Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1503 Meals in the Snow

"If it doesn't work, we can only use this trick." The battle is imminent, and everyone knows that there is no way to fight on an empty stomach.

At this critical moment, the Northern Army took out the secret weapon that had been prepared long ago -

"Oh my God!" Gao Qingyu couldn't bear to look at the food on the plate in front of her. It was a toad. To be more precise, it was a wood frog that could only be found in Lingbei.

In the distance, Wen Yuan saw this scene through a telescope.

"." He was shocked, "You still have this trick?"

"We went out to catch it last night. We have many people from Liaodong here, and they said this is the only game they can find in this season."

Lingbei forest frog, its more famous name which is more often seen in health products and supplements is "snow frog".

Generally speaking, when people in the south talk about snow frog, they are eating the dried product of forest frog oil. In places like Lingbei where it is covered with ice and snow, people usually eat the whole snow frog directly.

Snow clam can be eaten directly without opening its belly, because after being frozen in the snow for several months, the clam has already excreted everything that should be excreted, leaving only a bulging belly. So unlike frogs such as bullfrogs, which require peeling, snow clam is directly thrown into the pot and boiled.

The cooked snow clam has a round belly, its eyes are open, and the markings on its gray-black skin are clearly visible. Even after being boiled in water, its belly is slightly red.

"Oh my god!" Wen Yuan put down the telescope. He couldn't bear to look at it anymore. Although this thing was indeed a tonic, it was essentially a frog, and it even looked like it would burst.

"It's a tonic, it's a tonic, it's a tonic." Gao Qingyu closed her eyes and took a bite, "Yue~~ Why is it bursting!"

"It's the right thing to make it explode. It's very nutritious." The students from Liaodong were the ones who proposed the plan and suggested that everyone eat a few bites before the battle. "Let me tell you, this thing does look disgusting, but it tastes delicious."

"This isn't a question of 'it does look disgusting', this thing is just too disgusting to even look at!"

"Hey, you'll get used to it. You see, the bullfrog is just a layer of skin peeled off. I think crabs are scarier than this. Hey, don't vomit. You'll go get a dog after you finish eating."

"How can I vomit? This is a test for me.yue~~~~"

"You're pretty good. You didn't vomit. I actually vomited the first time I ate it."

"Then you still eat?"

"Because even though this thing is disgusting, it's really delicious and very nutritious." Seeing that she was almost finished, he handed her another one, "More? You won't be full after eating one."

"Hmm." Gao Qingyu took another one, ate it in a few bites, and drank some water. "It seems to taste really good."

"Of course! Braised frog in soy sauce is the most authentic way to cook it. That's how we do it."

The orthodox way to cook frogs is to cook them with soybean paste. Bean paste is a very ancient ingredient, and even if it is restored to modern times, it is no different from the modern method. The flavor of the frogs cooked with soybean paste is the same as that in other places in Liaodong.

After finishing the second one, Gao Qingyu stretched out her hand.

"I told you it's delicious, but you still don't believe me. I tell you, it's the best in late autumn, when your belly swells up like a balloon, and it tastes incredible. But it's very expensive."

"How expensive?"

"Liaodong coins are worth several hundred coins per pound. It would probably be twice as much in your place. They are sold at 28 or 38 each. There are so many here. The school really knows how to choose a place. They can catch hundreds of them at a time. How many can you eat?"

"Eat 4. Oh no, 5. That should be enough to fill me up."

Roughly speaking, these hundreds of frogs are enough to feed seventy or eighty people.

A true warrior can eat rice. A mouthful of wood frog and a mouthful of roasted rice bran, the already delicious wood frog now looks so plump and juicy, giving the battered throat a moment of respite. Finally, among the more than 1000 people, a small number of people were able to eat their fill.

The benefits of firearms were reflected here. Although more than a thousand hungry ghosts had not eaten anything since morning, they at least had the physical strength and energy to load their muskets. If they were to use bows and crossbows, they would collapse on the spot after just a few shots.

