On September 28, the 15th year of Chongzhen, at the hour of Mao.

Three hundred cannons aimed at Xiping Fort and waited for Su Tiancheng's order.

This is a typical modern war. The role of hot weapons replaces cold weapons. The artillery will cause a fatal blow to Xiping Fort. Unfortunately, whether it is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the civil and military ministers, or the Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty, they do not understand the concept of hot weapons. In their opinion, the quality of soldiers is still the first priority. If you want to win, the key is to fight face to face by soldiers.

Su Tiancheng was a time traveler and knew very well the advantages of hot weapons, especially when fighting in fields or siege cities and villages, the role of artillery was decisive, but he did not instill this idea into other armies except Jiangning Camp.

In the two battles of Daling River, when Huang Taiji led his army to attack Daling River City, the army had twelve cannons, which were also the sharpest red-clothed cannons at that time. With the power of the cannons, they shocked the Ming army that came to reinforce, thus achieving a huge victory. In the subsequent battle of Daling River, Su Tiancheng used artillery to blew the city walls, avoiding the casualties of soldiers to the greatest extent, and thus successfully captured Daling River City. In fact, these two battles have shown the importance of hot weapons.

But now is different. This time, Jiangning Camp carried five hundred cannons, and Su Tiancheng took out three hundred cannons in one breath to attack Xiping Fort, and all of these three hundred cannons were red-clothed cannons and general cannons.

This requires strong financial support, and fighting is to burn money.

No one would have thought that this battle set a precedent for modern warfare, and fighting was not mainly based on fighting among sergeants. The first thing to attack was artillery, which gave the opponent the maximum killing and suppressed the opponent's morale, and the sergeant would launch an attack. The attacks of Fran's machine cannon and flintlock rifle became the first choice.

Su Tiancheng would not have expected that because of his time travel, the concept of war quietly changed.

Three hundred cannons began to roar at the same time, the earth began to tremble, and dazzling sparks appeared in the sky that was not yet bright.

Xiping Fort suddenly became a sea of ​​fire, the city walls began to collapse, the flags flew into the air, wood and stones began to scatter, and some black iron lumps were also blown into the air. This was obviously the artillery prepared by the Later Jin Tartars for attack. The trenches and moats carefully constructed by the Later Jin Tartars were quickly filled with the bombardment of artillery fire.

Flashes of thick smoke drifted into the sky, with the smell of soil and blood. It was difficult for the naked eye to see the blood color floating into the sky, but Su Tiancheng and others holding a telescope could see it very clearly.

The Later Jin Tartars guarding the city walls were caught off guard and obviously did not expect such fierce artillery. No wonder they were. Even if someone told them, they would not believe it. In their impression, there could not be such sharp artillery, nor could they have such great lethal artillery.

One by one, the Later Jin Tartars were bombed into the air, which was a typical massacre.

Soon, the artillery fire began to extend towards the interior of Xiping Fort. This time, blood could be seen with the naked eye. Many soldiers from Jiangning Camp saw the Later Jin Tartars flying into the air, the arms, thighs, and even heads flying into the air were so conspicuous.

Su Tiancheng has long asked that artillery must cover Xiping Fort.

What is full coverage? At this time, many soldiers finally understood that they would not let go anywhere inside Xiping Fort, and bomb every corner of Xiping Fort like washing.

Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Pioneer Battalion, was a little impatient. The five thousand soldiers under his command were eager to try, but they had to wait. There were five rounds of artillery attacks, each round lasting for about a quarter of an hour. The gun bombing time was a full hour. Even if they were anxious, they had to wait until Chenshi to launch an attack.

Shi Tingzhu was stunned by the sudden artillery bombing.

All 60,000 soldiers returned to Xiping Fort. After discussing with Ma Guangyuan, Bayan and others, they decided to place 20,000 people at the south gate where Jiangning Camp was most likely to be launched, and 10,000 people were placed at the other east gate, west gate and north gate. The other more than 10,000 people, as reserve teams, would rush to reinforce wherever there was danger.

The power of Jiangning Camp's artillery was far beyond Shi Tingzhu's imagination. He could not believe that there were such powerful artillery in the world, which was simply invincible.

Shi Tingzhu stayed up all night. Yesterday, Jiangning Camp was only five miles away from Xiping Fort. According to his own judgment, Shi Tingzhu believed that the next day was the time for Jiangning Camp to launch an attack. The soldiers guarding Xiping Fort, the southeast, west and northeast, had already been arranged. Shi Tingzhu was worried. In the middle of the night, he inspected all the commanders at all levels, reminding commanders at all levels not to be careless when going there, and not to give Jiangning Camp a chance to attack.

