During the Three Kingdoms period, everyone was most sympathetic to the regime of Shu Han, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and others, all of whom were very popular figures, they created Shu Han with the intention of restoring the Han Dynasty and returning the world to a peaceful place, but in the end they failed, watching Cao Wei usurp the Han Dynasty, but there was no good way, which was heart-wrenching. Especially when Zhuge Liang repeatedly went north, still failed to defeat Cao Wei, and finally the star fell to Wuzhangyuan, it was even more traumatic to everyone. In the hearts of the masses, if Zhuge Liang could defeat Sima Yi, defeat the State of Wei, succeed in the Northern Expedition, and support the Han Dynasty, how good it would be! The reality is simply too harsh!
Since the reality is so cruel, then we may wish to come to some idealism, such as giving Zhuge Liang a machine gun and ensuring sufficient ammunition, so that Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition will definitely succeed? The answer is clear, no.
In the eyes of many people, the machine gun is simply a big killer! Since the use of machine guns, the nomadic people who once threatened the world have become able to sing and dance, and they no longer dare to ride a horse, which shows how powerful the machine gun is! In fact, when the Qing army was defeated, it was not the credit of the machine gun, but the credit of the ordinary rifle, if the machine gun was used against the Qing army at that time, it is estimated that the Qing Dynasty would have surrendered long ago.
Whether it is modern times or the modern society in which we live, the machine gun is a big killer, and its power is huge! If the machine gun is really configured to the ancient society, then the side of the machine gun is bound to have a huge advantage over the side without the machine gun, when defending the city, it is only necessary to put the machine gun on the city wall and slowly burst out; the two armies are facing each other, only need to put the machine gun in front of the line, and the direct breakthrough is. It seems that with a machine gun, it is completely possible to dominate the world! However, this situation basically did not happen on Zhuge Liang's side, that is to say, even if Zhuge Liang was equipped with machine guns and sufficient ammunition was guaranteed, the Northern Expedition would still be difficult to succeed! There are two main reasons for this!
First, the number of machine guns given to Zhuge Liang was too small
The power of the machine gun is indeed great, but the world is even bigger! A machine gun can indeed sweep through an army, but there are many Wei troops, they can completely divide the road, and a machine gun cannot completely annihilate all Wei troops. If you want to really defeat the Wei army, you need a lot of machine guns, just a machine gun, at most to change the local battlefield, but can not change the situation of the entire battlefield! After all, compared with the State of Wei, the gap in national strength between the State of Shu and the State of Wei was too great!
Second, machine guns cannot exert their maximum power when attacking the city
In fact, before there were no machine guns, Zhuge Liang had already gained the upper hand against Sima Yi! In Zhuge Liang's first few Northern Expeditions, his opponents were mainly Cao Zhen, and later cao Zhen died, and Zhuge Liang's opponent became Sima Yi! During the Fourth Northern Expedition, Sima Yi was still not very convinced of Zhuge Liang, and chose to confront Zhuge Liang hard, and as a result, sima Yi was defeated in the Battle of Halo City, losing 3,000 Xuanjia. Zhuge Liang originally wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but there was a logistical problem, so Zhuge Liang was forced to retreat, Sima Yi saw the situation, and ordered Zhang Gao to pursue, and as a result, in the battle of Mumendao, Zhang Gao was directly ambushed by Zhuge Liang and died, which shocked the world! This battle is enough to prove that Sima Yi's military ability is still a little worse than Zhuge Liang's.
After this defeat, Sima Yi learned to be wise, and during Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition, he chose to be an old turtle, and in the case of having a huge advantage, he just couldn't stick out, didn't go to confront Zhuge Liang, and was very embarrassed. Even when Zhuge Liang chose to eat the State of Wei, live in the State of Wei, and fight the State of Wei in Tuntian, Sima Yi was unwilling to come out and fight, which showed how much Sima Yi was afraid of Zhuge Liang at that time!
Imagine, in the case that Sima Yi could not hold out, even if you gave Zhuge Liang a machine gun, what was the use? Sima Yi didn't come out, could it be that you took the machine gun to attack the city? But the siege could not exert the great power of the machine gun, so as long as Sima Yi did not come out to fight and give Zhuge Liang a machine gun, it was of no use at all!
Since giving Zhuge Liang a machine gun does not change the situation of the war, does it mean that Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition will definitely fail? In fact, this statement is not true! If Zhuge Liang could use a strategy to attract Sima Yi out, and then ambush Sima Yi with a machine gun and successfully shoot Sima Yi to death, then it would still be possible to change the situation on the battlefield! For example, Zhuge Liang could trick Sima Yi into death, lure Sima Yi into pursuit, and then condescend or block Sima Yi's retreat, strafing with machine guns, as long as Sima Yi was shot to death, then the Wei army would be leaderless. At that time, Zhuge Liang was commanding a large army to counterattack, and the Wei army would be defeated!
Therefore, the biggest role of a machine gun thrown to Zhuge Liang is actually to shoot the commander and general of the other side, and then crush the other side's military heart, otherwise there are so many Wei troops, a machine gun can not be killed at all!
epilogue
On the whole, even if Zhuge Liang was given a machine gun and sufficient ammunition was guaranteed, the Northern Expedition would actually be difficult to succeed, unless Zhuge Liang used a plan to deceive Sima Yi, and then ambush and shoot Sima Yi with a machine gun, and there was only one chance, and it must be successful. If he failed again and Sima Yi hid again, he would never be able to deceive again.
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)