A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 447 Procurement
Han Chao shook his head, picked up the blunderbuss, and put on a stabbing stance. After a long battle, he immediately understood how to use the blunderbuss sword.
"Be careful," he yelled.
Without mercy, he sprinted towards Gao Shiyin.
Gao Shiyin let out a loud roar, and the shield in his hand struck fiercely, and with a loud bang, Han Chao's blunderbuss sword pierced Gao Shiyin's shield.Wang Dou was a little worried that the bayonet would break. Fortunately, the bayonet was made of high-quality steel, and it seemed that the quality was good.
Han Chao stabbed fiercely, Gao Shiyin's shield kept resisting, Wang Dou frowned slightly, Han Chao's bayonet seemed to be a little bent after stabbing the shield a few times.
Suddenly Gao Shiyin roared, and the copper hammer in his right hand slammed hard on Han Chao's blunderbuss, and the bayonet broke with a snap.
Everyone shook their heads and sighed, the gun sword was made of steel, and it was crafted with precision, but it had no advantage in hand-to-hand combat. No wonder there were no swords on the battlefield except for the epee.
Gao Shiyin defeated Han Chao, walked over proudly, and said loudly: "General, this gun sword seems useless. This is not on the battlefield, without armor, if you wear heavy armor, use a big stick, wolf Tooth stick or something, tsk tsk..."
All the generals were talking about it, and felt that the blunderbuss sword seemed to be of little use. For close combat, the army already had pikemen, and that was a professional unit.Bird gun soldiers are also used as pike soldiers, which feels nondescript.
Wang Dou nodded, the bayonet really had no advantage against heavy weapons, and it was of little use if the opponent was wearing armor.
When the West uses bayonets, both sides generally have no armor.
Zhong Xiancai said softly: "General, it's not easy to make this blunderbuss sword, is it?"
Wang Dou said: "The logistics department is not easy."
The manufacture of bayonets requires extremely high steel quality, and if the craftsmanship is not up to standard, it is easy to break and break.Moreover, bayonets have the same high requirements for standardization and precision. It is more difficult to manufacture a general-purpose bayonet than a single barrel.The sleeve is too big, and it fits loosely into the muzzle.It's too small to fit in.
Only the East Road Military Factory, which has strict requirements for standardization, can produce uniform bayonets.
Zhao Xuan suddenly said: "This blunderbuss sword is not necessarily useless."
He said: "Old Gao, if the old Han gun had some medicine in it and fired a gun at you, what would you do?"
Gao Shiyin was taken aback for a moment, then terrified, and shouted: "Then I'm done!"
A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and everyone suddenly felt that the gun sword seemed to be useless.
Zhong Xiancai said in a soft voice: "I think that the gunners in the army can actually use the gunsword. Sometimes the enemy rushes so fast that the sergeants have no time to draw their swords or retreat. At this time, the gunsword is useful."
Everyone nodded. Sometimes the enemy rushed to the front quickly, and it took one more action for the bird gunner to throw the gun and draw the knife. There was a sword on the gun, and he could stab it, prolonging the time for the pikemen to come to rescue.
Zhong Xiancai said again: "Nowadays, the misfire rate of the self-generated firecrackers in the military factory is only slightly higher than that of the matchlock blunderbuss. I think the time has come to use them. Sergeants use self-generated firecrackers. Without the matchlock, it will be easier. Combine it with a gun sword , the combat power will increase a lot.”
Everyone whispered to each other, discussing what Zhong Xiancai said.
The main problem with the original flintlock is that it ignites.
The sparks from flint may not necessarily ignite the primer, and then ignite the main gunpowder.
If there is a delay, the sparks from the flint will ignite the priming powder, and then ignite the main powder. There must be a process in this process.Therefore, after the trigger is pulled, there must be a delay before the fire can be fired.
And the most annoying thing is that the firing delay of the flintlock is not fixed, sometimes it is so short that it is almost imperceptible.Sometimes it was so long that you thought the gun hadn't fired, and then suddenly it rang.
