Chapter 616 Round 4: Chain Strategy
"What? The good show has just begun?" Lan
Now it was Hou Fangyu's turn to look confused.
But Hong Chengchou was already issuing military orders.
The attacking Eight Banners Han Army immediately evacuated from the uncovered second-level gun platform and entered the north and south sides of the gun platform and the outer trenches on the east side of the gun platform.
In this way, the Ming army's red-clothed cannons could no longer attack the Eight Banners Han Army hiding under the horizon.
At this time, Hou Fangyu also reacted: "Hongbutang, do you think our Qing soldiers still have a chance?"
"Of course there is a chance." Hong Chengchou said, "Yan Yingyuan's trick of hard-to-get is really beautiful. He was played with the Ministry of Education and applauding, but he also made a fatal mistake."
"Hongbutang said that Yan Yingyuan Zong has too many?" Hou Fangyu asked.
"Yes, he's too much." Hong Chengchou said, "If Yan Yingyuan only gave us the first level gun platform and then placed the red-clothed cannon on the second level gun platform, we might not have a good way to deal with him."
"It's not easy to seize the triple gun platform on the east bank of the canal at least once."
"But now Yan Yingyuan directly gave up the two-level gun platform, but he was seeking death."
Speaking of this, he said, "Does our Qing soldiers have no red cannons? As long as our Qing soldiers' red cannons can overwhelm the Ming army's red cannons, they can easily destroy the third level of the Ming army's gun platform. At that time, all the triple level of the Ming army's gun platform on the east bank of the canal will be lost, so that our Qing soldiers can stalemate the Ming army across the canal."
The two armies confront each other across the river means that the Ming army's food supply has been cut off by the Qing army.
"Would you like to use the red cannon to bomb?" Hou Fangyu's eyes showed an excitement, "Who has more cannons?"
"Yes, who has more cannons?" Hong Chengchou said grimly, "If I read it right just now, the number of red-clothed cannons in the Ming army should be about one hundred, but our Qing soldiers have 500 red-clothed cannons! We used five to one, and used red-clothed cannons to fight at close range. How could our Qing soldiers not win?"
"There is a problem." Hou Fangyu frowned, "The Ming army cleared out the first level in advance, and the second level gun platform faced the guard wall and slope protection to the west. If our Qing army placed the red cannon on the first level gun platform, because the guard wall and slope protection to the east of the second level gun platform were separated in the middle, there would be no way to attack the Ming army."
"So only by putting the cannon on the second level can we hit the Ming army."
"So a new question is, how to put the red-clothed cannon on the second-level gun platform?"
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "After all, the entire platform of the second-level gun platform was exposed under the gun mouth of the Ming army's red-clothed cannon, and there was no obstruction in the middle. Before we could pull the red-clothed cannon up, it was bombarded into slag."
"Who said we must pull the red-clothed cannon to the second-level gun platform? Wouldn't that be a death?"
Hong Chengchou said sneered: "Our Qing soldiers did not even need to place the red-clothed cannon on the first level of the gun platform, but only needed to place the red-clothed cannon outside the slope protection of the first level of the gun platform, and then let Lian Yong dial out the protective wall and slope protection on the east side of the two-tube platform. In this way, the shooting boundary of the red-clothed cannon will be cleared? Can't we hit the third level of the gun platform?"
"Huh?" Hou Fangyu's eyes lit up, and he really didn't expect this.
Hong Chengchou immediately issued an order, and Lian Yongxun was transferred to work in the country.
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Seeing that the situation was in a stalemate, Jie Yuan began to be anxious again.
"Brother Weiheng, Jiannu hid in the trench of the second-level gun platform. Our field guns and mountain guns can no longer hit them. Only infantry can still fight, but their lethality is also limited. What should I do?" Jie Yuancai said, "Do you want to organize a counterattack and drive Jiannu out of the trench of the second-level gun platform?"
"Hey, what counterattack is organized?" Yan Yingyuan said, "Will that become our attack again?"
"What should I do? Are you just waiting like this?" Jie Yuancai said, "What should I do if Jiannu also pulls the red cannon?"
Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "Brother Xingdou, you're sure you're saying this. I'm waiting for Jiannu to pull up their red cannons, hehe."
"Huh?" Jie Yuancai was stunned when he heard this.
Could it be that this is actually a trap?
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Taking advantage of the opportunity of the two armies being in a confrontation, the Green Camp soldiers quietly dragged the red-clothed cannons up.
Dragging to the slope protection of the first level gun platform, the Green Camp soldiers nailed the iron rod into the ground and fixed the cannon stand.
While the Green Camp fixed the cannon stand, Lian Yong was also digging the slope and walls of the first and second level gun platforms.
The two armies were shooting together, and the time soon came to Zichu, and the battle had lasted for two hours.
In addition to the Qing army's casualties at the beginning of the attack, there were few casualties in the subsequent battles, because the two gun platforms were 150 steps apart, which exceeded the effective range of the Ming army's flintlock rifle. In addition, it was night time, so the hit rate was even more unsupported. Whether the hit can be hit after firing can only be done as it happens.
However, Lian Yong had already dug the slope protection and wall of the two-level gun platform.
The Green Camp soldiers have also loaded a total of 200 red-clothed cannons.
Hong Chengchou finally decided to invest only two hundred red cannons.
