The Gaglin machine gun, probably the first machine gun in the world, right? The earliest Gaglin machine guns used a hand-cranked rotating structure. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 However, although the firepower of the Gagelin machine gun is ferocious, due to its construction and other reasons, it has always been classified as a heavy machine gun.

The early Gaglin machine guns even had the treatment of light artillery...... Equipped with special wheels, it can be seen how heavy this thing actually is. As for the scenes of characters in some film or game works carrying the Glaglin machine gun and sweeping around, I'm sorry, those are basically nonsense, not to mention that the weight of the Glaglin machine gun itself is enough to choke, and its large number of bullets will also be scary. So more often than not, Gaglin, who is a heavy machine gun, is mainly equipped with mechanical devices, and it is not realistic to use this thing alone.

It's a bit off-the-beaten-path and brings the topic back.

But when did Lu Ren come up with the Gaglin machine gun here? Hehe, it's not a matter of a day or two for Lu Ren to get this thing out, and he couldn't do it before, mainly because of two major problems. The first is the casting of the parts of the gun body, especially the barrel part, and the second and more critical is the manufacture of the bullet.

In particular, the manufacture of bullets, until certain conditions were resolved, with the production conditions of the time at that time, the manufacture of bullets was actually more difficult to solve than the manufacture of muskets. Lu Ren's existing musketeers, on the other hand, use paper shells instead of metal cartridge shells, and the structure of the bolt has been modified, which is a strange firearm in practical terms between the gunpowder loading of breech guns and the bullet loading of modern firearms.

And the Gaglin machine gun can't use the "paper shell bullet" mode, and at the same time, what Lu Ren can make out now is only the most primitive hand-cranked form of the Gaglin machine gun, and he can only use bullets in a regular manner, so how is Lu Ren's bullet made?

Quite simply, the reason is that Lu Ren's steam engine technology here has reached a horizontal line. What is a steam engine? If you ask some historians about this question, they will reply that the steam engine was the thing that started the modern industrial revolution. The kinetic energy provided by this thing makes it possible to operate industrial assembly lines, and can solve the problem of stamping and forming many metal objects.

The most important thing is that Lu Ren and Shirley don't need to explore many issues, as long as the use of the steam engine reaches a certain level, they can directly "copy" some of the next things. In other words, after the appearance of the steam engine in history, it took people decades to gradually figure out something, and Lu Ren and Shirley only needed a few years. To use another analogy, which is faster, a writer writing a book or a pirate copying a book?

All in all, in the first half of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Lu Ren and Shirley had already built a hundred hand-cranked eight-tube plus green and the initial bullet manufacturing workshop...... Note that it is a workshop rather than a factory, the difference in scale between the two is quite huge, and because it is an initial trial production, Lu Ren did not dare to go too far under the constraints of many factors, and the total production of bullets is about 200,000 rounds.

Don't think that 200,000 rounds is a lot, these 200,000 rounds of ammunition are not enough for a few battles, and these 200,000 rounds of ammunition also include the normal consumption of relevant personnel during training. But even so, these 200,000 rounds of bullets made Lu Ren scream, because the raw materials of these bullets are copper, and a bullet is about one or two copper, how much copper does it have to use up for 200,000 bullets? And what was the value of copper in that era?

So these 200,000 rounds of ammunition made Lu Ren, a super rich man, break out in a cold sweat, and Lu Ren's finance minister Zhen Mi even had a little trouble with Lu Ren because of this high production cost, so that Lu Ren had to resort to the scoundrel big / method, and used a way that was almost like a bow to a woman to Zhen Mi many times, and "fed" Zhen Mi to support it, until Zhen Mi had a little headache when she saw Lu Ren, and then Zhen Mi shut up. But when it comes to this, Lu Ren doesn't dare to go too far, after all, if the production quantity is not properly restricted, the huge cost Lu Ren will not be able to stand it here. Every time at this time, Lu Ren would sigh in his heart that war was really a money-burning business.

Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's just say that Lu Lingqi came to Liaoning this time, and brought a total of 50 hand-cranked eight-barreled Gagreen machine guns and 120,000 rounds of ammunition, and this trip came out with 20 planes, each with 800 rounds of ammunition, and used special vehicles to haul them. When operating the shot, the main shooter is responsible for shaking the joystick for aiming and shooting, and the two secondary shooters, one on the left and one on the right, are responsible for straightening out the incoming and outgoing bullet belts...... Copper is a very expensive drop! These shells are to be recycled back into the charge and reloaded!

