Arsenals.

Lin Mu and Lin Feng were inspecting the last batch of Mini rifles and field guns that were about to be delivered to the Ning army.

The three months were very tight, but despite the hard work of the workers of the military factory day and night, the military factory still completed the production of firearms on time.

After this batch of equipment was delivered to the Ning Army, the 8,000 Ning Army would be able to exert its true combat effectiveness.

"Captain, can you start?"

At the shooting range of the test firearms, a platoon of Ning soldiers was armed with Mini rifles, and the rifles they held were all selected from this batch of muskets.

For the military factory and Ningjun, he deliberately established a procurement relationship, that is, before the firearms are delivered to the Ningjun, they must go through three inspection procedures to ensure the quality of firearms.

These three inspection procedures are self-inspection, mutual inspection and special inspection, the military factory is responsible for self-inspection and mutual inspection, and Ningjun is responsible for the final special inspection.

So this time, Lu Zhen and Lin Rui also came together, and a group of soldiers were specially transferred to inspect the quality of firearms.

His goal in doing so was to establish a strict screening process to prevent shoddy practices from occurring in his arsenal.

"That's it." Lin Mu nodded.

Lu Zhen stepped forward at this time and gave the order to shoot to the soldiers.

The soldier takes out the cartridge from the magazine, bites the back of the butt of the bullet, pours gunpowder into the barrel, and finally uses a strip to introduce the conical cartridge and the paper case into the barrel.

The average rate of fire of the Minnie rifle was two to three rounds per minute, and a trained shooter could even reach four to five rounds per minute, which was a huge improvement over the two-round arquebus in three minutes and the flintlock pistol in one to two rounds a minute, and because of this, the Minnie rifle was called a rapid-fire rifle at the time.

"Bang ......"

The soldiers finished loading, pulled the trigger according to Lu Zhen's order, and the first round of shooting was completed as the fire and white smoke rose.

"Lord Captain, all of them have been targeted." Lin Rui said that the soldiers who tested the target used the flag language to transmit back the effect of shooting.

Lin Mu nodded with satisfaction, the power and accuracy of the Mini rifle have increased greatly because of rifling.

Tested when the rapid-fire rifle first appeared, the Mini rifle's bullet could pierce two three-third-inch-thick poplar planks within 15 yards, spaced 20 centimeters apart.

Because of the rifle's power and firepower, it is even rumored that the Minnie rifle can penetrate anyone within 15 meters of its trajectory after a single shot penetrates a person.

In addition to the huge power, the range and accuracy of the Mini rifle successfully restrained the artillery at that time on the battlefield for the first time, after all, the field artillery at that time was basically fired within 500 meters due to the limitation of the field of vision, while the range of the Mini rifle was 900 meters, and effective shooting was guaranteed within 500 meters.

"Go on." Lin Mu ordered again, because of the adoption of the inspection method of one out of ten, the 2,000 rifles delivered this time need to be sampled 200, and the soldiers still need to shoot one round.

At the same time, Lin Mu set his sights on field artillery, and this batch of Ning troops still had twenty-four six-pounder field guns and twelve twelve-pounder field guns to receive.

Napoleon once said that artillery is the god of war, and in the wars he commanded, he was the best at using artillery to destroy the enemy, and even eighty percent of the casualties on the battlefield of World War II were caused by artillery.

In the face of the Jin soldiers' southward movement this time, Lin Mu's strategy was to use field artillery that could be flexibly transferred to severely damage the Jin soldiers, so he purchased seventy-two twelve-pounder field guns for the Ning army of 8,000 people, of which forty-eight would be erected on Wubao, and the remaining twenty-four would be used for field battles.

He procured one hundred and twenty-four six-pounder guns, and he also prepared two types of ammunition for the artillery, and in addition to the traditional ammunition, he specially prepared shotguns.

This kind of shotgun is capable of creating a rain of bullet lethality within 200 meters.

"Let the artillery be carried out at the same time, and after the delivery of this batch of firearms, the Ning army will immediately organize a coordination drill for the whole army." Lin Mu said to Lin Rui.

So far, the basic skills of the Ning army have been relatively solid, but the coordination between the infantry and the joint operations between the artillery and the infantry have not been carried out, and this urgently needs to be practiced.

"It's a pity that there are still fewer cavalry." After explaining to Lin Rui, Lin Mu suddenly sighed.

The Hua Dynasty lacked horses, and he couldn't make up a cavalry even if he had silver, which meant that his Ning army could only fight a rout, but could not fight a war of annihilation, and without the cooperation of the cavalry, he could not pursue the scattered enemy.

In this way, he can't afford to lose this war, the Jin people can run if they lose, and then make a comeback, if he loses, the whole army will be annihilated.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

While he was thinking, the artillery also began to test, and one shell after another was fired into the mountain, solid shells, shotguns.

Under the bombardment of artillery, the mountain was splashed with rubble and dust.

In the morning, the Ning army finished the inspection of the firearms, officially received the firearms, and after signing, Lu Zhen and Lin Rui immediately asked the soldiers to return the firearms and ammunition to the camp.

In the afternoon, Lin Mu was about to arrange the joint drill, but Liu Jiangbai suddenly visited with Liu Ruyan and Liu Rumian.

"Why is Uncle Liu's expression so solemn?"

Liu Jiangbai's face was like ink smeared, and his expression was gloomy.

"The Jin soldiers broke the Yangzhou Mansion and slaughtered on a large scale, and the city of Yangzhou was already a river of blood, and the Jin people would soon arrive in Jiangning down the river." Liu Jiangbai clenched his fists tightly, and his body seemed to tremble.

Liu Rumian said: "When the news reached Lin'an, the official family fled to Fuzhou overnight with their concubines and favored ministers despite the opposition of the ministers on the grounds that they went south to escape the summer, and ordered King Duan to supervise the country. “

"Lingduan Wang Jian Guo? It seems that the official family is still reluctant to take the throne. Lin Mu understood something, it seems that the hopes of the Fa Chang faction and King Duan have been shattered this time.

"Li Wenfu and other traitorous ministers were afraid that King Duan would ascend the throne and lose his authority, so they colluded with Concubine Hui to blow the wind in the ears of the official family, and the official family has always favored Concubine Hui and loved King Fu very much, so they just gave King Duan the right to supervise the country and watch the fire from the other side......" Liu Rumian was even more angry than Liu Jiangbai.

He and King Duan have always been good, if King Duan ascends the throne, he can soar.

Liu Jiangbai stopped Liu Rumian from continuing, he said: "At present, the fight against gold is the most important thing, otherwise everything will be in the mirror." “

After a pause, he said to Lin Mu: "Lin Mu, at the moment of the great enemy, I have decided to live and die with Jiangning City, and I hope you can take care of Ruyan and Mian'er, if Jiangning City is broken, I hope you can protect them well." “

Liu Ruyan's eyes were slightly red, and she said, "Dad, if you die, how can we live alone." “

"My sister is right." Liu Rumian's tone was firm.

Liu Jiangbai said angrily: "Do you want to bury everyone in Jiangning City?" The purpose of leaving you is to allow you to continue to fight against gold after Jiangning City is broken, not to let you survive in secret. “

Liu Rumian and Liu Ruyan were stunned, and after a long time, the two nodded solemnly.

Lin Mu frowned, Liu Jiangbai didn't care about himself during this time, he was afraid that he would have this selfishness in his heart.

Ning Jun is outside, he can advance or retreat, maybe in Liu Jiangbai's opinion, he Lin Mu is not a person who will fight to the end with the Jin people.