Chapter 96 Shelling
Boom boom boom boom boom...!
Following the direction of the roar, Fu Kaijiang and his generals saw the openings of the metal pipes on the city, and a burst of blue smoke came out, followed by a few long whistles. The next moment, a series of shattering and screams came, and the catapults that were ready to go were destroyed by something, and they were divided into pieces. The flame bombs on the catapults were either shattered, rolled around, or exploded to the battlefield.
Fu Kaijiang and a group of generals were stunned when they watched this scene. They couldn't figure out what the situation was. Why did the catapult fall apart? Then they realized that the destruction of the catapult cart was related to the pipes on the city. Everyone felt something bad. Originally, there were no conventional city guarding equipment at the city entrance of Nanyueguan, and they were still a little confused. At this moment, they suddenly realized that the thief had such a powerful weapon, no wonder they were afraid!
Seeing that the catapults were destroyed one by one, the soldiers were also seriously injured. Some of the morale that had been boosted by the bounty disappeared. The deaths of those who were hit were extremely terrible. Many soldiers were stunned. Some soldiers were still running around like crazy. Fu Kaijiang was frozen there, feeling his mouth dry. After a while, he asked in a trembling voice: "What are the good strategies do you have?"
The generals and strategists looked at each other. Facing such a weapon, how could this battle be fought? No one could answer, and they all fell into silence.
"Calibrate the elements, aim! Prepare...release!...clear the barrel...fille...rule..."
The atmosphere at the city entrance of Nanyue Pass was very warm, and it could be said that it was in full swing. The artillery soldiers were busy carrying gunpowder and projectiles and cleaning up cannon fodder. However, the other soldiers also stared at them with excitement. They were already a little nervous when they saw the dense enemy troops, surrounded by huge siege vehicles to attack the city, but they were only excited at this time. Every time a cannon destroyed the siege vehicles, a burst of cheers broke out from the city entrance.
The war weapon, such as artillery, finally showed its hideousness in the war in this world for the first time. Although there were test artillery before, there was absolutely no real lethality in the war.
At this moment, except for the artillery of the fortresses on both sides of the mountains, Nanyue Pass has not yet shown its power. More than 20 types of artillery were distributed on the top of the city, and they fired one after another. According to the range requirements, gunpowder packs of different sizes were used. Small artillery can reach a distance of two or three miles. However, the cannons on the fortresses on both sides can hit more than ten miles, because they were to destroy those siege vehicles, and the loading of solid bullets at this moment is mainly solid bullets.
Using weapons like cannons to fight soldiers in the cold weapon era is indeed a bit bullying and inhumane. However, this is a battlefield, and there is no reason to say. Isn’t it normal to die in war? Death on the battlefield can only be blamed for bad luck. Moreover, the enemy is killed, not your own, and you throw mercy aside. The natural warlike factors are boiling. The Shanyue soldiers in Nanyue Pass are already full of morale, and they are completely full of energy at this moment.
Xiao Tianlei's brothers also occupied a cannon, and personally fired it. They all looked excited. They could not wait to fire a target.
"Aim and then fight, don't rush it around! Save gunpowder and shells!" Xiao Tianlei reminded loudly, these guys were already overly excited.
As soon as Xiao Tianlei finished speaking, Xiao Tianbao came over with a huge shell. His round face was smoked black and his nose was as black as a bear, looking a little funny.
"Hehe, Brother Lei, let's give them a great one!"
Xiao Tianbao brought a flowering bullet, stuffed it into a short, thick, but very large-caliber cannon, aiming at the location of the commander flag behind the Southern Army. Under the commander flag, the group of generals wearing shiny armor was so conspicuous. Such an obvious target would be useless to fight.
"Aim...ready-release!"
Boom! A slightly dull cannon sound, the flowering bullet drew an arc and landed directly at the location of the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army.
On the viewing platform where the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army was located, Fu Kaijiang and others were silent. The formations of their soldiers on the battlefield were chaotic, and the siege vehicles were destroyed. The soldiers were already in fear and chaos. Some were already trying to escape. The battle could not be fought. All the generals knew about the order to withdraw the troops, but the orders of the retreat were not allowed.
