Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Seeing the size of the fireball, Chen Yongxia's expression became a little heavy-this is a "sugar bomb" of the Qing army!

Just as Chen Yongxia thought of this, smoke columns and fireballs suddenly rose from the Ming army's "earth trench position". Judging from the size of the smoke columns and fireballs, they should be expensive "sugar bombs"!

Sun Sike is going all out this time too!Not only all the silver was moved out to inspire the army, but also the precious white sugar was boiled into a "sugar medicine", which was fully loaded into the cast iron shell casings used by General Weiyuan's guns and the cast iron grenade hammers used by the infantry.

The sugar that Kang Mazi distributed to Sun Sike was not much, but it was quite fierce to use it in a few hours of battle.

More than thirty General Weiyuan cannons fired at the same time, and wave after wave of "sugar bullets" hit the Ming army's position.

Although at least two-thirds of the shells exploded in mid-air or simply became unexploded duds, nearly one-third of the shells exploded around the "earth trench" of the Ming army.

Perhaps the formula of the Qing army's sugar medicine was slightly wrong, and the smoke from the explosion was really big, and soon the Ming army's "earth trench defense line" was shrouded in gray-white smoke.The strong smell of gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield, flowing slowly, choking people out of breath.

Seen from a distance, the Ming army's position seemed to be submerged in gunpowder smoke.

The shelling by the Qing army really cost a fortune, it lasted for an hour plus three quarters of an hour!Nearly [-] sugar bombs were fired back and forth, and the shelling stopped abruptly until the third quarter of Shen Shi.

When the shelling was in progress, the Qing army of the brigade had already formed one square after another on the Shinto between the Golden Gate and Sun Quan's tomb.

The morale of these Qing soldiers was not very high when they first entered the battle, but the continuous bombardment for an hour and three quarters of an hour raised their morale to the highest level.

When the bombardment lasted for almost an hour, these Qing monsters who were waiting in line to attack had already started cheering.

They didn't expect that their side would have such a strong firepower... The Ming army who was bombed should have suffered heavy losses, and it may not be certain that they were all dead!

So when the sound of the cannons stopped and the sound of the advancing drum sounded, these Qing demons who had been waiting in line for almost an hour shouted the slogan "Fight the rebels and rob Jiangning" one after another. Unimpeded access to the three openings of the Great Golden Gate into the battlefield.

The second ditch outside the Great Golden Gate has already filled three passages with sandbags, and the carbine-rejecting guns blocking the way have also been removed.

In the "earth ditch" of the Ming army, Chen Yongxia was squatting in the "earth ditch" with his head in his arms, his head and face covered with dirt.As soon as the shelling stopped, General Chen Dashen, who had already put on his cloth face armor, jumped up and walked around in the "earth trench" front that he was in charge of, shouting loudly: "Get up, get up for me... The demon is coming to die!

If we win this battle, we will all be the founding heroes of the new Ming Dynasty, and everyone will be rewarded!Stand up for me and form three firing formations! "

When Chen Yongxia yelled these words, he was actually concerned, because he didn't know how many casualties the Qing army's shelling had caused?However, when most of the fusiliers hiding in the "dirt trench" were cursing at Mr. Qian and urging him to stand up and form a team, his heart was finally relieved.

Obviously, the "earth trench" anti-aircraft gun effect is good!

Now just look at the close-range salvo and bayonet assault of the flintlock, okay?

Chapter 420 Advance towards Emperor Taizu!

The fusiliers of the three battalions quickly formed three firing formations relying on this "dirt trench"!

The one-and-a-half-hour bombardment did not cause them too many casualties... The bullet-avoiding ability of the "earth trench" has been tested by history.

And [-] rounds of "sugar bombs" seems like a lot, but because of the quality of the fuze of the flowering bombs these days, it is very reliable if one-third of them explode after landing or when they are about to hit the ground.Even the sugar-medicine wood-tube fuze developed by Zhu Heqi himself can increase the explosion rate to [-]% to less than [-]%.

