Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 38 Fusiliers, Air Force
The wind and rain were like darkness, and a gunshot sounded like a thunderstorm.

Liu Liangzuo and Li Chengdong stared wide-eyed, and they both saw deep puzzlement and confusion in each other's eyes.

These two have been through the battlefield for a long time, and they are familiar with all kinds of firearms. It is common sense that firearms cannot be ignited and fired in rainy days, but how can the Ming army still shoot?

"There are exceptions to everything. Maybe it was a soldier in the enemy army who got lucky and let him get shot." Li Chengdong said.

As soon as the words fell, gunshots rang out again, and one after another, they were extremely sharp and piercing.

"Damn it, what's going on? It was a fluke to fire one shot by chance, but you fired so many fucking shots..." Liu Liangzuo became agitated.

Li Chengdong stopped talking, and looked up at Che Ying, wanting to see what was going on, whether the Ming army was equipped with some advanced and excellent firearms, but unfortunately, the wind and rain hit his face, and his eyes were covered with mist.

Liu Liangzuo and Li Chengdong didn't realize that this battle, which they witnessed the birth and use of a new type of firearm, was destined to be recorded in history!
This new type of firearm is the flintlock.

A flintlock gun that uses flint friction as the ignition device.Compared with matchlock guns such as bird-billed guns, flintlock guns are a major technological innovation and a big step in the development of firearms.

When encountering wind and rain, the arquebus will expose fatal flaws, or the gunpowder in the fire door will be blown away by the wind, or the ignited fire wire will be doused by rain.

The flintlock gun solves this defect. Bi Maokang invented the percussion type flintlock gun. The tap of the trigger is pressed down, and the fire is fired due to the friction between the spring and the flint.

In this way, it not only overcomes the difficulties caused by wind and rain to shooting, but also does not need to press the faucet by hand, so that the aiming is more accurate, and it can be fired at any time.The flintlock is equipped with a flint automatic ignition device, which is not afraid of wind and rain and does not need to be ignited with a matchlock in advance, and the firing speed and accuracy are greatly improved.

With the strong support of Li Cunming, Uncle Bi Maokang and Tang Ruowang led the craftsmen to produce [-] flintlock guns within a month, just in time for this war.

At this time, the flintlock was still a front-loading musket, and the firing device had been improved, but the way of loading ammunition was the same as that of the beak gun.In order to improve the efficiency of loading, Li Cunming, relying on his own knowledge advantages, proposed to wrap the ammunition with oil-soaked linen for loading.

Wrapping the ammunition with oil-soaked linen can not only reduce the friction encountered when loading the ammunition, but also improve the air-holding performance and make it more powerful when fired.

When Bi Maokang and Tang Ruowang heard this, they were astonished and full of praise.

If this war hadn't come out of nowhere, Li Cunming would have had enough time to build more flintlock guns, which would have shocked Li Chengdong and Liu Liangzuo's jaws!
Even so, Li Chengdong and Liu Liangzuo were still stunned, not to mention the rest of the people.

Originally, the cavalry had suffered enough from the Che Ying from the very beginning, and they had been crushed and beaten until it rained heavily. Seeing that the greatest strength of the Che Ying had failed, they were thinking of venting their anger. He can still use firearms!
Aggrieved, helpless, unlucky!
The morale that had just been raised was suddenly shattered by the sudden sound of gunfire in the wind and rain.When Liu Liangzuo and Li Chengdong were in a trance, many cavalry could no longer stand the torture, turned their horses and fled back.

People are like this, when they suddenly encounter things beyond common sense, they will always feel fear.

Li Chengdong was silent for a long time, he suddenly thought of the rumors in Ningling and Xuzhou these days, people said that Chongzhen was a god who came down to earth, and he was related to the protection of the public.

Are the rumors true?
Liu Liangzuo didn't think much. When the army was fleeing, he kept yelling: "Go back, let me go back, whoever the hell goes back, I will kill him!"

There is no way out, this is a life-and-death battle, Liu Liangzuo can't afford to lose.

Just at this time, the heavy rain that came in a hurry went away in a hurry, the weather cleared up and the sun was shining.

The Ming army burst into cheers, and Zhou Yujizhong organized the car battalion to fight the enemy hard.Li Cunming looked up at the spotless sky, and said with a smile, "Give Liu Liangzuo something more exciting and surprising. It's time for my air force to make a grand debut."

He turned his head and shouted: "Qi Dazhuang, take your Flying Tigers and set off a grand fireworks for Liu Liangzuo!"

"According to the order!" Qi Dazhuang took the order and left.

Not long after, ten hot air balloons rose slowly and floated into the sky above the battlefield from behind the camp.

Since he had the idea of ​​forming an "air force", Li Cunming sent Qi Dazhuang to select skilled craftsmen to imitate hot air balloons. After many studies and many failures, he finally made five imitations of hot air balloons.

Including the five obtained by signing in, there are ten in total.Everything is difficult at the beginning, and with the beginning, there will be more and more in the future.

The reason why the "Air Force" was not dispatched at the beginning was because Li Cunming valued this trump card too much, so how could there be any reason to amplify it when it comes up?What's more, today's "air force" is not yet scaled, and its lethality is far inferior to its deterrent power.

At this time, the "air force" was dispatched, and the timing was just right.The enemy army showed signs of collapse, and if there was another huge shock, they would run away with their heads in their arms.

It can be seen from this that Li Cunming is also growing up, learning about war through war, and he already has a deep understanding of the grasp of fighter opportunities.

The war situation was as expected by Li Cunming. When ten hot air balloons floated in the sky, the enemy soldiers were surprised at first, and then they discovered the arrival of the god of death.

"I invite you to eat iron watermelon, I invite you to eat flower bombs, I invite you to watch fireworks..."

Qi Dazhuang was muttering while throwing flower bombs down.This kid has been suffocating for a long time, and now he let go of his hands to kill the enemy, that would be a joy.

As the explosive shells exploded above their heads, the cavalry seemed to be trapped in a nightmare.Lead bullets, iron sheets, and iron nails shot everywhere, falling from the sky, and there was no way to avoid it.

"Oh my god, my eyes..." someone wailed.

"I can't take it anymore, I won't fight anymore..." Someone shouted, jumped off the horse's back, and hid under the horse's belly.

It's just that the war horse was also frightened, went mad, and ran wildly, and many people were buried under the hooves of the horses.

"What the hell is this, Kong Ming Lantern?" Liu Liangzuo's face was livid and his lips were pale.

Li Chengdong's hands trembled, he suddenly felt a chill run up his back, and realized that if he stayed any longer, his life would be in danger.

Quietly turning the horse's head, and clamping the horse's belly with both legs, Li Chengdong shouted desperately: "Drive... run, run!"

"You son of a bitch! I fought this war because of you, and you ran away..." Liu Liangzuo cursed, and also drove his horse to flee.

The commander fled, and the soldiers lost their fighting spirit. They just ran for their lives, but five out of ten were trampled to death.

"Chase!" Zhou Yuji ordered.

(End of this chapter)