"The shameless exploitation of the gentry once forced the thieves back, and almost made the Ming Dynasty recover. The selfishness of the gentry made the Ming unable to make ends meet, unable to raise soldiers, and almost let the Manchu Qing enter the south. The country was almost destroyed by the gentry. ”

"It was our Tiger Army who stood up, turned the tide, and dominated the building."

"However, if we don't knock the blood-sucking gentry to the ground, if we continue to let them be shameless and despicable, no matter how hard we try, we will not be able to save this country."

"If every time we desperately open up overseas, the Jiangbei Army unites with the Yi people to besiege us at home, then how can we protect our colonies? If every time we fight with a foreigner, the gentry have to stab us in the back, then sooner or later all our efforts will be lost. ”

"A country, a nation, always needs some heroes to step up. If everyone is silent about the shamelessness of the gentry, then there will be no future for the country, for this nation. ”

"For the rise of any powerful country, there must be some heroes who stand up and speak loudly with blood and sweat. Now in Daming, this burden can only be borne by our Tiger Army! ”

"For the sake of the Han people, for the future of this country, and for the interests of the Han people, we must defeat the Jiangbei Army, we must defeat Shi Kefa and Wu Sangui, and defeat the delusion that the gentry continue to parasitize and suck blood on this country!"

"This battle! We want to completely annihilate the Jiangbei Army and completely pull this parasite out of the body of our Han people! Strangle! ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the eyes of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army lit up. Li Zhi explained to them the significance of this battle, so that every soldier was filled with a sense of historical mission, and they were excited to try.

Sixty thousand people suddenly roared in unison.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

The sound of the 60,000 people roaring in unison was like a shock wave, shaking people's eardrums.

Li Zhi said loudly: "The widow will make Zheng Kai the general and Zhong Feng will be the deputy general, and he will send troops to the capital city to completely defeat the Jiangbei Army and the servant army of the Jiangbei Army!" ”

"Troops!"

Sixty thousand soldiers roared in unison again: "Tiger! ”

One hundred and fifty tanks, dragged by oxen and horses, went to the front and headed for the capital. Sixty thousand soldiers with rifles of all kinds walked behind the tanks. The team walked in a neat and murderous manner.

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At seven o'clock in the evening, the Tiger Benjun of King Qinjing camped on the Gyeonggi Plain between Tianjin and the capital.

Boss Wei's platoon lit a bonfire outside the tent to keep warm. The soldiers were talking and laughing and eating dried fish from the logistics team next to the campfire.

Since the advent of trawling, this protein-rich fish has become the cheapest thing in Tianjin. A pound of grain costs 15 yuan, but fresh sea bass only costs 22 yuan a pound. Even the poorest people in Tianjin can afford to eat fish and meat.

In order to improve the food in the army, the king of the county also asked people to make dried salted fish as military rations. At this time, the soldiers soaked the dried salted fish in water to soften it, and roasted it on the bonfire to eat, which had a unique taste.

Boss Wei didn't eat salted fish with his soldiers. He sat on a large rock next to the campfire, wiping his Tsu-king breech-loading rifle with an oiled rag, while keeping his eyes on the steam tank parked dozens of meters away.

Chen Qi'er, a small soldier under Boss Wei, looked at Boss Wei and said, "Boss, that tank is so powerful, I just don't know what will happen if it really goes to the battlefield." ”

Boss Wei pursed his lips, patted the Jinwang-style rifle in his hand, and said, "Chen Qi'er, don't be scared by that tank. I saw that the battlefield really fought, and it still had to rely on the breech-loading rifles of our infantry. ”

Boss Wei opened the bolt with a snap, put the snatch on again, and said skillfully: "Jinwang-style rear-loading rifle, the caliber is fifteen .2 millimeters, the gun is one hundred and thirty-four centimeters long, and the gun weighs four .1 kilograms. Rear-mounted, external fire cap, hammer firing. ”

"With paper shells, the theoretical rate of fire is once every four .5 seconds, and the actual rate of fire on the battlefield is once every five to six seconds."

Hearing Boss Wei recite the provisions of the "Infantry Conduct" again, the soldiers around him laughed.

Boss Wei pursed his lips and said, "In the trench battle, first use our mortars to carry out oppressive bombardment on the mortars on the opposite side. Taking advantage of the accuracy of our mortars and the fast rate of fire, the number of personnel in the enemy's first-line trenches was suppressed, forcing the enemy to retreat to the spare trenches behind and disperse. ”

"After the dispersal of the enemy, our troops divided into two groups, one to shoot for cover, one to charge with rifles, and stormed the enemy's trenches. In the trenches, we used the high rate of fire of our rear-loading guns to suppress the enemy, creating conditions for the large forces to press on all fronts until the enemy was crushed. ”

Chen Qi'er said with a fart: "Boss, this is the latest issue of "Infantry Conduct", you are so familiar with it, just blurt it out!" ”

Boss Wei sneered and said: "This march and battle rely on our infantry to charge into battle, and rely on the firepower of the rifles in our hands, but what is the matter with this tank?" ”

Yang Li, another soldier under Boss Wei, said: "But Boss, this time there are 200,000 people on the Jiangbei Army, and we only have 60,000. The Jiangbei Army has 60,000 standard rifles and a lot of mortars, and if we use the old method to storm the trenches on the opposite side, the casualties will probably be extremely high. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard Yang Li's words. These big-headed soldiers practice weekdays, but they don't have any idea about the general situation on the battlefield. At this time, after listening to Yang Li's words, I felt that Yang Li was very insightful.

Boss Wei stopped wiping his rifle and said to Yang Li, "Then according to what you said, we can win with these tanks?" ”

Yang Li looked at Qi Qi and looked at his robes, and said, "Platoon commander, this tank is an iron lump, and the gun can't penetrate the mortar and can't blow it up." This is the best bunker, a living trench on the battlefield. If we charge behind the tank, won't we be able to dodge the cold guns of the Jiangbei Army? ”

"Platoon commander, you have to believe in new technologies and new weapons. Haven't you heard about the Navy? The navy couldn't even defeat the Zheng family's naval army before, and later it was the battleship that was equipped with iron armor, which defeated the Zheng family. ”

When everyone heard Yang Li's words, especially the example of Yang Liju's ironclad ship, they felt that it made sense. They all looked at the steam tank a few dozen meters away, and no one spoke.

Boss Wei thought for a long time and snorted coldly.

Stuffing the rag in his hand into his pocket, Wei Lao said loudly: "Is it useful, you can only see the real chapter on the battlefield." I'm afraid that this tank will be useless at that time, and we infantry will crawl forward and attack! ”

After saying this, Boss Wei walked into the tent and went to sleep.

The other soldiers didn't follow Boss Wei in, and they all looked at the steam tank in the distance, their eyes shining expectantly.