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A blast of air directly tore Sun Dingliao's clothes to shreds, and the golden soldiers standing foolishly on the city wall were killed and injured countless times.Soldiers in this era have no experience in large-scale grenade bombing and can only be beaten passively, just like the Chinese army faced the howitzer bombing of the Japanese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

Although the grenade could not blow down the city wall, it did too much damage to the personnel.The Ming army's artillery covered the city gates and buildings for half an hour before stopping.

"Dutong, brothers can't hold on any longer. Do you see how many people are left in this city?" Sun Dingliao's lieutenant general was crying. His left arm was already hanging around his neck, and a cloth was wrapped around his head. , faintly seeping blood.

"The Ming army has started to attack. Send people to the city." But Sun Dingliao couldn't control this. It turned out that the Ming army outside the city had rushed out of the trenches, and a large number of Ming troops rushed over carrying ladders.

If there is not a single defender on the city wall, it doesn't mean that Jinzhou is handed over to the Ming army.Even if the ordinary soldiers in Jinzhou City wanted to surrender, the officers, large and small, would not agree.

How many years have you surrendered? Who still thinks they are still from Ming Dynasty?These people have long thought that they are the bannermen of Houjin, and they also keep their mouths shut to the servants at home, and they can't change it if they want to change it.

The Ming army rushed very hard, but they turned back immediately after running out less than 100 meters, and then turned back into the trenches and slipped very quickly under the eyes of the Jin soldiers who had just ascended the city.

"What do you mean?" The golden soldiers stood on the broken city wall and stared.

"Hoo...boom." Just as Jin Bing was stupefied, the Ming army's cannons rang out again, and then the Jin soldiers in the city ran away one by one, hating their parents for losing two legs.

After all, there are only a few who can rush down to the city in time, and the second batch of golden soldiers entered again.Sun Dingliao was pissed off by the two consecutive defeats. There were a lot of casualties on his own side, but the enemy didn't even have a single casualty. This kind of battle was too useless.

And the Ming army was not in a hurry, and after firing two rounds of cannons, they actually lit a fire in the trench and started cooking. The aroma of the broth permeated the entire battlefield, as if they were holding a large-scale banquet.

The battlefield itself is the teacher. After Jin Bing knew the gap in equipment between himself and the Ming army, he immediately made targeted defenses against the Ming army's cannons.

As a result, a large number of garrison houses were arranged on the north side of the city wall. Unless the Ming army used mortars, they could not be bombed at all.

On almost the same day that the Ming army attacked Jinzhou, the Ming army was attacking several cities along the Liaodong Bay.And Dorgon, who was in Shengjing, always thought that the Ming army was just a small group of troops to harass.

Shengjing.

"These damn savages, what are they dawdling about, wasting our time in vain."

A lot of letters for help came at once, and Dorgon was forced to burn out.The most difficult thing is that they still cannot judge the strategic intention of the Ming army.

This can't be helped, because the current Ming army is fully capable of continuing to attack from Shandong.In that case, if the Ming army who landed on Huludao turned their guns and attacked Shanhaiguan, the capital would not be safe.

Dorgon always believed that the strategic intention of the Ming army was still the capital, because Shengjing could retreat further north, which was not cost-effective for the Ming army.

It's a pity that Dorgon's judgment has completely lost the level it should have.

Li Dingguo didn't want a large territory in Liaodong at all, what he wanted was how many golden soldiers he had eliminated.

"Tell the logistics that the Sixteenth Army needs a kind of military ration that can be eaten without lighting a fire, and let the logistics find a way to transport it." Li Dingguo was actually doing nothing in the headquarters, and he suddenly thought of the research results of Nanjing's military ration.

"The emperor seems to call it some kind of instant noodles. He brings an iron lunch box with him, and he can eat it after soaking in hot water for a while." Dang Shousu answered.

"There's no hot water?" Li Nian asked.

"You can add water with quicklime." Li Dingguo was fiddling with his new binoculars. This is the latest military product of Ming Dynasty, and it is much more concealed than the previous ones.

Chapter 473 : Special Forces Demonstrate Their Skills

"Your Majesty, the ammunition on the Liaodong battlefield is all black powder, and there is not a single picric acid shell."

It is a hard job to be the Minister of the Ministry of War under Zhu Youjian, and Li Yan is a hard worker. Zhu Youjian said that he came to take the lead in logistics is just a matter of face.

With Daming's current production capacity, black powder is really like playing with it, and even the industrial production capacity of picric acid is already available.But the emperor never allowed picric acid to be used on a large scale on the battlefield. The reason was that the technology was not yet mature.

