Chapter 239 "Brand"
But compared to Zelen who had a brand new plane, Nagamasa was facing a new round of suppression by the rebel army.
Boom!
Nagamasa: "Sure enough, that tyrant king really didn't give up, even..."
Boom!
As a 155mm heavy artillery shell hit the hillside, Nagamasa couldn't help but look sad.
As a rare "material" of the Takagi Kingdom, the 155mm self-propelled field gun was not only not something that the Takagi Kingdom could produce independently, but also something that had to be imported from foreign countries.
However, as far as Nagamasa knew, the powerful country in the north, the Orchid Republic, was on the Northern Expedition and had no extra military supplies to sell to King Junwu.
In other words...
There was only a group of guys in the world who had the ability to produce 155mm self-propelled field guns, and they were even more capable of selling them to King Junwu.
Negan Empire.
There was no way.
The profiteers of the Negan Empire were not idiots. They knew that their funds were tight and there was not much oil to be squeezed. So, the tyrant king naturally became a very suitable target for oil extraction.
However...
Boom!
The rebels on the opposite side pulled their artillery to the foot of the mountain, but never hit their defensive positions.
Not to mention that the interval between each artillery shell has exceeded 70 seconds.
70 seconds.
If it was the artillery of the Negan Empire, they would definitely be able to fire at least 3 shells in 60 seconds.
Especially since Nagamasa had been in the Negan Empire and knew the combat effectiveness of the border guards of the Negan Empire.
If Nagamasa was not wrong, there must be a group of artillerymen who probably didn't know much about artillery at the foot of the opposite mountain.
And Nagamasa looked at the shell crater closest to his position on his side, which was half a person deep, and the weight of the shell was no less than 40 kilograms.
The artillerymen on the opposite side did not have a strong enough physique to carry the shells.
Thanks to a certain incompetent monarch named Junwu, few people in the Takagi Kingdom could read and write, and even counting became a serious problem. Therefore, Nagamasa himself became more and more aware of the necessity of education.
If an army formed by illiterates does not have good generals and necessary adequate planning, it will be an extremely stupid army that always loses.
Especially the artillery, who cannot count, probably do not even know how far they are going to hit the target, and can only drive the cannon as far as possible to the front line for direct shooting.
Just like now.
Therefore, Nagamasa now has to cultivate the concept of counting for some trusted subordinates during the period when there was no war in the past period of time.
Otherwise...
Bang! Bang!
His subordinates do not even have the ability to use the advantages of the back of the hillside to use the captured 81mm or 120mm mortars to fight back!
Moreover, after the "cruel baptism" of the Krurod Empire, Nagamasa now understands a concept-modern warfare.
Modern warfare is not just a war on the plane, but also in the sky.
He also has to learn the theory of three-dimensional warfare.
The rebels on the other side have planes. If the battle on the ground is against the ground forces that are not favorable to the rebels, their planes will inevitably appear suddenly in the sky, and then strafe and drop bombs on their positions.
For this reason, he asked the logistics to develop anti-aircraft machine guns as one of his few means of counterattack.
Even if his funds are not enough and the resources in his hands are still lacking.
But no matter what, he must have it.
Otherwise, once the rebels at the foot of the mountain retreat, he will definitely face the strafing of fighter planes driven by some senior intellectuals in the rebels.
Indeed, compared with other rebel leaders. Nagamasa is just as Li Sen's evaluation. He is one of the few smart people who knows the importance of learning and is more aware of his situation.
However, he does not have enough things in his hands, and he came to power by usurping power, so the pressure of internal and external troubles is quite large.
In addition, he was blacklisted by the king of the Takagi Kingdom, Takagi Shungo, and became the target of King Shungo's key attack. Therefore, Nagamasa, who was walking on the steel wire, wanted victory more than anyone else, and hoped to suppress the internal and external opposition forces through victory.
In this regard...
Da Da Da!
Fortunately, his men were basically obedient, and did not run out to surrender collectively, and they could still shoot at the rebels rushing up. Moreover, he was very happy that even if his main equipment was only the companion rotary rifle; but the light machine gun with upper magazine feeding could still let the rebels who went up the mountain understand what was an insurmountable death line.
Of course, Nagamasa was not unaware of the benefits of the belt. But he didn't even have enough metal materials now, so how could he develop metal belts himself? And cloth belts, no. He couldn't afford it here, and no machine gun used belts.
What's more, at present, the light machine gun with magazine feeding is very useful.
In particular, the 5-round magazine of the companion rotary rifle can press bullets into the magazine, thereby ensuring firepower during wartime.
Even if Nagamasa knew very well that if he pressed bullets at this time, he would probably not be far from defeat.
Anyway, let's fight.
Anyway, the torture of the people by the rebels has attracted more members to join Nagamasa. As long as he has enough soldiers and labor, he can earn back the money bit by bit. After all, the food produced by farming, especially the high-yield rice, is the hard currency in the Takagi Kingdom.
Why?
The reason is very simple. Under normal circumstances, the rice of the Takagi Kingdom is basically tribute to the Akitsu Empire. Therefore, the tribute is actually very valuable in the country, so valuable that Nagamasa has the ability to attract a lot of poor people to work for him.
But compared to these, it is better to repel the rebels at the foot of the mountain.
In this way, the two sides, with backward equipment and not much better quality soldiers, fought for a day. In the end, Nagamasa still relied on the advantage of having mortars in the rear to successfully repel the rebels and captured more than 200 prisoners, a large number of guns and ammunition, and some very useful explosives.
But Nagamasa knew that it was not enough, very not enough.
Compared with those powerful countries in the world, his current situation is nothing.
Relying on fighting guerrilla warfare with the rebels in the border areas of the mountains and forests is not a long-term solution. Expansion is the only choice to become stronger.
Otherwise, he will sooner or later escape the fate of being destroyed.
If you want to make the black-haired kobolds stronger, the first thing to do is to defeat Takagi Shungo.
If Takagi Shungo is not eliminated, every black-haired kobold in the Takagi Kingdom will have no tomorrow.
It seems that he needs to find another breakthrough in the rebel army, so that King Shungo will no longer trust the rebel army, and even suspect that the rebel army is disloyal.
Obviously, Nagamasa is not the kind of "madman" who uses obedience as a criterion for judgment and then kills all disobedient guys.
In fact, Nagamasa also realized it.
The black-haired kobolds have a collective problem, which is cruel, harsh, conceited, arrogant, despises intelligence, pursues violence and desires that the violence they have can control everything.
The root of this problem is actually very simple.
Education.
Since ancient times, many black-haired kobolds have not received normal and necessary education, especially in the distant past, when the black-haired kobolds were still in the era of white-haired kobolds. At that time, the white-haired dog-headed people were very wary of their cultural knowledge being dispersed and being usurped by the black-haired dog-headed people who were only supervisors at that time. For this reason, the white-haired dog-headed people naturally strictly prohibited all education, especially external education.
As a result, the ideas of cruelty, harshness, arrogance, arrogance, contempt for intelligence, pursuit of violence and desire for the violence they possessed to control everything took root at that time and became a "brand" that the black-haired dog-headed people could not get rid of.
"Brand."
For this thing, Nagamasa hated it very much, and for this reason he envied the Orchid Republic in the north and the Nigan Empire in the south.
The majority of the people in these two countries were slaves, but they were able to achieve compulsory education for all people and cultivate generations of knowledgeable and cultural people. Even in terms of academic research at a higher level, they were also a powerful existence.
The question is, does he have the energy to do a good job in education now?