Shi Tingzhu is not completely unaware of the power of artillery. Huang Taiji has repeatedly emphasized that the artillery of Jiangning Camp is very powerful. The army also pays attention to preventing artillery during the training process. In addition, Xiping Fort also has about thirty artillery pieces. When the Jiangning Camp attacks, these artillery still have to exert its power.

By the time of Yin, Shi Tingzhu had already begun to be highly nervous. Generally, the attack time would be at Mao or Chen. The sky was not yet bright. It was quite unfavorable for the attacking side. The ditches everywhere and the wide moat, the possibility of the Ming army reaching the edge of the city wall was not very high, and the possibility of the attack at Chen was very high.

Shi Tingzhu personally commanded at the South Gate, and Ma Guangyuan and Bayan were responsible for the east and west sides. As for the north side, the possibility of attack was not very high. After investigation, the scouts did not find the Ming army in the north direction.

The sudden artillery fire caused heavy casualties among the soldiers. Many soldiers had no time to hide and were bombed into the air by shells. The density of artillery fire was not something that Shi Tingzhu and many soldiers could imagine. The dense shells did not let go of any place, fell down in rows and accurately landed among the soldiers.

Shi Tingzhu could not hear the screams, and his ears were full of explosions. At this time, he was thinking of commanding the soldiers to hide, but there was no use. There was no place to hide, and he could only watch the soldiers being injured and killed by the bomb.

The most hateful thing is that after the shell exploded, the surrounding soldiers were also overturned. It seemed that they had not been blown up, but they could no longer move when they pounced on the ground. Someone went up to turn them over and found that blood was flowing out of the mouths and nostrils of these people. The blown-off stones and wood became unpredictable murderers. After being hit by these stones and wood, they would not be able to survive.

Seeing such a miserable scene, Shi Tingzhu couldn't help it anymore. He began to become manic. If the personal soldiers around him had not been desperately pulled him under the base of the city wall, he might have been hit by artillery fire.

The soldiers guarding the city walls almost had no time to retreat, and most of them died in artillery fire. The city walls were blown up, the moat and the trenches were blown up, and the soldiers under the city walls ran desperately towards the direction of the city to avoid artillery fire. At this time, they continued to guard the surroundings of the city walls, and were looking for death.

Under the escort of his personal soldiers, Shi Tingzhu also ran towards the city. This is not the time to be a hero. If he is hit by artillery, he will be unable to command the soldiers to resist.

Shi Tingzhu's confidence began to shake in the fierce artillery fire. He vaguely felt that today might be the most difficult day.

Shi Tingzhu, who was moving towards the city, began to feel frightened.

The shell seemed to have eyes and began to come towards the direction of the city.

Groups of soldiers were hit by artillery fire while running, and a large number of soldiers fell down. The remaining soldiers ran around desperately, hoping to avoid the bombing of artillery fire. Many people began to run into the house, hoping to use the house to avoid the bombing of artillery fire.

Rows of artillery shells fell to the ground, and the loud roar made many soldiers feel numb. At this time, what they thought of was to avoid artillery fire, and no one thought of fighting.

Shi Tingzhu's body began to tremble, and he pushed away the personal soldiers beside him.

He knew very well what the scene in front of him meant. If he continued like this, Xiping Fort would definitely not be able to save it. After the Ming army launched an attack, the soldiers of the frightened bird would soon begin to collapse, and it would be impossible to organize effective counterattacks and resistance. At that time, even Su Wu reborn, there would be no way.

Shi Tingzhu would never allow such a situation to occur. Although the artillery in Jiangning Camp is extremely fierce, it will always pass. In the end, the soldiers of the two armies still need to fight each other. Who can hold on until the end to truly win?

Morale cannot be lost.

Shi Tingzhu began to order his personal soldiers to maintain order and effectively avoid artillery fire. He did not panic, and he would not be scared.

The personal soldiers began to shuttle between the soldiers.

The effect was still obvious. The sergeants quickly began to calm down. Some smart sergeants began to run towards the city wall. They had already discovered that the Ming army's artillery was fired in depth, and the edge of the city wall that had been bombed may be the safest place. After someone took the lead, a large number of sergeants began to run towards the city wall.

Shi Tingzhu began to roar loudly, asking the soldiers to remain calm, not to panic, not to trample or squeeze, and to move towards the city wall in an organized manner. At the same time, he once again asked the personal soldiers around him to go to the places where the houses were located, and asked the soldiers inside to come out and not to hide in the house.
Chapter completed!