Relatively speaking, the latter problem is not bad, but the former problem is quite serious.
Fortunately, after these years of research and continuous improvement based on battlefield use experience, the firing failures of flintlock guns in the army are much less, only slightly higher than those of arquebus guns.
(At present, the misfire rate of matchlock guns is [-] to [-]%, and the misfire rate of flintlock guns is [-] to [-]%. The flint should be adjusted every dozen rounds.)
Compared with getting in the way, fighting requires dragging a matchlock gun with a long ignited match. The flintlock gun has obvious advantages and has strong advantages.The generals of the Jingbian army gradually accepted the existence of self-generated firecrackers from suspicion.
Gao Shiyin was dissatisfied, he shouted: "Little Zhong'er, what do you mean, the pikemen in our army are about to be cancelled? Those soldiers practiced their skills hard, but they found nothing?"
Everyone else has their own ideas. Since the Shunxiang Army back then, the Jingbian Army has used firecrackers and pikemen to cooperate with each other. Over the years, everyone has long been accustomed to the existence of this type of army.If you want to cancel the pikemen in your own battalion, no one will agree, and the soldiers will make a lot of noise.
Zhong Xiancai said: "Of course not. What I mean is that the gunners are equipped with self-generating guns and gun swords, and the pikemen are still the same."
Everyone whispered to each other, thinking that it was feasible, as long as the pikemen remained the same, and the firecrackers could use self-generated firecrackers and blunderbuss swords, of course.
Seeing the crowd, Wang Dou couldn't help but smile. Military technology seems to be developing with the development of history.
At that time, the generals had doubts about the heart of the flintlock, but now they have accepted it.Although the bayonet on the musket is not as easy to use as the long gun, it does not occupy the establishment, so you don't have to worry about the scope of use of the long gunner, which is very convenient.Presumably, slowly in the future, the pikemen will gradually decrease, and eventually there will be all bayonet soldiers.History will enter a new era.
Even Gao Shiyin thought it would be good to equip the gunmen in his battalion with self-generated fire guns and gun swords.
However, there are not many self-generating guns and guns in the army, and there are not many guns and swords. They will go to the front line soon, and there is no time to adapt new weapons, so the current equipment in the army remains unchanged.It will be at least one or two years before the flintlock guns and bayonets are widely equipped.
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On this day, Wang Dou suddenly received an official document that officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials would arrive at the East Road, announcing the rewards for the Jingbian Army's Battle of Luoyang and the Battle of Xiangyang, as well as the issue of soldiers' food and pay.
The entourage included Zhang Ruoqi, a doctor of the Ministry of War, and Ma Shaoyu, a foreigner.
The Zhifang Division of the Ministry of War, the full name is "Zhifang Qingli Division", one of the four divisions of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, in charge of the maps of the provinces, the citation of military officials, verification, rewards and punishments, pensions, military inspections, tests, and other matters. quite heavy.
Zhang Ruoqi is also a powerful figure in the Ministry of War, and he is highly valued by Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War. Their arrival represents the importance that the Ministry of War attaches to Uncle Zhongyong.
In addition, after the news of a large number of firearms and artillery in the Donglu Army reached Xuanda, not to mention Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, and others were surprised, but Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, and Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanfu Town. quite worried.
Yang Guozhu imitated the Shunxiang army and trained three battalions of the new army, and Wang Pu also followed suit, but only trained one battalion.The two were full of self-confidence. With such a strong army, they would be able to kill generals and capture the flag in the future. Taking the head of an enemy chieftain would be like picking something out of a bag, but the news from Liaodong was a blow to them.
Fortunately, the emperor decided to let the Shenji Battalion carry heavy artillery to fight, and with the artillery battalion in the Wangdou Battalion, in terms of artillery fire, everyone was worried a lot.
However, the voices in the army to strengthen the firepower in the battalion were loud, and everyone remembered that the sub-drugs used by Uncle Zhongyong were very powerful.In Daming right now, who would dare to force Wang Dou to give the formula of the sub-medicine?The next best thing to do was to buy some mighty ammunition in paper tubes from Wang Dou.
Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others have this idea.The Ministry of War also had this idea. One of the missions of Zhang Ruoqi and others was to buy some sub-medicines from Wang Dou, and if possible, some excellent bird guns.
Not only that, each of the generals who sent out the aid also made up their minds to go to the front line together with Wang Dou.
Everyone heard that Wang Dou decided to send troops at the end of June, and they also decided to send troops at the end of June.Of course, some people have a long journey and need to set off ahead of time. In particular, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, has to go many days in advance to go to the East Road to walk with Wang Dou.
But for the previous one, buy the sub-drug first.
Among the people who came to Xuanda this time, Governor Zhang Fuzhen was the head, and they will arrive at Donglu soon.
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After hearing the news, Wang Dou also called everyone to discuss matters.
According to the opinions of the shogunate and the generals, there are a lot of firecrackers and sub-drugs in stock, and some of them can be sold. As long as the ammunition is controlled in their own hands, they will not be afraid.
Everyone has used firearms for many years, and they have also seen the key point. The bird gun has no medicine, it is just a fire stick.
Moreover, the firearms on the East Road are fierce, and the world is looking sideways. If they hoard them in large quantities, they may attract criticism.
Selling it to friendly troops can improve their combat power. After all, you can't just rely on your own family to fight on the battlefield.Selling some gunpowder gunpowder, although there is a greed for money, but compared to hoarding, it will make all parties more at ease.
What Wang Dou meant was that he originally wanted to sell some second-hand goods, but he had consumed almost all of them over the years.
In the current army, only the new type of gunpowder developed by Li Zhifen in the 13th year of Chongzhen has made the fixed-loaded paper tube ammunition in the Jingbian army capable of breaking heavy armor in a hundred steps, which is more lethal than the firecrackers used by the Shunxiang army in the past. Twenty or thirty steps more.
The rest, such as the Jinggong bird gun, and the fire door device on the gunpowder pool that can be opened and closed automatically, are now in use by many in the Ming army.That is not some advanced technology, it appeared as early as the Qi Family Army era.Back then, Wang Dou didn't want to be controlled by all parties. He started from scratch and researched it by himself.
In addition to the gunpowder formula, there is also a new type of gun-making technology. The firearm technology in Wang Doujun's army has not surpassed this era or the friendly army at this time.Just like a flintlock gun, Lu Xiangsheng used it in the superintendent battalion back then.The Lumi blunderbuss was also obtained by Wang Dou from Lu Xiangsheng and Emperor Chongzhen.
According to the intelligence department's information, although the bird guns made by Yang Guozhu and others are excellent, they obviously cannot be compared with the Donglu Military Factory in terms of standardization.
Some of their bird guns have large muzzles, while others have small muzzles, so there is a problem.
The muzzle is large, and the ammunition is loose after entering it. Even if you use the custom-loaded paper tube ammunition from Donglu, the power will be greatly reduced.
The muzzle is so small that it is difficult to insert ammunition plugs, let alone hit them.
Also, the Donglu gunpowder is strong, and the chamber pressure produced by it may not be able to withstand the barrels of the bird guns made by everyone.
After knowing this result, those who come at that time will definitely buy the bird gun and the new custom-packed paper tube ammunition.
In fact, there are also some old-style custom-loaded paper tube ammunition in Chongzhen 13 years ago in the inventory, which can break armor at equal distances of [-] steps, [-] steps, and [-] steps.
But obviously, everyone is rushing for the mighty and powerful new gunpowder that can break through heavy armor at a hundred steps. Those old-style gunpowder are also available in their army.
Everyone agreed that the strength of the Jingbian Army's firearms was due to the advantages of the system and the result of meticulously crafted weapons, so it was okay to sell some weapons to the friendly army.
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But before Xuanda governor Zhang Fuzhen and others came, Liugou commander Chen Jiugao visited Wang Dou first.

(End of this chapter)