Armageddon: Dongye used 600 cannons to attack Jinzhou, why did he still use cloud ladders to attack the city? It's not a theatrical operation
In the TV series "Armageddon", the Dongye (Northeast Field Army) artillery column used 600 large-caliber heavy artillery to attack the Fan Hanjie Department in Jinzhou to provide artillery preparations for the siege troops, which was extremely rare in the Liberation War.
Picture | drama version of "Armageddon" uses the gunfire preparation screen of the Jinzhou Battle in the film version of "Armageddon"
However, there is a detail in the Jinzhou Offensive Battle, the Dongye siege force actually set up an ancient cloud ladder. As we all know, the Great Decisive Battle of the Liaoshen Campaign is already a modern war, and the cloud ladder appearing in the torrent of steel is too eye-catching.
Picture | cloud ladder in the Jinzhou Battle of the film version of "Armageddon"
Not only the TV series "Armageddon", but also the film version of "Armageddon", which is known for its exquisite props, has also appeared in the famous scene of playing The Cloud Ladder in Jinzhou. Some netizens accused, in what era, the siege of the city still has to build a ladder?
Figure | the main map of the Battle of Jinan
Netizens really accuse of not being a place, the siege of the city in the liberation war, this is really not a divine drama operation, the two versions of "The Great Armageddon" have truly restored the tragic Jinzhou offensive battle. If you want to understand this problem, you need to understand the ins and outs of the ladder.
Picture | ladder car
The cloud ladder is an auxiliary equipment for climbing the city wall in the era of cold weapons, and the first real cloud ladder in history was improved by the Lu craftsmen in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the following millennium, the ladder became more and more complete, and the flying ladder, bamboo flying ladder, and crept flying ladder were derived.
The picture | the actual combat picture of the cloud ladder in the film and television drama
In particular, the Song Dynasty ladder creatively adopted a folding structure, connected by a hinge in the middle, and the design of the bottom of the ladder was more ingenious: a shielded model on all sides, reinforcing the outside with raw cowhide. In the Ming Dynasty, with the widespread use of hot weapons, bulky ladders withdrew from the stage of history. This does not mean that the ladder is lightweight, and it also loses its practical value.
Picture | Song Dynasty cloud ladder
Instead, the lightweight ladder, under the cover of artillery fire, was able to climb the city wall as fast as possible, reducing casualties. Moreover, during the Liberation War, the big cities still retained ancient city walls, and the ladder was still useful. Long before the Battle of Jinzhou, Huaye (East China Field Army) also used a large number of cloud ladders in the Battle of Jinan.
Pictured| the home of Yao Zhijia, a veteran of the Jinan Campaign
The experience of Yao Zhijia, a veteran of the Jinan Campaign, is very informative. As we all know, Wang Yaowu's 100,000-strong army deliberately set up five lines of defense in order to firmly defend Jinan. In the outer city, for example, Wang Yaowu built barbed wire, minefields, traffic trenches, moats, pillboxes, etc., forming a permanent defense system with a total area of more than 600 square kilometers.
Picture | Jinan Ming City Wall
Wang Yaowu still relied on the thick and tall Ming City Wall in Jinan, which was an ideal defensive position. The Ming City Wall of Jinan was built in the early years of Hongwu. There have been many repairs over the centuries, which can be described as impregnable, and the specific data are as follows:
Circumference 6160 m;
Height 10.7 m;
16.7 m wide;
3350 stacks;
4 towers;
3 Arrow Towers;
The lower part of the city wall is made of green square strips of stone, and the ground is about 2.5 meters;
Green bricks used in the upper city wall, 10-15 kg / piece;
The | the Battle of Jinan in Armageddon
Yao Zhijia recalled that before the Battle of Jinan began, he specially trained soldiers for a month, and the main content was to climb the city wall. Imagine that the Jinan city wall is nearly 11 meters, it is impossible to climb by hand, and the ancient cloud ladder comes in handy.
Pictured| siege troops carry ladder legs on their shoulders in Armageddon
On September 23, 1948, our army launched a general attack on the inner city of Jinan. The siege troops braved the rain of bullets and bullets to climb the city wall on a ladder, and it did not matter if the ladder leg was broken, the warriors carried the ladder leg on their shoulders. Yao Zhijia recalled without emotion:
At this time, the casualties were too great, and the water in the moat was red.
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Figure | drama version of "Armageddon" highly restores the Battle of Jinan
The Battle of Jinan was of great significance, as this was the first time that our army conquered the enemy's 100,000-strong defensive battle in a large city, providing actual combat experience for the later liberation of large cities. Understanding the important role of the ladder in the Battle of Jinzhou, it is not difficult to understand why the ladder appeared in the Battle of Jinzhou. To this day, ladders are still widely used in fire fighting and emergency rescue.