Wu Zheng snorted, pointed at Song An and said to Chi Erhan: "Listen, listen, this is what it is like to be a subordinate." Your kid has been in Yanzhou for a few months, and you dare to disobey your young master? ”

"No, no. How is that possible? Chi Erhan hurriedly denied it.

Wu Zheng snorted coldly: "When that kid surnamed Lu came at me, what were you doing in the back?" Want to see your young master's jokes? ”

Chi Erhan hurriedly explained: "Young master, don't be angry, there is actually a reason. ”

"What is the reason?"

"This ...... It's a bet...... Lost. Chi Er dared to support him.

Song An chuckled: "When the young master was napping just now, Chi Erhan wanted to stand up, so he chose this tallest and strongest body, and he didn't want to ...... Hehe, a kick on the iron plate. ”

Chi Erhan glared at Song An angrily.

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "Dare to be affectionate, but being established by others?" ”

At this time, Wu Zheng and Song An laughed, and Chi Erhan's face turned black.

Finally waiting for Wu Zheng and Song An to restrain their smiles, Chi Erhan said: "It's just that the strength is greater, and I haven't tried the knife and gun yet, besides, didn't the young master also say that in the future battlefield, relying on great strength, it won't work." ”

Wu Zhengzheng said: "Great strength, it is still useful, after all, with the current firing and loading speed of the musket, it is not enough to completely control the battlefield, hand-to-hand combat and charge, and it will exist for hundreds of years in the future." ”

Chi Erhan said: "That's it, why doesn't the young master practice the strength of soldiers, fighting, shooting, and loading?" In just thirty days, it will pass in a blink of an eye, and I am afraid that I will not be able to win against Fang Guoan. ”

Wu Zheng said: "In this bet, I don't care about winning or losing, I only care about training methods. You have been leading the troops for four years and have fought a lot of battles, but you can really lead the combat experience of musketeers, and Xiao Anzi has had it in Shaoxing Mansion. But it was a battle against the Qing sabers, guns and crossbowmen, and in the future, we will face the same musketeers fighting, how should we fight then? ”

These words are indeed Wu Zheng's heart, although the flintlock pistol at this time is indeed more advanced than the arquebus, whether it is the range, rate of fire, or accuracy, it is indeed not the same as the firearm of the Shenji Battalion, but there is one thing in common, that is, breech loading.

The problem with breech loading is that all soldiers cannot crawl on the ground to reload as later generations, but can only reload while standing, which is also the origin of the so-called "queue to shoot" in the European theater.

It's not that people are stupid, but there is no way, who can do it, lie on the ground and fill a one-meter-five-six-long musket with gunpowder and projectiles?

Even if the reload is finished, I'm afraid the enemy will be killed in front of you.

But in any case, flintlock pistols were enough to replace swords, shields, pikes, and crossbowmen, except for cavalry.

Therefore, Wu Zheng must decide the tactics of the musketeers, otherwise, even if the musketeers are formed, they will not be able to give full play to the combat power that the musketeers should have.

After reading Qi Jiguang's military book, combined with the battle example of Qi Jin's death, Wu Zheng had doubts about the tactics of the three-stage attack.

At that time, the loading interval after the arquebus was fired took about one to two minutes, because at that time it was necessary to fill the gunpowder with the horns, tamp the projectile with the whole strip, and then install the arquebus, and then ignite, aim, and shoot, and then because the amount of gunpowder filled by each person could not be grasped, it was often more or less, resulting in the firing flickering and flickering, and at the same time, due to the quality of the cast barrel, it was necessary to clean up the residue in the barrel after basically two or three shots.

And the shooting steps of the current flintlock pistol are very simple, the projectile is preloaded, a strip of oiled paper packet, when used, directly tear it with your teeth, pour it into the barrel, and then tamp the projectile, pick up the gun and fire, this speed is extremely fast, Wu Zheng tried it himself, it only took ten or so seconds, I believe that after proficiency, it should not be a problem to reach eight or nine seconds.

The barrel also reached the point where it needed to be cleaned only after more than ten shots.

Therefore, the three-stage strike is no longer appropriate, its biggest role is to shorten the firing interval and form a continuous output of firepower, but today's muskets no longer need to use this method to maintain firepower.

At the same time, the biggest drawback caused by the three-stage strike method is that the firepower is weakened, and the 30 people are divided into three shots, how can the firepower be compared with the simultaneous shooting of 30 people?

Chi Erhan listened to Wu Zheng's words and asked, "Then if you practice standing posture like this, can you really achieve the purpose of soldiers obeying and prohibiting orders?" ”

Wu Zheng said: "It should be possible, I'm not sure." ”

Chi Erhan and Song An looked at each other.

Wu Zheng said: "Whether it can or not, at least it will not affect the overall situation, you might as well use a dead horse as a live horse doctor, at least Fang Guoan is also training, even if I fail this training, it will not affect the training of 30,000 people." Besides, the recruits have been training for three months, and Fang Guoan has already trained in physical strength, basic shooting, etc., so why should I continue to fry cold drinks? ”

This is true, so that Chi Erhan and Song An nodded yes.

Wu Zheng said: "Five days, just five days, I must ensure that ninety percent of the forty-eight people stand up to my requirements, and after five days, practice shooting accurately." Ten days of accurate shooting practice, and the remaining half a month, practice combat tactics. ”

Chi Erhan's eyes lit up, "What kind of tactics does the young master plan to practice?" ”

Wu Zheng said suddenly: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll know it then...... Go to sleep, and don't leave it to me. ”

Ji Erhan and Song An reluctantly left.

Wu Zheng fell into deep thought.

He didn't lie, he really didn't decide what tactics to use.

Musket tactics, Europe is using the "line up to shoot" tactics, both sides are using this kind of strategy, there is no advanced and backward to say, victory depends on who has a long range and high firepower, and who can hit accurately has become secondary.

But this method always feels that something is missing in Wu Zheng.

Flipping through Qi Jiguang's military book and seeing his establishment of the grassroots level of the army, Wu Zheng's heart moved.

Qi Jiguang's squad is still in line with the long, medium and near output, and it is almost the same as the infantry squad of later generations.

But obviously, there is no need for spears and wolf stalks.

Because the musket of 1.4 meters, plus the bayonet, has a total length of nearly 1.8 meters, it can barely be used as a spear.

It is then equipped with two dedicated throwers to throw grenades, which can also take into account the fire output at medium range.

But Wu Zheng was in a dilemma as to whether the shield soldiers, especially the shield soldiers, were needed.

At present, the effective range of the musket is about 150 paces (about 220 meters), and the limit is about 2500 paces, and the charge at this distance is about 20 to 30 seconds, that is, under normal circumstances, it is enough to reload twice and three salvos.

Then, after three rounds, you need to enter the fight.

Musketeers have no armor, and melee combat is obviously the most disadvantageous, so how to effectively protect the soldiers?

Wu Zheng looked at it and thought about it, but he couldn't decide whether to equip it with shield soldiers or not.