"Marson, the siege equipment has been destroyed and the morale of the army is no longer available. For the sake of the present, there is only..." A adviser made a suggestion.
Fu Kaijiang also understood that there was no other way but to withdraw his troops, but he was a little overwhelmed. His dream of sweeping away the barbarians and making achievements was also shattered. He was really unwilling to accept it. He shivered and his face was pale. He gritted his teeth and was about to order, when everyone heard a scream coming from the sky, getting closer and closer, the generals all turned their faces tightened.
"No, please dodge it!"
I don’t know who shouted, and everyone was so shocked that they were trembling, just where to hide?
Before these people could figure it out, the roar was already close to their ears. With a roar, a flowering bullet landed two or three meters away from the Shuaiqi, exploding, flames, loud bangs, thick smoke, and explosions flooded everyone.
However, in just a blink of an eye, the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, and most of the viewing platform had been destroyed. The strategists and generals fell to the ground. With such a big impact, even if those strategists were affected, they would be seriously injured even if they survived. The generals were all covered in dust. However, most generals had just raised their qi and had armor. Except for the generals who were more unlucky to be hit by some shrapnel, the others were not injured too much. It was just a huge roar, which made their ears a little deaf, their brains roar, and their internal organs were also rumbling, and they wanted to vomit. I really didn't expect that the thief's weapons were so powerful that they could hit so far. This was more than a mile, and the best catapult cart was only more than a hundred feet long, but I felt a little lucky. I didn't hit it right now. If I did it again, I would really have a life.
"Marson! Where is Marshal?" Someone suddenly remembered and shouted for a while, and then the other generals regained their hearing. They searched in a hurry. Finally, they found Fu Kaijiang, covered in blood under the table, leaving only one breath. This was Fu Kaijiang's luck. He was wearing a suit of armor with good protection, otherwise he would not have been able to breathe.
Seeing this, all the generals were embarrassed and looked at each other. How could they fight next? Moreover, Fu Kaijiang's identity was special, but the royal relatives, the emperor's brother-in-law, and the generals present could not be blamed. However, there was no time for a group of people to think about it. The roar and scream came again! This time no one had time to remind others, and they didn't care about others, so they ran away. Song Shixiong and others were still awake, so they hugged Fu Kaijiang and ran back.
Another flowering bullet fell right at the position of the handsome flag and exploded, shattering the handsome flag.
The situation on the head coach's side was like this. Many people saw that the head coach and the generals ran away. The weapons on the city were about to be fired again. The tragic situation was hit, and their limbs were split or made into mud. Many people were so scared that they were all shattered. How dare these soldiers stay? They retreated one by one. At the beginning, they were only a small part, but then they retreated across the board.
At this time, it was a good opportunity to beat the dogs and defeat the enemy. Xiao Tianlei and others from Guanzhong, Nanyue would naturally not let go. The city gate was wide open. Xiao Tianlei took some brothers out of the city to cover the killing. Xiao Tianlei rode on the steel mane and rushed out. He followed several brothers and some cavalry behind him. The Xuanbing Gun swept left and right, cleared a road, and rushed to the rear of the Zhengnan Army. Some grenadiers followed behind him. With the bombs, the rumbling explosions scared the Zhengnan Army to squat on the ground one by one, killing some soldiers who wanted to resist. The other soldiers knelt on the ground one by one, begging for mercy, and fell to the ground in groups.
The bombardment of small artillery on the city gradually became sparse, but the two cannons from the fortresses on the mountains on both sides showed their power, and the range of the shells continued to extend from the rear of the Southern Army, chasing the escaped generals.
The generals of the Southern Army fled back, but the shells followed them all the way, as if they had eyes. They really couldn't imagine that the traitor's weapons could hit so far. They were so scared that they didn't dare to stop. They rushed away the soldiers behind and ran back to the camp in one breath. They were still scared. There was still a rumbling sound of cannons in their ears. Everyone was panting and still in shock. At this moment, there was another explosion, and a shell fell into the camp and shattered a barracks.
