Capital Datang

ww.x.om Jiangshuang City is an important military town of the Wa country, relatively speaking, it is very solidly built, but the city building technology of the Wa country was learned from Baekje, and Baekje learned from Tang Dynasty, and is still learning In the process, it is inevitable that there are some technical deficiencies, so Jiangshuang City is not considered a too strong city in the eyes of Tang people.

After Su Worulu and his elite left Jiangshuang City, the city was headed by his deputy Jushi Dedo.When seeing the Datang Fleet pouring in from the open sea, almost covering the entire sea surface, everyone from the giants in the city to the ordinary soldiers was frightened. The Tang army came to attack the city, and judging by the size of the fleet, it was obvious that this was the main force of the Tang army.

"The whole army obeys the order and sticks to the city. If there are any cowards who avoid the enemy, they will be killed!" Jushi Dedo is Su Worulu's confidant. When he saw the warship on the sea, he immediately made the most correct judgment. Now they There is no escape, the only hope is to repel the Tang army's attack, and then send someone to General Su Wo for help, hoping to hold on until the moment they return for help.

Jiangshuang City was built with its back to the mountain and facing the sea. The city wall facing the sea is only two hundred steps away from the coast. Although it is outside the range of bows and arrows, it is within the range of trebuchets and bed crossbows. The Japanese people's level of making weapons is very low, and they can't make bed crossbows at all, so trebuchets are placed on the city wall, ready to deal a heavy blow to the landing Tang army at any time.

However, to Jushi Deduo's surprise, Tang Jun's warship stopped on the sea after arriving outside the city, and then separated a small fleet of ten warships, and took the lead to arrive at Jiangshuang City. where to stop.Capital Datang 373

Jushi Dedo squinted his eyes to see what the ten warships were going to do?But because the distance is a bit far away, and he doesn't have a binoculars made by Datang, he can't see clearly at all. He just vaguely saw the soldiers on the warship pushing out some small carts from the cabin, facing them The deck on this side was lined up, and then began to get busy.

Seeing the movements on the boat, Jushi Dedo guessed that the small cars that were rolled out might be Datang's new weapons, but he waited a whole meal.The opponent's ship was still busy, and it was impossible to see what kind of weapon was being prepared?This made the Japanese generals like Jushi Deduo even more uneasy, wondering what these Tang people were going to do?

Among the battleships on the sea, a huge warship was surrounded by the surrounding giant ships. This ship was Lu Qing's ship, and now it became Su Dingfang's handsome ship. Apart from Su Dingfang and Lu Qing, Liu Rengui, Zhou Rengui, and others were on board. Long, Li Shi and other major generals also gathered on this ship.

"General Liu. Are those copper pipes of yours really that powerful?" Su Dingfang asked Liu Rengui in disbelief while looking at the Jiangshuang City in the distance while holding the side of the boat.

Liu Rengui, who was tall and thin, stroked his long beard and said confidently: "Don't worry, General Su, this artillery is the painstaking work of His Highness and the craftsmen on Perak Island. It's not too strong, as long as you concentrate the artillery to bombard a little bit, you will definitely get extraordinary results!"

Hearing Liu Rengui's confident words, both Su Dingfang and Zhou Long showed expressions of disbelief, which is actually no wonder.Liu Rengui was different from other generals in that he was originally a civil servant.He was dragged by Li Yin to the firearms training camp halfway, so in the eyes of Su Dingfang and other generals, this General Liu is undoubtedly an outlier.

In fact, not only Liu Rengui, but the entire Firearms Battalion was undoubtedly an anomaly in the eyes of other troops. From the general to the soldiers in the Firearms Battalion, they usually wore special military uniforms.Divided into jacket and trousers, it looks very capable, and it wears light armor in wartime.The main thing is to guard against bows and arrows, and not to fight with the enemy unless it is absolutely necessary.

As for the weapons of the Firearms Battalion, the other soldiers were even more puzzled. The pipes they used were made of steel, and they were not easy to hold. In addition, each of them was equipped with a one-foot-long knife with a very sharp handle. Short, if you hold it in your hand to kill the enemy, it really doesn't fit your hand.There were even many soldiers who secretly cried out that it was a pity, because the two main weapons of the Firearms Battalion were made of high-quality steel. If these steels were cast into swords, they would definitely be extremely rare and high-quality weapons.

If it’s just the above, it’s fine, but the key is that the Huoqi Battalion is the darling in the eyes of His Royal Highness Qi Wang. Not only is the military salary higher than other troops, but also the food and accommodation conditions are higher than the general army, and even the soldiers of the Huoqi Battalion When they were in the barracks, they always had a bullish expression, as if they were the strongest soldiers in the world.This made many soldiers complain about the Firearms Camp, and even held their breath, wanting to see the jokes about the Firearms Camp on the battlefield.

