It took Han Wantao 3 days to finally learn to ride a horse and ride his own tall horse. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoNow in the entire Yulin Bay, as long as you hear the sound of horses' hooves, no one knows that this is the head of Han galloping on the prancing horse again.

Han Wantao grabbed the reins and stopped in front of the 30 cavalrymen. The war horse under the crotch was spinning in place, and Han Wantao wanted to speak several times, but he was always turned away from the soldier by the horse. Han Wantao had no choice but to jump off the horse, but he suddenly failed to stand firm and fell to the ground.

The cavalrymen wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. The sergeant of the cavalry platoon hurriedly came over to help Han Wantao, who was heavy. Han Wantao didn't care, just scolded: "This guy is really difficult to tame." ”

Han Wantao threw the reins to the sergeant on the side, brushed the horsewhip in his hand, and looked at the 30 people in front of him with satisfaction.

The cavalry platoon was finally formed, and the 30 cavalrymen wore 12 catties of half-body armor on their upper bodies, with 3 catties of iron helmets designed by Shen Daxing on their heads, and long riding boots that reached their knees under their feet. Each was armed with a saber, which was heavier than the anti-65 cavalry sword, and had an infantry rifle and 2 hand-held guns on horseback.

Shen Daxing and Ye Sunquan made this infantry rifle with a total length of 1.1 meters, which is shorter than the current flintlock pistol, with a range of up to 70 meters and a weight of 8 catties, which is still a little heavier. According to the characteristics of cavalry melee combat, Han Wantao asked Shen Daxing to create a hand system suitable for cavalry, which is said to be a hand system, but it is larger and heavier than the hand system. The length reached half a meter, and the most important thing is that this gun shoots scattered bullets, and the range is about the same as that of the hand, only more than 20 meters, but when a shot is released, the strike radius can reach more than a meter.

"Cavalry platoon!" Han Wantao shouted.

"Yes!" The 30 cavalrymen stood upright, and the heels of their riding boots made a neat clashing sound.

"Take a break." Han Wantao likes to listen to this kind of voice very much, this should be the elite of the Yulin Army.

"This is Mr. Andreas, the instructor I got for you." Han Wantao pointed to a Westerner next to him and said.

The cavalry platoon was formed, but the Military Commission consulted the entire crossing group and found that no one knew cavalry, including Han Wantao himself, who couldn't even ride a horse. Wang Hua has begun to look for people who can go to military academies to be instructors among Western prisoners of war, which reminds Han Wantao that this era is the era when Europe transitions from cold weapons to firearms, and the cavalry in Europe has also undergone some changes. Han Wantao personally went to Tiandu Mine to inquire about Western prisoners of war one by one, and really asked him to find one.

This Andreas was a German, a descendant of a Teutonic knight, who served as a mercenary cavalryman, was captured in battle, and was later sold to the San Marino as a sailor. The daily work in the Tiandu mine had already made him tired, and Han Wantao's inquiry made Andreas think that the time had come for him to get out of the sea of suffering, and he couldn't wait to agree to all of Han Wantao's requests, as long as he could leave this mine that did not see the light of day.

"Soldiers." Andreas said in stiff Chinese, a few months of prisoner of war life, Andreas learned Chinese with all his heart, because in his opinion, if you want to get out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible, you must pass the language, "I was a cavalryman when I was in Europe, and I also fought on the battlefield." As a cavalryman, equestrianism is the most important thing, and I have heard that your enemies are all skilled equestrians, so if you want to defeat them in the future, you must outperform them in equestrianism. ”

On the issue of cavalry training, Han Wantao and Andreas had a discussion. Han Wantao had nothing to hide from this German, and clearly told him that the cavalry of the Yulin Army would not be very large, and it would not be used as a charging force in the future, but would only be used to pursue the enemy's defeated troops. Therefore, it was impossible for a large cavalry group to charge, and the cavalry had already been issued with infantry rifles and hand commanders, so that long weapons were not needed, let alone the cavalry spears of Western European plate knights like small trees.

