Xi'an
This historical capital had been established here many times since the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Today, he was facing the test of war again.
city
Overseer Chen Shufan and Governor Liu Zhenhua were frowning.
The two of them had just received the news yesterday that an army had conquered Tongguan and Weinan.
Today, he had hurriedly stepped up his vigilance, but the other party had immediately come knocking on his door.
Last year, when Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army fought with the Jingguo Army, the other party's strength was too low, so it was very easy.
But this army was very strange!
Looking at the continuous convoy and the neat and unified army, he looked like a beggar.
The Song Suppression Army had expanded from a few thousand people who entered Shaanxi last year to more than 20,000 people now, and 10,000 of them had been eaten up in Weinan.
Now, there were only 10,000 Zhensong Army soldiers and 10,000 people under Chen Shufan's direct line of command left in Xi'an.
The other party seemed to have more than 20,000 people, but they were not confident.
The two of them had just returned from scouting the city wall and saw the continuous convoy of the People's Army transporting supplies. Small steel cannons and machine guns were densely packed.
They didn't see the artillery behind them, but they were already at a loss.
Right now, the two of them did not have enough guns for each of them. There were only a few old cannons, and there were not many machine guns that consumed bullets.
Although they had the protection of the city walls, they were not confident!
outside
Long Mulan was observing Xi'an's defense with the commander and three brigade commanders.
Long Mulan watched for a while and said with certainty,""The other party is already prepared. I wonder if they are elites and if their weapons are of high quality? I think we can't attack like a swarm of bees. According to the young commander, we should first probe their firepower deployment, then use the cannons to destroy the enemy's firing points. After suppressing them, we should attack with all our forces. Otherwise, there must be an insider, and the losses would definitely be huge!”
"That's right. We were suspected to have used trickery to attack Tongguan and Weinan before. However, we all have standard weapons. From the information we have, the other party shouldn't be as good as us, so we should have the advantage in terms of weapons.”Guan Donglai, the deputy division commander and brigade commander, gave his analysis.
Li Ruhai also agreed," Not only are our weapons better than theirs, but our soldiers are also better than theirs. Ever since the other party entered Shaanxi last year, they had expanded their army wantonly. However, not everyone had as much money to support their army as the young marshal! I'm sure that the enemy's soldiers can't have our training standards!”
The others also agreed.
Seeing that everyone had the same opinion, Long Mulan decided,""Alright, we'll send a regiment to test the enemy's firepower. Two artillery battalions and mortars will provide cover. After we find out their firing point, we'll use the artillery regiment and three artillery battalions to destroy their firepower.”
"I think we should test them a few more times to prevent them from playing tricks," said Yan Liucheng, the chief of staff.”
"That's true. The other party is also inferior to a nameless person. There's nothing wrong with being careful!”Everyone agreed.
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Half an hour later, the artillery regiment had finished setting up their artillery positions and was ready.
Under Long Mulan's command, the two artillery battalions fired first. The shells hit the city wall and shattered rocks flew everywhere.
Ten minutes later, the two regiments began their probing attacks.
The artillery battalion paused, and the mortars and machine guns began to suppress the sporadic fire on the city wall.
After a round of bombardment, the city defense cannons were almost destroyed. Many soldiers were forced to give up on the city wall, and they were still unable to react.
Meanwhile, Liu Zhenhua was already cursing in the city.
This is too much of a bully. With so many cannons firing at me at the same time, I don't even have a gun!
Although he commanded more than 20,000 people in the city, the situation was clearly not good!
However, he quickly sent people to the city wall to fight back. He hoped that they could rely on the city wall to defend!
As the people's army approached the city wall, more and more firepower appeared on the city wall. The people's army's large number of mortars began to suppress the enemy's firepower.
This kind of mortar was not new, but there were not many that actually owned it. There were almost no battalions equipped with it like the People's Army!
Due to the fact that the production of cannons could not keep up, each battalion was equipped with a 12-gun mortar platoon. Each regiment had an eight-gun 75th Mountain Cannon Company and a 20-gun mortar company.
For the time being, the brigade headquarters would not be equipped with mortars of this caliber. There was only one artillery battalion with 18 cannons. They would have to deal with two larger calibers in the future.
Now, the two regiments had over a hundred mortars firing at the city wall. Although they had extended their range a little because their own people were close to the city wall, it did not stop them from killing the enemy.
an hour later
The people's army had already tested the enemy three times, and the enemy showed no signs of hiding their firepower. The last time, the people's army almost attacked the city.
Seeing this, Long Mulan decisively ordered the artillery regiment and the three artillery battalions to fire at full force for ten minutes.
Then, they would switch to other troops and blast open the city gates, attacking the city in one fell swoop!
This bombardment made the defenders in the city despair!
An artillery battalion had eighteen cannons, and an artillery regiment had forty. In total, there were nearly a hundred cannons firing at the city wall. Even the main force of the Northern Warlords would not be able to do so.
Many of the soldiers defending the city had yet to retreat in time before they were enveloped by artillery fire.
Soon, the city wall was shrouded in thick smoke.
The bombardment lasted for nearly twenty minutes.
When the cannons stopped, the soldiers guarding the city did not want to go up to the city to defend, but they still went up under the constant urging of their officers.
However, on the other side, when Long Mulan was about to give the order to attack, the three brigade commanders shouted at the same time,""Wait, let's fire again!"
Long Mulan was also stunned for a while before she reacted.
Thinking about it, they were indeed the generals that the young marshal had taken a fancy to. These people were not simple!
The artillery bombardment once again caused the defenders to suffer a lot, so when the artillery really stopped, no one dared to climb up the city wall.
A group of soldiers from the People's Army ran towards the city gate with several explosives under the cover of thick smoke.
They had all been trained, so they were very familiar with placing the explosives before the other party could react.
With a loud bang, the city gate collapsed, revealing a huge gap.
The people's army began to rush towards this huge gap, but they did not encounter the expected intense battle.
Apart from some battles, more than half of the people actually surrendered!
Yes, unexpectedly, many people surrendered to the People's Army!
Other than some who were bribed by the intelligence department, most of them were blasted silly by the artillery shells of the People's Army.
The people's army didn't know that the bombing was so effective. If they had known earlier, they would have done it directly.
Previously, he had wanted to train the troops 'ability to attack, but now it seemed that with the cannon group in hand, there was no need at all!
To be honest, many of them fought as soldiers against domestic warlords. There were not many cannons at all. Most of the time, both sides competed in marksmanship.
Now that they were competing in cannonballs, they were decisively inferior and directly admitted defeat!
Nearly 30,000 people rushed into the city in batches. Soon, only the Military Governor's Office was left to resist.
Surrounded by the army, they were soon forced to surrender!
During this period of time, everyone fought, but many warlords were forced to leave the jungle, and no one knew when they would make a comeback.
But this time, Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua had no possibility of making a comeback. All their capital was here.
At this point, Xi'an fell into the hands of the People's Army.
At this moment, it was only the sixth day since the People's Army had sent out their troops.
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