After watching the test firing of the artillery, the group of people watched the test firing of the flintlock pistol, Lu Zhe was naturally relatively familiar with the three-stage or four-stage flintlock pistol shooting, but the others saw it for the first time.

"This doesn't seem to be much different from our band-type continuous arrow array coverage?" Ji Bu asked a little confused.

It should be said that it is not too different from the band-type continuous arrow array coverage of the Qin army, and the Qin military system has been adopted for a long time after Lu Zhe established the army, whether it is the official position or the troop structure, it has not been changed, or the hundred generals and five hundred masters have been canceled later, and the grass-roots troops have been changed in the army and the shi, and the establishment of the team and the tun has been added, each team is 50 people, each tun is 250 people, and then other Simas have been added, and then the military marquis, captains, generals, and partial generals have not changed.

There are two more well-known types of arrow array coverage of the Qin army, the first is saturated area coverage, and the second is band blocking.

The reason why the Qin army is famous for using saturated area coverage is because it is repeatedly used in siege warfare, and can be used to suppress or empty a large area of the defenders of the city wall with ferocious long-range saturation coverage.

Band shooting interdiction is generally used in the field battlefield, used against the charging enemy, sparing the front-end enemy to use a wave-based horizontal arrow array to attack the enemy's follow-up, forcing the enemy's front-end force to disconnect from the follow-up force. It has to be said that this kind of arrow formation is more insidious, and the enemy forward is still attacking, which will give people the illusion that the offensive is relatively smooth, and as long as the follow-up forces can break through and block the arrow formation, they can win. Except for the front end of the enemy army that was deliberately spared, it is difficult to estimate the price usually paid by the enemy's follow-up forces to cross the blocking arrow array, but the casualties will definitely not be light.

"The range is shorter than that of the bow, less than one hundred and fifty meters." The lieutenant looked at Lu Zhe, who was looking at him with great interest, and he couldn't hold back and said, "Your Majesty." The maximum range of our bows can reach 240 meters, the range of ordinary crossbows is more than 280 meters, and the range of crossbows is close to 370 meters, and the accuracy of the longest-range range of experienced archers and crossbowmen can also be guaranteed. The range of a flintlock pistol is only 150 to 170 meters, but it seems that it is difficult to guarantee accurate shooting? ”

Lu Zhe knew what the lieutenant wanted to express, which was nothing more than that the bow and crossbow of cold weapons were farther than flintlock pistols in range, and even flintlock pistols were far inferior to bows or crossbows in terms of accuracy, and he didn't understand why he spent so much energy and resources to develop things with backward range and accuracy.

In fact, when guns appeared, they really couldn't compare to bows or crossbows, but the meaning of them couldn't be compared at all.

The so-called meaning is not to say the significance of scientific and technological development, but to the fact that the master of the bow and crossbow is more difficult than the flintlock pistol. A soldier armed with a flintlock pistol only needs a short time to train, and a soldier armed with a flintlock pistol only needs to master the end gun, flattening, and shooting, and the flintlock pistol is not a product that requires precision, it is an array of covered shooting.

Lu Zhe only said: "Although it is not difficult for bows and crossbows to know how to shoot, how many archers or crossbowmen can shoot at a target from a distance of 100 meters?" ”

After hearing this, the lieutenant was speechless, and the rest of the generals who were going to say something also fell into a long thought.

According to the usual universal suffrage, it is estimated that there will only be one archer or crossbowman who can hit a hundred shots. And do not forget that the archer is relying on arm strength. When you fire about 20 times, your physical strength should be exhausted, and if you force the bow to shoot arrows, you will inevitably strain your muscles and bones or muscle tissue.

Speaking of crossbows, crossbows do not need to rely on arm strength, and the shooting speed of crossbows is relatively fast when the flintlock pistol is a front-loading style. However, the cost of a crossbow is generally expensive, in addition to the cost and cycle of the crossbow, the crossbow arrow is actually the most expensive product, one crossbow arrow is equal to at least ten ordinary bows and arrows. More than 100 projectiles fired by a flintlock pistol.

"Mobilize archers and crossbowmen, three teams per class...... No, move four teams. Lu Zhe felt that he had to let the generals take a good look. You can only understand the difference if you see it with your own eyes.

The monarch ordered that someone would naturally do it, and there was a garrison at the test launch site on the outskirts of Dongcheng, in fact, even if there was no garrison, didn't Lu Zhe come? There will definitely be a forbidden army around the perimeter to deploy defenses, and it is enough to transfer archers and crossbowmen from the forbidden army.

