Along with the streams of white smoke, he could even see the sparks and bullets sprayed out from the white smoke. The bullets flying over in a swarm instantly enveloped them.

At the moment he was hit by the bullet, Lin Wei didn't feel any pain, or even anything at all. He just felt some heat when the bullet hit his body, and the blood flowed out as if he was sweating.

Then he fell down like all the injured people!

At the moment he fell, he saw some brothers who had jumped into the moat and were knocked down by the hail of bullets from around them. He could even vaguely see Jiannu operating a large and small Folan machine in the smoke and raining bullets.

As if attacking the brothers.

damn it……

When his consciousness became a little blurry, he vaguely heard a whistle, which was calling them to retreat.

The tentative attack is over.

…

"The attack was frustrated?"

When he was still fifty miles away from Gaizhou City, Zhu Guoqiang smiled after receiving the military information sent by Mei Chun.

"It seems that we have indeed underestimated Jiannu!"

"Your Majesty, judging from Meichun's report, it seems that Jiannu has a lot of firearms!"

Chen Wudi said.

"Indeed, there are quite a few. Our intelligence shows that there are now tens of thousands of craftsmen making firecrackers and casting artillery in Jiannu's iron factory."

Zhu Guoqiang sighed helplessly.

Compared with weapons such as waist knives, tiger guns, and armors, the fire blunderbuss only uses a few pieces of steel for the firing component. The largest one is probably the machine board that is half an inch wide and nearly one minute thick. According to later generations,

In other words, it is a "spring steel sheet", but unlike the spring steel used in later generations, this "u" thick steel sheet just uses the elasticity of ordinary steel sheets through the accumulation of dimensions.

As for the statement that a flintlock gun cannot be made without spring steel, it is simply an ignorant conjecture. Not only because steel itself is elastic, "What is the meaning of steelmaking, it turns into softness around the fingers" is a poem describing the process of steelmaking.

Elasticity, and the unique lock springs and folding metal springs in China are also evidence of the widespread use of elastically deformed metal springs. This so-called "metal spring" technology has long been in the streets in China, and it has actually reached the point where some people who are used to kneeling have

They said that there was no spring steel in ancient China and they could not make a flintlock gun. As for the folding metal spring in ancient times, its structure is similar to the U-shaped folding spring of a flintlock gun. They just covered their eyes and said, "I can't see, I can see."

No, the ancients couldn't have made it anyway." Co-author, only foreigners can make foreign things.

Although he had never doubted the ability of the ancients, Zhu Guoqiang was still a little surprised when the flintlock made by Jiannu was presented to him by the inner guards. He never expected that Jiannu would imitate it so quickly.

Flintlock musket. If we had known this earlier, we would have used percussion muskets for civilian use a long time ago.

After all, without the mercury flash cap, the percussion gun is just a fire stick, but the flintlock gun is different. As long as there is flint and gunpowder, it can be used. The only good thing is that the gun barrel made by the Jian slaves is far away.

It is not sophisticated, and its accuracy is not much better than that of a blunderbuss.

But, this is a firearm after all.

Perhaps the most surprising thing is that the Jiannu slaves began to use firearms in large quantities.

Bastion, firearms...

Isn’t this the Manchu Tatar?

It seems true.

The Manchu and Qing Tatars relied on blunderbuss and cannons to defeat Zhungeer.

However, historically they learned how to use blunderbuss, but now they have learned how to use flintlocks and even bastions.

The bastion is difficult to attack!

But... no matter how difficult the bastion is to attack, it will still be eliminated!

The corners of his lips raised slightly, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Order the entire army to speed up and avoid Gaizhou City."

How was the bastion eliminated?

A hundred years later, in the Napoleonic era, armies of more than 100,000 or even tens of thousands of people became more and more common. Compared with the attack and defense of fortresses, the operations of the armies of that era were similar to the march of the blitzkrieg. However, they were not against

The method of turning a blind eye to the bastion is to divide the troops at the same time to cut off the supply of the bastion. Of course, the widespread use of howitzers is also a threat to the bastion. In this case, the fixed bastion gradually withdraws from the stage of history, and it takes a few days to complete

Simple mud forts are becoming more and more common. In the Battle of Lobodino, the artillery of the slaves relied on the mud forts, causing heavy losses to the French army.

