Chapter 1349 Close the door and beat the dog (seeking a monthly ticket)
“The copper-cased custom-loaded ammunition is too expensive~!”
Lord Lorraine looked at the golden bullet casings on the ground under the steps, and then did some calculations. Suddenly, he felt a dull knife cutting flesh in his heart.
Although Nai'an has now embarked on the road to large-scale industrial production, it has just started, and the efficiency of industrial production is not high. Moreover, there are many things in the middle, which is extremely troublesome.
Taking copper-cased fixed-loading ammunition as an example, its production efficiency is not high.
It only realizes machine shell making. All aspects such as bullet charging and warhead installation still require manual operations.
Moreover, due to the low quality of the personnel, mistakes are often made when making them.
Even after Sir Alex used the 'assembly line operation' and the 'deduction of wages and bonuses', two of the most invincible weapons of capitalists, he still had to tolerate a defective rate of almost six out of a thousand bullets.
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Not to mention, due to the failure of the inspection personnel, many defective bullets flowed directly into the military camps.
Therefore, in the main camp of the Eagle Division, you can often see soldiers sitting in a group, sullenly picking out all kinds of unqualified ammunition from a large pile of bullets.
They worked hard and never complained. First, it was because Sir Luo had stipulated that every twenty unqualified bullets picked out could be exchanged for one copper plate.
The second reason is because those soldiers also clearly know the importance of bullets to their lives. During wartime, if an unqualified bullet is loaded in the barrel of the gun, it is likely to kill them——
When it comes to one's own life, except for crazy people, no one does not take it seriously.
Of course, as a very conscientious capitalist, after discovering the enthusiasm of the soldiers, Sir Alex immediately raised the original standard to one copper plate for every thirty unqualified bullets.
Under the influence of these circumstances, you can imagine how outrageous the cost of a qualified bullet would be.
However, these machine gunners are all just selling their land. They have no idea of saving money for Lord Lorraine.
In fact, their training requires them to fire as many bullets as possible without jamming.
In Lord Luo's plan, the main purpose of machine guns is not to deal with infantry, but to deal with the most powerful force of this era - cavalry.
Only by scattering as many bullets as possible in the shortest possible time can they stop their charge and drive these "kings of the medieval battlefield" out of the historical stage of war.
At this time, all the Semitic troops on the street had turned around and fled, and the enemies in front of the Temple of Light were basically eliminated.
Seeing this situation, the machine gun team quickly pulled up their weapons and moved to the next position.
Although the hand-operated Gatling gun is heavy, the two huge iron wheels mounted on both sides make it move extremely flexibly. It only takes two people to tow it away easily.
Behind the machine gun, two other people were also towing a small car of the same size, which was filled with supply ammunition so that the machine gun could have powerful continuous firepower.
The machine gun cannot fire during the transfer process. Therefore, the situation is quite dangerous. Other soldiers must provide protection.
Therefore, the Eagle Division soldiers who were ambushing in the houses on both sides of the street immediately rushed out of their bunker and appeared on the street. They held weapons to cover the members of the machine gun squad and quickly rushed to the next battlefield.
The Semitic vanguard army that rushed into the city of Fantino was like a group of rats in a burning house, running around mindlessly and running wildly along the streets.
At this moment, they seemed to be in a death hell.
Behind you are the rapid sounds of machine gunfire like hail falling to the ground. A gap will suddenly appear in the walls of the buildings on both sides, and then, several iron pipes spitting flames will protrude from it.
On the rooftops on both sides of the street were human soldiers dressed in black.
They held rifles in their hands and fired condescendingly at the Semitic soldiers on the street.
Deadly metal pellets were flying in the streets, among the Semitic soldiers.
Every moment, someone was suddenly shot, with a horrific wound exploding on their body. They died immediately, or fell down screaming. Then they were trampled to death by their companions running behind.
Semitic soldiers had never seen muskets.
This kind of thing was far beyond their time and far beyond the scope of their minds.
They just saw flames erupting from the muzzle of the gun, making a huge noise, and then a bloody hole was blown out of their companions. Therefore, they characterized the gun as a magic weapon, a terrifying magic weapon.
