The Ming army is still red, so the Ming army sergeants are wearing fat jackets, its system: "long knee-length, narrow sleeves, cotton inside", the color is red, so it is also called "red fat jacket". When the battle is about to go, the border soldiers will wear iron armor again.

And the knights of the Ming army mostly wore plackets in order to ride horses. Combat skulls are mostly made of copper and iron, and rarely leather. The armor worn by the generals is also made of copper and iron, and the shape of the armor is mostly the "mountain" pattern, which is made precisely and worn lightly. The soldiers wore chain mail, and below the waist, they also wore iron mesh skirts and net pants, and their feet wore iron mesh boots.

Liu Juntao kept recalling his memory of the armor of the Ming army in his mind, considering the actual situation of Yushanji now, for Liu Juntao, the best armor is not the strongest and gorgeous, but the most economical and practical.

Therefore, Liu Juntao finally abandoned heavy armor such as chain mail and mountain armor, and chose to arm the guards with iron cotton armor and armor jackets, in addition to iron masks, iron helmets, arm guards, iron gloves, iron mesh boots, iron mesh skirts and other accessories.

As for the style of the armor, Liu Juntao refers to the armor of the Ming Army's Shenji Battalion, which is all placket style.

Of course, in order to get closer to the regular Ming army, the iron armor of the Yushan Guards will definitely be red, and the Yushan Guards will also be a "Red Army" at that time.

After making a decision, Liu Juntao drew the style of iron armor and cotton armor, and then came to the war bureau.

At this time, there was a lot of noise in the war bureau, and Zhang Baigui was busy with nearly two hundred craftsmen under his command.

Liu Juntao pulled Zhang Baigui to the sweltering iron furnace, then took out the armor style he had drawn, and said, "Master Zhang, the armor of the escort team should still be built according to this style!" ”

Zhang Baigui looked at it, and then said with a smile: "Okay! This style is good! It's a lot easier than building heavy armor! ”

After speaking, Zhang Baigui took Liu Juntao to the reception room of the War Bureau and said: "Juntao, this iron-inlaid cotton armor is easier to build, there is no need to attach a small iron piece inside, only a large piece of iron can be inlaid in the cotton, which saves labor, effort and time." This kind of cotton armor practice is recorded in the book: cotton nails are seven catties of cotton, sewn with cloth such as a jacket, the arms are over the shoulders five inches, the lower length covers the knees, and the thick line is straight line by row. Sew tightly into the water, soak it up, spread it on the ground, and knock it with a hammer to not swell to the degree. Dried and harvested, the rain is not heavy, the mold is inexhaustible, and the firearm can not be seriously injured. Then use the stainless steel produced by our war bureau to make a large piece of steel inlaid in it, such a cotton armor must be full of protection! ”

"Besides, this armor, I have seen the armor of the official army, there are two kinds, divided into iron and cloth. Iron armor can be mountain armor or fish scales and other armor pieces. Strictly speaking, the cloth armor is not considered armor, but only a coat, which is in the nature of a military uniform. ”

Zhang Baigui said here and looked at the pattern drawn by Liu Juntao, and said with a smile: "I see that the armor style painted by Juntao is not the same as the iron armor equipped by the official army, it should be similar to the style of the two-gear armor, which is directly shaped with two large steel pieces, and then divided into front armor and rear armor, connected by leather ropes, which can be described as excellent!" ”

"As for the rest of the accessories such as iron masks, arm guards, iron gloves, iron mesh boots, and iron mesh skirts, these are easy to say, and there is no difficulty, at most it takes some effort."

"Also, the iron helmet painted by Jun Tao is not a common style for officers and soldiers, right?"

"Haha, Master Zhang has good eyesight, this is the eight-petal hat iron tip helmet equipped by the Beijing camp. This kind of iron helmet has a wider outer edge, and it is more effective at resisting bows and arrows than iron helmets such as phoenix wing helmets. Sergeants use this kind of helmet in combat, and in close combat, the sword and shield hands of each team can protect the enemy's close fire, and can also protect the head well. ”

Zhang Baigui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he sighed secretly in his heart: "Jun Tao is still well-informed, and he even knows the style of the iron helmet of the elite equipment of the Beijing camp!" ”

And Liu Juntao listened to Zhang Baigui's words, and his heart was also overjoyed, it seems that during this period of time, Zhang Baigui has put all his mind on the research and development of iron armor, and now he can be said to be an armor expert!

So, Liu Juntao said: "Master Zhang, now that the iron armor style of the escort team has been decided, what are the difficulties in the military battle?" ”

Zhang Baigui couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said: "There must be difficulties, and the main difficulties now are two points!" ”

"Which two?"

"First: it is the problem of building steel armor, it is not easy to directly create two large pieces of steel, which not only requires exquisite craftsmanship of craftsmen, but also requires great energy to form at one time, otherwise there will be scrap."

"Second: it is the problem of output, although there are nearly 200 craftsmen in our military battle bureau now, there are only more than 30 people who can be transferred to make armor! Even if each person creates three pairs of armor per month, they can only produce a hundred pairs of armor in a month, and this is still counting cotton armor and armor! ”

Liu Juntao was a little deflated when he heard this, not counting the newly recruited young men and prisoners who were about to be reorganized, there were nearly 3,000 people, even if the 2,700 or 800 people of the Yushan Guards wanted to put on all the armor, it would take more than two years to put on their armor!

"But do I have two years?"

In fact, even if Liu Juntao is willing to wait for two years, unless the Yushan Guards will not be expanded within these two years, the output of the Military War Bureau will never be able to catch up with the speed of the expansion of the Guards!

"It seems that only by taking your time!"

At this time, Liu Juntao began to consider the development of punch presses, if the future war bureau can "use machinery to produce machinery", then the output of various armaments will increase rapidly.

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao said: "Master Zhang, it doesn't matter if the output is low, just produce slowly, and the output of the War Bureau will go up in the future." As for the problem of manpower, we can only continue to recruit in various places. ”

Zhang Baigui also nodded and said, "That's all it can be." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Baigui thought of something again, and said: "By the way, Juntao, I feel that the number of armor created by the military battle bureau is not much, and it is estimated that in the future, it can only be prioritized for generals at all levels." And you, I'll personally build a pair of armor for you! ”

Liu Juntao also nodded and said, "Haha, good!" In addition, all armor should be red and look majestic! ”

It's not that Liu Juntao doesn't care about the safety of the lives of the young and strong ordinary escorts, but in the battle, the life and death of the generals often play a crucial role, and they must be protected first.

At this time, Liu Juntao and Zhang Baigui discussed the matter of armor, and Liu Juntao led the topic to the research and development of the bowl.

In fact, for the fire gun, Liu Juntao can completely rely on his own insight and knowledge to draw the "artifacts" such as the bird gun, the thunderbolt gun, and the Miru gun in the late Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, at this time, the level of craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty was actually similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty, and even because it was the reason for governing the world, it was more advanced in some aspects.

However, for the craftsmen of the War Bureau, who have never built firearms, it is difficult for them to directly make "artifacts" such as bird guns, thunderbolts, and Miru guns, after all, these craftsmen do not have such experience and technology.

Therefore, Liu Juntao still decided to start with the imitation of the bowl mouth gun, and let the craftsmen of the War Bureau practice their hands first, and accumulate experience.

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Master Zhang, it's been a while since that bowl was handed over to the War Bureau, how is it?" Has the War Bureau studied it thoroughly now? ”

Zhang Baigui said in a deep voice: "I was about to tell you about this matter, the imitation of the bowl of mouthballs has progressed, but there is a problem that needs to be solved!" ”