The skin of the airship was burning at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the airship was falling like a top.

"Boom!" The airship crashed to the ground. There was no explosion, only burning.

Wu Sangui's face was ashen. There were more than a dozen airships in Mumbai, but there was only one on the battlefield. The airship fell, and it fell when the ammunition was exhausted. Everything they could do has been done. As a general, there is nothing he can do.

Harsh.

The battlefield in front of him was the most brutal battlefield Wu Sangui had ever seen since he joined the army. The corpses of thirty to forty thousand people and horses were scattered in a small area of ​​five or six kilometers in radius. The ground was almost full of corpses piled on top of each other, with flesh and blood connected to flesh and blood.

There is no place to put your feet.

I didn't expect these forcibly recruited Indian soldiers to be so capable of fighting. Perhaps it was because they had no chance to escape.

There were not many intact corpses, and most of the corpses were beaten into pieces. In this battle, cold weapons were even used. This is really rare at a time when firearms are becoming more and more powerful.

"Young General, we have defeated the Zhangxi people." Wu Laoer said with a silly smile.

Wu Sangui envied this fool, who was always happy. It was estimated that one day, he would be happy even if a knife was cut on his neck.

"Advance the troops! Capture Zhangxi as soon as possible. I can already smell the Ming army." Wu Sangui ordered as he looked at the battlefield.

"I smell Li Xiao." Dorgon beside him said slowly.

"Li Xiao! Will he come in person?" Wu Sangui looked at Dorgon. In his eyes, Li Xiao was a military god-like figure. Ever since he met him, no! Ever since he heard the name Li Xiao, he seemed to have never fought him

defeat.

Wu Sangui even despaired of defeating Li Xiao in his heart. This was an invincible person, and almost all of Li Xiao's enemies confirmed this.

"Just watch, when we fight with the Zhangxi people until our heads are broken and our bodies are covered with scars, he will appear like a vulture. The current battlefield is so in line with Li Xiao's style.

Look at the corpse in front of you. We and the Zhangxi people have forged a bloody feud. It is impossible for the Zhangxi people to negotiate peace with us. If Queen Zhangxi dares to do this, the Zhangxi people will overthrow her immediately." Dorgon said slowly.

said.

He had a premonition that Wu Sangui was going to be doomed this time. Dorgon also had to think about his future. As the last Jurchen bloodline, he had to pass on the Miao descendants. For a time, the world was so big that he had no place to stand.

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"What the hell! Urge the baggage and artillery behind. The artillery will catch up tomorrow and we attack Zhangxicheng." Wu Sangui muttered, turned around and walked back.

Dorgon looked at Zhangxi City in the distance for a while. The black city wall stretched in front of him. The city wall was cut from black volcanic rock. It is said that this volcanic rock is extremely hard, and even explosives cannot do much.

The artillery finally arrived in the middle of the night, and Wu Sangui felt more confident with the artillery. Li Xiao was right, fighting a war depends on artillery. After these years of fighting, Wu Sangui felt more and more that what Li Xiao said made sense.

Since the airship was invented? The shape of war has changed again. Galdan deployed heavy troops at Orangutan Gorge, the gateway to the Western Region? No one expected that Li Xiao actually came up with a way to use airships to airborne. Directly deploy troops to Hami?

The defenders of Xingxing Gorge were on their way out.

Needless to say, the result? The Xingxingxia garrison, which had lost its supplies, could only be destroyed except for surrender. If nothing else? Li Xiao’s troops could win this war simply by encircling them.

Sometimes Wu Sangui doesn’t understand no matter what he thinks about. A boy from a village in Liaodong? How could he be such a military genius? How did he come up with those ideas? Wu Sangui claims to be a dragon and a phoenix among people, having grown up in a military camp since childhood.

of.

But compared with Li Xiao, there is really no comparison.

Twenty-eight thousand people went out? Only thirteen thousand came back. Many of the people who came back were injured? It was just a day of fighting. The cruelty of modern war made Queen Zhang Xi heartbroken.

What is even more heartbreaking is Sultan Tipu. He has 5,000 elite cavalry, but now only 1,800 are left. However, his results today are brilliant enough. Without his 5,000 cavalry, it would be impossible to defeat the Indians.

Heavy machine gun and mortar positions? There is no way for the more than 10,000 Zhangxi people to withdraw.

Overall, Tep Sultan’s efforts are worth it!

