156. Arming the Korean Navy Division (2nd Watch)
Yi Sunsin was excited, and Admiral Xiao's determination to fight was so firm, so the restoration of Korea was imminent, and there was no need to worry about the Pusan Wakos. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He also suffered a big loss from the Busan Waseong, and knew how powerful the Waseong was, so he didn't dare to attack the port of Busan easily.
When passing by the Ming army camp, Li Sunchen suddenly saw the terrible artillery of the Ming army's artillery camp, and was stunned: "Admiral, then, is that a fire gun?" ”
Xiao Ruxun looked at the artillery battalion's cannons and nodded: "Yes, that's the car cannon I ordered people to transform with the Franco machine gun, it is fast, has strong firepower, and can climb mountains, and can defeat the Japanese so quickly, these cannons are very successful, what's wrong?" ”
"Fur Machine? Be...... Is it a new type of firearm developed by the Celestial Empire? Dare to ask what is the range? How powerful? ”
Faced with Li Sunsin's question, Xiao Ruxun was stunned for a moment, and then figured out Li Sunsin's question.
At this moment, North Korea, which is basically in the Middle Ages, is extremely backward in terms of firearms, and their light and heavy firearms are still in the Ming Hongwu Yongle period, the short firearms with the copper bowl mouth, as well as the slender small firearms, compared to artillery, it may be better to call it with a jet, the jet distance is short, and the power is not great.
It can only be said that the Japanese only had iron cannons to use in naval battles, and Yi Sunsin's weapons and equipment can be said to be half a catty, mainly because of Yi Sunsin's personal ability and the superiority of the Korean naval division's warships that made the previous naval battle victory.
Compared with the Ming Army's naval divisions, both the Japanese Navy Division and the North Korean Navy Division are at the level of children, and the mainstream firearms equipped by the Ming Army's naval divisions are all artillery, and the Ming Army ships have a large draft tonnage and can carry artillery with strong recoil.
Similarly, the Korean naval division, which is in the same vein as the Ming army's naval division, has the ability to carry artillery, while the Japanese naval division is far from being able to do it, their ships have a shallow draft, small tonnage, and the recoil of the artillery is too great for them to bear, so they obviously have artillery, but they can't equip the naval division.
If their equipment is only iron artillery and part of it, it is not difficult to eat them, as long as they wait for the Ming army and sailors to gather and have a regular face-to-face decisive battle with the Japanese sailors, they dare not say that they will be completely annihilated, and the Japanese sailors who can also fight in one battle will lose their combat effectiveness and thus lose their sea dominance.
In these years, there were no airplanes, and the loss of sea control was equivalent to the loss of the right to use an entire sea area at the same time.
As long as they are forced to surrender after running out of ammunition and food, it will be Xiao Ruxun's victory, and it will also be his victory for Li Sunsin.
"Yes, these are new firearms, the range is several miles away, and the power is also very great, you can open the flower bullet, you can also play solid bullets, it was obtained by the Ming Dynasty from those Francophone people, and then improved some of them, and equipped them in the army, it is indeed very useful, and even if it is the iron cannon of the Japanese Korko, it is also the technology learned from the hands of the Franco, and then improve it yourself, and the power is indeed greater."
Yi Sunsin's eyes lit up as he looked at the new equipment.
"Admiral, as far as the last general knows, the Japanese are not equipped with these Franc machine guns on the warship, they can only use iron cannons to attack our army from a distance, and then they try to get close to our ships in close combat, the firearms used by our navy are still very old, the range is extremely short, the power is limited, Rao is so, and can defeat the Japanese fleet, the last general thinks, if the battleship can be equipped with such sharp weapons, why can't you destroy the Japanese pirates?"
Yi Sunsin's meaning is very clear, he wants his fleet to be equipped with these Franc guns, and he will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese invaders, which Xiao Ruxun does not question, and has long had this intention.
Among the surrounding vassal states, there are not many people like North Korea who are so deferential, so it is not wrong for North Korea to rank first in the sequence of foreign vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the technology of these artillery and the technology of the bird gun do not matter even if it is given to the Korean army, let them enhance their strength, and it is okay to pull out an expedition to Japan together when the time comes, not to mention that Xiao Ruxun will start to solve the problem of flintlock pistols when he goes back this time, and he can update the weapons of the Ming army.
He had already asked Song Yingchang for a batch of artillery to put in the army, that is, he planned to equip the only remaining naval division in North Korea, and then wait to work together with the Ming naval division to land on Tsushima Island together.
The reason why the imperial court still has the upper hand in the main battle faction is because he has won consecutive battles and has small losses, the face of the imperial court is hugged, and the mood is naturally good, so he supports himself to continue fighting, if the losses are too large, the anti-war faction raises its head, and when the time comes, a withdrawal of troops will be discussed and the order will come down, will Xiao Ruxun cry or cry bitterly?
Li Sunsin waited for Xiao Ruxun's reply, Xiao Ruxun smiled, pointed to those Franc machine guns and said: "Actually, this governor has long had this intention, and this time I also have some ideas for calling General Li here, the Japanese firearms are sharp, if your country does not increase its firearm strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the invasion of the Japanese invaders, so this governor plans to build an ordnance workshop in Jeolla Province, specializing in the production of gunpowder artillery and cannonballs for the use of the army." ”
Yi Sunsin was overjoyed when he heard this.
The matter of building a firearms workshop in North Korea, as early as Kaecheng Xiao Ruxun had a conversation with Liu Chenglong, when Xiao Ruxun led the army to pull out, Liu Chenglong also returned to Seoul to report this matter to Li Hao, of course Li Hao couldn't ask for it, he had long been greedy for the sharpness of the Ming army's artillery, but Xiao Ruxun didn't mention it, and he was embarrassed to ask Xiao Ruxun to ask him, this time Xiao Ruxun took the initiative to propose, and he was still very happy.
So he gave Xiao Ruxun the right to act cheaply, and he could find a place in Jeolla Province to produce artillery and cannonballs, and he could call on anyone as long as they had it.
But what about the money, it's just gone.
This Li Hao is also pitiful, the three are all destroyed, the crystallization of the hard work of more than ten generations of North Korea has been destroyed, and the population has also lost hundreds of thousands, this disaster has directly set North Korea's national strength back by more than 20 years, and now even officials are about to be unable to pay money, let alone make money for Xiao Ruxun to run a firearms workshop.
Therefore, Li Hao rejected Xiao Ruxun's proposal to build a bird gun workshop, saying that we only need the cannons of the heavenly soldiers, and things like bird guns are not practical, so forget it!
Xiao Ruxun naturally didn't object, he didn't want it himself, it's not that I didn't give it.
Li Sunsin has people in his hands, there are many people, all refugees and displaced people from all over the country come to him for protection, just eat and have no work, Li Sunsin can not support himself by fighting guerrillas everywhere to rob the Japanese of supplies, and now that he has something to do, maybe he can get some grain subsidies from Xiao Ruxun, and after this period of time, he will be able to resume farming and harvest grain in the spring of next year.
Coming to Xiao Ruxun's tent, Xiao Ruxun asked Li Sunsin for a good lesson about the Japanese army's current sailor equipment and the types of sailor ships.