Chapter 879 Heavy Rain

"Boom boom boom..."

One after another, the shells drew a perfect curve in the sky and landed in the trench in front of Miancheng. In the violent explosion, flames shot up into the sky.

This was the howitzer bombardment.

After the Beidi cavalry's tentative attack failed, the rifled artillery cleared most of the field artillery in the opponent's trench.

Then, Zhao Xu ordered the artillery to push the howitzer forward.

"Your Highness, the Beidi people have become turtles now, hiding behind the trenches and dare not come out." Chang Wei stood beside Zhao Xu, teasing.

He thought that Beidi would retaliate after suffering such a big loss.

But after that, there was no Beidi cavalry figure.

"After this big loss, they should know how powerful it is." Zhao Xu smiled, "Next, as you said, they can only be turtles and block our attack."

Temuta led his troops to detour behind them and cut off the food supply.

Just this point, he knew the opponent's intention.

They couldn't win, so they pinned their hopes on exhausting the food and grass of the royal army.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei had predicted this when they entered Yizhou.

They were also gambling.

What they were betting on was that they could take Yiyang before the food and grass ran out and severely damage their coalition forces.

"They are destined to be wishful thinking." Chang Wei sneered.

The 170,000 Yanzhou troops equipped with Qin-style rifles, carrying grenades, and equipped with rifled cannons and howitzers will be their nightmare.

For the next two days and two nights, the roar of artillery on the battlefield never stopped.

The shells hit flour like raindrops, constantly raising dust everywhere in the trenches.

The soldiers of the powerful tribes and the Beidi soldiers in the trenches were miserable.

On the third day, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds and heavy rain fell.

The artillerymen had to retreat to the tent and pull back the artillery.

"God really helps me." Zhao Xu watched the rain from the tent, with a smile on his face.

At this moment, Chang Wei, wearing a bamboo hat, came in from outside.

He shook off the rain on his body and said, "Your Highness, I checked it and found that the ammunition is fine. The oil paper of the Arms Department is wrapped very tightly."

Zhao Xu nodded.

In ancient times, oil paper was the material for blocking water.

Therefore, there are oil paper umbrellas.

In modern times, the moisture-proof and anti-humidity function of oil paper umbrellas is used to store firearms and ammunition.

The Internet is full of jokes about German oil paper wrapped guns in World War I and World War II.

It is said that some firearms wrapped in oil paper have been lying underground for seventy or eighty years, and they are still well-structured and can be used when dug out.

Therefore, he passed on the tips of using oil paper to store muskets and ammunition to the Arms Department very early.

Later, the paper shell bullets and paper shell shells made by the Arms Department had normal paper inside, but the outer layer was oil paper.

This is to prevent the ammunition from failing due to moisture in heavy rain.

However, even so, soldiers' combat would still be affected by rainy days in the era of front-loading guns.

Because when loading, rain will fall into the barrel, and the bullet needs to be bitten open to pour the ammunition, the probability of misfire is very high.

But the Qin-style rifle avoids this problem.

This is also the reason why the breech-loading rifle can replace the muzzle-loading rifle.

Even in heavy rain, the soldiers equipped with the Qin-style rifle can still shoot normally.

Even if the gun is wet, it will not be affected because it is a needle-percussion shooting.

However, although the musket is not affected, the artillery is not so lucky.

Chang Wei went to check mainly artillery and artillery ammunition this time.

"Your Highness, do you think they will take the opportunity to attack." Chang Wei looked outside.

The rain was heavy this time, and the vision was very poor. It was not clear at fifty meters.

"It is likely that." Zhao Xu raised the corner of his mouth, and there was evil in his smile.

He believed that even the Russians in the coalition at this moment could not understand the needle-percussion thing.

Because this thing is too advanced in this era.

Even if there is, it may only be constantly tested somewhere in the West.

As for the generals of the Western Land, according to their understanding, muskets and artillery are basically unusable on rainy days.

Although as far as he knows, the British have replaced the flints on some flintlocks with percussion caps.

But whether it is flint or percussion cap, it is necessary to ignite the gunpowder in the exposed gunpowder pool to ignite the gunpowder inside.

Moreover, percussion caps, like flint, will not be able to ignite due to moisture.

Therefore, judging others by themselves, they cannot imagine that the Qin-style rifles can be unaffected by rainy days.

Once they determine this, the advantage of the royal army will be lost for them.

The opportunity for close combat is right in front of them, and both the northern barbarians and the Russians are good at fighting.

When will we not take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack?

"Hehe, they must come, and we can kill them all." Chang Wei laughed insidiously.

He has already arranged it, and the soldiers close to the side of the chariot should be vigilant at all times.

When sleeping, the grenades cannot be removed, and the guns must be kept at hand, ready for battle at any time.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at each other, and they both laughed sinisterly.

But Zhao Xu's smile was not just because of the sneak attack.

There was another thing that made him very happy.

That was that the enemy's trench was finished.

Such heavy rain would basically flood the trench.

During the First World War, the army often faced this problem.

Under the long-term confrontation, the weather was naturally alternating between sunny and rainy days.

Once it rained, the soldiers in the trenches were in trouble.

Water flows to lower places, so the rainwater will naturally flow into the trenches.

At this time, the soldiers in the trenches can only rest in the rain.

The water alone can soak them half to death.

Even if the rain stops, the trenches are still muddy, making the soldiers miserable.

Now, the soldiers in the trenches are probably also facing this problem.

He was thinking, when suddenly a loud noise came.

Through the rain, he saw a flame rising in the distance.

This is the mine being detonated.

Before, he ordered mines to be laid on both sides of the battlefield.

In the past two days, the soldiers have been laying mines.

Because the mines are buried in the soil, and the top of the mines itself has a shell like a lid, so it will not fail even in rainy days.

Now, the mines have exploded, and there is no doubt that the other party is preparing for a sneak attack and stepped on the mines.

"Here it comes!" Chang Wei shouted, rushed into the heavy rain, and ordered the generals to be on guard.

Although they can still use Qin-style rifles in rainy days, their vision is affected after all.

Facing the sneak attack, they still have to take it seriously.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Then, one explosion after another came from all directions.

Obviously, there are many enemy soldiers coming to sneak attack this time.

"Kill!"

As if the explosion exposed them, the soldiers of the coalition army roared to cheer themselves up.

The sound came from far to near, constantly approaching their chariot camp.

At this time, the soldiers of the palace rushed out of the tents, came to the chariot, used the chariot as a barrier, and aimed their guns outside.