Unlike the modern Gaglin, the modern Gagrin machine gun can shoot hundreds or thousands of rounds per minute at every turn, but Lu Ren's current Gaglin is a primitive joystick type, and it can shoot a hundred rounds per minute at most. Compared to modern guns, of course, this rate of fire was terrible, but in those days, the average rate of fire of two rounds per second was very staggering.

The current situation is like this, twenty hand-cranked eight-barreled Gaglin are constantly spewing out tongues of fire, and the relatively fast rate of fire and amazing lethality not only beat the nomadic cavalry on the opposite side, but also beat Murong Ziying, who was watching the battle here, was shocked for a while, and then subconsciously looked at the cavalry crossbow in the bag beside him...... Can this thing compare?

Imagine letting yourself lead a thousand elite horsemen to attack the musket queue here, Murong Ziying's body is trembling and trembling. In fact, you don't need to imagine anything, isn't the blood-spattered scene of the nomadic cavalry on the opposite side just telling Murong Ziying what kind of result it will be?

No more wordy. Two thousand musketeers plus twenty Gaglin, a combat distance of about 120 meters, against 3,000 nomadic cavalry who did not know the height of the sky, it was simply a one-sided slaughter and targeting. When these 3,000 nomadic cavalry rushed to a certain distance, although the men and horses were not dead, they really did not have the courage to rush over again, and they began to turn their horses' heads and start to flee for their lives. Honestly, how can this kind of battle be fought?

When the nomadic cavalry threw down a large number of corpses and fled in panic, Lu Lingqi made a move to draw halberds, and the two thousand musketeers and twenty Gaglin stopped firing, and the next thing was to send people over to clean up the battlefield. And in this gap of cleaning the battlefield, Murong Ziying looked at these musketeers and Gaglin in the car with affection, and secretly had a plan in his heart, that is, not to go against Lu Ren.

Murong Ziying is also a person who has been in Yizhou for many years, and knows that these sophisticated weapons and equipment may be able to be detained, but what is the use of deducting them? The related production is all in Lu Ren's hands, and Murong Ziying has no way to copy it at all. So after you deduct it, it will be gone after you finish fighting here, but Lu Ren can have a steady stream there, and when the time comes, it will become a unilateral slaughter of these things against himself.

It didn't take long for the battlefield inventory to be completed:

"Report! In total, more than 1,300 enemies were wounded and more than 300 wounded were captured. More than 400 warhorses were captured. ”

Zhao Yu and Lu Lingqi glanced at each other, and expressed their satisfaction with this result, and then Lu Lingqi waved his halberd: "Tell everyone to eat meat today." There are so many shot war horses on the other side, it would be a pity to leave them here. ”

Murong Ziying cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Eldest sister, we have caught some wounded soldiers, do you want these wounded soldiers to lead the way, and we will go to their ...... again?"

Lu Lingqi shook her head: "No need! According to Uncle Lu's meaning, it is not yet that time. The main reason is that our musketeers have not been formed for a long time, they are more than trained and not enough in actual combat, and all they need is some small-scale battles to increase their actual combat experience, and it is not yet time to really use them to fight tough battles. Today's battle is basically enough, let's go back to Chrysanthemum Port. ”

In this way, the "caravan" of several thousand people began to return to Chrysanthemum Harbor, and the external authorities claimed that they had suffered losses due to an attack by a hostile tribe on the way to trade, so they returned to the port ahead of schedule. It's just that Lu Lingqi and the others didn't expect that they had just come back, and their buttocks had just been hot when they received a distress telegram from Tian Chou......

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Jijun, the capital of Yan during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, has been an important military transportation town in the north since ancient times. The name of Juyongguan in the north of the county is built between the West Mountain of the Taihang Mountain Range and the Jundu Mountain of the Yanshan Mountain Range.

At this moment, the battle of Juyong Pass was extremely fierce, but I saw batch after batch of Karasuma light horses passing under the wall of Juyong Pass like a swift wind, shooting canopy after canopy of arrows up to the pass. The defenders on the closed shield and arrows often do not take a moment, and the large shield on the head and in front of the body can be nailed with arrows. Under the cover of the rain of arrows shot by the Karasuma light horsemen, Karasuma's rushing car was also rapidly approaching the gate of Juyong Pass, with the intention of naturally knocking on the door and causing many Karasuma light horses to rush into the pass.

