In later World War I and World War II, the importance of weapons has been repeatedly proven. If an army is one or two generations behind the enemy in weapons and equipment, then this army with backward weapons will inevitably encounter a war.
A difficult war.
The Chinese army in the Pacific Theater of World War II used backward small arms to fight the Japanese army. It often required four or five times the numerical advantage to fight the Japanese army. In many cases, a division of the Chinese army could not even defeat an elite Japanese brigade.
First, the gap in weapons between the two generations has caused such a huge difference in combat effectiveness, let alone weapons that are hundreds or hundreds of years ahead.
Li Zhi used shrapnel at the level of the late nineteenth century to bombard the European Allied Forces on the opposite side, while the artillery of the European Allied Forces was at best only at the level of the late seventeenth century. The gap between the two was as high as two hundred years, and such a gap was insurmountable.
The skirmishing charge of the European coalition forces was bombarded by more than a thousand shrapnel shells, and they were unable to fight back at all.
On the battlefield, you can only see the smoke of flying shrapnel, only the blood flying everywhere, and only the bodies of white soldiers twitching and rolling on the ground. There are huge booms of exploding shells and the groans of injured soldiers everywhere.
Every piece of shrapnel smoke that explodes means that several or even a dozen European soldiers lose their combat effectiveness and their lives.
These European soldiers were the most powerful army in this era. They were supposed to roam the three oceans and seven continents, relying on matchlocks and battleships to create a great colonial era unprecedented in human history.
They should have conquered North America, South America, Africa, India, Australia and Southeast Asia with their own discipline and iron blood.
They are brave warriors.
Even Li Zhi, who was standing at the top of the castle, was touched by the bravery of the Europeans. Although shrapnel swept across the battlefield, killing ten or twenty thousand people in the blink of an eye. But the tall and strong white people did not have any
The formation collapsed. Under the king's order, more than 400,000 people rushed forward desperately with red eyes and shrinking heads.
Death and sacrifice seemed to be the destiny of these soldiers, and their endurance far exceeded that of the Turks, Persians and Indians Li Zhi had seen.
The elite horse-armed soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were once regarded as the most powerful army by the Huben Army. However, compared with these European warriors, those horse-armored soldiers now pale in comparison.
In the war when the Manchus took control of the Central Plains, the Manchu cavalry showed a capacity to withstand no more than 10% of battle losses. The casualties that the Europeans could withstand were probably twice this number.
You must know that the mainstream tactic of Europeans in this era was to line up and shoot. The matchlock gunners of the two armies lined up in two lines dozens of meters apart, facing each other face to face. This method of war basically has nothing to do with strategy and tactics. The only thing
The competition is which side doesn't care about life, which side is not afraid of death, and which side dares to advance to a distance of thirty yards and defeat the opponent at once despite huge sacrifices.
If it is more cruel, more disciplined and braver than the battlefield, I am afraid that no nation in this era can surpass the European whites.
What's even more frightening is that this nation not only has a strong grassroots, but also an iron-blooded upper class. Li Zhi scanned the battlefield with a telescope and found that the battlefield was full of nobles wearing family crests. Not only were there knights with retinues of cavalry, but there were also
Barons and viscounts with gorgeous armor and even a whole team of armored cavalry.
Some of these nobles are young, some are old, but they all ride big horses. They wear gorgeous silk linings, wave long swords, shout loudly on the battlefield, and direct the charge.
Li Zhi even saw an earl in the telescope. The family crest next to this earl explained his identity. He was riding at the front of a group of Ukrainian matchlock soldiers, holding his chest and head high against the shells exploding in the sky.
From time to time, he waved his sword to encourage the Ukrainian civilian soldiers around him, as if charging towards death on the battlefield was a noble and sacred sacrifice.
Even Li Zhi, who had always been calm, was moved by these fearless nobles.
It is not the aristocrats who rule Europe, but the Europeans who hand over the country to the aristocrats. In the thousands of years of continuous wars in Europe, only the most fearless, brave and outstanding people became aristocrats. For the sake of the prosperity of the country, European civilians even
They would seek famous and moral nobles to become their kings.
For example, in the late seventeenth century, Britain welcomed William III, the well-known Dutch ruler, as its king.
The whole of Europe can be said to be a war machine from top to bottom. Everything revolves around war. Craftsmen strive for excellence in making weapons, scientists selflessly experiment in order to create more powerful equipment, soldiers fight bravely to win, and nobles are responsible.
Overall planning and command of war. Every link in this war machine has been tested countless times in thousands of years of war.
Even Li Zhi, who was ruthless to his enemies, was moved by the bravery and selflessness shown by the Europeans on the battlefield.
However, in front of the Huben Army, the Europeans are still a little behind. The discipline and training of the Huben Army are probably no worse than those of the Europeans. And the equipment of the Huben Army is countless times more powerful than the Europeans.
The artillerymen of the Tiger and Ben Army quickly operated the Tiger artillery like the most sophisticated machines, pouring deadly shells towards the Europeans. In front of the shrapnel, these white warriors who should have been tough in history were like scarecrows.
Just as fragile.
It was a complete one-sided massacre.
The distance of six or seven miles cannot be crossed at all.
After two minutes of rushing, tens of thousands of white people had fallen on the battlefield. There were corpses and blood everywhere.
King Joao IV of Portugal opened his mouth wide and his face was white as snow, looking at the bloody massacre on the battlefield.
He had long believed that Li Zhi would win, but victory would take some time and process no matter what. He really didn't expect that the war would turn out like this in the end, with the European coalition forces being completely beaten one-sidedly.
João IV's whole body has become stiff. With Li Zhi possessing such weapons, it is only a matter of time before he sweeps across Europe. Then how will Li Zhi treat the white Europeans in the end and make them all slaves?
Is it shameful or glorious to help the Han people and help the Han people invade Europe and dominate the white people?
Across the battlefield, Louis XIV collapsed.
He was a proud and iron-blooded king, the founder of the great France in history, and was known as the Great Emperor. But he was always a young man under the age of twenty. When he realized that the situation on the battlefield had completely failed,
His psychology collapsed in an instant.
The Young King is the organizer of the European League. If he loses this battle, the French Bourbon Dynasty will be over.
Louis XIV's body trembled violently, and his blood-red eyes turned white, filled with fear.
Next to the French King, a Romanian Grand Duke suddenly shouted and fled behind him desperately, mounted his horse and fled to the west.
The European kings looked at the escaping grand duke in panic. You must know that the kings did not have a supervising team around them. There was no one responsible for chasing down the escaping kings and grand dukes.
On the battlefield, the massacre continues.
Finally, some psychologically fragile European soldiers collapsed due to the terrifying power of the shrapnel. They opened their mouths wide and did not dare to rush forward. They stood there in a daze. But if you rush forward or don't rush forward, you will die, and the shrapnel will not hurt you.
Instead of just blowing up the soldiers at the front, they would blow up where the crowds were the densest. Those individual soldiers who were left behind would be killed by the shrapnel exploding on their heads at any time, even if they stayed put.
