Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 200 Shield Car and Propulsion

While the heavy artillery was pouring out firepower, Zhu Jing'an looked at Liu Mingyou aside and gave instructions.

"General Liu, please order people to prepare for tunnel excavation and prepare for underground blasting of Yuezhou City."

"If our army fails to attack Yuezhou from the front, blasting the caves will be the only way to suppress the situation. We must not be careless!"

"This must be done well!"

Hearing this, Liu Mingyou nodded vigorously and said.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the general will understand!"

There are many soldiers with miner backgrounds in the Ming army now. It will definitely be no problem for these people to dig tunnels directly to Yuezhou City.

A few decades later, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which started in Guangdong and Guangxi, could use underground blasting to attack cities, and the Ming Dynasty, which started in Guangdong and Guangxi, could also do the same.

After Liu Mingyou clasped his fists and left, Zhu Jing'an continued to give instructions to Zhang Jindao.

"We are going to recruit a group of civilians from the vicinity of Yuezhou City to start digging trenches and advance the trenches towards the Qing army's camp."

"Be prepared to transport the mortars through the trenches to the front line, and then launch firepower delivery to the Qing army camp."

To put it bluntly, it is to prepare for the launch of Vauban's siege method!
Previously, the Ming Dynasty was able to use the Vauban siege method to take down the Portuguese forts in Macau and regain Macau.

Now, we can also win Yuezhou!

The reason why people are still asked to prepare for hole blasting is just to make extra preparations.

……

The Ming army's artillery batteries roared incessantly.

Agui stood at the top of Yuezhou City, looking at the artillery emplacements of the camp in the south of the city being called by the Ming army one by one and unplugged, his face became more and more solemn.

"This can't continue like this. Send an order to Chen Yaozu and ask him to immediately move the gun position!"

"If we continue to be hit like this by the Ming thief's artillery group, all our army's artillery will really be knocked out."

The Ming army did the right thing by concentrating its firepower and focusing its attacks.

Under the concentrated fire of artillery, it was difficult for the Qing army's fortifications to exert corresponding effects.

But this can be regarded as making Agui understand that fighting a war cannot rely solely on fortifications.

Soon, Chen Yaozu received the military order and began to move the gun positions.

However, because the artillery of the Qing army was not equipped with corresponding gun carriages, it was quite troublesome to move the positions.

Two more artillery pieces were destroyed by the Ming army's artillery fire, and the remaining artillery pieces were finally transferred.

After the Qing army moved the artillery positions, the intensity of the Ming army's shelling suddenly slowed down.

The reason is simple, because the Ming army's gunners don't know where the Qing army's gun positions have been moved.

Naturally, there was no way to concentrate firepower and carry out key strikes on the Qing army's artillery.

However, if sufficient firepower is not concentrated, it will be impossible to destroy the sandbag fortifications and deal an effective blow to the Qing army.

If you continue to fire, it will be a complete waste of ammunition!

Seeing this, Zhu Jing'an immediately ordered Madebang's troops to launch another exploratory attack, forcing the Qing army's artillery to fire and expose their position.

Then, the Ming army's artillery group can continue to roll call the Qing army's artillery positions one by one!
However, this time he did not let Madebang's troops go directly. Instead, he ordered people to rush to make a batch of shield carts and let them push the shield carts.

The shield cart is definitely useless against the Shenwei Invincible General Cannon. The shells from the Shenwei Invincible General Cannon can probably penetrate the shield cart directly, and then skewer the Ming soldiers pushing the shield cart into candied haws.

However, the shield car still has a certain protective effect against the wrought iron cannons equipped in large numbers by the Qing army's green battalions.

Zhu Jing'an's evaluation of the Qing army's forged iron cannons was really not as good as raising a gun.

The front of the shield vehicle was covered with a wet quilt, and the mezzanine was filled with sand. The shells from the forged iron cannon were hit, and at most the shield vehicle was incapacitated.

It is difficult to directly destroy the shield vehicle and cause effective damage to the Ming army behind the shield vehicle.

It is precisely because of this that the use of shield vehicles can greatly reduce the casualties and sacrifices that the Ming army has to pay in the process of launching exploratory attacks.

As the Ming army pushed the shield cart to launch an attack, the artillery positions in the Qing army's camp south of the city could not hold back and began to fire again.

The Ming army's siege troops quickly retreated to avoid the bombardment.

Immediately, the Ming army's artillery quickly adjusted its shooting at Zhu Yuan and continued to carry out key strikes on the Qing army's artillery positions.

Boom!Boom!
A deafening roar resounded through the sky, and artillery shells were fired one after another towards the Qing army's camp in the south of the city.

Amidst the continuous roaring and loud noises, several Qing army artillery positions were pulled out by the Ming army's concentrated fire.

The Qing army began to move their artillery positions again, and the Ming army's artillery group also ceased fire.

But just as the Qing army's artillery positions were settled, the Ming army's offensive troops came forward again.

Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the Ming army attacked the Qing army's south camp, and the Qing army's artillery was forced to continue firing.

Then the artillery position was exposed, several artillery pieces were knocked out by the Ming army's concentrated fire, and the remaining artillery pieces continued to move their positions...

After going back and forth like this four or five times, after the Ming army suffered nearly a thousand casualties, the Qing army's powerful and invincible general cannon in the camp in the south of the city was almost completely pulled out by the Ming army.

