Xinshun 1730

Chapter 258 Changing the Army to the Navy

Liu Yu's words successfully aroused the interest of Earl Morpa.

His so-called new rifled gun loading technology, of course, is the Minie bullet.

The appearance of Mini bullets was more than 300 years later than rifling. Some elite hunters in Europe used rifled guns loaded with hammers.

To put it bluntly, Minnie’s play is a matter of thinking, a very clever way of thinking.

Once this idea is learned, it is worthless at all.Or as long as this kind of bullet appears, with the corresponding tactics, it will soon be imitated.

This technique sells for the highest price before it is used.

Leading Earl Morpa to the hidden shooting range on Liugong Island, several hand-drawn and rifled best flintlock guns were carefully selected in the hands of several officers.

For the sake of "safety", in fact, so that Count Morpa could not see the details clearly, at a distance of 20 meters from those shooters, Count Morpa witnessed the loading speed of those gunmen's muskets with his own eyes, and shot an ultra-distance shot Accuracy that can only be obtained from a rifled gun.

Leading him to see the shooting situation in the shooting range, quietly observing the countenance of the Earl of Morpa, Liu Yu also very intimately sold why France needs this kind of technology.

"It is impossible to dismantle the Russian-Austrian alliance for the time being. The Austrians will be the enemy of France for a long time. I think Mr. Earl knows this better than me."

"The Austrians have very good light infantry. The Pandurs, for example, are loosely disciplined, but good light infantry."

"About the role of light infantry, I think Mr. Earl is more aware. In fact, if there is no threat of cavalry, excellent light infantry or skirmishers can completely contain the opponent's line with fewer troops."

"They harassed in front and blocked the speed of the enemy's phalanx, so as to cover their own phalanx and spread around to the side."

"If the French army has such guns and loading technology, it is likely to bring about a great military revolution, and it can completely suppress the annoying light infantry of the Austrians."

"The skirmishers are delayed and blocked in front of the cover, and the line troops are deployed calmly. If you are shooting at each other, light infantry or skirmishers with a more scattered formation have a great advantage. And this new type of rifled bullet can increase the range."

"As for the Russians, they have a large number of cavalry. This rifled bullet loading technology allows the French Army to shoot at a distance from the Russian cavalry."

While talking, he took out a tactical booklet he wrote on the coordination of light infantry, skirmishers and heavy phalanx columns.

It is best to deploy some skirmishers in front of the line of privates, even if they use muskets, it is very effective.

The Qingzhou Army has almost no stragglers, because it is not necessary to fight against the troops.

The muskets of the quasi-corps are still matchlock guns, and the artillery is far behind. The Qingzhou Army does not need any stragglers in front of the line, and can unscrupulously engage in thick column tactics: there is no artillery, and the musket is poor. ?
But it's different for France.

It may not be until the Austrian Succession War or the Seven Years' War that France realizes the effect of light infantry, especially after Austria's light infantry taught countries a lesson.

The artillery of the two sides on the European battlefield is almost the same, and the flintlock guns are also similar. In this case, Liu Yu only needs to explain a little bit, and Earl Morpa can understand the meaning of this kind of musket.

It's not easy to pull the rifling line. This thing must be equipped with elite troops, and it is not a consumable infantry used to line up and shoot.

If you got the treasure, I took the pamphlet written in Latin, and after turning a few pages, it was full of thoughts and pictures on tactics, and listed the skirmishers or light soldiers equipped with this rifled gun with very detailed calculations. The great role of infantry at the front of the line array.

Although everyone knows that skirmishers and light infantry have the highest killing efficiency, and that even though they are equipped with rifled guns, they are even more powerful, and they also know that it is the line soldiers who ultimately determine the outcome of the battlefield... But there is no doubt that this new equipment cooperates with new tactics. The system will bring huge changes to Army tactics.

Queuing up to be shot is not static.

What Liu Yu urgently needs now is some advanced technology from France, but no matter how advanced the technology is, it still needs money.

In any case, it is impossible for him, as well as the emperor and the imperial court, to loosen the control on the export of the third product, let alone allow technology to flow out.

If the mini bombs are exchanged for the blueprint of the battleship and Liu Yu can send outstanding young people to study in France to study shipbuilding and other technologies, Liu Yu thinks it is worthwhile.

Rifling is difficult to pull, and it is temporarily impossible to popularize it.

France is going to fight a big battle in Europe. In the short term, excellent rifled guns must be allocated to the local elite troops.It is impossible for India to obtain such weapons.

In a short period of time, it is impossible for Dashun to start a war with the French army.

However, excellent battleships can be used for more than 50 years, which is an urgent need now.

It is okay for the cruiser to fight Japan, and it may be possible to take advantage of the opportunity to fight the Dutch in Southeast Asia.

However, if you want to engage in India, you have to face the United Kingdom. Without 74-gun battleships, Liu Yu is extremely uncertain.

Even if the French gain a firm foothold in India, one has to go around the Cape of Good Hope, and the other can directly recruit troops from Southeast Asia, there is no suspense at all.

Besides, Liu Yu hoped that the French would make some big moves in Europe, and it would be best to put more blood on the British side.Even if the blood of the British cannot be drained, it is good to drain the blood of the Dutch and Russians.

