All of the Dragonguard's artillery is equipped with new gun mounts. Integrating movement, firing, and ammunition transportation, the gun carriage itself is part of the artillery transporter.

This kind of gun carriage is not only extremely fast to disassemble and assemble, but also much lighter than the thick wooden gun mounts used by the Qing army today, and the transportation of the same artillery requires twice as many horses as the Qing army.

The ease and speed of artillery movement can bring many benefits, the most important of which is of course the ability to reach the best position in a short time and bombard the enemy at the best angle.

In the era when artillery shells were solid iron balls, the best way for artillery to kill was to "penetrate the enemy's ranks". For example, if the enemy is lined up, then moving the artillery to the side of the column will undoubtedly cause the most damage, while frontal bombardment of the column will be the least effective.

But the kind of artillery that can only maneuver two miles in two hours, and by the time you go around to the side, others are likely to have left for more than an hour.

In addition, the survivability of artillery that can move flexibly is also greater.

Once the position of the old artillery is locked by the enemy's cavalry, it can basically only fight hard or give up, because there is no time to move.

However, artillery equipped with new gun mounts can choose to move behind their main infantry and wait for the situation to change before waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Therefore, from the XVII century, artillery mobility was increasingly valued by the armies of various countries.

By the time Napoleon, an artillery fanatic, came to power, nearly half of the French artillery was converted into cavalry artillery. It is to equip all artillery, ammunition vehicles and artillery with horses, and the mobility is extremely strong. The battle can be described as unexpected, where the enemy is weak and bombards.

Cavalry artillery is also Su Chengyu's future development goal, but at present, the military horses in his hands are really limited, and they are only enough to match horses for artillery for the time being.

However, his artillery is to train to ride horses, and when there are more horses, he can quickly convert into mounted artillery with a transport vehicle.

The new gun mount of the artillery equipment was also designed by Su Chengyu to imitate the gun mount of Napoleon's six-pounder gun.

In addition to the special structure of the detachable wheels, a thick screw was installed at the tail of the gun, and the muzzle elevation angle could be adjusted by turning the screw. Compared with the traditional method of correcting the firing angle of the gun mount, the accuracy is several orders of magnitude higher.

In addition, thanks to the high-quality steel of the Su Kee Iron Yard, the load-bearing part of the entire gun carriage is made of stainless steel, and the axles of medium and high carbon steel make the whole gun carriage not only compact in structure, but also much more durable than the wooden gun carriage.

Of course, the new artillery mount is only one of the new armaments designed by Su Chengyu in recent months.

With Song Yingxing's right-hand man, he can spare a lot of energy to upgrade the technology of military equipment.

For example, the reed wheel pistol, after he had drawn the blueprints, was handed over to the watchmaker Serio for mass production.

There are more than 30 apprentices sent by Su Chengyu in his watch workshop, most of whom are relatives and nephews of ironworks craftsmen.

Now these apprentices are able to help watchmakers make parts for spring pistols. However, due to the complex structure of the reed wheel pistol, they were only able to produce more than 40 sets of bolts in a month. Combined with the barrel produced by Lu Ning's side, it is the main source of the short guns that the Dragon Guard is now equipped with.

In addition, the casting of artillery has also begun in the Suji Iron Yard. Under the guidance of Song Yingxing, the more than 20 gunsmiths from the Ganzhou Ordnance Bureau quickly completed the manufacture of a series of equipment from copper furnaces, mud fan drying furnaces to lifting frames.

The drawings of the artillery are not a problem, Su Chengyu can draw artillery of various calibers at any time, and the structure is even better than the European artillery of this era.

It's just that cannon casting is a very labor-intensive job, and the furnace alone requires fifty or sixty people to operate, plus the demand for artillery is limited, so after casting six six-pounder cannons and two twenty-four-pounder mortars, no more will be made.

However, the iron model of casting cannons has already been made, and a large number of cannons can be made in a very short time if there is a need in the future.

