Chapter 313: Setting fire is our profession

Although it was still in the era when cold weapons were the main ones, the Yunzhou army's combat now had a bit of a modern war, at least in terms of artillery fire preparation. The soldiers sat far away on the ground, watching big, round things as if they were flying over their heads, landing on the city wall, and bursting out a bunch of fire. Even though they knew that this was the habit of the Yunzhou army, the enemy could only place some of the soldiers on the city wall. Otherwise, if they were hiding behind, once Yunzhou noticed that the city wall defense was weak and they rushed forward, it would be really finished.

The call from the city wall made the soldiers in Yunzhou feel a little creepy, but also a little excited. The more painful the enemy is, the easier it will be to achieve military achievements in a short while. It is not that there are no veterans in the Yunzhou army, but in Yunzhou, which is already loyal and fanatical, these veterans will not spread the horror of war, but regard war and death as a feast.

Not long after the two heavy equipment battalions opened fire in full, Cheng Chi discovered something was wrong. There was a city wall that was particularly dense with firepower, and judging from the firelight that burst out, the types of bullets used were always changing.

"What are Ding Shi, Li Yang and the others doing? Ask them to see me." Cheng Chi turned his head and ordered.

After a while, the two of them came to Cheng Chi, and Ye Tao was the one who came together. Ye Tao, who also noticed the abnormality, wanted to ask, what are the statements about how many types of bullets were used in this combination? Ye Tao had no questioning at all, and he was just curious. Using limited types of weapons to match the richest tactics and achieve the best results is the responsibility of the front-line commander.

"Master Ye, General Cheng, this is the case..." Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Ding Shi simply told all his thoughts. After hearing Ding Shi's statement, everyone rolled their eyes at the same time.

"It's true?" Cheng Chi knew about the legacy of burying some jars in a man-made house in Yunzhou, but he was really skeptical about Qingtian's problem.

"Sir, you will still be on the infantry on time anyway. Even if it is not true, you won't lose anything, right?" Ding Shi said carefully.

"...Well...But if this is true, remember that you have trained blasting soldiers before? Isn't that more reliable?" Cheng Chi asked again.

"It's been trained... but later we are trying to grab the job of infantrymen. Besides, it seems that blasting tubes are not so reliable. We have no one in our hands and no equipment. In addition, I remember that you once said in the military discussion of the whole army that it is not easy for us to learn how to shoot artillery, and we have to be fast. We say that we can do our jobs and do things that can be done five hundred steps, we are not allowed to approach 100 steps, and we are not allowed to rush forward if we can do things at 100 steps... Also..." Ding Shi shrugged.

"What else?" Cheng Chi and Ye Tao both laughed and asked quickly.

"I'm afraid of death..." Ding Shi scratched his head and said angrily: "I'm afraid of death... OK."

In fact, the first reason alone is completely enough. The latter two were obviously added by Ding Shi to liven up the atmosphere. Cheng Chi did say that, but that was a matter of a long time ago. It was the angry words of several troops when they were fighting for priority to prepare. Ding Shi was definitely not present at the time, and God knew how he listened to this sentence. Ding Shi's deadly and cunning accent, although he might not be the kind of reckless man who would be ready at any time, he could never be a guy who was afraid of death.

"The firepower density in other city wall sections should be reduced a little, reduce the frequency. I will not allow you to increase the total ammunition consumption, but I will give you an extra quarter of the firepower preparation time." Cheng Chi thought about it and said firmly, "How?"

"General Cheng, if you give more time and one more hour, and other sections of firepower will be suspended, so that it will be even more convenient. As long as it can be burned down, there is no need to waste it. If it cannot be burned down... the frequency is reduced, then the loose firepower is useless." Li Yang frowned and suggested.

After looking at Ye Tao, Cheng Chi turned around and said, "Okay, then that's what you do. You guys go and continue."

"Send the order, send the snacks down, and everyone will continue to sit and watch the show." Cheng Chi continued to instruct. Anyway, after making an extra hour, the soldiers will have time to digest the snacks...

Now both the enemy and the other side realized that Yunzhou was preparing to use heavy equipment camp to directly destroy the city wall. But Qingtian Shouzong himself was confused and had no idea why it was this section of the city wall. What was wrong with this section of the city wall. But he still knew that he could not get the other party to achieve his goal. He kept ordering the soldiers to pile up earth and rocks, seal the gaps that had appeared, and put out the fires...

