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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 40 Cannon

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    ~Date:~October 23rd~

    When the soldiers of the Norman Empire pushed and pulled the improved ladder truck to the base of the city wall.  When they set up on the top of the city, they roared and started to attack.  General Wallenstein gritted his teeth again.  Still ordering the soldiers to pour oil - this time, he wasn't trying to knock the Normans off their feet.  Instead, he wanted to light a fire and burn these ladder trucks.

    Dry grass and oil will burn quickly. A ladder truck will burn as if it is covered with a fire carpet.

    ¡°In that case¡ª¡ª¡± General Wallenstein just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.  Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, the Norman infantry still chose to continue charging!  Fire is indeed frightening and daunting.  But in front of a real warrior, such a formation is not enough!  After bravely stepping forward and passing through the sea of ????fire as quickly as possible, the Norman infantrymen would not be in great harm.  It's just a slight burn on the calf.  The impact on combat effectiveness is quite limited.

    On the other hand, those coalition soldiers looked at the heroic posture of the Norman soldiers passing through the flames, and felt that they were even more ashamed of themselves.

    ¡°Just like this, a little flame cannot stop the Norman soldiers from advancing.  In a very short time - less than half an hour - more than a thousand Norman infantry were on the walls.  Fight with the coalition forces.

    Wearing three-quarter plate armor and holding battle axes and shields, the Norman infantry were extremely powerful in close combat - even though the army was numerous.  But the combat effectiveness is not as good as these Normans.  Add to this the astonishing feats of the Norman infantrymen as they marched through the sea of ??fire.  Decrease the morale of the coalition forces.  Under this ebb and flow, less than a thousand Norman infantrymen suppressed the anti-Norman Allied forces several times larger than them.

    This made General Wallenstein and General Karl feel ashamed.  Especially after the Normans captured an arrow tower, cut down all three flags of Bavaria, Bohemia and Austria, and replaced them with the flag of the Norman Empire - the morale of the army was even lower.  Listen to the cheers of the Normans.  Hardly an army.

    "General, we can send reinforcements now! We only need to send three thousand more elite troops. Then we will win this battle!" Seeing that our forwards have the advantage.  behind.  Next to General Ers, several captains and guard knights were excited and persuaded him like this.

    "I can't tell I can't tell."

    However, General Ers is not as optimistic as these people. The generals have long seen it.  Although the other party was suppressed for a while.  But the defeat without chaos ¡ó line also remains intact.  The key points around the city wall have not been lost, and a large number of reserves are still maintained.  If we increase the number of troops on the front line at this time, we can certainly expand the results.  But I want to win all at once.  However, there is a small possibility that the two armies will fall into a war of attrition and both sides will suffer losses.

    "If that's the case, even winning is not a good thing" General Urs shook his head and finally made up his mind to attack again temporarily.  and made next plans.

    Seeing that the enemy has the upper hand.  At the top of Prague City, the two generals of the army were muttering in their hearts: They were afraid that the Normans would get angry and send more reinforcements.  When turning this siege into a decisive battle, the two generals also prepared for the worst.  A large number of messengers were dispatched into the city.  Order the remaining defenders in the city to prepare for battle.  When necessary, fight the Normans to the death.

    However, just as a group of people ordered the soldiers to leave.  While going to convey the orders of the allied generals, there was another sound of trumpets from the Norman army.  After hearing this blast of trumpets ¡ý on the city wall.  The Normans who fought bravely with the coalition forces, whether they were captains of thousands.  Centurions are still ordinary infantrymen.  They all moved quickly to get on the siege ladder and went down to the city again.  Retracted under the long-range cover of the Normans.

    "Here, what's going on? Did we win?" Seeing the enemy retreating, the generals gathered together and looked at each other.  Don't know what to say.  A long time passed.  It was Wallenstein who reacted first.  After shouting "Victory!", a feeble cheer came from the top of Prague.

    So, this tentative attack ended in an anticlimactic manner - the army considered itself the victor.  The Norman Empire also obtained the data they wanted.  In the next period of time, General Erth had nothing to do except send a small number of troops to feint attack to weaken the strength and physical strength of the coalition forces, just like this time.  Just doing another piece of work.

