Chapter 731: Fire!

In fact, there is no ski resort in the north of Qin State, nor any ski equipment. These things have not been invented yet, Shang Wen just thought of it. But there is no such thing, it requires actual invention. Although sleds are used in some places, they have not been promoted, just like roller skates. There is no ice skating in the north, so naturally there is no love for roller skates.

Qin's life is so easy, but it's not so easy for the other side.

In the north of Qin, the Huns were driven to the area north of the Great Desert, where they needed to regroup. But the first thing to overcome is nature and let yourself survive. When Qin Jun and Zhao Jun soldiers huddled in their fortifications. The Huns tried their best to preserve the vitality of their tribe. The cold in the north makes everything worse.

The underwater temperature is 40 degrees. This is the data actually measured in the northern military fortifications of Qin State. This number is already very cold. The temperature was such that the northern army of the Qin State had to hide in the fortifications and warm up the fire. The Huns must survive the low temperature and tenaciously. Two different nations are fighting together against one enemy, the weather.

Equally bad was the war on the Eastern Front. The fortifications of the Qi army were built quickly, mainly because they did not build defensive trenches on a large scale. Instead, they simply constructed some artillery and machine gun positions, and then extended and deployed them on this basis.

Qi Jun’s scouts quickly fed back a message. There is no sign of any other army behind this Yan army. This news made all the Qi army officers very uneasy. For this reason, they repeatedly asked the scouts to conduct reconnaissance, and be sure not to reveal any important information.

"I really don't understand, what the above means. These **** Yan troops have no intention of fighting at all. We can just rush over. Why do we need to scout repeatedly?" Qi Jun's scout complained.

Qi Jun's reconnaissance has become a search. Yan Jun didn't even send a guard post. Even the scouts riding horses swaggered past the garrison of the Yan army, and the Yan army ignored them. This kind of disregard caused the Qi army's reconnaissance speed to accelerate greatly. Many scouts originally needed to sneak into the enemy's rear secretly for reconnaissance, but now, they don't need it anymore. The opponent didn't even mean to defend.

The Qi army swaggered and carried out repeated reconnaissance, and found no sign of any army within the range of fifty to eighty miles behind the Yan Army. Until this situation was reported again, Qi Jun believed that this was an isolated and helpless force. At the same time, the scouts also reported another situation. That is, the combat effectiveness of this unit is very weak.

"There are still dumb, deaf, camel in the army?" a Qi army officer asked a veteran scout.

"This, isn't it possible?" The officer wondered if his ears had misheard.

"Absolutely not. We caught a prisoner yesterday. As a result, during the interrogation, we couldn't speak. In the end, we found that it was a dumb man. Later we conducted investigations again. This time, we found that there were not only dumb men, but also deaf men, camels, and fools Wait," said the veteran scout.

"This is really strange." This is the first time an officer has encountered such a situation.

"Furthermore, we still heard and heard about it." said the veteran scout.

"What's the matter?" the officer asked strangely. In the Qi Junjun, many people were old bachelors, some of them hadn't even touched a woman when they were old. Many men who serve as soldiers will never marry a wife, and women are too strange to them.

"Oh." The officer suddenly understood something. He nodded.

"I saw a group of people go in to do that thing." The veteran said blushing.

"Hmph." The officer was too embarrassed to say anything. After all, he hadn't been an official for too long. There was no salary when he was a soldier. At most, he was given two bowls of rice. Some soldiers pay taxes, and being a soldier is normal. Therefore, many people in ancient times were unwilling to join the army, or they were rewarded for farming wars like the Qin State, otherwise everyone would avoid being in the army and escape military service.

"Got it. I'll tell the person above about this situation." With that, he left. The veteran was thinking about something. He didn't come back overnight.

This situation soon became known to the senior officials of Qi Jun. It was not until this time that the Qi army realized that their face-to-face enemy was not even a third-rate unit, because there were still fools, dumb, deaf, hunchback, and hunchback in the army. This is because it came from Qin. A kind of animal. Camel, if there is no such animal, camel does not have this name.

What kind of force this is, Qi Jun knows better than anyone else. As a result, the Qi army immediately adjusted their combat strategy. From active siege to active offense.

"Quick, quick. Stop all. Don't dig. Stop all." An veteran hurried to the front of Qi Jun's fortifications. Due to the frozen soil, this land is difficult to dig, especially in the cold winter.

"What do you mean? What's wrong with it," the soldiers complained.

