Chapter 481 Technology Leadership
Landmines were actually used in wars in the Song Dynasty and played a great role in the battle of Shanzhou with the Jin army. However, at that time, landmines only ignited the line of fire when the current target entered the tentative area to detonate. Therefore, someone had to take care of it and could not achieve "smart" words. Ww W.
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CN, Zhao Bing's improvements have enabled landmines to be uncontrolled and self-fired, simplified the combat methods, reduced the risk of casualties, and also caused huge damage to the enemy. However, he thought it was more of a psychological injury, which made the reinforcements in Soduo difficult to take a step and did not dare to take a step easily.
Thinking about the fact that after he arrived in this world, he only copied some weapons that had been eliminated by history, but he still used extremely powerful forces in the battle, changing the way and results of the war, and even affecting the course of history, Zhao Bing could not help but sigh that the "craftsmen" changed the war. He also knew that the Mongolians did better than themselves. They had relied on craftsmen to change the world, and they were still latecomers compared to them.
When the Mongolian destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the wish of "maintaining success" on the eve of the fall of the Jin Dynasty was even better than that of the Southern Song Dynasty. The large-scale battle was not a wild rush, but a siege of cities and villages. At that time, the Jin Dynasty had become a de facto country in the Central Plains, and basically ended its nomadic state. They were also very comfortable to stay in the city, so why should they go to the empty grasslands and wilderness to hunt nomadic?
When Genghis Khan first started his army, he always regarded the Jin people as his strongest opponent. As we all know, the combat characteristics of nomadic peoples were flexible and maneuverable. They were good at fighting on the grasslands and plains, but were not good at siegeing cities and villages. Back then, the Song and Jin countries formed a tug-of-war, and the Song army was good at defending the city. Nomadic peoples were offensive troops, and since they attacked, they could not choose the battlefield. Therefore, siege was a barrier that they had to pass.
However, in the Juyongguan battle, the Mongolian army fought against the Jin soldiers, and the Jin soldiers were defeated and defeated. However, the Mongolian army that reached the heart of the Central Plains suddenly dared to attack the city and became good at siege. Because they had ladders, powerful crossbows, and artillery. This made the Jin and Song dynasties, which were guarding the city, unbearable. They were surprised that in addition to riding horses and fighting in fields, the Mongolian soldiers also obtained weapons and skills for siege. A grassland tribe suddenly had ladders and artillery for siege. The military technology level has made rapid progress. Where does this mysterious power come from? This mysterious external factor mainly comes from the technical assistance of the Han people in the Central Plains.
The reason why the Han people were willing to "export" technology was that at that time, the Jin Dynasty of the Jurchens occupied the civilized center of the Huaxia ethnic group in northern China, and adopted very cruel oppression on the Han people. Therefore, the Han people under the Jin Dynasty were eager to attack the Jin Dynasty. Many Han craftsmen would make ladders, powerful crossbows, and artillery to bring them to the Mongolian military camps.
On the other hand, as leaders of the Song Dynasty who were so cowardly that Di Yi had suffered, they first used annual monies to stabilize the Khitan, and then fed the Jurchens to unite to destroy the Khitans. But they found that the Jurchens were more abominable than the Khitans. When they waited for Mongolia to appear, they helped Mongolia kill the Jurchens. Before the Mongolian destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty asked for money and things to give, but the Southern Song Dynasty could still lead the four countries outside the border militarily.
In terms of military technology, the Song Dynasty was the leading military science and technology at that time due to its huge military expenditure and strong scientific research strength. The Song army's equipment was also the most advanced at that time. It was the world's first army equipped with a large number of firearms, and there were a large number of gunpowder weapons, ranging from "rifles" to "land mines", and even "grenades" and "flamethrowers". When the Song army and the Mongolian army jointly destroyed the Jin Kingdom, the Mongolian army's firearms were completely provided by the Song army.
During the rise of Mongolia, this technical assistance has been complementing each other and exerting the power of mysterious foreign aid. This cavalry has the "martial skills" of fighting in the field, and at the same time, it has the "weapons" to capture all the cities in the world. Later, Genghis Khan occupied the Zhongdu of the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin people had to pay tribute to him until the country was destroyed, and they did not encounter much fierce resistance. They were even more obedient than the Song army, because they could not defeat or defend.
The Mongols who obtained the Central Plains military technology were like tigers and became the world's top martial arts scholar. By the 13th century, the Mongolian army was no longer a simple grassland light cavalry. The gunpowder weapons of the Han people, the Mongolian war horses with full endurance, and the Jurchen heavy armored cavalry gathered together, which made the Mongol Empire's force reach a level that shocked the world and was helpless. If it weren't for this, it is still unknown whether Mongolia could rise later.
It took Mongolia only more than 30 years to conquer Eurasian Great Six, but the battle between Song and Meng was stalemate for fifty years. In the past two years, three large-scale wars occurred. In the first two times, the Southern Song Dynasty won one victory and one draw. However, due to the lack of internal affairs, the Song Dynasty had a large number of rebels such as Lu Wenhuan and Liu Zheng, which caused a large loss of military technology and helped the Mongols to establish a powerful naval army, which made the Southern Song Dynasty completely defeat the third battle between Song and Meng. The reason why Song could fight a protracted war with the Mongolian army was not only a stronger desire to defend the achievements than the Jurchens, but more effective was their "city-defending" kung fu and military technology...
When he first came to this world, Zhao Bing thought that he could compete with the Mongols with his rough understanding of this history and the "strategic strategies" he knew in his previous life and save himself and the Song Dynasty. However, after a few years of hard work, he felt that the "craftsman"'s profession was more helpful to him, and he restored the Song Dynasty's military technology leadership in some aspects, gained the ability to win the ocean and change the appearance of Qiongzhou, so that he could have a foothold.
When Zhao Bing faces this "strong city" in Quanzhou, he cannot engage in a time-consuming and labor-intensive battle to trap the city, nor can he fight a siege with huge casualties. At the same time, he cannot destroy the city and lose the original intention of this battle. The solution now is to "technical unlocking", first open the city defense facilities in front of them and enter the city, and what he is doing is to configure a key to break the city as soon as possible.
Now the mine war has begun to show results. The most powerful Suodu team to assist Quanzhou in the future blocks the periphery of the battlefield, but the situation is still very tense. The reinforcements from Xinghua and Fuzhou are also rushing towards Quanzhou at a rapid pace. Then they must divide most of their troops to fight with simple fortifications, which will lose the advantage of military strength in the siege battle. If they can fight on the city, it will be much easier and more comfortable. The only thing that may help him may be these strange weapons that are being built in a hurry, hoping to fight with this... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!