18th century total war

Chapter 396
"These outsiders are really stupid. They charged against the bullets and hit them with the Maxim heavy machine gun. I think it's a waste of bullets."

A soldier of the Imperial Guard stabbed his bayonet at the gaps exposed by the joints of the corpse wearing plate armor at his feet, and joked to his comrades beside him.

Of course, the Maxim heavy machine gun of the Europa Empire is also named after Li Wei's feelings, which is no different from the Maxim heavy machine gun in the world history of Li Wei's previous life.

The armaments and weapons of the Europa Empire are very similar to the weapons in the history of the world in Li Wei's previous life, and are inseparable from Li Wei's personal preferences.

There are various types of weapons and equipment in the science and technology route given by Xiaobai. Many of the weapons Li Wei has never heard of have different styles, but the performance is actually not very different. Li Wei naturally chooses the armaments technology tree he is familiar with for upgrading and mass production.

Therefore, in the case of a small price-to-performance ratio, the armament of the Europa Empire was basically upgraded along the military technology route that Li Wei was familiar with in his previous life according to Li Wei's order.

Even because Li Wei prefers German equipment, many of the equipment are imitations of the German equipment produced by Li Wei in his previous life!

Of course, Levi will not ignore the issue of cost performance just for the sake of feelings. If the American, Soviet or even British equipment is really easy to use, Levi will still choose it.

This choice of Li Wei has a great advantage, because he has the relevant memories of World War I and World War II in his previous life in his mind.

Know which weapons are battle-tested on the battlefield!

After all, no matter how good the paper data is, it is not as reliable as actual combat data.

The Charles III rifle that has been eliminated by the Imperial Guard is actually an early Mauser bolt rifle.

A scope was added to it, and some improvements were made. It is now the sniper rifle equipped by snipers in the Imperial Guard, which was named 98K by Levi!

Except for Li Wei, no one in the entire empire understood what this name meant, but it was an order from the emperor, so no one dared to refute it.

Even if Levi names the new weapon a shitty name, it will be recorded in history!

The emperor's will is above all else!
The main individual weapon of the semi-automatic rifle that has just been installed by the Imperial Guards is the imitation of the M1 Garand rifle, the famous American gun of World War II in the world history of Levi's previous life.

In the naming of the Europa Empire, the prefix m1 was removed, and only the name of Garland was retained. No one knows what the name Garland means, only that Emperor Levi personally named this semi-automatic rifle with epoch-making significance. The Europa Empire produced an individual rifle second only to the Charles III rifle!

And the Charles III rifle, which had been eliminated by the imperial guards, was not abandoned, but began to be sold to the regular army of the vassal state at a high price, and became the standard equipment of the second-line garrison of the Europa Empire (that is, the regular army that had not been brainwashed by the ideological stamp). arms.

The production volume of this stable bolt-action rifle has always been No.1 in the Europa Empire, and until now, the production line has not been completely withdrawn.

At the imperial cabinet meeting, it was considered that this rifle was very suitable for individual weapons used by other countries to deal with visitors from other worlds.

This kind of individual weapon can not only allow other countries to maintain their superiority in firepower over foreign armies, but it will not pose any threat to the main force of the imperial guards.

The most important thing is that the bolt-action rifle will not cause too much logistical pressure on those vassal states with industrial strength. Even vassal states with no industrial foundation in the country can maintain war consumption by purchasing ammunition from the Europa Empire.

Of course, in addition to the Charles III rifle, there is also the hand-cranked Gatling machine gun that has long been eliminated by the Imperial Guards, and has also become the ace weapon of the vassal state.

It's just that compared with the bolt-action rifle, which is an individual weapon with excellent performance and high demand, the production line of the hand-cranked Gatling machine gun has long been transformed into a production line of the Maxim heavy machine gun.

Li Wei, who has the historical memory of his previous life, knows very well that the Maxim heavy machine gun does not seem to have high technical content, but it is a weapon that has been used until the 21st century!
For a country's armament, weapon performance is far less important than production cost and weapon reliability.

Li Wei is very clear that there are countless weapons with excellent theoretical data and actual combat data in human history, which have been eliminated due to high production costs!

