Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"What's the big deal? This rotten food is still food. There's nothing wrong with eating it. It just smells a bit stronger. You don't have to worry too much, brother. You should know that this situation is not caused by war, but by the cunning of the thief Jiang. If you can come forward and explain this to the soldiers, I think the morale will definitely be boosted."

It is obvious that he has to rely on Zhao Zhilong's men as the main force and he will be the assistant. At this time, he has to have a correct attitude. Wang Yanchang came up and gave Zhao Zhilong some advice, and this was the first step to show his loyalty.

"Hmm? Brother, you are absolutely right! Why didn't I think of that? Listening to your words is better than listening to your words!"

Zhao Zhilong held Wang Yanchang's hand tightly and said, "No more words, brother. I accept your favor. I will go and prepare now without further delay."

Wang Yanchang's face was stiff as Zhao Zhilong held his hand and shook it several times. He watched Zhao Zhilong leave, then he raised his hand hesitantly, sniffed the back of his hand with his nose twitching.

"vomit!!!"

In short, Zhao Zhilong followed Wang Yanchang's advice and gave a fierce speech in his own camp, and the effect was indeed good. Many soldiers identified the source of their suffering, including poor sleep and poor appetite in the past two days, and that source was the rebels on the opposite side.

How could these people be so evil? They actually did such a wicked thing! How can I get rid of this hatred in my heart if I don't take revenge fiercely?

In short, Jiang Han's actions, under the response of the two people, made the Ming army united as one and their morale was high. They were determined to retaliate against these rebels who had no choice but to give up!

The defenders on the bastion felt this deeply.

"What's wrong with these people? Are they crazy?"

Raising their guns and shooting down a Ming army soldier who was roaring and rushing towards the bastion, the volunteer army soldiers were a little confused. What was going on? Today's Ming army was in good shape and their bravery was almost as fierce as their fearlessness of death. What happened?

The increasing intensity of the Ming army's siege made the defending volunteers feel the pressure. The closest one was that someone had already placed a ladder under the bastion! Now these Ming troops are not friendly to me, but they are more or less a fight to the death. It has never been like this before? What happened in the past two days? It seems that the other side has done nothing except cooking shit?

Could it be that the other side mixed something in the shit?

An officer felt that he was close to the truth, otherwise he could not explain why the Ming troops were in such a brave state today.

The volunteers have repelled the Ming army's attacks three times in a row. Each time, the Ming army would leave behind hundreds of corpses and go back, but the next time, they would come back roaring, which made it obvious that the volunteers could not keep up with the response.

"That won't work. If we continue like this, we will just waste manpower. We need to find a way to allow our artillery to attack the enemy's city wall..."

Zhao Zhilong looked at the battle situation in front of him and felt a little anxious. Although it seemed that the Ming army was suppressing the rebel army on the surface, there had been no substantial gains so far. It was undoubtedly a foolish dream to want to capture Yangzhou in this way. Ladders, how many people can they carry? Those damn rebels on the top of the city were just like nouveau riche, and everyone carried a musket. As long as his own people climbed onto the top of the wall, even if you were a man of iron, how many bullets could you withstand?

This won't work. We must find the weak points of the enemy's fortress. As far as I know, this thief Jiang has occupied Yangzhou for only half a year. In half a year, there must be many loopholes in this fortress. Now, I just have to find them out!

Where would it be?

Looking at the map in front of him, Zhao Zhilong looked thoughtful... Soon, he focused his attention on a place east of Yangzhou City.

"Next time, try attacking here!"

Volume 248: Chapter Chapter : You chose the wrong target, brother!

Are there any flaws in Jiang Han’s bastion at the moment?

There are indeed some. Although there are strategic-level construction materials such as cement, the labor production methods at that time are still quite backward, relying mostly on human and animal power. And just as Zhao Zhilong guessed, Jiang Han has been in Yangzhou for less than half a year. Even if there are more than 10,000 workers building it now, there is no way to build a complete bastion defense system in such a short time. There will inevitably be many loopholes and unfinished areas, and these areas are the focus of the attack by the besiegers.

The enemy could think of it, and Jiang Han could naturally think of it as well. The defenders' fortifications were not built in place, which was very fatal in a siege. Once such a flaw was discovered by the enemy through several waves of offensives, the enemy would seize this point at all costs, break through the surface with a point, and tear the wound severely.

