Before the British army plagued Ireland, Van Goray withdrew with his men because Marin abandoned the Tara lead-zinc mine. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, they withdrew early, otherwise, they would have been discovered by the British troops who went to the countryside to sweep up.

It's just that the remaining 70,000 or so British semi-fine wool sheep of Earl Edward are pitied. They were all captured by the British and made into dried mutton......

It is certain that after this war, Earl Edward once again lost his self-reliance, and had to rely on the help of France, Scotland and Marin.

It's just that after hearing that the British army had killed all those semi-fine wool sheep, Marin was so distressed that he didn't want it. He spent a huge price to get 10,000 ewes from Edward, but the more than 70,000 British semi-fine wool sheep that produced high-grade wool were actually made into jerky by the British army, which was really wasteful......

Van Golei and a group of his men made a great circle from the north by boat before returning from the North Sea. Fortunately, the British fleet blockading the northern end of the Irish Sea had not yet arrived. Otherwise, Van Goghet and others would have been blocked by the British fleet.

Van Gorey sent people to monitor the Battle of Dublin for a long time, and brought back a lot of information. For example, the British army and Edward's defenders were in a stalemate. Moreover, the British army most likely took advantage of the rainy weather to attack. In this way, Count Edward's 2000 arquebusiers lost their advantage. You must know that the arquebus and medicine pool of the arquebus are open and are greatly affected by the weather. In rainy weather, it really became a burning stick.

This incident gave Marin a great shock, and he understood that arquebuses could only bully and bully the enemy on a sunny day. If it was raining, the musketeers would have become a burden.

Ma Lin didn't dare to imagine that if it was a rainy day, would the Marin phalanx, which he was proud of, be chopped and chopped vegetables?

So, Marin decided to make a change......

Thinking about it, Marin felt that in the case of the flintlock pistol, the clockwork lighter was the best choice. As a result, Marin decided to expand the number of black-shirted knights who exclusively used clockwork muskets.

Anyway, the blackshirt knight doesn't need years of training, he just knows how to shoot with a clockwork musket on a horse.

The most important thing is that in the case of the loss of arquebusiers, the greatest threat to the Marin phalanx are the plate knights and plate infantry.

The main thing was the infantrymen who wore cuirass and the first three rows of half-body plates with iron helmets. Those infantry were elite and good at close combat.

But neither the Plate Knights nor the Half-Plate Elite Heavy Infantry were no match for the muskets. Marin's plan was to take advantage of the fact that the clockwork musket was not afraid of rainy weather, and use the black-shirted knights, who specialized in striking the opponent's plate knights and half-body plate hoplites. At the same time, it also hits the morale of the opponent. After all, the death or injury of the elite will inevitably affect the morale of the whole army.

However, with only those 800 black-shirted knights, the firepower seems to be a little insufficient. So, Marin decided to expand the number of black-shirted knights to 2,000.

After the war against Denmark, Marin now has almost 5,800 horses, including the 1,000 Don hippos imported from Crimea. However, the number of cavalry was only 2,600, including Sauer's 800 scout cavalry, 1,000 lancers, and 800 black-shirted knights. In addition, there were about 1,000 horses, which belonged to officers of all ranks and nobles. Therefore, there are still 2,200 war horses, which are idle.

It just so happened that Marin decided to take out 1,200 of them and add 1,200 black-shirted knights. The black-shirted knights are very easy to choose, and they are selected directly from the infantry musketeers. Of course, when choosing, you must choose someone who can ride a horse and ride well.

Infantry musketeers already have the foundation to shoot with muskets, and with the ability to ride horses, it is relatively easy to train them to become black-shirted knights.

Although it is said that riding and shooting are much more difficult than standing and shooting. However, the blackshirt knights have summed up a set of experience in shooting right away. For example, when the war horse is galloping and the horse's hooves hit the ground, this time is the most bumpy. Shooting at this point, it is easy to deviate from the target. But the moment the war horse jumps, it is not bumpy. If you are good enough to ride, you will be able to take advantage of this moment and fire at the enemy line. Not to mention how accurate it can hit, at least it won't hit the, but it can shoot out smoothly and shoot bullets into the enemy position. As for which unlucky guy will hit, it's up to heaven......

