The World Online Chapter 510: Boom out a big cave 窿
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historical, Yang Xiuqing overview of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom state affairs, if it is not ambitions in the late period, in an attempt to replace Hong Xiuquan, its achievements in life, I am afraid that is more than that.
It is exactly the same. Hong Xiuquan in Wilderness is extremely jealous of Yang Xiuqing. From the beginning, Hong Xiuquan put Yang Xiuqing into the army, and he was not allowed to interfere in the state affairs of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
However, Hong Xiuquan is naturally an expert in founding doctrines, organizing sects, and playing with power. But when it comes to governing state affairs, Hong Xiuquan is a downright layman.
As a result, in the three counties under Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the status of Economy is not very good. It depends on the personal prestige of Hong Xiuquan and maintains its rule.
The people under Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Livelihood are extremely poor.
rivers and mountains are easy to change, nature is difficult to move.
Hong Xiuquan Although not like previous life is so extravagant and extravagant, proper enjoyment is still inevitable. previous life's "Equal World" concept has also been thoroughly discard(ed).
Hong Xiuquan in this life is a downright king.
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Looking back to the battlefield, Yang Xiuqing led the department and launched an third time onslaught against Mulan Fortress.
On the battlefield, there was smoke.
"Boom!"
Under the constant bombardment of Artillery, city wall of Mulan Fortress has endured a huge test.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom South Road main forces, not afraid of death. The soldiers stood with iron Shield and did not fear sacrifice. They guarded the four gates Artillery with vows of death, and Mulan Fortress would blast out a big cave.
How easy is Ming Dynasty Artillery?
In the rumbling, a corner of city wall on the east side was finally blasted out of a large pit.
"Aim at the big pit, blow me through it!"
The official Artillery conductor, with an excited expression, is already seeing the dawn of victory.
So, four Artillery volleys, "Thunderbolt Shell" one after another, bombarded inside the big pit. The larger the pit of city wall, the bigger and bigger, the deeper and deeper.
Due to the defects of Ming Dynasty Artillery, the accuracy of Artillery at this time is really unsatisfactory. Of the four shells, one was able to hit the big pit, which was extremely lucky.
In the Ming Dynasty period, whether it is firearm or Artillery, it has been widely used, but why did n’t it completely replace cold weapons with hot weapons like the West?
There are four main reasons.
First, Artillery must be able to fire "flower cannonballs", that is, explosive bombs.
Why? Because only explosive bombs can make Artillery from a Siege Equipment into a field weapon, which can kill a large number of live targets ;. If only solid iron **** can be fired, the lethality is naturally limited.
A cannonball blasted out and exploded into numerous fragments, causing extensive killings.
The "Toxic Fire Flying Beating" made by Ming Dynasty, the barrel is made of wrought iron, loaded with more than a dozen Gunpowders, the shells are cast from pig iron, and the bomb contains "sulfur poison poison five or two". After firing, it will beat the 300 meters away. Cruelly wounded.
Unfortunately, this technology is still immature during the Ming Dynasty period and has not been applied on a large scale.
On Qing Dynasty, not only did not improve it, but it regressed and replaced the shell with solid iron goblet, even stones, iron filings, etc.
Before the Westernization Movement, the power of Qing Dynasty Artillery was naturally a children's play.
19 century 70 years, Zuo Zongtang came out of Western Expedition, and found Late Ming's "flowering cannonball" in Phoenix Ascends in Shaanxi. I couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The sharp weapon entered China 300 for the rest of the year, so that people at that time paid attention to it. Have you been proud of me for decades? "
Man-Qing's conservative Weapons and Equipment guiding ideology makes Qing Army pay a heavy price in Opium War. Before the Westernization Movement, for many years Qing Dynasty 200, the technology of Firearm was even more retrogressive than the end of Ming Dynasty. Compared with the Ming Dynasty government's active improvement of Firearm, the ignorance of the Man-Qing ruler can be seen.
Second, Artillery must be quite mobile.
Artillery has poor mobility, which is not conducive to mass concentration. Ming Dynasty's Artillery, whether it is a tiger squat gun, a Fran machine, or later Hongyi Cannon, is not very mobile.
Although the tiger squat gun is not large, it can be nailed to the ground with a large iron nail before firing. ; Hongyi Cannon was originally a Portugal man's gun. It weighs thousands of pounds. It is too bulky and only suitable for defending the city.
In contrast to the West, Cannon has a proper caliber and can be pulled by horses. It can quickly and quickly form an Artillery position. Ming Army also has a horse-drawn gun carriage, but the Artillery on the car is too weak.
Just like the five-door Artillery that Taiping Heavenly Kingdom shipped from Heavenly Capital, it also cost Nine Ox Two Tigers along the way. Otherwise, the Artillery appearing on the battlefield is not five gates, but ten gates or even more.
Third, there must be a considerable number of firearm armed forces.
Even harquebus has great advantages over bow and arrow, let alone flintlock sent by 4~5 per minute. During the Japanese Warring States period, the three-stage firearm of Oda Nobunaga was well-known.
Unfortunately, there has never been a real firearm armed forces in the Ming Dynasty army.
