I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

"Old Marshal, do you think that our French warriors are unable to confront Ming people head-on in the wilderness?" Napoleon III asked displeasedly.

"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. Our French infantry are of course the best in the world, but those enlightened people have the convenience of cars, come and go like the wind, and are very mobile."

Marshal Bazin weighed his words and said, "They are like the rangers of the Huns and Mongols back then, I'm afraid they will be difficult to deal with!"

"Ming people have cars, don't I? Don't we have reciprocating piston four-stroke gas engine tanks, isn't it difficult enough to fight them? If it means that people's cars are faster, then don't forget, ours The chariot is even heavier!

Our European heavy cavalry will definitely not be inferior to Asian rangers! "

In the end, Napoleon III issued an order as the commander-in-chief of the Mexican War. The Royal Guards, 6th Division, Independent Cavalry Regiment, and Reserve Artillery Regiment stationed in Mexico City, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions stationed in surrounding satellite cities, and Because the snail has just died the 4th division of the division commander, as well as the foreign legion and the Mexican servant army, and is going to encircle the Mingren's convoy in a semi-arc!

It has to be said that the old imperialist countries still have a deep foundation.

The regiments inside and outside of Mexico City soon began to assemble. If there is no accident and the Mexican servants are not counted, before the sun sets today, His Majesty's strategic arrangement will be in place.

Such execution is really commendable.

If we let the masters of the Beijing Camp of the Qing Dynasty carry out this order, it will take five or six days to get there.

however……

Times have changed.

Only when Qi Wen is crazy will he give you a whole day to dispatch troops.

Not only taking three, even Bazin actually made an empirical mistake.

From the moment the Daming Wumu Army appeared in San Juan, the decision of when and where to fight was no longer in the hands of the French.

Chapter 375 Secret Weapon

Just as the speed of mechanized convoys is much lower than that of bicycles, the marching speed of infantry will become slower and slower due to the increase in number.

According to the statistics and calculations in the "Manual of Staff Affairs of Officers of All Arms" written by Prussian Herbert von Bohn (Hubert v.Bohn), an infantry division with 1 people marches 44 kilometers, and if the road conditions are good, 14 soldiers are needed. hours, and 28 hours in bad road conditions.

The cavalry divisions carrying artillery were not much faster either, taking 12 or 24 hours respectively.

Based on this, for every 3 infantry or cavalry, the marching speed will increase by 10 or [-] hours respectively.

The road conditions around Mexico City are not that bad, but they are not completely advancing by road. In any case, in the subconscious of Nasan, Bazin, and even all French officers, it must be at least the first time that the Ming appeared under Mexico City. It's two days later.

……

The sun was still high, and it was only 10 o'clock in the morning.

His Majesty Napoleon III stepped on his most beloved war horse, a pure white Anglo Arabian horse without a trace of variegation, and led the guards to step on the central street of Mexico City majestically.

A total of 3 French soldiers, the most elite French soldiers, marched in neat steps, showing the demeanor of a strong European army, making every Mexican who voluntarily or was forced to send off the king's division trembling.

According to tradition, the infantry and cavalry go first, and the artillery usually comes last.

However, this time, in addition to being in the last artillery, there were also some cannon-like things in the infantry sequence.

This is the new weapon that Napoleon III secretly developed for the Gatling chariot of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. Vulcanized rubber tires + 2 sets of spare tires.

Like the legendary Killing You 3000, the secret weapon that His Majesty Nasan is proud of possesses cross-age firepower and excellent maneuverability.

It is a terrifying killing machine formed by the intersection of applied dynamics, fuel science, chemistry, engineering, biology, spare tire science and many other disciplines, and the combination of the most advanced technology in Europe today.

Among them, the Montigny platoon gun is composed of 37 barrels, and the loading tool is a steel plate with 37 round holes. A bullet is inserted into each hole, and the position of each bullet corresponds to a barrel.

The firing mechanism is actuated by a handle, and with one full turn of the handle clockwise, all 37 rounds are fired in less than a second.

If the shooter wishes, he can also make each barrel fire sequentially at any speed by controlling the speed of the shaking handle.According to the records at the time, the average rate of fire of a skilled Montigny platoon gun operation group was 12 salvos per minute, or 444 rounds of ammunition.

In terms of performance, this thing is no worse than the ten-barreled Gatling imitated by Ming Dynasty, and its shooting accuracy is even better.

Even more surprising is the reciprocating piston four-stroke gas internal combustion engine.

Originally, this four-stroke engine was invented by the Germans in 1867 next year.

