The veteran accomplice Wu Da raised the Minnie gun, took aim, and calmly pulled the trigger......

At the same time, on the other side of the world, on the now pitch-black North American continent, on the peninsula battlefield north of Richmond, the capital of Virginia, USA, a position of the Northern Army.

“…… Prince Wu is my best friend in the East and my best friend, if it weren't for this damn war, with the help of Prince Wu, I would have become the richest man in South Carolina, if not the richest man in the United States! Damned Southerners, damned slave owners, started this dirty war, slandered me as a spy, forbade me to relocate machinery and equipment to the Qing Dynasty, confiscated my rubber factory, and led me to bankruptcy, otherwise I would have been lying in a mansion in Shanghai or Hankow, reciting poetry with my beloved Jenny, tasting fine wine, admiring the beautiful night, bringing money to shine my shoes, and decorating our bedroom ...... with precious stones and pearls. ”

Wearing the rank of lieutenant colonel and sitting by the campfire in a big way, Brown, the first military instructor of Wu Jun and an American veteran who personally taught Wu Da marksmanship, spat and boasted of his deep friendship with Wu Chaoyue, the interim president of China and the king of Zhennan, before and after risking his life to carry out the arms trade in China, the various opportunities for Wu Chaoyue to make a fortune for himself, and the southern rebels who caused the dream of making a fortune to be shattered.

The officers and soldiers of the Northern Army who were crowded around the campfire barely spoke, and all of them looked at Brown with reverent expressions and listened to Brown's boasting, because many of them had seen the photo of Brown and Wu Chaoyue with their own eyes, and they all knew that the current President of the United States, Lincoln, had met their boss Brown, and they all knew that Brown was not lying and bragging, but stating the facts, and the mountains of wealth were indeed rubbing shoulders with Brown, a veteran of the Mexican-American War.

“…… Young men, work hard, fight bravely, and when this damn war is over, I will take you to the distant Qing Kingdom, and introduce you to Prince Wu, the interim president of the Qing Kingdom, who may have been the official president or emperor of the Qing Kingdom at that time, and with my deep friendship with him, he will definitely give you the opportunity to make a fortune and make you a rich ....... ”

It was still when he was boasting that a young northern sergeant said cautiously: "Sir, Prince Wu, will he really give us a chance to make a fortune?" We don't know him, and we don't have any special talents, do we? ”

"Have you ever been to a state elementary school? Will you be able to operate a steam engine? Do you have any special skills? Brown asked rhetorically without thinking.

In front of everyone's eyes, the northern sergeant first took a moment to reminisce, and then replied: "I have studied in a state elementary school, and I was admitted to a state high school, because my family is poor, I only studied in middle school for a year or two months, I can operate a general machine, I have never touched a steam engine but I often see it, I must have no problem learning how to use it, I have worked in an iron factory, and I know most of the things about steelmaking, but I am not familiar with it." ”

"Then you will definitely be able to get a high salary in Qingguo!" Buran replied categorically, and said: "With your knowledge and ability, when you arrive in the Qing Kingdom, Prince Wu will definitely give a very well-paid job, the Qing Kingdom's science and technology are too backward, except for Prince Wu and a very small number of Qing people, the vast majority of Qing people don't even understand the most basic machinery and chemical physics, Wu's rule is very much in need of talents like you to popularize education and teach Western science and technology, he will not let you down!" ”

"Also, people who have not received school education also have opportunities, Wu's army is very much in need of Western soldiers to serve as instructors, teaching Western military technology, as well as the skilled skills of Western workers, so even if you can't even write your own name, you can get a well-paid job with me in the Qing Kingdom."

Brown was itching by Brown's boasting, and the Northern soldiers present inevitably looked forward to the opportunity to travel to China that they might be able to get in the future, and because it was dark, Brown gradually became a little sleepy, and said: "Okay, let's go here tonight, go to bed early, and only when you have enough energy can you have the strength to fight the Southerners, and I will go to check the sentry." ”

"Lieutenant Colonel, please be careful, there is a Sharp shooter (the predecessor of the sniper) on the Yankee position opposite us, and he will quietly shoot cold shots."

