Steel Dynasty - Chapter 771

[Chapter 770 Conquer prisoners!]

The skewed sunset dyed Songzhou City red.

Smoke and dust were flying on the yellow land, and the battlefield was filled with a solemn look.

Luo Quan, Qi Guangyi, and Lu Fei stood together, using binoculars to look at the defenders on the wall of Songzhou not far away.

After Lu Fei cursed Songzhou City, he said: “General Luo, it looks like there are not many barbarian defenders in Songzhou City. It’s not too late to attack the city before the sun goes down.”

If it had been before, Luo Quan would have I thought Lu Fei was talking big words, but now the military reforms and equipment of Dayu State gave Dayu State the ability to break through the city gate within two hours.

What’s more, this time Lu Fei was leading soldiers equipped with new weapons.

“Of course it would be best if we could capture Songzhou City. In this way, we can trap Hakata here and annihilate them bit by bit.” Luo Quan nodded.

Qi Guangyi agreed: “Yes, with the trenches, it is impossible for the barbarian cavalry to attack the city from the trenches under the fire of muskets.”

Lu Fei was gearing up. His favorite thing was fighting. When he was in Jinling City, he Except for the daily military training, which was very leisurely, he was so excited that he almost didn’t sleep all night after receiving the military order.

“Hey, in that case, let’s try the new musket provided by this military workshop.” Lu Fei narrowed his eyes.

When he saw these new muskets in Jinling City, he was so greedy that he almost drooled. After trying them out, he was even more eager to equip his soldiers with such muskets.

If it weren’t for the strict military laws, he would have had the urge to keep these muskets.

After deciding to attack the city, the army under Songzhou City immediately moved into action. Lu Fei asked all the soldiers holding muskets to stand 150 meters away from the city wall.

According to the information provided by the military workshop, the range of the Zhenglu musket is 900 meters. It can still be accurate at 500 meters, but the accuracy at this time has dropped to 50%, so the best shooting position of the Zhenglu musket is Three hundred meters, of course, the accuracy within three hundred meters will become higher and higher.

Since the birth of the musket, Lu Fei has followed Xiao Ming in the wars in the north and south. He naturally knows how to make use of the characteristics of the musket.

When facing the defending infantry, he naturally does not need to extend the distance. What is important is to ensure the accuracy of shooting while protecting his own soldiers from being injured by bows and arrows. .

So the distance of one hundred and fifty meters is very suitable.

Under his order, soldiers holding captive muskets lined up in three rows in front of the city gate. More than 3,000 soldiers within the 600-meter city wall aimed their guns at the soldiers on the city.

Different from the previous blind shooting, this time the musketeers carefully targeted the barbarian defenders on the city wall.

In addition to forming an array, there are also 200 musketeers playing the role of skirmishers. They are distributed in different locations, looking for opportunities to shoot enemy soldiers.

“What are these?” Luo Quan set out in a hurry, not yet understanding the role of these skirmishers.

Lu Fei explained: “These soldiers are selected from the army to shoot more accurately. They are responsible for shooting enemy generals under the cover of the large square formation.”

Luo Quan’s eyes lit up and he nodded, ” It’s wonderful to catch thieves first and be diligent. “

While the two were talking, the array was quickly completed. Looking at the sky, Lu Fei shouted to the artillery captain Chen Ting: “Pull up my field artillery and help me protect the city. Open the door!”

“Yes, General.”

Chen Ting was originally Luo Xin’s subordinate. After the army reform, the artillery force was split up, and the once outstanding artillery generals were dispersed to various armies.

Upon hearing this, he immediately asked the soldiers to pull over the field artillery drawn by horses and deploy the field artillery directly opposite the city gate.

After everything was ready, Lu Fei shouted: “Fire!”

As his order was issued, the musketeers pulled the triggers one after another. The flash cap produced sparks and ignited the gunpowder. There was a “bang” gunshot, and the cone-shaped bullets followed the gunfire. The gun went straight to the target.

When the Chongqing army appeared at the foot of Songzhou City, the barbarian soldiers in Songzhou City fell into chaos. Especially the subsequent arrival of firearms troops made the barbarian general responsible for defending the city feel even more heavy.

“What are these soldiers from the Great Chongqing doing? This is at least a hundred and fifty steps away.” A barbarian captain asked doubtfully.

The captain in the city shook his head, “As far as I know, the musket range of Dayu is not that far.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a burst of fire under the city, and the captain suddenly fell down with a muffled groan, and saw He was shocked and pale.

And when he looked at the commander, he saw blood pouring out of the commander’s chest.

In shock, he looked at the Chongqing army outside the city. At this time, a bullet flashed past his eyes. Before he could react, the bullet hit his eyebrow.

In the blink of an eye, the captains of thousands and thousands in the city fell in a pool of blood, and the barbarian soldiers who lost their command were in chaos.

While the two men fell, all exposed barbarian soldiers continued to fall, which intensified the chaos among the barbarian soldiers.

Luo Quan and the others had been watching the city. Luo Quan was shocked. The accuracy and range of the conquest musket had indeed been greatly improved this time.

“Hahaha…” Lu Fei laughed. On the battlefield, the levy gun once again proved his ability. He said to Chen Ting: “Fire!”

“Boom, boom, boom…”

When the artillerymen fell into chaos on the city wall, the artillerymen They began to violently bombard the city gate. After three volleys, the Songzhou gate collapsed.

“Charge!” Following Lu Fei’s order, the musketeers with bayonets on entered the trenches and moved toward the city gate.

Climbing from the trench to the ground, he entered Songzhou City like a wave.

The musketeers were not idle either. They kept suppressing the barbarian soldiers at the top of the city to prevent them from attacking the soldiers at the city gate.

Luo Quan was just talking on paper in the military academy, but now he has experienced the actual combat of attacking a city with a firearm on the battlefield.

Shocked in his heart, he understood that the era of swords, bows and horses would be gone forever.

Accompanied by the passionate sound of the charge, the musketeers poured into Songzhou City like a tide.

In the city, the remaining barbarians still encouraged resistance. They held scimitars and charged at the musketeers entering the city with ferocious expressions.

Facing the barbarian soldiers in the city, the soldiers of the Dayu Kingdom had cold eyes. The hatred between the country and the family made them even colder and crueler than the barbarian soldiers. ,

looking at the barbarian soldiers rushing over, the musketeers flexibly changed their formations, sometimes gathering together to fire at them.

Sometimes they would collectively pick up their bayonets and rush forward to fight the barbarian soldiers.

In the memory of the people of Dayu, the barbarian soldiers have always been brutal and fierce, but now on the battlefield, the soldiers of Dayu are even more brave.

In six years, the Chongqing army has transformed from a sheep into a wolf.

The barbarians have always been brave and fierce, but at this moment they suddenly found that the weak soldiers of the Chongqing Kingdom had become more fierce than them.

These men held bayonets like the Grim Reaper, often killing a barbarian soldier with just one thrust.

(End of chapter)