Chapter 1444 Breaking the situation

Yangguli's understanding of gunpowder was more based on weapons such as artillery and muskets. It was only two years ago when Kong Youde coerced the rebels to cross the sea to defect to Hou Jin that he brought a large number of military craftsmen with him, and only then did Hou Jin start

They have the ability to produce the weapons that they once feared. But for the use of blasting, Yanguli really has no relevant concepts. This is because Houjin’s gunpowder production capacity is extremely limited and cannot be supplied to the army. It cannot be used anymore.

Research weapons of mass destruction or other bizarre uses.

As for the advanced forms of nitroglycerin explosives, safety fuses, fulminant detonators, etc. used by the Haihan Army, even the craftsmen who brought gunpowder and gun-making technology to Houjin had no relevant concepts, let alone Yanguli.

.For the special attack method of blasting, the Hou Jin Army had never heard of it, and naturally they would not use this tactic as a precaution.

There are two "explosion" incidents recorded in historical records in the Ming Dynasty. The first is the Wanggong Factory explosion in 1626. However, there are always different opinions on the real cause of the explosion, and there is no convincing official explanation. Time Travel

It was the year after the big explosion when the researchers came to this time and space. Although out of curiosity, they thought of some ways to find out the inside story of the incident, they did not get any actual results and could only speculate about the incident.

The explosion may be related to the large amount of gunpowder stored in the Wang Gong Factory at that time.

Another incident had not yet occurred. When Zhang Xianzhong, a peasant army general in the late Ming Dynasty, attacked the two cities of Chongqing and Chengdu, he used gunpowder to blast the city walls, and the effect was remarkable. However, this would not happen until several years later.

It is difficult to say whether this time and space with Haihan's intervention will follow the original historical trajectory.

As for the Houjin Army in distant Liaodong, they never thought that a section of the fortress defense line they had worked so hard to build would suddenly disappear out of thin air, and the Haihan Army broke through without any effort.

Yangguli could only rely on his own intuition to guess that something was wrong in the direction of the loud noise. However, the Haihan artillery outside was still sporadically bombarding Jijiabao. He did not dare to attack Jijiabao at this time.

Li could only send his capable men in that direction to check what was going on. Even so, the strong sense of uneasiness in his heart showed no sign of fading away. Instead, it became more intense, even to the point of feeling on his back.

I started to break out in cold sweat unconsciously.

Yang Guli didn't know what this warning sign meant, but he still subconsciously ordered his subordinates to get him armor, dress them up in advance, and prepare for the battle. Although the Haihan Army outside Jijiabao did not launch a real attack

However, Yang Guli had a vague hunch that the offensive and defensive posture of the two companies would definitely be determined within today.

Yang Guli did not wait too long when the bad news came. The Haihan Army created an explosion not far from Jijiabao, blowing a large gap of six to seven feet wide in the defense wall. Then before the defenders arrived,

They have already broken through the defense line. The current status of our casualties is unknown, but it is probably difficult to find anyone alive within a hundred feet of the explosion site.

After hearing the news, Yang Guli suddenly felt his eyes darken, and his body went limp uncontrollably. If the guard beside him hadn't helped him, he almost fell to the ground. Although he expected that something might happen to Haihan suddenly

The offensive broke out, but he never expected that it would take such an unconventional route, directly tearing a hole in the defense line instead of attacking the existing channel as usual. He didn't understand how Haihan caused a section of the city wall to evaporate in an instant, but

He knew that if he wanted to close this hole again, it would be very difficult.

Yangguli calmed down for a moment and asked for details again, only to find out that Haihan had about a thousand troops pouring in from the gap and building a defensive offensive there. Yangguli felt even more worried when he heard that, if Haihan broke through

Immediately after the defense line, the offensive was launched to attack the fortresses and garrison strongholds on the defense line. Nayanguli could also use the mobility of the cavalry to deal with it. Maybe he could seize the opportunity in the process and have hope of making a comeback. But Hai

Han fought so steadily. After breaking through the defense line, instead of advancing rashly, he stopped to build defenses. It seemed that he had already calculated his own possible reaction, and maybe he was waiting for Yanguli to hit the iron plate.

