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Chapter 325 Cao Cao faces machine guns and cannons, I am a loyal minister

In the eyes of Liu Xie and Cao Cao, the musket was like a divine weapon sent from heaven and was amazing.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the heavy armor worn by generals was regarded as indestructible protective equipment. However, in the face of the powerful force of muskets, it was as fragile as paper and could be easily penetrated.

As for the armor of ordinary soldiers, it was even more vulnerable.

Even the cavalry units that were famous for their bravery and had fought on the battlefield were nothing more than fish on the chopping board when faced with muskets.

Li Jing took out a black walkie-talkie from his arms, pressed a few buttons skillfully, and whispered something into the walkie-talkie.

Not long after, a burst of orderly and hurried footsteps came from far away.

It turned out that several strong and fully armed soldiers were running towards this side quickly.

In their hands, they held an incredibly large gun, which emitted a cold metallic luster and gave people a powerful and majestic sense of oppression.

"This... is this also a gun? Why is it different from the ones I've seen before!" Liu Xie widened his eyes, looking at the two peculiarly shaped machine guns in front of him with surprise, and couldn't help but ask.

"Is this a more powerful gun?" Cao Cao took a few steps forward, carefully looked at the two machine guns, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "It does look more powerful than the common guns we see!"

Li Jing suddenly stepped forward quickly, excitement flashing in his eyes.

He reached out and gently stroked the cold barrel of the heavy machine gun, as if he was touching a rare treasure.

After a long while, Li Jing raised his head and said to everyone with a proud look on his face: "Don't underestimate this thing. Although it is a copycat of the Ma Qin heavy machine gun, after our careful improvement, its power is much stronger than the original one! Now it has a new name - Luban heavy machine gun! The firepower is definitely extraordinary!"

Hearing this, Liu Xie could not help but frown, looked at Li Jing with some suspicion, and asked: "Is it really as powerful as you said? Is it more powerful than the muskets we saw just now?"

Zhu Ming chuckled, patted the Luban heavy machine gun beside him, and said loudly: "Hey, don't disbelieve me! Let me tell you this, if you are asked to use these two heavy machine guns to guard the city gate, as long as the guns are not broken and there are enough bullets, you can defend it until the end of time."

Cao Cao and Liu Xie looked at each other, and both of them showed a look of disbelief on their faces.

After all, such a statement is too exaggerated and simply unbelievable.

However, thinking back to the powerful force demonstrated by the machine guns they had just witnessed, they did not dare to easily conclude that Zhu Ming was just talking nonsense and exaggerating.

For a moment, the scene fell into a brief silence, and it seemed that even the air had frozen.

At this moment, Li Jing waved his hand, breaking the silence.

He signaled several gunmen who were already eager to try to come forward, and asked them to aim their heavy machine guns at a small woods not far ahead.

The gunmen were obviously very excited. They quickly adjusted their posture, gripped the butt of the gun tightly with both hands, and put their fingers lightly on the trigger, waiting for Li Jing's order to open fire.

Li Jing shouted, "Fire!"

In an instant, "Da Da Da..."

A deafening burst of gunfire suddenly rang out without warning. The sound was so loud that it seemed to tear a person's eardrums apart, just like bursts of thunder exploding in the sky.

Following the sound, I saw the two majestic Luban heavy machine guns roaring madly, and two long, extremely hot tongues of fire spurted out of their muzzles at the same time. These tongues of fire were like the devil's flames from hell, carrying an endless breath of death.

The dense bullets that were fired continuously from the muzzles were like a torrential rain, pouring down mercilessly towards the grove not far away.

In an instant, wood chips flew everywhere, all over the sky, and intertwined with the rolling dust, forming a suffocating dust curtain.

The entire grove was completely shrouded in thick smoke in the blink of an eye, making it difficult to see the real scene inside.

Countless bullets shot out from the muzzle at an astonishing speed, making a sharp whistling sound and rushing forward like lightning.

Immediately afterwards, a series of dull noises were heard, and the grove in front suffered a devastating blow.

At this moment, the lush trees seemed to have been devastated by a violent storm and broke and fell down one after another.

Those huge trees that were as thick as a man could hug were blown to pieces in an instant, then broken in half and fell to the ground with a loud bang.

In just a few minutes, the once lush grove disappeared, replaced by broken branches and wood all over the ground and a devastating scene.

