The 18th Fortress of Tsarist Russia, on the third floor, on the tower, the Russian garrison and Major General Andrei was staring at the Ming army camp in the southwest with a telescope. Looking at the neat military tent that stretched for dozens of miles, he felt a sense of tremor.

Count the number of the Sun and Moon Dragon Flags and you will know that opposite are three regular corps of the Ming army, with a total of 300,000 troops. Those are three regular corps of the Ming army! Moreover, in the middle, the Sun and Moon Dragon Flags are actually shining with the sun and moon. It is the strongest combat power of the Ming Empire and the symbol of the first-class legion!

As a general of the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers, he was naturally very familiar with the division of the legion level of the Ming Empire. Based on the performance of the Ming Empire's previous wars, the allies made a rough assessment of the combat power of the regular legion of the Ming Empire.

The third-class legion of the Ming Empire was equal to the elite troops of the allies. In other words, if countries gathered 100,000 elite troops to fight a third-class legion of the Ming Empire in the field, the victory or defeat was only 50% or 50%.

The second-class legion of the Ming Empire completely crushed the elite troops of the allied countries. In other words, if the elite troops of about 100,000 from various countries encounter the second-class legion of the Ming Empire in the wild, then running away quickly will definitely not be able to do it!

The first-class legion of the Ming Empire was extremely terrifying, and its combat power could no longer be evaluated by the same number of elite troops. For example, last time, Marshal Gorowen encountered the first-class legion of the Ming Empire. The Far East Army 100,000 troops went to attack the ordinary guard stationed by 10,000 troops. After attacking for a few days, not only did not capture it, but lost nearly 20,000 people, and almost all of the remaining ones were injured.

What kind of will and what kind of combat power is that!

Didn’t it mean that there were only three first-class legions in the Ming Empire? And one was the imperial guards of His Majesty the Emperor. They usually did not participate in the battle directly. Why was it so unlucky that they encountered one?

If possible, he really wanted to run away with his men, but he was not Marshal Goroven. Marshal Goroven could lead his army to run wildly, running thousands of miles, and it would be fine if he had a strategic retreat.

He is different. If he dares to lead his army to retreat for a few miles, Marshal Gorovin will definitely hang him with a pork hook!

Fortunately, Marshal Golovin has led reinforcements to lurk near the bastion. The Marshal also sent someone to send a handwritten letter to let him guard the bastion with peace of mind. The reinforcements will seize the opportunity to attack when the enemy besieges the bastion, and there is absolutely no problem in repelling the three legions of the Ming Empire.

Andre was still very confident in the defense of the bastion. Even if there was a first-class Ming army in front of him, even if there were 300,000 Ming troops outside, it would not be possible to break the bastion he guarded within a few days. He just hoped that General Gorovin would not deceive others. He had no confidence to defend this bastion forever, because the ammunition in the bastion was limited. If the enemy attacked one after another, the ammunition in the bastion would be exhausted within a month.

Golovin was not liing Andre. The reinforcements he led were indeed lurking near the bastion. He also wanted to attack while the Ming army was siegeing the city, but would Sun Chuanting give him a chance?

On the Ming army, 300,000 troops took turns to fight and crazily create siege equipment. How many siege equipment can be created in five days?

It is naturally impossible for Sun Chuanting to count them one by one. Anyway, it is definitely enough to capture the bastion in front of him.

There were not many types of siege equipment made by the Ming army. Apart from the ladders and siege cars that had to be used, there was only one new type of siege equipment called artillery towers.

This artillery tower does not mean that it can place artillery on top and push it up to attack the city, but a square frame used to protect artillery and artillery. To put it bluntly, it is a large square frame, covering the cannons. In this way, even if the enemy's shells hit, they can only hit the frame, and they cannot hit the artillery and artillery below.

Now the Ming army's siege equipment has also been greatly improved. For example, siege cars and artillery towers have been equipped with an inch thick steel plate on the top. Generally, the shells will not be smashed a few times, unless a few shells hit at the same time, smashing the siege cars or artillery towers into pieces.

