Great time travel

Chapter 121: Battle of Yuhang Town
After gathering more than 200 troops and receiving the support of "heavy firepower equipment" in the rear, the Kun bandits approached Yuhang Town again.

Standing at the entrance of Yuhang Town, with a cigarette in his mouth, Li Meng, that sturdy watchtower made of huge blue bricks, seemed to be mocking the overthinking of these visitors from afar—three The smashed heads hung high on the flagpoles at the top of the watchtower, as if showing off the might of the guards, while the owners of the three heads fell silently on the cold dirt road at the entrance of the town. His head was lost, the bits and pieces of his body were touched, and even his clothes were stripped off by the "thrifty" Yuhang townspeople... Such a bleak scene fully demonstrated the cruelty of war, and made Li Meng's subordinates The rookie recruit who hadn't seen much blood, although he had undergone sufficient training, couldn't help but feel sad when the rabbit died.

As an old soldier who was used to seeing life and death, Li Meng just took off his hat lightly, observed a few seconds of silence, and then ordered the attacking troops to quickly line up.Under the military order, these loose motley troops immediately began to show the discipline cultivated by their long-term education with sticks.For a while, the voices of the captains' passwords and the tapping of long leather boots echoed repeatedly on the official road outside Yuhang Town.The engineers brought by Zhao Yingong also lifted the tarpaulin covers on the wheelbarrows, and began to serve the five hand-operated six-barreled Gatling guns hidden underneath.

Li Meng stepped forward and flicked the handle of one of the Gatling rotary guns. He was satisfied to see that it made a slight friction sound, indicating that it was in good condition.Compared with machine guns, this early rapid-fire weapon is very clumsy, but it is more than enough to deal with the current situation-at least let this group of wealthy gentry who don't know what shame is, fully feel the "iron fist of the people" .

On the other side, when the robbers rolled out their wheelbarrows, there was a commotion on the watchtower at the intersection: cannons, these thieves have cannons!However, the moment the gun cover was lifted, the commotion stopped.Villagers who thought it was a false alarm all laughed at these stupid thieves for tying up the cannons and trying to scare people by pretending to be cannons. wear it?
The ridicule of the townspeople did not last long. The five ready-made Gatling barrel guns roared impatiently, and [-]mm lead bullets poured into every window of the bunker enthusiastically. The skulls of the unlucky ones were blown away, splashing red and white all over the faces of the surrounding people, causing piercing screams... Only the "firearms expert" Chen Jialuo lay down on the floor in the first place , not forgetting to stretch out his hands to push down his two nephews, and kept comforting them, trying to calm down the two terrified little guys.

After a while, the gunfire stopped temporarily—in a sense, the townspeople of Yuhang Town did not expect it wrong. Successfully defeated the psychological defense of these rookies.

Next, although Chen Jialuo kept roaring, wanting to order the villagers to get closer and fight again, unfortunately no one could hear what he was saying.Frightened by the blood on the battlefield, the townspeople fired out all the firearms they could find hysterically as if to embolden their courage... The white smoke from the blunderbuss enveloped the entire watchtower for a while, and no one could See what you hit.After a while, the tiger squatting cannon that had already been loaded was also fired on ping -ping ping -unfortunately the distance of the thief was too far away, and the shot of the shot was not hit.

In short, when a gust of wind cleared away the gunpowder smoke, all the country warriors who watched the results of the battle with their eyes wide open were very disappointed—that group of goddamn thieves were still standing [-] steps away, not only were they all safe and sound, but Looking at the watchtower, he laughed loudly.

Immediately afterwards, a tall gangster, who was probably an official, waved a knife and shouted something, and suddenly another dense rain of bullets hit, and all the Xiangyong who hadn't got down in time by the window were all smashed into bloody sieves. ——The Gatling barrel gun that had finished cooling, fired again.