Daming's most mature technology now is the steam engine. Whether it is a standard power source type, a miniaturized boiler machine, or a medium-to-large metallurgical steam engine, Daming can already make it.

But in Zhu Youjian's eyes, these machines are still too weak, with low output power and slow speed, and they only solve the problem of whether they are available or not.

It is a bit advanced and too cruel to use weapons of mass destruction used in war on the battlefield under such industrial and technological power.This kind of cruelty is not because of the enemy, but because Zhu Youjian is afraid of being used where it shouldn't be used.

"Has the mortar been made yet?" Zhu Youjian asked.

The mortar used by Daming is the Hu Zun Cannon, but the effect of that thing is too small, and the solid ammunition is still used.And now that Daming has matured the technology of explosive bombs, the mortar technology should have enough technical precipitation.However, this is not a mortar or grenadier with a complex structure like World War II, but a simple mortar.

"It's been researched. The bronze cannon body weighs eighty catties. The shell contains two catties of granular black powder, and the propellant is a separate powder bag..."

Zhu Youjian thought about this "monster", he could probably imagine what it was, maybe not as big as those "earth guys" on the Huaihe battlefield in later generations, but the caliber was definitely not small.

"Why not use a steel barrel?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Steel is expensive." Li Yan said.

"Steel is more expensive than bronze now?" Zhu Youjian was taken aback.

"It's not that steel is expensive, it's that gun steel is expensive. A qualified gun steel billet requires many processes, and the production speed is too slow. We can't just spend all our manpower on weapon production regardless of everything!"

Li Yan looked at Zhu Youjian with a smile on his face all the time. He was not a person who just turned towards his arms and ignored the actual situation.He has long known how ambitious the emperor in front of him is, and any shortcoming may hinder the emperor's ambition.

"Stop the production of cannons equipped with the navy for half a year, use gun steel to make mortars, and quickly send them to Liaodong. Without mortars, Liaodong's material consumption will be even greater. This account is not worthwhile." Zhu Youjian lit a cigarette. Think about it for a while and say.

……

The city wall of Jinzhou has been blasted by the Ming army, several huge gaps have collapsed, and the city has been completely exposed in front of the Ming army.

However, the Ming army never attacked the city. This is a very strange phenomenon. Judging from the combat methods of this era, as long as the city wall is breached, the attacker will definitely attack.

What is Ming Jun waiting for?

"The tiger gun we were waiting for has arrived." Dang Shousu took off his hat as soon as he entered the headquarters.The current Ming army is equipped with two kinds of hats at the same time, one is an iron helmet; the other is a German-style hat with a large brim imitating World War II, which is very handsome.

Li Dingguo didn't even raise his head. He was not interested in this kind of new equipment. He never smiled. In his heart, he was only interested in the combat power and combat effect of weapons.

"This batch of [-] mortars has arrived. First equip the siege troops, one for each platoon. The Ministry of War will send two gunners to each artillery to teach the operation techniques. I hope that all units will study hard." Followed by logistics. Minister Li Guo also followed in.

Jinzhou City.

Yang Zhanbu finally launched an attack on the city after being silent for several days. Only 27 mortars were allocated to Yang Zhanbu, so the attack on the city was divided into nine companies.

"Start the attack." Li Nian gave the order to attack at Yang Zhan's forward command post.

And in this command post, a large group of heads of the general headquarters held binoculars in both hands to watch the battlefield.

"Boom..." First, several cannons began to bombard the designated target, and several houses in the city were bombed to pieces for a while.

"Go." The commander of the first assault company waved his hand, and a squad behind him jumped out.Behind this squad, the other two squads quickly rushed out from the two flanks.

"Boom." Immediately, the sound of cannons rang out in the city, and a shell flew over from a corner of the city.But because the Ming army used skirmishers, the iron bullet did not hurt anyone.If there is a line of guns at this time, there may be casualties.

"Lie down." With a sharp shout, the first company that attacked quickly crawled to the ground.

"Squad one, go up again, pay attention to the opponent's cannon, and move forward in a zigzag." The company commander ordered again after observing for a while and found that the enemy did not counterattack.

This is a high-quality unit in Ming Dynasty, and all operations are flexible and effective. In other words, this is a battalion of the [-]th Army and then teaches Yang Zhan to practice the latest combat tactics.

"Commander Yang, what do you think of this group of soldiers?" Li Nian was a little proud. Given the training requirements of their Sixteenth Army, the company in front of him at least met the requirements very well, without any tactical mistakes.