Everyone is thinking about one thing now. Almost half of today's military casualties were caused by the huge airship in the sky. Tomorrow's battle? Will the Ming army send an airship to join the battle? If the Ming army does not send an airship, then what will happen?

There is no way to win this battle.

People are flying in the sky? They just need to shoot downwards. The Zhangxi people have no weapons to deal with them. Is this just one ship? What if there are ten or eight ships? Zhangxi City will be blown up.

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty? I want to know when the reinforcements promised by Ming Dynasty will arrive. Tomorrow, will you send airships to help us fight." Queen Zhang Xi looked at Wang Dalong helplessly, and now she had a strong feeling of being cheated.

The Ming army was procrastinating and seemed to have no intention of sending troops at all. They wanted Zhang Xi and Wu Sangui to fight to the death, so they came to pick up what was ready-made.

"Your Majesty the Queen! Don't worry. I just went to see it. Among the weapons delivered this afternoon, there are anti-aircraft guns to deal with airships. Not only are there ten anti-aircraft guns, but there are also 200 skilled anti-aircraft gunners from the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry, unless the airships arrive tomorrow

No. If they come, they will definitely not be able to go back. If anything happens, you can chop off my head."

Wang Dalong stood up and saluted Queen Zhang Xi.

"Your Majesty, Ming Dynasty is a reliable ally. I didn't listen to Mr. Wang today, so I suffered heavy losses. I was right to listen to him!" Sultan Tiep regretted today that he didn't listen to Wang Dalong. How did he know that the airship was so powerful?

.Before today, he didn’t even know what an airship looked like.

"I don't mean not to believe in the Ming Dynasty, I just want to know when the Ming Dynasty's reinforcements will arrive." Queen Zhang Xi rolled her eyes at Sultan Tiepu. This tough guy who only has muscles but no brains still doesn't understand that the Ming Dynasty people use their swords to kill people.

plan.

"Dear Her Majesty the Queen, this time my Ming Dynasty dispatched the main force of the main force, the First Division of the Army. That is the most capable army of my Ming Dynasty!

Moreover, the leader of the team this time is my commander-in-chief of Ming Dynasty. You may not know that our commander-in-chief has not lost a single battle since his debut. Even if the situation is unfavorable, the worst is a draw.

The armies of the Ming Dynasty have taken ships one after another to land in India from Ceylon Island. They are now crossing the sea and concentrating. It is estimated that the forwards will arrive in Zhangxi City in a few days to help us defend Zhangxi. Please believe in our sincerity in cooperation with the Ming Dynasty. Think about it

During this period of time, how much arms and food have our Ming Dynasty supplied to Zhang Xi?"

Queen Zhang Xi was filled with hatred. These arms and food had been paid off by the mines. It was because of her greed for these arms and food that she fell into the Ming Dynasty's trap. Now, she had to fight to the death with Wu Sangui.

Now this Ming Dynasty envoy actually has the nerve to talk about this. All these arms and food must be exchanged for human lives.

But now Queen Zhang Xi really doesn't dare to offend the Ming envoys. At this point in the war, it's either you die or I live. The casualties are so heavy today, if Wu Sangui really rushes in. Queen Zhang Xi feels that it is better to commit suicide early.

never mind.

Wu Sangui, who was red-eyed at the loss, would forcefully wipe Zhangxicheng off the face of the earth. No one in Zhangxicheng would survive, and they would die after suffering so much. The country of Zhangxi has since disappeared in the long river of history.

Daming is the only reinforcement, it cannot be offended! It must not be offended!

"Your Majesty, please thank your Ming marshal for me. Zhang Xi will work hard to defend his homeland. I also ask the marshal to remember the original covenant and come to support us Zhang Xi as soon as possible." Queen Zhang Xi almost begged.

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"No! Put it down. I will definitely report Her Majesty the Queen's words to our commander-in-chief." Wang Dalong smiled and saluted Queen Zhang Xi. He saw weakness on Queen Zhang Xi's face.

The marshal is really a god-like figure. Zhang Xi had a fierce battle with Wu Sangui today. Once the anti-aircraft artillery arrived, Wu Sangui no longer had air superiority. From now on, there will definitely be a series of fierce battles. Wu Sangui will definitely hit his head in Zhang Xi.

Flow, his last elite will also be buried here.

When the Ming reinforcements arrive, all they need to do is harvest the heads.

