After capturing Yunxian, Guan Yu once again divided his troops into two divisions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Guan Ping's troops went north to attack Linying County, while he led Li Tong's troops to attack Wuyang County. According to accurate information, there was no main enemy force on the Linying County side, but Huangfu Song and Wang Ling stationed in Wuyang County had already killed them at this moment.

"A rabble of 30,000 people, embarrassed to come out and offer ugliness?" After winning repeatedly, Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little complacent. Especially every time the city is conquered, it takes less than half an hour before and after, which is completely crushed.

"General, unlike the local defenders, Huangfu Song's command is a border army. It also seems that they are equipped with artillery and guns, so be careful! Seeing this, Xi Zhicai kindly reminded.

Black powder is no longer a secret, so black powder grenades or something, naturally, are not secrets. As the existence of the artillery was confirmed by the other two countries, they also began to try to develop steel artillery, but the result was a failure. In desperation, he had no choice but to retreat, and finally experimented with bronze artillery, and there was no way to fire continuously or make the shells explode, so he could only shoot the shells out, but the effective range was also so far away, and it was okay to use it to attack the city.

After a period of experimentation, the guns began to appear, starting with smaller guns, later changed to arquebuses, and the body of the guns was changed from bronze to alloy steel. The technology of alloy steel has been studied in both the Han Empire and the Han Republic, but the cost is higher and the output value is lower.

In recent years, technology has been improved, reducing costs by about 50%. At the same time, in terms of quality and output, there is also a small improvement, which can meet the development of arquebuses; Even the two countries have already begun to work on flowering shells, as well as the casting of iron artillery. The lack of sufficient chemical talents is a problem, but the learning and research ability of Chinese craftsmen is not so bad.

The two countries were so keen to develop thermal weapons, not to catch up with the Chinese Republic, but to find that thermal weapons were easier to manage than cold weapons, and the troops of thermal weapons were easier to control. After all, thermal weapons only need to seal the bullets and start distributing them before the war, so even if the local generals have different intentions, the artillery and muskets are without ammunition, and they are just a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.

Combined with the military academy system and the military supervision system, the government can completely control the army and avoid the emergence of warlords. It's a pity that this thing can't be fully popularized, but this part of the border army has begun to prioritize the use of equipment.

Under the command of Huangfu Song, there was a thousand-strong firecracker army and thirty artillery pieces. Even if the artillery does not shoot flowering shells, it is definitely not a good thing to take such a blow within the design range.

At the same time, due to the division of troops, Guan Yu's department only had one mortar, although there were also a number of crossbows and even musket troops equipped with it, and there were grenadiers, which could be used as mortars, but they had to be guarded against.

Fortunately, Chen Tao's troops followed, but when they were stationed all the way, there were only about 6,000 people left. The army also carried two mortars, which were originally set up on the front line for defense, but now it should not be a problem to use them for emergency relief.

"Okay, just wait for Chen Tao and them!" Guan Yu also understood what Xi Zhicai meant, and ordered to slow down the march.

After Chen Tao's troops caught up and the two armies converged, they continued to march, and when they arrived outside Dingling County, they had already seen Huangfu Song arranging troops there, waiting for their arrival.

Thirty artillery pieces were placed directly in front of the formation, and there were some soldiers with long poles in the back, but what they were holding in their hands was not a long pole, but some type of firecracker, which Guan Yu and Chen Tao recognized it.

It's just such a backward thing, and the national troops have not used it for a long time, but I didn't expect the other party to still use it.

It is not surprising that weapons that have fallen behind in their own countries to the point of obsolescence are only advanced weapons in their infancy for foreign countries.

In order to avoid entering the range of enemy artillery, Guan Yu's troops were stationed three miles away from the enemy. Three mortars began to be installed, and the effective firing distance of this mortar reached 2,200 meters, which is already considered an ultra-long distance for mortars in this era, and it is also the longest distance that can be achieved by the current stage of technology.

After a simple adjustment, the artillery fired at the enemy's position for the first time, saying that it was aimed at the enemy's artillery, but rather directly at the shells behind the enemy's artillery.

In the Han Dynasty, one mile was actually only 415.8 meters, and the effective range of these artillery, or the range that could inflict damage on the opponent, was less than a kilometer. If it weren't for the sake of safety, Guan Yu's troops advanced to a thousand meters, but he was afraid that the other party might not be able to cause damage to his own army. Now the two sides are separated by three miles, which is about 1,250 meters, and the other side's artillery and guns no longer pose a threat.

"Change the gun!" The mortars were arranged, and Guan Yu immediately shouted at the guards cavalry. At the same time, he handed over the Qinglong Glaive to the guard next to him, and pulled out the two revolvers on his waist.

This is the latest type of revolver researched in August last year, modeled after the Colt revolver, six bursts, can effectively shoot the enemy within 50 meters. Guan Yu's personal guards cavalry were each equipped with two, plus ten rapid loaders, counting the original twelve bullets, instead of using seventy-two bullets that could fire seventy-two rounds in a row.

Five hundred guards can shoot a total of 36,000 bullets, and if each bullet can harvest a life, then the 30,000 army will be wiped out. It's a pity that it is a theoretical state, the battlefield is ever-changing, where can it be so simple? If you really fight, you can shoot 3,000 bullets, but I'm afraid that the enemy army has completely collapsed!

"Let them continue to taste, what it is like to be crushed!" After the gun was changed, Guan Yu gave the order to shell.

