Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

Whenever the Qing army encountered a tough enemy, they would often use such things. As early as the Battle of Hunhe, "the Khan went to observe and saw 20,000 infantrymen one mile north of the Hunhe River, divided into two battalions. He ordered the soldiers of the four flags on the right wing to take cotton armor and shield carts and slowly attack the soldiers of the two battalions."

In the Battle of Hunhe, the Later Jin army fought against the White Spear Army and the Qi Family Army. The four flags on the right wing attacked without waiting for the "shield carts" to arrive, and as a result, both the cavalry and the infantry suffered heavy losses.

After the battle, Nurhaci issued a special order: "If you encounter an enemy without a shield car, do not go to battle. The guards of Borjin were once convicted for not carrying a shield car and fighting in two places!"

Later, in the battle in which Nurhaci captured Shenyang, the Eight Banners Army not only used shield carts in the siege, but also made extensive use of them in the field battle with Chen Ce's Ming army that came to support Shenyang, carrying out the spirit of Dai Ying to the end and using them as long as they were useful.

After the Manchus came into control of the Central Plains, they naturally put away their bows when the birds were gone, which fully reflected their poor-situation-of-poor-suddenly-rich mentality. They treated the shield chariots as military secrets and tried their best to erase from historical records the shield chariots that had left a deep mark in the Ming and Qing wars.

For example, in the revised "History of Ming Dynasty", the role of chariots was strongly belittled, and the chariots of the Ming Dynasty were evaluated as "never facing the enemy" and "never used in battle".

There are also books such as "Manchurian Veritable Records", in which the records of the use of chariots have been deleted and revised several times, making it difficult for people in later generations to find records of the Manchu army using shield carts, in order to prevent people from discovering the secret. It can be said that they were strictly guarded against, preventing future generations from knowing what this thing was used for.

Seeing these things starting to appear in the Qing army camp to block the pursuit of the volunteers, M4 couldn't help laughing: "Let AGS come over and throw these ridiculous wooden lumps into the fire!"

"Yes, sir!"

Three lolita quickly approached the battlefield, one carrying the main launcher, one carrying ammunition, and one holding an observation device. They quickly came to the target position. The launcher loli immediately began to adjust the angle of the launch port according to the instructions of the observer, and then the loader installed the drum magazine on the launcher.

"Target detected, scale adjusted, ready to fire!"

With the powerful kinetic energy of the launch, the muzzle of the AGS began to swing rapidly, even creating an illusion. A series of dull sounds announced the coming of death to the Qing army.

The whistling grenade landed in front of the shield cart, and the violent explosion tore open the outer shell of the shield cart like tearing cloth. The shield cart, which seemed extremely solid to the Qing army, exploded in an instant like a balloon.

The AGS grenade itself is used to kill personnel and is not very effective against armored targets. The problem is that this shield car is not an armored target. It is just a thick layer of wood on the outside, plus two layers of cotton, which are used to absorb impact and defend against light weapons such as bows and arrows, three-barreled guns, muskets, and tiger squat cannons. However, once it encounters a cannon with a weight of more than three pounds, it will be completely useless.

Such defense is nothing compared to an AGS armored unit. If one shot can't break you, two shots will be enough to tear you into pieces.

Even at a distance of four or five hundred steps, Duoduo could still feel the huge roar and the shaking of the earth in the Qing army's formation, and he couldn't help but feel a little pale.

This was the first time he had seen such a fierce bombardment in his life, and it was also the first time for all the Qing soldiers to see it. The American Superman M2HB before was enough to make people feel terrified. The terrifying suppressing force that turned everything in front of them into meat sauce made every Qing soldier lose the courage to attack the city again. But now, the AGS grenade directly overturned everything that had happened before.

It was no longer a flying iron ball, but an extremely fierce bomb. The moment it hit the ground, it exploded on the spot, and the area of ​​more than ten meters around it instantly turned into a sea of ​​blood.

The Qing soldiers hiding behind the shield carts all had pale faces, dull eyes, and were terrified. Many of them were stunned by the explosion and huddled together tightly, fearing that they would be hit by shrapnel flying from nowhere and lose half of their bodies, because in front of them, the wounded Qing soldiers were wailing one after another, which was extremely miserable.

