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Chapter 318 Attacking Hangzhou

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    The intensity of the artillery battle of the Fat Man Army, even if it was changed to the southwest battlefield where the main force of the Wu army and the main force of the Qing army were replaced, it was at a super-top level, only in the Anshun Battle, Wuchang Battle, Luoshan Attack and Defense Battle and Jingzhou Battle.  A similar intensity of artillery battles can be seen on the battlefields of several decisive battles related to martial arts. In other medium and large-scale battles, such a large number of artillery pieces have never been invested, let alone such a large number of shells have been blasted.

    This is true of the Southwest battlefield, which was the most intense and large-scale battle in the San Francisco Rebellion, let alone the Zhejiang battlefield, which can only be ranked as a second-rate battlefield with Guangdong and Guangxi. Even the few veterans in the Hangzhou garrison never  I have never seen the spectacular scene of hundreds of artillery bombarding a section of the city wall, and I have never experienced what is called a real iron fire hell, what is called a bullet falling into the rain, and the sound of the cannon cracking the sky!

    I saw the artillery of the Fat Man Army roaring endlessly, felt the rock-solid city wall trembling slightly in the explosion, and saw my companions being smashed to pieces one by one in the artillery fire, the flesh and blood squalled wildly, and there was a shell nearby from time to time  When it explodes, the strong wind knocks you over, and the loud noise shakes your ears until the ear canal bleeds. No one can stand it.

    Under the tension and fear, no matter whether it was Li Zhifang, Tu La, Bayar, Shi Tiaosheng and other middle and senior generals of the Qing army, as well as the supervising team, generals and ordinary soldiers, they all lost their determination to fight the fat army to the end.  They all hid tremblingly under the dead corners of the city wall, crouched behind the battlements of arrows and battlements, squeezed into the sardine-like canned urn city, trembling, and whispered how to escape and save their lives.  Totally unable to muster up the courage to hold on to the city, let the infantry of the Fat Man Army swagger outside the city to fill up the moat and open the siege passage.

    It wasn't until it was completely dark that the Fat Army's artillery gradually dropped down, but the Fat Army infantry below the city continued to fill up the moat. Li Zhifang and Tu Lasong, who guessed that the Fat Army could not see the target clearly at night and refused to fire.  In one breath, he hurriedly commanded the army to go back to the city, and shot and fired arrows to prevent the fat man from filling the river, but the sky was too dark to see the target clearly, so the effect was not great.

    In desperation, Tula ordered the soldiers to risk going out of the city to light the hole on the city wall, but none of the soldiers dared to go out of the city, so they had to hang the soldiers with ropes and set fire to them.  The Jue Cave was basically bombarded by the fat man's artillery, and there was no way to insert a torch. In the end, Li Zhifang, who was quite resourceful, figured out a way to pile up firewood at intervals under the city and ignite it with kerosene on the slope to illuminate the target.  .  As a result, just when the pyre was half lit, the fat army's artillery shells hit their heads and faces again, killing dozens of Qing soldiers and blasting all the Qing soldiers on the city wall to the ground. This plan was useless again.

    In order to prevent the Fatty Army from filling the river, Li Zhifang, Tu La and others planned to use the cover of night to send a team of dead soldiers out of the city to attack, and even planned to send an army to attack the artillery positions of the Fatty Army.  Gathered a group of more than 600 dead soldiers.  However, when this death squad sneaked out of the city gate with the fire starter on their backs, the suspension bridge had just been lowered, and hundreds of rockets roared from the opposite darkness, blowing up the death squad in one go, and killing all bombs along the way.  Many Qing soldiers in the city gate were injured, and the Qing army's night attack plan also failed. No matter how much money Li Zhifang, Tu La and others spent, they could no longer recruit dead soldiers who dared to go out of the city to attack at night.

    "Listen up, all the dogs in the city!" What's even more exasperating is that the fat man used rockets to blow up the Qing army's night raid army, and he cursed and laughed: "Playing night raids, you are our grandchildren!  Find out, when we fought Wuchang and Jingzhou, did we fight at night or during the day!"

    "General Tu, Wugou is well prepared. We are not sure, so we should not waste our troops." Li Zhifang said helplessly to Tula: "The difference between our current army and Wugou's army is too great.  Weapons and equipment are far behind Wu Gou, so the best policy is to close the city and wait for our main force to rescue us."

