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

Chapter 666 No turning back
Seeing the firing of the last two rows of blunderbuss swordsmen, everyone in the field showed excited expressions, it was too fierce, the firepower was too fierce, under normal circumstances, the enemy in front of them would basically be able to deal with such a blow. collapse.

Facing flustered and dazed enemies, gun sword soldiers can also take the opportunity to stab a few to death, speeding up their collapse.

Of course, for this kind of tactics, soldiers need to have excellent firearms, otherwise, if they accidentally blow up their guns, they will be unlucky, not one or two.

This kind of tactics is also a test of psychological quality. After all, the trigger is clicked in the ear, the fire is rising nearby, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke is close at hand. In addition to the first-class soldiers, the newly enlisted second-class soldiers, I'm afraid I can't do it.

So two rows and two rows of training shooting, for the time being, they are only first-class musket sword soldiers.

"Boom boom boom."

The hooves sounded like thunder, the cavalry and infantry of each army were practicing, and the cavalry battalion of the Chinese army was also training. Today's playground has expanded to several times the original size, and all types of arms can be drilled.

The fiery red horse mane was flying, and the difference between the cavalry battalion and the cavalry infantry of each army was that the horse mane and the round shields on the left arms of the knights were all dyed a uniform red.

Wang Dou raised the binoculars, and the smoke and dust billowed from the field. At this moment, there were rows of knights holding horseshoes attacking in an array, and their power was astonishing. Another row of knights holding sabers was working hard to train the array.

After the expansion of the army, the cavalry battalion of the Chinese army was expanded into two battalions, the left battalion of the cavalry, the right battalion of the cavalry, the left battalion was the first-class battalion, and the right battalion was the second-class battalion.

Some of their sources of troops were drawn from the battalions, and most of the new recruits came from Shen Shiqi's Loyalty Camp, the seeds of the military training division's daily training, the swordsmen of the Ming Dynasty who entered Xuanfu Town, and a small number of Mongolians from the new affiliated camp.

Originally, Li Guangheng wanted to transfer cavalry and infantry from each battalion, but the generals of each battalion were all croaking. After the expansion of the army, the supply of the first-class troops under the battalion was already in short supply, and they still had to be transferred to the cavalry battalion?

After arguing and negotiating, in the end, they transferred troops from Shen Shiqi's Loyalty Battalion, because his battalion was basically filled with former generals, and their riding skills were outstanding.

Of course, Shen Shiqi also croaked, but the old soldiers selected from all walks of life in Xuanfu Town continued to enter the Loyalty Camp, which made his yelling a little quieter, but thinking about these people, most of them will still be selected in the future. Inside the Jingbian army's battalions, he couldn't help feeling: "This is the nurse's life."

The second battalion of the cavalry, the left battalion is the horse lance cavalry, the right battalion is the saber cavalry, all excellent horses, and the rest are the first-class battalions of each army. Although everyone is equipped with horses, the Jingbian army has expanded its army, and the surplus horses are tense. Get up, it's good to have horses, but don't even think about war horses.

Wang Dou gave the first-class battalions of each army, those cavalry infantry, a resounding title: "Feathered cavalry."

However, these genuine knights still feel superior to those "feather cavalry".

Seeing those cavalrymen charging forward with overwhelming momentum, Li Guangheng said proudly: "General, I am not a braggart. If you look around Daming, there is no cavalry that can compare with my Zuoying. Even if the Tartars dismount and fight in formation, my soldiers from the left battalion can break through them!"

When Li Guangheng spoke, the rest of the generals looked at those knights enviously and jealously.

Hearing this, Gao Shiyin curled his lips: "In what year did you still use cavalry to break through the formation? In our Jingbian army, the artillery is the sharpest, and it is safe to bombard it from a distance. Even if you use firecrackers to bombard it, it will open the hole." , wouldn’t it be good for the cavalry to charge up later?”

"Yes."