Lu Zhe looked at Jiang Kuo: "The number of gunners here is a thousand, right?" ”

The craftsman immediately bowed down and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Needless to say, Lu Zhe ordered the military marquis who commanded the gunners to transfer two hundred men from the four teams, and then asked Jiang Kuo: "Are there enough guns?" ”

"Enough, enough, we made 2,000 flintlock pistols first," the craftsman said with a little pride: "This is a month's output of a workshop." ”

Lu Zhe just nodded and ignored the craftsman who wanted to stop talking, and then beckoned a group of people to walk to the shade shelter not far away.

At present, there are three workshops that can produce flintlock pistols, and if you work overtime, you can produce at least 5,000 flintlock pistols per month, but Lu Zhe does not need a large number of flintlock pistols now, and after producing 10,000 flintlock pistols, he stopped producing them, and instead focused on the production of rifle pellets and artillery pellets.

After all, as long as the technology is mastered, the production of flintlock pistols is not so difficult, and in some respects the production of flintlock pistols is even shorter than some crossbows.

Don't forget that the empire has a mature assembly line production technology, the parts are manufactured separately according to the same specifications, the flintlock pistol requires not much more parts than a crossbow, and the combination is even faster than a crossbow, and there is no need to be like a crossbow for the string thousands of choices, the manufacturing period and process are two different ways.

The archers and crossbowmen came separately after the arrival of the gunners, and they stood in a clear array.

I have to tell the truth, the presence of the king and so many senior military generals made the soldiers who came over feel excited, the senior generals of the empire rarely have the opportunity to stay in Nanling for a long time, it is not easy to see so many senior generals at one time, as for the archon Xiao He, who seemed to be "alone", he was ignored by the soldiers. In addition, it must be said that even if high-ranking generals can gather at will, ordinary soldiers don't want to see it, let alone the monarch and generals are waiting for something with a serious face.

"Archers, crossbowmen, and spearmen each line up in a band firing array!" Lu Zhe didn't give any additional notice, and he didn't need to be informed, he just had to give an order.

The officers who heard the order began to shout out the order, and as required, they formed a line of fifty people in a horizontal line. Fifty people are in a horizontal queue, so 200 people are four horizontal queues. For example, the interval between the front and back of the archer is 1.5 meters, the crossbowman is 1 meter, and the spearman is only about 50 centimeters.

"The target is set to 100 meters and 150 meters." Lu Zhe ordered again.

There were special auxiliaries at the test site, and they were immediately busy when they were instructed, moving human-shaped straw targets supported by wooden stakes and placing them at positions of 100 and 150 meters respectively, in such a way as to form a horizontal straight line.

The auxiliary soldiers obviously did not understand the intention, but only set up a row of targets, but what Lu Zhe needed was three rows of targets. Have archers, crossbowmen, and soldiers wielding flintlock pistols each have their own goals.

Lu Zhe didn't pursue anything, the chief officer of the test site heard that three rows of targets were needed but only made a row of targets, this middle-aged man in his thirties, cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead, and he immediately ran over to change it, as for how he reprimanded the auxiliary soldiers who worked in private, in fact, not only Lu Zhe would not pay attention, but many people would not pay special attention.

Three rows of targets were set up, and anyone within the shooting range left. The soldiers, who already knew what they were going to do, looked slightly nervous, and seemed to be hostile to each other in the midst of their nervousness. Of course, this hostility is the kind of atmosphere between competitive rivals. That is, if you want to win in the competition, you don't want to get rid of the kind of hatred that comes quickly.

"There is no time limit," Lu Zhe looked at Zhou Wen: "You count the number of launches," said Huan Chu. "You come to count the percentage of each shot on target," he smiled when he turned his head to look at Ji Bu, seeing that he was a little eager to try. "You watch the formation change."

Three will take the lead after should be "No! Then separate and run to where it should be.

"The king looks like he's brewing something?" Wu Rui secretly whispered to Zhou Yin.

Zhou Yin nodded slightly, he didn't dare to say that Lu Zhe was holding back, and there would be a follow-up at a glance.

A group of generals gathered together and whispered to the side, and Xiao He, the only civilian official present, could only lean towards Lu Zhe.

"Your Majesty, it seems that you have not arranged for the production of arrows to be reduced?" How could Xiao He not know that Lu Zhe attached great importance to the flintlock pistol? He already had some plans in his heart, and he had been waiting for Lu Zhe to issue the relevant administrative order, but he had not received clear instructions.