As the commander-in-chief, although Su Dingfang didn't want to see the jokes of the firearms battalion like other generals, he was quite worried about the combat effectiveness of the firearms battalion, especially when he saw that the thing called artillery took so long to prepare. He has no idea.

After waiting for a while, the artillery on the ten ships ahead was finally fixed, and the gunpowder and shells were loaded, and Liu Rengui was shocked when he received the news, and immediately ordered the first round of salvo .

On the ten huge warships, each ship has ten cannons fixed. After receiving Liu Rengui's order, the gunners immediately started to ignite. Make your first roar in the war!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One hundred cannons roared like thunder one after another, and then a batch of black shells flew out, smashing towards Jiangshuang City with great force, but because it was the first round of trials As a result, most of the shells missed, but nearly a quarter of the shells hit the city wall. As a result, the stones on the wall were scattered, and each shell made a large crater.There were even a few shells that just hit the top of the city, and as a result, several Japanese soldiers who had been down for eight lifetimes were smashed into pieces. The whole city looked like a few blood flowers bloomed, and it was so frightening. Shi Deduo and others all sat down on the ground.

Su Dingfang and Tang generals on the handsome boat were also taken aback by the roar of the artillery. When they saw the damage caused by the artillery to the enemy, they were all dumbfounded. They didn't expect this thing called artillery to hit so far, and The roar was like thunder, almost like thunder on a sunny day.

Liu Rengui was not surprised by this situation for a long time, and ordered the artillerymen on the warship ahead to open fire freely, all the targets were concentrated near the gate of Jiangshuang City, and they must blast the opponent's gate.

After receiving Liu Rengui's order, the cannons on the ten warships fired in volley one by one. After three rounds of test firings, they finally found the angle and the shells they fired had accuracy. Stone chips were flying everywhere, and there were screams on the city, and soon the entire city wall was almost covered by the dust from the shells.

A hundred artillery shells were bombarded with all their strength. Although the ship's ups and downs affected the shooting accuracy of the shells, but in such a dense shelling bombardment, there were always a few shells hitting the gate of Frostfall City. Under the bombardment of the shells, the city gate made of thick solid wood looked like it was made of paper, and was quickly smashed to pieces.In addition to Su Dingfang's sudden attack, the Japanese army in the city did not come in time to block the city gate, so the gate of the entire Jiangshuang City has been completely opened to the Tang army.

And after "shooting" the gate of Jiangshuang City, Liu Rengui ordered the artillery on the ship to turn its muzzle, and began to concentrate firepower on the top of the city, mainly the catapults above. Tang Jun brought great casualties.In fact, this is because Liu Rengui was too careful. The Japanese on the top of the city had been blasted out of their wits by this cannon long ago. The morale of the army, which had been slackened by Su Wo's retreat before, finally collapsed. Tang Jun rushed into the city, and they had no intention of resisting.Capital Datang 373

And Su Dingfang, who had been observing the results of the artillery battle through the telescope, finally recovered after being shocked. He yelled and ordered the messengers on the ship to raise the flag to the ships, and ordered the first batch of troops to land immediately and take the battle as quickly as possible. city ​​gate.At the same time, Su Dingfang looked at Liu Rengui with some appreciation. As for Li Shi, Xu De and other generals, their attitude towards Liu Rengui became extremely enthusiastic, and they all stepped forward to ask the principle of the artillery.

After receiving the order from Su Dingfang, Zhou Long personally brought a troop of 5000 prairie people close to the coast, and then started to land in a small boat. The process went smoothly, and when the [-] troops rushed to the gate of Jiangshuang City, they encountered the first resistance force. Unfortunately, after a few rounds of bows and arrows by the prairie people, there were not many people on the other side. The man rushed forward brandishing a scimitar, and quickly slaughtered the resisting Japanese, initially occupying the city gate.

Seeing that the battle was going so smoothly, Su Dingfang finally decided to land on a large scale. The troop carriers put down the small boats, carried the soldiers to the coast, and then launched into the water and landed. Leading the charge into the gate of Frostfall City.And the Japanese in the city had already lost their fighting spirit, so facing these wolves and tigers of the Tang army, there was no way to organize an effective resistance. Only some stubborn Japanese generals brought their own soldiers and took advantage of the geographical advantage of the city to fight against them. They want to resist, but unfortunately they have no capital to resist in the face of absolute strength.

The Japanese soldiers who resisted were killed one after another, and most of the remaining Japanese lost their fighting spirit. Soon the first surrender appeared, and then more and more Japanese laid down their weapons. A stone thrown by a cannonball hurt his arm. Seeing this situation in the city, he knew that he was powerless, so he had to take his cronies and escape through another city gate. When Su Dingfang and other generals landed, the entire Jiangshuang City It has completely fallen into Tang Jun's grasp.

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