Some Qing soldiers fell to the ground, their bodies covered with flesh and blood stuck to mud. One of the ugly Qing soldiers had his lower body shot off. He did not die immediately, and only stopped after uttering a few heart-wrenching howls.

"How could this happen? How could this happen!!!"

Even Jirgalang had never expected that the enemy army had such a fierce artillery. You didn't take it out at the beginning of the fight, and you didn't take it out in the middle of the fight. And you took it out at the end? I'm really impressed, you old man, really!

Jiang Han said that he didn't want to take the blame. Who was going to use the King Bomb first in Landlord? Then everyone had to use it slowly. This was just the beginning. He still had two Jupiter Cannons that he hadn't used yet.

The situation had been decided. Jiang Han finally let out a long sigh and spoke to Chuntian beside him.

"Notify everyone to stop the pursuit after five miles, collect the bodies of our comrades, clean up the battlefield, and take the survivors to the prisoner-of-war camp to dig ditches! Also, inform the printing house that the court bulletin can be printed and distributed. Tell the people of the city that we won this first battle!!"

Volume 336: Chapter Chapter : Rifled Gun

The battle is over, but there is no less to do than during the war.

"Take the shield vehicle out, collect the bodies of your comrades, and count the enemies. Those that are dead in pieces can be counted. The key is to gather your own comrades. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Take all the seriously injured to the wounded camp! The lightly injured follow behind, and those who can move, lend a hand! The rest are all here! Gather! Form a team and return to the camp for repairs!"

The volunteers were cleaning up the battlefield in an orderly manner and gathering the wounded. Many medical soldiers on the battlefield were already busy with stretchers, splints, and other emergency items in the post-war chaos.

At the same time, many former prisoners of war were also brought in to clear trenches, fill breaches, and repair areas damaged by the Qing army.

The bastion itself does not need to be repaired at all. The outer layer of the bastion is cast with cement. When the Qing army's 6-8 pound cannon hit it, there will only be a layer of white marks. After being deflected, at most a scratch will be left, and there will be no way to repair it. The Qing army did not know this.

This battle was won with great difficulty. The huge difference in numbers put the volunteers under great pressure, and the consumption of supplies was also a very large number. But at the same time, they were able to earn back some money by searching the corpses.

"Everyone has worked hard, please go back to the city and rest."

Jiang Han immediately came to the front to greet these heroes who returned triumphantly: "You fought very well!"

"Everything for China!"

Many soldiers were exhausted after the battle, but after seeing Jiang Han, they still stood up and shouted the standard slogan of the Volunteer Army:

Only after these soldiers marched away from him did Jiang Han have time to care about his wives.

"Why don't I see M16?"

416 shrugged and said, "She went to pull the SOP. You know the state of the SOP. We can't pull her back by ourselves. After discussing it, we can only let her go. But I don't know why she seems to be very resistant."

Jiang Han was silent. My goodness, even if you come to another world, you can’t escape the fate of dragging corpses? Thank you, Brother 16!

"Anyway, everyone has worked hard. Let's go back to the base first and do some basic maintenance. We will be of use to you later. Take a good rest."

"I got it~~"

The large-scale battle outside had already covered these humanoids in mud. It was time for some maintenance. As they were walking, M4 seemed to remember something: "Oh, Commander, there is something I want to tell you."

At the Volunteer Army's base, a soldier had just cleaned his body and was wiping his gun carefully. He had just been fighting on the battlefield, and his body was already covered with blood, mud, smoke, gunpowder and other miscellaneous things. His clothes were taken to the logistics department for washing. They had just come out of the bathhouse, and the water in the bathhouse was like mud after they washed once, so they changed to another bath.

After washing yourself, you have to maintain your gun. When they just joined the army, the squad leader taught them that they should treat their guns as carefully as they would treat their wives. If you are careless with it, it will definitely be careless with you. On the battlefield, this is your life!

There was a lot of mud on his walls from the previous battles, and now he had to wipe them clean carefully one by one, and also clean out the gunpowder residue in the barrel. While he was working, the squad leader walked into his tent.

"Tao Fang, come out for a moment"

"It's the squad leader!"

He quickly put down his gun and followed the squad leader out of the tent. He did not ask what was going on. A soldier's duty was to obey orders, and asking questions would only bring trouble to himself.