Leaving such unfinished fortifications to the volunteers to guard was undoubtedly not training but a crime. Therefore, Jiang Han sent most of the volunteers to the relatively complete bastion fortifications.

What Zhao Zhilong identified was a city wall in the northeast corner of Yangzhou. Before the war began, a section of the city wall had just been demolished and the fortifications had not been completely built. If he went up, the bastion had not been completed yet, and if he went down, the city wall was gone. He was stuck here, which was very embarrassing.

So, Jiang Han adjusted the order of the projects. For those areas where construction was slower, the first thing to do was to build the triangular fort. No matter what the defense system would be later on, the triangular fort must be built first.

Although they didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Han's order, these plasterers didn't have time to think too much. They just did what they were told.

The reason why this place was confirmed as the direction of attack was thanks to the findings of the Ming army's scouts.

A large number of scouts were sent to Yangzhou City to conduct intelligence gathering. Since there was basically no news inside the city, the scouts quickly changed their mindset and began to snoop on the city defense deployment outside the city. What's more, they actually found out something.

Due to Jiang Han's deployment problems, a large number of volunteers were concentrated in those areas with complete bastion fortifications, where torches, personnel movements and sentry rotations were quite frequent at night. But on the contrary, in those areas where bastion fortifications were not yet complete, there were fewer personnel deployments. This was considered an over-fulfillment of the KPI for the scouts, and they quickly followed this idea and summarized the approximate deployment of all the soldiers they observed around Yangzhou City, and handed it to Zhao Zhilong today.

This is why Zhao Zhilong chose this direction as the main attack direction. It’s not that he really thinks Jiang Han will not deploy many soldiers here. Now Zhao Zhilong no longer despises Jiang Han as much as before. After suffering such a big loss, he is deeply touched by Jiang Han’s inhumanity and is extremely vigilant.

In his opinion, there must be some trap in this so-called weak point of troop deployment. Everyone understands this kind of old silver coin thinking, but he must step into this trap.

Why? This is a siege, not a surprise attack or a looting. This is a direct battle with clear chariots and horses, and mutual consumption. The other side has a back-up plan, but you don't know it. This is undoubtedly a very fatal information for us. The Jiang thief on the opposite side is very strange. He has a lot of things in his hands that he can't figure out, including the strange stench that exploded in his tent before, and the bomb that can blow hundreds of tons of ships in half under the Yangtze River. Who knows if the other side still has such things. If you choose to ignore it, when the siege is white-hot, the other side will take it out suddenly, and you will be more or less injured.

The unknown is the most terrifying. You have to know what cards your opponent has in his hand first so that you can make targeted countermeasures. This is what is meant by "when the enemy comes, we will stop him with our generals; when the water comes, we will block it with earth."

This is what is called an open conspiracy. I put the trap here, and you can see whether you will step on it or not.

Moreover, by taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the opponent's unfinished fortress fortifications, maybe we can get some clues about the opponent's fortress?

Holding the token, Zhao Zhilong hesitated again and again: "Captain Zuo, Captain Qian, listen to my orders!"

Two generals walked out from both sides of the army formation and knelt on the ground with their hands clasped.

"The general is here!"

"I order you to take 6,000 men and attack this place. Make sure you make a bigger noise!"

"Order!"

Several people went down to count the troops and form a battle formation, preparing to attack Yangzhou City, while Zhao Zhilong continued to lead a large force to confront the volunteers in the west.

So did Jiang Han set a trap? Of course he did. As the saying goes, if the enemy doesn't attack me, I won't be a human. I, Jiang, play with reality.

Why did they build a triangular fort before building a bastion? Of course, it was to arrange machine guns and firepower teams to give the invading enemies a big blow.

So who is guarding the northeast corner? You may have the answer in your mind. It is M2HB. This sister is really worthy of her usual performance in the game. She is even lazier than Jiang Han.

When others were attacking Zhenjiang, she was sleeping. When the sisters went to Jiangnan to join the hunt, she was sleeping. When the humanoids went to the Ming army camp to release stink bombs, she was still sleeping. I just couldn't understand why she had so much sleep? Why didn't she take me with her! !

Ahem... I've gone off topic. As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade. Heavy machine guns like the M2HB should naturally be used in critical situations such as city defense. When Jiang Han was young, he played a shooting game called Beach Landing. In it, the protagonist was in a trench with various weapons to resist the continuous attacks from the enemy. The thrill of shooting people with a heavy machine gun was really, really exciting!

