Everything is ready. Now just wait until the battle horn sounds. , the Xiton people have already set up their posture in the east, and the two regiments of the Puer people have also inserted themselves into the southwest of Yunzhong Mansion. Everything is ready for the east, south and west gates. Only if the North Gate is released, this also means that this battle will only end with the complete defeat of one side and there will be no other ending.
Chu Taifeng quietly waited for that moment to arrive. This is a very strange feeling. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are waiting for his order. Countless lives will disappear after this moment. The entire battlefield becomes so silent at this moment.
Finally, he glanced at the soldiers standing neatly behind him in the dark. Chu Taifeng could even feel the enthusiasm in the eyes of these soldiers after hearing his order. As long as he could rush into the city, everything would belong to him. you! This kind of temptation is even more direct than any encouragement and stimulation. As long as you grab it, it belongs to you. This order to intuitively explore human animality will attract countless scolds every time. History has proven this. As long as there is a first time, this army will become more ferocious, but also more brutal and rude in the future, but now Chu Taifeng couldn't stand that much anymore. Only by completely winning this battle could he talk about other things. If he couldn't win Yunzhong, everything would be empty talk.
As Chu Taifeng's raised right hand suddenly swung down, like a whip hitting everyone at the same time, the flag in the hands of the flag officer and the drums behind the phalanx were waved and beaten almost simultaneously. If you can overlook it from the air at this time. You can see such a thrilling scene. A semi-orphan-shaped circle with Yunzhong Fucheng as the center began to move at the same time. The black pressure slowly advanced towards the center. Soldiers as dense as ants crowded within a few kilometers. Strictly, without any gaps, moving slowly towards a target with neat steps.
The first ones to advance were still the giant trebuchets and bed ballistas. They are the main force launching the first wave of attacks. Only after fully suppressing the power of the long-range attack weapons on the enemy's wall can a good environment and conditions be created for the siege soldiers behind. Protective soldiers set up huge blocking nets in front of catapults and catapults to prevent the enemy's catapults, which have a high altitude advantage, from causing damage to their own equipment. This blocking net will only be put down after reaching the range of one's own catapults and ballistae. Under the pressure of the continuously improving trebuchets and bed crossbows in Western Xinjiang, the Northern Army also had to begin to accept the impact of these new weapons, requiring its own logistics department to re-produce more powerful trebuchets and bed crossbows. Of course, their The equipment speed is far from comparable to that of Western Xinjiang, which has already been fully rolled out, but the First Legion is still the priority equipment target. Even so. The First Legion still cannot meet the needs without restrictions like the legions in Western Xinjiang.
The mobile arrow tower also slowly followed behind the catapult and bed ballista. Dozens of mobile arrow kits look like countless mobile armored fortresses. Every step closer to the city wall will bring greater psychological pressure to the defending soldiers. The openings at the top and middle of the arrow tower are like large mouths that prey on people. They are the shooting holes of the crossbow. Dozens of soldiers crowded inside and took turns loading and unloading crossbow arrows to improve the shooting efficiency of the crossbow.
The faces of the soldiers who were attached to the giant ramming vehicles, holding guns and carrying shields, were already full of expectation and desire. They were tapping their shields and weapons impatiently while staring at the front, deeply aware of the situation. I was afraid of missing orders from my superiors and falling behind. Ever since the legion commander issued the order not to enter the city, it was like a sudden stir in a barrel of long-fermented wine, and unlimited passion immediately brewed. The soldiers of the First Legion have never enjoyed this kind of treatment, whether they were fighting against the Liberians in the north or fighting against the Taiping Rebellion. No matter how great the victory is, it is at most a painless reward. Even if he did commit any outrageous behavior, he would have to be on tenterhooks for several days, fearing that the military judge would come to his door. And this time all taboos have been lifted, and everything will belong to the winner. What a free and unbridled order! The soldiers who heard this order couldn't help but shout long live, thinking that everything collected would belong to them. Money, wealth, women, everything, what else in this world is more exciting than this? ! At that moment, the morale and passion of the soldiers were suddenly lifted to the top. Even Huo Yuanqing had to admit that once this kind of animality from the depths of human hearts was discovered, it would be countless times stronger than any reward or incentive.
The strong and powerful city rush vehicles were only transported from the rear to the front. The outside was covered with fire-retardant paint and key parts were covered with rawhide. The wheels of this city rush vehicle also used the technology of wooden wheels covered with rubber. This technology can not only reduce the damage of wooden wheels, but also reduce the vibration of vehicles. However, this kind of rubber cannot be produced in the country. Only Western Xinjiang can produce it, and Western Xinjiang strictly controls this kind of thing, while the north In order to achieve the best effect on the city-carrying vehicles, the army had to purchase a large number of civilian vehicles produced in Western Xinjiang, and took rubber nails from these vehicles to make them on the city-carrying wheels.