As a result, the poor counterattack firepower in the watchtower was easily and completely suppressed.A few engineers carrying explosive packs took the opportunity to run to the front of the team, and in the pre-dug earth pit, set up the famous "Conscience Cannon" in the War of Liberation - the official scientific name It should be an "explosive package ejector", but it is actually a mortar with a tin barrel as the barrel. After filling it with gunpowder, put the explosive package bundled into a disc shape into it, and then ignite the gun *****, you can project a ten-kilogram explosive package to a distance of 150-200 meters.The caliber of this weapon is astonishing—the caliber is as thick as the barrel, and the strong explosive impact produced by the huge explosive package will blow up bunkers, troops and horses wherever it passes.The enemy who was blown down often couldn't find any wounds on his body, but he was bleeding from seven holes, and he was shocked to death.That's why it's called "the cannon with no conscience".

Of course, although this thing is powerful, it also has many flaws. The first is that the shooting range is too short—but in the age of queuing up to shoot with matchlock guns, this distance is enough.The second is that the ballistic trajectory is unstable, and the accuracy is not very good. Not to mention the moving target, even the fixed target may not be hit—so Zhao Yingong put out ten "unconscionable cannons" in one breath, and he should put these The watchtower was blown down.

So, accompanied by ten loud roars, the ten explosives drew ten beautiful curves and fell around the watchtower like celestial maidens scattered flowers... Then they continued to lie there quietly, only the long guide The fuse is still flickering sparks...

——Like most of the mob gathered in the Hangzhou war zone, the engineers assigned to Zhao Yingong from the rear seemed to be mainly rookies and idiots.Most of these dangerous elements who carry explosive packs on their backs all day long have a low IQ, and even calculate the burning time of the fuse. They often make mistakes. When it exploded to the sky, Zhao Yingong had to strictly order them to keep the fuse to the longest, and expressly prohibited any dangerous behavior of cutting the fuse.

Fortunately, during the slow burning of the fuse, Xiangyong on the watchtower failed to make any counterattack.The crazily rain of bullets from the five Gatling barrel guns knocked back any hero who dared to show his face.Even in the gap between the cease-fire and heat dissipation of the Gatling gun, the infantry phalanx, which had already been arranged neatly, would fire three bursts according to the officer's command to ensure that the people in the watchtower could not come out.

Then, the ten explosive packs finally let out a passionate roar, billowing smoke and dust, and blasting gravel and loess everywhere...

In an instant, Chen Jinnan, a 15-year-old boy lying on the ground with a blunderbuss in his hand, suddenly felt his eyes go dark, and then he was horrified to find that he seemed to be deaf. He yelled something, but he couldn't hear a word.The younger brother, Chen Jinxing, lay on the ground and vomited profusely, all kinds of disgusting filth flowed into a large piece.

However, it seems that due to the fact that the explosive package missed the target and did not explode directly on the side of the bunker wall, even after suffering such heavy damage, the tower has not yet collapsed—"...the fortress of the old landlord is really strong Li Meng, the former salt lord, whistled, and was surprised to find that the inside of the torn bricks was still solid, filled with compacted loess, so the watchtower that had been knocked down by one wall was still tenacious!Standing there, firmly guarding the main road leading to the town... But it's no use!
"... Let the engineers fire another round of unconscionable artillery! It's too troublesome to bring the explosives back."

A moment later, the huge roar sounded again and again. This time, the sturdy watchtower at the entrance of Yuhang Town, which had stood for a hundred years, finally failed to survive. There was a huge cloud of smoke, and all the Xiangyong who had no time to escape were buried here... The next moment, Li Meng personally blew the charge horn, brandished a sharp saber, and directed everyone to rush towards the unprotected town.

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"...Dang Dang Dang! The Kun Bandit! The Kun Bandit has entered the town!"

Accompanied by the howling of the defeated soldiers and the loud sound of gongs, every house in Yuhang Town was closed for a while—the bravest young men were all buried in the watchtowers. There are only a few heroes who took advantage of the fire and looted.