However, French electrical engineer Leno Research produced a two-stroke internal combustion engine in 1862, and has been stagnating and living on its laurels.

But in this time and space, because of the defeat of the Japanese war, France had a strong interest in Ming-made engines, and even bought Rising Sun cars from the black market to dismantle them.

Obviously, the French's sharing eye skills are not deep enough to imitate the advanced cow-style civilian diesel engine.

But they are not without gains. The French technology tree is advanced one year, and they can produce the agricultural machinery engines that are comparable to the self-produced Ming Dynasty, exclusively for Japan, and the favorite of Japanese old farmers.

This kind of agricultural machinery engine that led Japan on the road of agricultural transformation is naturally very difficult to flexibly drive the 2-ton Montigny platoon gun.

So I still have to ask the heavy horse to come out to help the scene.

As for the 20 sets of spare tires, it is naturally the tuition fee that French products must pay when crossing the river by feeling the sauce.

But even though the secret chariot has problems of one kind or another, His Majesty Nasan is still full of confidence in it.

If it is said that the Europeans and Japanese of later generations are arrogant to Chinese technology and self-confidence in their own technology is just the inertia of history, then in this era, the French firmly believe that their products are far superior to those of Asians. , It is incomparable in various physical senses, but French machines are better than those of the Ming Dynasty. Such an inexplicable point of view is naturally deeply rooted in the hearts of every Frenchman.

boom!

At this moment, a secret chariot lived up to expectations and blew out.

The Mexicans onlookers were taken aback and turned their heads to see that the two closest French soldiers had been knocked to the ground by the blast.

And the red and blue military uniforms on their bodies have become strips of beggars' shirts.

Several well-trained military doctors lifted them down, the French military music played, and the army marched away. Except for a team of engineers who were busy changing tires, the whole team continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.

Until 11:10, the French army finally walked out of Mexico City under the farewell of the Mexicans, and continued to march towards the set goal.

Bazin looked at the sky and said to each other: "Your Majesty, there is our supply station ahead, but I suggest that we should speed up our march and complete the deployment of the Turtusa Canyon as soon as possible."

"Marshal, your heart is disturbed."

Nasan held the whip and pointed at the army, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, "Let the lads have a good meal, soon they won't be able to eat southern European style food, I think, it won't be long before we will I can enjoy Chinese food in Zhu Fugui's palace, well, I can't wait to taste the taste of Li Hongzhang offal and Zhu Fugui's chicken!"

"Huh? Are the guys at the supply station so enthusiastic? Bazin, look, the smoke is rising in front of you!"

"Hmm...Your Majesty, is this old minister's eyes dazzled? Why does this old minister think that this smoke... seems a bit strange?"

……

Directly in front of the French, a puff of black smoke rose from the hot horizon.

Cyclists want to ask the side, and the country goes to Juyan.

Zheng Peng left Hansai and returned to Hu Tian.

The desert is solitary and straight, and the long river falls into the sun.

Every time Xiao Guan rides, he is protected by Yan Ran.

This time, it was not bicycles that left Hansai, and it was not just Guyan rising from the desert.

Changzhou single-cylinder 38 horsepower diesel engine, Changzhou multi-cylinder 55 horsepower diesel engine, 4102 series 120 horsepower diesel engine...

These military engines are far more powerful than the 18-horsepower single-cylinder diesel engine on Sunshine Motors.

They relentlessly puffed black smoke and rumbled.

Chapter 376 This is the normal state of history

In the smoky soil of the Mexican desert, 1200 agricultural vehicles, more than 5000 three-wheeled sidecar motorcycles, and more than 80 old-fashioned motorcycles formed a huge convoy, showing the grandeur of the rural market.

Of course, in this future generation, as long as a larger town, or even a large grain grower, is able to make a living, it is not surprising that the scene that does not stir up the slightest disturbance, falls in the eyes of His Majesty Nasan, but this makes this country frequently launch wars, and The eyeballs of the warlike emperor who had won many battles trembled slightly.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the Liegnitz and Saijo River 625 years ago.

On that day, whether it was the Templars, Teutonic Knights, or the cavalry from Silesia and Krakow, or the German peasants and Polish miners recruited from the noble fiefdoms, they all stared dumbfounded at the sight of the soldiers from the East. Iron cavalry and Jian Yu trembled, and then died humblely.

Since the Great Discovery, Europeans have conquered part after part of the known world, and one nation after another.

400 years of smooth sailing, Europeans have forgotten what the world should look like——

Vladimir, Ryazan, Suzdal, Tver, Kiev, Galich, Moscow...