Looking around, there is almost no complete tree left. Only some incomplete tree trunks are left standing there alone.

Liu Xie and Cao Cao, who were standing aside and witnessing all this, were already stunned with shock.

His mouth opened so wide that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

After a long while, until all the bullets in the two Luban heavy machine guns were used up, the two men came back to their senses as if awakened from a dream.

"What on earth happened just now?" Liu Xie muttered to himself in shock, his eyes full of disbelief and fear.

"I suspect that what I saw just now was fake. Am I dreaming?" Cao Cao also looked confused. He rubbed his eyes hard, as if he wanted to confirm that what he saw was not an illusion.

"Such a terrifying power, could it be that an immortal really is using his magical powers here?" Liu Xie said in a trembling voice, his heart still unable to calm down.

"I never thought there would be such a powerful weapon in the world. With them, even if the enemy has thousands of troops, they will probably die on the battlefield!"

"If we have this kind of weapon, cavalry is nothing!"

Li Jing smiled slightly and saw his former self in Liu Xie and Cao Cao.

When he saw the heavy rifle for the first time, Li Jing was most grateful that he had shaved his beard long ago, otherwise he would have to pull out a lot of it.

If the former Sui Dynasty had such weapons, the Turkic cavalry would have knelt down and called them daddy.

The cavalry is a branch of the military that has extremely strong combat effectiveness no matter which dynasty in ancient times.

In the later Tang and Song dynasties, as the level of science and technology continued to improve, the Modao soldiers were still able to compete with them.

But if we go back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if we wanted to resist the impact of cavalry, we could basically only rely on complex terrain, carefully arranged chariot formations and unique formations.

However, these methods are not only ineffective, but also often require huge costs.

However, a single company of the Wanchao coalition could easily resist ten times the number of cavalry head-on.

There is simply no comparison between the two.

Especially the weapon called Luban heavy machine gun, based on its power.

The cavalrymen were nothing but vegetables in front of it, unable to fight back at all.

With only two such terrifying heavy machine guns lined up side by side, Cao Cao asserted that even if hundreds or thousands of elite cavalry launched a fierce charge at the same time, they would probably find it difficult to get within ten steps of the heavy machine gun!

After everyone had finished viewing the various types of guns one by one, Li Jing led everyone with a smile to a place specially used for testing cannons - the artillery range.

Originally, Liu Xie and Cao Cao thought that after witnessing the extremely powerful heavy machine gun with their own eyes, they had already feasted their eyes and broadened their horizons, but what they never expected was that an even more shocking scene was still waiting for them.

I saw several artillery vehicles neatly placed there, as solemn and dignified as soldiers being inspected.

Li Jing introduced to everyone with a smile: "Please look, these are the first generation of Krupp cannons that we used before. They are now specially used to train excellent gunners." Hearing the novel name "Krupp Cannon", Liu Xie couldn't help but feel curious and hurried to take a closer look.

I found that there was a strange-looking iron lump placed on the four-wheeled vehicle in front of me, which looked extremely heavy.

And above that iron lump, there is a long iron pipe extending out, pointing straight to the distant sky.

Judging from its appearance alone, it is hard to figure out what function this thing can play.

Usually, what comes next tends to surpass what came before.

For Liu Xie and Cao Cao, the heavy machine gun has become an unrivaled powerful weapon in their minds.

The two racked their brains, but they could not imagine what kind of power could surpass that of a heavy machine gun. Even something similar to it was hard to imagine.

Liu Xie was filled with doubts and could not help asking, "General Li, could it be that this weapon called the 'Klugong Cannon' is even more powerful than the Luban Heavy Machine Gun?"

Li Jing shook his head slowly.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xie and Cao Cao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the heavy machine gun was indeed the most invincible.

However, Li Jing smiled and said softly, "It's not easy to compare the two directly, because they are used in different situations. If we have to fight face to face, then the heavy machine gun will undoubtedly be more suitable; but if it comes to attacking a city, in my opinion, the cannon is probably better! Come on, show it to our distinguished guests quickly, and set your target as the simulated city wall three miles ahead."

As soon as the words fell, several gunners responded to the order and quickly stepped forward to begin adjusting the direction of the gun muzzle.

After some careful calculations, they accurately determined the shooting angle and loaded the shells skillfully.

