Chapter 922: 7 days under the city, burning city

? Siege on the third day!

One after another, fireballs flew into the city like meteors, while bombs exploded in the city, and artillery shells followed one after another.

The smell of gunpowder and fire oil floating in the air was breathless. Even though they were wearing masks, the smell still burned their lungs.

There are smoke screens everywhere, making people feel suffocated and helpless!

Burning the city in flames!

The city of Colombo was raging with flames, the fire reflected the night sky, and the fire made crackling noises. The cry for help from the escapees continued throughout the night. The entire city became a panic, terrifying, and unimaginable fire hell. In the slums, row upon row of wooden trees , Thatched houses have become a place for fire bombs, and in the rich areas, although stone and brick houses can stop the flow of flames, the flames ignite all plants that can be ignited, and the large trees are burned into flames. The flames are everywhere.

The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. It was out of control. In the flames, the soldiers and civilians in the city were panicked, avoiding the raging fire, and fled in all directions.

David, who directed the attack, wrote in his memoirs: "This is the first time I have seen such a compelling scene."

Official Hong Xi, who was watching the battle at sea, shook his head and said, "Maybe the funding for our naval warships will be cut!"

The meaning of the words is that the performance of the trebuchet is so good that it will cause the military to cut the funding for the giant cannon. After all, he besieged the city of Malacca for more than seven months.

The navy officers and soldiers were amazed when they saw the colorful fire bombs flying over the city of Colombo.

Official Hong Xi made up his mind. He had no intention of watching the power of the land trebuchet and returned to the cabin to write a report. He wrote: "The supreme leader, it is time to build our Urban Cannon, which is under the jurisdiction of the Marine Corps. This type of heavy artillery should be designed to be transported by the navy!"

In the words of Archbishop Perez of Colombo: "The situation is so frightening that it is beyond description!"

He was horrified and said: "Maybe this is the Nero Massacre!" In 64 AD, the Roman emperor Nero went crazy and lit the city of Rome, causing a fire and causing great tragedy.

The trebuchet is an ancient weapon. If used well, its power is fully demonstrated. Previously, the Southeast Army used the trebuchet on a large scale to deal with the Tatars for the first time. The effect was good. After Yan Changwu returned from the mainland, he brought it back. With fewer trebuchet components, the factory placed a lot of orders for trebuchets, and workers rushed to build them, and they are now in handy.

The fire attack on Colombo was an epic victory for the Chinese, and an unprecedented disaster for Hong Maofan!

It was attacked by catapult fire bombs to the east and south. About 13 areas in the city were burned to white ground, and nearly 10,000 buildings were burned. Fortunately, it was close to dawn and the people fled quickly. Only more than a thousand people were burned to death, and 30,000 people were left homeless. It is true that numerous fire bombs were dropped on the southeast city wall, and many places were burnt and exploded. The fire bombs also detonated many powder magazines, and the explosions rang loudly from time to time.

The fire attacked for three hours, and the attack stopped at 8 am. At this time, the city was still burning with thick smoke. The Southeast Fleet approached the west and north walls and carried out violent shelling inward.

A series of shells fell, causing a huge panic among the soldiers and civilians in the city. They were angry at both ends like a mouse in a bellows!

They dare not run to the east and south of the city, but staying in the west and north of the city don't know when they will drop iron bumps on their heads and hit themselves.

The ground position of the Southeast Army was full of jubilation, and the brothers only started to eat breakfast. They played so much that they could not sleep and eat, and happily said: "It seems that you can definitely get off the city in seven days!"

Some people also said: "I can't use seven days. Now I send people into the city to persuade him to surrender, I'm afraid Hong Maofan will surrender immediately."

"Eat more this morning, eat more!" Although the smell coming from a distance is not very good, everyone has an appetite, holding the lunch box and scraping the porridge bucket clean!

This is a new war situation. The southeast country is crushed by absolute national power, and the war carried out by Hong Maofan in the name of the company is simply not worth mentioning. The southeast country’s weapons, equipment and logistical supplies provide adequate support, relying on firepower. You can hit the red hair fan without even shouting "for the leader" to charge with human lives.

Times have changed!

We have money, a sufficient industrial chain, technology, and manpower. We need larger, thicker and harder weapons. After receiving the report from the official Hong Xi, Yan Changwu agreed to cast the Chinese. "Urban Cannon", named "Aurora Cannon"!

The Terminator of Constantinople: The Turks’ Urban Cannon. On April 12, 1453, the seventh-generation Sultan of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Mohammed II, led a large army to attack Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, using this cannon to inflict great damage on the strong walls of Constantinople.

The gun is made of pure bronze, it is 17 feet long, about 5.18m, weighs 17 tons, and the barrel is 8 inches about 20cm thick to withstand the huge impact when the gun is fired. The caliber is as high as 30 inches, about 762mm, enough to accommodate one person. For adults, the granite shells used weigh 1,500 pounds and about 680 kilograms. It was the most powerful firearm of that era.

17 tons?

Waiting to see what kind of cannons we Chinese make, and to make them smaller, we are all embarrassed to say that we are industrial maddeners!

Not only that, Yan Changwu also ordered a more terrifying super large-caliber toad mortar...

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Using trebuchets to attack the city, the Southeast Army did not take advantage of chaos to attack the city, although this was a good opportunity.

The people in the city were in panic, and the city walls on the east and south of the city were scorched to black. I don't know how many fireballs were thrown on the city walls, which turned the red hair fan on the city into a scarce animal. It took a long time to find one from the telescope.

At such a good time, Mr. David, the commander-in-chief of the Southeast Army, did not order the siege of the city and let the troops rest, leaving only a few cannons and trebuchets to continue working.

Delaying the military plane, does he, the former Hong Maofan, sympathize with the current Hong Maofan? !

The high-ranking officers knew what the red hair fan was, and some rude veterans scolded them~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but the non-commissioned officers stopped them and said, "The leader agreed with the opinion of the red hair fan. !"

The veterans dare to scold Mr. David, but they cannot scold the leader they respect.

The heavy counterweight trebuchet dropped its bombs so slowly, "Squeak..." The long lever bracket of the trebuchet made a thorny noise against the bearing. The front counterweight fell, and the twisting force of the thick hemp rope made the tail. His catapult quickly rose into the air, "Bang!" A burning fire bomb immediately flew up into the air, dragging smoke trails into the city.

At this time, the sun has gradually fallen on the horizon, and the Southeast Army’s trebuchets are still launching. Those tall and heavy equipment are erected in the afterglow of the setting sun, forming black shadows, and some levers are still rotating... , If you have seen an oil extraction machine on an oil well, you will definitely be reminded of the sight of the setting sun going down the oil well.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, on the fourth day of the official siege, Hong Maofan hit the white flag and dropped!

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