Fu Shanhe

Chapter 63 Accident
"Rumble..."

The roar of artillery fire marked the beginning of the war.

Two rookie artillery units fired at each other. It didn't matter if they became the other side's target. Instead, the area near the target was more dangerous.

Standing at the observation post on the city gate tower, Li Mu could see very clearly.

A large area around the enemy's artillery position was cleared, but that row of artillery was still in good condition.

"Pass the order down to stop the fire coverage.

The first artillery flag fired freely first, and the second artillery flag took over half an hour later.

Send someone to inform the commander-in-chief and tell him that the firepower in the south is seriously insufficient.

Please ask him to urge the Nanjing Ministry of War to send the artillery over as soon as possible.

Red Cannon, Three-Eyed Fire Gun, Bird Gun, Five Thunder God Machine, Crouching Tiger Cannon, Fire Crow, Fierce Fire Oil Tank, Rumi Gun, Portuguese Cannon...

No matter what kind of firearm it is, I don't mind it!"

The excellent fire coverage tactics failed due to the poor performance of their own artillery.

Li Mu did not give up. He made up for his lack of accuracy with quantity.

With the Great Yu Dynasty behind them, they can easily fight against the rebels.

The weapons and equipment reinforcements from the Nanjing Military Department have arrived in Zhenjiang, including a large number of firearms.

Now there is only a river between us. If we don’t hurry up now, when will we?

If the rebels attacked Zhenjiang, the defenders would simply seize the firearms that were sent to reinforce them, which would be a huge loss.

It takes three years to train a qualified archer.

It only takes three hours to train a musketeer.

It doesn't matter whether you shoot accurately or not, as long as you learn how to reload the ammunition and be able to shoot normally.

Just like his artillerymen, they never hit the target accurately, but still killed a lot of enemies.

When it comes to defending a city, there's no need to be too picky.

"Yes, my lord!"

After saying this, the guard turned around and left.

……

Rebel camp.

"Filling the river and building the bridge started at the same time. Each of us will be responsible for one side and try to capture Yangzhou City as soon as possible.

According to the prior agreement, whoever's troops entered Yangzhou City first would be elected as the new leader of the Lianghuai Alliance.

I, Huang, keep my word. If your troops reach Yangzhou first, I will abdicate and let others take my place!"

Huang Renlong said this in high spirits, without any sense of loss at the moment about giving up the position of alliance leader.

As the first rebel army to arrive at the city of Yangzhou, they not only had the largest number of troops under their command, but also made the most thorough preparations for the siege.

The bait of offering the position of alliance leader was thrown out mainly because of the worry that the various families would not work hard in the siege.

"General Huang, rest assured, for those of us who live in the underworld, loyalty is the most important thing.

If anyone is half-hearted and deliberately conserves strength during a siege, I, Cui, will be the first to disagree! "

As soon as the leader Cui opened his mouth, all the leaders of the rebel army echoed him in unison.

No matter what they think in their hearts, they have now embarked on the road of rebellion and there is no turning back.

Either you or you can emerge as a king, prince, general or minister from the sea of ​​blood and corpses.

Either the business fails or it collapses along the way.

The imperial court was powerful, and if the various rebel forces did not want to be defeated one by one, they had to unite.

As for the subsequent siege, whether or not to put in effort depends on the situation.

However, there is one principle that must be followed: you can slack off to make up the numbers, but you must never allow your allies to slack off together.

The best option is to unite together to attack the city. Everyone supervises each other and no one can slack off.

However, the disadvantages of doing so are also very obvious. No one feels safe when handing over their own troops to other people to command.

If the commands are mixed together, there will be multiple orders and it will be difficult for friendly forces to coordinate.

Dividing the siege area and launching attacks in a dispersed manner became the last resort.

"Well, I hope that our next meeting can be in Yangzhou City!"

Huang Renlong said proudly. With the return of the leaders of the righteous army, the defense battle of Yangzhou broke out in full swing.

In a flash, bridge-building vehicles were pushed to the edge of the moat and began to be pieced together.

Not far away there were carts carrying soil, constantly dumping the soil into the river.

The originally clear river water quickly became turbid.

……

"General Huang, the plan to draw the enemy's firepower has failed, order the shelling to stop!

At this time, the distance from the enemy city wall was too far, and it was difficult for the artillery to hit the target accurately.

We have limited ammunition and cannot afford to waste it like this.

After the army crosses the moat, we will gather artillery, catapults, and siege vehicles to launch a general attack on the enemy!"

Seeing the defenders change their tactics, Zong Guangtai began to persuade them.

In fact, he had opposed launching an attack from the southeast long before the war broke out.

After the failure of the previous siege, he realized that the opposing defenders were difficult to deal with.

However, Huang Renlong couldn't swallow this humiliation and insisted on getting up where he fell.

"Mr. Zong, stop the artillery attack, it is too damaging to morale.

Our ammunition reserves will at least be enough to last for a few days.

I think..."

Before Huang Renlong could finish his words, a loud bang was heard and the earth began to tremble.

Immediately afterwards, dust started flying all over the sky, and some tents close to the front line were also blown up into the sky.

"Go check, what happened ahead?"

Huang Renlong asked angrily after taking a mouthful of dust.

The sound came from the artillery position. Such a loud noise was obviously not a good thing.

……

"General, a cannon just exploded, detonating nearby ammunition.

Perhaps because the artillery pieces were too densely packed and there was too much ammunition nearby, the entire artillery position was overturned.

Not only did the artillery suffer heavy losses, but nearby troops were also affected, at least..."

Without waiting for the guard to finish his words, Huang Renlong went straight to the artillery position.

At this time, the dust had settled, and all that was left was the corpses scattered all over the ground and the wailing of the wounded.

The scene was so brutal that even though he was used to seeing killings, he still felt sick.

Zong Guangtai, who followed behind, behaved even worse and vomited on the spot.

It is really difficult for a scholar like him to face the bloodiness of the battlefield.

"Who arranged this? How could the artillery pieces be placed close together and so many ammunitions be piled up?"

Huang Renlong asked angrily.

This is a typical technical disaster.

It is not new that artillery can explode due to excessive use.

Anyone who knows a little about artillery operation technology knows that after using the artillery for a period of time, the barrel must be cooled.

If the temperature is too high, you must stop using it.

When setting up an artillery position, it is basic common sense that a safe distance must be maintained between adjacent artillery pieces.

Moving all the ammunition directly to the artillery position and piling it up is the biggest taboo of all.

A series of technical errors directly led to the disaster.

"General, the one in charge of the artillery is Captain Zhou.

After arranging the tasks, he took people out to recruit soldiers and is no longer in the camp! "

After getting this answer, Huang Renlong was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

"Damn Zhou Paopi, I shouldn't have believed his lies!"

(End of this chapter)