The Shen and Chen families, the most powerful in Yuhang Town, naturally also had their doors closed.In the battle to defend Yuhang Town, the two families had the most people and suffered the most losses. At this time, it was gloomy: the old man of the Shen family cried with red eyes, and several of his sons were killed in the watchtower. The thieves have been stewed in one pot, and now they are about to die.The second master of the Shen family was lucky. When the thieves attacked, his sons happened to return to the town to eat in turn. When they arrived at the watchtower, they were already defeated, but when they returned home, they found that there were quite a few of them... At that time, these despondent juniors were describing to the elders in the family how terrifying those thieves were with trembling voices.

The Chen family on the other side was similar, many people died in this short offensive and defensive battle.The old patriarchs of the two families understand that this battle must never go on, but if they just surrender like this, it seems that they are too unwilling to be flattened and rounded by others... No matter what, we must find a way to save more Decent, lighten your losses.I remember that when Japanese pirates were rampant in the past, there would always be a few big local households who would help tip off the news, buy goods and sell stolen goods, so as to distribute the fat by sitting on the ground.The old patriarch of the Shen family stroked his beard in thought.

But as the leader of this group of "thieves", Captain Li Meng didn't know that these shameless gentry had a lot of brains, and even if they knew it, they wouldn't take it to heart-landlords and gentry belonged to the annoying existence of vermin. It is the unanimous consensus of all traversers on governing the country.In the eyes of Li Meng Yangyang, a former salt lord who has a strong hatred of the rich, this group of people who are single-minded about not paying taxes, not working, and having no loyalty at all times, is simply a typical example of wanting to be a prostitute and erecting a memorial archway—— I remember that the behavior of these bastards when the Ming Dynasty collapsed was not as good as Wang Chengen, the eggless eunuch!

Therefore, before the two pampered old patriarchs could think about whether they should lower their faces and flatter these thieves, the murderous Kun thieves had already surrounded the Shen family compound and the Chen family compound, and then blasted open the gates with explosives. And the courtyard wall, and used cap guns and grenades to solve the last resistance of the two big families... But then, facing the bloody bayonet, the old patriarchs of the two big families came out cleanly, and Putting on airs and relying on the old to sell the old, asking to meet the leader of the gangster, mysteriously saying "I have a big deal to discuss"? ! !
Naturally, this kind of inexplicable request will not be satisfied—all of you are deeply influenced by the chiefs, and the poor "fake" soldiers who think that "every big family deserves to die" don't have the slightest affection for these aristocratic families, so they rushed immediately. Go up and give these two damned old men a punch and kick: You old dog is already full of wrinkles, and the concubine you married is actually younger than this uncle!Uncle, I can't even get my wife!
Thus, amidst the counterattack of a group of "envious, jealous and hateful" poor soldiers, amidst the cries of the women's relatives and the begging of the men, the two families of Shen and Chen, who once ruled Yuhang Town for many years, quickly went to extinction—— —According to the highest instruction of the headquarters of Phoenix Mountain Villa, Li Meng organized a public trial meeting in the town's sun-grain field. First, he burned the land deeds of the two families of Shen and Chen and their usury contracts, in order to win the hearts of the people.Then, the members of the direct descendants of the two major families of Shen and Chen and the captured township leaders were classified and dealt with after screening: those who committed unpardonable crimes were hanged on the spot, those who committed minor crimes were transported to Africa to serve as coolies, and those who were exploited by maids and servants After ideological education, they were transferred to America or Hainan Island as immigrants.

In addition, they were also ordered to recruit the poor and the blind in the town. A small number of them directly recruited into the army, and most of them went to foreign lands thousands of miles away to colonize and reclaim wasteland. Thanks to Shimoda's ethos, he found a lot of women with natural feet in Yuhang Town this time, which made Zhuang Zhuo Zhao Yingong overjoyed: Although these women's appearances are not very good, but the republics under the rule have a disparity in the ratio of men to women, and the female population The needs of human beings have always been endless, and this can be more meritorious than killing all the big gentry...

