Wanli 1592

Chapter 334 Firearms Maniac Xiao Ruxun

Today, the elephant soldiers have changed from ancient war giants to chicken ribs. Ten years ago, Deng Zilong once defeated the elephant soldiers. He still used hand-to-hand combat and set up an ambush to defeat the elephant soldiers. He can do A firearms maniac like Xiao Ruxun wouldn't admit it.

In Xiao Ruxun's consciousness, if one cannon can't solve it, then two cans, if a hundred can't solve it, then two hundred cannons, he has more than 700 cannons, and three coastal provinces provide him with enough explosive ammunition, and he still has more than [-] cannons. Afraid that the elephant soldiers will fail?

However, he had never had close contact with elephant soldiers, nor did his soldiers, so he felt that if he really met elephant soldiers, it would be better to look at the combat mode of elephant soldiers first, and see how Narisuan's elephant soldiers fought against each other. The elephant soldiers in Mangyingli are fighting each other. He is really interested in this point. It would be very boring if the elephant soldiers were covered with firearms as soon as they came up.

Narexuan absolutely did not know and had never seen how Xiao Ruxun used hundreds of cannons to send the Japanese army into the sky. The big artillery tactics and large firearm formations he admired could only be formed by his troops in this era. And the absolute superiority of firepower strikes the enemy from both psychological and physical aspects, bringing the enemy to the brink of collapse, and then uses hand-to-hand troops to harvest heads.

This tactic of winning purely based on the intensity of firepower and the tenacity of the army is the only means of victory in the age of matchlock guns, and European tactics are nothing more than this. Through training, the proficiency of the gunners is improved, and the toughness of the troops is found to increase, and then Try every means to innovate technology, as for the innovation of tactics, such as positional warfare and trenches, the current muskets have not reached that level at all.

However, it takes a long time for new technology to emerge and replace the old technology itself, just like the flintlock gun appeared in Europe more than 40 years ago, but until now, there are still many armies and generals who refuse to use the flintlock gun. Guns could not be installed in the European army, matchlock guns were still popular, and long matchlocks were still a must-have for the army.

The cost is high, the skill is difficult, and it cannot be mass-produced easily. Generals and soldiers who have just become proficient in matchlock tactics are resisting flintlock guns. When the blunderbuss, bowl, mouth, and other firearms of the previous generation were equipped, they were opposed by some generals of the Liaodong Army, the Nine Frontier Army, and the Navy. They all believed that the three-eyed blunderbuss was easier to use, while the arquebus was too difficult to use. Not to mention, the border crossing is very windy, and it is easy to squint.

To put it bluntly, I am lazy, I am unwilling to train, I am just trying to get by, and I don’t want to get better.

Xiao Ruxun didn't have a good solution for a while, but he knew that changing technology was much easier than changing people, so he set up a blacksmith camp, called the blacksmith camp, but it was just a means of deception, in fact it was his own. A private research institute, using his knowledge and the experience of old blacksmiths, to find a way to make flintlock guns more sophisticated than Europe.

King Narisuan didn't know that Xiao Ruxun had made so many ideas, and he was actually not willing to tell Xiao Ruxun the weakness of the elephant soldiers, because the elephant soldiers were also the strength he relied on, and he would have more headaches if he didn't have the deterrent power of the elephant soldiers. Elephant soldiers have been eliminated by mainstream society.

"That is to say, if Mang Yingli sends out elephant soldiers to attack our army, the king will also send out elephant soldiers to fight against them? To ensure the situation of our army?"

Narisuan nodded: "That's right, that's right. Although the words of the elephant soldiers can be handed over to Xiao Wang and the army under his command, Xiao Wang has some experience in fighting elephant soldiers and will not be at a disadvantage. As for their Musketeers, admiral, to tell you the truth, Mangyingli’s musketeer team was formed earlier than Xiao Wang’s musketeer team. Xiao Wang’s musketeer team was established only a few years ago, but Mangyingli’s musketeer team has dozens of years. Years of record, the number is quite large, and the fighting power is strong. Xiao Wang has Francobots under his command, and they also have some Francopters under his command."

Xiao Ruxun feigned displeasure and frowned: "These Francines really can't be offended anywhere! Bendu also has an army of Francines brought from Macau, about 200 people. Bendu went to Macau When they took the initiative to follow the governor to conquer the Quartet, wouldn't they be afraid to kill their compatriots?"

"They don't care." King Narexuan smiled indifferently and said, "These Frangji Red Maoyi only care about money. As long as you give them enough money, they can sell you their wives and children, let alone their own money." The musketeers in his hand, Xiao Wang bought the first batch of firearms from them, and then deployed them into the army, recruited a group of musketeers from the Franc Robots for training, and was able to fight against the musketeers in Mangyingli. The Maoyi were merciless when they beat up their compatriots, and there were rewards in Mangying, which rewarded as much as they killed a Frangji, so they worked harder."

"It's simply insane! You can do this for money, isn't it a shameless person who has no king, no father, and no shame?"

Xiao Ruxun reprimanded pretending to be displeased.

King Narisuan laughed and said: "They are so shameless, just for money, that's the best. As long as you know what they are for, then give them and use them. These years, there are more and more red-haired barbarians. , everyone is quite shameless, as long as they have money, they can talk about anything, it is better to recruit them to fight, and they don’t feel bad if they die, but the money paid to them is enough for Xiao Wang to form a musketeer team of more than a thousand people."

The number of Spanish musketeers under King Naresuan seems to be small, mixed with Portuguese, French and Dutch, the number seems to be more than 500, and they can fight alone, plus a thousand Japanese ronin Yu Ren, these 500 people are high-end combat forces under his command, elite troops, generally not used very much, if they are moved, it means a hard battle.

Then Xiao Ruxun and King Narexuan discussed the marching route and the date of dispatching troops, as well as the key points of the two armies' coordinated operations, etc. Xiao Ruxun took into account the lack of coordination between the two armies, so he adopted the same treatment method as the North Korean army and fought separately. , the two armies set their own cities and strongholds to attack, command separately, and do not belong to each other, but the military operations between each other must communicate with each other, and the heads of both sides must be informed of the actions of the two sides at the first time, and they cannot be blind March forward, so as not to be broken by Mang Yingli one by one.

King Narisuan was not dissatisfied with such a strategy. He was also a little worried that Xiao Ruxun wanted the command of his army, which made him a little worried, but Xiao Ruxun didn't want it, so he was very happy. It seems that it is difficult to take care of each other between them. For example, if the Ming army encounters a surprise attack by an elephant army, he doesn't know how to help.

Such a thing is very dangerous on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)