The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 200: It's all caused by bricks, tiles and rubble

Because it was a dull summer day, there was almost no wind, and the sky above the ruins that were bombarded by thirty-six unscrupulous cannons was still gray half an hour later, but the scene there could be seen clearly.

The ruins that were originally filled with broken walls and broken walls now have nothing standing. The damaged houses and the courtyard walls that were shattered by the coalition artillery fire have all disappeared. All that remains are a pile of broken bricks and tiles and more than 30 large, bare shallow pits.

Those shallow pits were very obvious, because in this area of ​​rubble, the area within thirty meters around each shallow pit was very clean, bare without a single piece of rubble.

These shallow pits were undoubtedly caused by the explosion of the unscrupulous cannon's powder bags, and the shallow pits were clean within the explosion range, which was another result of being cleared by its powerful shock wave.

Although a long time had passed, Teng Yuzhao still looked at the ruins from time to time.

Teng Yuzhao was also shocked by the powerful explosion. The effect even made Teng Yuzhao, who had lived two lives, feel extremely shocked and shocked!
The power of a ten-kilogram Unscrupulous Artillery shell is almost equivalent to the explosion of a 200mm caliber heavy artillery shell, and it is a salvo from an entire heavy artillery regiment.

The main reason why the power of the Unscrupulous Cannon's salvo was so huge this time was that Teng Yuzhao seriously ignored the regional characteristics of the Unscrupulous Cannon's shelling.

After the violent explosion, Wei Jinghai quickly sent two staff officers to come here in a hurry to check the situation, especially Teng Yuzhao's situation.

Because the magnetic telephone on the roof was smashed by half a piece of bluestone that fell from the sky, the call could not be connected after the explosion. How could Wei Jinghai not be anxious?

Moreover, he was not the only one who was extremely anxious. Even Liu Yuzhi, Li Xianze, Pan Jinshan and others who called to ask what had happened, after learning that Teng Yuzhao was not at the headquarters, also rushed to the headquarters in a hurry to wait for news. Even Hu Dianjia came to Teng Yuzhao in person, and then left with a look of astonishment on his face.

Not only that, even after the explosion, the coalition forces that were launching fierce bombardment on the southern city wall area of ​​Tianjin were surprised and stopped the bombardment. In order to find out what was happening in Tianjin, the coalition forces even launched a hot air balloon.

In response to all these situations, Teng Yuzao could only respond with a helpless bitter smile.

After the explosion, the first person to run onto the roof was Xu Ting, the platoon leader of Teng Yuzhao's personal bodyguard platoon. Although the roof was in a mess and covered with broken bricks and tiles, fortunately Teng Yuzhao was unharmed. Only Wu Peifu's arm was broken by the falling broken bricks.

Of course, there were still some losses. Not only was the telephone on the table shattered, but one of the legs of the table was also bent and one of the two chairs was broken. Most importantly, two people from the unsuspecting guard platoon who were on guard in the yard were injured by broken bricks and stones falling from the sky.

Xu Ting had just finished directing the guards to clean up the bricks and tiles and a thick layer of dust that had fallen from the roof, and to replace the damaged tables and chairs, when the dejected Liu Shijiu and the still-shocked Liu Changfa came over together.

Once on the roof, the two men first carefully looked at Teng Yuzao, who was safe and sound, and then Liu Shijiu sat down on the chair.

Liu Changfa said to Teng Yuzao with a bitter face, "Sir, please punish me. It has nothing to do with others. It's all my fault. I underestimated the power of this heartless cannon. And now I understand why you gave it such a weird name."

Teng Yuzao had already anticipated Liu Changfa's self-blame, and he naturally would not blame Liu Changfa.

"Qingyun, this is not your fault. If there is any responsibility, it is mine. I didn't explain clearly what the effect of the explosion was."

What Teng Yuzhao was most concerned about was the killing effect of the artillery fire. This unscrupulous artillery did not rely on fragments to injure people, but relied entirely on the strong shock wave of the explosion to injure people.

Liu Changfa smiled bitterly and pointed at Liu Shijiu, "Let Captain Liu speak."

"Damn it."

Without waiting for Teng Yuzhao to ask, Liu Shijiu had already started cursing loudly, almost shouting.

"Xingfu, this cannon has a good name, but it's really heartless!"

Teng Yuzao was stunned by Liu Shijiu's words. Just as he was about to ask a question, Liu Shijiu continued to speak loudly and angrily.

"This heartless artillery not only blows up foreigners, but also our own people."

Teng Yuzhao thought that it was Liu Changfa's men who made a mistake and hit the assault brigade. He couldn't help but frown. If this shot hit the assault brigade members waiting to attack, that would be an explosion of ten kilograms of explosives. One shot would kill an entire platoon of people!
Seeing that Teng Yuzao had misunderstood, Liu Changfa said anxiously, "Sir, a few people from the assault brigade were killed or injured, but it was not me who did it!"

Although Liu Changfa and Liu Shijiu were talking to Teng Yuzao, their voices were very loud, as if they were afraid that Teng Yuzao might hear them.

When the matter of casualties in the assault brigade was mentioned, Liu Shijiu became furious. He took off his hat and slammed it on the table.

When Liu Shijiu took off his hat, Teng Yuzhao was even more frightened. It turned out that there were several circles of gauze wrapped on Liu Shijiu's head, and there were even faint traces of blood.

"Brother, you are injured!"