When Liu Xie and Cao Cao heard that Li Jing's target of attack was the city wall several miles away, they could not help but look at each other, and even began to doubt whether they had heard it wrong.

This distance would require running even on horseback.

"boom!"

Accompanied by several deafening noises, several shells cut through the sky like lightning and rushed towards the target several miles away at an astonishing speed.

In an instant, several loud "boom" noises were heard from afar, and the earth shook.

Cao Cao and Liu Xie hurriedly raised their telescopes and looked into the distance.

The imitation city wall that was originally standing solid had collapsed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. The sudden change made the two of them stunned, their eyes almost falling out of their sockets.

Before this, they had never imagined that there would be a weapon in the world that had such a terrifying range that could directly attack targets several miles or even dozens of miles away.

Even Lu Bu, who was the bravest among the three armies and had unparalleled archery skills, could not shoot that far even if he died of exhaustion.

Moreover, this weapon not only has an extremely long range, but its power is also astonishing.

The seemingly indestructible, thick and heavy city wall was completely powerless under the fierce bombardment of cannons and was instantly destroyed into a pile of ruins.

Looking at the place where the shell fell, all the cattle and sheep within a few steps around were killed on the spot.

In the area a dozen steps away, although most of the cattle and sheep survived, they were seriously injured and fell to the ground.

If there were soldiers standing here, whether they could survive such fierce artillery attack would probably be left to fate.

Cao Cao's face was filled with horror, and he said in a trembling voice, "I never thought there was such a powerful weapon in the world! If we use this to attack a city, it would be as easy as taking something out of a bag!"

Liu Xie on the side nodded repeatedly, expressing his strong agreement: "Yes, if our Han Dynasty can possess these powerful weapons, then the restoration of the former glory and honor of the Han Dynasty will surely be just around the corner!"

Li Jing chuckled: "I have fought in several dynasties. With the help of guns and cannons, there is no opponent. It is rare to be able to hold out for an hour. It basically takes only a meal to capture a city or a stronghold."

"Just for a meal?"

Cao Cao and Liu Xie looked at each other. Although they had certain expectations about this, they still couldn't help but feel unbelievable when they actually heard the news.

In ancient warfare, siege was an extremely difficult, time-consuming and laborious task.

When did it become so easy?

Before this, if someone dared to boast to Cao Cao, claiming that he could capture a fortified city within the time it takes to eat a meal, Cao Cao would certainly think that this person was just talking nonsense and bragging.

Unless the commander of the city gate has been secretly bribed and defected, even if one uses ten times more troops than the enemy to launch a fierce attack, one may not be able to successfully capture a heavily defended city.

However, at this moment, looking at the city wall in the distance that had collapsed and cracked due to fierce artillery fire, Cao Cao and Liu Xie couldn't help but think to themselves that perhaps they wouldn't even have time to eat a meal!
It is no exaggeration to say that with this powerful cannon, siege becomes much easier and simpler than fighting in the field.

All you need to do is send troops to surround the entire city, and then have hundreds of cannons aim at the city and fire at the same time.

Under such overwhelming and all-pervasive powerful firepower attack, no matter who comes to resist, there is probably only one result.

Cao Cao had already started to fantasize.

The cannons blasted open the city gates and walls.

Soldiers entered the city carrying machine guns.

In his world, who can stop him?

I am a loyal minister, an absolutely loyal minister.

Zhu Ming turned to look at Cao Cao, and saw a look of deep fear in his eyes.

Zhu Ming smiled slightly when he saw this, and thought: With the huge deterrent power brought by these advanced guns and artillery, Cao Cao would probably not dare to act rashly and cause any trouble.

Otherwise, what awaits him will surely be a fierce baptism of ruthless guns and artillery.

"Brother Li, we are going to Emperor Xian of Han. I'd like to trouble you to bring some soldiers to keep us safe, to prevent any foolish people from causing trouble."

Daye Li Jing chuckled and said, "Don't worry, brother. I, Old Li, will bring 30,000 soldiers to support Brother Zhu and the two Han emperors."

It didn't take long.

Li Jing then assembled 30,000 soldiers and horses.

They gathered together with dozens of Krupp cannons.

Zhu Ming opened the space-time channel.

Except Cao Cao and Liu Xie.

Others were already very familiar with it.

Enter the passage in an orderly manner. (End of this chapter)

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