All in all, when all the dust settled, the population of the entire Yuhang Town decreased by one-third, which greatly alleviated the conflict between the people and the land in the town... Small steamers loaded with soldiers and ammunition arrived one after another, In the happy farewell of the soldiers, they left with a full load of people, like locusts crossing the border, and scoured both sides of the Qiantang River—except for Yuhang Town, Jianqiao Town and Banshan Town in the north of the Yangtze River, and Linpu Town in the south of the Yangtze River. Town, Yiqiao Town, and countless other ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River with a long history and rich humanities have all suffered devastating catastrophe.

In fact, if it was changed to the Funing Army under Huangshi's command that was fighting in Ningbo, the attitude towards the gentlemen might be a little gentler.However, the few officials who are currently in charge of the mopping up operation in Hangzhou, the owner of Zhao Yingong, suffered a lot of unreasonable disasters before, and now they are full of urges to take revenge on the society.Major General Sun Yang came from the New World thousands of miles away. In his personal impression, the Indian chiefs near Manhattan Island are probably closer than the gentry of Ming Dynasty.Wang Qiu played a game of nuclear explosions in the zombie apocalypse before, and accidentally engaged in a germ warfare in the medieval European plane. The occupation policy in the Hangzhou area has become unprecedentedly harsh: any gentry who dared to resist the iron hooves of the Allied Army would be regarded as a reactionary and be brutally suppressed. If these gentry had a reputation of Ming Dynasty, it would be even better—” The propaganda and education of the "relevant departments" has long made the Ming Dynasty black and useless, and this group of reactionaries is regarded as hardcore scum.On the issue of dealing with these guys, every squad has been instructed by their superiors: "Kill more and stop talking nonsense!"

According to Zhao Yingong, there are only two fates for these landlords and gentry: they have already been hanged on the gallows or they are about to be hanged on the gallows.

As a result, under the deliberate indulgence of the headquarters, the gentry in the counties on both sides of the Qiantang River suffered a bloody disaster-although most of these people were so-called "farming and studying families", the masters in charge were either Jinshi or Juren, even retired officials are not in the minority, just stomping their feet can make the ground in Zhejiang tremble three times... However, after the Ming government that allowed them to gain fame and wealth began to collapse in the flames of war, these people who believed in "everything" The scholar-bureaucrats who are all low-grade, only high-study, but find themselves so weak and helpless.

——Facing the barrage of guns and bullets from the thieves, even though they, a group of Jiangnan scholar-officials who have read poems and books, have the heart to kill the thieves, they are powerless: every family has guards and homes, but most of them are just equipment With a stick, at best, you can suppress the poor mud legs who resist rent, and you are courting death against the regular army.As for the training of the village yong group, when the Japanese pirates were rampant during the Jiajing period, they naturally did a lot, but after Qi Jiguang put down the Japanese invasion, the group training of that year had already been disbanded one after another.No matter how urgently and impromptu it is now, how can there be time?
In fact, among the towns and villages in the entire war zone, there are very few towns that can carry out fierce resistance like Yuhang Town.Most of the landowners who are full of moral articles basically have nothing to do but wait to die, or flee to the county and the prefecture with their families for refuge, but that is only a few days late death-according to historical experience, the traverser is completely We are not going to leave any way for the landlord class to survive.

However, although they are optimistic about the catastrophe that is happening on both sides of the Qiantang River today, at some times, the destructive power of the various mopping-up teams far exceeded expectations.For example, on Phoenix Mountain on this day, Wang Qiu couldn't help feeling a little dazed when he saw the billowing black smoke rising from the other side of the mountain.

"...that direction... seems to be Lingyin Temple?" After judging the direction of the black smoke, Wang Qiu scratched his hair in confusion, "...it seems to have reminded them before that those Japanese Christians Christians are very fanatical about their beliefs, especially like to tear down Buddhist temples and build churches, and often smash precious Buddha statues, so it is better not to let them attack temples? No, I have to call and ask what is going on... ..."

After a while, Wang Qiu finally got a reply by phone—according to his repeated instructions before, the headquarters of Phoenix Mountain Villa did not allow any group of Japanese Christian ronin to attack Lingyin Temple, but entrusted this glorious task to A notorious African slave team...