Of course, it's not just the novice black-shirted knights who have to adapt to riding and shooting, but also the horses that have to adapt to the sound of guns. Therefore, for a long time in the future, the recruits of the black-shirted knights will generally practice aiming their guns in front of them on their horses. When you are fine, you should use your mouth to simulate the sound of gunfire to scare and scare the warhorse. Wait until the war horse adapts, and then test it with real gunfire. Only when the horses are fully accustomed to the sound of the guns can they be pulled out to fight. If you really can't stand the fright of the gunshots, you can only eliminate them.

However, Marin also prepared earmuffs for the horses to reduce the impact of gunfire. After all, 2,000 people rode and shot together, and the gunfire was very loud. Wearing earmuffs, although not completely soundproofed, can also reduce the degree of impact on the warhorse.

In addition, there is the issue of the supply of guns. You know, the difficulty of producing a clockwork musket is very different from that of an arquebus. Among them, the difficulty lies mainly in the production of springs. That one requires a high-level craftsman and takes a long time to make a good one.

Fortunately, when the clockwork muskets for the 800 people were produced before, the watchmakers from Italy created a lot of spare clockwork. There are about 2,000 sets, which can make 2,000 clockwork muskets. However, the standard equipment of a black-shirted knight is 5 clockwork muskets. That is, there is a shortage of 4000 sets of gun clockwork.

There are only twenty or thirty seasoned craftsmen who are good at making clockwork, and each experienced craftsman can only create a qualified gun clockwork in three or four days......

However, this is not the case, and when Marin goes to the watch workshop to find out the situation, Anthony, the head of the watch workshop, tells Marin that their scrap rate is now very low. Unlike before, to create a qualified steel mainspring, you have to scrap several. This is also the reason why it takes a watchmaker several days to make a good steel spring.

However, since the successful development of spring steel, the watch workshop introduced the spring steel used to make shock-absorbing carriage springs to make the mainspring, and found that the yield was several times higher. Now, build a few clocksprings before you scrap one.

What's more, the hundreds of apprentices they brought with them were also brought out. Even if the apprentices make a gun spring, as long as spring steel is used, they can make an average of one gun spring every day. And thirty masters, on average, can make two gun clocksprings a day. In this way, the production efficiency of gun springs has been greatly improved. The 4,000 guns that Marin needed could be built in less than a month.

Marin was very happy to hear the good news. The power of the material is really powerful, and a spring steel can actually increase the yield of the clockwork several times, which is really powerful.

So, Marin instructed the musket workshop to build the body of 6,000 carbines, triggers, springs and other materials. Then, with the gun spring loaded and the flint stick attached, a carbine with a clockwork for the black-shirted knight was formed.

The clockwork musket is not afraid of wind and rain, and can shoot freely on rainy days. As for the problem of loading ammunition on rainy days, Marin planned to arrange a group of rain-proof carriages to accompany him, and arranged for some young people who were relatively quick to load ammunition to sit in the carriages and wait for loading.

On a rainy day, once the black-shirted knight had finished the ammunition for the five clockwork carbines, he would come to the convoy behind the infantry phalanx, hand all five carbines into the carriage window, and wait for the loader in the carriage to help them reload and load the clockwork under the conditions of shelter from the rain. Once reloaded, it was handed to the Blackshirt Knight through the carriage window. The black-shirted knights then charged and fired 5 more times, inflicting damage and damage on the enemy.

2,000 black-shirted knights, firing 5 times in one round, shooting a total of 10,000 rounds, the damage brought is definitely considerable. On the scale of today's war in Europe, the blow to the opponent is very deadly.

In order to train the 1,200 new Blackshirt Knights, Marin decided to call back Steindorff, the former commander of the Blackshirts who had served as an adjutant to Stader in Rome, and let him train the recruits of the Blackshirts. After all, he's a veteran, and he's got a lot of talent......