The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 284 Enemies of Thousands and Enemies of Hundreds

After deciding to occupy Fuzhou, including the Golden State War, Ding Yi and his subordinates felt that they did not have enough troops.

Fortunately, they have been in business for a long time this time, they have dug enough holes, they are not fully prepared for the future, and there are not many ant-attached soldiers and horses, so they rushed to attack.

If [-] soldiers and horses attack Jinzhou, although it will take time and manpower, they will definitely be breached.

After all, Ding Yi still has few soldiers and horses, and he cannot withstand the consumption of ants.

If he has an army of 15 and guards in Jinzhou, then it is impossible for Jin to capture [-].

But raising soldiers and horses requires money first, food second, time third, and space fourth.

It took Ding Yi two years to train more than [-] soldiers and horses before the war.

Many reservists and ordinary people filled in to barely cope with the war.

At present, after discussing with everyone, Ding Yi decided to vigorously accept the Liao people from Pidao.

The number of monthly recipients has increased to [-], and it has remained above [-] per year.

From the 5 people, select [-] strong and strong for training.

In the next two years, at least [-] soldiers and horses will be trained.

Xu Fuzuo was very happy to hear the news anyway, he wished that all the Liao people in Pidao would give it to Ding Yi in one go.

So starting from January, a large number of ships came and went between Phi Island and Lushun every day, and boatloads of Liao people were transported to Lushun.

Then Lushun was registered and recorded, and sent to Fuzhou, Jinzhou, and Changsheng Island one after another.

Ding Yi listened to Zhang Jing's suggestion, and after occupying Fuzhou, he decided to occupy Changsheng Island.

Because Changsheng Island can accommodate at least 2 people, and Changsheng Island is rich in resources and close to the land.

Right now, his Lushun can't let many people go, so he can only put them on Changsheng Island.

Zhang Jing was appointed by Ding Yi internally as a guerrilla on Changsheng Island and Fuzhou, stationed on Changsheng Island and Fuzhou, and had full authority to handle all affairs of Changsheng Island and Fuzhou.

Zhang Jing's 1st Battalion, all cavalry and soldiers were stationed on the line from Fuzhou to Changsheng Island.

Around Fuzhou, on the east side of Changsheng Island, there were originally several forts of the Ming army.

Nanxinkou, Beixinkou, and Yongning have all been dilapidated. The Lushun Army rebuilt three piers and built walls and dug holes according to the Jinzhou method.

Further strengthen the defense depth of Fuzhou front line.

In addition, on the opposite side of Changsheng Island and Nanxinkou, a new fortress and city wall were built to ensure that Houjin would conquer Nanxinkou in the future and defend Changsheng Island when it was covered with ice and crossed the sea in winter.

Lushun has once again entered the era of crazy infrastructure.

Liao people from Phi Island are transported to various places every day.

Among the people sent away in every boat and team, there must be a few Liao people from Lushun. These Liao people were selected by the intelligence department Zhao Dashan, mixed with the new Liao people, and sent to various places.

Storing land, building infrastructure, building armor, and training recruits. After entering 1632, all ministries in Lushun entered a faster rhythm, and there were busy figures everywhere.

In mid-January, Ding Yi came to Pig Island.

Gather with Li Zhongyi, Zhou Dahai and several craftsmen.

In this battle of defending the city, Jinzhou was once in danger. Afterwards, Ding Yi discussed with the generals and found that when the Han army ants were attached to the city wall, because the Ming army built many bunkers on the city wall, and in order to prevent arrows from being shot below the city, they generally did not show their heads to fight. People on the ladder, wait until they climb up before hitting.

This has advantages and disadvantages. The Ming army is safe, but it is also easy to be rushed to the top of the city.

Ding Yi asked, is there anything that can be used as explosives, which can blow up the soldiers and horses attached to the ants, and also blow up their ladders.

"The enemy of ten thousand people." Li Zhongyi, Zhou Dahai and other craftsmen said in unison.

Only then did Ding Yi recall that in the history of the Ming army, there were tens of thousands of enemies.

