Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 775

[Chapter 775 God of War]

“Your Highness, the pier has been captured, and the marines are marching towards Antler City.”

The sound of guns in the distance subsided for a while, and some marine soldiers came to report to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded, calm in his heart.

For him, this battle should be easy.

“The fleet can dock at the dock.” Zhou Yi said at this time.

Immediately, he issued an order, and the battleship on the sea turned its bow and headed north.

Then, the two arrived at Antler City under the escort of soldiers.

Different from the bastion of Marka City, Antler City is a traditional Dasong city.

There is no way of knowing when this city was built, but it proves that Yizhou has belonged to the Central Plains dynasty since ancient times.

“Tonight, this king will spend the night in this Antler City.” Looking at the city in front of him, Zhao Xu looked up at the sun that had already passed the sky.

There are still two hours before dark, and he wants Pan Chang to take down Antler City within two hours.

This time, the Marine Corps carried a sufficient amount of grenades, as well as rifled guns and howitzers.

What the powerful army had was nothing more than smoothbore flintlock guns comparable to those of Japan and artillery with a maximum range of only 800 meters.

Although Britain has sent a lot of guns and artillery to Wu through Jiaozhi controlled by Frank during this period.

But Wu Guo will definitely not use these muskets and artillery in Yizhou.

After all, for the state of Wu, Yizhou was isolated overseas, and the chance of it being able to hold on was very small.

It is not worth wasting the muskets and artillery given by Britain here.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Pan Chang said.

Zhou Yi complained: “The natives of the West have taught them some tricks, and they really regard it as a treasure. They are like rats, digging holes every day.”

Although he said so, he knew that although these trenches could not determine the final outcome of the battle, they could still delay their attack.

Just as he was talking, Pan Chang had given the order to attack to the artillery.

“Boom boom boom…” There was a roar, and the howitzers threw flower bombs into the trench in front of Lujiao City.

At the same time, the rifled gun adjusted its muzzle, aimed at the city wall, bombarded the artillery position on the city wall, and suppressed the opponent’s artillery.

In the first row of trenches, Wu soldiers squatted against the walls of the trenches.

Cannonballs continued to explode above their heads, and the powerful force even made the earth tremble.

The loud noise forced them to cover their ears to prevent their eardrums from being shattered.

“Boom!” At this moment, a shell happened to land in the middle of the first row of trenches.

The flames soared into the sky, kicking up several meters of dust, mixed with broken clothes, blood and stumps.

The soldiers at the center of the explosion didn’t even have time to scream and died tragically, while the nearby soldiers were thrown away by the shock wave for a certain distance.

Some people were stunned, some were hit by shrapnel, and they kept screaming.

Seeing this scene, the Wu soldiers in the trench turned pale, and some of them were so frightened that they peed out.

Everyone had a look of panic on their faces.

They are all recruits. After the Goryeo War, the entire Wu Kingdom went crazy, especially the local wealthy families.

It was rumored that the King of Yan was about to lead his troops south and came to fight.

Afterwards, Emperor Liang Feng ordered the recruitment of soldiers, and the rich officials responded one after another.

Not only did he send his family’s children to lead private soldiers to join the Wu army, but he also forced many strong men into the army.

The imperial court of the state of Wu even delegated the method of forging guns and artillery to the wealthy families, ordering them to forge guns and artillery to supply the army.

In just three months, Wu’s army increased from 400,000 to one million.

Every important city also accumulated food and grass extensively, and dug trenches and fortifications.

There is a state of gathering the power of the south of the Yangtze River to fight to the death with the King of Yan.

It was also at this time that they were sent to Yizhou to guard Lujiao City.

“Don’t be afraid, the general said, they only have a few thousand people, we have 30,000 people, our country of Wu is the richest country in the world, with millions of soldiers, and with the support of the British, we will definitely defeat King Yan.” The

soldiers were frightened When he was heartbroken, a general shouted to cheer up the soldiers.

In the corner, three soldiers looked at the general, and one of them muttered: “Fuck the fuck, you are willing to die, die yourself, King Yan is here, and he is also skinning your wealthy and powerful clans, and has nothing to do with our people. ”

That’s right, when they oppressed us, they were all like nightshades, and now they want us to sacrifice our lives. Is this a battle that humans can fight? King Yan’s army is too powerful. What is thrown here is scarier than lightning strikes.” Humane.