A northern soldier kindly reminded him, and Brown waved his hand disdainfully, saying: "The Sharp shooter of the Southern Yankees can't hit me, by the way, I haven't had a chance to tell you, my friend Beyond Wu's army also has Sharp shooters, and their marksmanship is still taught by me, and I also taught them the skill of lubricating bullets with grease to increase the hit rate." ”

Recalling his glorious past in China, Brown led a few guards out of the bonfire and went to the Northern Army position to inspect the sentry post, but because of his rich battlefield experience, the veteran Brown accidentally forgot the iron law of the cat's waist and bowed his head during the inspection, and stood up straight in front of a sentry post, and suddenly a gunshot rang out from the Southern Army position opposite, and a bullet flew in the night, and it happened to hit Brown in the abdomen, which made Brown let out a scream, covered his stomach and fell on the position, lamenting: " SHIT！ My damn bad luck, why haven't I finished yet?! ”

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Perhaps because of the retribution caused by aiding and abetting, Mr. Ben Jackson Brown, the first military instructor of Wu Jun, did go back to the United States in the past year, and returned to the United States with a large number of orders for rubber products and arms issued by Wu Chaoyue, just in time for the sudden outbreak of the Civil War in the United States, the price of arms and weapons skyrocketed and the export was restricted, and the arms orders could not be completed at all, and he missed an opportunity to make a windfall.

What's even more unfortunate is that because Brown is a northerner, he helped Wu Jun establish an office in Washington, D.C., and had too much contact with the northern government, and once with Wu Jun's officials to meet with US President Lincoln, he was considered a lackey of the Northern Army by the Southern rebels, and unceremoniously confiscated the rubber factory he inherited from his father-in-law and has been opened in South Carolina, resulting in Brown being unable to relocate the equipment and machinery to China to rebuild the factory, and ruining Brown's opportunity to make a fortune by monopolizing Wu Jun's orders for rubber products. At the same time, Brown, who had previously borrowed a lot of money in order to do arms business with Wu Chaoyue, went bankrupt directly......

After suffering a heavy blow, Brown, who was originally more inclined to the northern government, simply joined the Northern Army in a fit of anger, relying on his status as a medal veteran and the connections he made when he helped Wu Jun establish an office in the United States, he quickly became a middle-level officer of the Northern Army, and there was a chance to continue to be promoted, but just when Brown was about to show his strength in the army again, bad luck came to the fore again, and he was shot by the Southern Army again on this night......

It's so unlucky, and I can't help but lament Brown. At the same time, thanks to the fact that dear Mr. Brown has little understanding of karma in the East, otherwise poor Mr. Brown would have not let go of the sinful Wu Chaoyue in the curse.

Fortunately, the cold shot fired by the Sharp shooter of the Southern Army did not hit Brown's vital point, and Brown, who was already a mid-level officer, was also transferred to the field hospital in the rear for rescue as soon as possible, and after the unremitting efforts of the Northern Army doctors, he finally snatched Brown's life from under Satan's sickle. But Brown, who was bent on seeking justice from the Southern Army, had to lie in the rear hospital for follow-up treatment, and for a long time he could not carry a gun into battle, and went to settle accounts with the Southern Army, which directly caused him to lose his fortune and go bankrupt.

The bragging temper is put there, and there are photos with international celebrity Wu Chaoyue, coupled with the fact that he once mixed well in the mysterious East, Brown of course quickly became the focus of attention in the battlefield hospital, not only the hospital bed is often surrounded by panicked wounded soldiers, but even the officers and doctors of the field hospital often come to listen to Brown bragging, listen to the friendly relationship between Brown and Wu Chaoyue, help Wu Chaoyue build the army, and what Brown saw and heard in China.

