Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 255 Justice Falls from the Sky

"If you want to listen to me, I suggest that your army be prepared to defend against artillery fire. The Ming army's artillery is very powerful."

After finishing his conversation with Zhu Zhanjun, the Tsar returned to the command room.

A battlefield banquet was being held here. Representatives from various countries were holding wine glasses and chatting with each other, talking about the latest popular topics.

The representative of the Gallic Rooster, who had experienced the last war, sat alone in the corner, shaking the wine glass in his hand in a daze.

The Tsar noticed him, walked over to him with a glass of wine, and slowly sat down.

Looking at the sunset in silence, the representative of the Gallic Rooster slowly regained his composure and spoke something to the Tsar.

"Their artillery is very powerful?"

The Tsar took the other party's words to heart.

The other party was one of the few people who returned from the previous war, and it was he who brought the news back to him.

No one knew the battlefield conditions at that time better than this person who experienced it firsthand.

The Tsar was even curious about how the other side had the courage to come to the battlefield again to observe the situation after experiencing the last brutal war.

"sharp……"

The Gallic Rooster representative was stunned for a moment, then laughed bitterly and said, "It's more than amazing, it's simply hell on earth."

The conversation between the two had already attracted the attention of representatives from other countries around them. They stopped talking one after another and listened quietly to the two people's stories.

Without paying attention to other people's gazes, the Gallic Rooster representative took a sip of the strong liquor in the glass.

The hot taste of the wine went down his throat, causing him to frown immediately.

After a long while of recovering from his shock, he slowly said, "Thousands of artillery pieces came at once, and a type of shell that had never been seen before fell directly from above our heads. After the explosion, no one within a hundred meters survived."

"I swear to God, I've been in war, I've even charged with a rifle myself, but I've never been under such heavy bombardment."

"I even thought that even if God came, he would die under that horrible artillery fire."

"Your Majesty, I don't know who will win this war."

"But as an ally, I sincerely tell you that the strength of the Ming army is beyond imagination. Facing their attack, you need to be extremely cautious."

"Especially in terms of artillery defense, if you don't want your troops to die under artillery, then make comprehensive preparations."

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, put the glass aside, stood up, nodded slightly to the Tsar, and staggered towards the rest area.

Looking at the receding figure, the Tsar fell silent while holding his wine glass. After a long while, he called a general and solemnly ordered: "Tell the soldiers to strengthen the fortifications. Tell them that it is their lifeline. If they want to survive, they must work hard to build it."

The Russian army was busy all night, and just as the red sun rose in the east the next day, a sharp cry suddenly sounded from the Ming army's position.

The representatives of various countries who had just crawled out of the room looked at the red light rising in the east in confusion, not understanding what was going on.

The Gallic Rooster representative who had also come out to wash up saw the rising light, his face changed instantly, and he shouted loudly: "Hide quickly, the Ming army is about to bombard."

"Chirp..."

Before he finished speaking, bursts of whistling suddenly sounded in the eastern sky, followed by a rumbling sound that came in an instant like an overwhelming tidal wave.

"Damn, how many guns are there?"

The Eagle Country representative had just shouted when he was pulled into the fortifications by the military attaché.

In an instant, the entire Russian position was filled with smoke and dust.

The roar of artillery shells shook the fortifications one after another.

Various chevaux de frise and barbed wire fences modeled after the Ming Dynasty were also blown up into the sky by artillery shells.

Zhu Zhanjun stood on his own observation position, watching the effects of the artillery fire through a telescope.

The Chief of General Staff Xu Da, who was standing next to him, looked at the smoke and dust rising from the bombed positions on the opposite side and couldn't help but sigh: "It really proves what you said, war is fought with steel."

"More than 3,000 artillery pieces of various types, all firing at once, this is not killing people with artillery, it's simply hitting the enemy with iron, smashing them to death."

"If these guys had been around when we rebelled, Wang Baobao would have been beaten into Wang Baobao by us long ago."

Zhu Zhanjun just smiled and said lightly: "That was in the past, but it's different now."

"The enemy is not stupid enough to stand there and be bombarded by you."

"Look." Zhu Zhanjun pointed to a visible area and said, "They have already built some simple fortifications. Although they are very crude, they already have a model."

"The effect of the bombardment is not as great as the previous two times."

Zhu Zhanjun had no regrets about this.

Human beings grow slowly in wars.

The old Russian was beaten twice in a row, and even an idiot knew to block it with his hands, not to mention that he was an idiot with many years of war experience.

There are definitely guys on the other side who escaped from the previous war. They report what they encountered to their superiors, and by simply restoring the battlefield, we can understand the general situation.

After suffering two losses in a row, this is another war that will determine the fate of the entire Siberia. The Russians will naturally not be as careless as before and will definitely go all out.

