On the vast sea, one after another battleships sailed quickly and headed straight for the Penghu Islands. At this time, the soldiers and generals on the battleship were all ready, and were once again checking whether there were any problems with bullets, grenades and other weapons, and making final preparations.

War is already coming.

Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang stood in front of Li Zhen, and the two were still worried about this battle. Zeng Guofan said with a serious expression: "Lord Wang, Senior Commander Qi once proposed that we use artillery fire to bombard the American soldiers defending by the harbor, and then land on Penghu Island. However, once the army came ashore, it was again subjected to intensive fire. This question is still in the background, what do you think about it? ”

At that time, Li Zhen replied that he had his own plans, so no one asked about it in the future.

Now that it is about to be launched, Zeng Guofan has brought it up again.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm fully prepared." Let's go, follow me to the ship's warehouse, and show you the weapons that will be used this time. ”

Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang looked at each other, and both had surprised expressions on their faces.

Is there a secret weapon?

Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang followed Li Zhen to the warehouse in the ship, Li Zhen directly opened a wooden box, waved his finger at the gun in the wooden box, and said in a deep voice: "The gun here is not an ordinary gun, it was designed by Dai Yuanhua to suppress the opponent's dense firepower. This gun does not need to be loaded continuously, as long as the magazine is loaded and the trigger is pulled, it can continuously fire bullets. When we arrived at the port, or after going ashore, our machine gun fire absolutely caught the other side by surprise. ”

"And this thing?"

Zuo Zongtang had a stunned expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Dashuai, this thing can't be fake, right?" ”

Thinking of such a powerful weapon, Zuo Zongtang was a little unconvinced.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lord Wang, let's give it a try!" ”

"Okay, let's go on deck and test the gun." As he spoke, Li Zhen carried a machine gun, then quickly equipped the magazine, and walked onto the deck with a light machine gun. Li Zhen fixed the bipod of the machine gun and pulled the trigger with his fingers.

"Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly!!! ”

Dense gunshots rang out, and bullets continued to be sent into the chamber at a staggering speed. The bullets that shot were flying in all directions, and they were already intertwined into a dense network of bullets. Not only that, such a dense and fast firepower interweaving is more powerful, and it will not be a launch of hundreds of people in the sky.

After a while, the gunfire stopped.

Zuo Zongtang rubbed his temples and said, "Lord Wang, a machine gun is equivalent to hundreds of people shooting at the same time, and it is even more powerful. With this weapon, it will be easy to defeat the foreigners after going ashore. ”

Li Zhen raised his head and said proudly: "Such a machine gun is made by ourselves, and only we have it." At present, the combat speed of machine guns is about 80 rounds per minute, which is not very high. Although the current firing speed is relatively slow, with the improvement of Dai Yuanhua's ability, more types of machine guns will be developed, and the speed of firing bullets will be increased to 200 rounds, 300 rounds, 400 rounds a minute, and even higher data, and our weapons will become more and more powerful. ”

When Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang heard this, they were extremely shocked in their hearts.

This weapon is already quite domineering, but there will be even more domineering weapons in the future. The two looked at each other, and they both had in their hearts that the Qing Dynasty was Li Zhen's world, and no one could shake Li Zhen's position.

Historically, in 1884, Makqin held a new gun press conference in London, which was attended by representatives of various countries, and China also sent its minister Li Hongzhang to attend. At that time, Maxim performed rapid-fire, and his machine gun fired 300 rounds in one go in half a minute. According to this calculation, at least six hundred rounds of ammunition per minute.

Of course, this is a different type of machine gun that can carry such a high speed involved.

The machine guns designed by Li Zhen and Dai Yuanhua can also increase the number of bullets fired within a minute, but if the firing speed of the bullets is increased, there are also higher requirements for the chamber and so on, and the machine guns manufactured in Guangzhou can only be about 80 rounds per minute, but at least this is already a breakthrough.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lord Wang, I can't wait to prepare for the battle. ”

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will be used soon." Similarly, Li Zhen was also looking forward to the battle between the two sides.

Next, Li Zhen dispatched the machine gun.

In the army, battalions are used as units, and each battalion receives a machine gun. According to the current three-three establishment, there are three battalions under one regiment, one brigade is three regiments, and one division is three brigades, while Zuo Zongtang and Zeng Guofan are all three divisions for the time being. Counting it, a corps has a full eighty-one machine guns.

Zuo Zongtang and Zeng Guofan each led an army, which meant that there were 162 machine guns.

In addition to the one brigade transferred from Qi Zhenhai, nine more machine guns could be added, making a total of 171 machine guns. All machine guns were assigned, and each battalion was assigned a special person to be in charge of getting acquainted with the firing of machine guns in the shortest possible time.

"Suddenly! Suddenly!! ”

From time to time, gunshots can be heard. At the same time, I can occasionally hear the words of the battalion commanders training people, and they are all distressed by the bullets fired, so that the soldiers can save bullets and use them to fight foreigners.

"Report!"

Zheng Zaoru ran to Li Zhen and said loudly: "Lord Wang, it's only two kilometers away from Penghu Island. ”

"Command the army, all the soldiers prepare, all the gunners prepare. As soon as the port came into range of the cannons, the cannons were fired. We will directly defeat the US troops who control the port with a fierce attack, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. ”

"Yes!!"

Zheng Zao stood up and saluted, with an excited look in his eyes.

……

In the harbor, American soldiers built fortifications to prevent enemy warships from entering the harbor. Amor concluded that Li Zhen was the first to attack from the port, came here early, and ordered all the soldiers to enter the battle mode.

"Li Zhen, I will never let you land on the island. I'm going to step on your body and set foot on the road to the famous general. Amor roared in his heart, holding his binoculars and staring at the sea ahead.

Suddenly, Amor's pupils shrank, and he saw warships appear on the sea.

His eyes searched back and forth in the battleship, and soon landed on the flagship. In the bow of the flagship, stood a young man of twenty-six or seventeen years old. Through the binoculars, Amor had already seen this person clearly, and there was no doubt that it was Li Zhen.

Amor held up the binoculars, and suddenly frowned.

Because Li Zhen also used a telescope, he was also discovered. It's just that Li Zhen quickly put down the telescope in his hand, stretched out his right hand, and bent his four fingers, except for the middle finger pointing upwards to the sky, which was facing the direction of Amor and was obviously a provocation to him.

Yes, this is a provocation!

Amor laughed angrily and said in a deep voice: "Li Zhen, I will definitely defeat you." ”

"Boom! Rumble!! ”

The soldiers on Amor's side had not yet opened fire, and the rumbling of artillery was already heard over the sea. The distance between the two sides has been shortened to the point where they can open fire, but the battleship led by Li Zhen grasped the opportunity and fired first.

ps: first update;