Andreas repeatedly considered Han Wantao's words, and finally decided to focus his cavalry training on equestrianism, especially being able to shoot on horseback. And Han Wantao added another one to him, asking the cavalry to be able to change ammunition on horseback, at least to be able to change ammunition by hand. This request stumped Andreas, who changed ammunition on the back of a bumpy horse, and Andreas felt that this problem seemed to have to turn to God Almighty.

Although Han Wantao is not a cavalryman and does not know how to ride a horse, he still has a little understanding of the history of cavalry knives. The real cavalry knife usage is neither to chop nor to chop, but to stick an arm far away, placing the knife horizontally, the rider only needs to control the direction of the horse, use the speed of the horse, hit the knife on the enemy, and use the knife to slide and cut the enemy's body.

This is also the reason why the knives of some horseback peoples such as Turkic Mongolia are scimitars, and even bend to a great extent, just like the full moon, which is called the full moon scimitar. This kind of knife is not easy to chop at all, so the main use is to use the arc of the scimitar to produce a smooth drag when hitting the enemy's body, thus causing serious damage to the enemy's body. This method is especially useful for killing and injuring infantry, especially for infantry who are scattering and fleeing, turning their backs towards the enemy.

In modern times, the West has produced the bayonet sword, which can reach a long distance and kill the enemy earlier. This can be said to be a variant of the cavalry spear, but there is a limit to the enemies that the straight sword can deal with, and if it is against cavalry, it is obviously more advantageous to kill and injure the opponent first. Then there is the fact that the enemy is not armoured, especially for the modern cuirassiers, the scimitar is basically harmless to cut on it. So, here the advantage of the straight sword comes out. But the problem with a straight sword is that it hurts the wrist, so with a straight sword, the wrist must be straight, otherwise it will inevitably hurt.

In later generations, taking into account the straightness of the two is not very straight, and the saber that is not too curved appeared, which not only takes into account the drag and damage of the scimitar, but also can stab, although the effect is not as good as the original, but it takes into account the advantages of both.

However, Han Wantao used the role of cavalry to chase down defeated soldiers, so the bayonet sword and the cavalry knife of later generations were not so applicable. Regarding the question raised by someone in the Military Commission about what to do if the cavalry needs to play the role of scouts in the future and go out to reconnoitre, Han Wantao replied nonchalantly: "We have guns. ”

"Soldiers, draw your sabers." Andreas was the first to draw his saber. This cavalry knife created by Shen Daxing did not use the appearance of the Type 65 cavalry knife, but directly applied the Cossack scimitar.

The 30 cavalrymen drew their swords one after another, and the cavalry of the Yulin Army were very strange about this kind of knife. This is neither like the sword used by the Han Chinese, nor like the single knife issued by the infantry today, and the strangest thing is that this knife is not sharpened. Some people have secretly tried, but they can't stab or cut, I really don't know why Commander Han chose this knife as a cavalry knife.

"You." Pointing to a corporal, Andreas asked, "Now suppose you are on a horse and there is an enemy in front of you, what would you do?" ”

"Report sir." The corporal replied, "I'll chase him and cut off his head with a knife." ”

"Is that how you cut it?" Andreas raised his knife and made a slashing motion.

"Report sir, yes."

"Corporal." Andreas smiled, "You're already wounded. ”

"Why?" The corporal was very strange about the words of this Hongyi man, and even the commander forgot to call him.

"Remember, you guys, I'm going to teach you the first lesson now." Andreas stretched out his right arm flat, and the blade of the saber in his hand rushed out, "On the horse, you don't need to make any movements, you just need to flatten this saber like this, and your war horse will help you do anything." ”

"Andreas, go ahead." Han Wantao stopped Andreas and said, "If you have any questions, you can go directly to me, and the training of the cavalry platoon will be all handed over to you." ”

"Yes, Honorable Sir." Andreas also learned to salute the Yulin Army.

Han Wantao pulled the saddle, worked hard, turned over on the horse, clamped his legs, and ran into the distance.

