In early April, Li Zhi's boring machine had been built for three months, and the craftsmen had produced more than 6,000 new guns. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Zhi's 4,000 recruits are already equipped with a Mini rifle and are shooting targets every day.

After several months of shooting training, most of the recruits were able to hit a humanoid target at a distance of 200 meters, and on average, they could hit the target eight or nine times out of 10 shots. After a few more months of training, it is estimated that the soldiers will be able to hit the target again and again.

Li Zhi now had 8,000 soldiers, armed with mini rifles, and far more effective than other infantry of the era. To say that it can be conservatively estimated by one enemy and two is to say that it is the Qing army that has been fighting for a long time. If the opponent is a rogue bandit, Li Zhi's infantry can defeat three with one, or even four with one.

Li Zhi's artillery unit was also powerful, Li Zhi used copper core technology to transform the artillery of this era, and at the same time installed bearings on the gun carriage, which greatly improved the mobility of the field six-pounder gun. Li Zhi used iron molds to cast cannons, and the scrap rate was very low, and he could cast a cannon in a few days. The troops were equipped with a large number of artillery pieces and their firepower was very fierce.

However, Li Zhi's troops still had shortcomings -- the cavalry was not good.

Li Zhi has not organized regular cavalry until now, and some soldiers have war horses, but they are only mounted infantry, and they still have to dismount and shoot with rifles when they really fight. There was not a single cavalry in Li Zhi's troops who really fought immediately.

Even the thief's Tang Horse has a much stronger impact than Li Zhi's mounted infantry.

Without cavalry, the army had no shock and was completely dependent on infantry and artillery fire. And there was no cavalry to protect the flanks, and the riflemen were in danger of being attacked by the cavalry swarm at any time. If the flanks are crushed by the enemy's cavalry, the entire battle formation will shake or even collapse.

Not to mention a pursuit battle that requires cavalry power. An army without cavalry could not pursue and kill deserters, and a victory could only be a small victory, and a rout would be a big defeat, which was very dangerous.

Moreover, the cavalry can also play the role of scouts, spying on enemy intelligence. If there is no cavalry that can fight against the enemy, there will be no scouts who can be freely retracted, and you will be blind on the battlefield. Although Li Zhi's telescope allows Li Zhi to see the situation from several miles away, Li Zhi is completely unaware of the situation from a distance.

In order to adapt to future battles, Li Zhi urgently needed to build a strong cavalry team.

Li Zhi's troops originally had more than 2,000 war horses and pack horses: 700 war horses and 1,600 pack horses. After defeating Yanguli, Li Zhi captured 1,100 horses on the battlefield, and now Li Zhi has a total of 1,800 horses.

Using these horses, Li Zhi decided to set up three cavalry battalions, totaling 1,500 cavalry troops. The soldiers of the cavalry used veterans of the Selective Regiment who had been in battle for a long time.

These veterans are not only soldiers who have seen blood, but they have all practiced martial arts for two years, and their sword fighting skills are the strongest among Li Zhijun. Moreover, these veterans are equipped with military horses captured in previous battles, and they are skilled in riding. The cavalry wanted to fight in a sudden formation, and Li Zhi could only choose them.

Li Xing is now the head of the Xuanfeng Regiment, and when he heard that Li Zhi was going to turn the 1,500 soldiers under his command into cavalry, Li Xing was a little stunned.

"Big brother, I can't fight hand-to-hand cavalry!"

Li Zhi smiled and said: "Hand-to-hand combat is the last resort, I equip your cavalry with handcuffs, and after fighting rifles and handguns, the enemy will have collapsed long ago." ”

Of course, Li Zhi would not let these cavalry casually rush up and fight the enemy hand-to-hand, and these cavalry were still armed with Mini rifles. When the cavalry is close to the enemy, they can open fire, and only after a round of bullets can they mount their horses and engage in battle.

