Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 907

The warships of the Mughal Empire, wooden blocks flying across, and accompanied by some unlucky stumps and arms.

Iron bullets really treat everyone equally, as long as they are hit, they will all fall apart!
At this scene, people watching from a distance felt terrified, not to mention the Mughal sailors on the warship.

None of them knew whether a shell would fall on them in the next moment.This fear completely wiped out their composure.

Seeing them, some of them climbed the warship and wanted to hide behind, and some simply jumped into the river to escape.

In short, as the shelling on the warships of the Ming Dynasty began, the warships of the Mughal Empire suddenly became chaotic.

At this time, who cares whether the boat should stop or go upstream, the shells of the hiding army are too late.

So, the next scene happened naturally.

I saw those out-of-control warships going down the river one after another, facing the row of burning arson boats in front of them.

It was not until the burning heat affected the confused Mughal sailors on board that they came back to their senses, and their warship was about to hit the arsonist ship.

However, until this time, it was too late for them to try to stop the warship.

Even if a few ships endured the impact of the burning flames and barely stopped, these ships were hit by the ships behind and came towards the arsonist ship again.

At this time, the area burned by the arson boat, that is, the river below, was heated.

The so-called fire and water are ruthless, these unlucky sailors of the Mughal Empire encountered the power of fire and water together.

These out-of-control warships collided with the arsonist ship, and the sailors on the ship could not jump or hide. The fire quickly spread to the warship, and there was another arsonist ship in a blink of an eye.

"Boom boom boom..."

Amidst the roar of the artillery on the Ming warship, the warships of the Mughal Empire lost control one after another, and eventually they all went down the river and hit the burning ship, adding bricks and tiles to the flames on the Ganges.

Let the fire burn more violently!

Seeing this scene on the Ganges, the army of the Mughal Empire fell into silence again after recovering.

No need to look at the final result, the navy of the Mughal Empire is absolutely finished.

Look, under the shelling of the Ming army, the warship was either directly blasted and sank, or drifted down the current and joined the raging flames.

The soldiers on the warship, those who were luckier, were the ones who died directly after being shelled. There was no panic, no wailing, and no need to taste the taste of barbecue.

The unlucky ones were disabled and wailed on the boat, and then were swallowed by the flames. There were also some who jumped out of the boat to escape but were hit by the boat, or because of the impact of the river, they floated near the burning warship and uttered desperate cries. .

As soldiers, in fact, many people have thought that one day they will die in battle. In fact, they can still accept this result.

However, what they couldn't accept was that in a one-and-done battle, the enemy casually moved their hands, and their side suffered heavy casualties.

Looking at those comrades struggling on the river, every soldier of the Mughal Empire felt a sense of oppression in his heart.

At this time, no one thought that the Ming army in Bagalpur was so easy to defeat.Many people even looked at this scene on the river, and they even asked such a question: The Ming army defeated the navy so easily, so would the Ming army be very powerful in the war on land?Will the one who goes to attack Bhagalpur first die first?

Everyone has only one life.For a battle that can be easily won, these soldiers are of course willing to fight with their lives. However, if it is a difficult battle, a battle that is likely to kill them, how many people can be fearless? ?

Of course, the lives of ordinary soldiers are just a number in the eyes of many people, for example, Aurangzeb, the emperor of the Mughal Empire.

Seeing more and more warships losing control on the Ganges River and joining the burning warships one after another, Aurangzeb's face was very ugly.

He didn't feel sorry for the dead and wounded soldiers, but that the Navy's battle would be so disastrous, which greatly affected the morale of the entire army.

Regarding this point, he didn't even need to look at it, he knew it very well in his heart.What annoyed him even more was that with the entire army of the navy annihilated, although there were still about [-] warships that could probably escape, it would definitely be useless. The Ganges was destined to become the river for the Ming army.

In this way, it will be very unfavorable for the upcoming siege of Bagalpur.

Not to mention that if the battle goes well, the Ming army may escape from the river by boat. It is said that once the siege begins, the east and west sides of the river will face side attacks from Ming warships on the river. The siege army suffered heavy losses and it was even more difficult to capture Bagalpur.

In other words, only the south side can attack the city with all its strength without worrying about flanking.However, in this way, the Ming army's defensive center of gravity will definitely be concentrated on the south gate, which will also make the siege battle more difficult!
It was just a flash of thought, and Aurangzeb, who was experienced in fighting, had already thought of these thoughts.

The defeat in the water battle made him feel very passive.