Following Zhu Zhanjun's instructions, Xu Da also saw the situation on the opposite side.

"Alas, the battles to come will be difficult."

Zhu Zhanjun's lips curled up slightly when he heard this: "That's not necessarily true. In fact, the more modernized the war, the easier it is to fight."

Xu Da looked curious: "So you have another secret weapon."

Zhu Zhanjun did not answer, but sat on the chair next to him with a mysterious look on his face, waiting quietly. Xu Da looked at his own position thoughtfully and found that the infantry on standby did not step out of the defensive offensive and prepare for the attack, but continued to wait in the trenches.

In an instant he understood that there might be some powerful weapon that had not been used yet.

The shelling lasted for half an hour before it stopped. The Russians' superficial fortifications had been blown to pieces.

As the navy was equipped with breech-loading artillery and after many successful tests, the main force of the Ming army in the Second World was also slowly replacing the new artillery.

In order to provide these artillery pieces, Zhu Zhanjun built several industrial zones in the Second World this year.

Coupled with the coordination of space, the production of new artillery has officially been put on track.

As the most needed northern organization corps, half of its artillery has been replaced with new breech-loading artillery.

Coupled with new gunpowder and new triggering methods, the power of the artillery was greatly enhanced.

"Damn it, where did they get so many artillery pieces? I thought it was an earthquake just now."

The representative of the Eagle Country, who was dragged back to the fortifications by the military attaché, heard that the artillery fire had stopped, and he brushed the dirt off his body and walked out of the fortifications.

"If I were you, I'd hide in there."

The Gallic rooster representative opposite him was still hiding under his defensive bunker, calmly smoking his pipe.

"Could it be that they still have more shells to fire?"

The Eagle Country representative was somewhat unconvinced.

The Gallic Rooster representative took a puff of his pipe, blew out a smoke ring, ignored the other party, found a comfortable position, and continued to wait.

"Beep beep beep..."

Suddenly, a whistle sounded in the trench.

The Russian soldiers hiding everywhere rushed out with weapons, took up combat positions, and waited quietly for the Ming army.

In their minds, artillery bombardment should be followed by infantry attack, so they should be prepared in advance to avoid being ambushed by the enemy.

However, just as they entered the battle position, some sharp-eyed soldiers saw several super-large objects appearing above the Ming army camp.

"what is that?"

Looking at the thing slowly approaching in the sky, some soldiers were a little confused and even a little panicked.

"Don't panic, they're just some balloons."

Some knowledgeable officers hurried to comfort their soldiers.

Hearing the discussion, representatives from various countries ran out and looked towards the eastern sky.

"That looks like an airship."

The coachman representative scratched his beard and said something uncertainly.

"It's not like, it's an airship. I've seen a guy's experiment, but it doesn't seem to fly high or far."

The Eagle Country representative retracted the monocular telescope, replied with a serious expression, then turned around and ran back to his own fortifications.

The Ming army definitely did not bring out this kind of airship to show off to themselves. It must have some unknown attack capabilities.

Seeing that the representatives of the Eagle Country had all run away, the representatives of the Gallic Rooster just showed their heads and then went back. The representatives of other countries did not dare to stay any longer and ran back one after another.

During the time they were running, the airship was slowly approaching their sky.

"How exactly do they plan to use this? Are they planning to scare our soldiers to death?"

The Tsar in the hidden command post held the telescope for a long time without reacting, and couldn't understand what the enemy was doing with this thing.

There was no concept of launching an attack from the sky at that time, and many people didn't even have this idea.

Therefore, even the well-informed representatives of the empire were confused by the appearance of the airship.

But they also felt that this thing was not what it seemed on the surface, and there must be an unknown side to it.

As the Russians were confused and bewildered, the airship slowly flew over the Russian positions.

"Everyone, please note that we have reached the bombing area and have confirmed the bombing target."

On an airship with a large painted “A” on it, an officer was holding binoculars, observing the situation below against the wind while loudly conveying orders.

In the very center of the cabin, a man wearing a thick cotton coat used a simple sight to aim downwards, made sure that the red cross was aimed at the judgment area, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice.

"The target has been identified and the bomb can be dropped at any time!"

Along with his roar, the captain in charge of command waved the red flag in his hand vigorously towards the personnel who held the handle twice.

"bomb!"

After receiving the order, the two men pulled the wrenches in their hands back little by little.

As the two of them exerted force, a series of crackling sounds were heard.

And every time there was a clicking sound, the entire cabin would sway slightly.

"Hey, look, what did they lose?"

The Russian soldiers who were craning their necks to look at the sky were puzzled when they saw these huge things flying in the sky suddenly leak out some black dots.

(End of this chapter)