    Tula coughed and didn't speak, and then sighed after a while, "That's the only way, prepare more weapons for defending the city, and prepare to fight Wu Gou. Fortunately, the city wall of Hangzhou is strong and can offset many Wu Gou's combat power.  "

    Relying on the joint help of Fatty Army artillery and the Qing army, the work of Fatty Army infantry filling the river went very smoothly. In just one night, Cheng Long, the new general, basically completed the task assigned by Lu Fatty at a very small cost. Lu Fatty  I was very happy and praised Cheng Long very much, but since the siege weapons of the Fatty Army were not ready yet, Fatty Lu did not launch the siege on the 27th day, but rewarded Cheng Long and the soldiers who filled the river heavily.  Changed a group of soldiers for Cheng Long, let him continue to fill the river, expand the attack surface of the fat man's siege weapons as much as possible, and let Qin Yong continue to cover Cheng Long's troops with artillery, continue to consume the Qing army's defenders with artillery, and attack the Qing army  ShouWith the courage to die together, it is not difficult to kill all the more than a hundred fat soldiers who have already ascended the city and bring down the city wall.  It is still quite sufficient, as long as the fat army retreats a little, all the hard-won results will be wiped out immediately.

    "Beat the drums harder and encourage the soldiers to charge and kill." Fatty Lu turned his head and ordered, and the order was conveyed. The more than 200 cowhide war drums that were already beating earth-shatteringly shook the ground even more, but the battle ahead was still stalemate.  Although Wu Yonghua's team opened up some attack surfaces to disperse the defenders, the Qing army sent more soldiers to block the attack, and the shadows of ordinary people could still be seen vaguely. It was obvious that the Qing army had already mobilized civilians.  Joined the battle.

    "Boss, why didn't we get involved in the city in advance?" Seeing this scene, Wang Shaobo was unavoidably anxious, "We have almost finished fighting all the ammunition today. If we can't win Hangzhou City in this battle, next time  Don't even think about attacking the city."

    Fatty Lu remained calm and did not speak, while Yao Qisheng took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shaobo, General, please rest assured, as long as the little dog is not seen through and dies in the hands of Man Gou, there will definitely be one."  Action, please wait patiently."

    "I believe so." Fatty Lu finally said, seemingly relaxed: "See, our engineers have already touched the edge of the city gate and are stacking explosives there. After a while, the city gate will be ignited and the deadlock will be over."  can be broken."

    "But even if the city gate is blasted, there is still a gate of the urn city inside!" Wang Shaobo reminded again.

    "Boss, look!" Zhu Fangdan, who finally got up from the bed, yelled, "Look at the city, the city is on fire! It's not just one place!"

    Fatty Lu, Wang Shaobo and others raised their heads in surprise, and took a closer look at the situation in Hangzhou City. They found that the city was indeed on fire, with thick smoke rising into the sky. The Qing army guards on the city were also in chaos immediately.  It was breached by the Fatty Army, and the soldiers of the Fatty Army took the opportunity to rush to the city wall.  Yao Qisheng nodded confidently and said: "The little dog has made a move. It seems that the little dog was not assigned to guard the city after being filled with defeated soldiers. He was assigned to patrol the streets in the city, so he could only set fire to the city  Accept our army."

    "Mr. Yao, this is the first time you call yourself our army. It seems that you really want to join our Da Zhou army." The careful Fatty Lu laughed, and Yao Qisheng also found his tone changed, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

    "Sir, what does the fire in the city have to do with your siege? Why are you so happy?" Little Pepper sitting on Fatty Lu's lap asked suspiciously.

    "Silly girl, there is a sudden fire in the city, can the dogs in the city not panic?" Fatty Lu squeezed the little pepper's face again, and smiled: "When the dogs panic, can they not panic? The dogs are flustered,  Doesn¡¯t your husband¡¯s army have a chance?¡±

    "Oh, so that's how it is." Little Pepper nodded half-understood, then suddenly wept again with a beautiful little face, and said nervously: "God bless, please don't burn my family's property! Eleven restaurants in my family  Six places have just been renovated, as well as my silk and satin shop, cloth shop and money shop, and it would be even worse if they were burned.¡±

    Note: Jue Cave is a kind of fortification of the ancient city wall. Its function is to insert torches for lighting and concentrate the light below the city wall to prevent the enemy from sneaking at night, and at the same time not to shake the eyes of the defenders on the city. However, the specific structure and location have been lost.  .  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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