But he had to go, and he had to go immediately, otherwise as the defender of this line of defense, he would have to bear all the consequences of the loss. Yangu Li immediately issued an order to assemble the team, leaving a thousand people to continue in Jijiabao

He personally led more than 2,000 people to the scene of the incident to put out the fire.

Using explosives to break through the defense line of the Jinzhou Fortress is not Haihan's only combat plan, but all departments in the military are still fully prepared for this, especially the various tools and materials needed to build fortifications in the first chapter.

A carriage was immediately sent to the gap. Hundreds of civilians and engineers immediately got busy, trying to transform the place into a position that could defend against Hou Jin's counterattack in the shortest possible time.

When calculating the blasting yield, we had already considered the need to build a position in this gap in the future, not only to allow the Haihan Army to quickly pass through here and enter the north of the defense line, but also to rely on the terrain here to defend this passage.

At this time, the east-west defensive wall became an obstacle that restricted the enemy's performance. The Haihan Army only needed to establish an arc-shaped position facing the north and cover the gap. Then the enemy would use a cavalry formation.

To launch a counterattack, the attack surface is only less than 180 degrees. Moreover, the position is bordered by the city wall, so Haihan can build his best three-dimensional firepower network to deal with the Hou Jin army. If the opponent wants to launch a counterattack on the city wall,

It is easy to defend, but the city wall passage less than seven feet wide will definitely become a nightmare for the Jin soldiers.

The two main passages to the east and west of the defense line were blocked by the defenders with wood and rocks. For a while, they would not be able to come out to outflank Haihan's retreat. Even if they cleared the passages on their own immediately, Jijiabao and Su would be overwhelmed.

The artillery outside the castle will not sit idly by, and it is not easy to attack them in the opposite direction.

In this way, the Haihan army holding the gap only needs to concentrate on dealing with the enemies north of the defense line. After the opponent regains control of this place, they can talk about holding the defense line, and can only do their best to attack the gap currently controlled by Haihan.

, and this is the real purpose of Haihan designing such a seemingly complicated combat plan.

It has never been difficult for Haihan to break through this line of defense. Organizing a large-scale landing behind enemy lines is nothing more than sending more ships to join the battle. But if you want to achieve the combat goal of severely damaging the enemy, you must let the opponent gather their forces and

Take the initiative to launch an attack, otherwise with the limited land mobility of the Haihan Army, it would be impossible to retain Hou Jin's cavalry. The purpose of building a position in the gap in the defense line after the blast was to force the Hou Jin Army

I had to take the initiative to fight.

Although the radius of this arc-shaped position is only fifty meters, Haihan has invested 2,000 troops in this place. Almost all the main forces of the special operations battalion are concentrated here, and the special operations battalion was originally the main attack force.

The direction of Jijiabao has been handed over to the Pidao Army to blockade it. The Sujiabao on the other side of the defense line is being watched by Harugong, who just returned to the south yesterday.

"Let's bet here next!" Qian Tiandun stood on the city wall that was originally part of the defense line, looking at the Houjin cavalry that had appeared on the distant horizon, and said with great satisfaction.

Next to him were Morgan, who led the blasting operation, and Chen Yixin, who was in charge of commanding the special operations battalion. After hearing these words, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. The battlefield situation in front of them was exactly what they expected against the sea.

In the most favorable situation for the Han Dynasty, all they had to do next was to let go of their hands and shoot as many Jin troops as possible who were trying to counterattack.

Chen Yixin is responsible for commanding the special operations battalion on the front line to face the post-war Jin army. Morgan will lead his sniper team to set up multiple sniper positions on the city wall, taking advantage of the terrain to kill some high-value battlefield targets. Qian Tiandun is responsible for overall control

overall situation, coordinating and commanding the connection between front-line combat forces and reserve forces and logistics arrangements. The three of them performed their respective duties and began to command the decisive battle in the spring offensive.

After arriving at the battlefield, Yangguli observed the terrain and secretly complained. The defensive wall that was originally used to resist the Haihan Army's northern invasion has now become the opponent's reliance, limiting his own attack route. Seeing that place, he still

While the position was being strengthened and renovated, Yangguli subconsciously recalled the scene when he attacked the beachhead position at the seaside yesterday. It's just that the scale of today's position is larger than that of yesterday, and the navy and Han troops stationed in it naturally

There are more. If we want to capture this place, the number of casualties will probably be huge.