The city assault vehicle is the cornerstone of the soldiers' siege, in order to ensure one-time success. Huo Yuanqing had to push more than half of the impact vehicles to the front line. Before that, Huo Yuanqing even personally inspected each impact vehicle to ensure that the impact vehicles could fully play their role. Behind each impact vehicle was half a brigade. Soldiers, if dozens of city assault vehicles are launched together, it is enough for soldiers of a division to rush to the top of the city at the same time. Huo Yuanqing does not believe that anyone else can withstand these brave soldiers in this situation, even if they are Neither can the Western Xinjiang Army!
Chu Taifeng, who was dressed in military uniform, stared ahead calmly. Under the heavy iron helmet, a pair of eagle eyes gathered together. The staff officers and heralds all gathered around him nervously, waiting for that moment to arrive. Like a giant hammer hitting everyone's hearts, the drumbeats from the wall of Yunzhongfu City finally sounded. Almost instantly, a dark cloud immediately appeared above the city wall in front of them, a dark cloud composed of countless black spots, and in a very short time It rises to the highest point within a certain period of time and then falls downward in a scattered manner.
Zhou Gui felt death approaching almost instantly. Wang Erhu next to him didn't even have time to say a word before he was smashed into pieces by the flying boulder. Bloody slurry splashed on his face, and a scream passed by his ears and almost shattered his eardrums. Li Dacai's painful groan came from behind, "Oh my God!" Zhou Gui's eyes almost bulged out of his head. Li Dacai's right arm was sliced off by the flying crossbow arrow. Spring-like blood spurted out. Due to the severe pain, Li Dacai's feet almost raked his boots. He lost his footing and could only curl up helplessly on the ground, twitching.
The blocking net can only be used to block catapults. This is his own responsibility, but Zhou Gui really wanted to hide his body behind the barrier net, but the stern gaze of the formation officer behind him was like a bayonet, so Zhou Gui had to puff up his chest and raise the barrier net higher. ．There are still fifty meters. Twenty meters, ten meters, five meters, here it is! Finally arrived, Zhou Gui almost collapsed. In just a few dozen meters, Zhou Gui seemed to have experienced a life and death separation. Wang Erhu died, Li Dacai probably couldn't be saved, and Xie Xiaosan, oh, he was broken by a huge stone. He lost his leg, and I don’t know if there is any hope. This kid Liu Lu is also doomed. How could his luck be so bad? Even the arrows shot aimlessly will hit his throat. Doesn’t he know how to lower his head and bend his body? Run forward
This is just one scene among countless scenes. In the extremely tragic opening scene, the two sides ushered in their first little affair.
Kamapov also did not expect that the Northern Army's offensive would be so wild and fierce, and the Northern Army's well-prepared protective measures also put Kamapov under great pressure. His own early strike using the height advantage did not seem to be effective. Achieve the expected results. According to my own visual inspection, of the more than 80 catapults and catapults of the Northern Army, only less than ten have lost their combat effectiveness. This is at least half of what Kamapov expected before the war. It should be said that the enemy used The protective blocking net had a very good effect, but his own side lacked the necessary emergency response measures. Kamapov silently noted this in his heart.
Obviously, the Northern Army also imitated Western Xinjiang and developed a multi-arm continuous bed ballistae. This bed ballistae is much more efficient than the original ordinary bed ballistae. Each bed ballistae is equipped with multiple beds. The crossbow spring device can be launched simultaneously, which greatly improves the utilization rate of the crossbow carriage. The enemy's mobile arrow tower has obviously been improved after following the example of Xijiang. Not only did it increase the height, they also creatively used the repeating crossbow on the arrow tower, which can effectively use the space in the arrow tower and make the arrow nock more powerful. It is greatly enhanced, but the danger of the arrow nock is also doubled. Once attacked, the possibility of escaping from the arrow nock filled with repeating crossbow brackets is much smaller.
The screaming crossbow bolts flew past the battlements of the city wall, and the flying stones continued to fall on the city wall. The Northern Army's catapults and ballistae, which had already entered the range, began to show off their power, concentrating their strength to attack one area, putting unprecedented pressure on the Second Division of the Fifth Army, which was defending frontally. The soldiers had to huddle behind the giant shield. Let the arrows and stones fly and fall around you. Our own catapults and ballistae also fought back. This long-range weapons duel forced the infantry, which was originally the main force, to retreat to the second line.