Even the Europa Empire used semi-automatic rifles as the individual weapons of the imperial guards. The reason was not that automatic rifles could not be produced, but because the industrial strength of the Europa Empire could not supply the consumption of automatic rifle individual weapons on the battlefield!
Although the technology tree of the Europa Empire has reached the end of World War II, the actual industrial production capacity is only equivalent to the level of Europe during World War I in Levi's previous life.

There was a muffled clang, and the soldier of the Imperial Guard who had just stabbed through with a bayonet frowned. He had already inserted into the joint gap of the plate armor, but he still couldn't penetrate it!
"Don't use a bayonet for this kind of thick armor target. The armor of these outsiders is relatively hard, and many of them even wear double armor. Give them a bullet."

The comrade-in-arms next to him kindly reminded him.

After finishing speaking, he raised the Garand rifle in his hand to a wailing corpse not far away, and pulled the trigger.

Sporadic gunfire never stopped on the slaughterhouse-like battlefield, and dense gunfire sounded from time to time in the distant direction. Obviously, the front line of the Imperial Guards had been encountering scattered deserters.

The Imperial Guard soldier who pulled out his bayonet looked at the corpse on the ground helplessly. Although he was sure that the other party was almost dead, he still fired a shot according to the wartime regulations.

This is a strict order from the Ministry of War!

It is also a respect for soldiers from other worlds!

Who told them that their physical fitness is much higher than that of humans in this world?

High physical fitness also means more tenacious vitality. After all, they are all human beings who have tempered their bodies with magical energy.

According to Merlin's popular science, the entire Europa Empire already knew that the so-called grudge training was actually a way to use magic energy to temper the body, let the body absorb magic energy, and improve the level of life.

Since this method is to absorb magic energy for their own use instead of mobilizing the magic energy in the air, soldiers from other worlds who practice fighting spirit can still exert their physical strength 100% even in a new world without magic energy.

After all, their physical bodies have been trained and shaped, and their daily consumption can be supplemented by eating a lot.

Even the battle qi that was generated was generated by the evolved flesh itself, rather than using the magical energy in the air.

Because of this, the attacking methods of fighters who cultivate physical battle qi are relatively simple, far inferior to that of magicians who can easily change magical energy into various attacking methods through spells and other means, and the destructive power is extremely great.

According to Merlin, on the Makabaka Continent, an official magician can easily kill a top knight commander as long as he keeps a sufficient distance!
Even if the knight commander has surpassed the official magician from the perspective of life level!

The destructive power of magicians far exceeds the magical energy they can contain.

However, in a world without magical energy, magicians are far inferior to these warriors who rely on their bodies for food...

This is also the reason why the Magic Guild worked so hard to develop the conversion of magical energy from the center of the earth.

Without enough mana supply, the magician's battle is not greatly reduced, but ten out of ten!

Even the holy magician Merlin did not dare to use magic power recklessly, otherwise, once the magic power in her body is exhausted, she will become a weak woman...

Of course, the magicians of the magic guild are all very rich, and they will spend huge costs to purify magic stone resources and create magic potions that can quickly replenish magic power.

It was this kind of huge consumption that caused the magic guild, which was obviously wealthy and powerful, to end up with only a few hundred people crossing over.

The extra resources have been refined into magic potions by these selfish genuine magicians!

Merlin even revealed that before leaving, many official magicians didn't even spare their own magic apprentices, squeezing them dry and refining them into magic potions!
The magicians who have space reserve equipment all store a wealth of magic potions inside, which is the guarantee for them to re-establish the authority of the magic guild in the new world.

As for space storage equipment, magic power is required to open it, not to mention ordinary people, even those knight commanders who cultivate physical fighting spirit cannot use it.

The scorching bullets pierced through the corpses on the ground without hindrance, and half-coagulated blood soon flowed out of the small bullet holes on the plate armor.

It is not difficult to see from this bullet hole that there is a layer of leather armor inlaid with circular iron pieces inside the plate armor!
No wonder the bayonet just couldn't penetrate it!
The soldiers of the Imperial Guards felt that fighting this kind of enemy with their bayonets was no different from suicide. Fortunately, they only knew how to charge in groups, and they didn't know how to dodge bullets at all.