As time goes by, although the inexplicable tactics of Yunzhou, General Qingtian has damaged many people by extinguishing fires and repairing the city walls, the more nervous ones are Ding Shi and Li Yang. Although there is no military order, if there is no effect at all, the face of the two of them will be over.

The time for the preparation of artillery fire for an hour has passed... Although the city walls are mottled and peeled off several layers of lime that were pasted later, they are still tough.

The time we added was almost over. It seemed that the entire section of the city wall was almost hot, but it seemed that nothing went wrong. "Brother Ding... let's order other sections to load... this..." Li Yang said with some frustration.

"Don't worry... there is still time..." Ding Shi was still stubborn, but as time went by, he was not so sure.

At this moment, a three-type Mars bomb exploded on the city wall, but it directly lifted off a large piece of the city wall and landed on the ground, revealing the giant tree inside that had not seen the sunshine for many years... It was not lit, but... it seemed to have melted.

"Quick, strengthen the firepower, calibrate the coordinates of the city wall sections on both sides, and fire for me." After a moment of a moment, Li Yang immediately reacted and ordered decisively.

This is not just a problem with a section of the city wall. As the firepower is strengthened, the already extremely terrifying gap becomes larger and larger, and the giant wood encapsulated inside is ignited, ablated, and then quickly exploded. All this made the Qingtian guards' hearts break... They never thought that the tall and heavy Qingtian walls were actually broken open. The constantly peeling soil and stones were like the confidence of the Qingtian guards' collapse.

"Let Li Yang Dingshi attack two rounds of fire on the whole line, order the whole army prepares for assault." Cheng Chi strode his palm and laughed, and then issued a decisive military order. With the dense transmission of drum beats, military horns, and flags, in just a few minutes, Cheng Chi's order turned into a very consistent and active action of the entire army. The soldiers rushed towards Qingtian like huge waves. Especially the part of the city wall that had been bombarded, because the city wall was broken and the defenders were both courageous. Xiao Xu personally led his men to attack the city without much effort.

Later, he quickly rushed towards the city gate, and within half an hour, the city gate was opened inside and outside. Although the defenders barely retreated into the street market for some resistance, the fighting style in Yunzhou was too violent. While searching and killing, he shouted to surrender. When he encountered those who were surrounding the strongholds, he threw turbulent bombs directly. It was a bit like the US military bullying Iraq in modern wars. At least, in this era, many equipment and tactical ideas that surpassed the opponents, and the behavior that saved the life safety of soldiers were the first.

Without any suspense, Qingtian fell into Yunzhou's hands. The casualties paid by Yunzhou were only a thousand people, and only 297 people died. For a city like Qingtian, the casualties were unbelievable. Especially the old Yunzhou soldiers who had experienced the tug-of-war with Xiling in the past and killed countless lives were even more excited.

In this battle, there were as many as 11,000 Qingtian defenders who surrendered. Fortunately, this did not exceed the ration quota of 20,000 prisoners in the first phase of the material preparation. Although this was good news, Suo Zheng's reaction was obviously not very good. He quickly replied to everyone and not arrested him; or wait until the second phase of the material was delivered and he had more room to support the prisoners before dealing with it; or simply further reduce the ration quota of the prisoners... Suo Zheng just complained, but he didn't expect it to happen.

Everyone was extremely convinced by this logistics general, and soon understood Suo Zheng's suggestions according to their respective temperaments and preferences... and Suo Zheng's reputation became increasingly bigger. Others had to do something to kill, so he could just talk. Naturally, Suo Zheng didn't mind this bad reputation. Fortunately, the military discipline in Yunzhou has always been good, and most people think it is a good idea to reduce the ration quota. Because prisoners of war are important trophies statistics... that is linked to performance appraisal.

In this battle, Ding Shi, Li Yang, and the two heavy equipment camps led by them were also very popular. Ding Shi's prior analysis and research and extensive understanding of relevant knowledge have become a new model in everyone's heart. Ding Shi was not an honest person, and he was not embarrassed at all in the face of everyone's enthusiastic praise. What he was happier was that now the officers in Yunzhou said, "You are so smart, are the people in the mainland like this?" Or, "Brother, you have a trick, I used to be down on you", the relationship between the original Dongping officer and the local officer in Yunzhou became very harmonious...

Ding Shi couldn't keep holding the head alone in the face of all kinds of praise and praise. He also humbled a little, but his humility seemed more like a kind of pride to others. He said: "No... I'm embarrassed to praise me like this. There are some orders of hearing and Taoism, and do you have specialties in your profession?... You are professional in killing people; we are professional in setting fires. I know this too."
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