The attending doctor who personally took out the bullet in the abdomen for Brown also occasionally came to listen to Brown's bragging, but the attending doctor did not care about the opportunity to make a fortune that Brown repeatedly missed, nor did he care about Brown's help to build Wu Chaoyue's army, but on the contrary, he was full of interest in the Daye Industrial Base of Wu Jun that Brown only occasionally mentioned, and opened his mouth several times to inquire about the specific situation of Daye Industrial Base, but unfortunately Brown only passed by Daye a few times and never visited Daye Base, and could not answer all the questions raised by his attending doctor. The doctor was greatly regretful, so he could only ask again: "Mr. Brown, since you said that Prince Wu's Daye base can produce weapons and ammunition, do you know what kind of weapons can be produced in his Daye base?" ”

"This ......." Brown was embarrassed and said: "I don't know the specifics, but I must be able to produce paper-shelled bullets for Dreiser's rifles, otherwise, with the size of his army and the frequency of operations, it will definitely not be enough to buy all the bullets from the Prussians." ”

"Able to produce paper-shell bullets?" The doctor's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Mr. Brown, can you be sure of that?" ”

"It should be possible, as I said, Wu's direct army is all equipped with Dreiser's rifles, and it is definitely not enough to consume it just by buying bullets." Brown repeated his analysis and judgment, and said: "And I once helped Wu buy equipment and patents for the production of metal bullets from Smith, and then Wu commissioned me to purchase equipment and molds for the production of Henry bullets from the New Haven Arms Company, so I think that Wu's arsenal must be able to produce simpler paper bullets." ”

"Great, I didn't think there would be such a factory in the far east." I don't know why, the doctor rubbed his hands excitedly, and after thinking about it for a while, the doctor simply asked: "Mr. Brown, then let me ask another question, do you know whether Prince Wu is interested in developing new firearms and weapons?" ”

"Developing new types of firearms?" Brown suddenly remembered that when he visited Wu Chaoyue in Hubei for the last time, Wu Chaoyue had entrusted him with another thing, so he quickly nodded and said: "Very interested, in fact, Wu also entrusted me to recruit weapons development technicians in the United States, and I was willing to pay a high salary to hire them, but because of this damn war, I forgot about it." ”

"Great, great!" The doctor was even more excited, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Brown, can you please help me contact Prince Wu, I have invented a new type of firearm, and I need funds to continue to research and improve, and I need to find an arsenal that is willing to invest in the production of this new weapon, I don't know if Prince Wu is interested." ”

"I guess he'll be interested, and Wu's favorite thing is to procure and research weird new weapons." Brown's answer made the doctor even more happy, but after answering, Brown asked very strangely, "Doctor, aren't you a military doctor?" How could a new type of gun be invented to kill people? ”

"Because I don't want to see more soldiers injured and killed." The doctor replied seriously: "I think the reason for the excessive casualties of soldiers is that there are too many soldiers in the army, so I think that if we can invent a gun that can be used as a lot of rifles, then there will not be so many soldiers who need to go to war, and the number of casualties will definitely be greatly reduced." ”

It took a lot of effort to understand the crooked reasoning of this unscrupulous doctor, and Brown asked even more strangely: "One gun can be used for many rifles?" Is there still such a rifle in the world? ”

"Yes, and I invented it last year, and I named it a rapid-fire weapon, which uses paper shell bullets to shoot." The doctor replied, "It's just that my invention hasn't had time to be perfected, and I don't have the funds to produce experiments and put it into use, so I need to invest, and I also need an arsenal that can help me produce experiments, so that it can eventually become a weapon that can be used on the battlefield." ”

"God, my attending doctor, did you really invent it?"

