Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

The messengers sent by the bandits were forced to kneel on the ground by Li Xiao, with a pistol pointed at their heads. They were killed without any reason. After they went back, they complained loudly and demanded that their leader send troops to wipe out Li Xiao and his gang.

Li Xiao's gang appeared too suddenly, and they were all armed with rifles and pistols. Their firepower was terrifying, and the bandits were very afraid of them.

They originally did not want to fight with this fierce dragon that had crossed the river, but now this fierce dragon had the idea of ​​​​coiling on the mountain and leaving them no way to survive. There was no choice but to connect with each other on the mountain tops, and a large army was formed in less than a day.

The army met in the mountains and forests 20 miles in front of the blind bear's camp, and 800 people crowded the mountains and forests.

After completing the reunion, they did not attack immediately, but took advantage of the rising sun in the morning to build a high platform and perform a ritual.

A Taoist priest was jumping and dancing on a high platform, holding a peach wood sword and a yellow talisman, muttering to himself, asking the heaven for advice on the outcome of the battle.

More than 800 bandits looked at the Taoist priest eagerly. After the Taoist priest muttered to himself for a while, the talisman paper in his hand spontaneously combusted without fire. The bandits below exclaimed when they saw this.

When the talisman paper burned out, the Taoist looked at the ashes that fell on the altar and frowned.

A bandit leader below asked: "Immortal! Can you tell me whether it's good or bad?"

The Taoist touched his mustache and frowned even deeper.

"It's bad! The will from the heavens is a sign of great misfortune. It's not appropriate to mobilize the army!"

The bandits below immediately became agitated when they heard this, but the bandit leaders standing in the front remained unmoved and continued to ask, "Does the immortal have a solution?"

The Taoist priest closed his eyes and shook his head three times to the left and three times to the right, as if he was using brain waves to contact the gods.

He suddenly opened his eyes, looking calm and composed.

"It's not that difficult. My senior brother is the Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Court. He is in charge of all military affairs in the world. All we need to do is offer sacrifices to please him, and we will be 100% sure of success this time!"

When the bandit leaders heard this, joy immediately appeared on their faces. They shouted and the 10 sacrifices that had been prepared long ago were brought up.

These people were civilians who had fled to the mountains to escape the Japanese invaders. They were captured by these bandits and made slaves, and now they were going to be killed as a sacrifice to the gods.

They knew they were going to die, and they would either beg for mercy or shout insults, but no matter what, their lives would end here.

Following the bandit leader's order, 10 swordsmen swung their swords and 10 people were beheaded. Their heads were sent to the altar and became the so-called sacrifices to God.

"The hexagram has changed! Great luck! Great luck! I have received a message from the Grand Marshal of the Army. This time, we will surely win!!!"

As the heads fell, the Taoist priest shouted loudly, and his voice was so loud that it even echoed in the mountains.

The bandits below were already excited at the sight of blood, and when they heard that they had the blessing of the immortals, they felt that they were possessed by gods and were invulnerable to swords and guns, and that it would be easy for them to defeat Li Xiao.

When the bandit leader saw that the morale was good, he waved his hand and ordered the attack.

This crazy scene was seen clearly by Li Jianfeng, who was acting as a scout at the time, climbing on a big tree in the distance and could see the situation of the bandits clearly.

There were about 800 bandits in this group, and nearly half of them were using bolt-action rifles of various models, mainly Mosin-Nagant and Murata Type rifles.

The Murata Type 1889 rifle was an early mass-produced rifle produced in Japan. It was produced and equipped to the troops in . It was the main weapon in the Russo-Japanese War and was later replaced by the Type rifle.

These broken guns are over 30 years old. After being eliminated by the Japanese army, part of the equipment was given to the pioneer militia and part was sold.

The remaining half of the bandits were all using muskets, and there were no cold weapons. I guess these bandits had spent all their wealth in order to defeat Li Xiao and his gang.

Li Jianfeng showed disdain on his face. These 800 people didn't even have an automatic firepower, they were just a bunch of chickens and dogs. But what he didn't expect was that this group of bandits actually had cannons!

However, they were not real cannons, but wooden cannons. There were two of them, and a dozen bandits carried one each, and they followed the army along the mountain road with difficulty.

After the bandits walked away, Li Jianfeng climbed down from the tree and followed behind the bandit group. When the fight started, he would be used as a teleportation anchor to transmit weapons to the back to block the bandits' retreat.

More than 4 hours later, the bandit army arrived at the Blind Bear's camp. There was a small open space in front of the Blind Bear's camp, which was made by Blind Bear when he cut down forests to build the camp. Now this open space was convenient for the bandit army to deploy.

The bandit army began to deploy their troops in an incoherent manner, and the bandit leader immediately planned an attack.

They discovered good news: most of the wooden walls of the blind bear's camp had been destroyed, and the houses inside were exposed to their sight. As long as they launched a charge, they could rush in and fight without any hindrance.

They also saw that the people in the camp were very agitated and showed signs of wanting to escape.

Several bandit leaders were overjoyed when they saw this, they did not suspect any trick. In their opinion, Li Xiao's gang had only more than 200 people, and if 800 of them came up together, they would be scared to death!