Of course, with the firepower network of the Imperial Guards, it is almost impossible for them to avoid bullets.

Soon, the Imperial Guard soldier came to a 'corpse' covered in blood, but only covered with a thin layer of leather armor.

The foreign soldiers who charged towards the Imperial Guard's position had a huge gap in equipment.

The best equipment not only has plate armor, but also has two additional layers of armor inside!
In the true sense of the three-layer armor, it would be difficult for ordinary humans to walk in such a heavy armor, but this group of alien soldiers can run at a speed no less than ordinary people wearing the three-layer heavy armor!

It was as if the three layers of heavy armor were just a layer of unlined clothing!
Of course, such wealthy soldiers are still a minority. Most foreign soldiers only have one layer of armor, and it is rare to see full-body plate armor. Chain mail is the most common.

After all, in the Arigado Empire, armor was far more expensive than weapons.

Seeing the thinly armored corpse, the Imperial Guard soldier thought about saving a bullet, and walked over with his bayonet.

However, before the bayonet was aimed at the target, the original corpse suddenly opened its eyes, and rushed up at a speed that the Imperial Guard soldier could not imagine, pressing him hard to the ground.

There was no weapon in his hand, and a left uppercut hit the imperial soldier's temple, and the huge force smashed half the brains of the Imperial Guard soldier!
The change here immediately attracted the vigilance of other Imperial Guard soldiers who were processing the corpse. Before the murderous 'corpse' got up, several bullets passed through his body precisely.

The visitor from another world went limp and lay on the body of the imperial guard he had just killed.

With the last ounce of strength, he turned his body over, looked up at the rising sun, and murmured: "Mom, dad, brother, sister...I'm sorry, I failed your sacrifice..."

Before he could finish speaking, the soldiers of the imperial guards who approached him fired a few more shots at him who was still panting from a distance of several meters!
The vitality of these alien soldiers is really tenacious, so for safety reasons, they often make a few more holes in their bodies.

This case was quickly reported to the top brass of the Imperial Guards. Under the efficient command, the top brass of the Imperial Guards once again increased the strict order for last hits.

No matter what kind of corpse it is, the gun must be filled with bullets, bayonets are not allowed!

In addition, the armor of the foreign soldiers is heavy, and the report that the bayonet is difficult to kill has also been submitted. The high-level imperial guards are discussing whether to cancel the wearing of the bayonet to reduce the burden on the frontline soldiers.

What's the point of carrying a bayonet if it's not useful in close combat?
However, this proposal was not approved. The reason was very simple. After all, there were only a small number of foreign soldiers in heavy armor, and most foreign soldiers could still be injured by bayonets.

Later, the report reached Emperor Li Wei's imperial court, and Li Wei formulated a compromise plan through a cabinet meeting.

On the basis of ordinary soldiers, large submachine guns are used, equipped with large magazines to increase the amount of ammunition, and the melee weapons are changed to engineering shovels that are more effective against armor.

Of course, this is an experimental unit. After all, Li Wei can't be sure whether this kind of war experience during World War II is effective when facing alien troops.

The encirclement and annihilation battle against the Xuanwu Legion became an actual combat exercise before the Imperial Guard launched a full-scale war against the alien legion.

The models of submachine guns are all ready-made, and Li Wei directly selected the Bobosha submachine gun, a deadly weapon during World War II in his previous life.

Of course, there is still a period of time between production and installation.

At least in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Xuanwu Army, the Bobosha submachine gun could not shine on the battlefield.

In fact, with the Garand semi-automatic rifles installed by individual soldiers, combined with small grenades and Maxim heavy machine guns, the Imperial Guards have not yet encountered a shortage of firepower.

What's more, every soldier of the Imperial Guard is equipped with the latest wooden handle grenade.

The arsenal of the Europa Empire is still working overtime to produce 75mm rapid-fire guns, which serve as the main force for medium-range fire suppression.

When General Michael gathered the rout and reorganized the Xuanwu Army, the sound of guns from all directions never stopped.

He knew that those hundreds of thousands of deserters who left early had a high probability of encountering an accident...

(End of this chapter)