More than ten miles along the river, Xu Junsheng built a complete anti-crossing river defense line, cement-burned fortresses, trenches and chest walls built along the mountain, and extended from the river beach to the main urban area halfway up the mountain. If this was the era of cold weapons, Xu Junsheng was confident that no one could break through this line of defense, but now, everything is different.

The era of hot weapons has arrived. The word hot weapons comes from the mouth of Emperor Qin Feng of the Ming Dynasty. It is extremely vivid. The entire war has undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few years. There is no solid defense anymore. No matter how solid the defense line is built, it will seem vulnerable under the bombardment of artillery. If it were not for the large-scale use of steel and cement on the construction of fortifications, Xu Junsheng believed that after a round of artillery fire in the Ming army, his fortifications would all become ruins.

The airships in the air flew unscrupulously at high altitudes, bombs fell from their abdomen and smashed hard towards the Qi army's positions, and fires burst out.

A huge Kongming lantern rose above the top of the mountain, tied with ropes below. These Kongming lanterns were filled with rockets, and small bags of gunpowder were wrapped on the arrows. If they could hit the target and explode, they could cause huge damage to the airship. Although these Kongming lanterns rarely cause damage to the airship in reality, they suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the opponent. However, their existence is a threat to these airships, so even if these soldiers took off and mean that they would never return, Xu Junsheng still gritted his teeth and wanted to do so.

Since the first time the Kongming lantern was launched, the Qi army never won any more. The Ming army quickly equipped the Ming 1 style on the airship and attacked the Kongming lanterns from a high point. Under normal circumstances, a few rounds of shooting can be shot down a Kongming lantern.

Xu Junsheng took his gaze back from the air. The air was not the focus. Since there was no way to curb it, he could only grit his teeth and bear it. Fortunately, the enemy's center of gravity was always on the land.

The speed of the Ming army building gunboats shocked him. Two months ago, only two of these latest gunboats were seen on the Red River. Two months later, there were eight ships coming and going on the Red River. At this moment, they were pouring artillery fire onto the shore frantically.

Seeing that one of his turrets was bombarded by the opponent after several rounds of bombardment, Xu Junsheng could only sigh. The opponent's artillery was installed on the ship and moved quickly. Moreover, this artillery had a moving base, moving and aiming, and was extremely flexible. Compared with the artillery on his turret that could no longer move once it was fixed, its power was not above the same level.

The Ming army was placing cement ships horizontally on the Red River, slowly approaching the middle of the river.

Compared with the battle on the entire river surface, the Laizhou Bridge was quiet. The Ming army did not seem to have the idea of ​​using the bridge to attack, and Xu Junsheng was happy to see it. The Ming army wanted to maintain this bridge because they had already regarded Laizhou as a treasure and did not want him to be destroyed. If they launched a large-scale attack from the bridge, Xu Junsheng only needed dozens of kilograms of gunpowder to blow the bridge into two pieces. If they wanted to repair it in the future, the cost would be high. Xu Junsheng did not want to blow up the bridge for the time being because he kept the bridge, so he could send troops across the river to harass the enemy at any time. Regardless of whether he sent troops or not, the Ming army always had to split his eyes to look at the bridgehead.

Both sides have tacit understanding on the Laizhou Bridge.

The Ming army's cement ship built a floating bridge very fast. It quickly crossed the center line of the Red River and advanced towards the north bank. Xu Junsheng nodded at an officer beside him, and the officer immediately waved the small red flag in his hand.

The relays of the whistle towers along the way sent the signal of the little red flag to the distance. After a stick of incense, from the upstream, densely packed large logs rushed down the river.

These large round heads have been simply processed, and the heads are sharpened, and some even have a layer of iron. Under the surging of the river, they push and rush towards the floating bridge on the river.

The gunboats in the river quickly bypassed the pontoon bridge and hid behind the cement ship. The two gunboats in front and back of several gunboats turned over the turrets and opened fire violently on the surface of the river, blowing the large logs that had crashed into pieces, and many logs completely lost their attack function.

But there were too many such big materials that rushed down. Seeing that these big materials rushed towards the river water with an unstoppable momentum, the Ming soldiers working on the cement ship lay down or squatted on the boat one by one, grasping everything around them that could be grasped.

Amid the rumbling impact, the cement ships pounded violently. The ships that had just been arranged were knocked crookedly, and the river surface was once again exposed in the middle. The soldiers on the ship who were not holding tightly exclaimed that they were hit by the huge impact force and fell into the water obliquely.

Xu Junsheng was a little disappointed. If these big materials hit the wooden boat, this attack would be enough to overturn the opponent. However, these cement boats, apart from being knocked out of crooked and some of them were knocked out of gaps, there were no other damage.

The cement ships above the river surface tried hard to re-adjust the formation. Although there was still a lot of big materials coming from the river surface, the upstream direction of the cement ship had accumulated a lot of wood that had lost its kinetic energy. At this moment, it became an obstacle for later generations and the attack power was greatly reduced.