"All stopped. We are ready to attack. The fortifications will not move." The veteran gave the order. Then immediately walked away and ran to the next place to convey the order.

The soldiers didn't know what it meant, but it was certain that they didn't need to dig the soil. Since there is no need to dig. Then stop digging. This frozen soil is the most difficult to dig, especially when it rained and snowed a while ago. As soon as this soil freezes, I don't know what happened these days. There is no sun, this soil cannot be solved. It's hard to dig. The hands are blisters and can't be digged.

Since there is no need to dig the fortifications. Then Qi Jun must be ready to fight back. Qi Jun began to re-arrange. First of all, a large number of artillery units began to be used in a centralized manner, rather than being deployed on traffic arteries for defense, but there was no mobilization of the guns, because the machine guns were too inconvenient. Revolver machine guns are not as flexible as water-cooled machine guns. Therefore, it is not wise to use machine guns as offensive weapons, and it is still wise to use them as defensive weapons.

Qi Jun’s call was to concentrate a large number of artillery on several commanding heights covered by firepower, and Qi Jun plans to use a round of powerful artillery to cover and deploy. The infantry unit is placed near the commanding heights. Their task is to start a group charge after the artillery attack is completed, and move south to the opponent's position in one fell swoop.

The cavalry, except for the cavalry squad of 2,000 men, stayed at the commanding heights as a reserve force, the rest all used rapid assault tactics to launch an offensive against the Yan army.

After several days of mobilization, the Qi army finally completed the siege mission. The Yan army was divided into six villages of varying sizes. These villages basically have commanding heights. The Qi army in front of him mobilized all the artillery forces that were slowly catching up. Approximately more than 120 long-range guns of various kinds. The long-range artillery here mainly refers to the bronze artillery made by the Yan army and Qin State captured by the Qi army. The firing distance of this artillery and the power of using grenade surpassed the artillery produced by Qi. And it can launch two to three rounds in one minute, with a continuous launch time of more than one hour. If it is launched quickly, it can be shortened to half an hour, but the launch speed can be increased by four to five rounds.

One hundred and twenty long-range guns of various kinds were pushed to the gun position to cover firepower.

On November 21, the weather cleared unexpectedly. There is still a bit of cold wind in the morning. The senior officers of Qi Jun wore traditional armor. An exquisitely crafted armor with soft leather. This armor is useless at all when facing bullets. However, the senior officials of Qi Jun seem to think that it can be more powerful. The helmet style is also a traditional leather helmet. Although there are metal helmets, metal helmets are too heavy. If you wear it for a long time, your neck can't bear it.

A bit in the morning. Many soldiers of the Qi army finished their meal early and started cooking at five o'clock in the morning. It was still dark at six thirty. They started to eat. By the time the meal was over, it was already dawn. But it's still too early to attack. They are initially set at eight o'clock. But what time is this eight o'clock, I can't examine it. Because the watch was passed down by Qin, the people of Qi didn't know how to use it. And the local time cannot be measured. Therefore, the time of eight o'clock is set according to the pointer on the high-level watch. There is no such thing as the time of Qi State and Linzi.

"Damn it. Frozen to death." A Qi army soldier said in the trench. He kept shaking. It means he is cold.

"Hehe. It won't be cold for a while." An veteran comforted.

"Yes, have you heard? There is a woman over there, and she rushed over. Let a woman warm you up. Hahaha." Another veteran said with a smile.

"Hehe." The Qi Army soldier smiled awkwardly. He really didn't know what a woman was.

"The time is up. Let's shoot." The senior Qi Jun looked at the watch in his hand, although the time had not reached eight. But he believes that it doesn't make much sense, because it's already dawn and the weather is good today. It's just a bit cold, but there is no fog. Artillery shooting can be more precise.

The artillery of the Qi army were all learned from the Yan army. Many of them also served as their artillery advisers to guide the Yan army. However, artillery did not learn it all at once. The first is a large number of complex mathematical principles, measurement work. For example, the simplest triangulation measurement method. Many artillerymen of the Qi Army took a long time to learn how to calculate. They only accepted the Arabic numerals, multiplication formulas, Pythagorean theorem and other mathematical knowledge through learning.

Why did the Qi army conduct such a big artillery battle? It was because Qi Jun wanted to take this opportunity to exercise his artillery. At the same time, it also provides a platform for the growth of artillery.

Only through experience can we have the experience of development, so that we can accumulate and become a new artillery.

"Fire, let go."

"Boom. Boom. Boom." The cannons released huge energy.