The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 419
No wonder Tang Ruowang said that.You must know that bayonets did not become popular until a hundred years later. At present, there are at most bayonets in Europe that are inserted into the barrel, which is very troublesome to use.

And now, except for the Ming army, there is no line tactics of the flintlock infantry in the world. Everyone must have great distrust of using bayonets to deal with cavalry.

Gao Xiang still wanted to argue, but Qiao Weili didn't give him a chance at all, and started the next topic, "Also, you guys use one-ounce muskets! How can this be used?!"

One ounce is a little less than six coins. In order to resonate with Tang Ruowang, Qiao Weili specially used the European unit.

Tang Ruowang and Kolotov almost nodded together, "That's right, two-ounce muskets are the mainstream on the battlefield."

"One ounce of gun is only enough for hunting."

After Gao Xiang heard the translation, he quickly waved his hands and said, "At the beginning, General Ke of my family also had eleven-dollar blunderbusses, but it didn't take advantage of the Ming army's [-] blunderbuss..."

"That's because your soldiers are too poor," Qiao Weili interrupted him proudly, "heavy muskets have incomparable advantages over medium and light muskets. Do you want to overthrow the conclusions of countless military geniuses after one defeat?"

Tang Ruowang and the Rakshasa nodded at the same time.At present, the infantry weapons of European countries have almost been dominated by Spanish heavy muskets. It is simply common sense that "heavy is best to use".

In fact, they have all entered a misunderstanding.In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, heavy muskets were generally equipped in Europe for a reason.

Europe is sparsely populated, but it has a huge amount of iron ore.This led to a very high rate of their soldiers wearing armor, especially the plate armored cavalry, which has always been a high-ranking trump card. The firecrackers do not have a caliber of about ten dollars, and it is difficult to kill them within fifty steps.

If two European armies were at war, the side equipped with medium and light muskets would probably not be able to completely kill the enemy's heavy cavalry.Then once the opponent's heavy cavalry breaks into one's own army, it will easily cause the entire army to be defeated.Therefore, for Europeans, effective penetration of plate armor is a requirement that muskets must meet, for which all other indicators can be given up.

As a result, Spanish heavy muskets weighing twenty catties became popular in Europe.

In fact, if there is no factor of heavy plate armor, the cumbersome eleven-dollar gun is no match for the six-dollar gun that weighs only ten catties, because the latter has advantages in terms of soldier movement speed, convenient operation, flexibility, and rate of fire. Absolute advantage.

This is why in the middle and late eighteenth century, after the heavy cavalry gradually withdrew from the stage of history, all European countries began to use one-ounce muskets.

As a latecomer, Zhu Linming naturally knew that because China's iron ore contains a lot of impurities and has little reserves, there are almost no troops armed with heavy plate armor, and medium caliber is the most suitable.Therefore, he chose Liuqian as the standard caliber of the Dragon Guard's guns from the very beginning.

But because of the traitor Wang Yingshi, he had to find a way to disrupt Jianlu's thinking about developing weapons. Replacing medium-sized firecrackers with heavy-duty firecrackers that were not suitable for the East was an important part.

Seeing that his opinion was supported by the majority of people, Qiao Weili asked Tang Ruowang worriedly, "John, how many guns are made per ounce now?"

John is Tang Ruowang's real name, and his full name is John Adam Scharfon Baier.

"There are more than 1 pieces, and more than [-] pieces are being made by artisans in the Northern and Southern Beijing Armament Bureaus."

"It's a good thing I happened to be here to see you." Qiao Weili gave Gao Xiang another look, "Otherwise the army of the Qing Dynasty would be destroyed by this guy.

"But it's not too late, let the craftsmen modify the two-ounce guns, and replace the one-ounce guns that have been issued to the soldiers as much as possible."

When he said this, Cai Shiying on the side couldn't sit still—more than 1 guns!How much would it cost to do it all over again?When the higher-ups pursued the responsibility, the first unlucky person was himself, the person in charge.

He squinted at Gao Xiang and said, "General Gao, what do you think?"

The latter was taken aback by what a few barbarians said, and after thinking about it, he felt that what they said was indeed reasonable. At this time, he began to wonder if it was really because of Ke Yongsheng's weak soldiers that he lost to the Ming army , "This, maybe..."

Wang Yingshi hurriedly helped him out of the siege, cupped his hands and said, "Sir, if you change to a ten-dollar blunderbuss, the whole weight may exceed twenty catties, how can you lift it up and use the muzzle of the blunderbuss to fend off the enemy?"

"What kind of muzzle dagger?" Qiao Weili waved his hand and said, "That's just a way of cutting corners and materials that the Ministry of Industry of the Southerners came up with to spare money."

He began to "fool" Cai Shiying to give up the "bayonet" skill point, "Just a little dagger hanging on the muzzle, can it be as solid as a spear?
"The best way is to use two-ounce muskets instead, and give each soldier a spear. The cost can be much lower."

What he said sounds right, but in fact it is simply talking on paper.

The biggest advantage of using a gun with a bayonet is convenience. The gunner can fire the gun all the time without worrying about other things.

But if it is a firecracker and a spear is added separately, the gunner has to estimate the distance between the two sides at any time.Once the enemy approaches, they need to carry the firecrackers on their backs first, and then take off the spears to face the enemy. Although the whole process only takes a dozen or 20 seconds, it will cause confusion in the entire formation.

In addition, the speed of each person's movements is different, and it takes at least 1 minute to fight with the spear again.And if the enemy doesn't charge up at this time, then you have to switch back to the firecracker again... After the bayonet was invented, almost all musketeers no longer had to be equipped with other cold weapons alone.

Kolotov continued loudly: "What kind of spear do we use? The soldiers of our Luocha country all use axes! When shooting, the ax handle is inserted into the ground, and the musket is placed on the fork of the axe. The ax is the musket support. In close combat Swinging an ax is far more powerful than a spear!"

Qiao Weili thought that this person was also sent by the assistant king, otherwise how could he cooperate so much?With an ax?Regardless of the cost, the soldiers of the Qing army would suffer endlessly from the weight alone.

In fact, this is what the Russian musketeers of this era did, and Kolotov was just telling the truth.However, the Russians are relatively burly, so they don't care about the weight of the axe, but if more than ten catties are pressed on the Jianzhou soldiers, the effect will be completely different.

Qiao Weili nodded hastily, "Yes, using an ax is also good."

Seeing that Cai Shiying was still frowning and hesitating, he immediately resorted to the trump card taught by His Royal Highness, "You will know which one is better and which one is worse. I would like to ask Mr. Cai to find a few hundred soldiers and fight according to the orders of me and General Gao." Speaking of equipment, let's see who is more powerful."

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