Chapter 414: Long-range sniping
The state of Murayi claims to be a state of assassins, but in fact the country has no trained regular army. 'Fidai' is only a death squad that carries out assassination missions, mainly used to deal with political opponents, revenge for the sect leader, and becomes a form to protect his interests, and its mission is only mainly focused on assassination missions, using 'Fidai''s terrorist activities to intimidate opponents to maintain their own security.
The disadvantage of this military system is that there is a lack of effective coordination, and each fortress fights its own battle, making it difficult to form a perimeter protective ring. And they founded the country by assassinating political opponents, and their own security protection was only focused on preventing the enemy from using the same assassination methods, forming a pattern of loose on the outside and tight on the inside, that is, paying attention to close protection and lacking the ability to resist the enemy's long-distance attacks. Of course, in this era, as a representative of long-range weapons, bows and arrows, the effective killing distance of strong bows is only more than 100 paces, so this kind of thinking is not unreasonable.
But now the country of Murayi has provoked an opponent that should not be provoked, and they have weapons that are beyond this era. In the hands of Shadui, there is such an improved bead gun, which is about a foot and a half longer than the guns commonly distributed in the army, the barrel is about one and a half feet longer, the caliber is also larger than that of ordinary guns, and it is equipped with a herringbone bracket. If you add a sight, you must think that the sand pile is holding a 'big sniper' equipped with modern troops. In fact, the firing range of this gun can only reach 600 paces, and the effective range is also 400 paces, which is barely enough to penetrate the reinforced iron armor at this distance.
This Da Song version of the 'sniper rifle' is of course from the design of Zhao Ta, due to the strength of steel and the power of gunpowder in this era, Zhao Ta can only increase the firing distance by increasing the amount of charge and extending the length of the barrel. And a distance of 400 steps is not a problem in the eyes of people with good eyesight. Installing a scope got in the way, so Zhao Ta only installed a silencer for this 'big sniper'. Of course, the effect is not as good as that of modern ones, but it is slightly better than nothing. There are still some effects.
In order to improve the accuracy of the gun, Zhao Ta also put a lot of effort into it, in order to lengthen the barrel, he didn't know how much material was wasted, and he tried to change the rifling to spiral rifling. If you have a good gun, you have to have a good bullet, Zhao Ta redesigned the bullet and changed the round warhead to a conical warhead, but the gun has become a 'singles one'. Shoot with one bullet, because the barrel of the bead gun cannot use conical rounds, otherwise you will risk exploding the chamber.
After such a lot of painstaking work, it took several years to build only ten sniper rifles, and the funds spent were enough to build them with the same amount of silver, which can be described as a veritable 'silver gun', but this determines that it is impossible to equip troops on a large scale. Zhao Ta put these treasures in the special operations brigade, and this time in order to ensure the success of the operation, he took out five at once. Two of them are used for early training, and three are used for performing tasks, which is considered a cost......
The walled fort built by the Murayi people in the mountains is like a mountain carving in Weihu Mountain, and the old nest is built on the steep mountain. In the midst of the mountains with continuous peaks, it is designed to be difficult to attack and difficult to reach, and its danger is very high. Daunting. The terrain of the fortress was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they built a wall around the hill. and cut off the streams, and planted fruit trees and grain on the mountainside. Even if the fortress is besieged, they can be self-sufficient on the mountain, with a posture of being a man and a man, they can't attack it, and they can't besiege it.
Sandpile led the detachment into the outer edge of the Rambasar fortress, and for two days in a row it found that there were enemy guards at every intersection, and these Assassins, or the guards who were themselves Assassins, were very alert, and set up traps along the way, making it very difficult to infiltrate. In this form, even if you can go in and complete the assassination, it is difficult to get out, which is contrary to the special combat principle formulated by the emperor to enter alive and come out alive.
As a pile of sand that has fought deep behind enemy lines many times, it is very clear that the most taboo thing in infiltration operations is to encounter the enemy, which indicates that the operation has failed, regardless of their well-armed and well-trained troops, even in the face of some villagers with rudimentary weapons, they have no chance of winning, and can only retreat quickly. Because this is not their territory, and there is no base and backup, and no matter how good their physical strength is, the materials they carry are very limited, especially weapons and ammunition, which will exhaust the last trace of strength under the continuous pursuit of the enemy. The sand pile is a bit difficult, they have been active here for several days, and after a long time, it is inevitable that their tracks will be leaked, and once they are discovered, they will have to abandon the mission.
