Chapter 196: The Great War Begins

Li Zhonghua planned to equip his troops with a long rifle, which was now quite powerful, but there was no place to load the magazine, so he could only fire one shot, stop and reload the bullet, and shoot again.

What's even more troublesome is that every shot fired has to be lit again, making it look like a cannon.

Fortunately, the rate of fire is okay, and it is okay to kill and wound an enemy at a distance of 200 meters, but it is not good if it is farther.

The accuracy is also okay, anyway, there are a lot of enemies on the battlefield, and it shouldn't be too difficult to hit an enemy with one shot.

Of course, Li Zhonghua also wants to directly build some advanced weapons like Gatling, or AK47, one person can sweep a large area with a gun.

But this is an unrealistic thing, with the existing foundation and conditions of the Tang Dynasty, the weapons that can be built are already very remarkable, thousands of years earlier than the original history.

If it can be ignited automatically, if it can shoot continuously, it will be even more perfect.

Before leaving, Li Zhonghua set the next goal for the teachers and students of the Datang Academy of Science, and as soon as possible, he developed a device that automatically ignited and a target that could shoot continuously.

"Your Majesty! Automatic ignition device, continue to find a way to study it, you should be able to find a solution, just to shoot continuously, it should be difficult, right? An expert involved in the development of weapons said with great difficulty.

Although they are experts, they are actually very young, and they are all people who have been taught by Li Zhonghua, and it can be said that they are all students of Li Zhonghua.

In the Datang Academy of Science in Chang'an, the main participants in the research include the first batch of students from Kangding Academy, as well as students from Liaozhou Academy and Jinzhou Academy.

There are even some people who followed Li Zhonghua from Kangding Academy, to Liaozhou Academy, then to Jinzhou Academy, and finally to Chang'an.

Although Li Zhonghua is not an expert in weapons, he is not even a military fan.

But the principle of scientific research is the same, Li Zhonghua just helped them push open a window, a window to science.

The ancients were not dumber than the people of the twenty-first century, on the contrary, they could even be said to be very smart.

Therefore, they accept scientific knowledge very quickly, and what physical reactions, chemical reactions, tend to arouse the interest of many people.

In the hearts of many people, these are treasures that can make a fortune.

For example, soap, soap, toilet water, perfume, and even high-quality wine, these are all things that appear because of chemical reactions.

Can they not get excited when they get their hands dirty and make the first bar of soap wrong?

Today's soap-making technology is no longer a secret, so the price is already very cheap, and the number of people who start such workshops is increasing.

Although it is very cheap, it is still profitable.

Although many people are able to make soap, the quality is different, so there is still a difference in price.

Wealthy families who have a little more money still like to use Chinese soap.

In fact, after Li Zhonghua ascended the throne, there was a controversy about the trademark, which was considered inappropriate and disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor.

However, Li Zhonghua vetoed it, he may think that there is nothing disrespectful about this, after so many years of development, the value of the brand of China is already immeasurable, if you abandon it at this time, then you will not become a fool?

Li Zhonghua set up the Datang Science Research Institute, originally thinking of sowing the fire of science for Datang and laying a scientific foundation, and he was surprised to have his current achievements.

But it is always difficult to meet the expectations of people's hearts, and of course he hopes to achieve greater gains.

After the first batch of rifles was produced, Li Zhonghua ordered a group of gunners to be selected for training, but 1,000 people were selected for 100 guns to take turns to practice marksmanship, using a very cruel elimination mechanism.

Each person practiced marksmanship for two hours, and then directly eliminated half of the people, and continued to practice guns after the difficulty, until there were 100 people left, and the real one was one out of ten.

Everyone wants to stay, so when it's their turn to practice guns, they all practice very hard and seriously, after all, if they are eliminated from the game, it will make people feel very faceless.

You must know that Li Zhonghua plans to train the last 100 people to become the elite of the elite, and in the future, all of them will become sharpshooters among sharpshooters, and they will be instructors in the future, so they must be strict.

After a hundred people were selected, Li Zhonghua personally instructed them how to set up a formation when fighting with guns?

For example, after the first row fires, you must quickly crouch down to reload the bullets, and the second row can only fire again after the first row has finished firing.

Moreover, the queue is required to be neat, and the movements must be consistent in order to maximize the combat effectiveness.

There must be a tacit understanding between teammates, so that the order is forbidden, and when you don't get the order to retreat, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of you, you can't retreat, let alone mess up the formation.

When advancing, even if there is a cliff in front of you, you must move forward, and it is the duty of the soldier to obey orders.

After the second batch of guns was produced, before he had time for people to train and continue to select, Li Zhonghua received an 800-li rush sent by Xue Rengui, and Liaozhou was already surrounded by soldiers and horses of the Yan people.

It takes time to find someone to practice shooting, so Li Zhonghua can only give an order to recall those soldiers who have practiced shooting, they are soldiers who have been defeated, and simply practice the tactical tactics on the battlefield, and quickly reinforce Jinzhou.

As for Liaozhou, it can only be said after arriving in Jinzhou first, depending on the situation, if Liaozhou has not missed, Li Zhonghua believes that Xue Rengui will know what to do.

This time, Li Zhonghua was ready to completely solve the problem in the northeast, and sent an army of 100,000 to advance into Liaodong by land and water.

The waterway sailed from Dengzhou City in Shandong Province, and after reaching Jinzhou on the opposite bank, it marched to Liaozhou.

The land route is to go to Youzhou City, enter Liaodong through Shanhaiguan, and sweep the territory of the Khitan and Xi people all the way, since they are restless, and they also threw themselves into the Ya people, then they must bear very serious consequences, before cleaning up the Ya people, take them to open the knife and practice their hands.

Before dawn, the people began to bury two pots to cook, as soon as the day dawned, everyone was full of food and drink, the big beggar elephant gave an order, the war drums sounded, and the battle to attack Liaozhou City was officially launched.

The dense Khitan people, the Xi people rushed to the front, and the Yan people followed behind to supervise the battle.

Although all the people of the Tatar tribe are warriors, they are the most elite cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is very amazing.

However, the population of the Tatar people is limited, and when attacking the city, the people who rush to the front must be very dangerous, and this task of acting as cannon fodder must of course be handed over to the Khitan and Xi people to do.

This approach has many benefits, not only to protect the Tatar people from casualties, but also to weaken the strength of the Khitan and Xi people to the greatest extent.

As for why the Tatar people did this, in fact, the reason is very simple, because the Khitan and Xi people are also nomadic people, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong.

The reason why it was sold to the people of the Zodiac is that the Men are a little stronger, and I have to say that the thirty-six strategies that Da Zuorong learned from the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have played a great role.

Sure enough, as soon as the army rushed to the city, Cui Jinghao commanded the defenders and threw bombs at the most densely populated places, and suddenly explosions rang out, rushing to the Khitan and Xi people under the city, killing and wounding a large number of people.