Moreover, Li Zhi also had to equip this cavalry team with handcuffs, so that they could shoot again when they rushed to the enemy twenty meters. After two shots, if the enemy has not collapsed, rush up to hand-to-hand combat. It is believed that such a tactic will be enough for the soldiers of the Elective Regiment to defeat the same number, or even more than their own number of enemy cavalry.

The handcuff can be said to be the pistol of later generations. In hand-to-hand combat, the agility of a pistol is enough to determine the outcome of the battle.

Having made up his mind, Li Zhi began to make handcuffs and drew drawings of the handcuffs he designed.

The handcuff designed by Li Zhi is also a Mini flintlock pistol. Although this kind of gun is generally fired at a distance of more than ten meters, it may also be an emergency shot at a distance of 20 meters or 30 meters, and sometimes a certain accuracy is required, and the Mini bullet can provide a much higher hit accuracy than a round projectile. Moreover, the Mini bullet has good airtightness, and the power is greater than that of the round bullet with air leakage, and the armor-piercing ability is stronger.

In the end, because Li Zhi's soldiers were used to using Mini rifles, it would be a little uncomfortable to suddenly use a smoothbore gun on a pistol. And Li Zhi's 200-meter gun craftsmen have 200 special rifling broaching machines, and the cost of rifling is not high, so of course they choose rifled handguns.

Although the pistols of later generations were also short-range weapons, they were also rifled guns.

The handcuff designed by Li Zhi is 35 centimeters long and weighs 3 catties, and it is also ignited with a flintlock.

During the battle, the cavalry first loaded the handcuff with gunpowder, ignition powder and bullets, wrapped the bullets in cotton cloth and stuffed them into the chamber to prevent the bullets and gunpowder from falling out of the gun, and then inserted the handcuff into the leather bag of the handcuff on the waist. When encountering an enemy soldier at close range during the battle, he takes out the handcuff from his leather bag and shoots it directly.

The cost of a handcuff is only five taels, and gunsmiths can build one in seven days. By the end of April, Li Zhi had already received 1,500 handcuffs and equipped them with 1,500 cavalrymen of the Xuan Feng Regiment equipped with war horses.

On the second day of the fifth month, the weather was already very hot, and everyone changed into light summer clothes. Li Zhi took a few officers to the training ground to watch the cavalry of the Xuan Feng Regiment demonstrate the handcuff charge.

Fifteen soldiers lined up in three rows and shot the scarecrow two hundred meters away. Only crackling gunshots were heard, and fifteen scarecrows were punched out of their bodies. The soldiers of the 15 Selective Regiments have been enlisted in the army for more than two years and have trained thousands of rounds to shoot targets, and all 15 shots have hit the target at this time.

After firing their rifles, the soldiers climbed on their horses and charged towards the scarecrow in front. Rushing to a distance of twenty meters, the cavalrymen drew their handcuffs from their waists and fired at close range. The scarecrow is hit by a handcuff, and another field of grass clippings flies.

After shooting, the soldiers inserted their handcuffs into the pouches and pulled out their waist knives. They swept past the scarecrow and slashed at the scarecrow's body.

After training, the cavalry killed the scarecrow three times with rifles, handcuffs, and swords.

Seeing the combat effect of the handcuffs, several officers were very excited and talked around Li Zhi.

"Big brother, your handcuff is really powerful, you have to knock down a large piece at close range!"

Zheng Kaicheng said: "My lord, this handcuff has an excellent effect, which is equivalent to giving the soldier another chance to shoot." ”

Li Laosi pondered and said, "Owner, if this handcuff can equip the infantry, it can also increase the number of shots of the infantry. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said: "The infantry equipment handcuffs are also good, but now the output of the musket workshop is limited, and it will take a few months to get one per person." ”

When Zhong Feng heard that Li Zhi intended to equip the infantry with handcuffs, he laughed and said, "My lord, you must give each infantry a handcuff, I can't wait!" ”

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