Just as he was following the squad leader with full of curiosity, wondering what was going on, the squad leader had already stopped in front and saluted the newcomer: "Sir, the person has been brought here."

Jiang Han smiled slightly and returned the greeting: "At ease, I just want to chat with this soldier. Don't worry, it's a good thing."

Seeing the uneasiness in the squad leader's heart, Jiang Han opened his mouth to explain, which made the squad leader look relieved. To be honest, when he heard that the gentleman wanted to meet his soldiers, he was really afraid that this little ancestor had committed some crime and was caught, and that a figure like the gentleman would be alerted to deal with it. His heart almost jumped out of his chest on the way here.

"What's your name, little warrior?"

"Sir, my name is Zhang Taofang! I am sixteen years old and live in Dahe Village, Xinghua. I am a rooster. Besides me, there are also..."

The shock of seeing "Sir" for the first time made young Zhang Taofang's blood boil. "Sir", this name was like a legend to ordinary soldiers like them. Such a legendary figure actually stood in front of him and asked his name, which made him so nervous that he was a little incoherent.

The squad leader next to him had already started to scratch the floor with his toes. He asked him to introduce his name, but he didn't dare to speak. He could only stand aside and worry.

After saying this, Zhang Taofang felt a little overwhelmed. What on earth was he talking about? A huge regret surged in his heart. He had messed up everything.

"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay, don't be nervous, Xinghua is great, a good place, you're fighting here, is everything going well at home?"

Contrary to his expectations, the gentleman didn't seem to care about his naive behavior. Instead, he asked about his family situation in a very friendly manner.

"Sir, everything has been arranged long ago. The family has been allocated land and livestock. We can take care of my mother and wife. The government has also provided us with food, so we don't have to worry about food and drink. Now, I want to join the army and fight in the war to serve the country well."

"Okay, very good, very energetic. The reason I came here this time was mainly because I heard from my soldiers that they encountered a sharpshooter. I happened to be doing business nearby, so I decided to come and take a look."

After a brief greeting, Jiang Han went straight to the point and stated his purpose right away. Hearing this, the squad leader finally felt relieved.

"So that's what it is. Sir, you've found the right person. This guy is the most accurate in our platoon. Whenever we count the military merits after a battle, he always gets the most."

"Really?" Jiang Han looked at the young man who was a little shy because of the compliment: "Can you show it to me?"

"Of course, of course! Coming now?"

"There's a shooting range behind the camp, let's go there."

After giving two simple instructions, Jiang Han turned around and nodded to M4, and the group prepared to move to the shooting range.

At this time, Zhang Taofang himself hesitated: "Sir, that..."

"what happened?"

"My gun just finished a battle and has not been repaired yet..." Zhang Taofang felt a little embarrassed.

"Ah, that's okay, there's a special gun waiting for you over there"

Yes, this time he came to find the other party not just to see who was the sharpshooter in the army. Jiang Han’s real purpose was to use this sharpshooter to test the newly upgraded firearms.

The Volunteer Army's weapons upgrade plan has been implemented. After Jiang Han invested a lot of money in it, these talented craftsmen naturally brought Jiang Han one surprise after another.

Again, these ancients were not stupid, it’s just that later generations live in an era of information explosion. In comparison, the information the ancients received was too little.

Hearing the gentleman say that he had prepared a gun for him, Zhang Taofang felt relieved, and the group soon arrived at the shooting range behind the military camp.

"Sir, you are here"

A group of craftsmen in the research institute have been waiting here for a long time with their finished products, waiting for Jiang Han to bring people over to test them. Now is the time to verify their research results, and everyone is very nervous.

"Well, I brought a sharpshooter from the army to assist with your testing. Show us your research results and let us see how they work."

"Okay sir"

Several craftsmen took out a very long gun from a large box. It was made of wood and had a smooth shape. There was even a very long scope on top of the gun.

Rifles, or rifled guns, are what the Yangzhou Arsenal has been developing these days. Italy had spiral rifling guns as early as 1476. The spiral rifling can make the projectile rotate steadily in the air, improving the shooting accuracy and range. "Rifle" in English is "rifle", which is transliterated as "laifu", so rifled guns are also called "laifu".

