Chapter 1408: Han Banner World (Ninety-Eight) Shocked

The attack surface opposite Wuguan is narrow. It is such a small area, so it is impossible for the party attacking Wuguan to deploy too many troops. If you want to attack, you can only attack from this narrow attack surface. This is why Wuguan is easy to attack. The most important reason for defending the difficulty is that for the defender, the focus and purpose of the defense are extremely clear. As long as this area is controlled, the enemy will be able to stop it.

It is for this reason that Wuguan's large-scale long-range weapons are not set up on the city wall, but in the open space behind the city wall. Rows of modified throwing machines are spread out, and the range has been calibrated long ago. Yes, several rows of throwing machines completely covered this area from far to near. The soldiers operating the throwing machines did not need to see the enemy. They only needed to operate according to the orders issued on the city wall to throw the explosive packets where they wanted.

Another advantage of this arrangement is to prevent the throwing machine from being suppressed by the enemy's long-range weapons and reduce the damage of our own long-range heavy weapons as much as possible, because there are city walls With occlusion, the opponent cannot see the settings of one's throwing weapons, and can only hit blindly, and the hit rate can be imagined.

But after the Han army occupied Shaoxi Mountain, this problem was easily solved. On the top of the mountain, the Han artillerymen knew the location of the throwing machine at a glance. For them, this was just a fixed-point target shooting.

Zhang Qian soon understood how painful it was for him to lose Shao Xi.

The Han army on the opposite side did not launch an attack for a long time. The first one to attack was the Han army on Shaoxi Mountain. With a loud noise, smoke rose from the top of the mountain, and a cannonball shot out mixed with fire, from top to bottom, like a meteor. After falling, this shell did not hit Wuguan's throwing machine position, but missed by about tens of meters. With a loud bang, it fell into a nearby area where sandbags were piled up. These sandbags were originally set up to prevent attackers from using fire attacks. In the explosion, those sandbags weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown into the air like toys, and then fell to the ground with a clatter.

The eyes of the soldiers on the city turned behind them involuntarily, and Zhang Qian was no exception. His face instantly turned pale. Although the first shell attack did not hit the target, he immediately understood the opponent's intention. location. And above the throwing machine position. The Chu army's throwing soldiers who were busy stopped all their movements and looked at the chaos to one side.

Suddenly, these throwing soldiers understood a truth. It turned out that their position was not only not a safe place, but also the first target of the enemy's attack.

At the next moment, everyone's eyes turned to the direction of Shaoxi Mountain. Zhang Qian's hand suddenly clenched into a fist, making a rattling sound, and his face turned pale.

On top of the mountain. Long Bin pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and looked at the artillery battalion commander: "Qiu, this shot is too far off."

"This first shot is to correct the ballistics!" the artillery battalion commander chuckled: "Now I understand.

Captain Long. Look! "

"No. 1 gun position, ballistic correction and loading completed!"

"No. 2 gun position, ballistic correction completed. Loading completed!"

As small red flags were raised one after another, powerful reports came from more than a dozen gun positions.

"Battle positions No. 1 to No. 15, fire in sequence!" The smile on the artillery battalion commander's face faded. He ordered loudly.

"Cannon No. 1, fire!" the gunner's hoarse voice sounded. There was a loud bang, and smoke filled the No. 1 gun position. Before the reverberation of the gunfire fell, the No. 2 gun fired immediately.

Long Bin covered his ears tightly, took a few steps back, and whispered: "Damn it, it's really loud. No wonder the artillery guys all speak with loud voices. I've been in the artillery camp for a long time. , I have to become deaf!”

He covered his ears and stretched his neck, trying to see the effect of this round of shelling, but his eyes were filled with smoke and he couldn't see anything clearly.

The second round of shooting from Shaoxi Mountain covered the throwing positions in Wuguan City. Rows of neatly arranged throwing machines were like a forest. They were majestic and beautiful before, but now, they seem to be swept away by the strong wind. However, it has become messy, with wood debris and parts of the throwing machine flying all over the sky, as well as the throwing soldiers who were too late to run away, indicating the heavy losses of the Wuguan defenders. If it was just the shelling on Shaoxi Mountain, it would be nothing more. The key is that those throwing machines have been equipped with explosive packets ready to be launched. These devices were ignited and detonated by the fire caused by the shelling. The power of the explosion was no less than that of the attack from Shaoxi Mountain, and it was even more powerful. The effect of this attack.

The sound of the explosion finally stopped, and Zhang Gan stared blankly at the previously mighty throwing machine position. It no longer existed. Dozens of throwing machines were reduced to debris on the ground. At this time, there was only one left. The platform stood alone in the corner, and on its edge were a few frightened Chu soldiers.