Han Wantao returned to the Military Commission, but saw Zhang Guodong and several people gathered together to watch something.

"What are you looking at, what's new?" Han Wantao asked while taking off the armor on his body, "This thing is heavy enough, this Shen Daxing can't make it light." ”

"Head Han, you are saying bad things about me behind your back." As soon as Han Wantao raised his head, he didn't notice just now that Shen Daxing was also in the crowd.

"Wan Tao, it's just right to come back, come, take a look at this." Zhang Guodong said and handed over a three-edged thorn-like thing.

"Bayonets?" Han Wantao took it and recognized at a glance that this was the bayonet he had been looking forward to for many days, "Shen Daxing, okay, I really let you get it." ”

"It's not difficult." Shen Daxing replied, "In the past, if there was not enough coal, steel production would not work, so I didn't care about this." ”

"Is it okay now?"

"No problem." Shen Daxing pointed to a few bayonets on the table, "As long as you finalize it, it can be mass-produced immediately." ”

After the Ming Chamber of Commerce established the rules, it was indeed very effective, and the contradictions between the Ming Dynasty and the Annan people were reduced a lot. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mu Suid recruited a group of Vietnamese miners and hired several Vietnamese ships to start transporting coal to Yulin Bay in turns. With Vietnamese coal, the output of iron smelting plants has also begun to gradually increase.

Shen Daxing imitated several well-known bayonets such as the Type 56 ** and the Japanese Type 30 in later generations to create several samples, and together they were taken to the Military Commission for Zhang Guodong and others to choose.

After Han Wantao glanced at the samples on the table one by one, he picked up the three-edged thorn again: "I suggest using this, we have now canceled the spearmen, if we start hand-to-hand combat, it will be very disadvantageous to use only a single knife, which was shown in the Battle of Annam." Therefore, our bayonet is for assassination, and does not need any other functions, which is simple and practical, and the lethality is the best. ”

"But isn't it too monotonous to have an assassination function alone?" Zeng Guangxian asked, "If you don't have a knife on the battlefield, some things are not easy to do." ”

"It's easy." Han Wantao said nonchalantly, "Equip the soldier with a dagger, so that in terms of load, not only does it not increase, but decreases a little, with daggers and bayonets, there is no need for a single knife, that thing is a chicken rib." ”

The bayonets were finalized, and the Military Commission asked Shen Daxing's arsenal to make 2,000 bayonets and daggers as soon as possible, and equip them with the Annan dispatch army first. Subsequently, Han Wantao gave Shen Daxing another task to build some sapper shovels. In his summary of the Annan campaign to the Military Commission, Xu Lang mentioned the engineer shovel, because the tools of the pioneer regiment used by Ye Zhan when they were digging the pit were messy and everything, which reminded Jiang Beiming of the benefits of the engineer shovel, so he asked Xu Lang to mention it in the report, so that the arsenal could get some samples first, and whether it was equipment or not would be discussed later.

Xu Lang returned to Yulin Bay. The training camp of the new army in Annam is coming to an end, and Zheng Jie is now about 2 or 3 days to ask Ruan Qi when he will be able to march south. Xu Lang came back this time to make a report to the committee on the situation in Vietnam and to seek the committee's opinion on whether the Prianggo operation could begin.

After Xu Lang finished reporting to the committee, he went to find Sun Tianhao, because Zhao Zhiruo had looked for him and said that Yao Chun wanted to come back with him. Xu Lang was worried that this Ming girl would climb out of the cargo hold again, so he asked Zhao Zhiruo to tell Yao Chun that he would definitely bring Sun Tianhao's reply back to her this time.

"Tianhao, what the hell do you think?" Xu Lang sat in Sun Tianhao's office, sipping tea and asking, "Don't you feel it at all?" ”

"Brother Xu." Sun Tianhao didn't answer Xu Lang's question, "Let me ask you a question first, do you say that people love someone to be happy, or are they loved by someone to be happy." ”