Lord of Ming Dynasty

That night, Luo Zuo also defended the two cannons tightly. He and the British led by Larry were in a mess when they were bombed by the cannons. Larry almost lost his soul when he came back, and Wen Ruxin came back for half a month. Without slowing down, the shell exploded more than ten meters away from them, turning dozens of people into a pile of minced meat, and the blast blast blew them more than ten meters away, hitting the fence of the town hard On the parapet, the fence made of freshly felled logs thick as a bowl was broken by the three of them just like that. At that time, the three of them vomited blood for a long time, and it took almost half an hour to fully recover. Come.

Now, hearing the familiar voice again, Thomas really lost half of his soul. Without being pulled by the guards around him, he rushed to the hidden soldier cave under the city wall on one side at the speed of a [-]-meter champion. The three-meter stone cave is enough to resist any shelling.

"Boom," the ground was trembling, and the surrounding shock wave storm swept away all exposed targets on the castle grounds. The air was filled with the smell of blood, and then suddenly fell silent, screaming and crying The sound is endless.

The screams of war horses, the roars of donkeys, the shouts of people running around, cries for help, and the whistle of the enemy's 75mm artillery outside the city wall, and one or two corpses jumped from the city wall to the ground from time to time. The patter sounded, and the inside of the castle became a hell on earth.

Peeling stone fragments of the walls are also a reminder that it is only a matter of time before the castle falls.

Without waiting for Thomas to figure out the problem from all of this, he heard another howling sound, and his face changed drastically. It was a shell attack from a 34-pound solid-bullet bronze gun. Specially used for siege.The range is not far, the maximum range is no more than five miles, but the spread would be very large. If the demolition is to be pushed to two miles away, it is more appropriate, which means that the enemy has pushed the artillery to the edge of the town towards the castle. up.

Thomas looked up and watched the shell fall. A black, watermelon-sized shell directly smashed the top observation deck of a stone watchtower. The observation tower weighing one ton brought three or four British people on it. The dead body fell, and then hit the roof of the stable, directly smashing the stable through, the horses below screamed, and some of the horses broke free from the reins, and ran on the streets and open spaces inside the castle.

The wounded in the open space and the Newfoundlanders who were fighting fires in the open space and transporting artillery shells to counterattack were smashed into pieces, and countless people were injured and trampled.

"Roy, go pack your things and wait for me at Simon." Thomas looked up at the top of his head.

"What, sir, are we going to leave? There are 1000 wounded here, and there are more than [-] British soldiers, but we don't have so many horses. How can we go?" asked the private first class named Roy.

"Let you go, you go, what are you talking about, and by the way, inform Chief Lotke that he must stand firm and stop the enemy for three days. After three days, we will withdraw to Gubisburg." After Major Thomas finished speaking, he jumped on a The horse quickly ran towards the castle council hall.

Outside, Jin Lin commanded fifteen 75mm artillery pieces, which fired continuously at the enemy's city walls. Eight 34-pound artillery pieces and six 32-pound artillery pieces smoothly fired solid shells into the enemy's city walls at the foot of the mountain. On the city wall at the gate, the trembling of the city wall hit by shells could be felt five miles away.

Ten miles away, two 128mm cannons were ejected from their shells at one time. The artillerymen cleaned the barrels, fed heavy shells, then pushed the explosive package into the barrels, closed the gate, and with the sound of firing, the two cannons fired again. This time, the two shells directly blew up the two 34-pound artillery turrets near the city gate, sweeping away nearly a hundred gunners and tribal soldiers carrying the shells.

The firepower of the British turrets was cleaned up again and again in this way, and there were not many British cannons that could fire again, or kept firing.

When the shells of the two cannons hit the castle again, the last two British cannons that were firing were gone.

Then, as all the firepower was concentrated at the city gate, and with a loud bang, the dust from the collapsed city gate covered an area of ​​almost two miles around, and a burst of smoke that reached [-] meters into the sky rose above the castle.

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The British came out very suddenly. There were only artillery in front, and there were not many defensive forces on the other side except for some cruising scout cavalry. It's too late to stop.

Two hundred mercenary cavalry squadrons who mounted hastily chased for more than a dozen miles. Except for the loss of dozens of cavalry and dozens of enemies left behind, they did not stop the enemy, which made Tianlei very angry.

Immediately ordered the remaining more than 800 slave soldiers to charge, followed by the mercenary cavalry squadron to charge, the castle has been blasted open, these people quickly entered the enemy's castle under the cover of artillery fire, after nearly two hours of fighting , took down the castle that caused 4000 casualties to the troops led by Swee Tianlei.

Yes, you read that right, it was 4000 casualties, or even more, because the main forces attacking the enemy this time were exile brigades and mercenary brigades, as well as mercenary cavalry squadrons and artillery squadrons, which should be artillery now The squadron is up.