The situation in Europe is doomed to those who are the strongest on the mainland, and whoever is the strongest will not be able to have a diplomatic situation. This cannot be solved by genius diplomats.

If the French army let the Dutch or the British shed a drop of blood, Dashun would shed a drop of blood in Southeast Asia.

If Europe wants chaos, there must be a country that breaks the balance at this time. This blood priest Liu Yu has long been eyeing France.

"Mr. Earl, I can guarantee that the advantages of this technology can also guarantee that this technology is sufficient to bring about a new tactical system."

"I have a great proposal."

"I implore your king to send excellent shipbuilders to help Dashun build a new type of battleship. Also allow us to send a special mission to visit and study in French shipyards and military factories."

"This is beneficial to both parties. There is no conflict of interest between Dashun's navy and the French navy; there is no conflict between the French army and Dashun's army."

"On the contrary, our navy has a common enemy; our army has a common enemy. Exchange, as a good start to this negotiation, it will be a pleasant meeting."

"The skill of this new type of rifled gun will be handed over to you on the day Dashun's first 74-gun new battleship is launched. And I can guarantee that in Europe, except for France, I will not do this with any other country trade."

Count Morpa was very moved by this proposal.

In the shooting drill he just saw, he was already shocked by the effect of the Mini bomb, which means that the enemy can be killed very efficiently at a distance of about 200 meters, and this is only an improvement brought about by this aspect of the weapon.

If it is combined with the new tactical system in the pamphlet, the improvements it brings are not just those brought by weapons.

The tactic reads very effective and has already convinced Count Morpa.But the premise of this tactic is an excellent rifled flintlock gun with sufficient accuracy and fast enough loading speed.

Moreover, it is also useful for the navy.Shooting sailors on the mast can kill and injure a large number of sailors on the opponent's deck when the fleet is bombarded.

However, Earl Morpa still had a choice in mind compared to the huge benefits of porcelain and silk.

New tactics, or more money.

France's choice should give priority to the latter.

Because the existing tactics France is not behind, and the fleet technology is not bad, the only difference is money.

"Mr. Liu, this new loading method is very effective and amazing. However, compared to this, Paris hopes that China and France will reach a broader alliance."

"It was once hoped that we would bring you glass, and you would teach us how to make porcelain. We would teach you woolen weaving, and you would teach us cotton weaving and silk..."

"If I could, I would like to be able to talk more about these issues."

Liu Yu immediately shook his head.

"As the deputy envoy of this reception, I can clearly convey to you the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor of China: this is a condition that cannot be negotiated, and it is also a condition that is meaningless."

"I can tell you clearly that Dashun will implement the "Skilled Worker Management and Going to Sea Act" soon."

Actually, no, this is pure nonsense.

As long as it is open, it will inevitably bring about technology outflow.

Dashun was a little too open before, with missionaries running around and a lot of ports being opened. If it weren't for the slow response from Europe, I'm afraid some technology would have been stolen long ago.

Dashun's ability to control at the grassroots level is not at all imitating Britain's ability to implement the "Skilled Worker Management Act".

This ability refers to the attitude of continuing to be open, the inability to govern the long coastline, and the jurisdiction of the poll tax that may be gradually abolished.

If you want to be open, technology outflow is inevitable; if you want technology not to outflow, then simply close the country.

Britain is a small country, with a strong navy and strict anti-smuggling investigations. A land of hundreds of miles cannot compare with grassroots control over a territory of thousands of miles.

Fortunately, although Liu Yu thought that Dashun's previous trade policy was brain-twitching, it still guaranteed that foreigners were not allowed to enter the mainland. Even in Songjiang and other places, they were only allowed to rent houses but not to buy houses, let alone go anywhere. Running around, they can only stay in the trade zone.

Fortunately, the Holy See had lost its mind and was too strict on the matter of ancestor worship. Dashun was determined to ban religion, and there was no possibility of missionaries running around in the name of preaching to spy on secrets.

Earl Morpa certainly didn't know Dashun's national conditions, so he should be enough to fool him.

In order to deepen the deception, Liu Yu said: "In addition, in the future, Songjiang, Ningbo, Zhangzhou, Guangdong and other places will not be allowed to open porcelain workshops, especially not around the trade zone. Once someone is caught passing these secrets, they will be killed directly. head."

"It's not just a matter of defense, but a deeper reason."

Liu Yu continued to fool around: "Some officials in the imperial court, because of the spread of Catholicism and some of the Dutch's actions in Southeast Asia, even proposed to completely close the trade. Foreign exchanges are not easy. As a supporter, I It also withstood a lot of pressure.”

"You see, just as you can't tell us from North Koreans by appearance, in fact we can't tell the difference between French, Spanish, Dutch and Russian. The bad impression left by the Dutch, in some people's eyes Even Europeans are like this, there is no difference."

"If you're making proposals on silk, porcelain, etc. in a formal setting, it reinforces what the opposition is saying: the Europeans want to steal these technologies. This could lead to the domestic opposition to trade completely shutting down access to foreign exchange , and even beware of all Europeans. So I hope that this time in the negotiations in the capital, please don't talk about any terms on these issues."

"I suggest that here we first formulate an exchange between the Chinese and French army and navy. The army's rifle bullet technology will be exchanged for the design and construction of a new battleship."

(End of this chapter)