The road to national restoration that began at the end of the century - #238 - Chapter 239
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But compared to Zelen, who has a brand-new aircraft, Nagamasa is facing a new round of counter-rebel encirclement and suppression.
boom!
Nagamasa: “Sure enough, that foolish king is really unwilling to give up, even…”
boom!
As a 155 mm caliber heavy artillery shell hit the hillside, Nagamasa couldn’t help but look sad.
As a rare “material” of the Takagi Kingdom, the 155 mm caliber self-propelled field gun is not only something that the Takagi Kingdom can independently produce, but also must be imported from abroad.
However, as far as Nagamasa knew, the Orchid Republic, a powerful country in the north, was on its Northern Expedition and had no excess military supplies to sell to King Junwu.
That is to say…
There are only a group of guys in the world who have the ability to produce 155 mm caliber self-propelled field guns, and they are even more capable of selling them to King Junwu.
Negan Empire.
no way.
The profiteers in the Negan Empire are not idiots. They know that their funds are tight and there is little money to squeeze out. Ever since, that faint king naturally became a very suitable target for oil extraction.
However……
boom!
The counter-rebel troops 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 firing each shell exceeds 70 seconds.
70 seconds.
If it were the artillery of the Negan Empire, they would definitely be able to fire at least 3 shells in 60 seconds.
Especially since Nagamasa once stayed in the Negan Empire and knew what kind of combat effectiveness the Negan Empire’s border guards had.
If Nagamasa’s guess was correct, there must be a group of artillerymen who probably didn’t know much about artillery messing around on the artillery truck at the foot of the mountain opposite.
Moreover, Nagamasa looked at the crater closest to his position. It was half a man deep and the weight of the shell was no less than 40 kilograms.
The artillerymen on the opposite side were not physically strong enough to carry the shells.
Thanks to a certain foolish king named Junwu, few people in the Takagi Kingdom can read and write, and even counting has become a serious problem. Therefore, Nagamasa himself became more and more aware of the necessity of education.
If an army formed by illiterate people does not have good generals and necessary adequate planning, it will be an extremely stupid and often defeated army.
Especially artillerymen, who can’t count, probably don’t even know how far they want to hit the target, so they can only drive the cannon as far as possible to the front line and shoot directly.
Like it is now.
Therefore, Nagamasa now has to cultivate the concept of counting in some trustworthy subordinates during the period when there was no war.
otherwise……
Boom! Boom!
His men didn’t even have the skills to take advantage of the backside of the hillside and use the captured 81mm or 120mm mortars to fight back!
Moreover, after undergoing the “cruel baptism” from the Crurod Empire, Nagamasa now understands a concept – modern warfare.
Modern warfare is not just war on the plane, but also in the sky.
He also had to learn three-dimensional combat theory.
The counter-rebel forces on the opposite side have aircraft. If the battle on the ground goes against the counter-rebel forces, their aircraft will inevitably appear suddenly in the sky, and then straf and drop bombs on their positions.
For this reason, he asked the logistics to specialize in the development of anti-aircraft machine guns as one of his few means of counterattack.
Even if his funds are not enough, the resources in his hands are still lacking.
But no matter what, he had to have it.
Otherwise, once Yamashita’s counter-rebel troops retreat, he will definitely face strafing attacks from fighter planes driven by some senior intellectuals among the counter-rebel troops.
Admittedly, compared to other resistance leaders. Just as Leeson said, Nagamasa is one of the few smart people who knows the importance of learning and is more aware of the situation he is in.
However, he didn’t have enough things in his hands, and he still came to power by usurping power, so he was under considerable pressure from internal and external troubles.
In addition, he was blacklisted by the king of Takagi Kingdom, Takagi Junwu, and became the key target of King Junwu’s attack. Therefore, Nagamasa, who walks on the tightrope, desires victory more than anyone else, and hopes to subdue internal and external opposition forces through victory.
Regarding this…
Da da da!