In addition to Wu Sangui, Zhang Xi, the most powerful force in India, will also be weakened by this battle. The Ming Dynasty will rule India today, and they will have no way to resist.

Sure enough, Wu Sangui's army marched towards Zhangxi early the next morning. This time, Wu Sangui did not attack blindly. He was waiting for the airship to be supported by Bombay. Yesterday's battle allowed him to see the power of the airship.

Today he mobilized fifteen of the seventeen airships to come over, just to rely on air superiority to capture Zhang Xicheng in one fell swoop. Now he likes to use this thing more and more, pouring firepower downwards from the sky, making it impossible for the opponent to hit him

Own.

After waiting for a long time, it was not until about ten o'clock in the morning that a huge roar appeared in the sky. Fifteen huge airships flew over clumsily carrying heavy bombs.

Based on yesterday's experience, Wu Sangui ordered them to carry a full load of ammunition this time. In order to bring more ammunition, they could even bring less fuel.

Airships were the absolute main force today, and half of them were shot out of ammunition. Our own army did not have the kind of double-2-5 rapid-fire cannon ammunition used on airships.

"Send a semaphore and tell the airships to rush forward. Use bombs to blow up the enemy's artillery, and then use rapid-fire cannons to cover their attack on the city." When Wu Sangui saw the airship, his nose almost bubbled with joy, and he quickly ordered his men to contact the airship.

Colonel Johnson, who was carrying the airship, saw the semaphore and immediately ordered his airship to hoist the red flag. In combat drills, this means the entire army charges.

Fifteen airships rushed towards Zhangxi City like a swarm. Those ant-like people stood condescendingly on the city wall. Since they could not hit themselves, they lowered their altitude to 1,500 meters and began to look for targets to drop bombs.

Just when all the airships lowered their altitude to 1,500 meters, Captain Johnson suddenly saw a cloud of black smoke exploding not far in front of him. Immediately afterwards, black smoke floated around him.

There was an explosion, which even overshadowed the roar of the airship's machinery. What was this and how could it explode? Johnson was at a loss and quickly ordered the airship to climb.

No matter what, the best thing to do is to hide away first.

Unfortunately, the airship is too huge. The huge air bag is simply a perfect target. Anti-aircraft artillerymen with a little training can almost hit it at this height.

Ten anti-aircraft guns opened fire with all their strength, and a shell accurately penetrated into the airbag of the airship and exploded. A huge hole was immediately blown out of the thin airbag. The hot air that had just been filled into the airbag spurted out from the airbag.

Another artillery shell entered the pod and exploded, this one happened to be an incendiary bomb. The moment the shell exploded, Colonel Johnson felt the hot wind blowing against his face, and his eyes were filled with orange flames.

"Boom!" The airship pod exploded directly in the air before it could hit the ground.

Ten anti-aircraft cannons fired continuously, and the airships that recklessly attacked Zhang Xicheng all met the same end. In addition to the flat trajectory of the anti-aircraft cannons, they also had another characteristic, which was their fast rate of fire.

When a pile of smoke appeared next to the airship, Wu Sangui had not yet realized what was going on. When he understood that it was a new weapon of the Ming army, his heart suddenly went cold.

His precious airships fell one after another, some were scattered outside Zhangxi City, and some fell inside Zhangxi City. A few others were simply knocked into the air and exploded, with fragments flying everywhere.

In less than ten minutes, all fifteen airships fell. Wu Sangui was speechless and dumbfounded.

Dorgon's face twitched in pain. Sure enough, the Ming army had a way to deal with airships. I originally thought that Zhangxi City could be captured today by relying on airships. Now it seems that the tragic siege has just begun. Those

The fallen airship is just an appetizer before the meal.

"Major General, what's wrong with you?" Wu Sangui's vision went dark and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the guards around him helped him!

"Order the artillery to bombard Zhang Xicheng and blow up Zhang Xicheng." Wu Sangui pointed at Zhang Xicheng with trembling fingers and said fiercely.

The messenger quickly conveyed Wu Sangui's order to the artillery behind!

Soon, the roar of artillery shells sounded in the Indian army formation. Countless artillery shells passed over the Indian soldiers on the front line and flew towards the black city of Zhangxi.

Huge columns of smoke kept rising from the wall of Zhangxi City, and heavy rockets landed in Zhangxi City. The Indian soldiers squatting in front of the two armies felt that the ground beneath their feet was constantly shaking.
Chapter completed!