Brown was stunned, unable to believe that a well-skilled doctor could invent a new weapon to kill people on the battlefield. But out of curiosity, Brown asked, "Dear doctor, can you tell me a little bit about the new weapon you've invented?" ”

The doctor happily agreed, and immediately took a pen, sketched on the spot a rough sketch of the new weapon he had invented, and patiently explained to Brown the principles and characteristics of his rapid-fire rifle, and the performance he hoped it could achieve—a gun could be used as a company's firepower. After listening carefully, Brown, who was quite proficient in weapons, felt that the new invention of this unprofessional doctor was too whimsical and unbelievable, and there was no possibility that it would really achieve the performance and effect he described, and there was also a huge problem with stability, but considering Wu Chaoyue's special taste in weapons and rifles, Brown still nodded and agreed to help the doctor be the introducer.

"Doctor, write a letter to Wu, introduce your new invention in detail, and it is best to attach a sketch to let Wu know what your invention looks like." "You can write directly in English, and Wu's English is so good that you can read it without a translator," Brown said. I also wrote a letter to Wu to introduce him to your situation and suggest that he invest in the development of your new invention. ”

The doctor hurriedly thanked Brown again and again, but Brown waved his hand to say that he didn't need to, and said: "By the way, if you know weapons development technicians, and they are also willing to go to Qingguo to work, you can introduce them to me, and I will contact Wu's office in Washington for you, ask his office for travel expenses, and send these technicians to Qingguo." ”

"No problem, when I was researching this new invention, I happened to get acquainted with several unemployed gunsmiths, and I immediately contacted them and asked them if they were interested in going to Qingguo." The doctor agreed, and then said: "If Prince Wu is willing to invest in the development of my invention, I can also immediately apply for retirement and go to the Qing Kingdom to develop and research my new weapon." ”

"Thank you very much." Brown thanked him, glad that he had finally completed the commission of Wu Chaoyue, who was almost forgotten by himself, and then Brown suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked: "Dear doctor, I'm really sorry, although you saved my life with your own hands, I haven't had a chance to ask your name, may I ask what your name is?" ”

"Richard Jordan Gatlin." The doctor smiled kindly and replied, "If you don't mind, Mr. Brown, you can just call me Gatling." ”

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The location returned to the battlefield on the eastern outskirts of Raozhou, Jiangxi Province, China, and the time also returned to the moment when Wu Da raised his Mini gun and aimed at the enemy's main commander opposite......

Although he had already stepped down from his position as the sniper captain and the number of shooting training in the past few years had been significantly reduced, his talent and foundation had been placed there after all, Wu Dada's hands still did not tremble in the slightest between aiming, and he pulled the trigger very calmly, and when the gun rang out, the bullet came out of his chamber and spun and flew towards the enemy about three hundred meters away.

The maximum range of the Minnie gun is about 400 yards, about 360 meters, and due to various details, accurate shooting is usually only within 200 meters, and the ability to hit the enemy at a distance of 300 meters depends half on skill, and the other half on luck. Wu Dada's luck was very good, the bullet hit the target accurately, and directly knocked the target off the horse, which also made the Taiping army let out a huge exclamation of horror.

What made the Taiping army even more unbelievable was still behind, with less to fight more, a battalion of Wu troops on the opposite side dared to charge with a straggler line of five people, rushing to the effective range, Wu soldiers actually shot in a prostrate posture, not only so that the Taiping army's musket bullets could hardly hit the opposite Wu army, but the muskets could also be fired continuously, and they could shoot directly without getting up and loading. Caught off guard, the Taiping army of the linear tactics of the copycat Wu army was directly defeated in rows and rows, and in the blink of an eye, there were corpses lying all over the ground.

"Kill! Avenge Kokjong! ”

Many unconvinced Taiping soldiers mustered up the courage to charge, in a vain attempt to engage the Wu army in close quarters, but what made these Taiping soldiers desperate was that the musket in the hands of the Wu army was able to shoot continuously after firing five or six bullets in succession, and many Taiping soldiers fell in a pool of blood with an unwilling roar, but more Taiping soldiers were screaming and retreating one after another, "Demon gun!" Demon Gun! The demon soldier's gun has a demon method! There is a demon law! ”

There is indeed a demon law, but this kind of demon law has fallen behind, and the more advanced demon law is quietly entering this era.