Just as Zuo Zongtang was immersed in his own fantasy and his heart was filled with shock.
The Han soldiers pulled the trigger and fired a second volley!
After the second volley, there was a third volley!
The fourth round followed!
The fifth round!
Zuo Zongtang's eyes widened, and his jaw almost dropped!
He was surprised to find out.
The Han soldiers did not reload midway. They only pulled something on their guns and then continued firing!
What was the principle behind this?
Why could they shoot without loading bullets?
Zuo Zongtang's heart was filled with curiosity, but at the same time, he was deeply shocked!
There was no need to stop midway to reload, which meant that the Han army could continue firing.
This instantly increased the firepower between them and the Qing army. In terms of continuous damage output, the Han army was completely superior to the Qing army!
"General, can you lend me a gun?”
Zuo Zongtang's heart was itching. Although he knew that his request might be a little inappropriate, he still spoke.
He was really interested in the rifles in the hands of the Han army and wanted to take them and study them carefully.
There were too many mysteries about this rifle that attracted him and made him want to solve them.
"You don't have to use bullets. Just give me a gun!”
Zuo Zongtang realized that his words had caused a misunderstanding when he saw the guards around Lin Yu looking at him warily, so he quickly explained.
"Give him a gun!" Lin Yu nodded.”
The soldiers quickly handed a brand new Mauser 1888 rifle to Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang took it carefully and held it in his palm.
He had been in the army for many years and had come into contact with many guns. However, this was the first time he had seen a gun with such fine workmanship and texture!
In Zuo Zongtang's opinion, the Han army's rifle barrel was shorter, but from the test just now, it was clearly more powerful.
From the appearance, the Han army's rifles did not have the matchlock used in the matchlock. They should be a type of rifle that could generate fire by itself, which was also known as the flintlock.
However, compared to the traditional flintlock, the Han army's rifles did not have the clumsy flintlock mechanism. They looked simpler and lighter.
Judging from the shooting of the Han soldiers that he had witnessed with his own eyes, the effective range of this gun was at least 300 meters, or even 500 meters!
This distance was far beyond the muskets of the Qing army and the flintlocks of the foreigners.
What surprised him even more was that after the Han soldiers fired a shot, they did not need to reload at all. They only needed to pull a device on the gun to continue firing!
This increased the shooting speed of the Han soldiers by several times compared to the Chu army and the foreigners!
They were more powerful, had a longer shooting range, and even had a faster shooting speed. Obviously, the Han army had an overwhelming advantage in terms of firearms!
Zuo Zongtang was very interested in the rifle's ability to shoot continuously. After studying it carefully, he finally figured it out!
It turned out that this rifle had a magazine that could hold five bullets at a time.
Moreover, unlike the muskets of the Qing army and the foreigners, the Han army's rifles were loaded from the back. In this way, it was more convenient to load the bullets. There was no need to adjust the muzzle, which saved more effort.
"It's indeed a good gun. I'm afraid even the Westerners don't have such a weapon!”
Zuo Zongtang said enviously.
If his troops had such good guns, they would not have needed to hire mercenaries from the foreigners. They would have been able to wipe out the Taiping Country Army on their own!
"The Westerners do not have this gun now, but they are not far from it. With their technical strength, they will definitely be able to develop it in the future!”
"However, this gun is not the most advanced weapon I have here!”
Lin Yu snapped his fingers, and the soldiers carried up a Maxim heavy machine gun.
"One minute test!"
After giving the order, the two soldiers immediately started operating.
Zuo Zongtang had never seen a machine gun before, so he was very surprised when he saw something that looked like a gun barrel.
Could this thing be the very powerful weapon that the other party had mentioned?
Doesn't it look like there's anything powerful about it?
However, in the next second, when the soldiers pulled the triggers and the machine guns began to spray out flames, Zuo Zongtang's thoughts completely changed!
"This, this, what kind of weapon is this?”
After witnessing the terrifying firepower of the machine gun, Zuo Zongtang was extremely shocked!
What a joke. How could he not be shocked?
Not only could this thing shoot continuously, but its shooting speed was also so fast that it made people click their tongues!
He had never seen a flintlock with such a fast firing speed in his life!
Looking at the large number of yellow bullet shells on the ground, one could tell how terrifying the firepower of this weapon was!
If such a machine gun was installed at a mountain pass, then the enemy would really have no way to escape!
With Zuo Zongtang's knowledge, he immediately realized that this weapon would change the situation of the war!
In the face of such weapons, the infantry's concentrated charge would be particularly stupid, because it was no different from courting death!
"This is called the Maxim water-cooled machine gun!”
After a minute of testing, all 500 bullets had been fired.
The target on the opposite side had been completely smashed into pieces and was beyond recognition!
If this was an army, they would have been covered in corpses and suffered heavy casualties!
"Maxim, machine gun…"
Zuo Zongtang repeated Lin Yu's words, his face still full of shock.
If it weren't for the flood, they would have tasted the taste of machine gun fire!
A rifle with a longer shooting range, higher accuracy, and greater power.
A machine gun that could shoot continuously and at an extremely fast speed.
Then, he thought about the cannons that the Han army used to bombard the foreign mercenaries!
At this moment, Zuo Zongtang finally had a clear understanding of the Han army's equipment advantage!
Even if they had not been washed away by the flood, they would not have been a match for the Han army in a head-on battle.
Moreover, their casualties might be even greater!
Thinking of this, Zuo Zongtang knelt on one knee and said sincerely,"
"If General doesn't mind this old man's old bones, this old man is willing to serve General.”
After witnessing the strength of the Han Army, Zuo Zongtang had already determined that the Han Army was the existence that could save China and lead China to prosperity!
However, not everyone in the Chu army had such thoughts!
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