I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

On the outer city wall, both Hong Chengchou and Boluo have come to the front line to inspect and command.

Although the second line of defense, the Beijing City Wall, is the key to defending Nanjing, the first city wall cannot be easily given up. If you can use this city wall to give the enemy a lot of damage, it can also play a role in frustrating the enemy's spirit and lowering the morale of the Wu army.

Of course, it would be even better if we could hold on to the first city wall.

It's just that Hong Chengchou and Boluo are more pessimistic about the first line of defense, because Wu Jun now has 80 cannons. If these cannons were bombarding a section of the city wall, the rammed earth city wall would definitely not be able to prevent it.

More importantly, the morale of their army is now low and lack of fighting spirit, which is the most troublesome thing.

As noon approached, the Wu army began a formal general offensive.

The first to launch the artillery with the farthest attack distance, their task is to launch solid shells, focus on bombarding one section of the city wall, and destroy it with its powerful kinetic energy.

At the same time, it can also play a role in deterring the enemy.

Liu Hansan, commanding the left-wing army, is forcing the Manchu prisoners of yesterday to bury the moat and build a pontoon bridge.

Wu Changqing did not discriminate against captives, but someone had to do the work of filling the moat, so it was more cost-effective to send captives.

The pontoon bridge is used to pass people, and the landfill moat is mainly to facilitate the passage of siege equipment such as buildings and vehicles.

The Central Army was commanded by Li Shaobin, and they were also doing similar things to Liu Hansan, except that they had an additional firepower to suppress, adding some cover to the soldiers filling the moat.

The right-wing army is commanded by Qian Sule. The section of the city wall they attack is connected to the mountains. They can take a detour and climb to the mountain to suppress the archery. Of course, this can only play a role that is better than nothing, because the terrain on the mountains is not easy. It's flat and doesn't hold many archers at a time.

In addition to climbing mountains, they are also building simple soil cities by taking advantage of the convenience of borrowing soil nearby. If the Tucheng was built as high as the enemy's city wall, they would be able to shoot against the Qing army without suffering any losses.

The Wu army is also very short of guns, so the bow and arrow force has always been the main force.

Several city gates to the south were being hit by a car at this time.

These crash cars are well made, with carports made of cowhide to withstand the rocks and kerosene thrown from the city walls. Those soldiers only needed to hide under the carport to push the car and ram the city gate.

There are still some soldiers digging tunnels. They do not want to enter the city through tunnels. That is unrealistic. There will definitely be people in the city who specialize in "Ting Weng" to prevent Wu Jun from digging tunnels to attack.

Once found, they can disconnect the tunnel, and then pour water or smoke into the tunnel. In short, there are many methods.

The most important effect of the tunnel is suddenness, and it loses its power immediately when it is discovered.

Wu Jun digs the tunnel without thinking about digging into it. They just need to dig under the city wall, and then they can bury a lot of gunpowder for blasting.

This trick is the favorite of the Taiping Rebellion's army in later generations, and the effect is quite good.

However, it can only blow up a small city wall.

Like the capital city wall in Nanjing, the foundation is 20 meters wide, and the ghost knows how much gunpowder it takes to blow it up.

Of course, most of the city walls in this world are actually low and small city walls. Considering the level of city walls in Nanjing, there are not many city walls in the whole of China, that is, Beijing, Xi'an, and some natural dangers.

Apart from these places, the rest are low and small city walls.

So there is still a lot of use for blowing up the city wall.

Wu Changqing stood on a high ground and observed the situation of the entire battlefield with binoculars.

Behind him are a group of senior commanders, and they don't have to go to the front line to command in person, that is too dangerous.

Even in the age of cold weapons, it was rare for senior generals to lead the charge. Not to mention that there are a large number of guns and artillery in the current war, and senior generals will not easily reach the front line.

Moreover, they also need to get together to judge the current situation, make plans and adjustments, and then let the messengers convey orders down.

Eighty cannons were aimed at a section of the city wall that was nearly 100 meters long, and the shells poured down on this section of the city wall like raindrops.

After only two rounds of shelling, the soldiers on the city wall left a lot of corpses, and the rest were all gone.

The generals defending the city did not stop it either, because they knew that the Ming army was going to blast away the city wall, so a large number of artillery shells would fall on this place in the future, and they could only wait to die if they did not retreat.

And because of the fear that the shells accidentally injure the friendly forces, the Ming army will definitely not launch an attack on this section of the city wall, and there is no need to defend.

The generals defending the city can ignore this section of the city wall now, and only need to prepare a reserve force and send troops to plug the gap after this section of the city wall collapses.

After a period of filling the river, the left-wing troops of the Wu army finally filled a section of the river, which could allow buildings and cars to pass through.

The left wing then began a tentative attack.

As for the general attack, it is necessary to wait until other troops are ready for the general attack, and at the same time launch the general attack to give the enemy the greatest pressure.

If only Liu Hansan alone launched the general attack, the Qing army could deploy the elites to this section of the city wall, or send reserve troops to this section of the city wall.

And as long as the general offensive is launched across the board, the Qing army is prone to take care of one thing and lose the other.

In fact, the Chinese army has already made preparations for the general attack. Their flintlock troops have eliminated Qiqi of the Qing army's archers by shooting against the archers on the city wall.

Eighty-eight, the rest did not dare to look up.

Although Wu Jun also lost nearly 1,000 people, these 1,000 people did not have much impact on the strength of the troops. As long as the flintlock gun is not damaged, they can directly draw a thousand soldiers who were originally using cold weapons.

Although some soldiers in the Ming army used cold weapons, they usually trained firearms so that they could be supplemented and replaced directly on the battlefield.

On the other hand, after the flintlock gun is made, it can be directly changed to form combat power.

Therefore, on the surface, it seems that the Ming army lost a thousand main flintlock troops, but after such a supplement, the actual loss was only a thousand cold weapon troops, which did not have much impact on the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

The Qing army was miserable, and nearly 2,000 archers died directly. These were all veterans who had been trained for a year or two. These people are gone, and it is impossible to temporarily replenish them.

Ordinary soldiers can also shoot bows and arrows, but the accuracy and strength are very different, and there is no power at all.

Hong Chengchou on the city wall noticed the situation of the Ming army's flintlock troops through a telescope, and almost vomited blood on the spot.

This is so shameless. What we lost were special elite soldiers, but the enemy killed was cannon fodder that could be replenished at any time.

He found another huge advantage of the fire gun, that is, the training of soldiers is simple, it is very easy to train qualified soldiers, and the army can be expanded quickly.

This is also very important. Like in the Manchu war, if the cavalry and archers die too much at one time, it is very difficult to restore their vitality, so it is difficult to expand the results.

However, Wu Changqing's Ming army did not have such a dilemma. The replenishment of soldiers was too easy, and the army's continuous combat capability was terrifying.

what can we do about it?

Hong Chengchou fell into thinking. He was thinking not only about defending Nanjing now, but also about how to deal with Wu Changqing in the future.

After thinking for a while, Hong Chengchou found that there seemed to be only one way, and that was to establish a fire gun army like Wu Changqing.

Then the question came back to the weapon, he needed the flintlock manufacturing process, he needed the secret of the flintlock.