Chapter 195: Broken city

At night, it was rainy and dark, outside the city of Iyaletta.
In the jungle outside the city, there are thousands of armed young people.
One day ago, after Ma Jizu successfully persuaded Davis to attack the city of Iyaletta, Davis's nearly 1,000 people marched quickly for a distance of 50 to 60 kilometers, and arrived near the east of the city fortress in the evening.
After more than half a year's increase in troops against the rebel forces in the north, the situation in northern Argentina has gradually improved. As the northern military town of Iyaretta, the largest rebel force that originally threatened the security of the city was devastated by the Argentine forces, leaving only a small amount of remnants Armed escape into the mountains and forests cannot pose a substantial threat to the city.
With the improvement of the security situation, the city of Iyaretta was divided into a rear military base by the Argentine troops. Not only were a large number of left-behind troops deployed to other regions, but the local patrol alert level also rapidly decreased.
When Ma Jizu crossed the blockade of the city of Iareta for the first time, he observed that there were about 30 patrolling soldiers during the day, and in the evening, maybe because of the weather, there were only five or six soldiers at the fortress in the eastern fortress. On duty.
The guard post at the gate of the city also stood with only two soldiers.
Ma Jizu and his soldiers used night cover to observe the actual defense situation of the garrison near the fortress, and then returned to Davis' location.
"General Davis, the Argentine fortress guards are slack. They should not notice any abnormalities. How long does it take for your men to be able to attack?"
After Davis's armed forces grew to a thousand people, following the advice of Sun Qisheng, the unit was renamed the Indian Gaucho United Resistance Army, and he became the commander of the Resistance Army. Therefore, Ma Jizu used the general to call him.
"It's rainy outside the city, and it won't stop for a short time. My subordinates cannot soak in the rain all the time.
An hour later, the troops launched an attack. "
The eastern fortress is backed by the tributary of the Parana River. On the front is the repaired trench stump, and the guard post on the left side of the gate. If you want to break the fortress, you can only attack it. The attack time will be delayed until late at night. Not big.
Ma Jizu nodded in agreement with Davis's plan, saying "General and your subordinates will be trained and rehabilitated, and the Argentine security post and trench stump outside the fortress will be handed to me. One hour later, I will ensure the passage to the fortress gate. All obstacles have disappeared. "
According to a prior agreement, removing the nails of the Argentines outside the fortress requires Ma Jizu's responsibility, but considering that there are only more than 30 people under the other party, in order to plan the success, Davis reminded "clear the Argentines outside the fortress in one hour. Obstacles, time is more urgent, it is better to send fifty people from my army to help you. "
"Davis's intentions are good, but removing external obstacles to the fortress requires sufficient concealment. Too many people will increase the possibility of exposure."
Ma Jizu shook his head and rejected Davis's proposal, and then continued, "The Argentines are equipped with four artillery in the fortress city. When the generals attack the fortress, they must avoid breaking directly from the main entrance, otherwise the attacking force will directly suffer the Argentine garrison. Artillery fire caused heavy casualties. "
"The eastern fortress is flat on three sides. No matter which direction the offensive force breaks through, it will be hit by the garrison's fire, and the offensive attack from the side is not effective."
Davis had experience in attacking Argentine towns a few months ago. He knew that if he wanted to attack a town with artillery and defensive defense, in addition to relying on superior firepower to suppress the opponent, he could only take advantage of his strength and use his life to make breakthroughs. path of.
"We lack siege artillery, and forcibly attacking the fortress is the only plan to break the city." Ma Jizu did not deny his own disadvantages, but analyzed carefully. "According to the traditional siege method, we need to break through the eastern fortress in an hour and a half. Otherwise, the troops in the task of blocking are likely to be unable to resist the reinforcements of the other party, causing our enemy to suffer defeat on the back.
Siege the city to avoid a large number of casualties, but we should minimize the siege casualties, while letting the army's casualties be used in valuable ways. "
Ma Jizu independently planned the battle plan for the first time. After speaking for a while, he paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts and continued, "The main factor of the siege battle is the difference in acquisition time, and the goal of breaking the city is completed before the local reinforcements arrive. In addition to the main gate and the city gates on both sides, there is another location in the eastern fortress that is more suitable as an attack target. "
"The eastern fortress is tightly defended. Will there be a more suitable target for attack than the gate?" Davis had no idea.
"The general has stayed near Iyaretta, and he should have noticed the fortified walls."
"The eastern fortress and the western wall are about seven meters high, and the eastern wall is built on the old fortress and is a little shorter."
Davis said based on the impression of memories, and then realized that the breakthrough that Ma Jizu said may be the eastern wall, and subconsciously shook his head, "Although the eastern wall has been built for a long time, the wall structure is relatively old, but it depends on our existing Weapons, it is still impossible to destroy the walls. "
"There is no way to destroy the walls, but General Davis has not seen it in South America."
Ma Jizu chuckled and said, then ordered the soldiers to lift him up as a killer who broke the city.
The four soldiers obeyed the order, carried a big guy wrapped in a rain cover with a wooden frame, and slowly placed it on a wooden board isolated by a trunk.
