Youpeng in Shanxian looked at Xiaguan City, which was red in half the sky in despair. It was really a bloody dusk.

Break through? Fighting hard to resist, these two thoughts rose instantly. At the same time, Youpeng of Shanxian really wanted to think about the overall strategic situation and wanted to know why the Chinese army suddenly invaded Xiaguan City? His more than 30,000 troops were all for a good meal?

The Chinese army's frontal breakthrough ability is not something that Shanxian Youpeng can imagine, this is the advantage of weapons and equipment.

If two armies were fighting like ancient armies in the cold weapon era, they would fight each other, with more than 30,000 Japanese government troops, relying on the bore-bore guns, against the president of more than 4,000 Chinese troops. Although the president of the bore-bore gun is a breech gun, and it is equivalent to the k98 breech gun in history, it will not be at a disadvantage in firepower and is still the upper hand. There are many people, so there is an advantage.

Unfortunately, although the Japanese government army has become a quasi-modern army, it is still the consciousness of combat in the cold weapon era. The American instructors and British instructors in the army only teach some military skills and tactical ideas, and have not kept up with the progress of the times. This is incomparable to the First Field Division of the Chinese Army that has been fighting for many years.

The President's 1878 rifle is an 8mm caliber army-style rifle. It doesn't seem so domineering when fighting against Takamori Saigo's Samurai Army, but when it comes to position wars with the Japanese government forces, the gap between the two seems quite large.

The total gun is 1.2 meters long and uses a new sight. The name of the standard type is because the barrel length is 60 cm for infantry and cavalry. In fact, the standard type has not received much attention and is little known.

As the main rifle of the Chinese Army, the President's 1878 rifle has undergone many design changes, mostly for ease of production. The bottom of the butt stock adopts cup stamping components; the front guard is changed from cutting parts to spot welding; the bottom of the magazine and the guard bow are also changed to stamped steel plates.

The quality of the President's 1878 rifle is the best, and its performance has been greatly improved compared with the President's 1874 rifle. During the war with Tsarist Russia, as the war progressed, the President's 1878 rifle continued to improve and was formed the following year.

During the war, in order to meet the number of rifles in the army and reduce costs, many design changes were simplified to simplify the production process, and the quality was deteriorating due to the change in the war situation. Some rifles in the later period were even omitted. The President's 1874 rifle and a batch of rifles with poor quality were exactly the arms that Emperor Hua was going to sell to the Pacific Wars in Africa, Afghanistan and South America this time.

In addition to the standard bayonet seat, blade safety, bifurcation left bolt locking tenon and shell piece, the President's 1878 type rifle also has a gun strap, sight guard, downward-bend pull handle, corresponding grooves at the pulling head position, and metal holes in the middle of the butt stock for decomposing the striker needle.

In August 1878, according to the order of Emperor Hua, the President's Type 1878 rifle was adopted as the standard equipment of all Chinese Army and named the President's Type 1878 rifle.

From then on, the President's 1878 Type Rifle officially stepped onto the stage of history.

The President's 1878 rifle inherits the classic rotating rear-pull bolt of the President's 1874 rifle. The tail of the bolt is a safety device. The bullets are arranged in a double row and interlaced with a built-in magazine. The bullets are loaded with 5 rounds of magazines. The bullets are pressed into the magazine cabin above the receiver, and can also be loaded with a single round.

It adopts a downward-bent puller handle, which is easy to carry and install the scope. It uses an arc-shaped watch scale, a "v"-shaped notched door, and an inverted "v"-shaped sight. The sight has a circular shield.

The President's 1878 rifle is a rotating rear-pull bolt rifle with magazine supply. The ammunition supply system and the bolt are its two most distinctive designs. The design of the bolt part has become a classic design of manual rifles in the world and is famous for its history.

The ammunition supply system is a built-in double-row magazine in which the bullets are arranged interlaced. The bottom magazine can be removed so that the magazine spring can be replaced if necessary. When loading bullets, a single-shot loading can be performed, that is, opening the bolt and loading a single-shot bullet into the magazine; a disposable magazine can also be used.

Each magazine is filled with 5 rounds of bullets, just filling the magazine. When loading, the magazine is directly inserted into the receiver guide groove. The bullet is pressed into the magazine, and the empty magazine is automatically thrown away when the bullet is locked. If you want to remove the loaded bullet, just pull the bolt (the safety device must be in the middle position, that is, it is safe but the bolt is unlocked), or directly remove the bottom magazine.

The bolt of the President 1878 rifle is a simple and sturdy monolithic bolt, which can be said to be a genius design.

The bolt has two locking teeth, both located on the top of the bolt. This system helps to achieve better accuracy of the rifle. People often mistakenly regard a convex bamboo shoot at the back of the bolt as the third locking device, but in fact it is a safe convex bamboo shoot, but does not touch the locking shoulder on the receiver. The bolt pulling handle is connected to the bolt itself. On the President 1878 rifle, this pulling handle is changed to a curved shape.

This design makes the bolt more comfortable and convenient to move.

On the President's 1878 rifle with a gun scope, a straight pull handle will touch the gun scope frame, while a curved pull handle will not. The horizontal pull handle is easy to operate with your hands when aiming, which is conducive to hitting the target and is convenient to throw the shell from the bottom. An exhaust hole is designed on the bolt to discharge hot gunpowder gas to prevent injury to the shooter's face.

This time, Xuan Jianzhang sent the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army to cover the First Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army to attack, so at the beginning of the war, he directly broke through a gap within ten minutes and attacked Xiaguan City.

Therefore, this speed made Yuto Yama Prefecture at a loss, and actually shocked all the Japanese troops on the battlefield. When the Chinese army and the Japanese government forces fought against each other, they used the President's 1874 rifle. Unexpectedly, the Chinese army's equipment was updated in just a few months, and it was so powerful.

The range and accuracy of both sides are not at the same level, which also makes the safe distance emphasized by the Japanese in previous training and cannot adapt to the president's 1878 rifle.

"Retreat! Retreat! Let everyone fight with the Chinese army, and the command center breaks through to the east of the city." Shanxian Youpeng thought for a minute and quickly issued an order.

Yama Prefecture Aotomo's staff couldn't help but feel contempt for the general. Yama Prefecture Aotomo often talks about the spirit of Bushido, which is always very exciting. Unexpectedly, when danger comes, he actually asked his soldiers to die, but he escapes quietly.

After an hour of fierce fighting, the First Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army rushes into the city and wipes out more than 3,000 Japanese government troops in the city, ending the battle successfully.

It’s a pity that Akitoshi of Shanxian escaped.
Chapter completed!