    "Sixty-four-pound siege cannon."  It once appeared briefly during the siege of Jerusalem.  A giant artillery piece that exists primarily as a deterrent.  Now in the Norman Navy.  The installation has begun - of course, only the largest and strongest first-class ships can carry such giant artillery.  In the army, this kind of too huge and heavy artillery is almost completely invisible - precisely because it is too large.?It is bulky and difficult to transport.  Even in a great and scientifically prosperous empire like the Norman Empire, the standard equipment installed by the army was only a twenty-four-pound infantry cannon.

    However, as an expert in siege, General Erth is proficient in the production methods of various siege weapons.  His knowledge of this kind of giant artillery is far higher than that of ordinary people - in fact, after hearing that he would preside over the attack on Bohemia and Austria, the general had already begun planning his giant artillery.  plan.

    First, he cast the cannons entirely.  Then it was dismantled into parts and mounted on a special eight-horse carriage.  Transport it this way.  After transporting it to the place, these things have to be reassembled.  And some new parts need to be replaced before it can be used.

    If it were an ordinary field battle, the day lily would be cold after a while.  However, if it is a siege, it is a different matter

    After a month of preparation, the coalition soldiers in Prague were surprised to find that soldiers from the Norman Empire had carried out a total of five behemoth bronze cannons.  That huge cannon barrel can fit a person directly, and it's even richer.  Next to these artillery pieces were much smaller twenty-four-pound infantry cannons - these originally ferocious weapons seemed small and insignificant in front of the monster-like giant cannons.  As for the twenty smaller mortars further back in the artillery array, they are even more inconspicuous

    It¡¯s just a short month.  Under the constant urging and efforts of General Erth, the Mann engineering soldiers worked day and night.  Not only were five sixty-four-pound cannons combined, but several other standard artillery pieces were also cast.  Plus the artillery originally owned by the Norman army.  All of a sudden, they put together such a terrifying posture. Seeing dozens of black artillery aimed at themselves, how could the coalition forces at the top of the city not panic?  !

    "This, this is the artillery that appeared during the attack on Jerusalem!" Many soldiers who participated in the Fourth Crusade changed their expressions looking at those giant cannons.  When the Normans fought in the Crusades, they tried their best to build only one such artillery piece.  Who would have thought that they would bring out five giant cannons at this moment!  With such a terrifying formation, who can stop them?  !

    Before the coalition soldiers finished sighing, the Man Empire was already ready to fire. A total of thirty-five artillery pieces were fired one after another.  The scene was spectacular.  Amidst the loud rumblings, the soldiers in Prague felt as if the sky was falling.  Some people were even shocked to the point where their orifices bleed and their internal organs were even broken!  Among them, two 64-pound artillery shells were fired into the moat. The waves caused by the water hit the city of Prague directly, knocking back several panicked coalition soldiers who were running around!

    After this comes the second round of shooting.  A cannonball slammed into an arrow tower.  Then, amidst the surprised shouts of the coalition soldiers, a large hole was punched in the middle of the arrow tower, and another equally large hole appeared behind the hole.  Immediately afterwards, the bricks and stones next to the cavity fell down with a crackle.  Then there was a "boom", and the originally magnificent tower was broken from the middle and fell towards the city of Prague. It crushed a few unlucky people who could not dodge into a pulp, and also destroyed the surrounding areas.  Several houses were smashed into pieces

    A group of coalition soldiers looked at such a scene and were speechless for a long time, and they kept falling

    However, when all the coalition soldiers were acting like idiots and could hardly move, outside the city, General Ers yelled angrily: "Where are you aiming?! I want you to bombard the city gate. You know the city gate."  I don¡¯t understand, city gate!!! It is too difficult to blast through the city wall with current artillery technology, so in addition to the psychological deterrent effect, the most correct target is the opponent¡¯s city gate! A city gate with a hardwood structure!!!  "

    The engineers operating the artillery were a little speechless when they heard General Urs roaring like this.  They also know exactly what targets to attack.  However, the accuracy of this heavy artillery is somewhat problematic.  And they rarely use artillery of this size.  Coupled with the slightly bad luck - there were two rounds of bombardment in total, and none of the ten shells hit the target. Although it sounds idiotic, it is actually helpless.

    "Forget itbe careful. Keep shooting." After scolding for a while, General Erth felt a little helpless, so he waved his hand and ordered the engineers to continue.  So the engineers took action immediately.  He performed beyond his level and was ready to shoot within five minutes. I don¡¯t know whether it was because of the scolding or because of the victory of the theory of probability. Once, three of the five giant cannonballs hit the target.  The opponent's city gate (To be continued.

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