Chapter 1101 If there is divine help
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The Ming army's artillery fire shot out again, and crackled on the Burmese wooden villages, destroying some of the wooden fences.
However, the mountainous rainforests in Myanmar were everywhere, and most of the Ming army carried mortars and almost no heavy artillery. They tried to transport three Wuhuang cannons, two of which fell down the mountain road halfway.
The craftsmen in the Burmese military camp quickly carried wood and nails on their backs and climbed up the stairs built in the fortifications to repair them. They usually hid in the moat pits in front of the fortifications and were ready to repair them at any time.
The Myanmar army's fort was not to be outdone and fired a counterattack. The British artillery and the Ming army's artillery fought for the first time in Myanmar.
Xu Qingshan personally came to the front of the formation to supervise the battle. Looking at the battlefield filled with smoke, a trace of dissatisfaction arose in his heart.
Although the Ming army's artillery fire was dense, its caliber and power were limited. The Burmese army's fortifications were too many and too thick. Mortars could not cause major damage to it, so they could only form a stalemate.
Xu Qingshan led his personal soldiers to a place fifty steps away from the fence, carefully observing the weaknesses of the Burmese military camps.
The Burmese army on the wooden wall seemed to have discovered the Ming army commander. They all used muskets to fire in the direction of Xu Qingshan as if they had eaten a bullwhip.
With a "bang", the personal soldiers beside Xu Qingshan were knocked down, and everyone hurriedly protected Xu Qingshan and left the front line.
Xu Qingshan was calm and composed, leaving without any hurry or slow, and he didn't know whether he was deliberately showing off or was really not afraid of bullets.
He ordered: "Let the Yunnan rattan soldiers attack and remove the Burmese military fortifications!"
The rattan soldiers emerged during the Anti-Japanese War in the Jiajing Dynasty. The rattans used by the soldiers were made of rattan, and the shields that had been specially processed were bulletproof.
Qi Jiguang once said: "There is nothing strange about the soft wall. If you use the cotton quilt covered by someone, you can cover the ears of the wooden grid. It is a method of following the convenience of the time being. However, it is not as good as the hard and soft card made. You can cover the lead from forty or fifty steps away, and you can try it without any mistakes after repeated trials. However, you must penetrate the lead gun when you are close to thirty steps, but the lead gun must be released from a distance, and there is no matter how many steps you can release it..."
The smoke was filled with smoke, the artillery was connected to the sky, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Hundreds of rattan soldiers rushed into the trench in front of the Burmese army fence, and pulled out wooden signs and deer antlers with rattan signs.
Sun Jian is a rattan soldier and whistle chief in the Southern Army Governor's Office? The march along the way made him feel very tortured. Finally, he met the living Burmese army, and Sun Jian was very excited.
The Ming army attaches the most importance to military merits? Finally, there is a chance to go to war, and everyone cherishes it very much.
Sun Jian held up a rattan sign and hugged his waist. He took his post and jumped into the trench dug by the Burmese army like a monkey? He immediately killed the Burmese army's craftsmen who repaired the Muzhai village.
The rattan card in his hand was soaked repeatedly in oil and woven after two months of continuous drying. It is very strong and tough. Generally, the sharp blade will not penetrate, and the sword will be difficult to penetrate.
Compared with heavy armor? This rattan card can bring a lot of convenience to soldiers? It is also very convenient to carry it? It can play a great advantage during battle.
On the wooden wall, Burmese soldiers shot down frantically, and Sun Jian and other rattan soldiers approached the wooden fence to avoid gunfire.
The Burmese army, who was a dog-dumping man on the Muzha City Wall, began to throw iron balls and stones into another trick.
Sun Jian shouted: "Everyone leans together to increase the ability to bear force! One team is holding rattan cards? Two teams cut with knife, three teams hammer? Take quick action!"
After hearing this, everyone echoed, with a knife and a hammer, and a crazy crackdown and demolishment!
"Mr. Shou! This thing cannot be removed!"