"Good guy" Shangluo also saw all this from a distance.

【What do you think? 】

"I'm convinced, I'm convinced. I have no doubt that they can beat up our people if they have a full stomach. What are they doing? Round frogs?"

[Snow frog, a very expensive tonic, but it is everywhere here. But looking at its shape, it is indeed quite shocking. ]

"But no matter what, we have to win. Even if they are stronger, even if I eat frogs, I will still win."

[Your face is really important.]

"Of course. I can't lose while I'm here."

He actually only had time today. If he could win today, that would be great. But even if he couldn't win today, he couldn't lose.

In fact, he had been prepared from the beginning. Because according to his observation of Northern Zhili, there was no doubt that Northern Zhili would have the upper hand in such a confrontation - the gap was too big. On one side was a well-trained industrial population, which was Qi Jiguang's favorite source of soldiers. On the other side was a mix of people, and although some people were good at fighting, most of them were indeed very undisciplined.

Shangluo can indeed get some education by letting everyone get beaten up - but he is not a teacher after all. It is the job of the teachers to educate these students. As one of the students, what he has to do now is to win together with others. As the two sides gradually approached, casualties directly caused by rifles began to appear. But entering the extreme range of the rifle also means another thing:

The infantry artillery began to fire. Infantry artillery such as the Tiger Crouching Cannon could fire at the range of a heavy artillery. Shangluo could only see the hot metal jets forming a wall, sweeping towards his position. He quickly bent down and hid behind the chariot. Most of the lead bullets were blocked by the chariot's shield, but the remaining lead bullets still blew up several people's heads at once - if they were really on the battlefield.

After their heads were "blown off", their weapons turned into spots of light and dissipated, signifying their withdrawal from the battle.

After entering the range of the infantry artillery, casualties on both sides began to rise sharply, and the light spots on both sides were densely lit. But as everyone began to find their own firing positions under the cover of the chariots, casualties began to ease. If the two sides did not close the distance further, only heavy artillery could effectively kill such a chariot camp.

This situation was actually quite common on the battlefields of that year - that is, the chariot camp's advancement speed was actually quite fast.

The chariot camps in the early modern period were able to conduct strategic maneuvers quickly because they were equipped with a large number of animal power, standard accessories, a large number of vehicles, and they also had the ability to reorganize their own defenses. Such an army could fight and advance independently anywhere, often advancing to positions that the enemy could not predict.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not want to mention the name that could not be mentioned - a separatist force in Liaodong - the only things that could pose a threat to Cheying were larger artillery and stronger firepower.

This level of firepower is rare anywhere - except for a separatist force in Liaodong.

Few people - with the exception of a certain separatist faction in Liaodong - would use firepower extensively to counter firepower for tactical purposes, as that would be of little use except for destroying chariot camps and bombarding the Great Wall.

In other words, it is not difficult to break the chariot camp, as long as the firepower is suppressed. As for why the royal division was suppressed by a certain Liaodong separatist force, and even the situation of "Ming soldiers are no match for our shooting battle" and so on, that is another story. Many people are responsible for this situation.

If given the choice - including a certain Liaodong separatist faction - they would deploy a large number of light artillery to the front line. Sometimes it was chariots, sometimes infantry, and sometimes camels or horses. This tactic was widely used in the 17th and 18th centuries known to Shangluo, and achieved good results in various wars.

Of course, this tactic was no longer effective in the 19th century. This was mainly because firepower was becoming more accurate, more powerful, and lighter. In the 17th century, there were very few field guns that could cause damage to chariots, because there were no field guns at that time. But in the 19th century, as Shangluo knew in the "Napoleonic era", the firepower of the old siege artillery could be optimized to the level of infantry artillery.

At this time, let alone a hand-pushed artillery vehicle, even if a steam tank was assembled on the battlefield, it would be difficult to operate normally in the face of heavy artillery fire.

But in the scenario set in this battlefield, both sides are in the era of "the firepower, defense, and mobility of the chariot camp are sufficient." Once the chariot camps of both sides begin to deploy, the battle line is basically stable, just waiting for someone to start breaking the situation next.