However, the accuracy of General Weiyuan's cannon is relatively poor, and it is okay to deal with larger targets. If the target is a "line" or a "point", then the accuracy of General Weiyuan's cannon will be very tragic.In the "land bombing" shells, there is usually not even a one percent hit rate.

Therefore, among the almost [-] "land bombing" shells, only a few shells fell into the trench and exploded. Although dozens of people were killed and injured, but for the three flintlock battalions For more than [-] people, the casualties are still within an acceptable range.

After all, the first batch to be selected into the Fusiliers Battalion were veterans with rich experience and firm beliefs.Every one of them has participated in the battle to pacify Guangfu... and has seen the "magic garlic medicine" with their own eyes, and they all regard Zhu Heqi as a half-god and half-holy existence!

Under the command of the officers, the one thousand or hundreds of people who were not killed or injured quickly arranged three firing formations, and then began to quickly load the ammunition.

The fusiliers used cardboard fixed ammunition.These custom-loaded bullets are not processed in factories, but made by the gunners themselves. Some experienced gunners will also wrap lead bullets with silk to increase airtightness-high airtightness means higher accuracy and Effective range!

After finishing reloading, everyone took a kneeling position to reduce the probability of being shot.The tactic of standing around and being shot is not advisable for infantry in the Sugar Age.

This is not bravery, but death!

So the infantry have to get more training and preferably education...

Seeing that the soldiers under his command had squatted inside and outside the "dirt ditch", Chen Yongxia also half-kneeled behind the earth wall, leaning on the earth wall, rubbing his eyes and looking towards the opposite side.At the beginning, the smoke was still thick, and I couldn't see anything clearly. I could only hear the shouts of Qing Yao from the opposite side.They seem to be shouting "rob Jiangning" or something!

After a while, the wind blowing from the Yangtze River finally blew most of the smoke away, and Chen Yongxia and the others finally saw clearly the enemy they were about to fight.

In the three gate openings of the Great Golden Gate, the Eight Banners New Army wearing gun helmets poured out continuously like three torrents, and then passed through the three passages filled in the second ditch outside the Great Golden Gate, and finally came Gather together outside the "Second Trench" to form a long row of horizontal teams that are not very neat at the same time.

The three rows in the front are all composed of shotgunners, and now the Qing army's shotgunners don't need to use the nine-in-ten-ten-in-a-row tactics.Instead, the "three-stage strike" with more intensive firepower was used, that is, the shotgun soldiers were divided into three denser rows, the first row was responsible for firing, and the last two rows were responsible for reloading.

Behind the three rows of shotgunners are three rows of archers, all carrying Manchurian longbows. These archers all have imitation grenade hammers hanging from their waists, and they move forward with their heads covered.

After the three rows of archers, came the infantry carrying spears, also in the third row, each carrying a three-foot long spear, and carrying a bag of soil for filling the trench.Under the afternoon sun, the tip of the spear was frighteningly cold, rising and falling as the soldiers advanced.

And behind these nine rows of Qing troops, there are still a steady stream of Qing troops pouring out of the Golden Gate!

This scene not only stunned the fusiliers of the Ming army who were at the forefront.Even Zhu Heqi, who was far away on the wall of Xiaoling Acropolis, was a little dazed.

He even admired Sun Sike a little bit, "Damn it, this Sun guy really has a lot of skills, the situation is like this, he can still mobilize so many people... He is trying to save money for the lonely family!"

Zuo Chunqiu next to him smiled: "Jianguo, isn't this a good idea? You save money and gain prestige... When you enter Beijing in the future, the Qing demons will not dare to make a fuss about Tianshoushan Imperial Tomb."

Zhu Hechi nodded silently, and did not continue to speak, but raised the binoculars and stared at the front with breathless concentration.

……

"Boom boom boom..."

In the dense queue of the Qing army, suddenly a column of smoke rose up!

