When the southeast corner was festering, Kamapov was still sitting firmly under the crenellations on the east gate wall where he could see all around. The dangerous situation in the southeast corner almost caused everyone's attention to shift there at once, and even affected the defense in front of the east gate. However, under Kamapov's severe scolding, the officers quickly returned to normal and returned to their respective tasks. position. Kamapov is not unconcerned about the crisis in the southeast corner, but he knows that even if everyone on his side, including himself, rushes there, it will not help. On the contrary, it may shake the morale of the military and even cause the entire east gate wall defense system to Rather than collapse, it would be better to sit here and stabilize the morale of the army. Moreover, Kamapov also believed that his arrangement would not lead to a situation where the city would not be protected in this case.
A regiment arranged on the south gate city wall played their emergency role at this time, and the reserve team under the south gate city wall had also taken over the responsibility of the regiment on the south gate city wall that was supposed to be the main defense. The Western Xinjiang Army, which was advancing rapidly eastward from the south gate city wall, quickly squeezed the Northern Army, which had just climbed up the wall and had not yet taken a breath, into this corner of the southeast corner, while the Western Xinjiang Army from north to south was holding the same However, the Northern Army relied on this corner to resist the huge pressure from both sides.
Seeing the Northern Army gathered in the southeast corner getting denser and denser, and based on the observation of the Northern Army's troop mobilization, Chu Taifeng obviously wanted to make a breakthrough in the southeast corner. The troops that continued to join made the southeast corner suddenly become the focus of the battle.
"Order the Fire Dragon Cannon to move forward, concentrate firepower to attack the southeast corner of the city, and give me a hard bombardment!" This is a somewhat risky decision. The Fire Dragon Cannon is quite delicate, difficult to move, and may become useless once hit by an enemy catapult. There is a pile of iron, but in this case there seems to be no other way. If you don't curb the enemy's continuous offensive, you can only rely on this kind of face-to-face fighting. It is quite unfavorable for the Western Xinjiang side.
Four or five fire dragon cannons were slowly pushed to the crenel, and the muzzles were slowly adjusted to the position. With the movement of the small red flag in the hands of the flag bearer, several fire dragon cannon shells rose into the air and immediately splashed under the southeast corner of the city wall. The sky was filled with fire and rain.
The tragic scene was simply unbearable to watch, when the fire dragon shells either fell into the group of soldiers and exploded, or exploded directly in the air. The scattered fire nets suddenly covered the entire ground with a radius of tens of meters. Even the two to three meter footings of the city wall were suddenly enveloped in flames, and the entire southeast corner of the city wall suddenly turned into a human meat barbecue ground.
The screams were mixed with the smell of burnt barbecue, and the blood-red flames spread everywhere, devouring everything that could burn. For this sudden disaster, the soldiers of the Northern Army were almost unprepared. The overwhelming fire net suddenly Nearly a thousand soldiers who had gathered under the southeast corner were suddenly rolled in. Pyromen with their whole bodies burning were struggling and running under the city wall. The soldiers who were gathering toward the southeast corner suddenly became chaotic. Faced with this kind of disaster that is almost impossible to describe in words, no matter how high the soldiers' fighting spirit is and how determined their will is, they are still unable to compete. A good situation was destroyed by just a few fire dragon cannonballs!
Chu Taifeng stood in front of the commander of the catapult cluster with almost gritted teeth and ordered him to destroy the few fire cannons openly exposed on the city wall. Dozens of giant catapults launched almost continuous bombardment offensives, and The fire dragon artillery group on the Western Xinjiang Army's side was covered by overwhelming boulders almost as soon as it had time to fire its third shell. Although Kamapov also adopted some protective facilities, in this situation where almost all the giant trebuchets were bombarded, the dozens of soldiers responsible for operating and protecting the fire dragon cannon were almost disappeared without a chance to make a sound. caught in the rain of rocks falling from the sky.
Kamapov felt miserable in his heart. He had expected this result when he ordered the Fire Dragon Cannon to be pushed out of the bunker and forcibly mounted on the crenellations of the city wall for bombardment. The reaction speed of the Northern Army was unusually fast, and the five Fire Dragon Cannons barely had time to fire. Three shells declared the end of their mission. Faced with this intensive bombardment of boulders, the fate of the Fire Dragon Cannon was known without even a second thought.
However, the sacrifice of these five fire dragon cannons came at an extraordinary cost. The entire area centered on the southeast corner almost turned into a hell on earth, with as many as five or six thousand people gathered within a radius of tens of feet. The soldiers, but under the bombardment of three consecutive bullets from the five fire dragon cannons, they suddenly disappeared. According to the calculations of the staff, at least two thousand people were directly injured or killed by this extraordinarily powerful bombardment. More importantly, this directly caused the Northern Army, which had been firmly controlling the situation on the southeast corner of the city wall, to fall into a situation without backup. Under the attack of the Western Xinjiang reinforcements from the west and north, although they fought bravely, they were unable to do so. There was no way to restore the defeat, and hundreds of soldiers fell alive one by one in the waves of gun shadow and sword light.