All of them were scared out of their wits.
In the chaos, they didn't know where to go, like a group of headless flies. They just knew where there were fewer gunshots, so they ran there.
And when the human soldiers were chasing them, they would always leave corpses wherever they ran.
And when they had just turned into a street, before they could see the road in front of them clearly, a row of gun muzzles poked out from the bunker at the intersection and fired fiercely at them. Several rows of Semites who were rushing at the front fell instantly.
Hearing the sound of gunfire in front of them, the Semites turned around again in fright, fled quickly, and turned to the next road. However, just like before, they found that this road was also impassable. A large group of black-clad Eagle Division soldiers had been waiting for them for a long time.
Lorraine had long planned to close the door and fight the dogs. He only had 20,000 people. Although he had strong firepower, if he was sent out to fight in the field, the results would not be great. The Semites were not fools.
After knowing how powerful the machine gun is, they will look for countermeasures.
Turn the entire Fantino into a group of bunkers and a big man-eating pit. Let the enemies in and devour them no matter how many they come. I think of the time when Sir Alex Ferguson played real-time strategy games.
The handsome little bunker prince's name is not for nothing.
No matter which road the Semitic soldiers ran on, they were always within the coverage of machine gun fire, and soon large groups of Eagle Division soldiers would appear on both sides of them, shooting at them from rooftops or inside houses.
Some smart Semites saw that the street was extremely dangerous, so they rushed directly to the houses on both sides of the road to take shelter.
At this time, they will find that the doors and windows of many buildings are sealed and cannot be opened no matter how hard they push.
Although the doors and windows of a few buildings can be opened, the Semitic soldiers would not have thought that these doors were actually reserved specifically for them.
When the Semitic soldiers looked at the soldiers who were constantly spurting blood and falling beside them, they must have rushed into the house happily. They would soon find that there were several black holes in the room. They were aiming at them from different angles.
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Then the muzzles of these guns will emit fire, and several shotguns will continuously fire hundreds of steel balls, sweeping everything in the house and blasting the Semitic soldiers who rush in into a sieve.
Paper-shell shotguns are not expensive, and wooden butts and smoothbore barrel shotguns are also very cheap. Compared with rifles that can shoot farther and machine guns with powerful firepower, the soldiers of the Eagle Division generally prefer long-range shooting.
A long range, but powerful shotgun.
Although the aiming point is only a dozen meters away. Beyond this distance, it is difficult to hit even a cow, but the seven rounds of bullets in the bomb bay ensure the continuity of the firepower.
The powerful power ensures that one shot will kill you at close range. Even if you are wearing plate armor, you will be easily penetrated by bullets.
Only a group of three or five people is needed to ensure continuous firepower and no one can rush in.
The Eagle Division soldiers can walk between the opened buildings and fire at the Semites on the street from the firing ports easily and freely, without fear of being attacked by the enemy.
After half an hour of fighting in the hail of bullets, the Semitic soldiers finally realized that no matter where in this city, it was unsafe.
The only way they can survive now is to escape from the city.
"Retreat, retreat~!"
"Come to the west gate and evacuate the city~!"
"Run west, run west~!"
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The Semitic soldiers, stunned by the rain of bullets, woke up at this moment. They had just followed the large army and wandered around like headless flies, but now they suddenly understood, turned around quickly, and rushed towards the Simon Gate of Fantino as fast as possible.
Thirty to forty thousand people poured into the west of the city from different streets. The Eagle Division soldiers who had been chasing them on both sides stopped chasing them at this moment.
A sharp whistle sounded from the rear. The officers of the Eagle Division shouted: "Gather, gather~!"
Gather the soldiers from each company.
Hearing the "pop-pop" sound like fried beans behind them, it suddenly became much thinner. The Semitic soldiers felt as if they had saved their lives and rushed straight to the city gate noisily.
But when they crossed the street and stepped onto the street facing the city gate, they all stopped in fear.
On the low city wall of the west gate, there was no one there when I just came in, but now it was filled with soldiers dressed in black, and the city gate was tightly closed.
These black-clothed soldiers were either kneeling or standing, holding strange-looking short spears in their hands.