This is the super-caliber bullets fired by the small-caliber mortars arranged behind the "earth trench line" of the Ming army fell on their heads.

Although these super-caliber bullets can't hit far, they are very powerful, shrapnel flying around, and every explosion can explode a piece of flesh and blood.

The firepower was undoubtedly fierce, but the Qing army did not retreat because of this, but accelerated their pace of advancement, as if they had already determined that there were few living people in the Ming army's position ahead!

In a blink of an eye, the queue of the Qing army was already under the bombardment of super-caliber bullets, and approached the wooden fence inside the first ditch in the Dajinmen.

This wooden fence was also hit by the explosive shells of the Weiyuan artillery, and several holes were blown out, but most of them were still intact and could stop the advance of the Qing army.

At this time, the shotgun soldiers of the Qing army also found that behind the earthen wall occupied by the Ming army in front, there were still many shining disc-shaped helmets shaking!

So they stopped advancing under the command of the officer, and raised the shotguns in their hands to shoot.

Holding a suona in his hand, Chen Yongxia leaned behind the earthen wall and carefully observed the approaching Qing army, and found that the opponent was about thirty steps away from him.But he didn't blow the suona immediately, but waited for Qing Yao to fire first.

Qing Yao's first row of shotgun soldiers did not make him wait too long, so he leveled the shotguns in his hand, and as a large flag in front of the Qing army was leveled, a row of large and small soldiers flashed in front of the Qing army. Little flare!

A row of bullets swept across the "earth ditch" guarded by the Ming army, and seven or eight Ming army fusiliers fell to the ground after being shot, and some screamed.

However, Chen Yongxia was safe and sound. He didn't wait any longer, and immediately blew the suona, and the other two battalion generals at the front also blew the suona after him—Chen Yongxia is the commander-in-chief of the three fusiliers battalions at the front today. !

With the sound of a few suonas, the fusiliers of the three battalions immediately formed a three-row salvo formation-the first row "kneeling in the trench", the second row "standing in the trench", the third row Arrange "stand outside the trench".

Seeing that his subordinates were all posing, Chen Yongxia immediately raised his voice and gave the order: "Raise the gun—aim—shoot!"

Before the lingering sound of the password dissipated, more than 1000 flintlock guns were fired almost at the same time, making a "boom boom boom" sound, as if firing a cannon!

As more than 1000 lead bullets swept across the front of the Qing army, the Qing army's shotgun soldiers immediately suffered disaster, screaming and shaking and falling down a large area.

However, the rest of the Qing army shotgunners barely reacted, raising their guns in disorder to fight back.

The Ming army, on the other hand, stared at the firepower of the Qing army and lowered their heads to reload!

Compared with matchlock guns, flintlock guns have two advantages. One is that they can form a dense formation, and the other is that they can be loaded quickly.

Therefore, most of the confrontation between the flintlock and the arquebus on the battlefield will end in the victory of the flintlock!

The more than 1000 flintlock soldiers of the Ming army still used the "earth salvo" method of fighting. More than 1000 guns fired almost at the same time, and knocked down the Qing army's bird gunners who were more than [-] steps away!

Then, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's bird gunners being beaten dizzily, they completed another loading and salvo at a very fast speed.

After three rounds of volley fire, the Qing army's shotgunners finally collapsed. They had already suffered hundreds of casualties, and the front of the battlefield was full of corpses.

However, the archers behind the shotguns stepped forward at this time, and they seemed to want to shoot at each other with bows and arrows and flintlock guns.

What courage!

At the same time that the fierce battle on the Dajinmen side was in full swing, on the relatively steep west slope of Zijin Mountain, hundreds of lightly armed soldiers of the Ming army were working hard in the dense forest under the leadership of Grandpa Zu Dazu. forward……

Chapter 421 Zhu Yuanzhang is saved!

The sound of gunfire still rang like popping beans, and the bullets rained down. Coupled with the smoke column exploded by the shells of General Weiyuan and small-caliber mortars, clouds of smoke rose from the hillside outside the Golden Gate.

