At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 81 Armament Work
At that time, Li Dingguo defeated Kong Youde in Guilin, and he was invincible.

Sun Guozhu came to Hunan with the driving army, naturally he wanted to show his prestige as the king.

Xu Yong, the commander-in-chief of Chenchang, was very arrogant.

When the entire Hunan Green Camp collapsed, he sent troops out of Chenzhou instead and defeated Zhang Guangcui who had surrendered to Sun Guozhu.

This time, the gun hit the head bird, and Sun Guozhu found the object of his prestige.

In order to fight this first show well.

More than 5 troops came out in full force, carrying dozens of cannons in red clothes, and countless ammunition advancing side by side by water.

On December 21, more than 5 former troops arrived in Chenzhou to set up cannons.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yong was stunned, and quickly sent his deputy general Zhang Pengxing to lead troops out of the city to seize the cannon, but was easily defeated by the Western Army. Zhang Pengxing failed to capture the cannon, but was killed by the artillery fire of the Western Army.

On the second day, thanks to the fact that each cannon had hundreds of shots, it was a pleasure to be bombarded by the front army.

After the firepower coverage was over, more than 5 former troops swarmed up and broke through Chenzhou with ease.

Although Xiying is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou region and lacks resources, it has always done a good job in various armament work.

Whether it is using Yunnan horses, Shuixi horses and the northern horses brought by myself, they pulled out a cavalry that did not hold back.

It is still collecting craftsmen to cast cannons and guns in the south of Caiyun.

All have good grades.

Although the workshops in Yunnan have already fallen into the hands of Li Dingguo.

But fortunately, Guiyang has become the logistics center of the entire southwestern Ming army many years ago.

In addition to hoarding a large amount of food, grass, ordnance.

In order to facilitate transportation, Sun Kewang also transferred many craftsmen and equipment from Yunnan to build Guiyang into a military industry center in the southwest.

Naturally, Sun Kewang couldn't leave behind these craftsmen and equipment when he retreated.

Now these craftsmen and equipment have settled in Nanning and have certain military production capabilities.

"Your Majesty, although firearms are developed in Guangdong, the craftsmen and equipment we brought have also resumed production in Nanning."

"But there are hundreds of red-coated cannons and tens of thousands of cannons. It cannot be completed in one year!" Wan Niance said worriedly.

"My lord, in Nanning, we can build thirty red-clothed cannons and more than ten thousand shotguns in one year, which is not bad. If we count the craftsmen collected from Guangdong and Guangxi, we can build fifty red-clothed cannons." , more than 2 bird guns are already an optimistic estimate, and it is really difficult to raise the firearms needed by [-] new troops in one year!"

"You don't have to worry about firearms. You just need to raise as much as you can. In the past, Gu made so many cannons in Yunnan. Now in Guangdong and Guangxi, where firearms are well developed, as long as we work hard, we can build hundreds of red-clothed cannons and several bird guns in a year. Wan, it can be done." Sun Kewang said lightly.

"Master, we must be careful." Ma Zhaoxi and Wan Niance said slowly.

It can be heard from the tone that they have little hope for Sun Kewang's ambitious military industrial plan.

"Just put your heart into it." Sun Kewang said to himself.

Ma Zhaoxi and Wan Niance didn't believe that so many firearms could be made in one year.

But he, Sun Kewang, has confidence.

The firearms manufacturing capabilities of Guangdong and Guangxi, especially Guangdong, far exceeded the imagination of Ma Zhaoxi and Wan Niance.

Think about Na Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, when they first entered Guangdong, they were frustrated by the strong city of Guangzhou.

In order to take Guangzhou, the two ordered Ji Yisheng, the magistrate of Conghua County who surrendered, to cast a cannon.

As a result, in less than half a year, Ji Yisheng created 46 cannons in red for Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao.

This shows the horror of Guangdong's firearms production capacity.

If Sun Kewang can seize the opportunity to get more craftsmen from Guangdong, and make hundreds of cannons a year, it is actually a conservative estimate.

You know, his current conditions must be much better when he first entered Guangdong.

It's just that firearms alone are not enough. In this era, firearms cannot cover everything.

"Zhaoxi, Nian Ce, I'm not worried about the firearms of the new army. We brought a lot of cannons and muskets from Guizhou. What I'm worried about now is the bows and armor of the soldiers!" Sun Kewang said slowly.

This era is an era of combination of hot and cold weapons, and nothing is missing.

Although muskets are powerful, they are much more powerful than bows and arrows when they collapse into a big hole.

But the question is, what if it rains?
Once it rains, the musket becomes a fire stick.

But it's more than that, although bows and arrows are not as powerful as muskets.

However, due to the slow muzzle velocity of primitive muskets, sometimes its armor-piercing effect is not as good as that of a real hard bow.

Although the effect of bombarding iron armor is excellent, it is not effective against the cotton armor that is now commonly equipped.

Its armor-piercing effect is not as good as the current hard bow.

And the rate of fire of bows and arrows is much more powerful than that of muskets.

An elite soldier, holding a bow and arrow, can fire several arrows, dozens of arrows, or even dozens of arrows in a short period of time!

In comparison, the rate of fire of the matchlock gun is much inferior.

Of course, the object of comparison is the real hard bow, not the soft bow that pulls the hips.

In fact, in this era, the biggest advantage of muskets over bows and arrows is that they are cheap.

Although the hard bow has many advantages, it is not something ordinary people can do to draw it.

If you want to train a qualified archer, the time needs to be counted in years.

The cost of food and arrows consumed is terrifying.

And the Musketeers...

Three months out without any issues.

After all, archers need to practice their arm strength for a long time, while musketeers only need to be able to shoot.

As long as the training is proper, within three months, the combat power of the musketeers will have been formed.

"Bows, arrows and armor..." Ma Zhaoxi and Wan Niance became angry when they heard the words.

The Qing army was generally equipped with cotton armor, and the power of muskets would be greatly reduced.

And if you want to break through the cotton armor, a hard bow is the best choice.

But a good hard bow takes half a year to make.

The craftsman's technical requirements are also very high.

If you want to manufacture hard bows on a large scale, it is really difficult to find so many bow-making craftsmen in Guangdong and Guangxi!

"My lord, the matter of bows and arrows is really unsustainable. We can only do our best. If we want to make tens of thousands of armors within a year, we can only make cotton armor."

Sun Kewang heard the words and sighed: "As for bows and arrows, I also know that you are difficult. As much as we can make and train, just do our best."

"As for Zhajia, more than [-] pairs must be produced. Although cotton armor is cheap, there are so many archers in the Tartars. If it is all cotton armor, it will be bad for our army!"

"Deputy Wan Zhajia." Wan Niance's face changed when he heard the words, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely do it!"

"Okay! In Guangdong and Guangxi, your orders are the orders of the solitary! All in all, in one year, the [-] new troops of the solitary must be fully equipped!"

(End of this chapter)