A prince from Eastern Europe came to the khan camp on the lower reaches of the Volga River and kowtowed in front of the khan in the most humble gesture;

Venice, Milan, Castile, France, Aragon...

Struggling in the dark medieval Western European kingdoms, the philosophers imagined the great country at the end of the world through the lonely feathers from the trade routes.

They frantically pursue the silk and tea produced in that country, hold the monarch of that country on the altar as the philosopher king, regard the bureaucracy and imperial examinations as the ultimate recipe for governing the country, and regard the culture of that country as the upper class and the king of philosophers. grace.

This is the normal state of history!

In just 400 years, the world has been turned upside down and misunderstood, and the white people who are their own gods have carried away their scepters and regarded themselves as lighthouses.

It seems that their authority will be eternal, and they will always be able to look down on all living beings.

Today, the facts will give the answer.

In another hemisphere of the world, East and West collided once again after 600 years.

……

Napoleon III fell into a brief absence, but Bazin reminded him immediately.

Napoleon III hastily issued the order to start the battle formation.

At present, the army led by Nasan himself has 1.5 elite Royal Guards, the 1th Division led by Major General François of 6, and the 3rd Division directly under Marshal Bazin. division, a total of 3.2 people.

As an army, 3.2 people does not seem to be a huge scale.

But in fact, it is definitely not a simple matter for more than 3 people to work together, and requires a very complicated division of labor and scheduling.

Because they never thought that they would run into the Ming army head-on as soon as they left Mexico City, so they marched in the most ordinary four people side by side in a long snake formation.

Even the elite French infantry will need some time to immediately arrange such a team into a horizontal line that is conducive to combat.

So what is the distance between the steel torrent of the Ming army and the French army?

We do simple calculations.

His Majesty Nasan had discovered them since the Ming army had just emerged from the horizon.

Assuming that the height of His Majesty Nasan is about 1.65 meters, and the shoulder height of his favorite horse is about 1.5 meters, it can be estimated that when he is riding on the horse, the visual height H≈2.2 meters.

The point where people stand is A, the end point of vision is B, and the center of the earth is O, so an ABO triangle can cut out the "planet of the earth" through the center of the earth; it is assumed to be a circle.

The radius of the circle is R, the visual height of a person is H, and the visual distance is L. According to the Pythagorean theorem:

R^2+L^2=(R+H)^2

Because this "line of sight" to the horizon is theoretically tangent to the above-mentioned circle.

Here the radius of the earth is R≈6371004 meters, and H≈2.2 meters.

It can be calculated that L≈5294.6 meters.

That is to say, even if His Majesty Nasan discovered the Wumu army at the first time and issued an order at the first time, the time left for the French army to adjust was pitifully small.

In fact, Qi Wenchang gave the battle order almost at the same time as Nasan.

It's just that the conduction speed of Wumu's military order with a car radio is comparable to that of a chordate nerve with a medullary shell, and it has been increased several times.

So when the French herald was still galloping between the front and back ranks, the Wu Mu army had already begun to adjust the fleet.

Bazin's judgment that the Wumu army did not have a sufficient number of infantry was not entirely correct.

Strictly speaking, the Wumu Army is not a mechanized division at all, but a motorized infantry division.

Because of the lack of enough infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, the infantry charge is still the main combat force of the Wumu army. A large number of cars and motorcycles are only used to increase mobility.

The principle is similar to that of dragoons.

3000~5000 meters is the best area for the motorized infantry division to launch an attack.

Under the command of Qi Wenchang, the Wumu army convoy stopped 3000 meters in front of the enemy, and the infantry began to dismount.

This distance was chosen to prevent precious agricultural vehicles from being destroyed by enemy artillery.

An agricultural vehicle is worth tens of thousands of cultural value, and it is the most precious strategic material. Try to avoid entering the range of enemy artillery.

On the contrary, they are sidecar motorcycles, which are cheap, plentiful, and have smaller targets, are more flexible, and are not easily destroyed by artillery.

As long as a Gatling is installed on the sidecar, and a sun and moon flag is inserted at the back of the car, the inner flavor will come out.

A total of 1000 infantrymen were dismounted from 1.5 agricultural vehicles, and an average of 15 people needed to be carried by a small creeper.

In terms of carrying capacity, 15 adult men only have more than a ton of equipment, which is no problem at all. They can even lay a few layers of food and bullets first, and then sit on people.

But 15 people are not as easy to stack as a ton of bricks.