More than a dozen machine guns, regarded by the Semites as devil's weapons, were lined up along the city wall, their muzzles pointed coldly at the Semites crowding in the streets.
Time seems to have frozen...
Tens of thousands of Semites and several thousand soldiers of the Eagle Division faced each other at a distance of several hundred meters.
At this time, from behind the Semitic soldiers, the loud shouts of the Eagle Division officers suddenly rang out.
"Attack~!"
The regrouped Eagle Division soldiers were divided into several groups and blocked the retreat of the Semitic soldiers.
The machine gun was dragged out by powerful orcs and quickly set up in the middle of the road. The houses on both sides of the road were occupied by Eagle Division soldiers, with countless rifles sticking out from the roofs and windows.
A few seconds later, a loud shout suddenly rang out from the Semitic crowd: "If you want to live, charge and kill!"
"Kill~!"
There is only one way to die if you are trapped in the city, and you can only survive by breaking out of Fantino.
The Semitic soldiers strode toward the city gate.
The officers and soldiers of the Eagle Division on the city wall calmly watched the Semitic army, which was ten times their number, rapidly approaching.
The officer took out his revolver, turned off the hammer, raised his arm high, and shouted: "Ready~!"
Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, about to cross a hundred meters, the officer suddenly waved his hand and shouted: "Fire~!"
The three thousand soldiers on the city wall pulled the trigger hard. The orc machine gunner sneered and held the handle tightly, lowered the muzzle of the gun, and then turned the crank.
The Eagle Division soldiers blocking the rear of the Semites opened fire at the same time, firing bullets into the dense crowd.
The gunshots rang out, and the Semitic soldiers who rushed towards the city gate fell down in groups, but the people behind were still rushing up group by group, stepping on the corpses...
Lorraine watched the battlefield from the top of the Temple of Light. From this height, he had an unobstructed view of the entire Fantino and the Semitic camp outside.
Seeing the Semitic soldiers constantly attacking the city gate, I secretly sighed in my heart, the Semitic elites are indeed not formidable.
If it were replaced by ordinary troops, it would have collapsed long ago.
However, that's all.
If they could be allowed to rush through the Eagle Division's defensive position, Lorraine would be so angry that he would jump off the building. But now, in the face of the Eagle Division's absolutely superior firepower, all that's left is just a matter of time.
Within a few minutes, the bodies of the Semitic soldiers who had been shot blocked the road, and they watched thousands of people bravely rush to the city gate. Then they turned into corpses dozens of meters away from the city gate. The morale of the Semitic soldiers finally collapsed.
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They turned around in a hurry, looking for a way out in other directions, and then attacked the Eagle Division defense line behind them. There were much fewer people there than at the city gate.
Lorraine put down the telescope. After thinking about it for a moment, she waved her hand and said, "Let them surrender."
Mazovia was stunned for a moment, then complimented: "Your Excellency, you are kind."
Although he also prided himself on being a ruthless person, otherwise he would not be able to climb to where he is today, but seeing the Semitic people falling in groups, he was secretly frightened in his heart.
"Mercy?" Sir Lorraine sneered, then shook his head and said, "No, I just don't want to waste any more bullets."
Mazovia shuddered, laughed dryly, and took a step back unconsciously.
Lord Lorraine touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Besides, living Semites are more valuable than dead Semites, aren't they?"
Mazovia thought for a moment and immediately understood what Lord Lorraine meant, and nodded heavily. Young labor is always the most sought-after commodity.
Even if they become prisoners, the fate of these Semites will not be too good. But Mazovia doesn't care.
He doesn't care even if Lord Lorraine kills all these people, as long as it's not in front of his eyes.
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The sudden changes in the city shocked Veerapurani, who was commanding outside the city.
Knowing that there was a human ambush in the city, and that the human pope and the flying eagle god of war were both in Fantino City, Veraplani not only did not panic, but was actually very excited.
This means that he can capture these two powerful enemies in one battle and achieve immortal feats.
Veraplani, who was in ecstasy, immediately ordered the whole army to attack Fantino directly. He must capture the city within one day and don't let the Pope and Lorraine escape.
A Fantino is so small that humans cannot hide many troops inside it.
