Ming Zuo

Chapter 54 Recruitment 【Ask for a monthly ticket recommendation! 】

The army that is about to have, in terms of weapons, Zuo Menggeng needs the same thing.

Musket and artillery.

As for other cold weapons such as swords and spears, he only needs to equip a little.

Many people feel that the firearms of this era are not powerful, and if they are not accompanied by cold weapons, they will be massacred indiscriminately on the battlefield.

In Zuo Menggeng's view, these people's understanding is actually wrong.

The musket power of this era is insufficient.

But he wasn't thinking about getting arquebuses or flintlocks.

In his memory, there are more advanced muskets.

To this day, Zuo Menggeng has gradually found his way to what he inherited in his dreams.

The memories he inherited seemed to belong to someone.

This person should be an elite soldier in the future with very rich experience.

What military students, special forces, military attachés, military research, foreign military instructors, military weapons history, intelligence, etc., have all been involved.

In addition to these areas, the military-related industries know a little bit, and the rest only have basic cognition.

But Zuo Menggeng is a soldier, so these memories are of great help to him.

Especially in the manufacture of firearms, the wealth of knowledge in his memory really opened his eyes.

It turned out that in addition to black powder, there are so many powerful things in the world.

Guns can actually be made this way.

Zuo Menggeng summed up and found that there is a powerful musket that can be manufactured in this era.

The only difficulty is that he needs to come up with matching gunpowder.

But gunpowder is just a chemical formula. If it is not industrially produced on a large scale, it can be made in this era with some effort.

As for this era, can pure firearms defeat the enemy?

Zuo Menggeng's judgment is, yes.

There is a popular view, that is, the appearance of Maxim put an end to the cavalry.

actually not.

At the time of Bali Bridge, the British and French coalition forces did not have Mark Qin, and Senggelin Qin was not completely wiped out.

As long as muskets and artillery reach a certain range and density, cavalry cannot win.

Some people may want to talk about the cavalry on the Chinese battlefield during World War II.

But the question is, what equipment did the Chinese army have at that time?
Not to mention machine guns, there is not even one rifle, and the firepower density is simply not enough. Of course, it can't deal with cavalry.

Assuming that there are no machine guns, [-] soldiers each have a three-eighth cover, lined up in a line, shooting in multiple stages, can the cavalry rush in?
Think about it and know that it is impossible.

So why didn't the Chinese army at that time deal with the cavalry in this way?

First, there are not enough weapons, and second, the tactics have changed.

After the First World War, trench warfare and skirmish lines became the mainstream, and the line of infantry to be shot in line has long been eliminated, and the army at that time simply did not.

Again, the cavalry faced in World War II was different from the cavalry of the past.

Before the [-]th century, the reason why a linear array of guns worked so well for infantry against cavalry was that cavalry was just cavalry.

But in World War II, when the cavalry charged, was it just the cavalry?
There are heavy machine guns and artillery behind it.

At this time, form a dense formation to deal with the cavalry, without the cavalry rushing to chop and kill, the heavy machine guns and artillery can crush the infantry.

The main point of the infantry linear array bullying the cavalry is, I have firearms and you don't, I have artillery and you don't.So if I hit you casually, you won't be able to fight back if you don't rush in.

This is not because the firepower of the rifle cannot deal with the cavalry, but it is determined by the actual situation.

In any case, as long as the weapons reach a certain level, coupled with a strong enough army, it is enough to deal with the cavalry.

Zuo Menggeng went to Chaoguan Wharf.

The works here are already on track.

The river has been dredged and boats can pass.

Because the banknotes were not yet available, the officials of the Ministry of Household changed their working methods.

Go directly to the ship to check the goods plus tax and then release.

However, today's banknotes, the workload has dropped significantly.

It is not that the officials are slack, nor that the merchants dare not communicate.But the canal is about to freeze, making it impossible to sail.

In the past, the canal was not frozen in the Linqing section, and merchant ships could travel all the way to Dezhou before being converted to land transport to the capital.

The current Little Ice Age is not complete, the water surface freezes, and ships cannot go.

But it also created a monstrous boom.

The goods going north cannot be transported by boat, so they can only be unloaded in Linqing and transported by land, which also makes the loading and unloading business booming.