Lu Zhe was a little strange: "Drop the production of arrows? The face looked a little puzzled: "Why do you want to go down?" ”

Xiao He was a little choked by the rhetorical question, he always thought that flintlock pistols and artillery would be equipped with the military and gradually replace the existing long-range attack troops, so the military supplies needed by the existing long-range attack troops would naturally gradually tilt towards the new military industry?

"Oh, I know what you're thinking," Lu Zhe was a little stunned at first, and then couldn't laugh or cry: "They are right, the bow and crossbow are still suitable for the needs of the current battlefield, and the empire is far from the point where it needs to be mobilized by the whole people, and the flintlock pistol is not an ideal firearm, and the troops will only gradually be equipped with artillery in a short period of time, and the flintlock pistol ......"

Xiao He was a little half-understood, he heard that Lu Zhe was not satisfied with the flintlock pistol, and had the desire to develop better firearms, before Lu Zhe thought that qualified firearms were developed, bows and crossbows would still be the military's single long-range attack weapons.

"At least there is no need to install them in large quantities before the rear-loading guns come out," how could Lu Zhe be satisfied with the front-loading flintlock pistol: "It is now a cumulative process, and the troops equipped with the flintlock pistol are also of an experimental nature, and the number will not exceed five thousand." ”

The troops over there have already been prepared and are waiting for Lu Zhe to give an order to take a step closer.

There was nothing to say, Lu Zhe immediately gave the order to shoot, and then all kinds of bowstrings and gunshots immediately rang out, arrows and projectiles flew in the air, and the array where the flintlock pistol was used was even more dense smoke.

In the area where the target is placed, the arrows that fall make all kinds of strange sounds, the arrows of the long pole are shot by the bow, and the crossbow arrows of the short pole are fired by the crossbowmen, and the two arrows are covered with the area where the target is located in an instant, and there are many targets made of straw, and there are many dense nails on the ground. The target of the flintlock pistol, they were a piece of straw flying sideways at the moment of the gun, and the ground was constantly making a dull sound of breaking ground, and the target area became a field of straw and dirt splashing for a while.

Whether it was a flintlock pikeman, an archer, or a crossbowman, they changed their ranks in the same way, with the front row firing backwards to the last row, and the next row taking over, alternating the shots repeatedly.

Hearing the sound of firecrackers in his ears and his eyes looking at the foggy, Lu Zhe said: "The troops equipped with flintlock pistols are an experimental type of troops, and they still need at least three months of training, and then they will be sent to the grassland battlefield for actual combat tests. ”

Xiao He didn't say anything, he knew that things wouldn't be so simple.

"It is only the official deployment of soldiers of the first colonel, but there will be no less targeted training in the future, on the contrary, there will be more and more soldiers who learn how to shoot, how to line up, and how to shoot in bands." Lu Zhe glanced at the surrounding generals, and found that they were a little dissatisfied with the fog on the side of the flintlock pistol, and signaled that they wanted to get close to Dake, and then continued to say to Xiao He: "There will definitely be a lot of gunpowder needed for training, and there will be no shortage of gunpowder needed by the artillery troops, and the ruling government should pay attention to various gunpowder production bases." ”

Xiao He nodded heavily: "There is no problem with the production base, it's just ......", he hesitated and still explained: "There is no natural origin of nitrate and sulfur in the country, and most of the nitrate and sulfur are collected from Iwo Jima by the navy. As long as the navy can provide raw materials stably and quantitatively, it will not delay the output and speed of production. ”

In fact, there is a local production area of nitrate in China, and it is not a little, there are ready-made saltpeter production in the south of the Yangtze River, but the quality is ...... It's a bit bad, at least it's not comparable to what the navy provides, and the navy's saltpeter basically comes from the Japanese islands.

Sulfur also has a production area in China, but it is Ryukyu (Taiwan), Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ryukyu needless to say, if you want to get Ryukyu's sulfur, you still need to rely on the navy, Sichuan Shu because of traffic problems The transportation cost is too high, Gansu is still exploring Qindi, Qinghai did not belong to the empire before it was in the hands of the army.

"Good." As long as there is no problem with the productivity of the local arsenal, Lu Zhe on the navy side will naturally urge.

To tell the truth, Lu Zhe really didn't want to carry out large-scale military reform, first, it was not necessary, and second, the flintlock pistol was really not a good firearm.

"Anyway, there should be smoothbore guns, rifled guns and the like, and they should also be excitation cartridge shells," Lu Zhe said with an expectant smile on his face: "Now the main research direction has been determined, in addition to the rear loading form, the study of the cartridge case type of bullet is also the top priority." ”

Xiao He had to admit that he didn't understand, but he could understand the importance, and he was sure that the monarch he was loyal to was changing the way the world war was conducted. (To be continued......)