Li Zhilong also knew that as long as a gap was blown up in the city wall, there would be no problem in breaking through the city wall.

Therefore, with the cover of the heavy artillery regiment, this attack is actually just about getting a bargain.

Looking at the two subordinates in front of him who were quarreling and had no intention of compromise, Li Zhilong also looked embarrassed.

Chief of Staff Yuan Lei suggested at this time: "Team Gao, don't fight. No matter what, thousands of Beiyang troops were eliminated by your 11th Division. I think this main attack will be given to the 10th Division first!"

Gao Jun immediately retorted: "The battle to eliminate the Beiyang Army is not counted. They surrendered before we started attacking. Not only did we not get the battle, but we also ran dozens of kilometers more than the 10th Division. Not to mention anything else, we ran dozens of kilometers more, and the main attack mission should be given to us. We can't let the 11th Division always suffer losses and not take advantage of it. This is unreasonable."

Chief of Staff Yuan Lei also showed a embarrassed expression on his face, and then said with a wry smile: "Captain, I have no choice. Whoever plays the main attacker, it is up to you to decide who plays the main attacker."

Li Zhilong always had a hesitant expression, but after hearing the Chief of Staff's words, his eyes suddenly shot out two rays of light, and then ordered: "The 10th Division will attack the main attack, break through the city wall, and kill into the city!"

Seeing Gao Jun subconsciously wanted to refute, Li Zhilong did not give him a chance to speak and continued to order: "Gao Jun, your 11th Division also has a task! After the 10th Division enters, immediately divide and eliminate the imperial guards in the city, especially the imperial guards on the city wall. As long as you do not surrender, you will be eliminated. As for your 11th Division, you will directly kill the palace after entering the city. I will give you the task of attacking the palace."

Gao Jun's face was filled with joy. But Li Zhilong continued to order without making him happy for too long.

"But don't be too happy. The general said that when you take down the capital, you should protect the palace from being destroyed as much as possible. So when you attack the palace, you will not use mortars and mountain cannons, field cannons and heavy cannons, and you must also control casualties."

If you can enter the palace and capture the little emperor, it will definitely be a great military achievement. You have to stand aside whether you are the main attack or the contribution of breaking through the city wall.

So, Gao Jun promised without waiting for Li Zhilong to finish his words: "Please rest assured to ensure that the task is completed!"

Xiao Bing, who was standing next to Gao Jun, had only envy at this time.

Faced with the decision that Li Zhilong had made, he had no way to make him change.

After the Beiyang Army's consumption, the imperial guards in the city were gone except for a hundred mortars left, and a single mountain cannon was gone.

Therefore, when Liu Sen commanded the heavy artillery troop to set up artillery, he was not worried that the imperial guards would take the initiative at all.

Of course, even if the Beiyang Army had mountain artillery, it would not be able to attack Liu Sen's heavy artillery regiment.

The range of each artillery of the heavy artillery regiment is more than twice that of the mountain artillery. In order to avoid possible accidents, Liu Sen considered the counterattack of the imperial guards when choosing the artillery position.

More than 30 heavy artillery pieces were all outside the range of the mountain artillery.

Although these heavy artillery was far away from the city wall and with the help of telescopes, Zaitao, who was standing tall, found a busy artillery position as soon as possible.

Because there were no mountain artillery, Zaitao's artillery commander had become the commander of the bare body, following Zaitao as a counselor.

Looking at the heavy artillery regiment a few kilometers away, Zai Tao's face turned pale when he looked solemn.

He was stunned for a moment before reacting from the shock, and then said to Zaitao with a look of despair.

"Your Majesty, it's a heavy artillery. All the National Wehrmachts are deployed by heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm. As long as they attack the gap, we can't hold on to the gap that we just reinforced for five minutes!"

Zai Tao frowned, and before he could speak, a town commander was shocked and asked, "What should we do? We know that the National Defense Forces must also know that they will definitely attack the gap desperately. Prince, we must find a way, otherwise we can't even stop a single attack from the National Defense Forces."

Zaitao also realized the seriousness of the matter and asked calmly: "How many troops do we have to use it!"

"In addition to the three thousand imperial guards that protected the palace, there are more than 11,000 people, including more than 5,000 imperial guards and more than 5,000 imperial guards." A staff officer answered immediately.

"In addition, the Imperial Army Yamen is mobilizing all the important officials and royal relatives in the city to report to the Yamen. Now he has summoned more than 6,000 people, all of which are distributed to the city walls, and can defend the city at any time."

Zaitao, who quickly calculated the troops at hand, immediately analyzed: "What you said just now is right. The gap must be the key direction of the National Defense Forces' offensive. Here, a very tragic battle will definitely break out."

"Since this is the case, the National Defense Forces in other directions will definitely be a feint attack, and the battle will not be too fierce. Immediately send all the servants and guards to other city gates, and replace half of the imperial guards and personal guards to gather behind the gap."

The staff officer who had just spoken immediately replied: "Prince, if this happens, we can draw at least five thousand main forces to the gap."

Zaitao shook his head and replied: "Five thousand main forces are not enough. All the servants and guards convened by the Imperial Army next were sent here, and as much as they could be given. The National Defense Forces have the advantage of artillery fire. If we want to defend the gap, we can only fill our lives in it."

In less than an hour, a harsh whistle through the air sounded over the battlefield.

Then, a violent explosion rang out more than two hundred meters outside the gap.

A ball of fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose from the air from the ground, which meant that the Defense Forces' offense was about to begin.

Less than two minutes after the test shot, Liu Sen's heavy artillery regiment began to roar.

More than thirty shells with screaming sounds all hit the gap and exploded around them.

In the blink of an eye, the gap that reached thirty meters was covered by gunpowder. However, the heavy artillery regiment's shelling had just begun and there was no intention of stopping.

The heavy artillery regiment fired, and other artillery brought by the Fourth Army also fired at the top of the city.

Although the imperial guards rushed to the top of the city to avoid shells, many people were still hit by shells.

The violent and dense explosion above the head made every imperial guard hiding at the foot of the city wall frightened, and then prayed that the shelling would end soon.

But things went against my wishes. In order to capture the capital and overthrow the imperial court, several troops dispatched by the National Defense Forces brought a large amount of ammunition to replenish the shells. In terms of replenishing shells, other shells were open for supply.

In addition, Xiao Bing of the Tenth Division made a guarantee in front of Li Zhilong that he would break through the city wall with an attack.

In order to achieve this goal, Xiao Bing directly asked Li Zhilong for twenty minutes of artillery preparation, and all artillery soldiers followed his command during the entire artillery fire.

At this time, although the gap was covered by smoke and could not see anything, Xiao Bing still held up his telescope and stared at the explosions.

Three minutes later, the gap was still covered by gunpowder and the explosion continued.
Chapter completed!