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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 107: "Substitute" for Kerosene

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    "Return the gun?" Bai Zhou had a surprised expression on his face.

    Although the Huihui gun is called "cannon", it is actually a large-scale catapult machine. The slingshot weighs 150 kilograms. It is fired by machine, which saves effort and has a long range.  In the early Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, it was a great success. It allowed the Mongolian army, which had never been good at attacking cities and strongholds, to gain an absolute upper hand in positional warfare for the first time.

    In the Battle of Xiangfan, the Mongolian and Yuan armies besieged the city for five years and barely made any progress.  After all, although the Song Dynasty army was not good at field combat, it had a lot of experience and technical advantages in urban defense.  It was not until the birth of Hui Hui Pao that this situation was completely broken.

    In the first month of the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1273), the Meng Yuan Dynasty attacked Fancheng with Huihui artillery and achieved victory in one fell swoop.  Then, the Yuan army moved its artillery towards Xiangyang.  Based on careful observation of the terrain, General Yuan placed a huge cannon in the southeast corner of Xiangyang City.  "When the machine fired, the sound shook the sky and the earth, and everything hit was destroyed, and it penetrated seven feet into the ground." As a result, one shot hit the Xiangyang Qiao Tower. "The sound was like thunder, shaking the city. The city was fierce, and many generals overcame the city to surrender."  Song general Lu Wenhuan knew that he was outmatched, so he surrendered to the Yuan army in the city.  The five-year-long Battle of Xiangfan ended with the roar of returning artillery.  Therefore, Hui Hui Pao is also called Xiangyang Pao.

    Then, the Yuan army used this powerful returning artillery to continuously expand its results. It first defeated Tanzhou with artillery, then Jingjiang, and expanded its results to Hunan and Guangxi.  Later, the Southern Song Dynasty also ordered border counties to imitate the artillery, but in the end the defeat was determined and they could not save the war situation.

    And now the reason why Bai Zhou has an expression of astonishment on his face is because he didn't expect that Weifu would actually produce such a big guy. You know, the technology of returning artillery originated from the Western Regions. In terms of trebuchets,  Even the Song Dynasty, which had always been ahead of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties in weapons and equipment technology, felt inferior. Bai Zhou really didn't expect that the Western Qin Dynasty was indeed full of talents and could even imitate such a thing. Secondly, Bai Zhou believed that Weifu should  You know, a reciprocating cannon has a limited effect, and it is such a thing. Although it is powerful, it should not make Wei Fu come to Basel himself.  After all, return artillery is not an atomic bomb. One or two can end a war.

    Especially this kind of large trebuchet, which is obviously used for offense, is now used for defense, and the effect will definitely be compromised. Moreover, the most terrible thing is that there is only one in number. How can this make Bai Zhou feel embarrassed?  It's really uncomfortable to know that Western Qin has such advanced technologies, but they still can't use them on the battlefield.

    "There is no way, my old friend has such a personality." Weifu also knew that in terms of the current military role alone, even if two more bee-crossbow aircraft are built, they will definitely be more useful than one returning to the top of the gun.  .  But he also knows the character of his old friend. He always tries to find something "fresh" in everything he does. Once he understands an item, he will immediately lose interest.  For example, the bee crossbow machine introduced to Bai Zhou last time. If the old man listens to him this time and builds a few more of them honestly and brings them here now, maybe it will leave more of an impression on the young master.  But the old man just thought that he should come up with one or two new things to make the young master remember him, so the current Huihui gun was born.

    "Forget it, something is better than nothing. Besides, although we are the defender, it does not mean that we can only defend blindly." Bai Zhou paused and then continued: "In a broad sense,  We are in a strategic defensive position, but in local battles, we can also attack instead of defend and appear as the offensive side."

    With a look of approval on Wei Fu's face, he said, "That's true. I'm always on the defensive. I guess even Mengshan wouldn't agree."

    After saying that, Weifu seemed to have thought of something interesting in the past, and the corners of Weifu's mouth slightly raised unconsciously.

    Bai Zhou stared at the Hui Hui Pao that was gradually being assembled, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.  I originally thought that it must be for a very important matter that would allow the captain to put down all the affairs in Bern and rush to Basel. However, the captain mentioned in his previous letter that it was to escort something, and  There was a bee crossbow as a "padding", so Bai Zhou was full of expectations for what the lieutenant could bring this time.

    Unexpectedly, the thing is indeed a good thing, but its effect on Xi Qin is really limited.

    A return gun, even if it can fire rocks weighing 150 kilograms at a time, has a range of nearly 400 meters, but its poor accuracy and slow rate of fire make Bai Zhou even want to use it as a weapon.  "Key" weapons are difficult, let alone conventional weapons.

    Thinking of this, Bai Zhou was ready to leave.  There are quite a lot of things on his hands now - there was such an unpleasant incident between Frank and Wolfgang, and Bai Zhou hoped it would not affect the three-way meeting at noon; Wolfgang was going to see Joan of Arc,  Although Bai Zhou didn't care about whether he saw him or not, or what he said, it seemed inappropriate if he didn't care about it at all, especially when Wolfgang looked like he didn't shy away from it.?Qin people.

    "Sir, are you ready to leave now? There's still something you haven't seen yet." When Weifu saw that Bai Zhou wanted to leave, he immediately stopped him.

    "Let's not read it now. We will discuss some tactics and strategies with the Swiss Germans and the people of the Holy Roman Empire later. Time is limited."

    To be honest, Bai Zhou is very interested in the Huihui Cannon, and he also knows that its power has been tested in actual combat.  Although Bai Zhou didn't know which one was more powerful compared to the imitation cannon and the original one.  However, the old man with bare feet and linen clothes had already told himself with his bee crossbow machine that what he tinkered with would not be inferior.

    The problem is that only a single reciprocating gun can be used as a "sniper" unless its accuracy can reach a range of 400 meters and the error does not exceed one meter. Otherwise, Bai Zhou really has no hope for it.  What hope is there.

    "Oh, forget it." When Bai Zhou turned around and was about to leave, Weifu seemed to be talking to himself: "Listen to Quanzi, in the Battle of Basel, if we have enough kerosene, then  , maybe the final result will be better. We in Western Qin have a small population, so every clan member is a wealth. This time, I specially brought some things like kerosene. Don¡¯t you want to take a look?  What?"

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