Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1033 Cruel
The new type of cannon was roaring loudly, and the powerful projectiles hit the city wall one after another with a thunderous force. Every shell that fell would cause huge damage to the city wall.The city walls of Shenyang can also be said to be strong and thick, but in front of these giant cannons, they are no different from an earthen wall. Now these terrible giant cannons are concentrating on tearing down the walls, and do not bring all the hard work. I'm sorry for the hardships along the way!
Of course, this tough battle was not a unilateral performance by these giant cannons. The Ming army mobilized nearly [-] cannons. After the giant cannons fired, the artillery groups deployed around Shenyang City also fired one after another. Shocked by the violent and loud noises that had never been seen before, the large group of flames tore through the ground. Looking down from a high altitude, the entire Shenyang City is like a volcano erupting from the foot of the mountain. The scene made everyone who witnessed it horrified. !Especially when those deadly rockets fired, the sky turned into a big red-hot iron pot, which was heavily pressed on the top of Shenyang City, and held in the hearts of every bannerman who stood firm in Shenyang City.Rockets dragging smoke and flames poured into the city like pouring rain. Thousands of groups scrambled to burst out flames that instantly engulfed the blocks. Trees are uprooted, fortresses, will, courage...all the necessary conditions to support an army in the cold weapon era are ruthlessly smashed at this moment. No matter how powerful an army is, facing this torrent of steel and flames, it can only be ruthlessly crushed The portion that the earth devours!

In Shenyang City, there was no difference between soldiers and civilians. They were all terrified by the overwhelming artillery fire. They covered their ears and screamed amidst the falling bolides, running wildly, trying to find a safe place to escape the artillery fire.But where can they hide when shells rain down?From time to time, shells fell into the crowd, and after a loud noise, blood rained all over the sky, and broken limbs and rags were flying in the air, which was horrible!Just the bombardment had already made them desperate. Facing such an opponent, they had no hope of winning. They would have nothing but destruction!
Catherine stayed close to the giant guns, and the roar of the guns' firing made her ears ring and her eyes stared with pain.The artilleryman persuaded her to leave, but she shook her head and refused, standing there, sometimes watching the artilleryman manipulate these giant cannons to destroy the fortifications of the city wall without blinking, and sometimes using binoculars to observe the situation of the city wall after being shot, she was very busy.She had collected information on the walls of Shenyang City, and made a judgment based on her knowledge of civil engineering: Even if fifty thousand of the most elite Spanish Legion were dispatched, equipped with heavy artillery, it would probably take three years to take it down. The damn walls are too strong!But now, I am horrified to see that under the fierce bombardment of the Ming army's heavy artillery, the impenetrable city wall is melting at an alarming speed like ice cubes washed by warm water...

"This is the power that can only be possessed by gods!" the countess muttered to herself. "Only Zeus, the father of all gods, has such an ability, and the Chinese have actually achieved it! Once their invincible army with a large number of heavy artillery Arriving in Europe in warships, who in all Europe can resist them?”

At this time, only 400 years have passed since Mongolia's Western Expedition bloodbathed Europe. The figures of Mongolian knights in heavy armor and horizontal swords galloping on horses have not yet gone away. The red-stained rivers, the cities flooded with blood and fire, and the wastelands covered with bones are still vivid in the memory of Europeans. The "yellow peril" is not a legend, but something deep in the hearts of Europeans. The darkest, scariest memory.Now that the Golden Family has long since declined, the Mongolian rule in Europe has been blasted to dust by cannons early, and there is no possibility of a comeback. With the discovery of the New World, Europeans have every reason to believe that the darkness has passed forever, and the era belonging to Europa is coming!Catherine once firmly believed in this, but now... a terrible force has gathered in the east of the Eurasian continent. This force is more destructive than the original Mongols. Once it is like the Mongols A western expedition, sweeping the Eurasian continent... This possibility, just thinking about it makes people shudder!
The shelling lasted a full two hours.In just two hours, the Ming army mobilized dozens of sailors and knocked out more than half of the thousands of shells pulled by countless ox carts and carriages.When Lu Xiangsheng ordered the shelling to stop, the majestic city walls of Shenyang City turned into piles of rubble piled up like mountains, almost no longer existed. The city of Shenyang was full of smoke, a sea of ​​flames, and the sound of shouting and shouting came and went, just like the world Doomsday in general.The God of War came out of the mist and showed his most ferocious face to the people. With one blow, the Shenyang city defense system that the Eight Banners of Manchuria had painstakingly managed for decades fell apart!

A signal bomb rose into the sky, and the general offensive began.The Panjin Legion roared, rushing towards the gaps in the blasted city wall like a rising tide, pouring in from each gap, unstoppable!The Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army also started to mobilize, and there was a turbulent wave outside the city. The crumbling city wall couldn't stop this terrible storm.

