Ming Zuo

Chapter 503 Trench Scavenger

"Report, the position of the [-]th Battalion has been breached."

The division staff rushed over to report in a hurry, and what he said made the atmosphere in the division cool.

When Lou Fu saw Guan Yu warming the wine and killing Hua Xiong, he ignored him.

"Hmph, he, Shen Xun, definitely wants to try out the power of the new weapon."

It is true that the rebels are vicious, but they are definitely not fools.

In the battle with the new army, their progress was not a little bit.

When they were in Huangxian County, they once broke into the trenches of the New Army, and they suffered a big loss.

Gaining wisdom from a pitfall, this time the rebels have made a lot of preparations.

When they reached the front of the trench, they no longer jumped in blindly, but established a battle line above the trench.

The firecrackers followed up and fired at the soldiers of the new army in the second trench twenty meters away.

Although the firepower of the two sides is not at the same level, at least they can fight back.

With matchlock guns and bows and arrows, the casualties of the new army also increased a lot.

After having a solid position, the rebels began to clear the trenches under their feet.

Although they have made a lot of preparations, they are making progress, and the new army is also making progress.

boom……

Boom boom boom...

The continuous explosions in the tunnel caused heavy losses to the rebels.

The preset thunder mixing makes the smoke and dust billow in the tunnel, and nothing can be seen.The corpses of the rebels were piled up everywhere, even affecting traffic.

But even so, the rebels had to jump in.

The front line above the trench persisted for a while, but it still couldn't withstand the firepower of the new army. Under the casualties, the trench that can avoid bullets must be the best choice.

Anyway, the people in front have already wiped out the thunderbolts, and it will be much safer for the people behind to go in.

Seeing that he had finally broken through a position, Li Jiuzheng was overjoyed, mounted his horse himself, and shouted: "The brigade will keep up, we must do our best today."

The earth trembled and horseshoes flew.

The rebel cavalry moved out.

Their goal was the thirteenth battalion position that the infantry had broken through.

The moment he saw the cavalry move out, Shen Xun also moved.

"Order all the artillery to bombard the cavalry brigade. Then order the special company to dispatch to clear the trenches."

After Ren Dong and others retreated to the second trench, they guarded the traffic trench tightly to prevent the rebels from rushing along the trench.

Anyone who dares to show their heads will shoot, and if they raise their shields, they will be greeted with grenades.

Only a few muskets are needed for the traffic trench that is only two people wide, and it will be watertight.

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 in a hurry.

After all, no one likes losing ground.

Just as he was thinking about how to take back the position, a group of people walked up behind him.

These people are different from all new army fighters.

They wear armor.

In addition to the thick cotton armor, steel plates are inserted into the tactical straps.

At the same time, the style of the helmet is also different from that of ordinary soldiers.

If the military fans of future generations see it, they are guaranteed to raise their arms and shout.

Tokusan is immortal!

In addition to different helmets, these people actually had metal masks on their faces.

Other than that, only the eyes are exposed.

On today's battlefield, generally such armed forces can only be heavy armored infantry.

But the weapons in these people's hands are not cold weapons such as knives, guns, axes and hammers, but a very strange firearm.

The whole looks like a musket, but the barrel is thick and short.The gun barrel is about thirty centimeters long, but it is as thick as an egg.

Behind the barrel, there is also a roulette-like thing.Viewed from the front, there are bullet slots on it.

There is a jujube-thick bullet in each magazine, about the length of a palm.

There were more than a hundred people in this group. After passing the infantry, they came to the entrance of the traffic 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 hurriedly followed suit, throwing grenades at the entrance of the opposite traffic trench one after another.

It is only a distance of more than [-] meters, and it will never miss.

In the smoke of the explosion, the rebels at the opposite entrance let out screams, and they should have been cleared out.

The company commander immediately shouted: "Come on. In groups of three, clean up."

I saw these heavily armed people running towards the first trench on the opposite side one by one.

Soon, empty gunshots like torrential rain came from the ditch opposite, mixed with the screams and roars of the rebels, looking so helpless.

Ren Dong was amazed and hurriedly followed.

When I rushed to the opposite trench and saw the fighting methods of those people, I was dumbfounded.

I saw those people in groups of three, two of them shot in front, and one shot in the back.

The strange firearm in his hand will fire a bullet every time the trigger is pulled.

The bullet was very weird, it exploded immediately after being fired, forming a large rain of bullets, almost covering the entire tunnel.

No matter how many rebels are on the opposite side, one shot is guaranteed to hit them all.Those who were killed were fine, but those who were injured were miserable.

There were beehive-like scars all over his body, and he covered the wound and fell down crying, with no room for resistance.

It's not the scariest.

The strange muskets in these people's hands could fire continuously.

Every time the trigger is pulled, the dial turns once to fire a round, and then it can fire again.

Ren Dong counted, each of these strange muskets can shoot eight times in a row, and then it will return to reload.

In other words, eight rounds can be loaded at a time on that turntable.

Two people lighted up a turntable, and basically a [-]-meter-long tunnel was emptied.No matter how many enemies there are, there is almost no way to fight back.

Occasionally sporadic counterattacks, because these people are all wearing thick armor, there is no need to worry about casualties.

Looking at the mountains of ditches, Ren Dong couldn't help shivering.

I really don't know, what is it like to be hit by such a terrifying weapon?
He doesn't know what kind of weapon it is, but people in later generations will definitely be familiar with it when they see it.

Revolving shotgun.

The design inspiration comes from the Battle of Huangxian.

When he saw the rebels rushing into the trenches, Zuo Menggeng was thinking about how to deal with the enemies who were close at hand if one day he needed to attack the enemy's trenches or fight in the trenches.

He quickly thought of this melee weapon.

This kind of weapon looks very post-modern, but in fact it can be done with the current technology.

The bullets were made of lead, and the middle was stuffed with gunpowder and more than [-] iron balls the size of rice grains.

This kind of iron beads has no technical requirements at all, and there is nothing wrong with making them larger or smaller.Therefore, they are all made by private iron workshops.

The front of the warhead has a buried firing pin and detonator for detonation.

Since pocket watches and wrist watches can be made, such delicate parts are not a problem here.

Behind the warhead is still a paper cartridge, which uses black powder for cost considerations, and a cap is added in the middle.

As for the drive of the runner, Zuo Menggeng referred to a sniper grenade of the People's Liberation Army of later generations.

In the lower grid of the wheel, a curly spring will be buried.

When the runner is reset, it will push the mainspring to curl up.

Pulling the trigger not only drives the firing pin to hit the cap in the bullet, but also releases the spring spring, allowing the spring to expand, and then drives the turntable to rotate a short distance.

If there is no limit, the mainspring will continue to drive the wheel to rotate until the kinetic energy of the mainspring is completely lost.

But after the trigger is pulled, it will return to its original position, so the mainspring is stuck again.

This process is exactly the time for the runner to rotate one grid, and the loading of the second bullet slot is completed.

It is too simple for craftsmen to make clocks and watches.

Thus, the bloody and terrifying trench sweeper was born.

Although due to technical problems, the range of the shotgun is only more than [-] meters.

But in trench warfare and street fighting, who cares about range?

(End of this chapter)