If the gate is broken, the walls of Juyong Pass will no longer be able to resist the light and swift Karasuma light cavalry, and the defenders of Juyong Pass will certainly not allow Karasuma light cavalry to rush to storm the gate. Following the order of the general on the wall, the defenders' crossbowmen, under the cover of the shield soldiers, began to fire arrows at the Karasuma soldiers who were pushing the chariot, and they also threw the rolling wood and stones down the wall to prevent the chariot from approaching the gate.

"Why, why haven't the reinforcements from Jixian County arrived yet? More than half of the 5,000 brothers guarding the gate are dead or wounded! ”

It was Tian Yu, the guard of Juyong Pass, who made this angry scolding. As a figure who has been in the secluded and northern territory for a long time, Tian Yu knows very well how much the northern tribes such as Karasuma covet the rich land of the Central Plains, so he has always grasped the defense of Juyong very tightly. If it weren't for this, when the various Karasuma departments gathered in one place more than ten days ago, and then tens of thousands of horses and horses suddenly attacked Juyong Pass, how could Tian Yu only rely on more than 5,000 people in Juyong Pass to stop the Karasuma army for more than ten days? It's just that if the reinforcements don't come again, as soon as the grain, grass, ordnance and other reserves in Guanzhong are used up, Tian Yu will have the ability again, and this Juyong Pass will not be able to escape the way.

(PS, Tian Yu was supposed to be Yiyang Taishou during this period, but when Cao Zhang's northern expedition to Karasuma was invited by Cao Zhang, that is, similar to the position of chief of staff.) There have been some changes in this book, and Tian Yu has been transferred to guard Juyong. To be honest, there are not many records of the generals in the north in the official history, and Tian Yu is one of the more detailed records, and the time point is more consistent with the process of this book. ）

"General Qiyu! The messenger rushed to Jixian County for help, and found that about 3,000 Hu riders had bypassed the pass and attacked Jixian County directly on the halfway road. These 3,000 Karasuma rangers did not attack the city, but only clashed back and forth on the main road, so that the Jixian reinforcements did not dare to enter lightly. ”

Tian Yu was furious. He had already reminded the guards of Jixian County to be careful of the mountain paths, but the guards of Jixian County did not take it seriously. Now that it's good, the three thousand Karasuma light cavalry only need to clash back and forth on the road, and the main force of Jixian's foot soldiers will be contained, and it will be very difficult. The most terrible thing is that he himself is short of troops here, and he can't send troops over to meet the reinforcements.

In the midst of depression, another order brought news: "Report! About 2,000 horsemen are coming due east of the gate! ”

"What!?" Tian Yu almost didn't jump up, he reached out and grabbed the herald's collar, but immediately let go of it, and then Tian Yu's face was as cold as ice, and he said in a hurry: "Where are the two thousand horsemen who came out again!?" There are no trails in the mountains to the east! If these two thousand horsemen are Karasuma light horses, I am afraid that this mediocre place will be lost! ”

After a few moments, the herald arrived: "Report! After the pass, 2,000 horsemen have arrived under the gate, and the banner is Yizhou soldiers and horses. ”

Tian Yuleng: "Yizhou soldiers and horses? How are the soldiers and horses of Yizhou? Who is the leader? ”

"Leading General...... The leading general is a female general, whose surname is Lu and her name is Lingqi, who is the newly appointed captain of the Chrysanthemum Port patrol city by Lu Ren, the assassin of Western Liaoning. ”

"Female general!? Lu Lingqi? Isn't that Lu Bu's daughter? ”

Hearing this word, Tian Yuke was stunned. Although he had long heard that there were female soldiers and generals in Yizhou, it had always been just a joke. But now it's really a ...... when the situation is critical.

"No matter! I'll take a look after the close! ”

Not long after, Tian Yu saw the two thousand Yizhou cavalry under the pass on the city wall behind the pass. However, what really attracted Tian Yu's attention was the female general in uniform under the word "Lu", and then the single-hook halberd in the hand of the female general.

"Guanxia is Yizhou soldiers and horses?" Very idiotic question, or should I say a scene talk.

