Chapter 212: Long Xiang Army
It's just that it's too late to celebrate, and as soon as the musket is produced, it was directly taken away by the city guard team led by Allen himself and sent to the temporary musket team in the army.
The musket team was drawn from the 1,200 men of the city guard, and the elite talents who were good at shooting with muskets were all stick boys between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five.
The Musket Squad currently consists of only thirty men, led by veterans who had previously tested Eugen muskets in the castle, and instructed them on how to use them.
The musket was also given to them as an experimental object, and their only training task for the week was to familiarize themselves with the new musket, and each of them also fired several live ammunition to feel the power of the musket and how to use it.
Based on the original use of flintlock muskets, these soldiers became familiar with the new weapon fairly quickly, and there was no rustiness when used to shoot.
Indeed, the new Eugen musket has many similarities with the old flintlock pistol, and the feeling when shooting is much the same, the main difference is only in the loading and loading of the bullets, which is relatively simple to construct and naturally very quick to learn.
Over the course of a week, everyone had been shooting very well with the new muskets, with a fairly high hit rate between 200 and 300 meters.
Moreover, the frequency of firing reached an astonishing average of 10 rounds a minute, which was quite terrible, and the hoplites could only advance at most 50 meters in a minute, and the cavalry was faster, but only about 100 meters, and during the time when the enemy was advancing, the musketeers with the new muskets were able to make effective attacks.
The effective range of the new musket was six hundred meters, and it took five minutes for the fastest cavalry to rush in front of the musketeers, and in the case of thirty soldiers firing muskets at the same time, a full fifteen hundred rounds could be fired in these five minutes.
What kind of cavalry can dodge such a barrage?
The answer is, no!
As soon as the musket came out, the cavalry began to gradually withdraw from the stage of history, and now, Eugen's new musket is manufactured and mass-produced, which can be regarded as a complete end to the cavalry.
Eugen could already imagine how much shock his new muskets would give to the nobles, the sound of the muskets was like a thunderbolt that shook the sky, and would wake up the nobles who were immersed in the dreams of the old times.
Eugen was excited when Allen brought the new musket to the troops, and Eugen was giving a lecture to the soldiers, which was his first full-fledged army.
"You will be a nightmare for all cavalry, infantry, archers, and you will put an end to their era once and for all, this is your stage! This is your time! Use the new muskets to penetrate the enemy's defenses, smash the enemy's body, and make the enemy fear your name, from this day on, you belong to an invincible army that will surely resound throughout the earth, and the name of this army is ---- Dragon Army! ”
Eugen stood in front of the thirty young men and let out a roar, and the soldiers listened to their lord's speech, and their hearts seemed to be ignited, and they could not help but let out a passionate shout.
"Long Xiang Army! Dragon Army! Dragon Army! ”
The momentum of the team reached its peak for a moment, and after feeling the power of the new musket, the soldiers' hearts swelled with infinite confidence.
That terrifying weapon, far more than any musket before, and far more than a cold weapon like a sword, the thickest round shield, three layers stacked together, can be directly pierced through a huge gap.
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Eugen took advantage of the situation and announced: "From now on, His Excellency Simon will be appointed as the commander of the Longxiang Army, directly responsible for me, and command all the soldiers of the Longxiang Army. ”
The order was given, and a mature and steady figure walked out of the dragon army, half-knelt in front of Eugen, and accepted Eugen's appointment with a knightly salute.
This Simeon, the veteran, had many conversations with Eugen when he taught the soldiers of the Dragons to use muskets.
These conversations mainly touched on issues such as how guns were used, and Simon also offered Eugen a number of suggestions for improvement in the use of firearms.
Through these conversations, Eugen also discovered that this veteran has extraordinary insights, a very in-depth vision of problems, and a very mature and stable personality, quite a general's style.
At the same time, Eugen remembered that most of his command team were young, and although they were full of energy, they also lacked some sense of sophistication and stability.
Later, Eugen learned something about Simon, who was a former lord of the Lebor region and a son of the Duke of Ljubljana's family, who had left the area but remained here and became a soldier in the Lebor City Guard.
From this point of view, this Simon is enough to be a general in terms of identity, qualifications, and personality, and Eugen immediately decided to give him a position and let him join the command team.
Thinking about it, the most suitable position is the commander of the Long Xiang Army, and now that the Long Xiang Army has just been established, it really needs a reliable leader to stabilize the morale of the army.
Although the 'legion' led by Commander Simon is now smaller, it has a very broad future, and the combat effectiveness of this legion is also quite good, it is conceivable that the name of Long Xiang will spread to every corner of the continent in the future.
After the appointment of the Legion Commander, Captain Allen brought the new guns to the front of the Long Xiang Army, which were displayed in a two-meter-long box with a red velvet padding underneath.
The black body of the spear and the red liner complement each other, with a different kind of beauty, and the soldiers of the Dragon Warrior Army looked at these guns eagerly, as if they were their own brides.
If weapons are a soldier's lifelong companion, these new muskets are at the level of Marilyn Monroe.
Of course, this is just the beginning for Eugen's first steel plant.
The new muskets were handed out to each soldier in turn, and Alan was accompanied by two large boxes of ammunition, totaling nine hundred rounds, thirty rounds each.
"Ready? Soldiers, your new weapons are waiting to be fed, thirsting for the blood of your enemies! Simon shouted as he faced the soldiers of the Dragon's Army.
"Ready! Sir! The soldiers in front of him responded loudly, and the momentum of thirty soldiers was even more spectacular than three hundred soldiers.
"Well, next is the first battle of our Longxiang Army, I hope you can show the momentum of the Longxiang Army!" After shouting this, Simon turned to look at Eugen and said, "The dragon army can leave at any time, Lord Eugen!" ”