If Girls' Frontline had Gatlin, it would have been a sure win, but unfortunately he didn't.

When Jiang Han saw the red sign from the local area appear in the southeast corner of Yangzhou, the expression on his face was very subtle. On the one hand, he was excited, "Haha, you are finally here." On the other hand, he felt pity for the enemy. This group of people really drew a bad fortune.

Unlike other places, Jiang Han left it to the volunteers to arrange the defense line for the more complete bastions on the front. Although these soldiers were still a little immature, under the guidance of Parosa, everything was done in an orderly and formal manner. However, in those areas where the fortifications were not yet completed, the humanoids decided on their own how to build the defense system.

Jiang Han smacked his teeth after taking a look at them. These arrangements were so...creative. However, I would like to make some minor changes and add my name to them.

It was not an easy job to call the police for 4,000 men. The Ming army spent quite a while organizing the troops and began to move towards the previously planned direction. Several thousand soldiers looked grim as they watched the battlefield. Not to mention the size of the generals before they came out, they must be small. Jiang was cunning and treacherous, so they must act with caution. They themselves also took it very seriously. Why? Nonsense, they still stink!

Shield car ready! Move forward! !

During these days, the Ming army naturally did not lie in bed and enjoy the stench. The army was looking at trees and building siege weapons, including shield carts.

This thing is actually very simple. A few big wooden stakes form the main structure of the car, a few big wheels, and a layer of wood on the outside. That's it. With this, it can effectively defend against arrows and musket attacks from the city wall. Of course, if you use cannons to bombard it, it will definitely explode, but generally speaking, how many cannons can a city defense have? How long will it take to fill it? This shield car is made of wood, and it is pushed by people inside. There is no power source. It doesn't cost anything at all, so it's profitable anyway.

Of course, the Ming army had no way to fit all the soldiers on the shield carts, nor did they have that much wood to use. Often the shield carts led the way, and the infantry behind followed and formed a formation. It was very much like the coordination between infantry and tanks, but it was a youth experience version.

The shield vehicles were creaking and moving rapidly here, but the Yangzhou city position over there was dead silent, as if there were really not many soldiers deployed there.

Until a loud noise was heard.

A shield car suddenly exploded for no reason, and the smoke and dust from the explosion completely engulfed it. The wheels of the shield car flew out from the smoke and dust and directly broke the waist of an unlucky guy.

The smoke and dust cleared, and the shield vehicle burned in flames. The people inside were completely silent.

"Huh? What? Is it daybreak?"

In the triangular fort in the distance, someone was finally awakened by the huge noise.

Volume 249: Chapter Chapter : You and your bunker make me laugh

The M6A2 anti-tank mine is just one of the little surprises that the humanoids have arranged on the front line. The appearance of this thing is very similar to the M15, with a pressure plate on top and about 5KG of explosives on the bottom, and a detonator pin and a booster column in the center.

Its design is very interesting. When the tank presses down on the M62A, the pressure plate and the detonator pin are pressed down at the same time, which triggers the fuse. The fuse strikes the detonator tube, ignites the detonator, ignites the explosive column, and causes an explosion.

Because of this design, even if the M62A is blown away by a bomb, it will not explode. It will only explode when the pressure plate and the detonator pin are pressed down at the same time.

Since the humanoids have even buried anti-vehicle and anti-tank mines, they will naturally not let the infantry go. Many infantry mines have already been buried on the battlefield, just waiting for the right person.

Soon, fate arrived.

A big-headed soldier took a step forward, and a thin thread beside his feet was broken by his movement. A hammer-like object suddenly jumped out of the soil and suddenly exploded in front of the horrified eyes of these people.

A large number of steel balls and fragments scattered in all directions, creating a bloody mist in an area with a radius of tens of meters, and screams were heard incessantly.

I knew it when several thousand soldiers cursed in their hearts, and shouted loudly: "There are mines! Watch your step! Scatter!!"

There were landmines in the Ming Dynasty. As early as the Song Dynasty, the prototype of landmines already existed, including ceramic and iron shells. However, the so-called "gunpowder cannons" of the Song army at that time were obviously not landmines.

But by the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, landmines triggered by mechanical ignition devices had already appeared. In the book "Fire Dragon Sutra" written by Jiao Yu, there is a clear record of landmines: "The explosive cannon is made of cast iron, empty, filled with powder, and pestled. It is placed in a small bamboo tube, and the fire line is passed through the inside. A long line is used to pass through the fire trough outside. Dozens of them are buried in the pit along the route that the enemy must pass. The powder trough is connected to a steel wheel and covered with soil so that the enemy is unaware. When the trigger is stepped on, it will vibrate, and the iron block will fly and the flame will shoot into the sky."