Behind the ruined wall, sharp arrows flew out in a mess. The soldiers of the Qing army guarding the city wall were killed and injured, but the survivors still did not give up their resistance.Many of the defenders had witnessed the process of the Qing army entering Shenyang. They knew exactly what the Qing army had done at that time. Once the blood-red Ming army rushed in, they would be completely finished!Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow desperately!One musket counts as one, take them all out and aim at the Ming army and fire!The cannon that could still fire ignored the approaching fire, reloaded and bombarded the Ming army until the fire reached the powder keg!Go all out, go all out!People in the Ming army were constantly shot by arrows, fell down by bullets, or were knocked down by flying stones. They didn't care about these casualties. The gravel fell together with a clatter.The Qing army simply stopped shooting arrows, and threw the thunderbolt shells and grenades seized last year at the Heluo new army from a high place. These things are not small, especially the thunderbolt shells. There were a lot of casualties.The Ming army fought back with dense grenades, and the city and the city were all exploded into one piece, causing many casualties on both sides.

After a long fierce battle and paying a heavy price, the Panjin Army was the first to smash the Qing army's defense line at the west gate and invade the city.Immediately afterwards, the North Gate defense line was also breached. This complex army roared into the city, shooting and even stabbing anyone with a bayonet!The Qing army also went crazy. They blocked the streets with carts and sandbags. The soldiers hid behind the barricades and even hid on the walls to shoot, throw spears and arrows at the Ming soldiers who rushed in. There were fireworks everywhere on the streets. The crazy Qing soldiers rushed out from behind the broken wall with long knives and heavy swords to engage the Ming soldiers in close combat. They would not stop fighting unless they were knocked down by bullets or stabbed with bayonets.

The Heluo new army faced the most tenacious resistance, because Huang Taiji died in their hands. The Qing army was full of hatred for them, and they fought back desperately. Some people even rushed to the middle of the Heluo new army with lightning bombs to detonate them. They perished together with them, and many of these figures who perished with them turned out to be women. This madness is really shocking.The terrain was narrow and the Heluo New Army could not give full play to its strength advantage. They could only add squadrons one by one to compete with the Qing army for farmhouses.In street fighting, their rifles were difficult to use. The Heluo New Army, which was able to kill, simply stopped shooting. They used bayonets, engineering shovels, and grenades to fight against the Qing army. A squadron with too many casualties was withdrawn. Change to a new squadron, who is afraid of whom!
The Tianxiong army also encountered the same trouble, and a major weakness of the new army was exposed: they are not good at street fighting!

Is really not good at.Whether it is the Tianxiong Army or the Heluo New Army, they have been pursuing field battles to defeat the enemy since the first day they were formed, destroying the enemy's main force with the most fierce offensive in the field battles, but they have never considered how to fight street battles.Over the past few years, they have won almost every battle in the field. There were occasional tough battles, and there were no street fights. After knocking open the shell, the opponent surrendered, and it went smoothly.Now the entire Shenyang city is like a hornet's nest, every house is a fortification, and every street is a Shura battlefield. I have such a powerful force advantage but I can't use it. This feeling really makes Heluo Xinjun and Tian Xiongjun was a little bit crazy.But they are not easy to mess with. They are nailed to every inch of the land they occupy like steel nails. They use volleys of guns and grenades to meet the desperate counterattacks of the Qing army again and again. The Qing soldiers fell down in rows, and the hand grenades that flew over like raindrops cut them down in clumps.The engineers took the risk of using explosives to widen the gap in the city wall, and even simply blasted the houses one by one and row by row. Wherever these guys went, there was no grass.It's not that they like to destroy, there is really no way, the place is too narrow, the new army can't use it, so they have to blow up some buildings to see if they can accommodate more troops!
The Panjin Army, the Heluo New Army, and the Tianxiong Army suffered similarly. The entire Shenyang city was like a battered hornet's nest. When the city is driven out, the control of every building and every street must go through several fierce battles before it can be seized.The Ming army fought quite painfully in this battle, and the Qing army also suffered extremely heavy casualties. It was completely filling the loopholes in the defense line with flesh and blood.Relying on this desperate fighting spirit, they survived the first day. The Ming army failed to achieve decent results, and the battlefield has been repeatedly sawing around the city wall.

Just, what should I do tomorrow?How much flesh and blood can they fill in?

It was already late at night, and the shouts of killing in Shenyang City showed no signs of weakening. On the contrary, they became louder and louder. The raging fire illuminated the sky. Under the light of the fire, countless soldiers were fighting like wild beasts.There is no suspense about the outcome of this battle, but it does not mean that the Ming army can win easily.

Catherine was terrified when she saw it, and asked Lu Xiangsheng very puzzled: "General, we have an old saying in the West that 'surrender loses half', which means that if you voluntarily surrender when there is no hope of victory, you will only lose half of the loss, not a complete failure. These The Tatars have no hope of victory at all, why should they resist so desperately and refuse to surrender?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked deeply, and said: "This is a battle that determines the life and death of the two ethnic groups. As long as there is one breath left, the battle will not stop. Put yourself in the shoes, if they attack Beijing, and I am the one who defends the city, I will be like them." In that way, command the entire city's soldiers and civilians to resist desperately until the last drop of blood is shed."

Catherine was stunned, and muttered to herself: "The war of your Easterners is really too cruel!"

(End of this chapter)