The mission of the 'Viper' detachment is to make the leaders of the Murayi Kingdom feel the fear and tell them that they will lose their lives even if they hide in the castle, but now they have not even touched the door, let alone their lives. Looking at the current terrain, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, it is true that Lambasal Fort is built on a high mountain, but there is more than one mountain here, there is a high mountain in the shade where it is, but the two are separated by a canyon, but the clouds and mist are not clear, and the sand pile decided to try his luck.
That night, Sandpile led two sniper teams up the hill, and the other teams set up a guard at the bottom of the mountain, ready to meet them down the mountain and block possible pursuits. The mountains here are completely different from those of the Central Plains, they are in an arid area, with an earthy yellow tinge, and only some places are covered with a thin layer of vegetation.
"Damn, they're going to enjoy it!" The night's efforts were not in vain, and they climbed up the hill to look at the opposite side, the garden of Lamba Salburg was in their sight, and the sand pile had been following the emperor for a long time, and they could not only sigh when they saw the situation on the other side of the mountain.
It is a rare flat land in the mountains, about ten acres square, the whole garden is built around a crescent-shaped pool, surrounded by gossip and trees, all kinds of seductive sculptures are placed on the side of the pool, supporting the pergola, a few lightly dressed women playing in the water by the pool, a little farther can be seen in the marble houses, different heights and different staggered, another kind of interest, and all this is built in the deep mountains people can't help but think that this is the fairyland on earth.
The sand pile didn't have time to sigh too much, he was here to kill, not to enjoy the scenery. After observation, he found that the distance between the two mountains was about 200 paces wide, and the canyons between them were deep and steep, and there was a lack of vegetation that would make it difficult for even apes to climb. The Murai bosses may have built the garden here because of the dangerous terrain and beautiful scenery, and the pool of the garden was within the range of their sniper rifles.
Now there was no one in the garden, but the sand pile believed that such a good place would not be left unattended, so he chose three or two sniper points, while the enemy had not yet discovered the fortifications, arranged camouflage, and waited here for the big fish to appear. Perhaps Allah were very dissatisfied with their group of uninvited guests who broke into the forbidden area, but when the sun rose, the water vapor in the canyon gathered, and a thick fog was formed, enveloping the garden opposite, and they could not see anything in front of them......
"Captain, you're listening to the music playing on the other side, someone must be coming!" After listening for a moment, the observer whispered to the sand.
"Yes, these people can figure it out, people are like immortals in the fog, it seems that Your Majesty's story about the enemy using a fake heaven to confuse and cultivate assassins is true!" Sandpile nodded.
"Captain, is the garden across from them a part of what they call heaven?" The observer shook his hand and said, but he didn't expect them to break into the legendary place by mistake.
"You can't be wrong, you listen to the laughter of young women, there is the smell of wine in the mist, isn't it heaven in this poor mountain and bad water!" Sandy said with a sniffle.
"Well, yes, it's just that this fog is too strange and just blocks our view, otherwise we'll send them to heaven with one shot!" The observer hand was a little dejected.
"What did the emperor say, forgot? The people of our special combat team have to endure loneliness, what is this, let's just wait, I don't believe that we can't wait for the moment when the clouds open and the fog clears! Sandpile said with a smile.
"Captain, I heard that the old patriarch wants you to go back to succeed the patriarch, and the emperor has already approved it, are we going to retire and go home after we go back!" The observer hand came from Qu Rubu as well as the sand, and he asked softly.
"I don't want to go back, I don't want to leave the emperor, don't forget that our Qu Ru Department is the emperor's personal department, and protecting the emperor is the mission of our tribe, and now the emperor plans to attack the Jin country, it is the time to use people, how can you leave!" Said the sandpile.
"Captain, the patriarch is already old, and you are also needed to inherit the family, Boyan of the Yeli family has retired and returned to Hezhong, and has been appointed as the governor of Hezhong to inherit the ancestral business." The observer said.
"If you think about it, our Quru tribe was just a small tribe with a population of less than 3,000 in the Yeli tribe, and now we have no less than 30,000 people, tens of thousands of warriors, countless cattle and sheep, the people live a rich life, and the strength is comparable to the Yeli tribe, and the hereditary soldiers and horses in the river are all thanks to Your Majesty. Before I left, I had already sent a message to my family, and I had decided to give up my position as patriarch and be succeeded by my father among his brothers! Sandpile said.
"Alas, why do you bother, captain, you can serve the emperor when you return to the river!" The observer was stunned when he heard this, and said in amazement, being the patriarch of a big clan in the northwest is much more majestic than a commander, but the captain gave up so easily.
"Don't say much, notify it, take turns to watch and observe, and the others hurry up and rest!" But the wait was very long, and the fog continued into the night, and we could only hope for a good weather tomorrow...... (To be continued......)