"Report, the position of the Thirteenth Battalion has been breached."
The division staff officer rushed over to report the situation in a hurry, and the situation he told made the atmosphere in the division headquarters cool.
When Lou Fu saw Guan Yu warming wine and beheading Hua Xiong, he ignored him.
"Hmph, Shen Xun must want to try out the power of the new weapon."
The rebels are certainly vicious, but they are definitely not fools.
In the battle against the new army, their progress was not the slightest bit.
When they were in Huang County, they once invaded the trenches of the New Army and suffered heavy losses.
The rebels made a lot of preparations this time.
When they reached the trenches, they no longer jumped in blindly, but established a battle line above the trenches.
The fire rifle soldiers followed up and exchanged fire with the New Army soldiers in the second trench twenty meters away.
Although the firepower of both sides is not on the same level, they can at least fight back.
With the addition of matchlock guns and bows and arrows, the casualties of the new army also increased a lot.
After establishing a solid position, the rebels began to clear the trenches at their feet.
Although they have made many preparations, they are making progress, and the new army is also making progress.
boom……
Boom boom boom...
Continuous explosions in the tunnel caused heavy losses to the rebels.
The preset mines made the tunnel filled with smoke and dust, making it impossible to see anything. The corpses of rebels were piled everywhere, even affecting traffic.
But even so, the rebels still had to jump in.
The front line above the trench held on for a while, but still could not withstand the firepower of the new army. With the casualties one after another, a trench that could avoid bullets must be the best choice.
Anyway, the people in front have already avoided all the thunder, and it will be much safer for people in the back to go in.
Seeing that a position had finally been broken through, Li Jiucheng was overjoyed and mounted his horse in person, shouting: "Follow me, the whole team, we must do our best today."
The ground shook and the horses' hooves flew.
The rebel cavalry moved out.
Their target was the 13th Battalion position where the infantry broke through.
The moment he saw the cavalry dispatching, Shen Xun also moved.
"Order all artillery to bombard the cavalry brigade. Then order the special forces company to dispatch and clear the trenches."
After Ren Dong and others retreated to the second trench, they guarded the communication trench to prevent the rebels from rushing over along the trench.
Anyone who dares to show their head will be shot, and anyone who raises a shield will be greeted with a grenade.
A communication trench that was only two people wide could be defended watertight with only a few muskets.
The rebels attacked several times and tried their best, but they couldn't get through.
The two sides froze for a moment.
But Ren Dong was still very anxious.
After all, no one likes losing ground.
Just when he was thinking about how to take back the position, a group of people came up behind him.
These people are different from all the New Army soldiers.
They wear armor.
In addition to the thick cotton armor, there are also steel plates inserted into the tactical straps.
At the same time, the style of the helmet is also different from that of ordinary soldiers.
If future generations of military fans see this, they will surely raise their arms and shout.
Three virtues are immortal!
In addition to different helmets, these people actually have metal masks on their faces.
Other than that, only the eyes are exposed.
On today's battlefield, the only people who are so armed are heavy armored infantry.
But the weapons in the hands of these people are not cold weapons such as swords, guns, axes and hammers, but a very strange firearm.
The whole thing looks a lot like a musket, but the barrel is thick and short. The barrel is about thirty centimeters long, but it is as thick as an egg.
Behind the barrel, there is a roulette-type thing. Viewed from the front, there is a bullet chute on it.
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Each bullet slot contains a bullet as thick as a date, about the length of a hand.
There were more than a hundred people in this group. After passing the infantry, they came to the entrance of the communication trench.
One of the people who looked like a company commander ordered Ren Dong: "Please, throw a few grenades towards the opposite side."
Ren Dong and others quickly followed suit and threw grenades at the entrance of the traffic trench on the opposite side.
It's only a distance of more than 20 meters, and it will definitely not miss the target.
In the clouds of smoke from the explosion, the rebels at the opposite entrance let out screams and must have been cleared out.
The company commander immediately shouted: "Come on. Team up with three people and clean up."
One by one, these heavily armed men were seen running towards the first trench on the opposite side.
Soon, the sound of gunshots like a heavy rain came from the trench on the opposite side, mixed with the screams and roars of the rebels, who looked so helpless.
Ren Dong was surprised and quickly followed him.
When they rushed to the trench on the opposite side and saw the way those people fought, everyone was dumbfounded.
I saw those people working in groups of three, with two shooting in front and one shooting behind.
The strange firearm in his hand shoots out a bullet every time he pulls the trigger.
The bullet was very weird. It exploded immediately after being fired, forming a large rain of bullets that almost covered the entire tunnel.
No matter how many rebels there are on the opposite side, one shot will guarantee that they will all be hit. Those who are killed are better off, and those who are injured are more miserable.
There were honeycomb-like scars all over his body. He covered the wounds and fell down wailing, leaving no room for resistance.
This is not the scariest thing.
The strange muskets in the hands of these people can shoot continuously.
Every time the trigger is pulled and a bullet is fired, the turntable will rotate, and then you can shoot again.
Ren Dong counted and found that each of these strange muskets could fire eight times in a row before returning to reload.
In other words, eight rounds can be loaded on that turntable at one time.
After two people lit up a turntable, a fifty-meter-long tunnel was basically cleared. No matter how many enemies there were, there was almost no power to fight back.
Occasionally sporadic counterattacks, because these people are wearing thick armor, there is no need to worry about casualties.
Looking at the mountains of trenches, Ren Dong couldn't help but shudder.
I really don’t know how it feels to be hit by such a terrifying weapon.
He didn't know what kind of weapon it was, but people in later generations would definitely not be unfamiliar with it if they saw it.
Revolving shotgun.
The design inspiration comes from the Battle of Huangxian.
When he saw the rebels rushing into the trenches, Zuo Mengeng was thinking about how he would deal with the enemies so close if he needed to attack the enemy's trenches or fight in the trenches.
He quickly thought of this melee-killing weapon.
This kind of weapon looks very post-modern, but it is actually possible with current technology.
The bullets were made of lead shells, filled with collodion explosives and more than 80 iron beads the size of rice grains.
This kind of iron beads has no technical requirements at all, and there is no problem in making them larger or smaller. Therefore, they are all left to private iron workshops to make them.
There are embedded firing pins and detonators in the front of the warhead for detonation.
Since pocket watches and wristwatches can be made, such delicate parts have not been a problem here.
Behind the warhead is still a paper cartridge. For cost reasons, black powder is used inside, and a flash cap is added in the middle.
As for the drive of the runner, Zuo Mengeng referred to a sniper grenade from the People's Liberation Army of later generations.
There will be a curled spring buried in the grid below the wheel.
When the runner is reset, it will push the spring to curl up.
Pulling the trigger not only drives the firing pin to hit the flash cap in the bullet, but also loosens the circlip of the spring, allowing the spring to expand and drive the turntable to rotate a short distance.
If there is no restriction, the spring will keep driving the wheel until the kinetic energy of the spring completely disappears.
But after the trigger is pulled, it will return to its original position, so the spring is stuck again.
This process happens to be the time it takes for the wheel to rotate one frame, and the loading of the second magazine is completed.
Being able to make clocks is really easy for craftsmen.
Thus, the bloody and terrifying Trench Scavenger appeared.
Although due to workmanship issues, the shotgun's range is only more than twenty meters.
But in trench warfare and street fighting, who cares about range?