This is nearly 3000 troops. This team is now disabled, most of them are injured, and one-fifth of them are disabled. It seems that there is no way to contribute in the future. The number of wounded has reached 800. There are no more than 800 people who can fight.

This is not the ultimate casualty. The heaviest casualties were 3000 captives and slave troops. Of these cannon fodder, 3000 people died, 500 died, 800 were injured, and only 600 survived.

These people were added to the overseer brigade, which also suffered heavy casualties, as well as the captives, but they still couldn't satisfy the number of these two brigades, so Sweeping Thunder directly revoked the establishment of the overseer brigade, and the captives were also promoted to mercenaries. After being promoted to a prisoner, he was promoted to a mercenary again, and 200 people were added to the mercenary brigade. The remaining mercenaries and cavalry, even the lightly wounded, filled the mercenary brigade's strength so-so.

After the exile brigade added some captives, the remaining two squadrons had 680 troops, and they were left to garrison here, waiting for reinforcements from behind, and Swee Tianlei continued to advance with the remaining troops.

Of course, it is impossible to keep them. At the same time, there is also a squadron of the Han cavalry squadron and a squadron of the newly formed artillery squadron of the mercenary regiment.

The captives and supplies here were handed over to the remaining cavalry of the Han cavalry squadron to escort them back.

This time, a total of 100 enemy wounded were captured, 500 British soldiers, 700 Newfoundlanders, 180 Inuit cavalry, and more than 1000 tribal fighters.There are also abundant seizures, including food seizures, medicines, weapons and equipment, and horses. There are not many horses, because they were either taken away by Major Thomas or killed by artillery. Only a mere two hundred horses were seized. War horses and pack horses.

On the contrary, a lot of cannon wreckage was seized, which is a rich iron material, and sent back to the smelter, at least no less than [-] cannons could be produced.

In the battle with the enemy this time, the 45 artillery pieces brought by Sweeping Thunder and the others damaged 30 pieces, and nearly [-] pieces were captured and damaged, leaving only more than [-] pieces of artillery pieces.

A dozen or so siege guns were left behind for wall defense and port artillery defense, mostly bronze guns, and then brought two 34-pound siege guns, two cannons, and the rest of the captured [-]mm guns , The artillery squadron composed of [-]mm rapid-fire guns continued to advance.

On the third day after Sweeper left, the Han Squadron sent by Luo Zuo took over the castle, the town, and the port, and the Vagabond Squadron continued to accept the command of Commander Jinlin who stayed behind.

Jin Lin had 600 newly arrived slaves, and the 600 Newfoundlanders left behind to help clear the castle, as well as [-] squadrons of wanderers, a squadron of Chinese cavalry, a squadron of Chinese, and a squadron of artillery.

The artillery squadron was soon expanded into an artillery squadron, with four artillery squadrons and two shore artillery squadrons, one on the castle and one in the port.

With the arrival of more reinforcements, a group of 800 old captives were brought in, and the new captives opened up the surrounding land, planted crops, and repaired the port.

At the same time, the second brigade of the supervisory brigade also sent a 600-member co-organized squadron here to guard the prisoners. The third supervisory brigade, which followed the sky mines, was disbanded because of heavy casualties.

After the port was repaired, four [-]-ton sailboats guarding the port arrived, and at the same time two [-]-ton clipper communication ships arrived, under Jin Lin's control.

There are about 200 Han people in the entire castle, [-] foreigners, and [-] captives and slaves.

Jin Lin was sitting on a recliner, with a captured British woman sitting on her knees. She was quite pretty. While drinking the British brandy, she listened to what her guards told him about the current situation, and held her hands. Fumbled in the arms of the English woman.

From time to time, he looked at the working British, Newfoundlanders, and Inuit captives below. Jin Lin enjoyed the current life very much. In his early days, he went from an ordinary officer to a more important officer like Luo Zuo and the others, and even became a prince.

From now on, this port and this castle are the ones who have the final say, and the surrounding thirty miles are their sphere of influence.

As the great-grandson of a talented scholar in the Ming Dynasty, his ancestor followed His Majesty the Emperor and became a member of His Majesty's new officials, replacing the Juren of the Ming Dynasty and Jinshi to manage the local area.

From an acting township head, to the township head, township councilor, and then the director of the Advisory Bureau, and finally entered the official cadre training school in the mansion as a teacher, and was appointed as an assistant to a prefect in Qiongdao. After the prefect left office, this The ancestor served as the magistrate for another term, returned to the cadre school as the vice principal of the local cadre training school, and then stood in the right team when You Haibo and Du Ge rebelled, and was transferred to Anhui to serve as the magistrate of a small continent. The place has been messed up by the rebellion.