With a snap, a round object fell from the sky and landed just beside the base of the trebuchet. It rotated smoothly. The eyes of several soldiers followed its rotation mechanically. It was not a cannonball. It was a head that had been smashed into the sky, and the part below the head was long gone.

Finally it stopped turning, and the wide eyes on the bloodstained head stared straight at a soldier opposite. The soldier's dull eyes finally had a hint of spirituality, and his soul seemed to have returned to his body, but in an instant, he screamed like a cat or a horse whose tail was stepped on. He jumped three feet high on the spot, fell to the ground, and ran away with a scream. The shrill scream disappeared with his figure, still echoing in the air.

With a bang, there was another loud noise on Shaoxi Mountain. The iron ball with fire fell from the sky. This time it accurately hit the only intact throwing machine on the field. In the loud noise, accompanied by the sound of clattering, this throwing machine was gone.

"Perfect!" On Shaoxin Mountain, the artillery battalion commander watched the last throwing machine disappear from his sight with a happy look. This last shot was operated by him personally.

"Not bad, not bad!" Although Long Bin's ears were buzzing, he couldn't help but praise loudly. In the previous exercises, he had only seen the firing of a single cannon. This was the first time he had seen a scene of more than a dozen cannons firing at the same time. "It's extremely powerful. With this thing, all the peerless warriors in the world will be extinct from now on. No matter who you are, one shot will kill you."

Long Bin felt a little regretful. With this thing, the things like defeating hundreds of people and killing thousands of people in the future will probably only exist in the stories of storytellers.

"Adjust the gun position and prepare to attack the city wall. The division commander's general attack is about to begin." Long Bin ordered loudly. His loss of consciousness was only temporary, and his thoughts were immediately pulled back to the battle in front of him.

"Adjust the gun position, change to shrapnel shells, prepare to kill the resistance on the city wall, and open a passage for the army!" The artillery battalion commander shouted.

One by one, the cannons began to slowly turn their black muzzles.

On Shaoxi Mountain, a firework flew into the air, and with a snap, it exploded into countless bright red flowers, which scattered like meteors. Seeing the scattered red Han stars, opposite Wuguan, under the flag of the Han army, the drums suddenly beat, and the attacking bugles immediately sounded in the square formations.

Amid the huo, the siege vehicles that had just been assembled moved slowly forward under the pulling and pushing of the soldiers. The siege vehicles of the Han Kingdom were not made by cutting down trees temporarily when the siege was approaching, but were made in advance, split into parts and installed on carriages to be transported to the battlefield. When the battle was about to begin, the parts were assembled again. The basic skeleton of the entire siege vehicle was made of steel, and tires were installed at the bottom, so it didn't take much effort to push it. More importantly, this siege vehicle, which was several feet high and almost flush with the city wall, also had considerable attack power. On the top floor, several divine crossbows were like the death sickle that harvested lives for the soldiers defending the city.

The entire exterior of the Han State's latest siege vehicle is covered with iron plates, which are about the thickness of a finger. Not only can it resist the attack of crossbows, but even stone cannons can only leave a dent on it. In the eyes of the soldiers defending the city, this thing is a steel monster. If there is anything else he is afraid of, it is the artillery of the Han State, or the explosive packs in Wuguan City that could have been used to fight against him. This is why Mei Hua wanted to destroy all the throwing machines in the city as soon as possible.

In addition to the siege vehicle, the New First Division is also equipped with another siege weapon. This thing is similar to an obliquely long bridge deck. The front is extremely high, almost as high as the siege vehicle, while the back half is close to the ground. The entire device is dozens of meters long, with twelve tires on each side of the bottom. The Han army called it a trestle. After it was pushed to the edge of the city, the front end directly hit the city wall. The cavalry of the siege force can directly ride along the trestle to rush up to the city wall, and the infantry can also rush up from it.

These two weapons that made the Chu army helpless were of course expensive. The price of each one was staggering. Now only the Young Guards were equipped with them, and other troops could not afford them.

Zhang Qian stared at the monster that was slowly approaching. It was not that he had never seen similar weapons, but they were all made of Sentou. There were too many things that could destroy him, but the thing that appeared in front of him now was helpless even against the bed crossbow. The bed crossbow fired and hit the target, at most making him shake a few times, but the Shenji crossbow that followed was enough to make no living life near the bed crossbow.

How to defend? I can't defend it! Zhang Qian shouted wildly in his heart.

"Get ready to fight!" He drew the saber at his waist. Now the only way to defend the city wall was for the soldiers to fight hand-to-hand with the Han soldiers who were about to climb the city.

Rows of Chu soldiers held their swords and spears and rushed to the front of the city wall. Opposite them was the opponent's large siege machine that was slowly approaching. (To be continued.)