With the assistance of the Ming Navy, the 200,000 troops of the Persian Empire quickly captured the Basra Fortress.

They only felt that the Ottoman defenders were really like paper and were vulnerable at all.

The two million troops of the Bohemia Kingdom were in trouble, and the acropolis of the Ming Empire was like casting steel and could not be done at all.

To the southeast of Ural Mountain, the forerunners in the Wushan Mountains had already surrounded 400,000 troops of the Northern Bohemia Kingdom like iron barrels.

Logically speaking, hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded such a small city that could be at most 50,000 people and attacked in a few days.

However, the 400,000 troops of the Kingdom of Bohemia attacked for several days but had not even climbed up the city wall.

As for the reason, it is actually the same as the Basra Fortress.

Because the artillery of the Ming Empire was too terrifying, they rushed up with a simple ladder and could not rush in front of the city wall.

The dense shells not only smashed the ladder to pieces, but even the people who rushed up were killed and injured.

Wallenstein held up a telescope and glanced at the strange city walls in the distance, his brows almost frowned.

How many Ming army guards are there in this small city?

How many artillery cannons do these Ming troops have?

He really doesn't understand why the fire in the city that looks like it is so densely packed with artillery fire at most four or five square kilometers.

He has suffered tens of thousands of casualties these days, but he hasn't even touched the city wall yet!

Are there all the elite Ming army members?

It would definitely not work if he continued to fight like this. No matter how many troops he had under him, he would not be able to withstand such waste.

Originally, he thought that as long as 400,000 troops launched a fierce attack on all sides at the same time, the city should be easily captured.

After all, there are only 50,000 people in the city, and there are only more than 10,000 people evenly distributed to a wall.

As long as they can attack a city wall, the city will almost be taken down.

Who would have thought that there would be so many artillery in such a small city, and that the terrifying rate of fire burst out the barrage, and infantry without protection could not rush over.

He had to change his siege strategy, otherwise the infantry would eat shells when they went up.

There are not many tactics for him to choose from.

For example, the tactics that the Ming army often used to set up artillery on the city wall to fight against the defenders in the city, so he couldn't use them.

Because there was no high ground around him, there were not many artillery numbers in his hand.

Moreover, all he brought were field guns, and his range was not comparable to that of city defense guns.

In addition, he didn't have much ammunition in his hand, so he not only did not have any effect on the other side, but also might destroy all the skilled gunners.

As for what kind of armored chariot, there is no need to think about it.

He had no chariots, let alone iron armor.

Now, his only choice seems to be to build a bulky siege car.

This is the only way to block the Ming army's artillery shells and let the soldiers rush to the city wall.

The problem is not so easy to build in siege cars, so he must find a way to solve the problem of wheels.

At this moment, his men do not have the ability to build wheels on the spot. If they want to build siege cars, they must use ready-made wheels.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then said loudly: "Tell me that all the five armies will stop attacking and build siege vehicles first.

The wheels of the siege car are made of the wheels of the siege cart. Within three days, all armies must build 4,000 siege cars."

Well, he is preparing to remove all the wheels of the food truck.

I have to say that he is indeed a little drifty, thinking that it would be great if he had more than two million troops.

He actually surrounded the city guarded by the Ming army and attacked fiercely before he could figure out anything!

In fact, there are actually many things he didn't expect.

For example, the one who led his army to fight against him this time was Cao Wenzhao, Duke of Jin, known as the number one powerful general of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, people were staring at him with a telescope on the city wall.

Cao Wenzhao didn't know what this guy was saying. He watched the enemy retreat in a hurry, and couldn't help but look disdainful.

What is the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries of the Continental Union?

He originally thought it was a tough battle, after all, there were two million soldiers, and he only had 400,000 veterans under him.

He took great pains to prepare for this hard battle.

He has not been idle for the past few months, and he has used almost everything that can strengthen the city defense.

For example, he demolished all the materials in the settlements outside the city and came to the acropolis.

Originally, there were only some wooden houses for winter to avoid the cold in winter on the walls of these acropolis. At this time, almost all the walls have herringbone roofs built above them, and even iron plates are nailed on the roof and the outside of the front wooden walls, and reinforced with steel bars.