Aurangzeb stared at the burning warship on the river again, then turned his head to look around, looked at his generals, and looked at the soldiers where he looked, and finally turned his head, he looked at Kui Yi Said: "I can't wait any longer, the siege must go on, otherwise the troops will be withdrawn and the morale will be further reduced..."

Although the Mughal Empire did not have the words of going all out, declining again, and exhausting three times, Aurangzeb still knew this truth.Not to mention, the water battle was an absolute fiasco. If the soldiers were allowed to return to camp, their morale would also be lowered under discussion.

For this reason, he stated his decision, and then said to Kui Yi: "The next siege battle will still rely on your artillery. However, the west side is not appropriate, and it is easy to be attacked by the warships of the Ming Dynasty. Shelling, now move to the south immediately, how about blasting a way for me to attack the city?"

Although Aurangzeb's words seemed to be asking for Kui Yi's opinion, his tone was absolutely arbitrary, and the meaning was very clear, the Dutch had to do this.

As soon as Kui heard this, he had no other thoughts. It was originally agreed that the Dutch artillery would bombard the city wall.

Because they wanted to attack the city, the Dutch also brought the Hongyi cannon with the army, which was considered to have the longest range and the most powerful.In the past, for the sake of convenience, it was transported by boat. After unloading the boat, it was most convenient to place it directly on the west side of the river bank.

But as Aurangzeb said, the failure of the water battle made the artillery positions in the west no longer safe.

Therefore, Kuiyi immediately nodded and responded: "No problem, His Majesty sent someone to assist in transferring the heavy artillery to the south!"

The roads in the Mughal Empire were poor, not to mention, it was impossible to follow the roads from west to south.The weight of the heavy artillery is so heavy that just moving it is a headache.

However, the Mughal Empire also had the advantage that it was not particularly afraid of moving heavy objects.

Aurangzeb said without hesitation: "I will send you a hundred elephants, which should be enough!"

There are more than 1000 elephants that belong to the royal family of the Mughal Empire and can be used for combat as adults.

In the previous Aragh civil strife, about [-] war elephants were lost, and Aurangzeb brought all the remaining [-] or so war elephants.

Once the war elephant came out, and the Mughal Empire had enough manpower, it would not be so difficult to carry heavy artillery.

Looking at the team busy carrying heavy artillery, Aurangzeb thought about it for a while, and then sent people to various military places to preach how powerful the Dutch artillery was, the low city wall of Bagalpur, and the Ming army. The parapets, barbed wire, etc. built outside the city could not withstand the bombardment of Dutch heavy artillery at all.

In order to re-invigorate the morale of the army as soon as possible, Aurangzeb even let his subordinates spread the word of a chat he heard from Kuiyi.

He asked people to explain that China's heavy artillery actually came from a sunken ship in the Netherlands. After being salvaged by the Ming army, the Ming people found it a treasure and imitated it. It was called Hongyi Cannon. The name is the evidence.

For the soldiers of the Mughal Empire, the Dutch fought side by side with them and wiped out several small countries in the south. They have seen how powerful the Dutch muskets and artillery are, and now they hear such a thing, it is not at all Accident.

Immediately, the morale that had been lowered by the water battle just now was again encouraged by Aurangzeb.

Everyone knows that if the artillery of the Ming army is not as powerful as that of the Dutch, then the city wall is there, and it will definitely be blasted away by the Dutch artillery.

Without the protection of the city wall, the army of the Mughal Empire was nearly ten times that of the Ming army, which was equivalent to ten people fighting one. No matter how you think about it, you can win!

This siege battle went around and around, and it returned to what the soldiers of the Mughal Empire originally thought. They would definitely destroy the Ming army and win the battle.

With this kind of thinking, the morale of the Mughal Empire army naturally returned.

However, the Dutch themselves, especially Kui Yi, are not as confident as they are.

Especially since the water battle just happened, Kui Yi was a little bit uncertain.

The movement of the heavy artillery outside the city could not have been missed by the Ming army above the city of Bagalpur, but it was quiet above the city, as if the army outside the city was just for display, and the heavy artillery was transferred to the south gate for use. It doesn't matter if you attack the city.

This is definitely a bit strange!This reaction is very abnormal!Just like the feeling at the time of the water battle just now, it made Kui Yi feel more and more uncertain!
However, he couldn't figure out what means the Ming army had to deal with it.In the end, he could only suppress the uneasiness in his heart and take one step at a time.

Although it is said that the Ming army did bombard the water battle just now, but the secret of the range was not revealed.

(End of this chapter)