Fang Er finished speaking but did not leave Li Shimin's armored vehicle. Instead, he walked to the back and opened the car door.
Li Jing was stunned. "Kid, why are you getting in the car instead of commanding?"
Fang Er smiled, said nothing, and pulled out a large case from under the seats in the armored vehicle's cabin.
Casually opening the case, they found weapons that Li Jing and Li Shimin had never seen before.
"Your Majesty, I only made seven of these guns. Six armored vehicles and the pickup truck each have one. After this battle, you can have someone take them back to the palace. I wouldn't dare to keep them privately," Fang Er said seriously, pointing at the firearms in the case.
Li Shimin was stunned. The cigar he had yet to light was casually clipped behind his ear. He moved from the passenger seat into the cabin and reached into the case to pick up a gun. To his surprise, although he managed to lift the gun, it was much heavier than he had imagined.
"What kind of gun is this? Why is its barrel so long, like a pheasant's neck?"
"Heh heh, this gun's nickname is 'Pheasant Neck.' It's a fully automatic machine gun with an extremely high rate of fire! This is the big gift I've prepared for Jieli. Since you wanted to eliminate the ambush while smoking, I had to bring it out first."
Fang Er finished speaking and took out another case from under the seats on the other side. Inside were ammunition belts loaded with bullets.
"The gun is a Type 92 heavy machine gun, with a barrel and body covered in heat sinks, using a caliber larger than the original gun, 8."
Then he mounted the "Pheasant Neck" onto the mount. Ordinary armored vehicles were instantly transformed into armored fighting vehicles.
After preparing these, Fang Er picked up one end of the ammunition belt and attached it to the "Pheasant Neck."
"Your Majesty, you see, this operation is very simple. Turn on the safety, chamber a round, and then pull the trigger. The ammunition belt will continuously feed bullets into the chamber."
Li Shimin pointed at the "Pheasant Neck" disbelievingly and asked, "It's that simple?"
"Yes, it's that simple! With this, it's enough for you to eliminate these thirty thousand ambush troops while smoking your cigar. But the ammunition is not plentiful, so you'll have to be careful later." Fang Er nodded heavily.
He actually didn't want to bring this thing out too much, mainly because the supply of ammunition was a problem. The production of primers and smokeless powder were both issues. Not to mention the primers, even if Yuan Tiangang's disciples and grandchildren worked non-stop to produce smokeless powder, they probably wouldn't be able to keep up if these seven machine guns fired at full blast. As it was, each vehicle was only equipped with four 500-round ammunition belts.
"What are you still blabbering about! Hurry up and get them ready for the other vehicles. I want to see if this gun is as powerful as you say!" Li Shimin urged him. Fang Er's description of the gun made it sound like a divine weapon, and it made him incredibly eager to try it.
So, Fang Er installed the "Pheasant Necks" onto the other five armored vehicles one by one and explained their usage to Yu Chi Jingde, Zhang Gongjin, and others.
When Fang Er returned to the pickup truck, he was quite annoyed to find Li Jing already there.
"Kid, hurry up and install it. Once it's done, you won't have to do anything to these thirty thousand ambush troops ahead!"
Fang Er: "..."
This guy was definitely craving my gun! His original vehicle had been occupied by Li Shimin, so he had come here to freeload.
With a dejected look, Fang Er installed the heavy machine gun and then jumped out of the car, leaving Su Feng to drive.
A pickup truck and six armored vehicles, all with heavy machine guns mounted on their roofs.
Seeing that everyone else was in position, Li Shimin, with the cigar still in his mouth, patted the roof of the car. "Move out!"
The seven vehicles broke away from the main group and drove forward, leaving Fang Er in a daze.
The commander of the Turkic forces was Ya'erjin. He had come to replace Zhishi Sili and was also planning to raid the Great Tang again. He hadn't expected to see Zhishi Sili fleeing in disarray before even reaching Dingxiang City. After hearing Zhishi Sili say that the Tang army had only ten thousand men but possessed long-range artillery, he immediately abandoned his plan to proceed to Dingxiang City. If they rerouted to Black City, with such artillery, Black City would have no chance of defense. The best course of action would be to ambush them en route.
After discussing, they surveyed the surrounding terrain and decided to set an ambush for the Tang army here. The places suitable for ambushes on the prairie were the various hills. The Turkic soldiers hid behind the hills, waiting for the Tang army to deliver themselves.
However, they did not wait for the main Tang army but instead encountered seven strange-looking vehicles. The vehicles roared towards them, and several heads were visible on top.
Ya'erjin pointed at Li Shimin's vehicle and said to Zhishi Sili, "Zhishi Sili, take your men and stop these vehicles!"
Zhishi Sili looked at the approaching convoy, a fierce glint of anger in his eyes. "It was these people who turned me into a stray dog! Since you've delivered yourselves, I'll collect some interest first! Warriors of the steppe! Charge with me!"
The warhorses, which had been lying on the ground, heard the command to charge and quickly got up, carrying their riders and charging towards the convoy.
Seeing the charging Turkic cavalry, Li Shimin put the cigar into his mouth. Following Fang Er's instructions, he moved the safety and pulled the bolt back twice to chamber a round. Then, holding the butterfly grips behind the "Pheasant Neck" with both hands, he tried to pull the trigger.
*Kaka-kaka-kaka!*
Dozens of bullets were fired in an instant, forming a red trajectory. Li Shimin was shocked.
"Damn, this thing is really powerful!"
Since it was his first time using it, even though the Turkic cavalry was less than two hundred meters away from the convoy, he still didn't know where the bullets were going. Li Jing, Li Xiaogong, Zhang Gongjin, and the others in the other vehicles were also stunned.
"You son of a bitch, this is even more powerful than what the Marquis of Liaodong said!"
PS: Second update.