Daming Military Empire

Chapter 554
Sun Chuanting led a 30-strong army to build siege equipment and take down the No. 18 bastion in Tsarist Russia in a total of [-] days, which was almost half a month originally estimated by Zhu Cijiong.

In fact, under normal circumstances, it would only take so long for the Ming army to win a bastion, because the Ming army's weapons and equipment are much more sophisticated than those of the Tsarist Russian defenders, and they also have an absolute advantage in number. Unless the enemy has reinforcements, a bastion cannot It definitely won't last half a month.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong gave Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng four months to take down four bastions each was mainly because he was afraid that they would encounter Tsarist Russian reinforcements and delay time.

The enemy did have reinforcements this time, but Sun Chuanting's defense was almost impeccable. In addition, the number of reinforcements from Tsarist Russia was not as many as he brought, so Golovin didn't even have the courage to sneak attack. He could only watch helplessly. He won the NO.18 bastion.

After taking down the No.18 bastion, Sun Chuanting did not immediately march to attack the No.19 bastion of Tsarist Russia, but stayed where he was, resting and waiting for the vassal army to repair the railway.

NO.18 The bastion is only more than 100 miles away from the base camp of the Ming army in the Remu River on the South Road. If the Remu City on the north side of the Remu River had not been completed, the vassal state army would have built the railway long ago.

However, now that Rem City is nearing completion, the vassal state army can also concentrate its main energy on the construction of the railway. They repair the remaining dozens of miles away railway quickly. The railway line was repaired near the NO.18 bastion.

Sun Chuanting still did not set off, but commanded the vassal state army to completely repair the NO. A small railway station was built inside.

After four or five days of busy work like this, the project near the No. 18 bastion was basically completed, and he continued to march with the First Frontier Army Corps, the Second Border Defense Army Army Corps, and the Qin Army.

The No.19 bastion in Tsarist Russia is also more than 18 miles away from the No.100 bastion. However, the No.19 bastion has only two floors in total, and the scale is not large. It can accommodate up to two or 3000 people.

Sun Chuanting was well aware of these things, and he even selected the campsite in advance. The army stationed there, rested for one night, and began to manufacture siege equipment the next day.

By the way, isn’t there already a lot of siege equipment in the No.18 bastion, why didn’t they move here together, but remanufacture?

This is mainly because it is too troublesome to transport. You must know that the artillery towers, siege vehicles and ladders are heavy, and the Ming army has to carry artillery and food supplies. Moving here can only be done by manpower.

Bulky things like gun towers and siege vehicles can be pushed a mile or two to attack the city, because there are usually flat ground around the city, even if there is no flat ground, it can be filled up, and it is not very difficult to push. trouble.

There are no roads in this wasteland, it is uneven, there is no horse, and if people push it, it will kill people. It is not bad to be able to travel thirty or forty miles a day, and it will make all the soldiers exhausted. , It’s better to save time and effort on-site.

As for the ladders, let alone, all the bastions in Tsarist Russia cannot be built to the same height, and it is hard to lift them up and I don’t know if they will be used. It is also not as good as building them on site. Sun Chuanting didn't ask people to build too many ladders, because the tactic of digging the city wall doesn't need many ladders at all, but the number of siege vehicles can be built a little more.

In another five days, the Ming army prepared all the siege equipment. The difficulty of conquering the two-story bastions was at least half that of the three-story bastions. .19 Bastion taken down.

Of course, he was not in a hurry, so he still used the old tactics and dug up slowly. In six days, without any accident, the South Road Ming Army easily took down the No. 19 bastion.

Speaking of which, are the guards in the bastion stupid? The 2000 people who saw the 30 army didn't run away, but they still stood there. Are they looking for death?

Of course they didn't want to seek death. The reason why they didn't run away was the same as that of Andre. Golovin, a vicious and fuming man, knew that the chance of sneak attacking the Ming army was slim, but he still wanted to send someone to inform the bastion guard. , he will lead the army to attack the Ming army and let them stand up!
He didn't have any other purpose in doing this, but to let the Ming army slowly gnaw down the bastions one after another, consuming their strength and ammunition. He thought that the Ming army would keep attacking. Such consumption would last for twenty or thirty days. This time, the Ming army on the southern road would probably suffer heavy casualties and be exhausted. At that time, he would have a chance to defeat the Ming army on the road.

His idea was not wrong. Although the Ming army did not suffer too many casualties every time they conquered a bastion, hundreds of people were killed and thousands of people were injured. Go down, hit more than 20 seats, and the Ming army on the South Road will suffer more than half of the casualties. At that time, there will indeed be danger.

But the problem is that Zhu Cijiong only allowed Sun Chuanting to lead the army to conquer four bastions. That is to say, the Ming army on the South Road had a maximum casualty of 2 people. .

Golovin needs to know that the target of the Ming army this year is only eight bastions. He probably led the army away long ago. What is the point of running with the Ming army? In the first half of the year, 20 people can build at least a dozen bastions, which is much better than guarding here!

As for the fact that the Ming army is attacking the East Road, he naturally knows it, but he will not go there at all, because it is too close to Yenihe, and the Ming army can get support from warships at any time. Now Yenihe The river basin has long been dominated by the Ming Navy, and his 20 troops have no chance at all in front of the Ming Army and the warships of the Ming Navy on the North Road. It is better to guard the Ming Army on the South Road, maybe there is still a chance.

After Sun Chuanting won the No.19 bastion, he also did not march immediately, but stopped, rested, and waited for the vassal state army.

At this time, Rem City has been completed, and the vassal state army, including 20 Wach captives, has rushed over to repair the railway one after another. The progress of the railway is naturally extremely fast. The railway was repaired shortly after he won the NO.19 bastion coming.

He still ordered the vassal state army to repair the NO.19 bastion, and then asked them to build a sub-city with a scale of 30 people, and then build a small train in the sub-city. After all this was completed, he rushed to the city with an army of 20 Tsarist Russia NO.[-] Bastion.

The NO.20 bastion is also a small two-story bastion that can only accommodate two to 3000 people. It is easy to attack, but this time the progress of the railway has been significantly accelerated. He has not even taken the NO.20 bastion. After coming down, the vassal state army repaired the railway to the vicinity of the bastion.

I don’t know how the defender of Tsarist Russia’s No. 20 bastion felt when he saw millions of Ming troops gathered together. He led 2000 people to face millions of Ming troops. He was not scared and surrendered immediately. I have to say, Ge The deterrent effect of Luo Wen's pork hook is quite great!

(End of this chapter)