Soldiers report? The wooden fence here is different from the single-layer thick wooden stakes that I encountered in the Burmese army in the past. There is also a fixed layer of wooden boards and strips in the wooden stakes here. It can’t be cut for a day with the weapons in your hands!
Sun Jian calmly directed everyone not to panic. His mind moved and ordered: "Use fire attack to burn these rags!"
He felt that once the fire was successfully set, the Burmese army would be destroyed without attacking!
Sun Jian ordered people to collect dead grass nearby, and cut a large number of reeds along the trench leading to the riverside. Under the cover of the light cannon camp behind him, he piled these flammable materials outside the wooden city wall one after another.
Seeing this, the Burmese army inside the wooden wall lit torches and threw them out of the village wall. The reeds and boring Shun Army collected by the Ming army were ignited, and only the second layer of wooden fence was burned out and it was burned out.
Sun Jian was upset, because it was because of insufficient manpower. The things they collected were not enough to burn these wooden villages!
If there are too many people and the fire is strong, it is easy to burn the camp of Little Burmese!
In desperation, Sun Jian led everyone to retreat and reported to the above.
Seeing this, the Burmese army threw darts and javelins and shot them one after another. After the Ming army withdrew at a distance of enough, they began to shoot with muskets.
While retreating, several rattan soldiers under Sun Jian were shot to death, and even his left arm was injured, but at least he still retreated the troops.
Sun Jian's behavior and ideas were highly praised by his leaders, and Xu Qingshan was preparing to adopt a large-scale fire attack.
Until the evening, there was still artillery fire in front of the Burmese military camp, and the sound of guns and cannons never stopped like firecrackers during the New Year.
The Ming army's navy and the Burmese navy were still fighting fiercely on the river. The Ming army smashed two Burmese warships, but they were unable to capture the heavy water camps.
The reinforcements of the Burmese army also brought new wood. Five Dazha camps were re-established in damaged areas before. The camps were connected to each other and were extremely strong. The results of the Ming army's previous battles were ruined again.
On the 29th, Xu Qingshan mobilized all the rattan soldiers and assault soldiers, as well as prepared a large amount of firewood, and ordered a fire attack again.
In addition, the Ming army used local materials to create large rattan cards to cover soldiers, and the rattan group to which Sun Jian became the main attacking force again.
The newly replaced rattan card this time is even bigger than the previous ones, not only covering the two licensed people, but also covering the team behind them.
In this way, hundreds of large shields covered thousands of assault soldiers holding firewood to advance together.
The Burmese army's flintlock rifle kept hitting the shield, but it was useless and the artillery fire was suppressed by the Ming army.
Sun Jian led his men to approach the wooden fence slowly, and one hundred shields approached the Burmese army like a wall. The Burmese army was helpless and watched the Ming army advance.
After the Ming army rattan group demolished the Burmese military facilities in the trench, they finally placed the firewood against the wooden fence. They began to light the fire with joy.
Looking at the burning fire, Sun Jian believed that he could create miracles, break through the huge wooden fence outside Jiangtou City, open a gap for the army, and get promoted and make a fortune!
However, they still underestimated the weather after the rainy season on the Indochina Peninsula. As soon as the fire reached the third floor, a southwest wind suddenly blew, and the fire turned to burn towards the Ming army.
"Fuck it!"
Sun Jian sighed to the sky, and then led the team to withdraw again after peeing in the trench...
Seeing the failure of the Ming munitions, the Burmese army on the wooden fence cheered wildly, and some Burmese soldiers knelt down to the sky and thanked the gods.
The fire could not be captured, Xu Qingshan sighed inwardly and decided to adopt an air formation.
At this time, the five-story Muzhai of the Burmese Army had been burned to three floors. They took advantage of the opportunity to officially win by surprise before they could repair it. Although this opportunity was not the best, Xu Qingshan expected that the Burmese Army at this time had been exhausted!
However, God's will makes people feel like they are so much fog on the river within a few days, and it didn't dissipate until noon, and the wooden fences were all soaked in the mist.
Chapter completed!