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The three generals of the DPRK in the 21 st century have made witty remarks, and one of them is widely circulated: "Modern warfare is artillery warfare." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although it was ridiculed for being "a hundred years behind the times", if this sentence is moved to the time and space where Zhu Youzhen is located, it is undoubtedly very forward-looking.

Because of its ultra-long range, terrifying lethality and relatively low cost, artillery has been a weapon of mass destruction in war since it appeared on the stage of history. It has been widely used in military affairs, covering both the army and the navy, and is a well-deserved "king of weapons". Even with the advent of more advanced aircraft and missiles, artillery remained indispensable in warfare.

And compared to individual firearms such as bird guns, cannons have played a great role in this era. Take the Battle of Ningyuan as an example, if it weren't for the more than a dozen Hongyi cannons and the Franco machine guns that were urgently reinforced, the city would have been breached long ago.

However, the artillery of the Ming army was mainly used to defend the city, and it was basically not brought in the field, because it was too cumbersome, and second, it was too slow to adapt to the ever-changing field battlefield.

However, Zhu Youzhen has always had high hopes for artillery, and the main research and development forces of the arsenal have also been invested in artillery. In the case that the tools for towing heavy artillery were temporarily impossible, Zhu Youzhen took the route of artillery miniaturization, that is, focusing on the research and development of artillery that was convenient for Qin soldiers to transport and could be put into field battles.

The reason is also very simple, to deal with the mobile and nimble nomads, only by defeating them in the field can they be considered completely defeated. If you are satisfied with defending the city, not only can you not give the other party heavy damage, but people can surround you without fighting, and you will starve to death just by starving, which is the reason why the historical ancestor Dashou surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In this re-set operation, Zhu Youzhen asked Xie Sheng to bring all the only six rapid-fire guns made by the arsenal and equip them in the artillery platoons of the first and second battalions. The caliber of this rapid-fire gun was several turns smaller than that of the ordinary Furlong cannon, and the length of the barrel was slightly shorter. It is equipped with nine sub-guns, which can be filled with gunpowder first, and then loaded into the mother gun. After firing, quickly remove the sub-gun and replace it with another sub-gun to fire again, which saves a lot of reload time.

Compared with the traditional Franc cannon, the rapid-fire cannon has a small charge and a small calorific body, so it can fire nine times in a row. And ordinary Furlong cannons, two or three consecutive shots, must be cooled down for a period of time, otherwise the barrel will be deformed.

While the Birdmen were lined up in a neat line to shoot at the Mongols as if they were training, the soldiers of the artillery platoon had already set up six rapid-fire guns, just waiting for the commander's order.

Now that there was finally a good opportunity on the battlefield to open artillery, the Mongol cavalry gathered within 80 to 100 paces of the Qin soldiers' positions, desperately firing their bows and arrows at the Qin soldiers' birds. The infantry immediately erected the shield defense, which had already been prepared, attracting most of the attention of the Mongols. And this distance is just out of the blind spot of the rapid-fire gun, which is just within the strike range.

Hearing the roll call of the regiment commander, the gunners of the artillery platoon immediately nervously calculated the firing Zhuyuan and began to calibrate the guns. After calibration, the platoon commander gave an order: "Put!" The six rapid-fire cannons roared at the same time, firing six solid bullets into the enemy's line.

Although the rapid-fire gun is still equipped with traditional solid shells, the salvo of six guns hits such a small area, and the lethality is very amazing. With the roar of death, six solid bullets smashed into the chaotic Mongolian formation, relying on strong potential energy, the unfortunate horse that was directly hit directly knocked away, and at the same time, it bounced up on the ground and changed direction slightly, and the force still did not weaken much. In an instant, the Mongol cavalrymen flipped on their horses, and in addition to being directly hit by cannonballs, they were more hit by flying horses and human bodies. That scene can be described in four simple words: all rotten!

But in an instant, dozens of war horses fell in a pool of blood. The remaining Mongol cavalry was greatly astonished, and they turned their horses and turned around and ran. But before he had gone far, the second salvo of rapid-fire guns arrived. This time, because the formation of the Mongols had been dispersed at the time of the rout, the solid bullets did not cause as much damage as in the first salvo, but the earth-shattering sound, the sharp and piercing sound of the cannonballs breaking through the air, and the terrifying sound of the body popping when hitting the target had already made the Mongols terrified! These so-called "pride of the sky" now have only one thought left: run, run as fast and farther the better!

Seeing that the few Mongolian cavalry had been defeated, Xie Sheng waved his big hand and said: "Beat the drums, the chariots surround the enemy's camp tent, and the infantry attack!" ”

In an instant, the thunderous war drums resounded across the grassland, and the Qin soldiers once again burst out with an earth-shattering shout. The chariot that had been parked behind the Bird's Gun Rider just now began to move forward, their wings spread out like two long arms, and they outflanked the Ordos Bazaar a few hundred paces away. The infantry leaped out of position, loaded their bayonets at the muzzles of their guns, and launched a pursuit of the enemy.

The appearance of the bayonet was also a significant improvement over the traditional bird guns of the Qin soldiers. Because the traditional bird gun is fired very slowly, when the enemy rushes in front of him, there is no time to reload, so he can only throw the bird gun and use other weapons to resist. The Qin soldiers' bird guns were equipped with a sword-shaped bayonet about a foot long, and the gun also had corresponding card slots. When you need to fight in close combat, put a bayonet on the muzzle of the gun and the bird gun will become a spear without affecting the firing.

This "invention" was not conceived by the craftsmen of the arsenal, but was entirely due to Zhu Youzhen's words. Such simple improvements are not due to the fact that the level of science and technology has not been reached, but that people's thinking is confined to traditional ideas, and as long as they can think of it, it can be very easily realized. And relative to substantial scientific and technological progress, the effect of such small improvements is not necessarily small.

While the infantry charged, the fighters of the artillery platoon were still nervously adjusting the barrels of the guns, extending the fire in depth. As long as the Mongol cavalry dared to stop, what awaited him was a solid bullet falling from the sky. After eating a few more shells, the Mongols finally collapsed completely, and even dared not ask for camp tents, and fled directly to the vast steppe in the distance. As a result, there was an extremely rare scene on the battlefield in history: the infantry chased the cavalry and killed!

After the artillery bombarded the infantry, the artillery bombarded the infantry and then bombarded it far away, this is the simplest classic tactic of combining artillery and infantry to seize the opponent's position, and the first regiment does not know how many times it has been drilled in peacetime. Today's first use in actual combat was a great success, which greatly boosted the morale of the Qin soldiers.

It was only then that Xie Sheng's tense face relaxed slightly. However, he only breathed a sigh of relief, and then issued a series of instructions to the heralds: "Let the 1st and 2nd Battalions not pursue the enemy cavalry exhaustively, and immediately cooperate with the chariots to seize the enemy camp." At the same time, the troops behind were immediately notified and told them to hurry up, especially the car battalion and the engineer battalion. We need to hurry up and build fortifications now! ”