Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 385 When a Cossack Meets a Gas Bomb

The death of the Massak cavalry nobleman Batroskif was finally known to the Cossack cavalry who came all the way to Eastern Siberia.

Unsurprisingly, Bartroskif's death made them feel very angry. They clamored to kill all the Han Chinese and let Da Ming learn the most painful lesson.

But what they didn't expect was that Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Daming Temple Street, had already let the third cavalry brigade of the first army of the imperial guards launch an attack on these Cossack cavalry first.

Mao Wenlong's Cossack cavalry was powerful in combat, and he also knew that the current strength of his Ming army in Temple Street and the Outer Xing'an Mountains was not enough to match this powerful cavalry that had swept across Eurasia.

But since I shot Batloskiv, one of the leaders of the Massak cavalry, because I insisted on adhering to the principles of the Ming soldiers and winning the hearts of the entire Ming people, and my Ming army had to fight the Cossack cavalry, then I Why wait for this Cossack cavalry to beat yourself. ,

Since there is going to be a battle, let's make a pre-emptive strike and seize the opportunity, and we can't lose the wind before the battle.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong, as the commander-in-chief, immediately organized troops and formed a militia team to gather a large number of people in Longshanwei and Temple Street. At the same time, he asked Zhu Guozheng to lead the only motorized cavalry in Ming Dynasty, that is, the cavalry of the imperial guards. The third brigade first rushed to East Siberia to harass the Cossack cavalry, trying to slow down the advancing speed of the Cossack cavalry, and at the same time, it also gave Mao Wenlong more time to further strengthen the walls and clear the field and consolidate the city defense.

It is almost October now, and there is already snow in Eastern Siberia, and the temperature is extremely low, almost to the point where it turns into ice.

For the Cossack cavalry who fought in this cold environment all year round, it was nothing. Their fat thickness was stronger than that of the Ming army who grew up with fine grains instead of a lot of meat.

Therefore, the cold was nothing to them. In addition to this kind of snow field, even at night, the vision was excellent, and they were not afraid of being attacked, so they would not think that other cavalry would dare to attack them.

They didn't even think that other cavalry dared to go deep into this extremely cold place at this time, so they didn't care about defense, and the word defense didn't even occur in their consciousness.

They are the most ferocious pack of wolves on the Siberian Plain. They are offensive wolves and have no reason to defend.

But now it is the imperial guards who want to attack them!
But these Cossack cavalry still think that the Ming army is waiting for them to fight. This is the European army. No matter how strong the combat effectiveness is and how advanced the weapons are, the tactics are always not so flexible. , Battles with a scale of 10 people have been experienced countless times, and there are countless examples of winning many battles with less that have been written into the textbooks. For the Chinese Empire, which has formed a knowledge because of this, soldiers will never tire of cheating. ,

Soldiers who, deception also!
Now, Mao Wenlong and Zhu Guozheng, two not so powerful generals in Chinese history, will teach these arrogant European reckless men a lesson!
Although it is extremely cold in this area now, the imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty, especially the third brigade, have received cold-resistant training in these areas, and they are wearing cold-proof uniforms specially made by the Royal Weaving Bureau. Even the horses have experienced severe cold training , and now they are also covered with lightweight but extremely airtight wraps, which can easily increase warmth.

Moreover, whether it is a man or a horse, they all wear special anti-skid shoes. These anti-skid shoes can be disassembled and can be turned into sleds at any time. Anti-skid chains are also added to the weapons and baggage carriages.

Zhu Guozheng, who is the third cavalry brigade of the imperial guards, didn't care about picking out the ice slag pasted on his beard at this time. With a white breath, he took advantage of the reflection of the snow on the starry night to watch the group of drinkers in front of him earnestly. The Cossack cavalry who sipped their spirits and held up their wolf legs were watching the wind direction.

After confirming that the wind direction had turned to the Cossack cavalry, Zhu Guozheng immediately waved his hand: "Launch!"

Because Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty was born in medicine, and the foundation of medicine is biology and chemistry, so now the field of scientific research in Ming Dynasty is developing the fastest is biochemistry, because for biochemistry, Zhu Youxiao not only provides information and theoretical explanations.

Therefore, now the Ming army likes to give the enemy a biochemical meeting gift every time they start a battle, especially after the battle of conquering the Horqin and Khalkha tribes, this method has been tried and tested.