Fortunately, his men were basically obedient and did not run out to surrender en masse. They were still able to shoot at the counter-rebel troops who rushed up. Moreover, what makes him very happy is that even if the main equipment on his side is only the companion swivel rifle; the light machine gun fed by the upper magazine can still make the counter-rebel troops who go up the mountain understand what an insurmountable death line is.
Of course, Nagamasa is not ignorant of the benefits of bullet belts. But he doesn’t even have enough metal materials now. How can he develop a metal bullet chain by himself? And cloth bullet belts won’t work. He couldn’t afford it here, and no machine gun used a belt.
What’s more, as of now, the magazine-fed light machine gun is very easy to use.
In particular, the 5-round magazine of the friend’s rotary rifle can press bullets into the magazine, thereby ensuring firepower support during wartime.
Even if Nagamasa knew very well that if he pressed the bullet at this time, he would probably not be far away from defeat.
Anyway, let’s fight.
Anyway, the previous actions of the counter-rebel army in torturing the people have brought more members to Nagamasa’s command. As long as there is no shortage of soldiers and labor force, the money can be earned bit by bit. After all, just the food produced by farming, especially high-yielding rice, is the hard currency in the Takagi Kingdom.
Why?
The reason is very simple. Under normal circumstances, the rice from the Takagi Kingdom is basically a tribute to the Akitsu Empire. Therefore, tributes are actually very valuable in China, so valuable that Changzheng was able to attract many poor people to work for him.
But compared to that, let’s first repel the counter-rebel forces at the foot of the mountain.
In this way, the equipment was backward and the quality of the soldiers was no better. The two sides fought in melee for a day. In the end, Nagamasa relied on the advantage of having mortars in his rear cover to successfully repel the counter-rebel forces, and captured more than 200 prisoners, a large number of guns and ammunition, and some very useful explosives.
It’s just that Nagamasa understands that it’s not enough, very not enough.
Compared with those powerful countries in the world, his current situation is nothing.
Fighting guerrilla warfare against the rebels on the border of the mountains and forests is not a long-term solution. Expansion is the only option to become stronger.
Otherwise, he will not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed sooner or later.
If you want to make the black-haired kobold strong, the first thing you need to do is to defeat Takagi Shungo.
If Takagi Junwu is not eliminated, every black-haired kobold in Takagi Kingdom will have no tomorrow.
It seems that he needs to find another breakthrough in the counter-rebel army, so that King Junwu no longer trusts the counter-rebel army, and even suspects that the counter-rebel army starts to be disloyal.
Obviously, Nagamasa is not the kind of “crazy person” who always uses disobedience as the criterion for judgment, and then kills all the disobedient guys.
In fact, Nagamasa also realized it.
The black-haired kobolds have a collective problem. They are cruel, harsh, arrogant, arrogant, despise intelligence, pursue violence, and desire that the violence they possess can control everything.
The root cause of this problem is actually very simple.
educate.
Since ancient times, many black-haired kobolds have not received normal and necessary education, especially in the distant past when black-haired kobolds were still ruled by white-haired kobolds. At that time, the white-haired kobolds were very wary of their cultural knowledge being dispersed and usurped by the black-haired kobolds who were still just supervisors at the time. For this reason, the white-haired kobolds naturally strictly prohibit all education, especially external education.
As a result, the idea of being cruel, harsh, arrogant, arrogant, despising intelligence, pursuing violence, and desiring that the violence he possesses can control everything took root at that time, becoming a “brand” that is difficult to shake off for the black-haired kobold.
“brand.”
Nagamasa hated this thing very much, and for this reason he also envied the Orchid Republic in the north and the Negan Empire in the south.
The majority of the people in these two countries are slaves, but they are able to provide compulsory education for all and cultivate generations of knowledgeable and educated people. Even in terms of higher-level academic research, they can be regarded as great powers. exist.
The question is, does he have the energy to do a good job in education now?