In order to gather the grain and grass needed for the Northern Expedition, Yang Xuan was anxious to calculate all day, sent officials to various places to investigate grain production and grain conditions, and relied on river and land transportation to transport grain to major granaries. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to collecting food, the more important military, after the baptism of the first few battles, the defects of ordinary bird guns became more and more obvious.

In the past, a large number of ordinary bird guns were used in the army, which were introduced to China by the Japanese Kou a hundred years ago, and became popular after Qi Jiguang's vigorous promotion.

The barrel of this ordinary shotgun is about 90cm long, plus the body is only 120cm, the whole gun weighs about 5-6 catties, the caliber is 13mm, and it is loaded with 3-4 coins of gunpowder and 3 coins of lead (12g), which is a light arquebus, and its lethality is quite limited.

After years of actual combat experience, this ordinary bird gun can break heavy armor within 40-50 meters, cannot kill or injure soldiers without armor at a distance of 80 meters, and has no effect at a distance of 120 meters.

In the past, in the battle with the Great Western Army, due to the poor equipment of the department, many people were wrapped in quilts to fight, and the defense was poor, and a large number of loyal soldiers equipped with ordinary bird guns could easily defeat the other party by firepower.

But now it is different, now it is mainly facing the Manchu Tartar cavalry, the green battalion soldiers and horses, its soldiers and horses are far above the Liukou, the most ordinary soldiers in the army are wearing heavy armor, and the cavalry and small flags are wearing two layers of armor.

This is also the main reason why the heavy cavalry in Western Europe has been eliminated half a century ago, while the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry in the East is still popular.

In the face of infantry and cavalry with two or three layers of armor, the penetration distance of ordinary bird infantry is between 20 meters and 30 meters.

Such a short distance, probably at most 1-2 guns, which is why the Ming army and later the Manchu green battalion were often able to defeat ten enemies in the face of the rebel army, and in the face of the Tatar cavalry, they were ready to collapse at one touch.

To improve the status quo, the best way is to improve the weapons used, and the last years of the Ming Dynasty have already carried out such discussions, the most widely known is Xu Guangqi and others improved version of the big bird gun.

In order to increase the firing range, Xu Guangqi and others increased the length of the barrel of the bird gun to 3 or 120cm, and increased the killing distance by increasing the length of the barrel and increasing the amount of gunpowder.

Since Xu Guangqi and others have been practicing the big bird gun for many years, Yang Xuan once wanted to adopt this bird gun, but this day he suddenly found that there is a big bird gun in the southeast coastal area - turtledove foot gun:

Gun length 5.5 feet (2 meters or more)

0.6 sun of inner diameter (approximately 19mm),

Medication 1.3 taels

Lead weighs 1.5 to 1.6 taels (about 56 grams)

The Great Turtledove bullet weighs 1.8 taels (68 grams, terrifying)

The weight of the whole gun is about 20 pounds, and it needs to be supported by a tripod, so it is called a turtledove.

The turtledove foot gun is a heavy bird gun, similar to the Spanish Mushkert heavy arquebus, which is very suitable in Southeast Asia (two hundred years later, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made a four-like weapon carrying gun).

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xiong Wenyan recruited 100 pro-soldiers from the southeast coast when he was in charge of the military administration of Huguang, and they were equipped with turtledoves, but they were finally disbanded because of Zuo Liangyu's obstruction.

Compared with ordinary birds, this turtledove is incredibly powerful, but due to the large amount of gunpowder it contains, it is usually necessary to wash the gun after seven or eight firing (to clear the debris in the barrel).

Looking at the trial-produced turtledove foot gun and big bird gun, Yang Xuan's eyes lit up and found the problem point, that is, although the length of this big bird gun has increased, the caliber has not changed much, and the power is limited.

However, between the 13mm-19mm caliber, there is no large number of main battle weapons.

After thinking about it, everyone borrowed from the ordinary bird gun, the big bird gun, and the turtledove bird gun to create a new type of big bird gun.

The main performance indicators of the new medium-sized bird gun are:

The gun barrel is 1200mm, the total length is 1500mm (the length remains the same), the gun weighs 10 catties, the caliber is 16mm, the medicine is 7 yuan, and the bullet weight is 6 yuan (24g) medium arquebus.

