Become a feudal king from today

Yongcheng.

Chang Wei is always paying attention to changes in the battlefield situation.

What is obvious is that after the initial trial, the ensuing war will fall into a long phase of confrontation and consumption.

That is to say, the two sides will rely on the trenches to fight each other and consume each other's troops.

For this, it was exactly what he hoped for.

He wanted to consume a large amount of Beidi's effective forces, and then order Yongzhou's army to launch a counterattack, and finally win the war in the north.

Furthermore, due to the railway, they no longer face the same heavy logistical pressure.

Food, grass, and ammunition can be replenished as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent a telegram to the palace to introduce the situation on the battlefield.

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The palace.

Zhao Xu received the battle report from Chang Wei, learned about the situation on the battlefield, and once again replied with the words "I understand."

These three words are very simple, but they mean that he is very satisfied with the current battlefield situation.

The Dasong army in Yongzhou can certainly launch an active attack on the Beidi army.

But in this case, the Beidi people may collapse quickly and choose to retreat.

This would defeat his purpose of annihilating his vitality.

Being on the defensive is like boiling a frog in warm water. The opponent will try to break through again and again, which will naturally consume more troops on the battlefield.

At the same time, there is one more thing.

The longer the confrontation between the two sides continues, the greater the role Chen Hu's Lancers will play on the battlefield.

He also believed that Chen Hu would definitely live up to his expectations.

After asking Feng'er to reply to Chang Wei's telegram, Zhao Xu went to the Military Division.

At the school grounds of the Military Division, he met Wang Ying who was testing a hand-operated machine gun.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Wang Ying immediately came over and led Zhao Xu to the school grounds.

"How is the test of this hand-cranked machine gun? Can't it be delivered to the army yet?" Zhao Xu asked.

Now, the Beidi army is facing off in Yongzhou, and he hopes to have a batch of machine guns put into the battlefield.

In this way, he can dig a big hole for the Beidi people and make them suffer a bloody head fall.

"Back to Your Highness, it's almost done. Today is the last live ammunition test, and we can start small batch manufacturing next." Wang Ying said.

It's been half a month since King Yan came back.

Last time he asked for a month in the council chamber, it was just to be on the safe side and prevent him from getting scolded if he didn't run out of time.

But in fact, the test is basically the same.

In the past half month, after he rested and adjusted the sight position of the machine gun, this hand-cranked machine gun no longer had any flaws.

"This is great." Zhao Xu couldn't help but laugh.

Then, he turned his attention to the machine gun in front of him.

At this moment, the machine gun was equipped with a cylindrical magazine, like a sewing barrel.

The golden bullet inside can be seen through the gap in the magazine.

"In this case, let me shoot in person and give you a perfect ending to this test." Zhao Xu said.

"It's an honor for me of course." Wang Ying laughed, and the officials from the Department of Bullying and Warfare also laughed in agreement.

For a man, guns and artillery are equivalent to the swords of ancient swordsmen, and they belong to men's romance.

Zhao Xu naturally couldn't refuse.

After the Qin-style rifle was installed, he kept one in his study.

When I have nothing to do on weekdays, I go hunting with Xu Lie on horseback.

Facing this hand-cranked machine gun, he naturally had no resistance.

Without Wang Ying's guidance, Zhao Xu knelt down on one knee, pointed the muzzle of the gun at a meter-thick tree stump a hundred meters away, and calibrated the muzzle.

Then, he gave the loading auxiliary a look and motioned for him to turn the wheel.

Different from the chain magazine of the Maxim machine gun.

The magazine of a keyed machine gun is a cylindrical magazine, and the bullets are loaded into the cylinder.

Turn the rocker and the cylinder will rotate, loading the bullet into the gun chamber.

"start!"

"Da da da……"

Zhao Xu gave the order and activated the plate armor at the same time, and the machine gun suddenly spit out tongues of fire.

The bullet flew out, and sawdust suddenly flew from the tree stump a hundred meters away.

When Zhao Xu was shooting, the machine gun deputy had a calm expression and shook the hand wheel at a constant speed.

When one magazine was empty of bullets, he immediately stopped to load another magazine.

In this way, the machine gun's shooting is basically continuous except for a pause when changing the magazine.

"Da da da……"

Five minutes later, the tree stump a hundred meters away suddenly broke in the middle.

That location was basically hollowed out by bullets.

"Hahaha, it's perfect." After the tree stump broke, Zhao Xu stood up and looked at Wang Ying, "How long will it take for you to make one?"

"When making the prototype gun, the craftsmen all understood the size and structure of the machine gun accessories. However, because only a few craftsmen participated and electric lathes had to be used to manufacture the parts, production was limited. A maximum of three can be assembled in one day." Wang Ying said.

"Three are enough. Thirty machine guns will be provided to the Yongzhou frontline troops within ten days." Zhao Xu said.

In war, the number of machine guns has never been an issue.

The problem is the bullet.

Therefore, the number of machine guns assigned to the army in modern times is limited, and it only needs to be sufficient.

It's cool to have a machine gun in everyone's hands, but it's not realistic and there aren't that many bullets to waste.

And the machine gunner is naturally not as flexible as the infantry and can only be used as a heavy firepower configuration.

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Ying said, "Tomorrow I will send soldiers to Yongzhou with sample guns to train a group of machine gunners."

Zhao Xu nodded, Wang Ying was very thoughtful.

In this way, as soon as the machine gun arrives, it can be put into use on the battlefield.