Chapter 461 Air Force
That night, Zhao Jun really wanted to steal the camp while Ye Se, but of course he was repelled by the tightly defended Qin army, leaving behind many corpses.
Night battles were difficult in the era of cold weapons, because communication problems could not be solved, unlike later radios. The night environment could not guarantee the organization of soldiers under large-scale wars, so there were few night battles. Generally, sneak attacks from small groups of troops created chaos.
The sneak attacks of small groups of troops do not even require special precautions. The Qin army's military rules alone can ensure that the army will not be attacked and caused turmoil. Almost all the generals with a little brain can feel Pang Nuan's eagerness to win.
Is this normal or abnormal? It depends on one's opinion. Is it reasonable for a veteran over 90 years old to be so impatient on the battlefield? Zhao State is in danger, and Pang Nuan is worried about Handan, so he is so impatient. Is it unreasonable?
Zhao Jun camp
Pang Nuan was seriously talking to Zhao Mo's current leader Zhang Er.
"Can that kind of continuous-haired crossbow be equipped with a full range of machine birds?"
Zhang Er shook his head. Zhao Mo's disciples had already tried their best, but, "Even if they had the materials from the Iron Blood Alliance before, the time was too short. Relying on my Mo family disciples to get enough to defeat Wang Jian's crossbow in this short time, this..."
The continuous-haired crossbow was improved by Zhao Mo's disciples after suffering a heavy loss in the battle between the Zhao army and the Yan army. A crossbow machine, combined with the mechanical birds flying at high altitude, can cause high-density killing to soldiers on the ground. It is a preliminary air force concept.
Unfortunately, Pang Nuan was given too short time, and the number of this new crossbow machine was not enough to control the situation. He was desperate to pin the hope of war on an unsized weapon.
After the first day of the fight, Pang Nuan was sure that Wang Jian was still the pragmatic general, and he would still choose a dignified tactic to kill himself with the general trend. He was unable to crack this tactic.
"If this kind of crossbow machine is to reach the number I need, how many days will you take?"
"There are more than 7,000 crossbows left now, and it will take at least half a month."
Pang Nuan thought about Wang Jian, the great enemy in front of him, and Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe were behind him. He took a deep breath and held the hilt of the sword and stared at Zhang Er, "Ten days, within ten days, if the crossbow machine is not complete, the Mo family disciples will take you as their leader and will deal with it according to military law."
"General!" Zhang Er screamed, widening his eyes and incredible.
Pang Nuan was not very mean, and his tone slowed down and warned: "You should know what the consequences would be if you can't defeat Wang Jian in this battle. Do you want to experience how Qin State treats prisoners?"
After thinking about it, he was right. Zhang Er naturally would not want to be a prisoner of the Qin people. He gritted his teeth and agreed, "Yes, General, ten days will be ten days."
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. The camp will definitely guarantee the treatment of Mo family disciples. You must be fully equipped in ten days."
"promise……"
Zhang Er led the order to retreat. Pang Nuan sat in her seat and closed her eyes, shook her head and sighed, "This is not OK, that is not OK. If you want to break Wang Jian for a while, what should you do..."
The next days are common for both sides to send troops to fight each other, observing the status of the opponent's soldiers every day, guessing the thoughts of the opponent's general, and judging the situation of the enemy and us.
Wang Jian and Chen were polite, suppressing the many generals in the military camp who were eager to win, and always disagreeing with him to take the lead in launching the decisive battle.
"Mr. Gongshu, can Zhao Jun use the mechanism birds that can be used for reconnaissance? Is there a way to solve them?"
"The mechanism bird for reconnaissance..." Gongshu Qiu stroked his rare white beard, his tone was not as arrogant as usual. "If I said I wanted to take out a battle between the mechanism bird and the Mo family, I could do it in an instant; but if I wanted to abolish the other party's eyes in the sky, I would not think of a plan for the time being."
Wang Jian did not demand harshness, "It's okay, our army's mechanism can suppress the Zhao army's vision, and we don't ask for it to completely turn the Zhao army into a blind man."
Gongshu Qiu said confidently: "In this way, general, don't worry. Within three days, the Zhao army's aerial reconnaissance will never be possible in our field of vision."
The Qin State took the Gongshu family as the core and specially established a department with research, development and production. It is completely different from the Zhao army's current relying on Mohist disciples. In order to adapt to the temporary needs of the battlefield, the Qin army's equipment production ability completely defeated the Zhao army.
After suppressing Zhao Jun's aerial vision, Wang Jian began to think in his heart whether he could use the power of the Hundred War Gods to severely damage Pang Nuan with one blow.
This is also the reason why he has been suppressing the use of the ultimate weapon. Although the Hundred War Gods Crossbow has strong power, it has no mobility and is quite time-consuming to deploy. Once a single blow cannot succeed, Pang Nuan is wary of this weapon, and it will become extremely difficult to eat all of Zhao's army.
Yes, I will eat Zhao Jun.
Some things are cruel, but this is the fact. The reason why the Warring States Period was called the Warring States Period in later generations was because the war between countries was annexation war, and the purpose was to eliminate the enemy's vitality.
Wang Jian held a huge advantage. As long as he dragged Pang Nuan, the destruction of Zhao was destined. However, with the close to 200,000 elite troops of Zhao, it is best to destroy the group with the deep hatred between Qin and Zhao.
Pang Nuan is waiting for his sufficient preparation, but Wang Jian is also waiting for an opportunity to wipe out the Zhao army in one fell swoop.
Soon, the Zhao army's mechanisms were fully prepared, and the two sides formed a formation to fight again. Wang Jian could clearly detect that the Zhao army's momentum had changed significantly.
Commanding the army as usual, he used the gradient shooting of the powerful crossbow formation to create long-range killing. Wang Jian was still confused, "What's going on? Did Pang Nuan think of a way to break through our army?"
Pang Nuan held up his sword and his eyes passed through the black and bloody sea of people. As if he saw an opponent in the same position as him, he shouted loudly: "The mechanism birds attacked, the chariots rushed forward, and the cavalry followed."
Wang Jian saw the dense brown shadows flying high into the sky in the Zhao army's rear formation, and instantly thought of a lot, "That's the mechanical birds, is it not good to have such a number--"
The mechanical crossbow is loaded like a box from later generations, with a box of thirty arrows. The mechanical bird troops are descending from a high place. The arrows are like heavy rains in the sea, washing away the Qin army formation.
The only ones in the Qin army who can attack the mechanism birds were inconvenient giant crossbows and longbowmen who rely heavily on human power, but they didn't have time to deal with the air force in front of them.
"Let our army's birds fly up, even if they hit them, they will knock them down." Wang Jian slashed hard on the railing of the chariot, staring at the thing in the sky and biting it.
The "rumble" earth shook, and the steel chariots of Zhao State began to charge. Finally, one day, the Qin people could not cope with the enemy's vanguard and had to face the ruthless steel torrent. The front army was directly defeated under such an offensive.
"Character battalion, rush up; giant crossbow and long bow continue to shoot long distances."
The Zhao army's chariot broke through the formation, the iron cavalry harvested, and the Qin army also rushed out, and the rear attacked and injured the Zhao cavalry.
If the Qin army was a little bad on the ground, then the fight in the air was simply a massacre. The Qin army had no idea of air combat in advance, but the Zhao army had experience in attacking Yan State. The Zhao army's organ bird troops, which had a mechanism crossbow, were not afraid of the Qin army's insufficient output crossbows.
The air force could not control it, and the entire battlefield situation tilted towards the Zhao army.
Chapter completed!