Teng Yuzao took two steps forward and wanted to check on Liu Jiujiu's injuries. Liu Jiujiu quickly stood up and shook his hands, saying, "Xingfu, I just had my forehead scratched by the gravel. It's just a flesh wound. My minor injury won't cause any trouble."

Then he sighed heavily and said loudly, "It's a pity for my brothers." Seeing Liu Shijiu's heartbroken look, Teng Yuzao, who was anxious, had to look at Liu Changfa.

Liu Changfa had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "Sir, this is what happened. I was worried, so I personally led the heavy artillery squadron here. I set up a firing position 100 meters behind the assault brigade. The firing was successful, but..."

"Just what? Tell me quickly."

Liu Changfa's hesitant words made the anxious Teng Yuzao a little impatient, and he couldn't help but urge him.

Seeing that Teng Yuzhao was unhappy, Liu Changfa made up his mind and said.

"Just as the explosion sounded, many people in the assault team stood up and started charging, just in time to catch up with the bricks and stones flying over, and immediately more than a hundred people were killed or injured."

"What! More than a hundred people were killed or injured!"

Such heavy casualties were caused by their own artillery fire. How could Teng Yuzhao not be very angry?

Seeing Teng Yuzao about to go berserk, Wu Peifu hurriedly said, "Uncle Master, how many people were injured and how many died? Please tell me slowly. Besides, this was just an accident. Even I was hit here, not to mention that you were so close to the explosion point."

Wu Peifu's words were ostensibly to ask Liu Shijiu to confirm the number of casualties, but in reality they were to remind Teng Yuzao that this incident was just an accident and he should not get angry and vent his anger on others.

Teng Yuzhao took a deep breath and looked at Liu Shijiu again.

"Damn it, three people died, twelve were seriously injured, and 136 were slightly injured. They were all hit by the bricks, tiles and stones that were blown up. This doesn't even count the hundreds of people who were deafened by the explosion."

Teng Yuzhao breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, only three people died. Since the rest of the injuries were caused by bricks, tiles and stones, it should not be a big problem. As for the more than one hundred people who were deafened, it was even less of a problem. These people should only have temporary deafness and would not suffer from disability.

Teng Yuzhao, feeling relieved, was anxious to know the situation of the remnants of the coalition forces at the center of the explosion. Although he had already guessed what the outcome would be, he still wanted to hear it from the mouth of Liu Shijiu, the commander who was on the front line.

"Brother, what is the situation of the coalition forces in the ruins?"

Including those who were deafened, the assault brigade was accidentally injured between 200 and 300 people, and this was the situation only 100 to 200 meters away from the explosion point. This number had already shocked Wu Peifu deeply. As for the situation of the coalition forces at the center of the explosion, Wu Peifu knew the general situation without even thinking about it, but he was a young man after all, so he asked Liu Shijiu deliberately with a smile.

"Uncle Master, did you enjoy killing nearly a thousand foreign devils this time?"

Liu Shijiu glared and cursed loudly, "Fuck you Wu Ziyu, you were scared silly by that heartless guy. How can you speak so softly at such a young age? You don't have any confidence at all."

Knowing that Liu Shijiu and Liu Changfa were too close to the explosion point, although their ears were not deaf, their hearing was definitely affected, Wu Peifu did not refute but waited for Liu Shijiu to speak.

Liu Nineteen sighed and said, "You think you enjoyed killing? I didn't catch a single foreigner. The place was too small so I only led more than a thousand people to kill them. I didn't expect that it would be so disappointing. Nearly a thousand foreigners were either blown to pieces, or smashed to pieces by bricks and stones, or died with blood gushing out of their seven orifices. I only found sixty or seventy of them who were still breathing, and they were all chopped down by the soldiers."

"Not to mention that there were only a few foreign devils left, even the rifles that we didn't like were not many intact. We only found a few relatively intact command swords and hundreds of Japanese devils' bayonets and brought them back."

When Liu Jiujiu patted his lower back, Wu Peifu noticed that there was a sheathed bayonet hanging on Liu Jiujiu's lower back, which was nearly two feet long.

"This bayonet of the Japanese devils is a good thing. Not only is the steel tip good, but the length is also sufficient. It feels like a dagger in the hand."

Since the Japanese soldiers were shorter in stature, in order to avoid being at a disadvantage in close combat, not only were their rifles almost as tall as them, their bayonets were also extremely long, at least half a meter long, and really looked like a dagger in their hands.

It was not until then that Teng Yuzhao finally understood that the power of those thirty-six heartless artillery shells was indeed enormous and terrifying. With just one round of bombardment, the seven hundred to eight hundred coalition forces were almost wiped out.

However, today's super-powerful force can only appear in this special geographical environment, and it is the bricks, tiles and rubble all over the ground that give it such power.

Under normal circumstances, it is probably impossible to achieve such power.

Teng Yuzao nodded and said to the two with a wry smile, "The accidental injury this time is all my fault. I underestimated it. You can't blame Qingyun for this."

"However, Qingyun, this time we finally have some practical experience, and we also overlooked the fact that there are bricks and rubble all over the ground."

"Also, next time you use the Unscrupulous Cannon, remember to remind the commanders of the frontline troops to plug their ears and prepare for the cannon fire."

Teng Yuzao looked at Liu Shijiu again, "Brother, although the accidental injuries this time were caused by the bricks and rubble on the ground, next time you must remind the soldiers to wait until the aftermath of the bombardment is over before charging. Those flying rubble are no less sharp than shrapnel."

(End of this chapter)