Before going to Shandong to fight with the Tartars, Lin Weiye had tested shrapnel and the original version of the grenade, and by the way, he showed the kind of armor similar to the bronze holy clothes - the style is relatively simple, except for a round-brimmed hat helmet, which is shoulder pads and heart goggles, etc., which are used to cover vital parts.

"Is the armor massively mounted? Can the production capacity keep up? ”

Lin Weiye shook his head and denied: "I discussed with you, this kind of armor only covers the vital point, so it will not be killed by the heavy arrows of the Tartars, and it can also bounce off the light arrows, so the style is simple, and the building process is not too complicated." But even if, the existing production capacity to meet the needs of tens of thousands of people is not overnight, and the weight is not light, which will affect the frequency and accuracy of the gun, and the physical strength consumed is also greater. Personally, I don't think there is a need to equip troops on a large scale, just to wear them on a small number of light and strong soldiers - and these people can double as grenadiers. ”

"Grenadier?" Xia Nan had also heard of this term, which was all the rage in the Napoleonic era, but it gradually faded out of history. He asked suspiciously, "Is it necessary for us to use this outdated and outdated thing?" The current composition of the troops is very simple, that is, line infantry, artillery, cavalry, and special arms that use rifled guns, complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, and if a new branch is added, and the role it plays is limited, it seems that it is not necessary, and it will even cause additional pressure on command and logistics support. ”

"Whether a kind is outdated or not must be related to the reality of this time and space, and the specific situation must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis." "The decline of grenadiers in history is due to the rapid development of howitzers and rifled guns. Our current opponents basically don't have decent guns, let alone grenades and rifled guns. The most threatening was the Tartar bow and arrow, which was almost the same range as the smoothbore gun and was still within the range of the grenadiers. Although the distance thrown by the grenadier is slightly shorter than that of the smoothbore gun and the elite archer, the damage caused by the explosion is a surface kill compared to the line kill of the platoon gun, and the impact is much wider, which can easily disrupt the opponent's formation and even collapse the opponent. Besides, the Tartars also have primitive bulletproof vehicles such as the Rakos, and it is difficult to defeat them by shooting in a straight line, and throwing grenades is a good means of restraint, which cannot be ignored. ”

"As for the inconvenience of command and logistical support, there is no need to worry about it at all." Lin Weiye said, "My idea is not to have full-time grenadiers, but to select tall and sturdy soldiers in the company and above to serve as grenadiers, and only to make cameo grenadiers under special circumstances, which can be transformed into ordinary line infantry at any time. After all, the main branch of the army is still the line infantry that uses smoothbore guns, and the line soldiers who are relatively cheap, can be consumed and are easy to form a scale are the king, whether they are grenadiers or rifled guns, they cannot replace the former under the current technical conditions. ”

Xia Nan understood, Lin Weiye meant not to add new troops, but to select some strong and tall soldiers to play cameo grenadiers in some cases, so there would be no problem. He nodded, "In principle, armor should only be used to equip part-time grenadiers, this suggestion sounds good and can be implemented in the troops." Also, what do you mean by artillery replanning? ”

As soon as this topic was mentioned, Lin Weiye, who was a veteran military fan, was obviously excited. He stretched out his hand and gestured and said: "The current system is that each battalion is equipped with a mountain artillery company and each regiment is equipped with a field artillery battalion. The advantage is that each regiment or even each battalion can be pulled out as an independent combat unit, and the firepower is not bad, which has a clear advantage when fighting a smaller enemy. The disadvantage is that when encountering a strong opponent with a large number of people, the density of fire of a single artillery battalion is somewhat insufficient, let alone attacking the city. If the artillery of several regiments is concentrated, the efficiency of temporary cramming is very touching, and it is also a test for the command and the coordination between the regiments. Therefore, I suggest that the battalion-level mountain artillery company be retained, the regimental artillery battalion should be abolished, and all field artillery should be concentrated, and an independent artillery regiment should be formed with mortar artillery. ”

"Separate artillery regiment?" Xia Nan was a little moved when he heard it.

"Yes. Napoleon's penchant for concentrating artillery on the so-called 'cannon group tactic', concentrating a large number of artillery to bombard a major target indiscriminately to make up for the lack of accuracy of smoothbore guns, and this tactic achieved great achievements to a certain extent. ”

"Sounds pretty good." In the summer, Nan's eyes lit up.

"In the future, our opponents are the Liukou and the Qing army, and there will be fewer and fewer small battles, and there will be more and more large-scale battles. Therefore, the formation of an independent artillery regiment is the trend of the times. ”

"What you say makes a lot of sense, but what about the establishment of the army, and the canceled artillery battalion is replaced by an ordinary infantry battalion?"

"Can be considered. In addition, the regiment is no longer suitable as the largest structure of the army, and now there are tens of thousands of troops that can be immediately drawn to the battlefield. Huang Hansheng, Wei Lianheng, and Su Thick Legs each led 10,000 to 20,000 people, and they were directly called the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army, right? Of course, this is not the same concept as the traditional regiments, brigades, divisions, and armies of the old time and space, and our army is directly below the regiment. In the era when there was no telegraph, we did not need too complicated command, and the command system should be as flat as possible. ”

"Okay, listen to you." Xia Nan fully adopted Lin Weiye's proposal.

When the local troops of Lingao were fighting fiercely, Tainan and Shandong also felt the breath of war.

The letters sent back to Lingao for reorganization were sent to Wei Lianheng and Su Thick Leg respectively, and the ships used to transport troops also arrived. The two immediately followed the instructions in the letter and proceeded to make arrangements.

The enlarged 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment boarded the ship one after another with the long-trained reserve force (Tunting). Due to the large number of people, the total number involved tens of thousands, and the boarding process took a day or two.

In order to ensure efficiency, Wei Lianheng and Su Kujiao sent the first batch of people with good ideological quality and ready to be recommended as grassroots officers back to Lingao, and began training at the military academy to systematically learn the army's infantry drills and command combat skills. Although the overall northward movement of the Qiong Navy has entered the countdown, there is not much time left for the training of these quasi-officers, but it is not fast to sharpen the guns in battle, after all, professional officers and line tactics, absolute discipline, and independent artillery are called the symbols of the modern army, and they are also one of the biggest differences between the Qiong Navy and the ancient cold weapon armies such as Liukou and Tatar.