The first shot of the three mortars poured out shells, and the first shot could only be regarded as an experiment, but the gunner, who had good experience, still fired the shells directly into the predetermined location. Perhaps there were still deficiencies in the landing point, and the gunners immediately made minor adjustments.

The cannonball hit, but it exploded directly on the other side. If it weren't for this test launch, I'm afraid that the gunners would have even used high-explosive shells for attacking fortified positions. Rao is like this, and he directly blew up the opponent's five artillery pieces, and even caused the surrounding gunpowder to be detonated, and a lot of gunpowder and artillery were blown up, and even the opponent's gunners were injured and killed.

The other party is also stupid, knowing that the opponent's skills are not at the same level, but if it is Guan Yu, he is afraid that he will put these cannons on the city wall, and use the elevation angle and drop to play a longer distance, and he will not be able to advance to two thousand meters.

Wang Ling, who arranged this line of defense, also regretted it at the moment, seeing that at least eight artillery pieces were destroyed in one fell swoop, and the black powder was even more heavily damaged, he was really heartbroken at the moment. As for the death of those artillerymen, he did not attach so much importance to it.

There was no shortage of soldiers in these years, and it is not surprising that even forced conscription was carried out in case of need. Soldiers are cannon fodder in the Han Republic, and they are recruited and mobilized after they die.

"Snatch the artillery back, we can't continue to let them destroy our artillery!" Wang Ling immediately shouted to the soldiers below, and immediately five hundred soldiers stepped forward and dragged the artillery back at the risk of being blown up.

When passing by the corpses of those comrades, I felt that my stomach was constantly churning, and the people who died in the explosion were blown into rotten meat, the key was that under the moxibustion roast of the explosion, accompanied by the smell of gunsmoke, there was actually a smell of meat, but the smell made people feel even more disgusted.

"Where do you want to go?" When they were about to drag the artillery to the rear, Guan Yu's cavalry troops had already killed them fiercely. It turned out that he had long expected that the other party would be reluctant to let these artillery pieces and find a way to drag them back to the rear.

Since the artillery doesn't need to worry, the remaining musketeers don't have to worry about it. In Guan Yu's opinion, the muskets in the hands of those musketeers are afraid that they haven't even been rifled yet, and they haven't even evolved to the breech to be loaded, and they have to be loaded from the 'mouth'. With this kind of thing, the bullet flew out more than ten steps in the direction and was completely crooked, and if you want to hit someone from 50 meters away, you have to rely on the luck of the sky.

Wang Ling had indeed seen Guan Yu and them rushing over, and had even ordered the rhubarb crossbow troops and the firecracker troops to counterattack, the former could shoot the enemy three hundred meters away, and it was even more effective against the cavalry. As for the latter, it is really not as good as a strong bow or a strong crossbow in terms of cost performance for the time being, but it is better than any person, shoot a few times, and almost learn to use it, so it is very suitable for cannon fodder, and even in the case of using the three-stage shooting method, the efficiency will be greater.

Due to process problems, the rhubarb crossbow is very expensive, and even if a lot of manpower and material resources are invested, it is difficult to produce it on a large scale. Therefore, even if it is the Huangfu Song Department, there are only five hundred pairs of rhubarb crossbows.

In the case of shooting at the same time, it also had a certain impact on Guan Yu's department. Fortunately, the latter's rush is mainly based on stragglers, and if the opponent concentrates on shooting, the damage can be very limited. In addition, when the cavalry is moving quickly, it is not easy to aim, and it is not long before it is already quickly approached.

Seeing that he had reached within forty meters, Guan Yu immediately fired a shot at a soldier in front of him, and the bullet shot out of the muzzle of the revolver, quickly drilling into the soldier's head, directly hitting a bloody hole. The soldier looked at Guan Yu incredulously, and then slowly fell backwards.

At the same time, the other soldiers also shot one after another, deducting the few who were hit by the rhubarb crossbow and fell from their horses, or were directly shot, the others opened fire one after another, and the two revolvers immediately poured out a large number of bullets, harvesting the lives of the enemy.

The bullet is smokeless gunpowder, so it is fired without the smoke of black powder, and of course there is no need to clean the barrel. Once the design is complete, you only need to pull out the distance and quickly take out the loader to complete the loading, and you can shoot immediately.

In the early days, most of them were in siege warfare, and even if they were charged, they were mainly in close combat, so these firearms were rarely used. Many people are already a little impatient, but now they have a rare opportunity, so they naturally want to have a good time.

For Wang Ling, his heart was broken at this moment. Not to mention that the other party actually has a burst of fire, it can also quickly load the bullet and shoot at them continuously. Forget it, isn't it a bit against the sky to be able to accurately hit your own army within 50 meters?!

"Retreat, retreat!" Where did Wang Ling dare to continue to stay, the big yellow crossbow could not effectively suppress the opponent's straggler assault, the casualties of his own army were increasing, and the 20,000 people who were deployed outside had already killed nearly 5,000 people, and their morale was on the verge of collapse.

There was no need for him to give an order, and a few soldiers had already run towards the county seat of Dingling. Wang Ling's order made the soldiers completely collapse, and even many people didn't want their weapons, and ran directly towards the city, and those half-dragged artillery pieces were thrown outside and captured directly as trophies.

It's just that Guan Yu and Chen Tao really don't look down on this kind of 'old antique', and finally decided to simply melt it as scrap metal, so as to build some farm tools or anything.

If this result is known to Wang Ling, I don't know if he will collapse directly? (To be continued.) )