But now it is a difficult situation. Regardless of whether Yangu Li is willing or not, this battle must be fought, and the sooner the better, otherwise it will take another day or two for Haihan to turn this temporary position into a fortress.

, then the Jin Army's chances of winning became even smaller. Although he had already sent a request for help to Azig, the current situation no longer allowed him to wait any longer.

"Bang the drum! Attack!" Yangu Li gave the order to start the war with a stern expression.

Several big cowhide drums sounded in the Houjin army, and then flags were played in the Yangguli formation, instructing the troops coming from Sujiapu in the west to join the battle. A cavalry team of a thousand people came from the east and west directions to slow down.

Slowly leave the camp and march towards the Haihan position. Needless to say, this is of course the cavalry charge that the Jin Army relies on most and is good at. However, due to the terrain restrictions today, it is difficult for them to use some sudden changes of direction.

, tactics such as repeated attacks and luring the enemy into firing can only be used to fight Haihan head-on.

Not far behind him, there were another thousand cavalry teams on both sides slowly following up. It seemed that Yangu Li was determined to make a desperate move and planned to directly use the main force to attack Haihan's position without leaving Haihan behind.

Any respite.

This is something Yang Guli realized in yesterday's battle, which is to make full use of his own strength advantage and the combat experience of the soldiers, and rely on the number of people to attack. Even if the Haihan Army has sharp guns and cannons, it will always be defeated.

If there is a gap that needs to be reloaded, even if it is only such a short interval, it is enough for the brave Bajala warrior to rush in. He even believed that if he could realize this truth earlier yesterday, maybe there would be a gap in the gap.

The position had already been taken by himself.

But the previous defeats are not important. Yangguli knows that he only needs to win the battle in front of him, so no one will pursue the defeat yesterday. But if he loses the battle in front of him, then he will probably lose the battle in front of him.

The old and new accounts must be settled together.

Even if he had won many battles in the past, even if he had the status of a prince-in-law, if the Jinzhou defense line was thrown away from his own hands, it would be difficult to offset his sins. Afterwards, if Huang Taiji investigated him, he, the commander, must have escaped.

In addition to responsibility, he would inevitably issue an order to strip off part of his military power.

So Yangu Li knows very well what this line of defense means to him, and he cannot afford to lose even if he dies in battle here. He has currently ordered more than 6,000 troops to be assembled here, which already accounts for 10% of the troops stationed along the entire line of defense.

More than 70%, if you can't win the Haihan people's position in this way, then at least you have to fight with the enemy to death, so that afterwards at least Huang Taiji will not embarrass his own people because of this matter.

After the two groups of cavalry, the remaining infantry also began to take action. Except for a few logistics troops, all the troops mobilized by Yangguli were thrown into the battlefield at once. Such a wave of tactics is extremely risky, and it can even be said that

It was a complete gamble. If Houjin lost, it would be tantamount to automatically giving up the entire line of defense. But if he could win this bet, it would be reasonable to severely damage the invading Haihan Army.

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"What a great game!" Qian Tiandun quickly confirmed the opponent's offensive strategy through the telescope and couldn't help but muttered to himself.

This kind of kill-or-break tactics, in which everything is destroyed from the very beginning, is actually rare in battle. Generally speaking, as long as they are not forced into a desperate situation, generals will leave themselves an escape route from the battlefield when arranging their troops.

At the very least, a reserve army should be left behind to press the battle, instead of rushing out in full force as soon as they come up. It can be seen that the Hou Jin Army was indeed anxious. Qian Tiandun believed that this was because the fortress defense line was of great significance to Hou Jin.

, there was no room for failure, and on the other hand, Hai Han's offensive in the past few days had been infuriated by poking in the east and west, so he seized the opportunity of a frontal decisive battle and decisively launched a full-scale attack.

Although the position Haihan set up here has a radius of fifty meters, it does not cram all 2,000 people into the position. The number of people actually preparing to fight on the front line is only 700 or 800, and any more would be too big to fit in.

, but it affects the combat effectiveness. In addition, there are no more than a thousand personnel posted on the nearby city wall, and nearly half of the remaining troops are serving as reserves in the south of the position, ready to replace the front-line troops at any time.
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