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This type of firearm was not put into large-scale service until Denmark in the 17th century. Due to its high cost, many countries were not willing to use it.

But Jiang Han knew that this was the future, just like the internal combustion engine to transportation, it was an inevitable innovation and replacement. The cost was high now because the technology was immature, but if one felt that the rifle was not cost-effective because of this, it would be like trying to stop the wheel of history with a mantis arm, which would surely be crushed.

The shooting progress of this rifled firearm far exceeds that of the currently widely used smoothbore guns. Inspired by Jiang Han, the craftsmen of the arsenal made another improvement. The straight rifling was changed into a spiral shape, which could make the long lead bullet rotate when fired, and the flight was stable after leaving the barrel, which improved the shooting accuracy and increased the range.

The rifling can be said to be the soul of the gun barrel. The purpose of the rifling is to give the bullet the ability to rotate so that the bullet can still maintain its intended direction after leaving the barrel. Although there are records of the use of rifling in the 15th century, it was not popularized until the 18th century due to the difficulty of the manufacturing process.

This is the future that Jiang Han is prepared to see. The cost of this gun is now dozens of taels of silver, almost catching up with the cost of a three-barreled gun in the Ming Dynasty. But there is no way around it. This is the process that must be experienced when the technology is just beginning. The high cost also determines that this type of gun is simply impossible to be equipped on a large scale during this period. It can only be equipped to a small number of soldiers. M4's words also made Jiang Han think of the formation of a sniper force.

"Sir, this is..."

After seeing this strange-looking gun, Zhang Taofang's face showed some surprise. It was the first time he had seen such a gun.

"You've never seen it before? This is a secret weapon that the arsenal just made. You are the first person to use it. Come, get familiar with it and let us see what you can do."

Jiang Han handed the gun to Zhang Taofang, asking him to feel the charm of this piece of gold.

To be honest, when Zhang Taofang saw the gun for the first time, he felt a surge of love for it from the bottom of his heart. If the person standing in front of him was not Jiang Han, he would have asked him to touch it a long time ago. But now the gentleman directly stuffed the thing into his hand.

This sudden happiness made him feel a little dizzy. He held the rifle in his hand, turning it over and over to observe it. First, he looked at the weight. The gun with a full wooden structure was not light, but it was still within an acceptable range. After making a shooting action, it was not too heavy to affect the aiming. At this moment, Zhang Taofang noticed the long sight in front of him.

He opened one eye and looked over slowly, and found that something in the distance suddenly enlarged in front of his eyes, which scared him, but soon, joy and reluctance to let go were written all over his face.

"Sir, this gun, this gun is simply amazing!"

It is actually possible to do this. Put the telescope on the gun, and the enemy you see through the telescope will be clearer, and it will be much clearer when you aim!

"You like it, right? I'll let you touch me many times in the future. Why don't you try and cum once?"

"Yes!"

After struggling for a long time, Zhang Taofang finally figured out how to load bullets into the new gun. He raised the gun in his hand and aimed it at the target not far away.

"Let's try a 50-meter target first to see the effect. Are you ready, young man?"

"Ready sir!"

In the sight, the target that used to have only a black outline in the distance now appeared extremely clear. This unprecedented design experience made Zhang Taofang's mouth curl up continuously.

"Fire!"

"Bang!" An extremely dull sound was heard, and gunfire spewed out from the muzzle of the gun. When the smoke dispersed, everyone went to check the condition of the target, but the situation they received was very surprising.

"Off....off target?"

"how come???"

Not only was Jiang Han surprised, the squad leader and Zhang Taofang himself were also surprised. Zhang Taofang even shouted out loud: "Impossible!!"

"What's impossible! Zhang Taofang! Pay attention to discipline!"

The squad leader immediately scolded Zhang Taofang. This was also a disguised form of protection. He was afraid that if he did not criticize, Jiang Han would speak up, which would cause big problems.

"Yes...but...how is that possible? I aimed steadily."

Zhang Taofang was so anxious that he was about to cry. This was his chance to show off in front of his teacher. He had aimed so accurately, how could this happen?

"It's okay, don't worry, don't worry..."

M4 next to him said calmly: "I think I know what's going on."

Volume 337: Chapter Chapter : The So-called Rescue

"Give me the gun"