Chu Taifeng could only watch helplessly as the success that seemed to be beckoning to him passed by him again, and at the painful cost of thousands of elite soldiers, although he was still confident that he would win the final victory in this war. He was full of confidence, but the powerful lethality of the enemy's Fire Dragon Cannon lingered in Chu Taifeng's heart like a dark cloud. Faced with this kind of highly destructive weapon that has exceeded the power of any traditional weapon, Chu Taifeng can't think of any effective way to restrain it. Although this weapon still has many limitations in terms of range and use, its The power is enough to make up for all its shortcomings. And this kind of weapon also seems to represent the development trend of future wars, that is, weapons will play an increasingly important role in future wars, and may even play a role in changing the entire war situation, which seemed to be the case before. unimaginable.
The war did not weaken because of the thrilling battle for the southeast corner. Xijiang also paid a price when it won the battle for the southeast corner. The destruction of five fire dragon cannons made Xijiang lose control of the entire southeast city wall. The control strength of the army was affected to varying degrees. The northern army generals including Chu Taifeng quickly noticed this subtle change. Chu Taifeng even ordered his two divisions to take turns at all costs. Launching a full-scale offensive, he even changed his plan and moved a division of the Second Army up in advance to serve as a reserve so that he could be deployed at any time when there was a real opportunity.
It should be said that Chu Taifeng's desperate and crazy attack did bring huge trouble to the Western Xinjiang side. The destruction of five fire dragon cannons weakened the originally designed blockade and suppression force. This was quickly reflected in all aspects. Once the suppressive power of the Fire Dragon Cannon weakened, the Northern Army's offensive immediately became more fierce. Especially when Chu Taifeng attacked the two divisions without leaving any reserves, it increased the pressure on the Western Xinjiang defenders. Western Xinjiang had to invest more defensive forces to prevent the defense line from being broken through again, and the Northern Army was obviously quite expert in this kind of offensive operations. Their offensives were sometimes in the south, sometimes in the north, and they could even launch three consecutive attacks at one place. The forceful attack made the reserve troops deployed by the Western Xinjiang Army on the city walls constantly exhausted. Fortunately, the sniper team in Western Xinjiang fully demonstrated their power. Their concentrated attacks always bought a lot of time and stabilized the dangerous situation several times. However, this also brought considerable casualties to the sniper team. The entire sniper brigade directly under the Fifth Army suffered almost a quarter of its casualties in these two days of fighting, and the number of casualties was close to the hundred-man mark. This was the most elite part of a legion. To some extent, these one hundred people Even more important than a team.
No one thought that the fighting on the second day would be so fierce and long-lasting. From the beginning of the battle for the southeast corner, the battle almost entered a white-hot state. Both sides invested huge manpower and material resources in the battle for the southeast corner, and both made considerable efforts. At a painful price, Chu Taifeng exchanged the lives of more than 2,000 soldiers for the scrapping of five fire dragon cannons of the Xijiang people. This may seem incomparable, but after the battle, it showed its effect. The effort was not without reward. Chu Taifeng's investment also received generous returns. Kamapov had to send up the general reserve team that was going to play on the third day. This was also a last resort. The loss of the tactical reserve team It was so big that the General Strategic Reserve had to make an early appearance. Kamapov didn’t know how long this early appearance could help him maintain, but it at least helped him ease the situation in the entire Yunzhong Mansion, especially the situation in the east gate. .
The auburn city wall is like a vampire devil that can never be satisfied, tirelessly sucking the blood and lives of the soldiers on both sides. The bodies of the soldiers continue to fall from the city wall like dumplings, and a cloud of smoke and dust is splashed under the city wall. Later, the falling corpses could no longer even stir up dust, because the city wall was already full of corpses of soldiers from both sides lying on the ground. Sometimes the ladder was pushed forward to set up the city wall, and sometimes it was cut off and hooked by the soldiers on the city wall. Pushed aside and fell down, the siege truck was still transporting soldiers tirelessly, and the mobile arrow tower continued to spit out crossbow bolts. The siege tower was still the biggest threat to the Western Xinjiang Army. The Western Xinjiang Army was already aware of its threat. Once there was Siege towers close to the city wall will always attract the attention of countless snipers in Western Xinjiang. Killing and weakening the commando soldiers as much as possible before they rush into the city wall is the sniper's first priority.