One is because the width of the battlefield is limited, and the second is because of caution.
Hong Da hurriedly climbed to the commanding nest car and reported with one hand: "Master, two hundred red-clothed cannons have been pulled outside the first-height gun platform on the east bank. The guard walls and slopes on the east side of the first-height gun platform and the second-height gun platform were basically dug up, leaving only a thin layer of guard walls on the east side of the second-height gun platform."
This thin wall is of course left to block Ming Jun's view.
With this thin layer of guardrail, the Ming army could not see the red cannons of the Qing soldiers.
"Yes." Hong Chengchou nodded and asked again, "Is the red-clothed cannon equipped with hundreds of bullets?"
"Reply to the master, the solid iron bullets and hundreds of bullets are ready." Hong Dagong said.
"Okay, very good!" Hong Chengchou shouted immediately, "If you send the order, the Green Camp immediately began to launch artillery bombings on the Ming army. Note that after the wall of the third-heavy gun platform collapsed, the solid iron bullets were changed to hundreds of bullets, and the Ming army was killed and injured in large quantities. When the Ming army was not supported, the Han army of the Eight Banners took advantage of the situation to launch an attack and seize the East Coast gun platform in one fell swoop!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yeah!" Hong Da agreed and asked the servants to turn on the signal light.
The servant who was guarding the nest car quickly hung up the three-color signal lights.
While the servants hung out three-color signal lanterns, Hong Da also ran off the nest car.
The three-color signal light can only convey simple commands, such as having the Green Camp launch a shelling.
However, more complex military orders, such as destroying the guardrail of the Ming army's gun platform, changing solid iron bullets to loading hundreds of bullets, and waiting for the Ming army to stop the attack after the Ming army is out of support, it requires oral statements.
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Yan Yingyuan has been asking Guozisheng to monitor the surroundings through a telescope.
Because Jiannu's communication system cannot be as efficient as the Mingjun, especially at night, it can only be used to communicate with the simplest way through signal lights.
Eight Imperial College students hold monoculars to monitor one direction.
At one moment, an Imperial College suddenly shouted: "Yan is admonished, there is a signal light in the northwest direction!"
Yan Yingyuan hurriedly raised his telescope and aimed his vision at the northwest. Soon, three colors of signal lights appeared in the telescope's field of view: Green Camp is about to fire a cannon!
The Secret Detective Department has long found out the meaning of the various arrangements of Jiannu’s signal lights.
So Yan Yingyuan could see at a glance that the signal light was ordering the Green Camp to fire.
"Order!" Yan Yingyuan immediately issued an order, "Each artillery battalion immediately drags all field artillery and mountain cannons away from the gun platform, and each infantry battalion immediately enters the trenches on both sides of the gun platform and standby!"
More than a dozen descendants of the kingdom ran around and conveyed Yan Yingyuan's military orders.
Immediately afterwards, the Ming army artillery and infantry on the third level of gun platform started to move.
The artillery was busy setting up fixed iron rods, while the infantry quickly entered the trench to hide.
However, before the artillerymen could fully lift the iron rod out, and before the infantry could all enter the trench, a sudden sound of cannons sounded outside the first-level gun platform opposite.
Immediately afterwards, a swelling sound was made on the guard wall of the third level gun platform.
After hearing this, you will know that it was the sound of a solid iron bullet hitting the guard wall.
Fortunately, the gap between the wall-mountain walls is very narrow, and it is difficult for shells to enter from the gap, so the field guns and mountain guns that were not too late to evacuate were not damaged.
"It's broken!" Jie Yuancai suddenly changed his face.
"Gou Jiannu really digs out the guard wall and slope protection of the two-level gun platform in front!"
However, Yan Yingyuan was not surprised but happy, and said with a grim smile: "Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou, if you have a way in heaven, if you don't go, you will break in without hell, then don't blame me, Yan, for being rude."
After a pause, Yan Yingyuan shouted again: "Transfer to my general order to detonate the mine formation of the word "Sky"!"
More than a dozen imperial sons behind Yan Yingyuan shouted at the same time: "Yan has an order to detonate the mine formation of the word "sky"!"
More than a dozen Kung Fu students who received the order ignited the fuse at the same time, and the burning fuse quickly retracted into the ground and quickly extended forward through the previously buried pipe.
The Tianzi mine array prepared by Yan Yingyuan for Jiannu has 5,000 improved mines!
In order to ensure the detonation of the mine array of Tianzi, Yan Yingyuan prepared more than a dozen sets of fuses.
As long as one of the fuses successfully burns to the target location, the mine array can be detonated.
After about five or six minutes, a large number of dazzling red light suddenly burst out from the artillery position in Jiannu ahead, and then a series of red-clothed cannons were overturned to the ground.
The green camp soldiers guarding next to the red-clothed cannon were also blown upside down, bloody and bloody.
There were even gunpowder barrels piled next to the red-clothed cannon that were detonated and a death-destruction occurred.
The strong light emitted when the gunpowder exploded and the red light after the serial mine array was detonated, almost illuminating the entire night sky red, and then the huge explosion sound spread violently.
Yan Yingyuan, Jie Yuancai and Guozisheng were instantly deaf.
The whole world became dead silent and there was no sound again.
Yan Yingyuan smiled proudly, and Jiannu's red cannon was finished.
Chapter completed!