When Hong Chengchou packed up and prepared to go on the road, Li Xiao had already arrived at the Zhangwu front line. In the winter, Ao Ye led a division to kill more than 2,400 Zhungeer cavalry here.

The most annoying season in Liaodong is actually not winter when dripping water turns into ice, but spring.

After the ground that had been frozen for more than five months thawed, it became extremely soft. In many places, stepping on it felt like stepping into a mud puddle. The sound of boots stepping in muddy water was very unpleasant, and the sticky soil stuck to the boots.

After a while, there will be a lot of mud. If you don't get rid of the mud, you must be prepared to carry several kilograms or even more than ten kilograms of mud.

"In such weather, the Mongolian horses can't run. Besides, the horses have experienced a winter and have lost a lot of fat. Unfortunately, we can't transport our baggage. Otherwise, this is the best season to attack Zhungar.

"Master Ao pointed to the fox wolf lingering in the distance. That place was the place where the Zhungeer cavalry was annihilated.

It is obvious that Mr. Ao is a guy who cares about killing and not burying them. These corpses have been frozen all winter, and now they are thawed and eaten by jackals and crows. It is estimated that in a few days, the corpses of these people and horses will become a pile of bones.

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"The Zhungeer tribe is testing! For Baturhun, the loss of more than two thousand cavalry is not unacceptable. How about our casualties?" Li Xiao just glanced at the crow in the distance and lost his way.

Interested in moving forward.

"Our casualties are very small. Two of them died because of colds. Most of the injured were frostbite, and only two of them had sprained feet." Speaking of the casualties, Mr. Ao looked proud. He had never heard this before.

I have said that I killed more than 2,000 enemies and suffered such small losses.

"So small?" Li Xiao also believed that this kind of casualty ratio was too disparate. You must know that the opposite side was the famous Mongolian cavalry.

"The rate of fire of the new fast gun is very good. Five bullets are pressed and one shot is fired once the bolt is pulled. The accuracy is also guaranteed. The firepower of one company now can be compared to the three companies of the past. Not to mention, we still have forced

Cannon fire.

The enemy cavalry was brought closer to fight, and the mortars cut off their charge formation. The first division now has more than two hundred mortars, and when concentrated, they can create a wall of fire. No matter who gets close, they will be torn into pieces.

Fragments. Unless they grow wings and fly over!" Mr. Ao proudly showed off to Li Xiao.

"You bring the Mongolian cavalry closer to fight. What if they rush into your army formation due to their speed?"

"Let these cavalrymen come here and they will be our live targets. The bastards have learned well and they don't hit anyone, they only shoot horses. The Mongolian soldiers who are more than a hundred meters away are charging on the back of the horse. They are so small and difficult to hit.

The horse's goal is big, and every hit is accurate.

This bullet is very powerful. No matter how strong a war horse is, it can be knocked down with one shot if it is hit on the head or chest. When I just finished shooting, I looked and saw that the hole in the front of the horse's head was only as thick as a finger, and it was enough to penetrate the back.

It is as big as the mouth of a bowl. No matter how hard the bone is, it will be broken into slag.

Those who were lucky enough to rush within 50 meters were all blown up by grenades. One horse rushed within 20 meters before falling. I had someone check it and found that there were more than a hundred shrapnels of various sizes embedded in its body.

It was full of holes, and the people on horseback were hit by more than a dozen pieces of shrapnel, and they would have died a long time ago.

The high-speed galloping war horses were knocked down, and the people on them were not well. Either their necks were broken or their legs were broken. At the end of the first day of fighting, the wounded Mongolian soldiers howled on the ground for a long time, and until midnight

They all froze to death." Master Ao swallowed, remembering the battle on the edge of the Hun River more than ten years ago.

Li Xiao nodded. The power of dum bombs should not be underestimated. There are no international conventions in these days. A twelve-millimeter dum bomb can kill even a lion with one shot.

"Zhao Shizhen is tinkering with a continuous-fire machine gun that can fire more than two hundred rounds a minute. Unfortunately, he just can't find suitable materials to make the barrel. The barrel has to be replaced after firing hundreds of rounds. It is not practical on the battlefield.

Sex. I heard that there are tungsten mines in the northwest, and we have sent people to look for them. If we find the tungsten mines and make alloys, we can probably use them for repeating guns.

By that time, cavalry will no longer be a problem. With a dozen machine guns arrayed out, you won’t be afraid of tens of thousands of cavalry charging.”

"It's as if you didn't say it before. The guys now are very good. The things they tinker with in the future will become more and more awesome. Look at it now. Is it still necessary to wear a saber? I think it even has a bayonet.

It can all be saved.”

"The bayonet still needs to be matched, and the bayonet must be continued to be practiced. Although there is no chance of hand-to-hand combat now, hand-to-hand combat is an infantry's special skill, and it must not be thrown away." Ao Ye's idea is very dangerous. Bayonets are in the hands of infantrymen.

The last resort.

"Okay! Just like the old scholars, you can't learn well from those old guys like Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan."

"Because of the Geritu incident?" Li Xiao shook his head helplessly. He didn't want to do this either. But this is a dispute between countries, not a personal loyalty between buddies.

"Laoge was beaten very badly, and many of his tribesmen were killed. I don't understand why Zhungar and Khalkha were Mongols, so they were so ruthless. When we were fighting in Liaodong, Laoge

There is no shortage of help. Now that people are in trouble, it is nothing for us to do this. After a while, Master Man came, also full of resentment.

Don’t say I didn’t remind you!”

"That's why I'm here. I'm going to transfer Mr. Man to Shanxi. Cross Yanmen Pass from Shanxi to the north and fight with the Zhungeer cavalry. Drive the Zhungeer cavalry at least two hundred miles north and give it to Geri.

Try to create a space where you can move. After all, he has more than 20,000 people under his command, so he cannot always stay at the foot of the Great Wall."

"Why don't you fight in Zhangwu? I can still be a backup for Mr. Man."

"Zhangwu? There are more than 2,000 corpses over there that haven't been eaten yet. Do you think the Mongols are stupid? Are you going to deploy heavy troops here? The Mongols are also collecting firearms. That bastard Dorgon used firearms in Ili.

The battalion specializes in manufacturing muskets and artillery. Geritu suffered a loss at first, not only because of the surprise attack, but the most important reason was that the Zhungeer cavalry used grenades.

When the two armies were forty or fifty meters away, a round of grenades was thrown out. Geritu's men were killed and injured!"

"What the hell, why did you let him run away in the first place?" Ao Canghai cursed bitterly.

"The imperial court has finally negotiated the equipment for Geritu! One thousand revolvers, fifty mortars, three thousand old-fashioned muskets, and a batch of grenades. You and Lao Ge are familiar with each other. Send some people there.

Teach them how to use it.”
Chapter completed!