The fireshot of various sizes also does not have a unified system, which causes a great burden on logistics. Some ; have some problems. It even requires two people to operate on a bamboo stand, which is extremely inconvenient.
Fourth, Artillery must have considerable fire control capabilities.
The so-called fire control ability is the use of gauges, rulers, moments and other instruments, as well as the skills of loading ammunition. Without this, Firearm's hit rate is a joke.
A good gunner must estimate how far the enemy is before firing Artillery. Although the size of the human shape can be guessed from the telescope, you can accurately measure the distance if you use the moment.
In the early years of Chongzhen, Ming Army's imitation of Hongyi Artillery has entered the stage of mass production. However, the western method of using instruments to improve the precision of Artillery targeting has always been a blind spot for many Ming Army gunners at that time.
Hong Xiuquan won "Ming Dynasty Artillery Manufacturing Technical Manual", naturally it has no ability to improve the Artillery of Ming Dynasty. It is extremely difficult to produce it as it is according to manual.
So the four-door Artillery of South Road Army can be seen on the crosshair.
Four Artillerys were bombarded all morning, and there were only eight shells, which accurately hit the pit of city wall. All other shells were missed.
Yang Xiuqing Seeing this, his face was irritated, but he could not attack again.
In the morning, South Road Army and casualty 6000 more people. Calculate, South Road Army before and after, has casualty 30,000 more people, but no progress.
Thinking of Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan's wording reply, Yang Xiuqing's face became more and more ugly. He told the whole army to stick to it, don't collapse city wall, and never withdraw.
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The look of Bai Qi above city wall of Mulan Fortress is also unprecedented dignity.
enemy army's Artillery, although it hasn't worked, has given Bai Qi too much shock.
As a High-General from Warring States, Bai Qi is strange to Firearm. Seeing the huge iron monster introduced by enemy army, it was able to bombard a few meters thick city wall. How was Bai Qi not surprised?
Bai Qi then realized that with the appearance of Artillery, there will be a change in the battlefield in the future.
As God General, Bai Qi will never be satisfied with the status quo, giving up learning and progress. After this battle, it is necessary to make up for the knowledge of Firearm.
In this case, it is only a matter of time before city wall is bombarded.
Bai Qi immediately ordered the deployment of ten Siemen knife cars and stood by in the vicinity of city wall, which was bombarded by the North.
The siemen cutter is a defensive device used to block city gate when city gate is breached. The front knife wall is equipped with an 24 steel knife. When in use, push the car to the city gate notch, which can not only kill the enemy, but also block the enemy's stones and stones. This makes it difficult for the other party to climb up and form a barrier to movement.
Therefore, the Siemen knife is the most useful emergency weapon when the city is broken.
Mulan Fortress adopted a complicated design for city gate at the beginning of design. Not only are two consecutive Enceinte Fortifications designed, but the main city gate is blocked by a boulder, and the stone gate must be hoisted by a device.
This set of equipment was intentionally improved after Mohist School of Thought settled in.
So, for South Road Army of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if you want to break the city gate of Mulan Fortress, it is better to bombard city wall directly, it is simpler and simpler.
The only disadvantage of Mulan Fortress is that there is no moat.
Now that enemy army is going to bombard city wall, Bai Qi can only mobilize the Siemen Knife to organize defense.
In addition, Bai Qi also transmitted Fierce General E'lai, let him lead two Mountain Barbarian Heavy Infantry brigade of Third Division, stand by near city wall in the north.
Once the city wall is bombarded, a **** battle will inevitably occur at the hole in the north.
Whether you can block enemy army's offense and keep the gap tight is the key to this battle. At this time, Bai Qi naturally mobilized the most elite armed forces to participate in defense.
There is no Mountain Barbarian Heavy Infantry in the entire Shanhai City army. This territory Iron Wall is more suitable.
Everything is arranged properly, Bai Qi is only a little relieved, he is ready for the worst.
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At 2:00 in the afternoon, the entire battle situation ushered in the biggest turning point.
"Boom!"
With a iron shell, it accurately hit the previous big pit, "huā lā", this section of city wall on the east side was finally collapsed by fire bombard, and a huge hole was blown out.
Suddenly, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom South Road main forces made a loud cheering sound, just like victory.
Yang Xiuqing's complexion has also improved slightly. He knew that morale was available at this time. You don't have to wait until tomorrow, and immediately send an order, using the city wall cave as a breakthrough point, to launch the most violent charge on Mulan Fortress.
Sure, win the battle.
The one that rushes to the front is Li Xiucheng.
"Kill!"
The youth High-General Li Xiucheng, who led the Vanguard Force, is also his Majesty's most elite Infantry. He killed the cave immediately, his eyes were red, and he was as dead as death.
As soon as city wall was bombed, the Shanhai City soldiers cleared the collapsed stones at the fastest speed, and pushed the two gate-cutter carts to the entrance of the cave accurately.
E'lai is leading the Mountain Barbarian Heavy Infantry brigade. After the knife car, they stand by. The Rākṣasa seated by E'lai made a roar of bursts of noise, and could not wait to rush into the battlefield.
A toughest offensive and defensive battle is about to begin in a narrow hole. (To be continued.)