to Dasong, they would probably be uprooted.
Thinking of this, the fear of death overcame his fear of the Dasong army.
Turning to Gao Yaozhi, he said: "No matter what the cost, you must defend Zhiling County for me. Those who retreat will be killed without mercy."
After that, he signaled the generals beside him to go up to the city wall to command.
Under the bombardment of the Dasong army, they were very uncomfortable.
But the city wall could not be defended, otherwise once the other side launched an attack, it would be too late for them to rush to the city.
Seeing that Nguyen Youjin was determined, Gao Yaozhi looked at other generals and dispatched soldiers to supplement the casualties on the city wall.
"Boom boom boom..." The bombardment continued from morning to noon, and then from noon to night.
Even in the middle of the night, the bombardment did not stop.
In order to prevent the Jiaozhi army from withdrawing the city wall, Qinshan kept sending soldiers to feint, which made the Jiaozhi army even more miserable.
The bombardment lasted for three days.
The entire Zhiling County wall was blown up like a tofu block that had been gnawed by a dog, and even some of the walls collapsed in a small area.
During these three days, the soldiers of the Qinglong Army rested well.
At noon on the fourth day, under the continuous bombardment of the rifled cannon, the wall on the left side of the Zhiling County gate collapsed.
Seizing this opportunity, Qin Shan immediately ordered Guo Yong's vanguard troops to organize an attack.
Under the suppression of artillery fire, three thousand Qinglong Army soldiers poured out from the narrow mountain road and entered the open space in front of Zhiling County.
In addition to the soldiers holding rifles, there were thirty-six machine gun groups deployed 300 meters away from the city wall.
The soldiers all pointed their guns at the direction of the city wall.
Everything was ready, and the artillery stopped shelling.
At this time, a team of 100 people got up from the ground and rushed to the gap.
The shelling stopped, and immediately some Jiaozhi soldiers stood up from the city wall to observe the situation.
Seeing that the Dasong soldiers arrived at the foot of the city, they immediately raised their guns and fired.
At this time, the sound of "Da Da Da..." resounded throughout the battlefield.
Thirty-six machine guns immediately covered the city wall, and under the dense rain of bullets, the Jiaozhi soldiers holding guns kept falling down.
The team of 100 people reached the gap under cover, and when they looked inside, they saw many Jiaozhi soldiers holding guns and aiming at them.
"Bang Bang Bang..." A burst of gunfire, bullets flew towards them, and they immediately climbed down.
Some bullets flew over their heads.
"Damn it, kill them!" The leader Xiaoqi shouted.
The soldiers pulled out grenades and threw them.
There was a roar, and many Jiaozhi soldiers were killed immediately.
However, in order to block the gap, more and more Jiaozhi soldiers gathered around.
It was obviously impossible to break through the gap with just one hundred people.
The information was conveyed through sign language.
The other Qinglong soldiers immediately carried the ladders and launched a full-scale charge towards the city wall to create a breakthrough opportunity for the assault team.