Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 559 Cannon!
In the Chu army formation, a roar sounded...

Zhang Ren didn't understand what happened specifically, but he originally rushed ahead because he wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the second and third barbed wire fences.

The speed at which the cannon ejects from the chamber is much faster than the initial speed of the catapult and the white bus, but Zhang Ren's warrior intuition came into play at this moment!

When the black tube was pointed at him, Zhang Ren already felt frightened...

It seems that what is pointed at him is not a group of wooden and stone warriors playing with battlefield equipment, but Xu Chu... No, not that strong, it should be said to be "Zang Ba's featherless arrows", especially one of them - it is firing Before, Zhang Ren was more sure than the gunner that this thing would probably hit him!
A cannonball happened to be heading towards Zhang Ren...

It is true that everyone wants to target Zhang Ren, the little golden man, but considering the size of the target and the current distance, aiming the artillery can only depend on luck.

For a golden general like Zhang Ren, unless the battle situation is chaotic or he is a person who is proficient in assassination, long-range attacks that threaten him will basically have some spiritual omen, especially artillery... The omen is It is impossible to be defenseless from the ignition of the twister!

When he concentrated, the path of the cannonball was also visible to Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren did not choose to avoid it. After all, he also wanted to know what this thing was!
Raising his hand... Zhang Ren caught a cannonball that was about to hit his chest with one hand.

Although he had been prepared, Zhang Ren was still shocked to the point of numbness in his arms. He was still unable to completely block the force, causing the back of his hand to hit his chest, and even... causing his waist to stiffen slightly and his steps to be erratic. A moment!
Zhang Ren's eyes also flashed with surprise at this moment.

Is he really at Zang Ba’s level without a feathered arrow?Are there six golden and jade general-level featherless arrow masters hiding inside?
wrong!

Catapult?
Not much like...

Not to mention that Zhang Ren didn't understand at all what "knocked" the solid iron bullet out, and he didn't see any structure similar to throwing it. More importantly... Zhang Ren even dared to use his face to understand an ordinary catapult. Is it good?

And this solid iron bullet...

If Zhang Ren was more cautious and fully prepared from the beginning, he could indeed behave more "calmly". However, no matter what, it is difficult to change the fact that this thing has the chance to hurt himself!

Not talking about face-to-face hits, Zhang Ren felt that even if he was hit in the chest and abdomen from the front one after another, he would not feel comfortable after one hit. Five or six hits would probably make his blood boil...

For Zhang Ren, it was just an "uncomfortable" attack. After falling into the Shu army, the Shu army that was originally crowded at the entrance of Sizhang suddenly became a lot thinner!

At the same time, the six artillery pieces continued to be loaded, and the Qi bullet crossbows were not idle either. Although they were shocked by their own powerful artillery, their hands were not idle.

Continuous "qi power" (firepower) is always pressing on the gap...

If the first artillery attack only caused some pain and confusion to the Shu army, but it did not "cash in" quickly because of lack of understanding, which was a loss of morale, then the second round of artillery attacks Shooting directly made the Shu army cower!
Especially Zhang Ren, who was originally planning to "Feng Yi Tian Xiang" again, was unlucky enough to be hit by a shot this time, and even "Phoenix Wing Tian Xiang" was interrupted. At the same time... Zhang Ren also saw the "sparse" Shu army.

Not only did the artillery instantly cause a large number of casualties, but the Shu army that broke through the cracks became even thinner and thinner under the suppression of the infuriating missiles and crossbows due to the low morale, and even seemed to be driven out of the gap... …

Zhang Ren glared at the six artillery pieces hatefully, and then ordered to retreat!

After two rounds of firing, Zhang Ren also roughly knew the firing interval of this thing. If he could maintain it, the Shu army crowded together would be a lamb to be slaughtered.

Soon Zhang Ren led his troops to retreat, and in other defense sections, Yan Yan, who was attracting attention, saw Zhang Ren's flag and retreated, so he also withdrew.

On the third day of the attack on the Zhicheng defense line, the Shu army once again dropped the corpses of countless Ji Zao soldiers and even generals in front of the barbed wire. Especially where Zhang Ren broke through the defense line, there were layers of layers within a few feet. Layers of corpses...

After the war, Yan Yan still didn't know what was going on, so he quickly asked Zhang Ren - he also vaguely heard the sound of artillery.

"The Chu army not only has crossbows, but also something... similar to a catapult!"

After taking off Ju Jia, Zhang Ren clasped his left hand in front of him, as if he still felt something...

After listening to Zhang Ren's description and knowing that the Chu army had such a killer weapon, Yan Yan's heart became even colder.

At the same time, Guo Huai was also listening to the report of the artillery company that tried to stop Zhang Ren today.

Guo Huai was quite impressed when he heard that Zhang Ren once caught a cannonball in his hand and was "suffocated" while preparing to use his ultimate move without any special defense. However, he was still able to retreat "as if nothing had happened". .

His qualifications in martial arts are average, and he is a commander-in-chief general. So far, he has only been gold-plated. In terms of pure martial arts, he is really just a nobody in Chu State. Among the 36 gold and jade generals, not one of him has had his turn...

Today, the mainstream view of most Chu generals, even the Privy Council staff, including most of the Jinyu generals, is that infuriating crossbows and artillery will further weaken or even completely eliminate the role of personal bravery on the battlefield. Only the Privy Council can So that a limited number of senior executives have different ideas.

Originally, Guo Huai's ideas were very "mainstream", but after seeing Zhang Ren's performance this time, he somewhat understood the ideas of "non-mainstream" people.

Infuriating crossbows and artillery have indeed greatly increased the importance of ordnance. The former directly increases the combat effectiveness of Ji Zao soldiers, and the latter can even exert a "gold and jade level" with the cooperation of some wood and stone generals and Ji Zao soldiers. "s attack.

however……

One thing that cannot be ignored is that they are all "long-range attacks"!
There are few tactics that require rushing close to fight, and the artillery has few opportunities to use shotguns to kill enemies at close range. It is useless after close combat. After all, you can't fire cannons indiscriminately where your own people are.

And long-range attacks have a special meaning in Chengji World - the battle armor will not be weakened!
In close combat and chaotic battles, a large number of Ji Zao soldiers will form an invisible force field, weakening the armor's ability to strengthen generals in all aspects. However, in pure long-range battles, there are no enemy troops around the generals, so naturally they will not If it is weakened, or the effect of the weakening is very low, it can display its strength only in single combat.

Otherwise, like Zhang Ren's Phoenix Wings, if the two armies were facing each other, how could they directly clear out the enemies within a range of four feet wide and thirty steps?
When Lu Bu was wearing armor and gold, he didn't show off his aoE in the enemy army like this...

And if it is in a chaotic battle, the projectiles will not be directly immune to pain or itching, and the solid bullets will not be as simple as "pain in the hand", but... in a real close-quarters battle, there will still be opportunities to use guns and cannons. ?

Guo Huai suddenly understood the thoughts of Privy Lu's envoys - the infuriating crossbows and artillery greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the army. Naturally, if you think about it further, the bravery of the generals was covered up, but... for the real top generals , because of the lack of suppression, it is more likely to change the situation of the battle!
The tearing of the barbed wire this time can be regarded as a small warning...

(End of this chapter)