Afterwards, my grandfather, the eldest of the family, served as the magistrate under the county magistrate of Jinsheng at that time. After his ancestor retired as the deputy director of a certain department in Anhui Prefecture, Jin Sheng, a confidant of the emperor, went to Fujian to serve as magistrate. Grandpa also followed and did not settle in Anhui Prefecture with his ancestors, while other uncles settled in Anhui Prefecture.

This branch followed Jin Sheng's prosperity in Fujian Province. Later, Jin Sheng was transferred to the household department as a servant, and his grandfather served as a county magistrate in Fujian Province. When Li Guangxiong was in charge of Fujian Province, Li Dingguo and the others surrendered to the empire. He was transferred to Yunnan Prefecture as the commander-in-chief of land reclamation, where he trained scholars and new-style officials below the county level, followed the old path of his ancestors, and became the principal of a cadre school.

Afterwards, he was transferred back to Fujian Prefecture to serve as a school administrator, and after his father was born, he served as the local magistrate. At this time, Li Guang was already in charge of Fujian Prefecture.

When my father grew up, he became a small official. He started working as a small official, but when he opened up wasteland, he followed the army to Australia, and he was born in Australia.

When he was seven years old in Australia, his father was injured by Australian aborigines, and he was forced to return to the Jinhua Center to recuperate. He became a civil servant in a recruit camp, supervising the logistics and weapons distribution of a certain recruit camp in the recruit camp.

I grew up in the boot camp compound, so I became a recruit myself.

After two years as a recruit, he was assigned to the wasteland reclamation brigade and arrived at the Mongolian grassland. At this time, the Mongolian grassland had not been completely conquered. The remnants of the Qing Dynasty in Mongolia would attack the land reclamation villages from time to time. As a second-class soldier in the garrison, Jinlin learned to ride horses to fight against the Mongols, and followed the troops to conquer the nearby tribes.

Became a sergeant squad leader who made military exploits.

When the cavalry army was established, he was transferred to the cavalry army as the squad leader, fought against the aliens in Central Asia, executed many aliens, and once escorted the aliens to Siberia, which was fighting the Russian Expeditionary Army and the Western Allied Forces. Troops sent alien captives.

On the way, I carried out the orders of the empire very well, executed many escaped captives, and safely sent about [-]% of the captives to the capital of the Qing Dynasty in Chita.

Then he starved there and endured the cold for two years, and finally he was promoted to a second lieutenant platoon leader in the cavalry army, and went to the Qing Dynasty to conquer East Siberia. He was transferred back to the cavalry army and served as the platoon leader. But the military rank is still a quasi-second lieutenant, and he was sent to the military academy in Jinhua by the cavalry army to study in less than half a year. After a short-term study for a year, he became the second lieutenant platoon leader of the cavalry army.

When I wanted to go up in the future, I had no chance, because I was transferred to the rear, and this platoon leader lingered for seven years. The cavalry army was abolished and transferred, leaving only a hundred thousand people on the Mongolian grassland. There is also Central Siberia, but he is not a cavalry army anymore. He was reorganized into the field army to fight against the Ural Mountains, guarding against the Qing Dynasty.

Once I couldn't help but fell in love with a Russian woman who passed the customs. She was dismissed and sent to the coldest place in Central Siberia to guard the lighthouses. Looking at the dark and vast sea, she endured the low temperature of minus 50 to [-] degrees. There are [-] people around when there are many people, and there are only three people when there are few people. Every day, we fight with wild beasts, and every day with the Swedes, Norwegians, Finns, and scattered traitorous empires who are trying to reach the cold land in the northernmost part of the Chinese Empire. The Han Chinese horse bandits fought.

If he hadn't been exiled, maybe he would have died there in this life, or lived alone on the cold ice field.

Yes, in exile, I finally couldn't bear the loneliness and fled that place. The cavalry team of Governor Xuanyuan Longfei from East Siberia who took defense found him. Like hunters, they followed his fleeing footsteps, I found myself who was about to freeze in the icy Sha Pass, and then I was escorted back to East Siberia, and then I was sent to a camp in Central Asia to endure bullying, look blankly, and was finally thrown into the Romanian mercenary regiment to guard Romania for the Russians. .

Chapter 260, Jinlin's Headache

In Romania, he followed the mercenary regiment and Wen Ruxin's team to join Li Ya's team and the officer corps. Yes, he was not from Li Ya's group. They were monitoring Li Ya and the others on the fleeing ship. The group of more than 300 people was Wen Ruxin who told their team leader to send them to the ship. As a result, during the fleeing battle, he followed Li Ya and the others and rushed out of the port. Wen Ruxin and the others betrayed.