But these have nothing to do with the displaced people who repaired the Chaoguan Wharf.

The work of loading and unloading is controlled by the locals, and it is an opportunity for the locals to make money, and they will not be allowed to intervene at all.

Seeing that the Shaoguan Wharf is about to be repaired, and they are about to lose their income again, many of them are frowning, and they don't even have a comfortable lunch.

Zuo Menggeng came down under such circumstances.

"Do you all recognize me?"

All the refugees were called over, and there was a large area of ​​darkness.

There was a roar from below, and there was nothing to say.

"Thank you, Xiaoguan, for the meal!"

"Without the little official, our whole family would starve to death."

"Little official is a Bodhisattva who saves suffering!"

When the wharf was started, Zuo Menggeng often came here to supervise the work.One after another, the refugees had already known through various channels that it was he who suggested using the refugees for work.

After having a full meal and receiving wages, the big guy is naturally very grateful to him.

Listening to the gratitude and compliments, Zuo Menggeng smiled and pressed his hands slightly to calm down the scene.

"This pier work won't last long..."

The scene quickly cooled down, and the expressions of all the refugees were terrified.

They are all poor people. Although they work hard on the pier, they are not afraid to work hard.I am afraid that there is no food to eat, and the whole family starved to death.

No work means no food, so they don't know what to do next?

In the grief of the refugees, Zuo Menggeng raised his voice.

"Let me introduce myself, I... Zuo Menggeng, now the headquarter of the Linqing Association."

The crowd was in an uproar, but they didn't expect this little official to be Mr. Qian.

Zuo Menggeng waited for the crowd to be quiet before continuing: "My back camp is only open now. There is a shortage of everything, especially soldiers. The big guy knows who I am. Do I have less wages for working here? "

The crowd chanted.

"The little official is benevolent and righteous!"

Although the local gentry in Linqing paid the money, Zuo Menggeng often stared here, so the wages of the refugees were never short of deductions.

Zuo Menggeng asked again, "Are you full?"

The crowd was also eager.

"Enough to eat!"

The people who cook for the refugees are the people from Zhuangzi in the Zuofu.

When Zhang Yan and Lao Qin led the big guys to work, they often said good things about Zuo Menggeng to these refugees.

Let these refugees have a good understanding of Zuo Menggeng.

Zuo Menggeng's voice was raised again, and it was also a little rough.

"This is a world-breaking way, and it is difficult for people to live. It is not only difficult for the big guys, but also for the common people in the world. But the world is too big, and our ability is limited. Start recruiting, and if you want to have a full meal, just come to us."

Hearing the recruitment, the refugees fell silent for a while.

I don't have a good impression of the military these days.

Many people know that the end of being a soldier is to be cannon fodder, and maybe his life will be lost at some point.

But the work on the dock is about to be finished, what if there is no place to eat?
Do you continue to go back to the base of the outer wall of the city and squat down, maybe one day you will freeze to death, throw it in a pit and bury it indiscriminately?

When the soldier died, I don't know.

But if you are not a soldier, you will die in a blink of an eye.

Once you understand this, it is easy for refugees to make choices.

The main thing is that Zuo Menggeng has a good reputation.

At least the big guy is not worried that he will starve when he joins the army.

For a time, the scene exploded immediately.Almost everyone was clamoring and crowding forward, wanting to sign up.

Zuo Menggeng was busy letting Zuo Rong beat the gongs and drums, and it took a lot of effort to restore order.

"Don't worry, big guy, I am recruiting troops here, and I want a lot of people. Of course, don't worry if anyone can come in. There are many places to employ people.

When the refugees heard this, they really calmed down.

Many people are thinking, is it going to be a soldier to eat food, or to do something else?
Seeing the strong will of the refugees, Zuo Menggeng finally felt relieved.

After returning, I discussed the recruiting rules with everyone.

"Between the age of eighteen and thirty, the body must be healthy and strong. If one of them is literate, it is preferred."

Hearing this standard, everyone couldn't help but stunned.

No army in the world has such strict age requirements for soldiers.

It's already conceivable what an army would look like when it's all made up of the strongest soldiers.

(End of this chapter)