If the transition of human beings from the era of time to the age of cold weapons is compared to the growth of a baby to a three-year-old child, then the age of hot weapons is his father. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fathers beat their sons, it can be said that it is the most irresistible beating in the world, and cold weapons will also have this embarrassment when facing hot weapons.

In the 14th century AD, gunpowder invented in ancient China passed through India, Arabia, and finally introduced to Europe, and with the spread of black powder all over the world and applied to European wars, a new miracle appeared in human military history. By enclosing a mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal in an airtight container, the explosive force of the combustion gases generated after ignition is used to make weapons and weapons systems much more lethal than any previous weapon.

However, the early muskets had a low hit rate, short range, slow firing rate and were extremely inconvenient to use, and even the lethality of the early muskets was actually inferior to the longbow and crossbow of the era.

But humanity did not stop the development of muskets.

From the firearms wars between Britain and France to the wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish elite, firearms have been constantly tested in war, and they are constantly improving.

The invention of cast iron technology is the most significant and prominent technological progress that has led to the development of black powder weapons. Throughout the medieval era, the smelting technique of achievement was used. The advent of new technologies, such as crushing stone with hydraulic hammering, forging with hydraulic power, and using hydraulic power to drive larger bellows, made it possible for the melt to reach very high temperatures, liquefiing iron and sucking in carbon, ultimately resulting in a stronger musket material.

Then firearms ran wild on the track of history.

From granular gunpowder in the 15th century to mechanical ignition devices in the 16th century, the development of firearms has been astonishingly fast.

The event, which finally announced the world's entry into the age of thermal weapons, took place in 1432 AD.

Beginning in 1432, during the Hundred Years' War between England and France, France, which was in the counteroffensive phase at that time, applied a large number of new cannons from Arabia to siege warfare.

Artillery became the new weapon of war, and 50 guns were enough for the later Charles VII to occupy half of Italy in 1449.

Although thermal weapons have emerged in war, but in ancient wars, cavalry is still a powerful type of troops, in the face of high-speed cavalry, muskets and artillery still can not hinder it too much, on the plains, cavalry is still the most capable of harvesting the army.

Because of the fast charge speed and the great power of slashing and slashing, the saber + horse mode was still maintained until 1900, if it is different from before, that is, the cavalry is generally equipped with short-handled muskets, but the main battle weapon is still the sabre.

There were two reasons for the eventual end of the cavalry era: after 1842, the continuous innovation of the machine gun changed from the original 12 rounds to the unlimited reload of the 1880s, making charging no longer easy; The development of new power for diesel engines and petroleum energy has made motorized units, which are more efficient and high-speed, and can be equipped with machine guns, become the new favorites on the battlefield.

Since then, the era of hot weapons has really lifted the era of cold weapons.

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In 976 AD, the ninth year of Kaibao of the Great Song Dynasty, and the first year of Zhao Laoer's usurpation, there will be many powerful cavalry in the world of this time and space: the Jingsai Army of the Great Song Dynasty, the Tielin Army of the Liao State, the Iron Harrier of the Western Xia, and the Tiefutu of the Jin State, all of which belong to the well-known heavy cavalry troops.

However, at this time, Western Xia was still a small tribe, and the Jin State had not yet established a state, and the most powerful cavalry in the world at this time was probably only the Tielin Army of the Liao State.

Jiang Yin also knew that what he was about to face was the Liao Tielin Army led by the famous Liao general Yelu Xiuge.

Sixty dark green tanks were parked in the middle of two undulating terrains, fifty miles from Cangzhou, a small natural plain, through which the Tartars had to pass if they wanted to go south to grass.

Lin Yue stood on the high ground not far away, holding a telescope in his hand, and looked at the distance with the telescope from time to time.

"Haven't you come yet?" Jiang Yin sat on the side, swallowing melon seeds and asked.

"Nope." Lin Yue's face didn't have any expression, it seemed that he was used to this kind of boring waiting.

"It doesn't make sense, I went to Yingzhou to see it once, there is no one in Yelu Xiuge's camp, it must have already set off, calculate the time, it's almost time to arrive....." Before Jiang Yin finished speaking.

Lin Yue suddenly raised his hand, and said with a hint of excitement in his tone: "It's here!" ”

Jiang Yin also stood up suddenly, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.

There was already a puff of dust on the horizon, which looked like a massive herd of horses.

"Attention to the groups, attention to the groups, the enemy cavalry has arrived on the battlefield, one group is ready to shoot the first round, and the second group and three groups are around the rear from the left and right to prevent the enemy from escaping!" Lin Yue raised the walkie-talkie in his hand and said loudly, his tone was full of excitement.

"A group received!"

"Two groups received!"

"Three groups received!"

After the leaders of each group replied, Jiang Yin quickly saw the movements of the sixty steel beasts on the plain in the distance, and the twenty tanks in the middle all raised the long barrels in front, the huge barrels, and the mouths of the black holes, where the terrifying shells that were difficult to parry in this era would erupt.

On the left and right sides of the twenty tanks, forty tanks also moved quickly, and when they saw that they were orderly and lined up, they went to the sides of the dust.

In Jiang Yin's impression, the first image of a tank was that it was bulky, so he always thought that tanks were very slow, but when forty tanks rode away, Jiang Yin realized that his understanding of war was still too shallow.

The cavalry in the distance was getting closer and closer, and Jiang Yin seemed to be able to feel the slight tremor of the earth, 30,000 cavalry, this was also the first time he had seen it.

"Brothers, these are some barbarians who kill people without blinking, don't save shells, kill as many as you can shoot, if this battle can completely defeat these 30,000 barbarians, one person will go back and give at least 300,000 bonuses!" Lin Yue's tone was solemn and authentic.

Jiang Yin, who was standing on the side, was stunned for a moment, and then felt as if all this was caused by himself, so he sighed helplessly and said: "In this era, it is really barbaric and direct...."

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When Yelu Xiuge led the cavalry all the way to Cangzhou, they had quietly bypassed the two border towns, and the garrisons of these small cities were wearing that kind of invulnerable armor, so Yelu Xiuge did not want to waste time on this kind of small city without oil and water, and after ignoring the beacon fire of the small city, the cavalry army of the Liao State went all the way south, which was less than fifty miles away from Cangzhou.

After thinking of Cangzhou's abundant products and beauties, Yelu Huge's horsewhip danced faster, but his sharp eyes suddenly noticed that on the plain in the distance, there seemed to be a pile of dark green things......

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