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"Boom boom boom..."

Cannonballs traced perfect curves in the sky and landed in the ditch in front of Cotton City. In the violent explosion, flames shot into the sky.

This is howitzer fire.

After the Beidi cavalry's exploratory attack failed, rifled artillery cleared most of the opponent's field artillery in the trenches.

Immediately, Zhao Xu ordered the artillery to push the howitzer forward.

"Your Highness, the Beidi people have turned into turtles and are hiding behind the trenches and dare not come out." Chang Wei stood beside Zhao Xu with a teasing tone.

He thought Beidi would take revenge after suffering such a big loss.

But after that, no Beidi cavalry was seen again.

"After suffering this big loss, they should know how powerful they are." Zhao Xu said with a smile, "Next, as you said, they can only be a coward and block our attack."

Temuta led his troops to bypass them and cut off the food road.

Just from this, he knew the other party's intentions.

Unable to defeat them, they pinned their hopes on exhausting the food and fodder for the royal army.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei also predicted this when they entered Yizhou.

The two of them were also gambling.

What they were betting on was that they could capture Yiyang before they ran out of food and grass and severely damage their coalition forces.

"They are destined to be wishful thinking." Chang Wei sneered.

The Yanzhou army of 170,000 equipped with Qin-style rifles, carrying grenades, rifled guns and howitzers will be their nightmare.

For the next two days and nights, the roar of artillery on the battlefield never stopped.

The shells hit the flour like raindrops, constantly raising dust all over the trenches.

The Shizu soldiers and Beidi soldiers in the trenches were miserable.

On the third day, the sky suddenly became cloudy and it began to rain heavily.

The artillerymen had to retreat to the camp and pull back the artillery.

"God is really helping me." Zhao Xu watched the rain from inside the tent with a smile on his lips.

At this moment, Chang Wei, wearing a bamboo hat, came in from outside.

After shaking off the rainwater on his body, he said: "Your Highness, the general went to check it out. There is no problem with the ammunition. The oil paper from the Bingzhan Department was wrapped very tightly."

Zhao Xu nodded.

In ancient times, the material used to block water was oil paper.

Hence the oil-paper umbrella.

In modern times, oil-paper umbrellas were used for the storage of firearms and ammunition due to their moisture-proof properties.

The Internet is full of jokes about German guns wrapped in oil paper during World War I and World War II.

It is said that some firearms wrapped in oil paper have been lying underground for seventy or eighty years, and they are still in good structure and can be used when dug out.

Therefore, he passed on the tips for storing muskets and ammunition with oil paper to the War Department very early.

The paper-shell bullets and paper-shell cannonballs produced by the Bingzhan Division later had normal paper inside, but a layer of oily paper on the outside.

This is to prevent ammunition from malfunctioning due to moisture during heavy rain.

But even so, soldiers' operations on rainy days in the era of muzzleloaders will still be affected.

Because when loading, rainwater will fall into the barrel, and the bullet needs to be chewed open to pour the ammunition, so the probability of misfire is very high.

But the Qin-style rifle avoids this problem.

This is also the reason why rear-loading guns can eliminate front-loading guns.

Even in the pouring rain, the soldiers equipped with Qin-style rifles were still able to shoot normally.

Even if the firearm gets wet, it will not be affected since it is a needle-fired shot.

But while the muskets were unaffected, the artillery was not so lucky.

What Chang Wei went to inspect this time was mainly artillery and artillery ammunition.

"Your Highness, do you think they will take the opportunity to make a sneak attack?" Chang Wei looked outside.

The rain was heavy this time and the visibility was very poor. I couldn't see clearly even fifty meters away.

"Most likely." Zhao Xu raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of evil in his smile.

He believed that even the Russians in the coalition at the moment could not understand the needle attack.

Because this thing is too advanced for this era.

Even if there is, it may just be testing somewhere in the West.

As for the generals in the West, according to their understanding, muskets and artillery are basically unusable on rainy days.

Although as far as he knew, the Britons changed the flint on some flintlocks into flash caps.

But whether it is a flint fire or a fire cap, the gunpowder in the exposed gunpowder pool needs to be ignited to ignite the gunpowder inside.

Furthermore, the flash cap, like the flint, will also be unable to start a fire due to moisture.

Therefore, they could not imagine that the Qin-style rifle could not be affected by rainy weather.

Once they concluded this, the advantage of the royal army was lost to them.

The opportunity for close combat is right in front of us, and both the Beidi people and the Rus people are good at fighting.

If you don't take the opportunity to make a sneak attack, then when?

"Hehe, they must come. We can kill them all." Chang Wei smiled sinisterly.

He has already set it up, keeping the soldiers close to the chariot on alert at all times.

When sleeping, grenades should not be removed, and the gun should be kept at hand, ready to fight at any time.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at each other and laughed sinisterly together.

But Zhao Xu's smile was not just because of the sneak attack.

There was another thing that also made him happy.

That means the opponent's trench is finished.

Such heavy rain would basically flood the trench.

During the contemporary World War I, the army often faced this problem.

Under the long-term confrontation, the weather naturally alternates between sunny and rainy days.

Once it rained, the soldiers in the trenches were out of luck.

Water flows to lower areas, and the rainwater will naturally flow into the trenches.

At this time, the soldiers in the trench could only rest in the rain.

Just water can kill them half to death.

Even after the rain stopped, the trenches were still muddy, making the soldiers miserable.

Now, the soldiers in the trenches are probably also facing this problem.

Just as he was thinking, a loud noise suddenly came.

Through the rain, he saw a flame rising in the distance.

This is a landmine that has been detonated.

Before that, he ordered landmines to be laid on both sides of the battlefield.

Soldiers have been laying landmines for the past two days.

Since the mine is buried in the soil, and the top of the mine itself has a cover-like shell, it will not fail even in rainy days.

Now, the landmine went off. There was no doubt that the other party was preparing for a sneak attack and stepped on the landmine.

"Coming!" Chang Wei shouted, rushed into the heavy rain, and ordered the generals to be on guard.

Although they can still use Qin rifles on rainy days, their vision is affected after all.

They still have to take it seriously when facing sneak attacks.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Next, one explosion after another came from all directions.

Obviously, there were quite a few enemy soldiers coming for a sneak attack this time.

"kill!"

It seemed that the explosion had exposed themselves, and the coalition soldiers roared to cheer themselves up.

The sound came closer and closer to their chariot camp.

At this time, the royal soldiers rushed out of the tents and came to the chariot. They used the chariot as a barrier and aimed their guns outside.