“…”
Seeing this scene, the generals' faces were so ugly that they looked so ugly that they could not help but tremble. They felt that their camp was within the range of others, and they suddenly felt like they were being plotted by the Brotherhood! God knows, the Brotherhood has any vicious tricks! It is not advisable to stay here for a long time.
Some generals were still angry and wanted to take revenge, but they didn't think about these things. What's more, they were not afraid of revenge. What's more, now they can only be beaten, and they can't touch others' sides. It's not good to be beaten, but what else can they do? A group of generals got on the war horse again, took their own soldiers, abandoned the camp, and ran all the way.
Xiao Tianlei originally wanted to chase and kill a group of military generals from the Southern Army. When he led his men to rush over the riots and arrived at the enemy camp, the generals were no longer visible, so he had to give up and pursue and surrender the defeated soldiers. Xiao Tianlei did not expect that the first appearance of the artillery was so good, and it was a bit too good. In fact, if you want to say that the artillery was not really lethal, and before, the flowering bullets went to fight those generals, he did not hurt a few people. However, the deterrence and fear brought to ordinary soldiers by artillery were great. In addition, without the head coach and some strategists, all the generals also ran away, which caused this great defeat.
While Xiao Tianlei was still collecting defeated troops, Zheng Biao and Wu Meng reported the battle reports of Maoling Pass and Longya Pass one after another, and also used artillery to repel the enemy's attacks, which made the two troops defeat and lose. However, the enemy troops of the two groups were not defeated, and each stabilized their positions and retreated to the camp. However, they also lost one-third of their troops. Xiao Tianlei felt that these two groups were no longer worth worrying. Anyway, they were scared and had no way to break through the city.
Now only the Yuezhou navy left at the sea. Xiao Tianlei still knew what the Yuezhou navy is doing. Some old warships and a group of water bandit-like navy troops came from the sea this time, and only gathered 10,000 navy troops from all over the world, but they gathered some ships from the people to gather the number of warships. The Conch Bay sent some new warships to deal with it. Although there were not many, artillery was installed on these warships, and there was no reason to defeat them. They just considered reducing losses and how to eat all the navy troops to avoid someone escaping from reporting the news. They did not take action for a long time and just kept monitoring the trends. In today's battle, the defeat of the Nanxing Army was decided. Xiao Tianlei discussed with Xiao Tianfu and others who were in charge of the water battle. He learned that the group of guys from the Yuezhou navy had even driven the warship into the Crocodile River without knowing how to close the door and fight the dogs.
The Yuezhou navy did not know that it had been targeted at this time and was sailing on the Crocodile River in a swagger, heading towards Lingzhou City.
Since we arrived at sea, we had basically isolated the information on the land. Fu Kaijiang had originally formulated a detailed plan and sent an elite soldier and several generals to accompany the Yuezhou navy to act according to the plan. However, when we arrived at sea, these elite soldiers and powerful generals from the north became soft-legged shrimps. As for the combat plan, it was recently a season of heavy storms at sea, which was not conducive to navigation. Some old warships often had problems. Yuezhou navy stumbled along the coast and did not easily reach the entrance of the Crocodile River. As for what to do next, should we go directly to Lingzhou City, or take a boat to Lingzhou City? The differences between the generals of the navy and the generals sent by Fu Kaijiang were arguing for several days.
Originally, they thought they would encounter the obstruction of the Brotherhood, but in the end, they encountered nothing. Even the Sea Shark Gang that was rampant in Qionghai was missing, but only encountered some merchant ships. Generals from other places didn't know that the generals of the Yuezhou Navy knew the reputation of the Sea Shark Gang, and they dared to fight against Canghai Alliance. Moreover, the origin of the Sea Shark Gang was unknown, so they could not say that they had anything to do with the brothers. Now that the Sea Shark Gang has no trace, some generals of the Yuezhou Navy immediately became suspicious.
The Yuezhou navy had to send some people to investigate, but they did not return. The former generals of the Yuezhou navy retreated. The generals sent by Fu Kaijiang came up with military orders and insisted that the Yuezhou navy attack Lingzhou City. So, the Yuezhou navy entered the Cheongjiang River and sailed to Lingzhou City.