Zhao Xuan was also drooling looking at the horses of those knights. Although everyone in his artillery battalion was equipped with horses, except for the officers, they all rode mules and horses. He said, "How precious are Lieutenant Li's cavalry? It's not a good thing to lose one, so let's follow behind."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Guangheng laughed loudly: "I understand, you are jealous."

He was in a very happy mood. When he joined the Shun Township Army, he never imagined that he would have so many sturdy knights.

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The next day, Wang Dou and others inspected the artillery training ground.

The artillery training site is on the southeast side of the teaching field. The terrain of this area is complex, with plains, mountains, and hills.A few li away from the site in the southeast is the newly established Zhencheng Artillery Foundry, which is not very far from the Jiajiaying Military Factory, except for the artillery factory in Yongning City, which is the second artillery factory of the Jingbian Army.

In the Battle of Liaodong, the Tartars used heavy artillery weighing more than ten catties, which shocked all the generals of the Jingbian Army. Therefore, after returning to the East Road, the discussion of casting heavy artillery was put on Wang Dou's desk.

For the Jingbian army, artillery is an important factor for their outstanding combat power. They often blast the enemy to a rout from a long distance. In the shortest time, the most shells hit the enemy's head. Inside, everything is under control.

However, in the Battle of Liaodong, they suffered from heavy artillery strikes from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Although these Han Banners were all destroyed, who knows if there will be such an enemy again?Even if it is to prevent problems before they happen, this heavy artillery must be cast.

Otherwise, if such a strong enemy came out again, wouldn't they be beaten in formation?This does not conform to the Jingbian army's style of bullying opponents with violent firepower.

Zhencheng Cannon Factory mainly casts Hongyi heavy cannons and mortars.

The Cannon Factory in Yongning City casts small and medium-sized Hongyi cannons weighing three to five catties, and has also begun to cast Flang machine guns, Baizi guns, etc.

"Tom, tom."

Amidst the muffled sound of the guns, the twenty mortar guns with ten-jin guns spewed out a large puff of thick smoke, and then the poisonous smoke bombs flew out of the muzzles and headed for the target.

Everyone was watching, and saw twenty cannons, some of them exploded in mid-air, and some continued to fly, but very few of them actually hit, far inferior to the Hongyi cannons in the current army .

Slow play and low hit rate, this is the current situation of mortars.

After all, curved shells involve complex mathematical calculations, and fuzes are especially a problem.

Seeing everyone's expressions, especially Wang Dou's, Zhao Xuan quickly said: "General, the fuze has been improved after being developed by the military factory. The military ranks have improved a lot, and with time, they can be even higher."

He was always full of enthusiasm for new weapons, and he also had great expectations for mortars. Fearing that Wang Dou would be dissatisfied, he reduced the research and casting of mortars, and quickly explained.

Wang Dou nodded and said: "Like the self-generating blunderbuss, although the mortar has various disadvantages, it is obvious that it will definitely become a great weapon in the artillery camp in the future."

Zhao Xuan felt relieved, and said happily: "The general is wise, this mortar is really good, the general feels that it should be equipped with more."

After the expansion of the army, his artillery battalion has also expanded a lot, and professional guards have been set up, but there is no division into the left and right battalions, it is still a large battalion, and the more artillery there is in the battalion.

Because of the iron mold method, cannons can be cast in four seasons. Since April 14 in Chongzhen, a lot of cannons have been cast in the Cannon Factory, especially the Zhencheng Cannon Factory. At present, Wang Dou has 140 Hongyi cannons. There are five heavy guns weighing more than ten catties, and thirty mortar guns.

But for the time being, there are only [-] Hongyi cannons and [-] mortars in the equipment battalion, and the rest are used as stocks, and the five heavy artillery are not equipped.

Collect some Folang machine guns in Xuanfu Town, add the original Flang machine guns in the battalion, fifty general Frang machine guns, and one hundred medium and small Frang machine guns to equip the battalion.