Lu Lingqi looked up at the wall and responded, "Is it General Tian Yutian?" In Xia Lu Lingqi, two days ago after rescuing Tian Zitai, I heard that most of the Karasuma was attacked here, so he brought two thousand horsemen to help the battle, and captured dozens of Karasuma rangers on the middle of the road. Tian Zitai was afraid that Juyong Pass would be lost, so he urgently asked Lingqi to lead two thousand horsemen to come to Juyong Pass to help fight! ”

Tian Yu hesitated. It's a good thing that reinforcements are coming, but the problem is that Tian Yu hasn't dealt with Lu Ren much, and now that the Yizhou soldiers have arrived at the pass, he is very worried that something will happen in case something happens.

Lu Lingqi saw Tian Yu's expression from a distance, sighed secretly in her heart, and then moved her hand, and several female guards pushed a dozen or so Karasuma rangers tied like zongzi to the pass. Without further ado, the heads of the dozen or so Karasuma rangers rolled to the ground. Look at Lu Lingqi again and shouted: "General Tian, these more than ten Karasuma thieves are what Lingqi got on the road, and now they are beheaded at the pass, just to show their sincerity!" ”

Tian Yu was speechless when he saw this. After pondering for a while, Tian Yu finally ordered: "Open the gate and welcome General Lu to enter the gate!" ”

After a while, Tian Yu took Lu Lingqi to the wall of Beiguan Pass, where there was a fierce battle. Lu Lingqi looked at the arrogant Karasuma light horse, paused lightly and said, "It's really powerful!" It's a pity that this is not my Yizhou Guanfang, otherwise the artillery and stone throwing on the wall of the gate will fire together, and these light horsemen and flying Karasuma light horses will tell him to come and die as many as he wants! ”

Tian Yuxin said that you don't want to take the matter of Yizhou customs defense here, okay? Furthermore, what comes, how much dies, how much? Wouldn't that be too much of a statement?

But seeing Lu Lingqi looking at it for a while, people were a little annoyed: "These Karasuma once gained power, and they were arrogant. General Tian, and wait for Lingqi to lead the iron cavalry to counterattack the pass, and first frustrate their sharpness! ”

Tian Yu hurriedly stopped. To be honest, Tian Yu is not worried about Lu Lingqi. One is that Lu Lingqi is just a woman, and the other is how many cavalry Lu Lingqi brought? Two thousand horsemen rushed into tens of thousands of horsemen, and it was good to say that if they were beaten, they were not looking for death if they were not beaten? Although it is not the soldiers and horses of the Cao family, it doesn't matter if they are all dead, but the Yizhou soldiers are really here to help them. Moreover, although Tian Yu is not familiar with Lu Ren and Lu Lingqi, he has a good relationship with Tian Chou. Now Lu Lingqi was invited by Tian Chou to help, if something really happened, it would be very difficult to explain to Tian Chou's face.

Lu Lingqi expressed dissatisfaction and said: "But all the cavalry I brought is not good at city defense operations. If you don't go down to counterattack, if you come, it means that you don't come! ”

Tian Yu said after a long sigh: "It's better to be like this, Yu dares to ask General Lu to lead his iron cavalry to Jixian County to break the 3,000 Karasuma rangers who sneaked to the back of the pass, so that you can receive reinforcements from Jixian County to help the pass here." ”

Lu Lingqi glanced at Guan Fang and hesitated: "How long can General Natian withstand here?" ”

"Within five days, Yu was still able to withstand it. It's hard to say beyond five days. ”

Lu Lingqi nodded: "Okay, Lingqi will help General Tian to pick up the reinforcements from Jixian County." ”

The Yizhou cavalry led by Lu Lingqi had been trained for a long time and acted quickly, and all of them had already left the customs in less than half an hour. Tian Yu watched the two thousand horsemen go away on the wall, and sighed secretly in his heart: "If you get the order, you will do it, without dragging the mud and water, you are all elite pawns." How long has it been since Duke Wei handed over the post of Liaoxi Assassin to Lu Ren? Why did Lu Ren have such a powerful cavalry so quickly? So if this continues, is it right or wrong for Duke Wei to give Lu Ren the post of Liaoxi assassin? ”

But apparently now is not the time to think about these things, there is still a war at the juncture! Therefore, Tian Yu suddenly turned around and ordered: "Command all departments, the reinforcements of the brigade are coming soon, we should fight to defend it, and we must not let Hu Cai take half a step to the city!" If not, wouldn't it make the reinforcements see our joke? How will I see people when I wait? ”

Reinforcements arrived, which was a great morale boost...... (To be continued.) )