"Let's fire!" Xu Junsheng gave the second order.

On the north bank, large areas of camouflage were quickly pulled open, revealing a black muzzle. Immediately, the artillery sprayed out flames, and dark shells slashed across the sky and bombarded the pontoon bridge on the river.

These artillery were specially prepared by Xu Junsheng for these cement ships. They were previously bombarded by Ming people, so he did not use these artillery.

"I hit it, I hit it!" On the north shore, Qi army made a deafening cheer. On the surface of the river, several cement ships were suddenly shot by these artillery after being hit by large materials. Two of them were finally unable to take any more effort. They slowly sank towards the river surface for two pieces. The sinking speed was much faster than the average shipwreck speed. In a moment, a huge vortex appeared on the surface of the river. Even the soldiers working on the two ships were swallowed by the surging river water, and they did not even have room to struggle and were pressed to the bottom of the river by the vortex.

Unfortunately, a gunboat was also hit by a solid shell from the side of the ship, and the gray ship helped to make a big hole. Thick smoke rolled out of the hole, and the gunboat immediately retreated to the other side of the river.

The cheers of the Qi people were not yet cut off. On the surface of the river, the artillery of the remaining seven gunboats had already turned around and began to intensively shoot at the Qi army's artillery position that had just fired shells.

Compared to the Qi people, it took a long time to fire a solid artillery shell, the Ming army's rapid-fire cannon was simply a god-like existence. In an instant, the Qi army's artillery position, which had just been powerful, fell into a sea of ​​fire. One by one, the cannons and soldiers operating the artillery were blown into the air and fell heavily.

The cheers came to an abrupt end, but the Qi army's position fell into silence.

Xu Junsheng took a long breath and pressed down the anger in his heart. The remaining hidden artillery positions could no longer be exposed. Such an attack would not be worth the effort for him. He would never be the opponent of the Ming army for firepower. Fortunately, this was still an inland river. If he met the Ming army's giant ships at the sea, he would be even more miserable. He heard Zhu Ruofan talk about the Battle of Crab Bay. More than a dozen Ming army warships were spread over the sea. Once they opened fire, hundreds of artillery pieces attacked at the same time. The shells could really be described as covering the sky and the sun.

In today's battle, he had truly realized the feeling of Zhu Ruofan that day. Under such a blow, Zhu Ruofan could hold on to Crab Bay for half a month, which was really difficult for him.

Since Zhu Ruofan can stay in Crab Bay for half a month, the situation he is facing now is at least much better than that time. I think it is not a problem to hold on for half a month. As long as he can stand on the road until Leidong leads the reinforcements from Liaodong arrive, and reopens the channel from Mizhou to Laizhou. When the time comes, contact Zhu Ruofan, there is still a chance to win back this game.

On the position, those artillery batteries that have not been blown up are still firing artillery shells intermittently, but compared with the Ming army, the counterattack seems too weak. Basically, the Qi army on the position is now so bombed that it cannot raise its head.

Above the river, the pontoon bridge made of cement boats is about to extend to the north shore, and more ferries have begun to rush to the beach.

Xu Junsheng put his eyes on the Ming soldiers who were ready to land.

They are the targets he wants to take the initiative to attack.

Shi Guangrong held the Ming Dynasty Style 1 in his hand tightly. As a member of the Navy and Marine Corps, they were the vanguards who charged and occupied the beachhead.

The bottom of the ship was slightly shocked, and Shi Guangrong, who was experienced, had no idea. He turned over and jumped off the boat and landed in the water. The water was deeper than his waist. He held his Ming 1 style high and flowed desperately towards the shore.

After stepping onto the beach, he immediately raised his gun, half-kneeled and aimed at the front, and suddenly pulled the trigger. After a crisp sound, the sound of the gunshots like fried beans continued to sound, and hundreds of navy and marines had basically landed.

The soldiers of the Navy Marine Corps drove a long line of scattered soldiers, pushed forward for dozens of meters, and then stopped and moved forward again, but entered the range of the Qi army's crossbow machine. For those of the Navy Marine Corps who were not wearing armor, that thing was fatal to damage.

There were bursts of shouts coming from behind, and another group of soldiers crossed the river. Unlike Shi Guangrong and others, the latecomers were carrying large shields, helmets and armors, and they soon rushed to the front of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Accompanied by the loud military horn, the Ming army once again began to move forward.

(Yesterday I happened to see a book friend asking the Gunman if the next book is still written in the type of hegemony. To be honest, I wrote four books on the imperial map and hegemony, and I was a little aesthetically exhausted. The next book is ready to write about loyal ministers and good generals and assist the king in achieving great achievements. The pawn has reached the final stage. Now when the Gunman has time, he begins to conceive the outline and context of the next book. If it goes well, I hope to take on this book. This book will be finished, and the next book will begin. However, at the end of the year, the work is very tight. The Gunman is responsible for the comprehensive management work in the unit, and he is even more busy. I hope everything goes well!)
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