In the early days, these mines were obviously round in shape. During the continuous development, the Ming army also intentionally increased the damage caused by fragments. However, due to the slow progress in technology, all they could do was to make the outer shell of the mine as easy to explode as possible, and add some sharp external spikes.

The mines in the Ming Dynasty were not easy to explode because their shells were too thick. The solution of the Ming Dynasty people was to use great force to make bricks fly away, just like the technology used by the Russians to design the Su-30. As long as I can fully power her engine, she can reach supersonic speed!

It is very reasonable, but also very outrageous. The landmines in the Ming Dynasty were huge in size and filled with explosives, which made the landmines at that time very powerful. They could explode a large area at a time, but in terms of lethality, they were not very superior. This was mainly due to the small number of fragments, most of which were caused by the shock wave of the explosion, not as unethical as it is now. At the same time, due to the problem of mechanical conduction sensitivity, most of them were used to blow up vehicles.

On these grounds, there are not only mines, but also anti-personnel spikes buried in the soil, also known as caltrops. These things are also on the positions of the Volunteer Army. They are hidden in the trenches below the earth slopes. They are spread secretly, waiting for the Ming army to run exhausted and jump into the trenches. Hey! That would be considered a hit!

Many of these caltrops were war materials stored in Yangzhou's warehouse, and Jiang Han took over. These things were piled up in the warehouse, and each one of them was already a caltrop - withstanding the wear and tear of battlefields for a long time, many of them were covered with rust, but because of this, the older they got, the better they tasted!

Once this tetanus thorn pierces the enemy's foot, the rust on it will enter the wound and cause infection. In this age without antibiotics, infection means that you can't save your foot, or even you yourself.

The biggest enemy in the production of old-style pickled cabbage belongs to it.

In this age where people are willing to cook shit and throw it on the other side's head in order to inflict damage, this kind of loss of martial ethics is common.

Boom! Another shield car flew straight into the sky. Every now and then, someone on the battlefield would step on something unknown, or even step on a caltrop. Those who jumped up and screamed in pain holding their feet were the lucky ones. The unlucky ones were now hanging on the trees.

The thousand households were so angry that their teeth itched. How could this man be like a dog! His quality was so poor! But there was nothing they could do. They could only remind their soldiers to pay more attention to their feet, advance steadily, and use the shield carts to carefully check the ground under their feet.

Doing so would, of course, slow down the advancement, while the enemy's fortifications, which had not yet begun to react, were still standing still, casting a shadow over the two men's hearts. This thief Jiang must be planning something extremely sinister!

"Huh...I slept so well."

Such a lively scene with loud gongs and drums and firecrackers finally woke up M2HB who was dozing in the Triangle Fort. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the dense crowd in front of her, and her eyes shone with light!

There are enemies! These are the soldiers who are hesitantly moving forward, and there are bunkers! This is the shield vehicle that is moving slowly. Isn't it slow? Such a heavy thing is pushed by people.

Great! Two wishes! If I fulfill them at once, I can send them to the sky with the shelter!!

He ran excitedly to the pass of the Triangle Fort and took a light step. A huge black box slowly opened, revealing the hideous gun inside.

Put on the ammunition belt, pull down the bolt, hold the gun in place, then pull the trigger and start the carnival!!

The .50 machine gun began to spray tongues of flame. At this moment, the Ming soldiers who were standing in front of the triangular fort and walking cautiously, one step deep and one step shallow, got a ticket to hell.

The concept of firearms is very simple. Accuracy comes from the barrel and sights, and damage comes from the type of bullet. As long as you get a powerful bullet, you can shoot an emonational da**ge (note the tone). What does .50 mean? Using human-like silicone to conduct damage tests, this thing can directly break the entire silicone block in two! This thing is more than one meter long! Who can have more than one meter of fat?

Light armor, concrete walls, masonry walls, makeshift bunkers, armored shields, everything is like butter against a hot knife in front of this thing. Can hiding behind a wall stop bullets? That thing of yours can't even stop 7.62!

The soldiers hiding in the shield vehicles were the first to be taken care of. The poor wooden boards were torn into pieces like pieces of rags, and the soldiers inside were turned into willow catkins. These reliable vehicles that once provided them with protection have now become terrible cages that bring them death.