In addition, in addition to self-made, they also found ways to obtain Franc machine guns from various places.

After all, there are not many Hongyi cannons in various places in Ming Dynasty, but there are many Frang machine guns. From Jiajing three years to now, after the first batch of Frang machines were successfully imitated by Daming, there are no fewer than ten thousand Frang machine guns cast. , Sometimes a border town castle has as many as hundreds of gates.

Therefore, Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion was very large, with fierce firepower.

Originally, it was planned that all armies and battalions should be equipped with some artillery, but Zhao Xuan insisted on the centralized use of artillery. He believed that all armies and battalions should be equipped with artillery, which would greatly share the power of artillery fire. Although there are certain advantages, However, the harm outweighs the benefit, and the gain outweighs the gain.

The rest of the generals, of course, hoped that their army would be equipped with artillery. They had a month-long argument with Zhao Xuan. Finally, Wang Dou remembered that Napoleon, Wellington, and Grand Duke Charles had all tried to ration some artillery directly in history. Regiment, or even units below the regiment.

However, because this method has too much freedom, it is very unfavorable to concentrate artillery firepower, so it was finally changed back to the original state.

The advantage of the traverser is that you can learn from it and avoid detours. The Hongyi cannons and Flang machines currently used in the army are still powerful after all. If they are not used intensively, it is difficult to reflect the power of the artillery. In the end, Wang Dou agreed Zhao Xuan's proposal was accepted.

The compromise is that depending on the situation, if a certain army or a certain battalion is going on an expedition, or the battlefield situation, the artillery battalion will send one or a whole artillery support, with a special guard inside. In this way, the artillery can be concentrated and flexible Taking care of the situation of each army is widely accepted by all generals.

"That's right. If the mortar fuze can be solved, it can be equipped in large quantities in the army. At present, our Jingbian army has more than 100 Hongyi cannons, which are still few. We need to make a lot of them. Two hundred, three hundred, five hundred, In the end, the artillery battalion must have a thousand pieces of artillery!"

What Wang Dou said made all the generals burst into pride.

Looking at the training scene where the swords were clashing and the people were screaming, Wen Fangliang said vigorously: "Rule the army with righteousness, line up in a dignified formation, all people are one, and the firepower is explosive. There is no army in the world. They are the opponents of our Jingbian army!"

"Even if the opponent is a famous general in the world, I will be a mediocre general. However, with the strength of our soldiers, we will be invincible long ago."

"Famous general?"

Gao Shiyin shouted: "I'm fighting a famous general!"

He shouted: "Back then when we were fighting against the bandits, Liu Fangliang was a famous general who broke into the camp. He was besieged by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he was defeated by Lao Tzu!"

"Soldiers are not strong, what's the point of being strong?"

Everyone laughed.

Wang Dou also nodded with a smile. To be honest, although the outside world paid great attention to the Jingbian Army and often commented on the strengths and weaknesses of the generals of the Jingbian Army, Wang Dou knew that there were no earth-shattering talents under his command. posture.

However, standardization, institutionalization, and powerful firepower are enough to crush all opponents and sweep away all famous historical players.

"This is my real capital, my real strength!"

Looking at the fiery training situation, Wang Dou was fascinated, he already had enough capital, but where should he go in the future?
Everyone is like this, the state of mind changes with the change of ability and environment, no one is born a hero, Cao Mengde, the original wish was just to be a small official, and spend his whole life traveling with friends.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's initial wish was to have a full meal so that his brothers and family members would not starve to death.

In the beginning, I was also struggling to survive, and it was unimaginable for me to come to this point.

"Sometimes, I always have regrets in my heart. I miss my parents, wife and daughter in future generations, and I miss that simple and honest big dog..."

"Sometimes, I also envy the Wang Dou in my memory, that kind of heartless, no pressure, no worries and burdens..."

"Sometimes, I also miss the life of Jingbiandun and Jingbianbao..."

However, Wang Dou knew that he could not turn back.

(End of this chapter)