"General Davis, this is the weapon used to destroy the city walls." Ma Jizu pointed to the big guy on the wooden board, and then explained, "The National Defense Forces were born of the Heavenly Forces. In the early days of the rise of the Kingdom of Heaven, the brothers of the Taiping Army used iron bombs packed in crude packing. After breaking the city, the Manchu army strengthened the important city defense system. The Heavenly Forces could not approach the bottom of the city wall to bury iron bombs. This siege method gradually became ineffective. However, for this small fort we want to break, as long as your subordinates can restrain it. The firepower of the garrison can cover a part of the soldiers and bring the iron bombs under the eastern wall to achieve the purpose of breaking the city. "
Large bombs made of iron wrapped with explosives have a huge effect on small fortresses, but because of the simple production process and the high quality of the bombs, in actual combat, it is very difficult to transport the bombs to the walls of the local heavy defense. This is also what Li Mingyuan is buying. After a batch of new field artillery, weapons such as iron bombs and iron barrel guns were not included in the army ’s equipment, and the conditions that restricted the use of iron bombs did not exist when they captured the eastern fortress of Iareta. Therefore, Ma Jizu thought Later, the basic weapons eliminated by the National Defense Forces were picked up again, and the collected large powders were used to urgently make two large iron bombs.
Through Ma Jizu's introduction, Davis created novelty and attention to the actual power of the iron bomb. After passing a ditch, the two confirmed the main direction and general details of the battle. ...
An hour later, Ma Jizu led his soldiers to solve the guards outside the fortress and clear the wooden stakes set up near the trench. Then Davis's troops launched a sudden attack on the fortress in three directions as planned.
Thousands of armed young men rushed to the gates of the fortress without a rule. However, after entering the gates within two hundred meters, the number of losses under Davis's rapidly increased.
Ten minutes later, after the initial turmoil, the fortress garrison quickly resumed its combat posture, using the light generated by the torches on the wall and the brightness of artillery shells outside the gate to determine the position of the siege forces, and then guided the artillery to strike.
The rumbling artillery roared continuously, rows of siege armed men fell under the shells and bullets, and Davis's men were more than twenty meters away from the nearest one of the three gates.
The combat range of more than twenty meters outside the city gate was very narrow. The ammunition fired by the first or two hundred rifles in the city became the harvesting ground for the attacking soldiers. One by one, the Gaucho and Indians just stepped into the rifle blockade. He dropped a few bullets in his body.
The killings on the siege side continued. In the other direction, Ma Jizu forced himself to calmly observe the situation on the scene, and then issued decisive instructions.
The dark night was illuminated by artillery. Ma Jizu's team of more than 30 people was inconspicuous among thousands of people.
In the middle of the attacking force, Ma Ji's ancestors approached the east gate, and then about 50 meters away from the east city wall, they quickly separated from the siege team. Thirty men were divided into two teams, each team carrying an iron bomb At the foot of the east wall.
The night sky flickered under the flames of war, leaving the gates of the fiercest fighting, and after selecting two sites for burying the bombs, the two teams of soldiers quickly carried the shovel with the straps to dig the tunnel.
Time passed slowly every minute, and nearly an hour later, several Gao Qiao people rushed from behind.
Ma Jizu dug a shovel vigorously, and measured the depth of the tunnel with his right hand covered with muddy water. "One meter and five deep. Stop digging, and immediately bury an iron bomb."
Commander Ma Jizu quickly placed the iron bomb in place, then carefully pulled out a lead, and covered it with a rainproof cloth.
After busy burying the iron bomb, Ma Jizu answered the Gao Qiao people "Notify General Davis that this is ready. Once the bomb explodes, my people will rush into the city along the gap in the wall as soon as possible, hoping his troops Follow up immediately. "
After a brief translation, several Gao Qiao people immediately returned to report, and after a few minutes, another team of iron bombs was also buried.
Everything is ready ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Ma Jizu ordered his subordinates to evacuate the bombs 50 meters away, and then selected two agile soldiers to perform the ignition task.
The two selected soldiers were all veterans under Ma Jizu's hands. The two accepted the task, and after the others evacuated, they took out the fireworks prepared in advance. Carefully point Mars at the fuze twister,
The "Zizi" fuze was on fire as soon as the soldier holding the fuze was convinced that the ignition was successful, he immediately turned and ran back.
Silence, a special kind of silence in the flames of war, half a minute later, a terrifying roar rang, and with the roar, a city wall in the east fortified collapsed, and a gap of 67 meters wide appeared in the center of the city wall. .
The city guards had not had time to digest the sudden upheaval, and then another roar rang, and the city wall less than a hundred meters away collapsed again, forming another huge gap.
Smoke and dust permeated the battlefield. Two loud noises covered all the sounds of the battlefield. After the loud noise, two teams of soldiers first emerged from the gap of about 50 to 60 meters, and then more Gaucho and Indians from The gap flowed in, and the eastern fortress of Iyaretta fell. Find this site Please search for "" or enter the URL: