"Let's talk about it," Duo'er didn't talk much about this topic, he said, "New troops and new weapons, what is going on?" ”

"The new arms and weapons, as well as the new troop formation, are mainly aimed at the heavy arrows of the Eastern Prisoners. www.biquge.info"Li Gui asked Duo'er to sit down, and he went to get a long box first, Duo'er noticed that Li Gui was a little difficult to hold, and he couldn't help but reach out and take the long wooden box.

As soon as she started it, she really felt very heavy, and Duo'er was surprised: "This is a fire gun, why is it so heavy-handed?" ”

"It's a firecracker...... Li Gui opened the wooden box and said, "This is a heavy firearm ordered by the Lord to be made by the Firearms Bureau, and its main role is for the infantry." Each musket squadron had to have at least three to six men using these heavy guns, which, together with a company command artillery of three- or four-pounder guns, would provide an advantage in firepower over the east, rather than a disadvantage or a balance of power. ”

With a solemn expression, Doll took the musket out of the wooden box.

This musket is not only heavier, but also more than one-third longer than an ordinary flintlock pistol, the muzzle is like a trumpet, the caliber is much larger than that of ordinary muskets, and in terms of the weight of the gun, it is about three times heavier than ordinary firecrackers.

"It weighs twenty-two pounds, and the medicine used weighs one or two, and the farthest is two hundred and fifty steps away, and those who are within a hundred steps will die, whether they are wearing cotton armor, iron armor, or cuirass, as long as those who are shot must have broken bones and bones, and their internal organs are damaged, and there is no one to live."

When Li Gui reported the data of the heavy musket, Duo'er also raised the long musket, and after aiming at it, Duo'er frowned and said: "This firearm is too big and too heavy, and it can't be done with both arms." ”

"There are two ways, one is to squat in front of a person and carry the front part of the musket on his shoulder, and the other is to use a wooden fork, which has been tested by the Firearms Bureau, and it is better to use a wooden fork."

"I'm afraid it's slow, right?"

"Yes...... It takes more than ten breaths to reload, positioning, installing, aiming, shooting, it takes more than 30 breaths, you can't shoot two shots in one minute, and you can still be sure of three shots in two minutes. ”

"It's too slow." Duo'er silently calculated for a while, and said: "A squadron of six heavy firearms, facing the enemy head-on, with a hundred squadrons of firecrackers, is counted as six hundred heavy firecrackers, and firing 1,200 rounds in two minutes, although it is not as good as the number of Dongyu archers, but it is also a small supplement to the battle situation." ”

"Yes." Li Guidao: "There is also a company commanding small artillery, the artillery battalion directly under the regiment, the future division commanding the artillery regiment, heavy artillery with small artillery and heavy guns, our ordinary infantry guns also have an effective range of more than 60 steps, similar to the lethality range of the heavy arrows in the east, the adults said, there is no weapon that must win, everyone can't use this heavy guns, slow down, no matter how powerful it is not as fast as other people's bows and arrows, you have hit a few shots that people have rushed over, or were shot by captives, so how to fight?" At a critical time, fight for determination, will, and training......"

"That's true." Duo'er put down the firearm and said: "This heavy firearm can be used by the infantry, the cavalry is completely unable to use it, the small artillery, we have already assembled, but sometimes it is too late to use it in emergencies, have the adults and the military secretary considered this layer?" ”

"That's why the Adults conceived a new class to replace the Cavalry......"

"What?" Duo'er stood up and said sharply, "The cavalry is going to be replaced?" ”

"Yes......" Li Gui swallowed his saliva, knowing that Zhang Han handed over to him was a chore, but who called him an attendant military attaché, if he didn't come to this job, who would come?

"The two cavalry regiments will still exist, but there will be extensive exchanges and redistribution of personnel, after all, the new arms require officers and cavalrymen to be qualified as long as they can ride horses and march long distances, and the requirements for equestrianism are greatly reduced, and the original officers and old qualified sergeants can help bring out more cavalry in the future. The cavalry regiment will be renamed the dragoon regiment, because the requirements are not high, and our war horses are also sufficient, maybe within a year or two, our army will be expanded to three or four dragoon regiments, and the number of cavalry will be greatly increased. ”

Duo'er snorted coldly and said, "You're not a cavalryman, just a mounted infantryman." ”

"You can also say the same......" Li Gui said: "Based on the original two regiments of cavalry officers and soldiers, the cavalry infantry will be gradually expanded, at least four regiments, and may be organized into six regiments in the future. ”

"Do you want pikemen to set up?" Duo'er did not insist on asking for the status of the cavalry, the soldiers were not so dead-eyed, it was nothing more than a change of name and tactics, of course, they must be happy in their hearts, a class of troops was just finished, and they were eliminated directly after completing the historical mission. Thinking about it, it seems to be inevitable, the heavy cavalry breaks the formation and destroys the front with the heavy cavalry of the lancers, harassing the rangers to come and go like the wind has the chasseurs, the pure cavalry of the cavalry is not as good as the lancers, and the light harassment is not as good as the chasseurs, the original position is a little embarrassing, and the serious shortcomings have been completely exposed after the battle with the Eastern Cavalry, and changing course is the inevitable choice, in this kind of matter, there will be no military high-level choice to be stubborn, after all, the cavalry is only a few years of history.

Li Guidao: "In recent years, there are more and more skilled craftsmen, the speed of polishing and casting is much faster, there are also hydraulic machine helpers, more and more bayonets, the soldiers of the dragoon regiment must be fully equipped with infantry guns and bayonets, Lord Zhang means to practice the bayonet phalanx, in this way, the firearms team, the battle phalanx, the garrison, the rangers, are all composed of the dragoon headquarters, the dragoon regiment is also equipped with large and small artillery, dragged by artillery trucks to follow the march of the brigade, high mobility, high firepower configuration, high defense, this is the basic requirement of the adult Dragoon regimentHigh-intensity training is inevitable......"

There is an unfinished meaning in Li Gui's words, how could Duo'er not understand? smiled and scolded at the moment: "You kid really think that Lao Tzu will dominate his own one-third of an acre of land against the military secretary and adults?" There are problems with the cavalry regiment, but it is still the elite soldiers and horses brought out by the adults, no matter how the law is changed, we can only cooperate and comply, and will never resist...... To be honest, there are more than 100,000 people in the entire merchant army, and I don't dare to pack a ticket if there is no one who resists in my heart, but I dare to say it, and I blatantly want to resist the military order of the adult, this must not be one. You kid himself is also a member of the merchant army, do you agree with what Lao Tzu said? ”

"Agreed." Li Gui said with a smile: "Then I will first wish the commander of the regiment to lead the dragoons to defeat the Dongyu in the future, and avenge the revenge of the arrow that day." ”

"That's right, this revenge must be avenged!" Doer's face was full of evil, and he high-fived in admiration. Liaodong in the first battle of his subordinates suffered heavy losses, so far did not make up the number of officers and dead and wounded soldiers, in Duo'er's view the Dongyu has far exceeded the northern captives, is really the enemy of life and death with Yusheng, since the cavalry will be changed to dragoons, that is, the pure firearms infantry team with strong mobility ability, the dragoons will definitely play an extremely important role in the future war, for Duo'er, this is enough.

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"Fire!"

The commander of an artillery company gave a loud order, and the eight guns spewed out tongues of fire almost together, and the huge gun body and gun carriage fell back sharply, and the twelve-pound shells emitted a sharp whistling sound, accompanied by the roar and fire of the artillery, showing a terrifying scene of the coming of the end.

Lakshin, Yang Chunhe, and the others were all shocked by this earth-shattering scene, and together with their subordinates, their faces showed a dull expression.

"Clear the chamber!"

The commander of the artillery company ordered again, the rippers took the cannon shabu and dipped it in water to clean the gun chamber first, and then used the dry cannon to clean the water in the gun chamber, and then used a spiral iron hook to remove possible residual paper or wool fibers in the gun chamber, and then put it back into the medicine bag, and use the push rod to push the medicine bag tightly and firmly. After the shellman released a dozen pounds of shells out of the muzzle of the cannon, only a dozen breaths had passed.

"Ignition!"

The artillery commanders received the orders from the commanders, waved the small red flags one by one, and gave orders loudly.

The gunner of the six guns holds a burning ignition stick, which contains gunpowder, saltpeter, flax and other slow-burning items, which can be burned for a long time after ignition, and the gunner brings the ignition stick close to the lead, and the fast-burning lead ignites the medicine bag in the gun chamber, and the gunpowder burns to produce a huge kinetic energy, spraying the iron projectile and shooting straight into the distance.

It is difficult to track the projectiles that are rapidly spraying out in people's sight, and when they see the shells again, it is already after they have landed, on the grassland on the opposite side, one and a half to two miles away, the northern captives are in chaos, and each bombardment can cause great damage to these northern captives of hundreds of people, limited by the experience of the war with the Ming army in Liaodong, these Chahar northern captives can not understand why the merchant army of Heyusheng has so many powerful firearms, When they found this small scale of the merchant army, they were overjoyed, although the terrain was unfavorable, the merchant army occupied a few hilly hills first, condescending to the enemy, but the number was simply too small, about five hundred people, and the Chahar people had seven or eight thousand cavalry, led by the left wing of the general officer Tashhai, this person is Lin Dan Khan's favorite general, but also the clan of one of his queens, has always been arrogant, see a rare opportunity is to lead the troops straight up, its troops are still the same as the northern habitual method of war, Divided into a group of hundreds of people, running all over the mountains, trying to break the confidence of the merchant army in terms of momentum with the double advantage of numbers and cavalry, this is of course futile, not to mention the merchant army, even the Ming army that dares to go deep into the grassland has no longer eaten this set.

"More than 60 miles to the south on our right hand is the monolith fort, more than 60 miles to the north on the left hand is the old central capital, and dozens of miles to the east of Yehuling, it is rumored that the front army of the Chahar people, about 20,000 to 30,000 people, is stationed in the area from Yehuling to the side wall."

The artillery was re-drugged, and the Beiyu cavalry formation on the opposite side was already in chaos, not to mention rushing over, it was difficult to even maintain a complete dispatch command, and there was no need to worry about anything in this situation, and a battalion-level commander began to introduce the situation to Yang Chunhe and others.