The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 103 Armored Chariot
It's a pity that with the current technology and craftsmanship of the Huang family, it is impossible to produce stainless steel. Otherwise, the armor will be stronger and tougher, and the weight and thickness only need [-]% of ordinary steel plates to be enough.

In the future, the Huang family's personnel carriers will build some rain-proof shelters that can be assembled and disassembled flexibly, so that soldiers don't have to suffer in the wind and rain when encountering wind and rain.

The three chariots were an immature idea of ​​Huang Sheng's. He planned to let the four-wheeled carriage lead the horse in the back. This meant pushing the cart instead of pulling it.

In the Ming Dynasty, horses were never seen pushing carts, but in later generations Huang Sheng saw tricycles pushed and pedaled.

In my hometown, the tricycles always have the compartments at the back, and everyone thinks that this should be taken for granted. Later, when I went to the north, I found that many tricycles had compartments at the front. Huang Sheng thought that although this was less flexible, it was more reasonable, because the owner Always be able to see your goods.

Huang Sheng summoned craftsmen and coachmen and told them his design concept.

He plans to design these three chariots so that they can push and charge directly into the enemy's formation, and pull the solid mobile fortress that can be quickly transferred, so that they don't need to consider preventing shelling, but only need to consider the power of the direct fire of Jiannu infantry. .

There is another requirement that cannot be ignored, that is, flame retardant. In case Jiannu uses fire to attack, the company cannot be burned.

Nine brackets are designed at the front and back of the carriage to allow the flexible aiming of the flintlock rifle. The two musketeers carry a gun with them, and all eleven guns are loaded before contacting the enemy. Theoretically, they can shoot eleven times in a row. .

In addition to the five guns that have been scrapped, the Huang family now has exactly thirty well-maintained flintlock guns that can be fired at any time, which are enough to equip the three armored chariots.

Now only myself, Huang Dongshan, and Gu Shanhe are qualified flintlock rifle shooters, and each of them brings four loaders to use a chariot. When the troops retreat, they are not afraid of Jiannu cavalry biting their own tails and causing soldiers casualties.

Because the range of the flintlock is more than double that of the enemy's bow and arrow, its power should not be underestimated. Bullets are different from bows and arrows. Jiannu can't see them at all, so it is difficult to block them with weapons, and the effect of leather shields is not good.

It would be a joke for Jiannu cavalry to pursue with iron shields. It would be difficult to keep balance on horseback with such weight, so how could they gallop wildly?
Heavy cavalry is used for charging, and light cavalry is the best unit for chasing the enemy.

I and Huang Dongshan can shoot and kill the Jiannu cavalry who are chasing close while running away. As long as the opponents are not hundreds or thousands, it is not certain who will chase who in the end. wonderful!
Zhao Shimin, Gu San and the skilled craftsmen listened to the request and promised that the troop carrier would be completed in five days, and the three chariots could be used in eight days.

They are full of confidence. The cars are semi-finished products. The shock absorbers, wheels, and girders are all qualified products that have passed performance tests. What adults require is firmness and no decoration.

It is too easy to prevent slaves from building bows and arrows. It is enough to cover the iron sheet with wooden boards. The rocket will not burn for a while when it is shot on the iron sheet. The family has processed it again and bought too much ready-made wood from the self-conscious Huadao Dockyard. Just choose the right size to start and you will be done. .

The landing assault force had 36 heavy infantry pikemen and 18 cavalry, which happened to be 54 people in a standard general banner of the Ming army.In addition, Xiong Zhaogui and his six servants brought Gu Shanhe, Huang Dongshan, twelve loaders, and sixteen coachmen equipped with helmets, visors, and breastplates.

The attack force was unprecedented, reaching 92 people, close to a hundred of the Ming army.

A small position is preset at the landing point. There are 28 four-pound guns on board and 32 gunners are always ready, and [-] guns are ready for [-] sailors to control and wait to shoot at any time.

Such firepower is enough to provide long-range strike force to the fighters who retreated back to the pier and prepared to board the boat to escape.

Simple fortifications were built on the periphery of the small position to prevent Jiannu horses from galloping. Sixty Lumi gun shooters used the fortifications as a cover and used the traditional three-stage attack of the Ming Dynasty to continue shooting sporadic Jiannu who broke through the firepower net and trap area to ensure that the soldiers boarded safely. The boat, and then everyone took turns to cover all boarded the boat and sailed to the sea.

Huang Sheng thinks that as long as such an arrangement does not provoke Jiannu's thousands of troops to come galloping, it is entirely possible for everyone to sneak away. The premise is that the chasing troops should not exceed one hundred. If there are too many enemies, the casualties of your team may be It is inevitable.

Among the sixty Lumi gun shooters, there were too many pretending to be numbers, and they were all student soldiers, so they should not be of much use. Huang Sheng deliberately took them through the war and let them learn how to fight from the battle.

Huangjiashan Island held a pre-war mobilization meeting, and both veterans and recruits looked forward to the coming of the battle.

Huang Sheng once again boosted morale and told the one hundred trackers and student soldiers that this time he will choose 50 people to follow him to kill Jiannu, survival of the fittest, let's fight for it!
Immediately after the meeting, a hundred Lumi guns were distributed, and the loaders from Huangjiashan Island instructed them to load and shoot. Half of the children with outstanding grades were selected to take away when they set off.

Teenagers are just the age of impulsiveness and the age with the strongest ability to accept. Since they recognized the patriarch and took root in the Huang family, they not only live comfortably, but also have full confidence in their future.

While training them, the Black Tigers often told these children the story of the Patriarch leading them to fight.

He also told the teenagers that being a servant in the Huang family would lead to promotion and fortune, and several of the servants who came to the Huang family first had already become officials.

People who are full of hope for the future are of course full of motivation. These young trackers who have worked hard every day in the past have practiced sleeplessly and forgot to eat and sleep in order to get the chance to choose one of the two.

Huang Sheng is going to go to Gaizhou coast to reconnaissance. He is too bad, he knows that Jiannu was raided twice, it should be all the grass and trees, and there should be secret sentries along the coast spying on the movement of Ming army warships at sea.

He brought four warships and four horse boats. This thick-skinned Master Huang unceremoniously corrupted the property of the Ming army, and named the two warships "Golden State" and "Fuzhou". '.

Guan Zhi was appointed as the captain of the "Jinzhou", Yan Bixin was the captain of the "Fuzhou", and Shi Zhong was appointed as the chief dispatcher of the horse boat.

Huang's fleet came to the coastal waters of Gaizhou, Huang Sheng arranged a meeting for everyone to arrange reconnaissance missions, Huang Dongshan took the "Golden State" and a horse boat to cruise in places that Jiannu could find in the coastal waters [-] nautical miles south of Gaizhou.

If the guns and cannons are within reach, you can give them a few shots. Use binoculars to observe the terrain, record the number and movements of the Jiannu garrison troops, and if possible, measure the water level at the landing point to observe clearly The road conditions ashore.

The same is true when Gu Shanhe took the 'Fuzhou' to the south of Gaizhou [-] nautical miles, and Huang Mingdao took the 'Gaizhou' to the north to perform the same task near [-] nautical miles.

Let them not be afraid to scare the snake, and strive to kill a few Jian slaves who are watching by the sea, but no one is allowed to go ashore to pick up the head, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded.

(End of this chapter)