Its main combat parameters are: the best firing distance is 60-70 meters, it can break heavy armor within 80 meters, it cannot seriously damage unarmored targets (liukou) at a distance of 150 meters, and it does not have much lethality at a distance of 180 meters.

In addition to this, the new bird gun also uses a number of new technologies, such as flintlock ignition instead of arquebus

Like the Rummy Gun, the fire gate is far away from the aiming point, and although it produces thick smoke when fired, it is not shocking.

This time, the previous practice of stabbing was completely abandoned, and a knife base was set up in the head of the spear, on which the dagger (bayonet) was mounted and fixed through the barrel.

This bayonet is about 50 cm long and has a blade length of about 37 cm, and it is mounted on a 150 cm medium flintlock pistol, reaching 180 cm, so it does not suffer much in the face of the opposing pikemen on the battlefield.

After deciding on the construction of medium and heavy flintlock pistols, Yang Xuan inspected each battalion at intervals to inspect the training of each unit.

On this day, when he came to the 4th town, he heard a burst of commands from the station, Yang Xuan showed a slight smile on his face, and quickly led the escort team to the camp gate.

In front of the hill is a huge military camp, which is separated by a fence to avoid disturbing the people, so as to facilitate management.

Guo Chonglie, the deputy general of the 3rd town, led a group of people to wait outside the gate, and hurriedly greeted Yang Xuan when he saw him coming.

Turned over and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to the guards beside him, pressed the handle of the knife with one hand and shook his head with the other hand, and said: "Vice General Yao, since the establishment of the Loyal and Righteous Army, I have repeatedly emphasized the honor of soldiers, everyone's training is important, don't delay everyone's training." ”

Guo Chonglie tidied up his military appearance, stood up and bowed: "My lord, don't you miss your brothers very much if you haven't seen you for a few months, and I hope to be able to listen to your teachings at all times?"

The requirements of adults are so strict, how dare I delay the training in the army? Most of these brothers who came to greet them were old brothers from the past, and most of them were generals in the army, thousands of generals, guerrillas, and so on.

The daily training is mostly carried out by the team leader, squadron leader, and squad leader, who are mainly responsible for the supervision of the army, and there is no major delay at this moment. ”

Looking at the generals waiting beside him, Yang Xuan's face slowed down slightly and said: "Brothers, after this great victory over the Tartars, all the ministries have been expanded, and the brothers have either given birth to officials or will be promoted in the future."

Brothers, promotion is not a good thing, promotion is often to promote a person from a suitable, excellent position to an unsuitable position, brothers have a great responsibility, brothers don't slack off. ”

Qian Bangxin, the overseer next to him, shook his head and said, "My lord, this, this is also a bit unbelievable, right?" ”

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Prison Army, let me tell you if this is the case?"

Just like that Liu Sanwa, although she is tall and powerful, she didn't know anything when she first joined the army, she didn't know anything, and many people complained like me at that time that although the three socks were brute strength and didn't know how to call.

But the three babies are diligent and willing to learn, and he often practices for two hours and three hours when others practice for one hour, so that after three months, the three babies not only rank among the best in the team in various skills, but also kill the enemy many times on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions.

So promoted to squad leader, squadron leader, should have been promoted to captain because of merit the year before last, but some people thought that the other party did not have limited reading and literacy, but Vice General Guo recommended him to enter Zhongyi Hall to study.

After half a year, although he can only write a hundred words and can recognize hundreds of words, most of what the coach said can be understood, and he can lead the team more heartily. ”

Looking at the honest and sturdy man in front of him, Qian Bangqi smiled and said: "What the adults said is right for the generals below, in just four or five years, Liu Sanwa has been trained from a simple and honest peasant child to a brave and resourceful deputy general of the loyal army, which is indeed gratifying." ”

Patting Liu Sanwa's shoulder heavily, Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Now that the Tatars have invaded the Central Plains, the armed forces of my loyal and righteous army need to thrive in order to resist and protect the people.

Not only myself, but also everyone here and all of your men.

In the process of growth and maturity, everyone will not be at first, very unfamiliar, you need to use your brains, you need to study hard, you will never come to the meeting, step by step, thrive. ”

Who in the world complains about being promoted and getting rich? Hearing Yang Xuan say this, everyone said yes one after another.

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