Soon, the Northern Army began to take action - a carriage was pushed out of the camp.

The main carriage is a carriage with a shield in front. A separatist group in Liaodong calls it a "shield carriage". The front of these carriages is extremely strong, and the front of the carriage is completely protected by shields and quilts. Although it is not enough to resist direct bombardment of artillery shells, it can directly block light ammunition such as lead bullets.

This type of chariot is also a very interesting weapon, because its defense can "just" resist the shooting of most light artillery, allowing the soldiers hiding behind the chariot to advance to the front.

Because it can be imagined that since the car camp is advancing very quickly, it does lack heavy anti-material firepower. As long as this mobile large shield with front armor is deployed, the lead bullets like a storm can be blocked outside.

The Northern Army, which had previously been full of wood frogs, hid behind shields with wheels and rushed upward under the cover of their own firepower.

However, as the shield carts approached, the Confederate army's firepower also took out a weapon above the light artillery that "just happened" to be able to counter these shield carts: the large musket.

In fact, to counter these shield carts, you don't need a big artillery, just a bigger one than a shotgun or rifle. So there is this two-man big gun, which has a caliber similar to a small cannon, and fires not a common shotgun but a whole round of heavy single-headed bullets. This single-headed bullet has better penetration power to break the shield defense at medium and short ranges, and is a specialized weapon equipped for these shield carts.

This is actually a stopgap measure. The real magic weapon against shield chariots should be cavalry, or tactical retreat, because the mobility of this shield chariot is much weaker than that of ordinary chariots, and it is impossible to move forward on rugged terrain.

However, at the moment, it was only a light vehicle camp and there was nowhere to retreat, so raising the gun came in handy.

However, even the muskets were ineffective at first. By the time the muskets could really penetrate these heavy shield vehicles, the Northern Army had hidden behind the chariots and advanced to a position less than a hundred meters away.

However, this distance was not enough. For soldiers wearing heavy armor, a hundred meters was still too long. They had to charge to cover this distance. Although they had just eaten something, it was nothing more than a few frogs and a handful of burnt rice. Although they were not starving, they were not very strong. So according to the plan, they would advance to a distance of 50 meters before charging.

The key to victory or defeat lies in this short distance. Because of Sun Chengzong's chariot camp configuration, few people in the army are wearing armor. Once these more than 70 fully armed soldiers charge in, they can break up the formation like cutting melons and vegetables. This is the theory.

【They are coming.】Apollonia asked,【Do you want to go up?】

"I'll go? If I go in for a fight myself, it's hard to say whether I win or lose. I won't go. And, the rest of the fight won't be under my command."

According to the previous plan, although the overall advance and retreat was jointly decided by the academies and ordered by Shangluo, after entering the battlefield, how to fight was decided by each academy.

"But it should be okay." Watching the armored soldiers coming from the shield vehicles and launching the final charge, Shangluo felt that with the advantage of manpower, they should be able to...
"Eh???"

The situation Shangluo had not expected occurred. The armored soldiers rushed into the formation of the Lizhi people, but the Guayuan standing next to them did not move.

"Hey!" The head of the Litchi people next door shouted over here with a loudspeaker, "Why are you just watching?! For the sake of the empire, help us!"

"Why don't we move?" Shangluo asked Ge Lun beside him.

"Don't move." Ge Lun said in a deep voice, "We have our own formation. If the formation is disrupted, it will be difficult to deal with their cavalry if we don't know where they will come from."

"But they are being beaten, and we are just standing here like a rock?"

"They have their own reserve team, so we don't need to worry about them. And you see, these armored charging guys are really hard to deal with. Wait until their hands get sore from chopping, and then it will be as easy as taking something out of a bag to capture them. By the way, these armors will explode, right?"

"Yes, this is not basic equipment, so it will stay."

"Then we can just keep these armors for ourselves, so we don't have to share them with others."

(End of this chapter)