Chapter 757: War Has Been Different Since Then (I)
After Gao Wupi came to inspect, the previous uproar in the Qi people's car base calmed down a little, and there were several dead Qi people on the ground, Gao Wupi frowned and bypassed them, and carefully passed the missing part of the car base, and let people quickly fill it with wooden planks.
"Maybe a few more flying rocks will collapse this barricade, so it's better to give it up." No matter how many good things Gao Wupi said, Xian Shi didn't want to stay here anymore, this place has been targeted by the ghosts and gods in the sky, and it is no longer safe.
"Guozi asked you to hold on for a while, and he asked someone to replace you, but this base is at a critical point in the front, and you must shoot arrows to suppress the attack of the Zhao army's forward, and you must not give it up!"
Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly exclaimed, "The stone is here again!" Frightened, Qi shrank and fled.
After a while, the rampart where Xian Shi was located came the rumbling sound of stone bullets hitting the car, and the entire fortress around the city shook violently, and several of the cars that were hit broke and collapsed, and the big oars erected by the Qi people couldn't withstand the terrible impact, and were directly smashed and knocked away.
Gao and Xian's avoidance was a little late, and there was a loud "bang", and the car stack in front of Gao Wupi and Xian Shi suffered a heavy blow, and a ten-pound stone bullet smashed it to pieces, and sawdust flew all over the sky. This time there was no personal protection of the soldiers, Xian Shi was stabbed in the body by the fragments of Che Yu, his face was bruised, and he covered his neck and made a hoarse lotus sound, Gao Wubi looked at it, and finally saw that there was a fragment of a piece of wood deeply inserted in his neck, and bright red blood was beating along the edge of the fragment.
Then Xianshi's body slipped softly, bleeding from his throat, and he was still shouting from others, drooping his head, and there was no reaction at all.
Gao Wupi was frightened, and the Qi troops inside and outside the base were also in chaos, and they didn't know how to defend at all. Looking at the situation in front of him, Gao Wupi bit his lip and ran out with his relatives, no longer caring about Guoxia's military orders.
Because he knows that the next attack, I'm afraid it will come soon!
Sure enough, in the next moment, as if thunder on the ground, a series of dull stones sounded one after another on the riverbank behind the Zhao army's battle formation. From time to time, flying rocks would fall in the air, so that the hearts of people hiding behind the barricade would jump out, the archers no longer had the courage to show their heads to shoot arrows, many of them lay on the ground tightly, and then move outward after the rain of stones, in short, the farther away from the line, the better, they only want to leave the barricade that is no longer safe.
The way of war in front of them is very different from what they once knew, and it is no longer safe to be a hundred steps away!
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On the riverbank, the public loser showed a satisfied smile.
After several salvos, there was a loud sound of the base being blasted open from the side of the Qi army's base, mixed with many screams and panicked shouts.
He was very satisfied with the actual combat effect of the ballista, although the accuracy needs to be improved, and the talent who can operate the ballista is scarce in the army, this thing is much more difficult to operate than the trebuchet, but now it can only be used. Fortunately, the enemy's chariot base stretched for hundreds of paces, which was extremely conspicuous, and even if it was missed, it would also affect the Qi people next to it.
Unlike the National Summer Prayer, the ballista made by the Gong Brigades can not only be transferred to another location, but also have a free-turning pedestal that can freely rotate in place and direct the projectile of death at any target within 200 paces!
At its core are stout torsional spring sets, each of which drives a crossbow arm with a bowstring attached to the center of which is a braided mesh bag for the projectile. The upper side of the beam has a long dovetail groove, a slide with a long guide rail can slide back and forth along the long groove, and the rear end of the slider is equipped with a set of ingenious firing mechanism. The bowstring can be easily locked and released, and the end of the beam is equipped with a winch that the user can move by flipping the handle or dragging the rope.
Use the elevated river bank to get a bird's-eye view of the enemy's battle formation, identify the target for your shot, and then shoot a dense number of projectiles at the enemy's bunker barricade with lightning speed to destroy it! This is their tactics, tactics that can drastically change the way of warfare in this era!
What's more, the ballista cannon can attack more than just enemy vehicle bases......
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After the ballista bombarded the frontal Qiren fortress several times in a row, Zhao Wuxian could see the tragic situation at the barrier with the naked eye, the car was torn apart, the Qi people inside were in a panic, and the arrows shot from it gradually decreased until they stopped.
"In other words, after only four shots, the ballista made a Qi people lose the ability to fight." Although this is the first time that the ballista has been in battle and has stunned the enemy, its terrifying attack power can also be seen.
Zhao Wuxian said with a smile: "It's really a field weapon, although there are not many kills and injuries caused at one time, but in this war, it will be a nightmare for Qi people." Haven't the Qi people always been proud of their strong bows and archers? Don't you always like to win people in the **** of a hundred steps and can't hold their heads up? This time let them know that I can reap their lives two hundred paces away! ”
Xiang Lu next to him had a dry mouth, his friend when he was a boy was able to make such a terrifying weapon, he swallowed his saliva and moistened his throat, and then asked: "The lord wants to let the son destroy the twenty temporary fortresses of the Qi people one by one?" ”
"It doesn't have to be that troublesome, and the number of ballistas is not enough to bombard one area, and once they are used separately, they don't have this momentum. Now that the Qi people have won the momentum, it is a good opportunity to attack, let the public lose squad make a few more shots at the frontal base, and completely defeat them! Then cooperate with bows and crossbows and foot soldiers to attack the Qi army formation, I want to see the drum of the country and the drum of the high son shattered here! ”
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A ten-pound round pebble shot in at a perfect angle, like a sharp blade in the hands of a ghost god, smashed the arm of a Qi soldier, and then exploded a cloud of sand and dust on the ground and bounced up, breaking the thigh of a Qi soldier in armor, and then flew backwards without stopping, knocking the right arm of a Qi soldier holding the command flag with half of his shoulder.
His shoulders showed a pale shoulder bone, some torn muscles remained beside him, and blood gushed out of the massive wound like a fountain. The culprit jumped a few times on the mud with the flesh of several people, and finally stopped, restoring the immobility that a pebble should be.
"Ahh The screams of exhaustion only then sounded, making people sound cautious.
The accuracy of the first generation of ballista guns was really problematic, and the bombardment of the base was acceptable, and it was easy to miss in the face of a military formation in motion. Therefore, every time after changing the direction, it was necessary to test fire, so only this stone bullet was thrown in one round, but it was enough to make the Qi army array frightened.
The unattacked front of the Qi people also fluctuated, and many people turned their heads to look at the place where they were hit, the stumps and fragments of armor were scattered all over the front, the two who were not dead were struggling desperately in a pool of blood, and the other few were no longer moving.
Under the orders of the military officials, they regained their composure and continued to advance to resist the attack of the Zhao army. But their steps had hesitated a lot, and their spear-wielding hands were trembling, and the man with the shield subconsciously raised his shield covered with three layers of cowhide, even though they knew that this thing might not be able to stop the whistling flying stones.
This Qi soldier is a veteran of the national clan, in the face of sharp arrows, spears, and even the fierce eyes of the enemy, they are mentally prepared, and the flying stones that can fall from the sky are simply unheard of!
War has never been so terrible, so strange...... (To be continued.) )