After the gunshots became thinner, the shouts of killing followed.

The demon pikemen wearing blue cloth masks raised their spears and carried soil bags on their backs. Under the cover of archers, they once again launched a wave of pounce on the "earth trench line" of the Ming army!

The [-] officers and soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner New Army under Sun Sike's command, with the participating leaders as the unit, attacked the "earth trench line" outside the Golden Gate one after another like a stormy wave.As dusk fell, the Qing army's offensive had become even crazier.They had already suffered huge casualties. The corpses of the Qing army in blue cloth armor fell in disorder on the hillside.Inside the second ditch in front of the Dajinmen, there are layers upon layers, which is shocking.But the follow-up troops still came in waves.

Sun Sike's general flag was planted on the Golden Gate again, and he himself took his two commanders, two counselors, and more than a dozen first-class guards who were ordered to supervise the battle to the outside of the Golden Gate.

More than a dozen first-class guards all put on yellow jackets and carried waist knives, and Geshha, who was leading Sun Sike, stood in a row behind the second ditch outside the Dajinmen.

The retreating Qing soldiers were blocked when they reached them, and all the officers leading the team were picked out one by one and brought to Sun Sike.If Sun Sike thinks he played badly, he will lose his head on the spot.

Rows of long spears have been planted on the big golden gate, and a bloody human head is hung on each long spear.

The soldiers who have retreated will be re-formed, led by Goshha or the imperial guards designated by Sun Sike, and retreat to the back to re-line up and wait for the next round of offensive... Although the sky is getting darker and darker, but including Including Sun Sike, the prominent figures in the Jiangnan camp of the Qing army were unwilling to give up.

Because they knew very well that once the bloody battle this afternoon was lost, the new Eight Banners soldiers below would have no experience and knew that they would have no chance to rob Jiangning City.Moreover, in order to launch this wave of offensive, Sun Sike has already sent out all the money that can be sent out.It can be said that he has given up everything, if he still can't win, then he will have to die to repay the king!

Witnessing two or three hours of bloody battle near the front, Sun Sike's face was already very ugly. He stood motionless outside the Golden Gate, completely ignoring the Ming army rockets flying over from time to time, just staring at the front. .

His subordinates had already tried their best. They were coaxed by Yinzi, forced by the supervising team, and stimulated by the hope of looting Jiangning City, they launched wave after wave of charges.

But there was no way to break through the seemingly thin "earth trench defense line" guarded by the Ming army... He never dreamed that the trench plus the earth wall would have such a good bulletproof effect, nor did he expect the dense flintlock guns The firepower is so powerful, let alone put a long knife on the barrel of a flintlock, turning it into a short spear.

Although this kind of short spear is not as powerful as a long spear and a big blade when it is used as a cold weapon to fight the enemy.But... rebels don't talk about martial arts, they can't talk about martial arts in their life, they will load ammunition in the barrel of the flintlock gun and then fight hand-to-hand!And they still have the kind of sky thunder hammer that can be blown up by pulling a rope on their bodies.Before launching a bayonet assault, smash a wave of grenade hammers, and then charge with a flintlock gun loaded with bullets and bayonets.

With such a style of play, let alone the new Eight Banners under Sun Sike’s hands, if you let the old Manchurian white armor soldiers who were invincible all over the world come, they will also be defeated!

In Sun Sike's line of sight, watching another wave of officers and soldiers rushing up, being repelled by the fusiliers of the Ming army who did not speak martial arts, he suddenly thought of something, and shouted: "See you, come here quickly! "

"Whoo!"

Goshha, who was tall and had a slender face, responded, and arrived at Sun Sike's side in a few steps.

This Goshha was selected by Sun Sike from the green battalion soldiers from Gansu, and his name was Yue Shenglong.

Sun Sike handed a just written will to Yue Shenglong, "This is my will...you take him and try your best to get out. This will is related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty. Give it to the emperor!"

