Chapter 337 Artillery Battle
These frontal defense positions are found, and the other one is a large grid like a Tibetan military cave. These grids are equipped with bamboo beds and bamboo mats. Soldiers who need to rest on the rotation can rest directly on it. Because the gap between bamboo and wood is larger, it can be ventilated well. At the same time, it is also because of the obstruction that the wind blows directly.
All bamboo and wood are made of splicing, drilling holes, and there are few bindings. Therefore, based on the toughness of the bamboo, the fortresses built by these three bamboo and wood in front of us can really withstand the enemy's attack. Moreover, because the cutting and handling of bamboo is much more convenient than solid wood, the construction of the entire fortress is also very fast.
In addition, there are several large cabins on the innermost side of the wall, which were where Shunzi and his team rested last night, and where the hot air balloon troops hid. These three fortresses are the same as the fortresses established in Yuncheng, Shanxi, and the city gates are all below the city. If you don’t look carefully, it will not be easy to find.
However, unlike the eastern fortress of Yuncheng, General Manager Wang made city gates on all four sides of Dongchuan Fortress. Each city gate was like a U-shaped tube, passing through a gentle slope of a large angle, and then entering the city. In the middle of this gentle slope, the gate was made with cast iron and bamboo at the same time.
There are also things like suspension bridges in the direction of the gate to cover the gentle slope. There is also a cover plate like suspension bridges that can cover the gentle slopes inside.
This design directly ensures the safety of the entire city gate. Even if the gate on the outside is broken, the suspension bridge inside is lowered, which is equivalent to covering the gentle slope with a lid. The person above hits the inside of the lid, and the person under the lid has no room for fighting back.
All designs are very ideal, but Staff Wang made a fatal mistake and he did not find it himself. If it were Han Zhenhan here, this problem might be found after discovering that the other party had a Mongolian general, he would look for a remedial measure in time. However, Staff Wang did not.
The Weichu Mansion coalition forces stopped in the woods opposite and did not move for a whole night. A few wisps of smoke came out. The defenders of the Dali Restoration Army could not see anything. The hot air balloon troops did not dare to get close to the enemy in the dark night. They could only put down the black cloth and float at a distance of more than a few miles from the enemy, or simply lowered the hot air balloon and took turns to rest on the ground.
Waiting is always long. Although the troops of all parties were arranged to rest, there were a few people who could sleep at peace on the night before the war. Before the sky was dawn and the east only emitted a trace of afterglow, a strange sound woke up Shunzi, who was closest to the enemy and floating in the air all night.
The campfires with tens of thousands of enemies were lively all night, and after nightfall, it became quiet. The strange twists and strings sounded very similar to the catapult. But it was different. Until Shunzi turned back to look at the Dongchuan Fortress, Shunzi's face turned dark.
At first, Shunzi didn't believe it, so he wiped his eyes full of booze. After looking at it, he raised the telescope hanging on his chest.
What he saw was that the first Dongchuan Fortress faced the fortress directly in front of him, a huge hole appeared. The big hole was more than 1 meter high, and the bamboo around it was directly interrupted from the middle. A bamboo wall on the entire front wall became twisted.
The bamboo on the side and the surrounding bamboo walls directly took a 90-degree shape. It seemed like it was beaten into a cross. In the telescope, you can see someone in a panic in the hole in the bamboo wall. It was obvious that someone was injured.
Shunzi couldn't believe his eyes at all. He turned his head in disbelief to look at the entire forest. Fortunately, he didn't look at it. Shunzi was almost frightened because a huge object flew over in the direction he was looking at. Then the strange sound came to his ear again, with the sound of breaking the wind. Then the huge throwing object flew to Dongchuan Fortress again at high speed.
After being frightened, Shunzi, who had recovered from his senses, heard the incomprehension and yelling from his feet. Then he turned around and quickly used a telescope to see the Dongchuan Fortress. Although the attack object this time also hit the fortress, it was not the same as the first destruction that Shunzi saw. Instead, he hit the wall of the fortress and then bounced away.
Looking closely, Shunzi realized that the one who hit the wall of Dongchuan Fortress was actually a wooden stake that was large under the millstone. And more than a dozen targets in the jungle surrounding the outer edge of Dongchuan Fortress began to throw stones at Dongchuan Fortress and three main fortresses.
These are the heavy Luoluo cannons of the Mongols. Staff Wang did not consider the Mongolian siege methods. There is a reason why Mongolian iron hooves can travel around the north and south, because they use all kinds of extreme means, and the traditional, but equally efficient, and highly destructive Luoluo cannons they use.
This kind of Luo Luo cannon is actually very similar to the Kongming car of the Three Kingdoms period. It is very complicated to make and requires very strong wood, but it is very convenient to transport. It only needs to be assembled after reaching the position.
Staff Wang did not expect that this group of Weichu Mansion coalition forces could have Luoluo cannons. There were more than one, more than a dozen. Staff Wang, who was awakened by the huge attack, had already passed the beginning of panic. While organizing the rescue, he also looked at Shunzi and the others in the direction of Shunzi and the others with a telescope and hoped that Shunzi and the others could do something.
The hot air balloon that passed the order has been launched, but when the order has been passed, I still don’t know what the three Dongchuan fortresses will be beaten, and maybe they will really become hornet’s nests.
Like a tacit understanding with one heart, the staff officer Wang, who was holding a telescope and looking at him, saw something, and was so excited that he trembled the most, and said with his fists,
"Good job, good boy, I'll wipe out our account for you!"
"The messenger, ordered the three artillery troops to attack intensively and rapidly at the location where the explosion in the woods... regardless of ammunition consumption!! Quick!"
The previous sentence of Staff Wang is of course the trouble caused by Shunzi's subordinates, and then the order was issued loudly. However, Shunzi did not disappoint Staff Wang.
When Shunzi discovered that the enemy's Luoluo cannon could quickly attack Dongchuan Fortress, he realized a huge danger, which might affect the entire battle situation. However, after looking at the weapons and equipment at hand, Shunzi found that his bamboo tube bombs could kill some people, and they had to face the dense crowd. They basically had no effect on those large machinery, and not to mention the things in their hands for his other teams.
If you make a little solid and heavy wooden shield, you may have to smash people, but Shunzi's mind is really not in vain. If you can't do it, you will have organization. You can use your own bomb to guide the catapult cart in the fort within thirty seconds. That's not a big deal. So Shunzi didn't hesitate to give orders to his team directly.
"fry!"
Chapter completed!