The sleeve bayonet probably appeared at the end of the 17th century and was invented and popularized by the French. Although there were classical bayonets that inserted a broken spear into the barrel of a gun to stab, it was not very practical and it was difficult to pull back once the spearhead penetrated the enemy's body. Because, when it was pulled back, the broken spear and the barrel were separated.

As soon as this happens, the musketeers lose the ability to fight back and give the enemy heads. So, although the rudiments of bayonets with a broken spear inserted into the barrel appeared in the 16th century, their practicality was poor.

It was not until 1703 that French Marshal Vauban popularized the sleeve bayonet with clips in the French army, and the bayonet really had a full-fledged combat capability.

In the Battle of the Bayerbach River that year, the French army charged with bayonets and routed the Prussian army, which had just been promoted to a kingdom at that time.

In the past, Marin had always used the bayonet as a secret technology and refused to release it. But then Marin figured out that the bayonet was a good technique, but in this era, bayonet technology was not that important.

Because, in this era, the spearmen have not yet withdrawn from the stage of history, and they are still the main force of the armies of various countries. There were spearmen, and the role of the bayonet was actually very small.

The reason why the bayonet shined at the end of the 17th century and the 18th century was mainly due to the fact that at that time the spearmen had already withdrawn from the stage of history. Without the suppression of the spear, the musketeers armed with bayonets were naturally much more ferocious than the opposing musketeers without bayonets.

Therefore, many of them regard the bayonet as a magic weapon to win, which is actually wrong. Here, of course, refers to Europe where spearmen were popular.

And if you travel back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the bayonet is really useful. Because, in the Ming and Qing armies, there were fewer long weapons, and there were many swords and muskets.

When it comes to swords and muskets, the musketeers with bayonets are indeed more advantageous. Why? A musket with a bayonet is naturally longer than a sword. The so-called "one inch long and one inch strong", coupled with the fact that the thorn is more lethal than the slash, is naturally infinitely powerful. As for facing the arquebusiers of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was even more dominant. After all, an arquebus that doesn't have time to reload is a burning stick.

In the battle of Zhenjiang fought by the British army in the Raven War, the flag soldiers guarding Zhenjiang mainly used waist knives. This thing is very common in pigtail play, and it is also light and beautiful. However, this thing is more than enough to suppress the common people, and to use it on the battlefield is to find death.

Even if you have practiced swordsmanship, you will still have to drink hatred in the face of your opponent's bayonets. After all, the battlefield isn't a heads-up, and you can use your waist knife to slash away from a gun, but you can't fend off other gunshots coming from the side.

Of course, there were spearmen in the Qing army. However, the spears used by the Qing army were not as long as the European spears, and the spearmen in the Qing army belonged to out-and-out cannon fodder soldiers, who were purely making up numbers and waving flags. Therefore, those spearmen of the Qing army obviously had an advantage in weapons, but because the people who used them were not good, they could not beat the bayonets of the British soldiers.

And those elite flag soldiers who have martial arts in their bodies, because they like to use waist knives that look tall, and their martial arts are also wasted. As Napoleon said - "Two Mamluk cavalry can definitely defeat three French cavalry, a hundred French cavalry and a hundred Mamluk cavalry are evenly matched, but three hundred French cavalry can defeat three hundred Mamluk cavalry, and 1,000 French cavalry can always defeat 1,500 Mamluk cavalry". The weapons were restrained, even if Hailing's banner courage was a rare elite of that era, it was difficult to resist the bayonet array of the British army.

Of course, it's not that Hailing's Qiyong all use waist knives, they also use arquebuses. But the arquebus was even worse, because the Qing army's arquebus did not have bayonets, and when the British army charged with bayonets, they could only be beaten. And those who have melee ability are brave but use waist knives (no way, Qing army officers and elites love to use waist knives, and waist knives are also a symbol of status in the Qing army).

The Ming army was similar, because the Ming Dynasty steel smelting was very developed, and the supply of steel was extremely sufficient. Therefore, the supply of swords and swords in the Ming army was also sufficient. For example, the embroidered spring knife of Jinyiwei and the Yanling knife of the Ming army system are already very popular and famous.

Therefore, the bayonet could indeed make a difference in the Ming and Qing dynasties. This is caused by the characteristics of the times, but if you take a bayonet to the early Tang Dynasty? The Mo Knife Formation can definitely kill the bayonet array in seconds...... Without him, people are longer than you......

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That is, the sleeve bayonet came out in this era, and there was nothing particularly powerful. After all, when it comes to fighting, the bayonet array can't fight the spear array.

But the bayonet does not mean that it is useless, at least, with the bayonet, the musketeer has the ability to fight back. Unlike in the past, when there was no time to reload ammunition, musketeers without bayonets were fish to be slaughtered.

With the sleeve bayonet attached, the musketeer became a class that could act alone, rather than necessarily needing the protection of a spearman.

As for the problem of not being able to fight the spearman, as long as he is not brainless, he will not let the musketeer fight with the opponent's spearman......

The correct way to open it should be - see that the opponent is a spearman, and shoot the opponent from a distance. Seeing that the other party was a musketeer, he mounted his bayonet and charged......

In short, there is no trick on the battlefield that is eaten all over the world, and adapting measures to local conditions is the king.

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But no matter what, the sleeve bayonet that Marin took out still amazed everyone......

The bayonet on the sleeve bayonet is very simple, as long as there is a protruding clip near the muzzle, and there is a gap at the bottom of the sleeve bayonet. When the bayonet is attached, the gap at the bottom of the bayonet is inserted along the clip, and then twisted, the clip is just stuck in the bend of the gap, and the bayonet is tightly stuck on the muzzle. In this way, the bayonet cannot be dropped and can be used for fighting with confidence.

It is different from the bayonet of later generations, because in this era an iron bar was inserted under the barrel to facilitate ammunition loading. Therefore, in order not to affect the withdrawal and insertion of the iron bar, the sleeve bayonet, after being fixed, was hung not under the muzzle, but on the side of the muzzle. This will not affect the musketeer to draw the iron bar to reload.

Moreover, such a bayonet is really a spear stab. In order to prevent soldiers from cutting their hands with bayonets when loading ammunition at gunpoint. As a result, sleeve bayonets in the early years tended to have no blades. At least, there was no blade near the muzzle. In this way, it is possible to prevent the soldier from accidentally cutting his hand while loading ammunition.

Only the front part of the bayonet, far from the muzzle, is sharpened. Musketeers fight with people with bayonets, and also rely on the edge and tip of the knife at the front end to fight with people, and wound or even kill the enemy......

And as a traverser, Marin naturally knows how to kill enemies more efficiently. Therefore, the sleeve bayonet of the Beihai Kingdom has a deep blood groove. As soon as the enemy is stabbed with a bayonet, blood gushes out of the blood groove. Then, the enemy who was stabbed soon bled and soon died of blood loss...... In fact, the three-edged bayonets of later generations were almost on this principle. But the three-edged bayonet caused trouble, so Marlin simplified it and only opened two deep blood grooves on both sides of the ordinary bayonet......