"Your Majesty, where is Gaizhou City?"

Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"I will personally lead the troops there. I want to see how difficult it is to defeat a bastion-style fortress!"

In the evening, when Zhu Guoqiang arrived at the Gaizhou front line, Su Chun and other generals from Huwei Town apologized to him, but he just smiled.

"It's just a fight, so there's nothing wrong with it. How are the casualties among the soldiers? How's their morale?"

"Hui Shizi, the general only made a tentative attack today. After being frustrated, he withdrew with only 186 casualties."

This kind of tentative attack is very common now and in the future. Especially in tough battles, when the opponent's background is unclear, tentative attack is a necessary choice to obtain battlefield intelligence.

"Well, the casualties are not that big. How is the situation in Gaizhou City now?"

"Hui Shizi, when we started, we underestimated the difficulty of the attack. Most of the defenders of Gaizhou City stayed under the earthen fort built against the city's foundation. The earthen fort was composed of logs, thick soil, and...

They built a protective wall with mud baskets on the city wall, and the soldiers all had mud baskets to protect their trenches. Unless the shells landed directly in the basket trenches, they would not cause direct damage to them..."

The best learning is war!

Jianu’s learning speed is not slow!

Having said that, if they were slow, it would probably be nothing to do with them. Smiling, Zhu Guoqiang stared at the sand table in Gaizhou City, and then fell into deep thought.

In this era of fortress attack and defense, one of the simplest siege methods is to completely concentrate the siege firepower in one place, open a passage, and then carry out a costly charge from here. Even this tactic still needs to wait.

It took decades for it to be invented. When the famous Vauban attacked a city, he first let the artillery fire grenades to kill a large number of defenders. When the parallel trenches were built, Vauban used artillery to open the gap, and then ordered the grenadiers to charge.

The fortress was captured within ten days.

In order to improve the assault power of the infantry, Vauban invented the bayonet bayonet that combines shooting and hand-to-hand combat, allowing elite troops to carry grenades, bombard the enemy with intensive firepower, and then use the bayonet to initiate hand-to-hand combat. The bayonet bayonet was invented for attacking difficult situations.

Rather than replacing the long gun.

However, both methods require a large number of casualties, ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands. This is obviously not in line with the efficient combat that Zhu Guoqiang pursues. Moreover, he is deeply influenced by modern war thinking and does not agree with it.

Unless it is necessary to attack by force, not many armies are willing to choose a head-on confrontation. Detour is the most commonly used tactic. By detouring to the rear of the enemy's fortified area, the enemy is forced to abandon the defense line and turn the offensive into a field battle. However, if the enemy

What to do if you don’t give up?

"Dig a parallel trench from the east of the city to approach the city wall, and then focus your artillery fire on the east city!"

"Your Majesty, our artillery shells are of no use at all when they hit them. They can't blow up the people inside!"

Zhu Guoqiang was not surprised by this. According to some information, when the fuze was set to "instant-fire", the crater exploded was very small. A 122mm anti-explosive grenade was set to have an instant-fire fuze.

When it explodes on medium-hard ground, the crater created is about the size of a washbasin. If you want to destroy fortification bunkers, or destroy anti-tank trenches, steep walls and other obstacles, the artillery shell fuze must be set to "delay"

At this time, the artillery shell does not explode as soon as it hits the ground. There is a short delay after impacting the ground, allowing the artillery shell to penetrate into the target and explode. At this time, a large amount of high-pressure gas generated by the explosion of the artillery charge forms a shock wave, which lifts up the soil and scatters it.

It will create a larger crater.

"That's because our artillery shells use instant fuzes!"

What is the purpose of instant fire? Of course it is to kill a large number of infantry, but counter-fortification is not his strong point!

Since it is not his strong point, then find another one that is his strong point.
Chapter completed!