The Enemy of Ten Thousand Enemies that is actually recorded in the book is the creation of the heavenly works of Chongzhen in the past ten years.

But in the last years of Tianqi and the early years of Chongzhen, the Ming army had already used tens of thousands of enemies.

The earliest Ten Thousand Enemies weighed about [-] jin. They were made of mud and hollow balls with small holes around them. After drying, they were filled with gunpowder. They were considered early incendiary bombs, and their main function was to burn rather than explode.

During the Battle of Ningyuan, the Ming army rolled up gunpowder with quilts, ignited them and threw them down. The soldiers and horses attached to the ants were immediately severely injured, and the burned ones cried for their fathers and mothers. This is the prototype of an enemy of ten thousand people.

Thinking about it this way, the idea is obviously similar to Ding Yi's use of kerosene.

But this kerosene is more difficult to obtain, which is why Ding Yi rarely uses it. Right now, he can only buy large quantities in places such as Fujian, Guangzhou, and Dengzhou and Songjiang.

Ding Yi thought for a while, then used the principle of modern grenades, and roughly explained it to several craftsmen.

The exterior of our ten thousand enemies should not be made of mud, but thin iron sheets, just like our shotguns, filled with various iron nails and other things, plus a large amount of gunpowder.

It explodes when thrown down, and when defending the city, it can kill one piece.

The craftsmen nodded, and Li Zhongyi thought about it: "It would be better to put another barrel of kerosene in the middle, so that it can be fried and burned again."

Ding Yi felt that he could do this.

So in less than two months, the Craftsmanship Bureau developed a new enemy of ten thousand people.

The new Ten Thousand Enemy is composed of two round iron balls, one big and one small.

The small one is about the size of a volleyball, filled with kerosene, and put into the middle of a larger iron ball.

Surrounded by gunpowder and iron nails and other sundries.

The total weight is about forty catties, which is half lighter than the ten thousand enemies on Tiangong Kaiwu, but its power is much stronger.

The appearance is wrapped with thin iron sheet, which is dense and more powerful when it explodes.

Crafting Bureau threw a few in Pig Island for experimentation.

Put twenty catties of explosives, the explosion range is about ten meters in radius, and most of the places will burn.

If it doesn't explode, it will burn to death.

Throwing a formation as dense as that under the city of Jinzhou that day, the effect of burning may be better than the effect after the explosion.

This thing is waste gunpowder.

With twenty catties of gunpowder, a musketeer can fight for more than half a month.

Ding Yi had to send additional manpower to make gunpowder.

With this new type of enemy of ten thousand people, he has greater confidence in defending the front line of Jinzhou in Fuzhou.

At the same time, in order to be able to use it in field battles, the ratio is reduced to make it a hundred-man enemy. The hundred-man enemy only weighs about four catties, which is still much heavier than the grenade of later generations, but now for the sake of power, the weight is enlarged.

And Ding Yi is not for throwing far, but for maximum damage to the enemy.

When he saw a hundred-man enemy, Ding Yi called together all the craftsmen and asked everyone: "Is there a way to make the shell explode?"

In the Battle of Golden State, he fired a lot of shots, and the damage was strong, but he was not satisfied.

Moreover, when the shelling is fired, it is always on and off, because the cannons of this era can't be fired continuously for too long, so he thought afterwards, if the shells are fired, they can explode like the later generations, and the damage range is wider. Wouldn't it be possible to use more Fewer shells, more effect.

He hadn't thought of this before, but after seeing hundreds of enemies against tens of thousands of enemies, he finally remembered.

The heads of craftsmen sat together and looked at each other. After all, Ding Yi's question seemed a bit difficult.

It probably means that the cannonball is made like a hundred enemies, and after being fired, it can explode?
With the experience of making hundreds of enemies and thousands of enemies, everyone can understand Ding Yi's meaning.

Ding Yi said: "No hurry, you two discuss with each other first."

All the craftsmen whispered to each other and discussed with each other. After a while, someone stood up.

(End of this chapter)