Of course, the best way to use biochemical weapons is to directly release virulent viruses, such as plague virus and Vibrio cholerae, which can kill tens of millions at a time.

And Zhu Youxiao is also good at this. His doctoral direction is infectious and virology.

But now in Daming, Zhu Youxiao still dare not play this, nor can he play this. Once this virus is not properly protected or leaked in the laboratory, it will cause a biochemical catastrophe that no dynasty can resist.

Virus ravages cannot be solved by building dams to relieve famine.

Therefore, the army of Ming Dynasty can only play with basic biochemical weapons, that is, to release some very irritating smells or toxic gases to the enemy first, so that the enemy will feel like dying for a while, and when they have no combat effectiveness or their combat effectiveness is severely reduced Launching an attack will often result in twice the result with half the effort, and in this case, let alone your Cossacks are not much taller than the Ming army that has not had genetic decline due to sweet potatoes and potatoes for hundreds of years, even if it is really several times taller, He will also be slaughtered at will like a fat pig!
Of course, here, the production, transportation, storage, and release of poisonous gas are all difficult problems, especially the release. Once the wind direction is wrong, it is easy to let the poisonous gas drift to your camp. Does it cause the enemy to fall asleep and make yourself fall asleep? Drowsiness has the opposite effect.

In addition, because the production of many poisonous gases is extremely dangerous and it is difficult to produce high-concentration pure hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen chloride with the highest lethality, the Ming army is equipped with very few such weapons. Not even a conventional weapon.

Even in the Praetorian Guard, only brigades and above have such a weapon configuration, and a battalion-level unit of professional and technical personnel is responsible for the brigade's poison gas transportation, storage and release.

If it weren't for the fact that this poisonous gas is not considered a conventional weapon, Mao Wenlong would not have to spend a lot of time negotiating with the Cossack cavalry first, because as long as there is poisonous gas, it can be released on a large scale, plus more advanced muskets and artillery. The Cossack cavalry, even the Mongolian iron hooves in its heyday, could not resist.

However, now the Royal Academy of Engineering has made great improvements in the delivery process of hydrogen sulfide gas bombs. At least there is no need to use dead men to rush in with gas bags, just like suicide attacks, and there is no need for airdrops. It is easy to cause the effect of poison gas to be greatly reduced, and it is only effective for the high-density formation formed when large-scale cavalry sprints and kills.

Now, the poison gas bomb research group of the Royal Academy of Engineering has used the principle of warm reaction of dilute sulfuric acid and ferrous sulfide to combine with the artillery bomb research group to create this reaction system with sulfuric acid and ferrous sulfide as the main components after half a year of research. Sulfuric acid will release heat under the dilution of water and thus promote the rapid reaction of ferrous sulfate and dilute sulfuric acid to produce a large amount of hydrogen sulfide gas.

But now Daming's technology is not so powerful, and sometimes dilute hydrochloric acid is mixed in, but fortunately, the hydrogen chloride gas produced is still extremely irritating.

Using the principle of the sky cannon, after a few bangs, countless poisonous gas bombs fell on the Cossack cavalry battalion in a parabolic manner. For this kind of thing that carried sparks but did not explode, it fell on the ground and sprayed air , they didn't know what it was and didn't raise alarm.

Some Cossack cavalrymen even picked up the beautiful looking shell casings curiously, but because of this, they inhaled a large amount of poisonous gas in an instant and dared to feel dizzy. .

There were also some Cossack cavalry who realized that the evil spirit cast by the Ming army was at work a few days ago, and hurriedly drew their swords and straddled their horses to fight, but found that they were too weak to even mount their horses.

And the horse had no strength, wept, and finally fell to the ground.

"Attack!"

Suddenly, the wind changed and the poisonous gas was almost blown away, and when most of the Cossack cavalry were still unconscious or unconscious, the two battalions of the third cavalry brigade of the Praetorian Guards came from the left and right flanks, and they did not lose consciousness. Instead of shooting with muskets, rushing in, picking up a knife and chopping, like chopping melons and vegetables, you can chop as many as you can, and cause as many casualties as possible to the Cossack cavalry before being discovered and surrounded by most of the other Cossack cavalry. Their purpose of not using firearms is also to save ammunition, not to mention that in this extremely cold, especially at night, it is more convenient to use guns than to use knives.