On the tenth day after Sun Chuanting received the imperial edict, before dawn, the Ming army camp outside the Tsarist Russian No. 18th Bastion was already brightly lit and ordered, and the Ming army soldiers had already started to make rice and were preparing to attack the city.

At the third hour of the Chen hour, the siege equipment outside the Ming army camp began to move slowly, and more than 100,000 cavalry guarded the siege equipment and slowly approached the direction of the bastion.

Half an hour later, dawn appeared in the sky, and 200,000 Ming troops were arranged neatly five miles away from the front of the Tsarist Russian Bastion.

Sun Chuanting asked the non-commissioned officer who calculated the time. It was only about a quarter of an hour away from Si Shi. He immediately ordered: "All the divine cannons lined up in front of the formation a hundred steps."

The range of the Shenwei cannon is about five miles, and it is just enough to line up a hundred steps in front of the formation. According to the small number of Tsarist Russian artillery seized by the Ming army, the farthest range of the artillery cast by Tsarist Russian is roughly equivalent to the Ming army's Type 417 howitzer. That is to say, the range of the Tsarist Russian artillery on the flat ground is less than two miles. If the height of the bastion is added, the range of the Tsarist Russian artillery can reach up to three to four miles at most, which means that the range of the Dsarist Russian artillery on the flat ground exceeds the range of the enemy's cannon.

Unfortunately, only the first-class legions of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with divine power cannons, and each first-class legion was equipped with only one hundred gates.

With Sun Chuanting's order, one hundred powerful cannons quickly lined up in front of the Ming army formation.

Seeing that the time was almost over, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered: "Order, all the divine cannons should be loaded with shots and prepared for the longest range of artillery shells."

The personal guard behind him waved the order flag, and a wave of orders sounded from the artillery group in front of the formation. Soon, all the artillery positions raised the order flags that were ready for the order, but the artillery commander did not order the artillery fire, but looked at Sun Chuanting, who was under the Long Banner.

Sun Chuanting did not order the fire, but sat on the horse and quietly observed the ridge in front of him with a telescope.

Finally, a hurrying voice came from beside him: "Qi Bi Sun, Deputy Commander, the time has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered: "Fire a cannon."

"Boom boom boom", a roar of artillery sounded in front of the Ming army formation, and thousands of shotguns hit the Tsarist Russian castle like raindrops.

Sun Chuanting looked at the landing point of the shotgun and ordered: "The God-powered cannon, the shotgun bombarded ten rounds continuously, and all the other artillery, together with the artillery tower, were arranged according to the range."

With his order, thousands of artillery towers were pushed out of the Ming army, and under each artillery tower were artillery soldiers pushing artillery forward together.

The roar of artillery continued to sound. While the artillery tower was advancing, one hundred Shenwei cannons did not stop. Spots continued to hit the Tsarist Russian bastion like raindrops. However, as soon as the Ming army's artillery tower approached the four miles of the Tsarist Russian bastion, the roar of artillery still sounded in the bastion.

There were not many shells shot out from the bastion, only dozens of them, but they never stopped. The Ming army's artillery tower was hit by shells from time to time, and a huge collision sound came.

Finally, all the artillery was in place, and the ten rounds of the divine cannon had been fired. Sun Chuanting directly ordered: "Order, all artillery cannons are loaded with live ammunition and bombarded continuously."

The flag was flying, and a shocking roar sounded quickly in front of the Ming army. More than a thousand artillery fired together, and the shells hit the castle in front like a storm.

However, the effect is not very ideal. The inner circle of the castle wall is filled with earth and rocks, and the thickness is simply incalculable. Moreover, no matter which direction the bombardment is from, there are many dead corners. Whether it is the female wall or the arrow pile, it is difficult to completely blow it off. The roar of Tsarist Russian artillery has not stopped for a moment. The defense of this castle is indeed terrible!
Chapter completed!