Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 192 Battle Jiang Ning
The Red Police battalion led by Bai Mingxiu was not even full strength. The siege force only had more than 200 combatants at full strength. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself was still in the army and charged into battle with his comrades.No matter how you say it, Nanjing is the center of Southern Zhili and the most important city in the south. The Qing government deployed heavy troops here. In addition to nearly [-] Green Camp soldiers, there were also [-] Eight Banners troops led by Dutong Kakamu.

In fact, even when Bai Mingxiu was faced with a 1:50 troop ratio, he was right. The Red Police Battalion was generally equipped with automatic rifles, heavy machine guns, and even rocket launchers. Police battalions don't face disadvantages either.

After the Red Police Battalion led by Bai Mingxiu entered Waiguo, they wiped out some Qing troops who hadn't fled into the city. Many Qing troops chose to surrender to the Ming army. Bai Mingxiu didn't even have enough troops to manage the prisoners. This group of captives was held in one place for centralized monitoring, and there was even a case where three or two soldiers of the Great Ming Fuguo Army guarded hundreds of Qing soldiers.

On Zhongshan Mountain, Bai Mingxiu took the ship lady Shijie and Jin Yiwei's people to look at the city of Nanjing.

"In this place in Jiangning, the outer wall is basically broken, so don't think about the city anymore. With Zhongshan commanding you and Sister Shi, your invincible cannon, it will be very comfortable no matter how you shoot." Bai Mingxiu was in a very good mood, and he and Sister Shi A joke was made.

Sister Lion is also in a good mood. She is a ship's wife. Although Bai Mingxiu is very powerful and directly appoints her as the naval commander of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, Sister Lion also likes to use her heavy artillery on the battlefield to kill the enemy. Crush into powder.It's just that her admiral Bai Mingxiu was very stingy before, and he was reluctant to use a lot of gold finger coins to replenish her. After all, Sister Lion fired a few shots at random, and basically made Bai Mingxiu pay hundreds of gold finger coins.Now that your Excellency the Admiral is rich, it's just like how he used to be reluctant to buy cosmetics for his girlfriend with tens of thousands, but now Bai Mingxiu's family has millions, and he doesn't need to blink to buy things for his girlfriend.

As soon as Bai Mingxiu took Sister Shi up to Zhongshan Mountain, he asked Sister Shi to start bombarding the walls of the inner city. Even though Bai Mingxiu had not planned to attack the inner city directly, it did not prevent him from blasting the walls full of holes to scare him. Qing army.

Visible to the naked eye, a large area of ​​the city wall collapsed due to Miss Lion's bombardment. Bai Mingxiu stood on Zhongshan to watch, and he was also refreshing to point out the country.

"It's almost there, Your Highness, there is almost no place for people to stand on this wall." Sister Lion was very satisfied with her masterpiece, just like a painter appreciates endless talent.

Jin Yiwei's deputy commander made Ma Zouri said: "I really want to know how the Qing army is feeling now."

This is definitely a battle that will remain fresh in the memory of many people in the future. If you are facing a large army, although the Qing soldiers may be afraid, but fighting with the officers, it is normal to lose, and there will be no problem.But now this battle has been fought so hard that they can't figure it out.The Ming army hardly saw them, and wherever they went, they were covered by the terrifying firepower of the Ming army.First the outer gate was breached, and then the red police battalion with automatic fire drove them all into the city like chasing chickens.Then, without even seeing the assembled Ming army, the walls of the inner city were battered by even more terrifying firepower.

A garrison general in charge of Nanjing's defense tremblingly came to Lang Tingzuo, who was still standing in the dust on his official uniform, and asked for instructions in a somewhat distorted voice: "My lord governor, the city wall is broken, can we still defend the city wall... ...?"

This question is very embarrassing. Let’s talk about defending the wall, not to mention that the army can break through the collapsed city wall and rush into the city. Now there is not even a place to garrison troops on the city wall, and the several cannons placed on the city wall have been damaged.But if they don't defend the city, then if the Ming army really rushed in, they could only fight in the streets in the city.

But more importantly, the Qing army suffered heavy losses in the shelling just now. A large number of Qing soldiers were deployed on the city wall in preparation for the Ming army's attack on the city. When the shelling started, these Qing soldiers had no time to retreat, and most of them were bombed. Even the Qing army prepared under the city wall suffered heavy losses. Six or seven hundred Qing troops were killed just now.Faced with such horrific shelling, some Qing soldiers even gave up the fight and deserted.If you run into the city, you will be arrested and dealt with by military law. You may have to continue fighting, but the city wall has collapsed, so you should just run outside the city. If you surrender to the Ming army, you can avoid dying on the battlefield.

Before the Qing garrison general was able to rein in his troops, more than 300 smart Qing soldiers had already fled from the bombed city wall to the outer country. It was not known where they were running, but they just didn't want to fight.

Lang Tingzuo also felt troubled at this time: "The Ming army's artillery was so powerful that the city wall of Jiangning was destroyed. We have no danger of defending the city. If we cannot reverse the situation, then Jiangning will be in danger!"

General Jiangning Kakamu said at this time: "The rebels have powerful guns, but they dare not attack the city. What does this mean? Hmph, doesn't this just mean that the rebels fear the might of our Manchurian warriors, and they can only rely on the power of their firearms. Don't you dare to fight against my army? They bombarded the city walls but did not attack the city, which only shows that their strength is insufficient and they are not ready. At this time, we only need to send an elite brigade out of the city to fight, destroy the rebels in the outer gate, and burn their warships. Then Nanjing will be safe and sound."

Lang Tingzuo felt that Kakamu's words were not unreasonable. Otherwise, how could he explain the fact that the Ming army broke through the city walls, but no one attacked the city.But Lang Tingzuo still felt that there was some risk in going out to fight in the city.He wanted to persuade Kakamu, but Kakamu didn't want the credit to slip through his fingers.

"Men and young men of Manchuria, follow you all to charge, cut off the heads of the southerners, and avenge the men who died in the southwest!" Kakamu drew the steel knife in his waist and rode a Mongolian horse that was not tall. , led his Eight Banners soldiers directly out of the city.

Standing on Zhongshan Mountain, Bai Mingxiu saw this group of Eight Banners soldiers wearing colorful cotton armor and yelling at a glance.The strength of the Eight Banners soldiers stationed by Jiang Ning is far behind that of the Tazi soldiers before they entered the customs. Even Bai Mingxiu observed that their formation was scattered, obviously they were not very well trained, and their sturdy aura was more like a group of ruffians , rather than a mighty army.

It is true that the Eight Banners have been completely lost at this time, otherwise Wu Sangui's army would not have suffered heavy losses during the San Francisco Rebellion ten years later in history.

Now Bai Mingxiu looked at these "cute" Tatar soldiers and just smiled with relief. He turned to Sister Lion and said: "What a good target. Sister Lion, do you think they will collapse completely after how many shots they take?"
　Ask everyone for a vote

　　
　
(End of this chapter)