Today's Dragon Guard Army has so many advanced weapons and equipment that it is comparable to the US military in later generations!

Now only the number of officers is the biggest weakness of the Dragon Guard. The reserve battalion numbered more than 2,000 people, and with the right officers, they could be converted into regular troops with a simple intensive training.

In the general camp of the Long Wei Army, Su Chengyu was discussing several controversial points on the military map with several major officers.

The map is drawn with a very thin bamboo pen, and the dense contour lines on the map show the terrain very clearly, and the hydrological and geological conditions are also marked in detail.

After using this kind of map, the officers of the Dragon Guard Army could no longer accept the old-fashioned map of the Ming army at all.

However, in order to draw this detailed map, Su Chengyu has invested more than 1,000 taels of silver, and only Ganzhou and some surrounding areas.

But it's definitely worth it, and the opponent using the old-fashioned map looks like a highly short-sighted person in front of the Dragon Guard.

"The depth of this river needs to be measured by someone."

As Su Chengyu was talking, Ying Tianxiang walked into the general camp with a roster, saluted and said to Su Chengyu: "Lord Commander, this is the non-commissioned officer who won the outstanding performance award in the last all-army actual combat exercise. Please take a look at it. ”

Su Chengyu took the roster and browsed it, most of them were soldiers he had some impressions of, and their performance during the drill was indeed very eye-catching.

He took the pen and signed Zhu Linmiao's three words, stamped his private seal, and handed it back to Ying Tianxiang for him to take and publicize.

In the middle of the school field, next to the stone monument of three disciplines and six attentions, there is a thick wooden board more than one person high, which is the public notice board of the Long Weijun.

At the end of the day's training, the soldiers surrounded the place three levels inside and three layers outside.

Under the literacy campaign of the guidance envoy, there are now more and more literate soldiers, and some people read aloud the unveiling post that has just been posted, "List of Outstanding Performance Awards for the Third All-Army Actual Combat Exercise." The first battalion, the fourth company, the second platoon, Xu Sanliu, the first prize......"

There was an immediate cry of envy from the crowd.

"Lao Xu, you have to have a treat!"

"You kid can, first prize! It was not in vain to lift the wooden pole every night. ”

"Lao Xu's bayonet is indeed used well, I am convinced!"

The person in front of the post continued to read, "...... Three rows and four teams, Hu Jian, second prize......"

There was another shout all around.

Two days later, in Liangxi Village, southwest of Longnan County, a team of people dressed in the uniforms of the Longwei Army hung a big red flower on the lintel of Xu Sanliu's house, and there were also snare drums and trumpets playing cheerful music next to them.

The people in the village came to see the excitement, and there was a good thing to ask loudly: "Is the third or sixth family the champion?" ”

The instructor who led the team immediately explained to everyone: "Xu Sanliu, a first-class soldier of the Dragon Guard, won the first prize for outstanding performance in the actual combat drill of the whole army!" Special prize silver ten taels! ”

"Ten taels of silver!"

The eyes of the villagers are straight, this soldier still has such an honor, the big red flower is sent to the door, and so much silver is awarded!

Immediately, a few old stubborns who were still blocking their juniors from joining the army ran home and asked their sons and nephews to join the Dragon Guard. When they learned that the Dragon Guard Army was now even full of reserve camps, they all slapped their thighs with regret.

In the afternoon, people from the mission office came to Liangxi Village.

The villagers talked about Xu Sanliu's first prize, and rushed to the entrance of the village together, and the drama of the mission to benefit the people must not be missed! Now even the time of the market is the same as the time of the mission house performance.

After the mission finished talking about policies and current affairs, he loudly announced the title of the play: "Serving the Army and Dragon Guard".

Soon after the gong started, the villagers let out bursts of exclamations - the martial artist on the stage was playing Xu Sanliu from their village! That heroic posture, handsome performance on the school field is like Guan Erye's death!

Xu Sanliu's mother almost fainted with excitement.

Everyone in the village who has a girl in the family began to quietly move towards Sanliu Niang.