Under the attack of his superior force, it would not take long to end the battle.
But what happened next left Verapurani and the Semitic generals stunned.
The rumbling sound of artillery fire was like rolling thunder, and the shells flew through the air with a sharp whistling sound, flew out of the city, and hit outside the west gate of Fantino.
Several explosions per second formed a barrage of fire and steel across the path of the Semites rushing towards Fantino.
The Semitic soldiers in the barrage were swallowed up instantly, and thousands of them disappeared without a trace in the explosion.
The Semitic soldiers in the rear were still charging forward. Group after group of soldiers rushed into the smoke caused by the explosion, and disappeared one after another.
Nothing could be seen except the flashes of explosions that kept lighting up from the smoke.
The violent explosion and the shaking of the ground stunned the Semitic people outside the city. The attacking team stopped before the explosion and did not dare to take another step forward.
Veerapurani was also stunned. It was the first time for him to witness shelling.
With a sharp roar that ripped through the air, fire rose from the ground, followed by black smoke and dirt and dust kicked up by the explosion.
The Semitic soldiers within the explosion range disappeared instantly, and those who were close to the explosion fell to the ground. No one was seen getting up, and the remaining half of the human body and residual limbs could be clearly seen flying in the sky.
More than a thousand people rushed forward and disappeared in the flames and smoke of the explosion.
More than a thousand people rushed up from behind and disappeared in an instant.
The artillery fire completely blocked the vanguard and the main force entering the city.
"Is this artillery..." Veerapurani muttered to himself.
Hardu had warned them countless times to be careful of Lorraine's artillery, but Veraplani had always scorned it. In his opinion, this was a loser looking for excuses for themselves.
He didn't believe that any single shot could be more powerful than the Archmage's full blow, or that any continuous fire could hit thousands in a short period of time.
This is simply impossible~!
The violent explosions and deafening roars in front of him at this moment proved that what Hadou said was true.
Veerapurani secretly regretted that he should have asked Hardu more at that time.
"But so what~!" Veraplani shook his head, still full of confidence in his heart. Human artillery fire would always stop, and it would be impossible to take care of Fantino's surroundings.
At this moment, the other three sides are not quiet. If there is a big detour, the Semitic soldiers can always rush in. The advantage is still in his hands.
At this time, a bloody man suddenly rushed in front of his horse and cried: "My lord, my lord, the forward is finished, the forward is finished~!"
Veerapurani was stunned for a moment, and then shouted with a ferocious expression: "What did you say?"
"The striker is stuck in the city. It's over. It's all over."
Veerapranni flicked his riding whip and shouted angrily: "Where is Talma? Let him come to see me. How can you lead the vanguard, bastard?"
"General Talma is trapped in the city."
Veerapurani jumped off his horse, gripped the collar of the reporting officer tightly, and said fiercely: "What's going on? Didn't you rush into the city?"
The officer's forehead was still dripping with blood, and he said sadly: "We captured the city gate, and we were about to win. Suddenly, a group of men in black emerged from the ground. Their weapons could spit fire. The brothers fell inexplicably.
After he died, they occupied the city gate again, and thousands of people climbed onto the city wall to block the general's retreat, and then there was a crackling sound in the city."
"How did you come back?" Veerapurani asked, glaring at him.
"I and my brothers were kicked out of the city gate by humans. Just as I was about to come back to call for reinforcements, the ground suddenly burst into flames. My brothers and their horses flew into the sky, and everyone was broken into pieces.
Hundreds of people rushed towards us, and there are only a few of us left. Please save us, Your Majesty!"
"This idiot Talma~!" Veerapurani threw the officer off his hand and cursed fiercely: "You are just causing trouble for me."
The surrounding Semitic generals looked at each other in confusion, and then they all fell silent. They secretly muttered dissatisfiedly: It was you, the old man, who ordered him to attack the city immediately before he could figure out the real situation in the city. Who can blame him?
Although Veerapranni doesn't care about Talma's life or death, the 50,000 men forward are very important to him.
That is his most capable army. If they are all destroyed in Fantino City, his power will be greatly weakened.
"Order the entire army to attack from all sides at the same time, and must enter the city."