So take them to see the effect of the short firebolt, one is to let them experiment by themselves, and the other is to let the masters of the sharpshooter battalion perform for them, they only learn how to use it for the time being, and what effect will be achieved by using it depends on the sharpshooter battalion to perform for them.

Li Qingyuan came here and beckoned the two best people who played with the short fire gun to come over, and after a while, two soldiers came over, Li Qingyuan opened his mouth and said: "Xu Ji and Zhang Kai, you two will show them how to use the short fire gun, starting with slow playing." ”

Li Qingyuan turned to the three of them and said: "The short fire gun is also divided into two types: slow bullet and fast bullet, slow bullet still has a certain lethality to armored targets one hundred and twenty steps away, and fast bullet can only ensure the killing of non-armored targets at about sixty steps."

The two of them quickly reloaded, and Li Qingyuan continued: "Because the barrel becomes much easier to reload, not only does the loading speed become faster, but also the reload can be completed while kneeling and lying on your stomach, and you don't have to worry about being hit by the enemy when you reload." ”

It took more than a minute for the two to complete the loading, Li Qingyuan nodded, the two aimed at the target a hundred meters away, two shots, after the shot, Li Qingyuan took the three of them to see, only to see that a hundred steps away, one of the two hit eight rings, one hit six rings, and the bullets were embedded in the wooden board behind the target.

Li Qingyuan continued: "This is the power of slow bullets, generally you can reload them in advance, because this kind of bullet and the gun tube are relatively tight, and they will not slip off if they are loaded in advance, and they only need to move the flint away, and then aim and pull the trigger, which is conducive to rapid fire and easy to carry." ”

The three of them stepped back, and the two of them began to load fast ammunition, and the two of them had already been proficient in loading after more than a month of shooting practice, and without restrictions, the two of them achieved the speed of firing one shot in thirteen or fourteen breaths, and more than four shots in a minute.

The two of them each fired five shots, the smoke cleared, Li Qingyuan took the three of them to see again, this time the gun hole on the target was more messy, Li Qingyuan said with a smile: "This distance is also the ideal shooting distance for the Qing army's birds, so you can see that even if you shoot head-on with them, you will not suffer, but will occupy the advantage in the rate of fire." ”

The crow looked at it and asked, "This short gun is much worse than the long one, can I not want this short one but only the long one?" ”

Li Qingyuan hadn't explained yet, Wu Sanniang puffed and said with a smile: "Aren't you in the way with such a long gun?" We often have to climb over the wall and enter the house with our men, aren't you too cumbersome to carry such a long firecracker? ”

What else did the crow want to say, Li Qingyuan continued: "The enemy you are facing now is mainly close combat, most of the time in front of the house and behind the house, in the woods, you don't need such a long range, if necessary, I will also let the firearms battalion cooperate with you, just like Sanniang said, the spear is too much of a hindrance for you." ”

The crow felt a little reluctant to see that he really couldn't have good things, and the crow sighed: "No wonder you attach so much importance to that hot spring, by the way, I forgot to tell you, now that it has been dug up, I heard that they can mine hundreds of catties of sulfur a day......." ”

"Really? That's great. Li Qingyuan felt that this was good news, a few hundred catties of sulfur a day can produce thousands of catties of gunpowder, enough for use at this stage and a batch of hoarding, Li Qingyuan sorted out and said: "Then let's discuss the task after the year." ”

Li Qingyuan thought about it and said: "Actually, you don't have to be too afraid, 10,000 households sounds like a lot, but as long as you defeat a landlord, you can generally save dozens to hundreds of people, and after the territory we control becomes larger in the second half of next year, we will divide more detachments to other places."

Therefore, one of you only needs a year to eliminate a dozen bandits, bullies, and evil landlord clans, and basically complete the goal, so you have to work hard to do your own thing, in addition to Meng Can's detachment leader, you also have to try to open up a road down the mountain, this trade road will lead to Linqing, and finally reach Shandong. ”

When Li Qingyuan said these words again, no one thought that he was talking too much, the three of them listened carefully, and Wu Sanniang asked curiously: "Since we are developing very well here, why don't you take over those two battalions?" Isn't it easier for people to get together and get by? ”

Li Qingyuan shook his head: "We are still trying to find a way to expand outward, even if we take people over, we still have to send them out, so it's better to gain a foothold over there now, now let's discuss the affairs of the third team and the fourth team, now the candidate for the third team is the crow, so do you have a good candidate for the fourth team?" ”

The crow was very satisfied with what he heard, and he was still very valued after he took refuge, so didn't he become the captain of the detachment this time? When he became the captain of the detachment, he naturally would not mention any more conditions, and Meng Can's number of people had been maintained at about one hundred and twenty and he had not scored at all, so this time he mainly asked Wu Sanniang to elect one.

Sanniang thought about it for a long time: "What do you think of the sixth son?" ”

Li Qingyuan, the sixth son, has seen it, and has helped Sanniang deliver letters many times, and he is one of the people that Sanniang trusts, and he has followed him since Linqing, and he is also one of the first people to join Li Qingyuan's team, Li Qingyuan nodded: "Okay, then call him over!" ”

After a while, the sixth son came in and faced the eyes of the four, he was still nervous, Li Qingyuan pointed to the stool and said, "Come, sit down!" ”

Liuzi sat down carefully, and Li Qingyuan said with a smile: "Sanniang just recommended you to take care of the captain of the fourth team that day, do you have the confidence to do a good job?" ”

"Thank you Sanniang, thank you General Li, I will definitely do a good job!" Liuzi stood up and said happily.

Li Qingyuan continued to smile and said, "Okay! It's good that you have faith, that's right, in order to cooperate with our next plan, we plan to send a new team to Liao County in the northwest to establish our Tianli branch there, and you will be in charge there. ”

Liuzi nodded: "Okay! ”

Li Qingyuan said: "Don't be in a hurry to agree, it's not so easy to establish a branch, this time Sanniang will give you a hundred veterans, I will transfer twenty gunners from each battalion to you, you have to inquire about the bandit forces there first, if there are bandits, the quality of the bandits, the number of people and the nest must be inquired." ”

Li Qingyuan thought for a while and said: "When the time comes, Sanniang will cooperate with you to exterminate the bandits, don't be impulsive when you get there, the mountains over there are high and dense forests, in addition to the habitual bandits, many mountain hunter villages are usually hunting, and when you have the opportunity, you have to be extra careful, so as not to capsize in the gutter." ”