“Shh, keep your voice down, if you are heard by the soldiers of the rich family, you will lose your head.” A soldier said.

In the current Wu Guojun, the generals are all filled by generals from wealthy and powerful families.

This general came from a wealthy family in Fuyang County, Zhejiang Province. His surname was Liu, and he was the second son of the head of the Liu family.

He led three thousand private soldiers to Lincheng, and the imperial court gave him the title of school lieutenant.

He also gave the official positions of capital head, general banner, small banner, and captain to the Liu family’s children or relatives of the Liu family.

At the same time, he ordered the soldiers of the same surname in the army to stare at them, soldiers of ordinary origin.

These are either the Liu family’s children or the Liu family’s relatives. Generals and soldiers with the same surname belong to the party in the army.

On weekdays, he yells at people who are not from the Liu family, and lets other people do the hard work.

But because of its great power, many soldiers dared not speak out and could only obey.

“It’s dead anyway, and we’re afraid of his balloon, so let’s take it honestly in this corner, and when the soldiers of King Yan come over, we will surrender.” The first soldier said, “The deserter from Jiangbei said, Yan The king did not kill the captives, but even sent them back home.”

The other two nodded upon hearing this.

Living in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, although they are very unfamiliar with the king of Yan and even the court, the rich families in the south of the Yangtze River don’t treat them very well.

Therefore, they don’t care who is sitting in the country at all, they just want to save their lives.

However, as one shell after another fell into the trench, more and more casualties occurred.

Not only the ordinary soldiers, but even the soldiers of the powerful clan who were determined to resist were gradually unable to hold on.

The trenches were filled with blood, limbs and mutilated corpses.

Every time the shells whizzed past their heads, their hearts had to rise to their throats. For them, it was like kneeling on the execution ground, waiting for the executioner’s knife to fall, which was very tormenting and frightening.

Finally, after the bombardment lasted for a quarter of an hour, the Hao soldiers in the fifth row of trenches couldn’t take it anymore. They climbed up from the trench and rushed to the city gate, begging to enter the city by beating the gate.

“They’re going to collapse.” Zhao Xu had been watching the battlefield, seeing more and more Wu soldiers rushing towards the city gate, he said calmly.

After entering the age of firearms, as Napoleon said, artillery is the god of war.

On the battlefield, only artillery can cause a large number of casualties to the enemy from a long distance.

In the First World War, 60% of the casualties in the trench confrontation were caused by artillery.

Therefore, in the construction of the Yanzhou army, he attached great importance to the artillery. No matter the army of the royal family, the Ning Jin army, or the Qin army and the marines, he required the establishment of an independent artillery with various types of artillery.

Although trenches are effective in blocking infantry, the enemy troops in the trenches also need a strong will to withstand the bombardment of artillery.

The Hao clan army stationed in Yizhou obviously couldn’t do it.

Pan Chang naturally noticed the change in the battlefield situation.

He immediately ordered the Marines to charge the trench.

At this time, he did not order the artillery to stop the attack.

In battle after battle, generals are constantly combining teaching materials and summing up battlefield experience.

In the case of digging a trench by myself, and being close to the opponent’s trench, it is natural to stop the shelling before charging.

But now, instead of digging trenches, they charged in skirmish lines from a distance.

This requires artillery to cover the soldiers’ charge, suppressing the opponent so that they cannot lift their heads, and stop the shelling after entering within 50 meters.

Moreover, in addition to shot, the artillery also fired lime bombs at this time.

However, the more function of these lime bombs is to blast out a cloud of lime powder barrier, damage the enemy’s eyes, and play a role in blocking the opponent’s vision.

“Kill!” The order to charge was issued, and the marines rushed to the trench with roars.

Shells continued to fall on the trench.

Most of the soldiers huddled in the trenches, not daring to straighten up.

The generals of the Hao family were in a hurry, and they kept urging their relatives and soldiers to fight back.

Some relative soldiers gritted their teeth and raised their muskets, but found that the front was completely white, as if it had been fogged, and they could not see clearly at all.

Pull the trigger, and they’ll just mess around.

At this moment, stick-like things flew towards them through the white mist.

Before they could react, the stick landed near them.

“Boom boom boom…” Suddenly a series of explosions sounded, and the soldiers of the Hao clan who stood straight on their bodies suffered heavy casualties.

(end of this chapter)