Yue Shenglong froze for a moment, didn't say anything else, just took Sun Sike's legacy with trembling hands, then saluted a thousand times, turned and left.

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On the other side of the battle line, Zhuge Zhengyang was sitting on a horse, with a rocket launcher battalion beside him.

Eighteen six-packed rocket launchers were arranged in two rows, and they were firing rockets at Dajinmen and Sifang City one by one... not in salvo, but one by one.

If it is a salvo, the eighteen six-barrel rocket launchers can fire one hundred and eight sugar rockets at a time, and it will take half an hour to complete another reload and launch a second salvo.In other words, two salvos can be fired in a quarter of an hour, and two hundred and sixteen rockets can be fired, while eight quarters of an hour can fire [-] rockets!

But this way of fighting is too expensive, so that the "local tyrant Ming army" can't fight like this... Although the output of sugar is high enough, the rocket itself is a handicraft product, not a product of the machine industry. It depends on coppersmiths and blacksmiths Holding a hammer, sweating like rain, knocking out one by one, the output cannot be high.

The manual workshops that produce these rockets are far away in Foshan, Guangdong, and the products made have to be sent thousands of miles to the front lines in Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

So Zhuge Zhengyang didn't have many rockets at hand... If he let go of the shot, it would be gone in an hour. If he still couldn't hit it, then he would be in big trouble.

Because the current Ming army relies heavily on rocket launchers to output firepower, in an artillery battalion belonging to a town, there is only one team of field cannons, and there are only six bronze cannons with five-jin bullets in total.

And it's not very useful, because everyone looks down on their power... But the bronze cannon is relatively economical to shoot, not only can hit iron bullets, lead-tin bullets, but also stone bullets, so as long as there is gunpowder, the bronze cannon can be used continuously. emission.

And once the rocket launcher has no rockets, it is just a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron... So Zhuge Zhengyang must be able to fully fire at the most critical time.

At this time, his attention was no longer on the "earth trench defense line", but on the grave of Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty.

Although there is a high probability that keeping the "earth trench line" will defeat Sun Sike with a silver bullet after dark.

But he is a Zhuge who "uses soldiers like a god", and it is too "not Zhuge" to buy the enemy with 100 million taels of silver, so Zhuge Zhengyang arranged a surprise attack!

A group of Hakka soldiers who are good at fighting in the mountains and northern Guangdong, led by Zu Da, who took the lead in the riots in Jiangning and surrounded by Zu Yonglie and Zu Chenglie, raided Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb!

According to the old man himself, he once led his subordinates out from the west of the inner city of Nanjing, and climbed Zijin Mountain several times - this was so that after Wu Sangui's people entered Jiangning City, the ancestors' family could have a secret relationship with Zijin. The Jiangnan camp of the Qing army on the mountain kept in touch.

So this old man volunteered two days ago and proposed such a surprise attack plan to "rescue Zhu Yuanzhang"!

As long as the sun and moon flag is flying over the big tomb, the battle of Zijin Mountain Jiangnan camp will be won...Zhu and Qi's money will also be saved!Because the money was actually used to redeem Zhu Yuanzhang, the "dead hostage". If Zhu Yuanzhang's grave was taken down, the "dead hostage" would be saved. Why should the "kidnappers" collect money?To send home the travel expenses of ten taels of silver is already a mighty grace of the emperor!

But can the surprise attack of Grandpa Zu be successful?

Zhuge Zhengyang didn't take his eyes off it, just staring at the mountain in the distance.

Suddenly, a group of dazzling green flames flew into the air suddenly, and then a large group of green flames exploded with a bang—this was blasted out of gunpowder mixed with copper rust!

This is the signal of a successful raid!

Zhuge Zhengyang suddenly jumped up from the horse, pulled out his sword, pointed forward, and roared: "Rocket launcher! Salvo! Salvo! Target... Sun Quan's tomb! Sifang City! Shinto!"

Chapter 422 The Ming Dynasty won, and the Qing Dynasty is over!

Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Baoding.