Chapter 21 Night Attack

Five days passed quickly. Ji Lin took Jeanna and his two subordinates to listen to his tactical teachings. This was the only thing he could teach others. The development of technology was far ahead of tactics, and many technologies were in use. Thirty years after its emergence, supporting tactics would emerge.

The world’s deformed technological path exacerbates this problem.

This is an unsolvable problem. Any technology that has not been tested in actual combat has more or less hidden problems. Actual combat and testing grounds. Tacticians all need to develop specialized tactics for these things based on how the technology performs on the battlefield. He is located in the lower reaches of history and dare not claim to have a sufficient understanding of the development of tactics and warfare.

But at least you can see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Jeanne looked flattered and ran to him every day.

In the past five days, in addition to discussing the situation of the mortars with the mechanics every day, and teaching three people by one person, I also took the time to look at the development of the territory. Only half a day had passed in the five days when converted to territory time. No one sold the ranch to him, so he was not in a hurry. He used the gold mine he dug for half a day to buy a blueprint for a public toilet and put it in the territory to improve the living standard of the territory.

Under the commander's orders, their advance team set up camp in front of the industrial city-state of Seta.

The industrial city of Seta was built on a plain, surrounded only by green fields and gray-smoking mines.

There is almost no danger around.

Precisely because there is no danger to defend, no one wants to capture this area that is extremely easy to attack and defend.

Precisely because there is no danger to defend, it can safely dance in the key areas of the two big countries and become a distribution center for supplies when relations between the two countries ease.

But sooner or later this luck will end.

People in Seta Industrial State also know this, and they are also trying to develop technology to give themselves some say in mediating between the two countries.

The adjutant was writing on the map, and the unfolded infantry line formed an arc. He used a ruler to measure the distance on the map and confirmed with Ji Lin the shooting distance of the eight steam mortars he controlled.

"Your mission is to command the steam mortar to destroy these three towers, and then explode the two fulcrums of the city wall..."

"The inside of the infantry formation should be wider."

They must also have steam artillery, and he is not confident that he will destroy all the artillery on the opposite side immediately. As the distance increases, the area that the artillery can hit at one time will be smaller.

This is a city with hundreds of thousands of people.

I don’t know the number of defenders or the amount of equipment.

In siege warfare without strong breakthrough units such as steam spiders and governor mechas...

It's hard.

And there was always something he didn't seem to think of, and an unpleasant feeling lingered in his mind.

"We will attack tomorrow."

Behind the two of them, the commander was smugly talking to a group of infantry sergeants and mobilizing before the battle. He was talking about the glory of the kingdom, and the pride almost overflowed from his eyes.

"They must have lost a lot of troops and they must not be able to block our attack. We have 2,400 people, 24 musketeers, and eight steam mortars to destroy their temporary city walls. These The chickens and dogs are no match for the soldiers of the Weka Kingdom! Just like five days ago, they can be scattered with a single charge!"

In his eyes, as long as he pressed all the troops, this round of siege battle would be a sure thing.

The soldiers outside had distributed drinks and food according to his orders and were open to eat, motivating them to improve the morale of the soldiers before the siege began.

Ji Lin had no intention of refuting him, and his anxiety grew more and more.

...

"Absolutely a sure thing!"

An officer slapped the table, his momentum overwhelming everyone present.

"We will prepare for the bombardment tonight."

"Having lost all the steam spiders, they have lost the possibility of attacking at night. Those mercenaries have really achieved good results for us. The strikes of the giant cannon are coordinated with other steam mortars."

The officers gathered in Seta City discussed with the city lord who was sitting in a high position. Although Seta promised that he would only maintain a small number of troops to deal with rogue bandits, for a city-state where trade and industry coexisted, he wanted to hire retired officers. It won't be a difficult thing.

They can also hire a large number of mercenaries to die for them.

The morale of these mercenaries is quite worrying.

"Mr. City Lord, daylight is not conducive to our operations. As far as I know, the cannon is still in an unfinished state. It will take three hours to replace parts and conduct damage inspection after the first shot is fired."

They all know what a giant cannon is. It is a super-heavy mortar that Zeta invested heavily in research and development. Its caliber exceeds 600mm. Direct hits and close misses will destroy the Governor's mecha. The shock wave can easily kill everyone nearby.

The power is sufficient, but after each firing, engineers need to check the damage and replace the parts damaged due to the huge back seat. This kind of inspection often takes a long time, and no one wants this thing to explode directly on the spot.

This is the only way they can defend the city.

The officer frowned and glanced at the other officers. These people stubbornly believed that they could be blocked by the city wall, but he knew very well that the mercenaries were just chickens and dogs. good. If the bayonet is really going to see red, it will definitely be hung up and beaten by Vikar musketeers who have undergone complete military training.

"Three hours! Even if the Governor's mecha is blown up, what can it do? This time is enough for the remaining Vika musketeers to come to us with explosives! Or do you expect that the stone wall can block the explosives? Or can these militiamen fight with them with bayonets?"

"Then, how do you want to fight this battle?"

The city lord moved his body and wiped the cold sweat on his body with a handkerchief. He had no choice but to summon all the officers in the city and offer a huge reward to anyone who could help him defend this siege.

And the opinion of this officer... The city lord couldn't make a decision, so he invited all the mercenary leaders to the scene. They would only be willing to go out if they thought the plan was feasible. These people came to make money, not to die.

"Just follow the plan I mentioned before. We will send the cannons out of the city and bombard their camps directly under the cover of night. Once Vika's war supervisor and the governor's mecha die, we will charge under the cover of night." He stared at the city lord: "Lord City Lord, your goal is to defend this city, so we will disperse them. Without command and supplies, they are no threat to us."

There is no better opportunity than this. The enemies are all fixed targets. If you measure the distance well, you will definitely not miss.

A perfect output environment.

There is no possibility of failure.

"So what do you think?"

The officer's eyes were high.

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