The first and second days were calm. On the third day, when the generals of the Yuezhou naval army woke up early in the morning, they suddenly discovered that some strange-shaped ships appeared on the waterways in front and behind. The ships were not big, and they were crossing the river, lined up in a row, blocking the way.
On the shore of the surrounded waters of the Yuezhou naval army, some people watched the situation on the river, including Qin Jincai's father Qin Ren'an and his aunt Qin Su. The cause of the incident was that Qin Su wanted to investigate the situation of the Brotherhood guarding. In fact, it was not only Qin Su, but many people wanted to enter the investigation. As a result, that area could not be entered at all. There were traps everywhere in the dense forest, and there were some powerful assassinators. All people outside the Brotherhood were stopped outside, and there were only a dead end to enter.
There was no choice but to change the targets. Many people knew that the Brotherhood would certainly not be unaware of it. However, how would the Brotherhood deal with it? Many people were very curious. The Brotherhood guarded the city tightly, but the water army was on the water. The Brotherhood naturally could not stop others from watching. On this day, Qin Su and others finally saw that some ships surrounded the Yuezhou Navy. Needless to say, these ships must be the work of the Brotherhood.
"These ships are a little strange in shape and have different sails. They seem to have nothing special. They are much smaller than the warships of the Yuezhou Navy, and their number is far less than that of the Yuezhou Navy. The brothers want to rely on these ships to deal with the Yuezhou Navy?"
Qin Su was quite puzzled, which was also the doubt of other bystanders. When these ships confronted the Yuezhou navy, some small boats came up from the river. Everyone knows that these small boats were pedal boats of the Brotherhood. If a few people stepped on the mechanism, the small boats could run fast. At this time, these small boats carried some Shanyue soldiers.
"Plan to use these small boats to attack the Yuezhou navy?" Even though he didn't know much about water war, Qin Su knew that these small boats would undoubtedly kill him. When the big boat hit him gently, the small boat would only fall into a capsized end. If the Brotherhood planned to let these people die, Qin Su would definitely not believe it. According to her understanding, the Brotherhood would make plans and then act, and there would definitely be any conspiracy among them! But what kind of conspiracy would it be?
Qin Su was thinking, and with a burst of commands and neat footsteps, two Shanyue troops of one or two thousand people drove on the roads on both sides of the river, pushing some vehicles covered by gray cloth to reach the surrounded waters of the Yuezhou navy and lined up on both sides. Shanyue soldiers were on guard and drove away some onlookers. Fortunately, Qin Su and Qin Ren'an stood at a distance to see, otherwise they would be driven away. The gray cloth covered by the vehicles was unveiled, revealing thick pipes, not just the metal pipes themselves, but the whole vehicle was an exquisite piece of equipment. Several Shanyue soldiers fiddled with them for a few times, and some brackets were extended on the car, firmly fixing the whole vehicle to the ground.
At this moment, the Brotherhood surrounded the Yuezhou navy by water and land, completely in the manner of competing with the Yuezhou navy. However, the Yuezhou navy did not know that a general on the commander's ship was still shouting to give way to the ships ahead and let them surrender to the court. However, he could not say anything halfway through his words. The Brotherhood ships and the Shanyue soldiers on the shore launched an attack, and Qin Su and others' doubts were all solved at once.
Boom boom boom boom...!
The Brotherhood ships roared, and the same was true on land. With the sound of screams, white water columns rose into the sky in the waters where the Yuezhou navy was located. When the water column exploded, some old warships immediately dispersed and fell, and the ships that were directly hit were even worse. They smashed some parts of the hull into pieces with just one shot, and suffered heavy casualties.
Faced with such an attack, the Yuezhou navy was completely stunned. How can we fight? We can't fight! We can't fight even if we fight. All we can think about is how to save our lives.
Qin Su thought of the metal pipe he had seen in Nanyue Pass. He had long guessed that it might be an extremely powerful weapon, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful. He couldn't help but murmur: "The Yuezhou Navy is finished... The Southern Expedition is also finished!"
Chapter completed!