Jiao Lian also followed Zhu Guozheng to East Siberia, and this time he was holding a bloody knife and slashing at the head of a Cossack cavalryman.

This Cossack cavalryman was very depressed. In his opinion, even before him, such a short man could kill four or five at a time, but now he doesn't know what kind of magic the Ming army used to make him weak. His body was so soft that he had no strength at all, so that he could only watch the cold blade slashing towards his neck, and he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth to get around.

This is only part of the main force of the Cossack cavalry that went to East Siberia this time. In addition, it was night and when the defense was not strict, the third brigade of the cavalry of the Janissary was able to successfully attack. If it was daytime, Or the Cossack cavalry can have a little vigilance, but the third brigade of the Praetorian Guard cavalry will not be so easy.

Anyway, the initiative of the third cavalry brigade of the Imperial Guards did cause great trouble to the Cossack cavalry clamoring to bloodbath Daming Temple Street. The stupid Cossack cavalry also began to have to pay attention to their Ming army, and they had to take the Ming army seriously as their strong enemy. Instantly become an idiot-like sorcery.

"What kind of people are in that empire called Daming? They are all devils, and they can use such strange magic tricks. If they are caught, they should be burned to death!"

Looking at the countless headsless corpses of Cossack compatriots scattered on the boundless snow field and the blood scabs that had condensed into lumps and glistened under the sunlight, Oknido, the supreme commander of the Cossack cavalry, couldn't help but fell into deep thought. He who had earlier been furious over the death of his brother Bartroskif and vowed to kill all Ming Empire people now had to admit that the empire from the south was a strange country, and it didn't seem to be easy to mess with.

However, no matter how easy it is to provoke or not, Oknido feels that he must provoke them. Although these Ming troops are not simple, as Cossack cavalry fighters, they should not be afraid of any enemy.

While Orknido ordered the ministries to strengthen their security and not allow them to leave the main force at will, they also began to learn how to send sentry cavalry to inquire further afield. Because the shock of these elusive Ming troops is too great for him now, he has to be careful, lest he encounter even more peculiar surreal elements when the time comes.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong was able to carry out a strategic transfer here calmly, and almost all the important materials and production workshops were moved to Temple Street by him, because Temple Street is an island surrounded by the sea, and it is an important place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is very difficult for the navy to occupy Temple Street.

By the time the main force of the Cossack cavalry in Orknido arrived at the first market town built by Ming Dynasty, the market town had already been deserted, and there was not even a single house left for the Cossack cavalry.

The frugal and frugal Ming people were very active in making decisions for the people of Ming Dynasty, so they cooperated with the army's policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, and did not leave a single piece of firewood, a brick or a tile to these Cossack cavalry.

As a result, I planned to enter these market towns to plunder and make up for the hunger and fatigue caused by the hundreds of miles of marching. At this time, I had to find food by myself, find firewood to keep warm, and build temporary houses for rest.

In this kind of weather, no one dared to spend the night outside casually. The temperature difference between day and night was too great. Sleeping outside might directly freeze to death. Even on the march, they had to carry firewood with them at all times.

But the Cossack cavalry did not have this awareness, because their logistics has always been based on grassroots farmers, but now without farmers, they can only rely on themselves.

Moreover, the third cavalry brigade of the Praetorian Guards is still harassing them, which makes these Cossack cavalry very tired now. Be careful of the enemy's sneak attack at night, and have to look for food during the day. When there were no strong cities in the Outer Xing'an Mountains where the people had relocated, many even hard-core Cossack cavalry were so tired that they sat directly on the ground, as if they wanted to rest for a while before attacking the city.

However, the Ming army had already made full preparations. In order to keep Longshanwei and Temple Street, the two business centers that had been managed with great difficulty, Mao Wenlong ordered all the meat to be supplied to the army soldiers, and at the same time recruited a large number of militiamen. , and carried out training quickly, so that in a short period of time, the number of soldiers in the entire Outer Xing'an Mountains and Temple Street has increased to nearly [-], although most of them are militiamen who have not killed anyone.

But at any rate, it can be considered that Daming's greatest national power here has been unearthed.

(End of this chapter)