Machine guns are undoubtedly huge killing weapons on the battlefield. They are devastating to the enemy in various ways. There was once a terrifying record of ten Maxim guns killing 2 people. Of course, MHB can't do that. First, there are not so many people here. Second, it is not a water-cooled machine gun like the Maxim. That thing can fire almost uninterruptedly, but the air-cooled machine gun can't. After a while, the barrel will overheat and it will not be able to continue firing.

But despite this, this terrifying phenomenon of blowing up the person and the cover together, and directly breaking the person in half, undoubtedly caused a big change in the mentality of the wise rulers present. If there was a heart rate monitor, it would be clear that their favorability went straight to 200.

How to avoid enemy attacks? 1. Find cover. . Run towards it and hide in the blind spot of the enemy. . Race with your teammates and pray for better luck.

1 It is definitely not possible. The only shelters available on the battlefield are the shield vehicles. Now the shield vehicles can't even protect themselves, how can they protect you? Not to mention those messy dirt piles, what can they block? You and your pitiful shelter make me laugh.JPG

2. Do you remember what the key facilities of the bastion are?

3........Hurry up! ! ! !

Volume 250: Chapter Chapter : Party Time!

You are a soldier of the Ming army. You are now advancing towards the enemy's city fortifications. In front of you there is a .50 machine gun that is continuously firing. What will you do?

A, lie down and pretend to be dead, B, escape by the original route, C, escape to the blind spot of the machine gun, D, run at an obtuse angle

Thousands of people were charging, so naturally there were thousands of choices. Some would stay where they were and grab a corpse and throw it on themselves, praying that the other side wouldn't notice them. Some would turn around and run away as deserters. There were also some veterans who knew a little bit about the business, who would just rush forward in the direction of the triangular fort. There were many choices, and the entire battlefield was in chaos.

There is a saying on the battlefield that new soldiers are afraid of artillery and old soldiers are afraid of machine guns, because artillery fire is actually easier to avoid. Generally speaking, artillery fire will not be fixed at only one place. The scale of the gun barrel is constantly adjusted to ensure that the entire area can be covered. Therefore, there will often be no attack at the location after a shelling for a considerable period of time, that is, a crater will not be bombarded a second time in a battle. When rushing forward, pay attention to the craters on the road and lie down in them. This will allow you to avoid a lot of fire from the front. It is a natural simple trench that can even allow you to take a breath in a tense battle. Of course, it’s another matter when the opponent is the Americans. Those bastards have too much money to burn. This thing is observable and avoidable. As long as you are careful and experienced, the probability of surviving the shelling is not small.

But machine guns are different. The firing rate of a machine gun is extremely fast. Thousands of bullets can be fired in the blink of an eye. If you can observe it with your naked eyes, I suggest you go to a superhero movie set and take a class. What you can observe is that your comrades are suddenly shot, their arms flying, blood and flesh splattered, and the next second, it may be you. The only chance to catch your breath is the few seconds when the other party reloads.

If faced with artillery fire, the veterans are confident that they can survive, but for machine guns, they just have to stay in the trenches, bury their heads as low as possible, and pray that they won't be hit by stray bullets that suddenly appear. Helmets and the like are useless!

The veterans had all attacked cities before. Since Chongzhen took office, there had been no reports of large or small wars among the people. Bandits had captured cities many times, burning, killing and looting. Naturally, the government troops had also fought many sieges. These veterans had their own set of experiences on how to deal with enemy firepower.

But, even so, the veterans had never seen such a scene. What was this? What was that beeping sound? How did the shield car just disappear with a crackle? That was an inch thick wooden board! Even if it was a musket, it would only make a hole! Now, it was torn into pieces.

Is that a cannon? But how can there be so many rounds of cannon? Is that a gun? How can there be such a powerful gun?

Everything that was happening before their eyes had undoubtedly touched upon the blind spots in the knowledge of these veterans. All they could rely on now was their own experience. They ran forward, into the pits created by mines, into the trenches ahead, into all the deep pits, and behind anything that could obstruct the other side's vision.

The two captains watching from behind were extremely anxious: "No retreat! Everyone, run forward!"

The soldiers didn't listen to you and ran away faster than each other, but they ignored the fact that this was a minefield.

When people are running for their lives, they don't pay attention to the situation under their feet, but this is often when happiness comes knocking on the door.