684 Saving Bullets!
"Run." The mercenaries of more than fifty people desperately rushed out of the tribe. Thankfully, they found it early. Otherwise, the Huns planned to kill them silently among the tribes.
A mercenary desperate for a woman rushed into the tribe and went to check where the Hun woman was. Usually mercenaries will quickly attack through the tribe. Use the speed advantage to break the will of the Huns and make the Huns even more confused. Then they will take advantage of the chaos to kill and rob.
Such an unusual move did not even occur to the Huns. The Huns originally used the Qin people's charging tactics to attack the people behind, and then silently solved the others, even if they couldn't solve it, they could use bows and arrows to kill those Qin people. Because the tents of the tribe provided good cover, and there were ambushes in the surrounding grass.
But the mercenary looking for a woman soon discovered the Huns' ambush. He then opened fire. The revolver fired six bullets in a row, disturbing the mercenaries who were shocking. And this also led the ambush of the Huns out. The belligerence of the Huns was enraged by the continuous firing. They began to rush out to fight despite their original battle plan.
It starts with random arrow shooting, shooting and killing several mercenaries. Then, the mercenary came to his senses and immediately returned fire. Then they divided into two battle groups, one forward, and the other turned their horses and retreated, which is enough to prove the decline in the combat qualities of the mercenaries. When encountering an unexpected situation, they simply do not have a predetermined tactic to do. And single-shot weapons, especially rifles, that could not shoot continuously, made them suffer in front of the bow and arrow. Even those with revolvers, if they didn't have two pistols, they would have died if they changed the bullets.
It was such a chaotic scene that they began to rush out separately, and unfortunately, rushed forward just in time to enter the encirclement of the Huns. And those who retreated were lucky to withdraw. The people in front provided them with cover.
Even so, only sixteen or seventeen of the more than fifty people returned. The rest all died inside.
"Shoot. Rapid fire. The merchant immediately shouted.
"But, machine guns. It's still smoking. The Heavy said in confusion. Nor had he ever encountered such a situation.
"Cover with a Type 3 machine gun, others fired continuously." The officer's fighting qualities allowed him to immediately take over the amateur command of the merchant.
Soon, the Type 3 light machine guns began to fire at a point. And not bursts. If you shoot in bursts, the accuracy will be greatly reduced. Especially this kind of riding on a horse without any brackets. The Type 3 machine guns manufactured by the Qin State were manufactured from stamped parts. Such a machine gun is strong and durable. And. The whole gun was made of steel. In addition to handguards, butts. I guess there is nothing wooden. The magazine uses a straight magazine. Twenty rounds of ammunition, underloading. However, this machine gun was first equipped with the northern troops. The Western Regions did not change their outfit due to the combat relationship, because the logistical supply would increase the pressure.
However, the Qin army itself modified it, for example, adding a bipod and using a gun belt to shoot, which compensated for the Qin army's lack of automatic weapons, especially the heavy machine gun, which was not easy to arrange quickly, but also exposed another problem. That is, the barrel of a continuous shot is easy to turn red, while the barrel cannot be replaced. The first weapons were experimental. And no improvements were made.
Shooting from a light machine gun. A break was provided for the heavy machine gun. And the rifleman's reckless shooting also scared off the Huns' attack. But the other Huns did not take the initiative to attack. This made the officer have some bad thoughts.
"Stop, save bullets." The officer suddenly guessed the other party's intentions. He believes that once the Qin army runs out of bullets. Then it was the time when the Qin army suffered a great disaster. In fact, it is true, in history, the infantry led by Li Ling of the Western Han Dynasty went deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu, and the Huns surrounded thousands of people without fighting. And thousands of people mainly rely on long-shot bows and crossbows. In fact, these long-range crossbows did cause a lot of damage to the Huns. The current situation is very similar, but it is not the later Western Han Dynasty. It's the Qin army.
The Qin army did not use bows and crossbows, but bullets. There are more bullets than crossbow arrows. But even if it is more, it cannot withstand constant consumption. Especially this kind of lonely in-depth.
"Not good. We were too aggressive. The officer muttered.
"yes." The sergeant major also felt that the current situation was not good.
"Bang." "Bump Bump Bump." "Bang." A burst of gunfire.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting." The officer suddenly shouted loudly.
"Who told you to shoot?" The officer shouted a reproach.
"Him, they're coming." An inexperienced mercenary said nervously.
"They still have four hundred paces to go." The officer reproached.
"Tell everyone not to shoot at random less than 300 paces. In the case of long-range shots, those elite shooters are in charge. The officer ordered.
In fact, Qin Jun could only do this. As early as half a month ago. The Supreme Command of the Qin Army in the North has issued a warning order. Let the Qin army and the Zhao army not be dispatched at will, and, if they want to take action, they must also dispatch the size of a battalion and dispatch each other. Because such a thing had already happened once, the cautious Meng Tian convened a military council to discuss and revise their tactics. But even so, it did not attract the attention of the Qin army.
Now it's happening. The Qin army had no way to deal with it.
"Woohoo." The Huns began to ride their horses closer, trying to lure the Qin army into firing and wasting ammunition.
"Bulging." The machine gun opened fire again.
"Stop, ceasefire." This time the officer jumped off his horse in anger and kicked the machine-gun shooter away. All of a sudden, a dozen bullets went out.
"Bastard. I told you, don't shoot randomly. The officer grabbed the machine gun shooter in annoyance and said.
"Yes." The machine gun shooter wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it, because the officer was already angry.
"Elite marksman, shoot accurately." The officer gave the order.
"Bang." The elite marksman killed a Hun from a distance of 500 paces. The Hun soon fell off his horse. And the Huns were disrupted by the sudden fire. They are still afraid of this weapon of long-range shooting. After all, it is impossible to inflict damage on the opponent at this distance. They quickly retreated to a safe distance.
"We have to retreat, otherwise things are getting worse and worse for us." The officer said to the sergeant major. Officers encountered new tactics that had never been encountered before. This tactic is difficult to entangle, because instead of attacking you, he tempts you to shoot and consume ammo.