Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 274 Attacking Shengjing ([-])

In 1625, Qing Taizu Nurhachi moved the capital from Liaoyang to Shenyang, and started to build the imperial palace in Shenyang.

In 1634, Huang Taiji changed Shenyang to Shengjing and continued to build Shengjing. After the Qing army entered the pass to occupy the capital and moved the capital, Shengjing became the accompanying capital of the Qing court.

Due to various factors such as background and time, the scale of Shengjing is naturally far smaller than that of Jingshi.

However, as the accompanying capital of the Qing court, Shengjing naturally had all the defensive measures it should have, such as moats, urns, and so on.

After Tangning surrounded Shengjing City, he was not in a hurry to attack because he had to solve the problem of crossing the moat first.

Therefore, he immediately sent a lot of troops to cut wood and build a pontoon bridge.

The pontoon bridge uses small boats or pontoons as piers, on which boards are laid as bridges.

There is no shortage of trees in Liaodong, so it is very convenient to obtain materials.

Naturally, all kinds of equipment for the engineers were indispensable in the arsenal. After Tangning took them out, the work efficiency was greatly accelerated.

A small boat was made, and for the convenience of transportation, some large carriages were also made, as well as pieces of wood spliced ​​together.

Although the defenders on the walls of Shengjing knew what the new army was doing, they could only stare blankly.

After two days of preparation, the pontoon bridge for laying the moat is finally ready, and there are still some as preparations.

Tangning didn't delay anymore. He had already sent people to observe around Shengjing City. He didn't find any obvious flaws, so he didn't think too much about it. He directly chose the east side as the first target to attack.

There are a total of eight gates in Shengjing City, and the original purpose of the construction was to guard one gate for each banner.

On the four sides, there are two gates on each side. The two gates on the east side are Fujin Gate and Neizhi Gate, commonly known as Dadongmen and Xiaodongmen.

Tang Ning immediately launched two 88mm anti-aircraft guns, no matter what it was, to resist the bombardment as much as possible.

Tangning also spent all her money, and did not limit the consumption of shells. The two cannons fired fiercely at one location.

Under such bombardment, no matter how strong the city wall could hold it, the high city wall was blasted open a big gap.

But Tangning was still not satisfied, and continued to bombard, just to further expand the gap.

Although the Qing army defending the city was very angry, they could only watch when faced with such extraordinary measures by the new army.

General He Luohui of Shengjing had to divert his troops to avoid losing the few defenders in vain under such a fierce bombardment.

Finally, under the bombardment for less than half an hour, a hole five feet wide was blasted open in the east wall.

However, Tang Ning did not order to stop the bombardment, because now it was just blasting the opening in the wall of the Wengcheng. Even if they rushed through this gap, they would only be entering the Wengcheng, not the inner city.

Blindly entering the Wengcheng will only be pocketed by the enemy, and will be attacked from all directions on the walls of the Wengcheng.

Therefore, another gap must be blasted in the inner city wall.

Fortunately, there is only one Wengcheng in Shengjing, not three or four like Yingtian Mansion.

Therefore, shooting directly at the gap opened now can bombard the inner city wall. Naturally, there is no problem in the distance, and the artillery position does not even need to be moved at all.

"Boom boom boom..." The 88mm anti-aircraft gun continued to slant its anger until Tangning saw through the binoculars that a hole about five feet wide had been blasted into the inner city wall, and then gave the order to stop firing.

This was the first time that Tangning was so extravagant, pouring out so many shells in one go. He really attached great importance to this battle, so no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't hide his secrets too much.

Seeing that the new army had stopped bombing, the defenders in the city finally breathed a sigh of relief. The shells were really terrifying. A few shells could blow through such a thick city wall.

And that sound, much more terrifying than the red cannon, just listening to the sound makes people tremble with fear.

But the defenders don't have time to feel emotion and fear, because the new army is already preparing to attack, Shengjing General He Luo will immediately mobilize the soldiers and civilians in the city to start working hard to fill the gap.

Although it can't be repaired in a short time, even if you just get something to block the gap, it will cause some obstacles to the new army's attack, so you can't just do nothing.

With an order, Tangning first sent some wolf soldiers to launch a feint attack, and then pointed directly at the breach without carrying any tools to cross the moat.

The Qing army defending the city seemed to have held their breath a long time ago, and when they saw the new army attacking, they immediately returned fire with artillery.

"Boom boom boom..." A round of solid bullets fell on the attacking crowd. Although the wolf soldiers were smashed to pieces, they didn't have the slightest fear and still charged bravely.

After getting closer, the enemy's Franco machine guns, tiger squatting guns, etc. fired shotguns again, causing greater damage to the wolf soldiers.

Naturally, the purpose of Tangning's feint was not to send the wolf soldiers to their deaths, but to draw out the enemy's firepower.

The goal has been achieved, he gave an order, Ming Jin retreated, and four 105mm howitzers were ready.

"Boom..." There were two rounds of shooting first.

"Boom boom boom boom..." Immediately, the volley started, and powerful high-explosive bombs fell like meteorites, making a shocking explosion, with flames and smoke rising into the sky, and huge shock waves wrapped in fragments and wreaked havoc everywhere.

The shrapnel pierced through the soldier's body, and the shock wave even directly knocked the man off the city wall, turning him into a pulp.

Not only the Qing army defending the city had never seen this terrifying scene, but the wolf soldiers and white soldiers accompanying the army were also witnesses for the first time with their own eyes, and they all showed expressions of awe.

But when he thought that this was his side's artillery, his spirit was shocked, and he became more confident in this battle.

Some of the shells fell into the urn, and some fell directly on the city wall, and the defenders on the city wall ran around in horror.

Although they also want to save the loss of the artillery, the artillery is too heavy. Except for some tiger squatting cannons that are easy to carry, the rest of the cannons cannot be moved away at once.

It is a small cannon that is relatively easy to carry. At this critical moment, it must be life-saving.

Otherwise, even if you delay for a moment, you may be smashed to pieces.

However, in order to save shells, Tangning only fired for 5 minutes.

Even if it was just 5 minutes, it seemed as long as a century to the defenders.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Tangning waved her hand, and the wolf soldiers who had already prepared quickly launched a second attack.

This time it was no longer a feint, so he also brought tools to cross the moat.

The fearless wolf soldiers were divided into two teams. One team was responsible for transporting the wooden boats to the moat, then pushing them down, and trying to arrange them in a straight line, while the other team lifted the wooden boards for laying.

Although the defenders on the city wall facing the attacking direction of the wolf soldiers were stunned by the artillery fire just now, the general defending the city immediately drove the defenders from other directions to come over to support them, and tried their best to mobilize artillery from other directions.

Taking advantage of the vacant period when the firepower of the defenders was greatly weakened, the wolf soldiers accelerated the speed of the attack despite the sporadic firing of the enemy's artillery.

A wooden boat was pushed into the moat, and then the hulls were made parallel to the moat, lined up in a long row leading to the opposite bank, and then tied side by side with ropes, wires, etc.

As soon as the first few wooden boats were lined up, the second team of soldiers immediately carried the wooden boards forward and laid thick wooden boards on top of the wooden boats.

The first team of soldiers immediately stepped on the paved wooden planks and pushed more wooden boats into the moat. Repeatedly, the pontoon bridge became longer and longer.

(End of this chapter)