A bandit leader shouted to the bandits behind him: "Bring up the second general!"

Several bandits carried up a wooden cannon, built a frame with a simple wooden frame, and placed the cannon on it.

This cannon is made by peeling the bark of a pine tree, hollowing out the inside, and then wrapping the trunk with leather several times to reinforce it. It uses black powder to fire solid projectiles.

The bandits quickly prepared, roughly pointing the muzzle at the camp, loading a small amount of black powder into the barrel, and then stuffing an iron ball about the size of two fists into it.

After preparations were completed, the bandit leader immediately ordered the cannon to be fired. A bandit held a long-handled flint in his hand. He first lit the flint, then knelt down in front of the wooden cannon and kowtowed three times, and then he tremblingly went to light the cannon.

Perhaps his kowtow calmed the machine spirit and the cannon did not explode. Instead, there was a loud bang, a large amount of smoke came out, and a metal bullet flew out of the muzzle and smashed through an uninhabited house, causing no casualties.

But I have to say, this thing made a really loud noise when it was fired, and the thick smoke from the black powder lingered for a long time, which shook the morale of the bandits present.

Unfortunately, after firing once, a large number of cracks appeared on the gun body. The machine soul was already very happy that the wooden cannon did not explode after this firing, and it could not expect to fire a second time.

Several bandit leaders felt a pity as it cost a lot to build a cannon like this. However, when they saw the outsiders in the camp, they became even more agitated and seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

The leader of the bandits rolled his eyes and thought that if he tried harder, maybe he could scare them away without fighting!

He immediately shouted to the bandits behind him: "Brothers, the second general is useless, bring up the first general!"

The so-called Great General is much larger than the Second General. It takes one person to hug the wooden trunk, and there are some iron hoops on the gun body as reinforcements. It fires round projectiles as big as three fists put together, and looks much more powerful than the Second General.

The bandits still set up wooden frames, pointed their cannons at the camp, and loaded them with black powder and bullets.

The bandit leader shouted and fired, and another bandit holding a flint approached tremblingly. It was very dangerous to fire this kind of cannon, so the bandits took turns firing. If they succeeded, they would be rewarded with wine and meat, and if they died, they would also be rewarded with wine and meat.

The bandit who lit the fire is now very panicked. The General's gun has more gunpowder than the Second General, and the chance of explosion is much greater.

He trembled with fear, trying to keep his body as far away from the cannon as possible, and then pushed the flint into the ignition hole.

Perhaps it was because this guy did not appease the machine soul in advance, causing the machine soul to be unhappy. The moment the flint was inserted into the ignition port, there was a huge bang, and the entire wooden cannon exploded. The wood chips and iron hoops were blown away, and the unlucky guy who lit the fire turned into a ball of blood mist.

When the white smoke dissipated slightly, a badly mutilated corpse was left on the ground.

The bandits were in an uproar and whispered to each other, thinking that this was not a good sign. The bandits became very anxious when they saw this. If their morale was lost, this group of rabble would not be able to fight effectively when the war broke out.

Just when the bandit leaders were getting anxious, suddenly, a sharp-eyed bandit leader saw that the group of outsiders in the camp were actually running away!

The ravine occupied by the blind bear is the only way for the outside world to reach the mountains. The south side is the intersection for going down the mountain, and the north side is the entrance to the mountain, which is also the direction of their attack.

At this time, this group of outsiders ran southward like crazy, as if they would not stop until they got down the mountain.

The bandit leader was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted to the other bandits: "Brothers! The general is showing his might! Those assassins have been scared away, hahaha! Brothers, go ahead! Kill them all! Whoever gets the treasure gets it!"

The bandits took a quick look and saw that the camp was in chaos, with people running everywhere, and at least half of them were running to the other end.

The bandits instantly recovered from the shock of the artillery explosion and rushed forward shouting.

They had to rush faster because according to their bandit rules, whoever grabbed the item first would own it, and they couldn't let their teammates get it first.

I heard that this group of outsiders have a lot of good guns, which are different from the rubbish they have whose rifling is about to be worn out. As long as you can get a good gun, maybe you can use it to fight for a small leader in the village!

They quickened their pace and even pulled behind their teammates who were running faster than them. The situation at the scene was extremely chaotic.

They made strange howling sounds and used all the intimidation tactics they usually used when hunting wild animals, trying to intimidate the outsiders in front of them.

However, before this group of screaming bandits could rush into the camp, the four Liao-made Maxim heavy machine guns ambushed on the top of the mountain began to show their power.

The heavy machine gun crew members threw away the branches that were blocking their view, quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet, and pointed their guns at the group of bandits below.

The terrain in the mountains is very narrow, and the bandits were standing densely. They rushed forward one by one, fearing that others would snatch away their good things. No one noticed that the god of death above their heads had opened his eyes.

The machine gunner pulled the trigger, and suddenly there was a burst of gunfire in the mountains. Four barrages of bullets came from above and rushed into the crowd, and the group of bandits below were instantly covered in blood!