The remaining wrought iron cannons could hardly cause effective damage to the Ming army.

At the same time, Agui looked at the Ming army pushing a shield cart to attack outside the city with a rather complicated expression.

You know, the shield car was a weapon used to deal with the firearms of Ming thieves when the Qing Dynasty was outside the customs.

Unexpectedly, now it has been learned by Ming thieves and used against the Qing Dynasty.

He copied the sandbag fortifications of the Ming thieves, and the Ming thieves imitated the Qing Dynasty's shield chariot.

Really unhappy retribution ah!

Agui took a deep breath. At this moment, a messenger ran over panting and told him bad news. "Report to the general, urgent report from the camp in the south of the city."

"The general cannon deployed by our army in the camp in the south of the city was knocked down by Ming thieves..."

Hearing this, Agui felt his eyes darken.

The general's cannon has been knocked out. Can the camp in the south of the city still be defended?

Judging from the intensity of the Ming thief's current bombardment, if they really let go of concentrated fire to bombard a section of the village wall, that section of the village wall might not be able to withstand it at all, right?
Agui forced herself to calm down, then looked at Hai Lancha beside him, and spoke.

"Hai Lan Cha, your troops are ready to reinforce the camp in the south of the city at any time!"

"This general has a bad feeling..."

Now that the Green Camp in Shaanxi is gone, the only ones Agui can pull out to fight in the field with the Ming army and reinforce the camp in the south of the city are the Sauron soldiers who have been reduced to remnants.

In Agui's opinion, no matter how disabled the Sauron soldiers are, their combat effectiveness is definitely higher than that of the Green Camp soldiers.

As for Xishan Jianrui Camp...

Although the quality was good, Agui didn't dare risk them on the battlefield.

If too many people die in Xishan Jianrui Camp, things will be very troublesome.

Hearing this, Hailancha nodded vigorously.

"Don't worry, the general, the general will understand!"

"Serving the Qing Dynasty will only kill the country!"

……

Outside Yuezhou City, the battle continues.

However, the sound of shelling began to become sporadic and no longer dense.

The sun rises and the moon sets.

On the second day, after the heavy artillery of the Ming army pulled out the Shenwei general cannon in the Qing army's camp, and the trenches prepared for Vauban's siege method were dug.

The Ming army's offensive troops pushed the shield cart up again.

Rumble!
Rumble!
The remaining light artillery pieces of the Qing army continued to fire.

Gu Shun pushed the shield cart and gritted his teeth and moved forward.

Listening to the bursts of gunfire coming from the front, his legs and feet couldn't help but tremble a little.

However, when he looked back and saw the shining bayonets and the majestic heavy artillery group behind him and others, he could only grit his teeth and move forward.

Because he knew that whether he and others were surrendered soldiers or newly surrendered soldiers, it was normal for them not to be trusted until they proved themselves with actual achievements.

If they attack well, the artillery group behind them will provide them with fire cover.

If they escaped from the battlefield and acted secretly, the artillery group behind them would be aimed at them and fire to supervise the battle.

How many artillery pieces did the Qing army have?
And how many artillery groups did the Ming army have?

The firepower density of the two is not at the same level at all.

In comparison, the probability of surviving is definitely higher if you charge forward. No matter how stupid Gu Shun and others are, they still know how to choose.

"Charge, charge forward!"

"There are heavenly troops behind us. The Tatar soldiers are vulnerable. Just charge forward and win!"

Not far away from Gu Shun, General Deng Hao was shouting and cheering to boost the morale of the army.

Oh, no, we can’t call him Boss now, he should be called Xiao Qi.

Gu Shun and Deng Hao both surrendered to the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Ma Debang in the Battle of Jianli.

During the reorganization process, ordinary soldiers like Gu Shun were allowed to stay and leave freely, and those who remained were incorporated into the forward battalion and received the same treatment as the other units in the forward battalion.

Those who are unwilling to stay will be given travel expenses and allowed to return home on their own.

Most of the officers like Deng Hao remained in their original posts.

Of course, it is said that he remains in his original position, but the soldiers under his command must have changed and are no longer the same group of people.

This is the rule!

But even so, Deng Hao, who was naturally familiar with things, quickly became familiar with his subordinates.

Seeing that he and others were getting closer and closer to the Qing army's camp, and the Qing army's artillery fire became more and more intensive, Deng Hao continued to shout with his broken gong voice.

"Rush forward and capture Yuezhou City. We can also go to Jiangnan to divide the fields!"

"The fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River are waiting for us in front of us. Let's go to all the gentlemen!"

"Give it a try today, and you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life. Come on!"

His shouting significantly boosted the morale of the soldiers in the Ming Army's forward battalion under his command.

Conquer Yuezhou and go to Jiangnan to divide the fields!

The temptation of this thing is really too great!

Although Gu Shun and others were still a little afraid of the Qing army's artillery, they gritted their teeth and continued to charge forward.

If you fight once today, you won’t have to worry about it for the rest of your life. Most people can risk it...

At the same time, the Ming army's mortars, explosive shells, and rockets also advanced through the trenches towards the Qing army's camp under the cover of the attacking troops.

Prepare to use mortars, explosive shells, rockets, etc. to deliver firepower to the Qing army camp!
While covering our own offensive troops, we stormed and conquered the Qing army's camp in the south of the city!
(End of this chapter)