This kind of protection, the field artillery shells cannot be bombarded at all.

Moreover, after such a layer was added to the city wall, the entire city wall was like a fortress. Except for the observation hole and the gun mouth, the rest were all steep walls. Even if the enemy climbed up with a ladder, there was no place to settle down.

As for artillery, he mobilized as much as he could.

Since he determined the direction of the advancement of Wallenstein's army, he ordered the acropolis in other places to demolish half of the city defense artillery and send it over.

At this moment, facing each acropolis in the direction of advancement of the Wallenstein army, there are at least thousands of city defense cannons on the walls. In addition, the field cannons of the Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp, there are thousands of various artillery guns on one wall.

Their artillery is also Thor cannons that can be fired continuously. The terrifying rate of fire is really like the rain.

If the enemy launches a charge without any protection, it is seeking death!

Of course, even if the enemy builds protective equipment such as siege cars, it is useless because they also have flamethrowers.

The flamethrower seems to have no attack power, but the speed of setting fire is frighteningly fast. If the enemy pushes the siege equipment to the city wall, it will be ignited in an instant.

This is just a defense on the city wall. If it really doesn't work, he can still call for reinforcements.

Now all the nearby acropolis were connected by telegram lines buried underground. He could call a bunch of terrifying reinforcements with just one telegram.

For example, the first time helicopter to be put into actual combat.

Although the helicopter is not equipped with artillery, it can carry a lot of gasoline tanks, kerosene tanks and incendiary bombs.

If there are so many enemies that they can't handle it, the helicopter flew directly to the front of the city wall and threw the gasoline tank and kerosene tank down, and then threw a few more incendiary bombs, the front of the city wall will soon turn into a sea of ​​fire.

If the sea of ​​fire cannot stop the enemy's footsteps, it doesn't matter, they still have chariots to support them.

At this moment, thousands of light infantry fighting vehicles and tens of thousands of wooden fighting vehicles have gathered on the outskirts of the Acropolis where they guarded. As long as a telegram is sent, the chariots will flock to it.

There were also 200,000 iron-armored cavalry, all equipped with Dai Zi rifles, and rushed over to level the 400,000 enemy troops outside acropolis.

The reason why they did not launch a siege was mainly to consume the enemy's troops first.

After all, Wallenstein had more than two million troops under his command, while the total number of troops involved in the battle was only one million.

It would be a bit ridiculous if one million people besieged two million people. They were only half of them and could not surround them at all.

At that time, it may lead to a big melee.

Melee is fighting randomly, and their geographical advantages and weapon advantages cannot be used at all.

Therefore, they decided to use the strong city defense to consume their troops first, and wait until the people could not withstand the consumption and were ready to retreat, and then rushed forward.

Wallenstein thought that the Ming army fighting him had only a few troops. He even felt that as long as he took these cities, there would be a flat horse in front of him.

So, he did not retreat, he planned to attack hard.

In three days, they really built 4,000 siege cars outside each city.

The tops of these siege cars were nailed with logs as thick as thighs, and the shells of ordinary artillery could not be smashed at all.

Wallenstein looked at these solid siege cars and confidence came back.

He quickly ordered his men to arrange a formation that had been arranged long ago.

That is, each siege cart was sent to push the cart, and twenty people were arranged to carry two ladders to follow closely.

In this way, the number of people participating in the attack on each wall reached about 30,000. As long as these people could rush to the city wall and set up a ladder, it would be almost the same.

I have to say that he was a little overthinking.

At the beginning, the vehicle array was progressing smoothly. After all, the lethality of the artillery at this moment was basically due to shells.

Once the shells cannot hit people, it will basically be useless.

Wallenstein was filled with joy as he watched rows of siege cars pushing towards the city walls with the enemy's dense shells.

This trick really works!

Although the infantry following the siege car inevitably had to eat some shells, this did not affect the advancement of the siege car at all, and their casualties were much lower than those a few days ago.

Seeing that the first row of siege cars were about to rush to the city wall, he couldn't help but clench his fists in excitement.

Cao Wenzhao looked at these wooden siege cars and couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.

The enemy has prepared such a little thing after working for three days!

What's the use of this thing?
To be continued...