Chapter 35 Fixed Ammunition
Li Hongfei ridiculed Zheng Zhilong for not daring to send troops, which was tantamount to directly slapping Zheng Jiajun in the face. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
And this slap in the face made Zheng Zhihu unable to refute, after all, if you say that you are not afraid of the Dutch, then you should quickly recover Taiwan!
It's just that how can this Taiwan be recovered at will?
Zheng Zhilong relied on the waterway and the Dutch every year, how many silver taels did he earn, if the Dutch were driven away, this trade would not be able to be carried out, and he would still make a fart of money!
Not only Zheng Zhilong, but even Zheng Chenggong, it was only after the mainland could not gain a foothold that he had to attack Taiwan and fight for the last breathing place for Nanming.
In the end, how history evaluates, these have nothing to do with Li Hongfei, but at least Zheng Chenggong did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and finally drove the Dutch out of Taiwan, so Li Hongfei admires Zheng Chenggong, but looks down on repeated people like Zheng Zhilong.
Li Hongfei's words were originally just to criticize Zheng Zhilong, but they inadvertently touched Zheng Chenggong's nerves, and in his opinion, in order to change the reputation of Zheng Jiajun's pirates, it is imperative to recover Taiwan..........
"Humph! You are a civilian official, what do you know about military affairs, my eldest brother is doing this to preserve his strength, we are sailors, can we still let us drive the warship to the shore? Zheng Zhihu can only defend himself.
As for the Taiwanese Dutch, Zheng Zhihu didn't say a word.
"This official really doesn't understand military affairs, but now Yangzhou, Chongming Island, is mainly to prevent the Manchu Qing Dynasty from attacking by water, is it difficult for this official to let the soldiers swim in the past and fight with the Qing army's water division?" Li Hongfei is waiting for this sentence.
Before, Zheng Zhihu said that the new army was useless, so it was better to send it to Yangzhou to help the Yangzhou defenders, so that Zheng Zhibao's army could be transferred back to Fujian, and now Li Hongfei directly counterattacked with this sentence.
The army in Yangzhou City has become saturated, and tens of thousands of recruits have been transferred to no avail, and the Yangzhou city wall is no worse than the Beijing city wall, and the Eight Banners do not have an advantage in attacking the city.
The most important thing is to rely on the defense of the naval division to prevent the Qing army from breaking through by water.
You say that Zheng Jiajun is powerful, I will admit that Zheng Jiajun is powerful, the front line is first held by the powerful Zheng Jiajun, and I will develop silently in the back.
"Second uncle, this Baoshan Town is originally Lord Li's territory, he put the recruits here, it is understandable, since we have figured out the reason why Lord Li came, let's leave!" Seeing that the two were about to fight, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly persuaded him.
Li Hongfei is the boss of Suzhou, his soldiers, how can Zheng Zhihu be deployed, even Chongming Island is a territory of Suzhou, even if Li Hongfei transfers the recruits to Chongming Island, they have nothing to say, because this matter is not worth it at all.
"In the future, we will be neighbors, and when the official builds the Baoshan military camp, General Zheng and General Qi are welcome to come over to inspect and guide at any time." Li Hongfei said with a smile.
The national hero has seen it, but this chat is not very pleasant, but it doesn't matter, after all, history has changed, and it is really hard to say who will recover Taiwan in the future.
Qi Hongying deliberately stayed behind, and after Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu boarded the ship, she whispered: "Although your words sound very relieved, but if you offend Zheng Jiajun, you will not have a good time in the future." ”
Zheng Jiajun now controls the Daming Naval Division, and even controls the outlets to the sea in various places, and the Jiangnan waterways extend in all directions, if the army is marching and fighting, many places have to rely on the help of the naval army, so Qi Hongying reminded Li Hongfei that it is best to give in to Zheng Zhihu.
"It's okay, Zheng Zhilong's generation, it won't be long in coming, if you really want to win over Zheng Jiajun's foil, Zheng Sen is a good choice." Li Hongfei said.
He knew that Qi Hongying lowered his figure, it must be for the sake of Zheng Jiajun's sailor warship, so he pointed out a clear way for him.
Zheng Zhilong's generation, mixed in Japan in the early years, learned the pirate style of eating people and not spitting out bones, and took advantage and did not do anything, this is the essence of bandits, but Zheng Chenggong, who grew up in the Ming Dynasty since childhood, learned national righteousness, behaved in a decent style, and made promises, and will not easily break his promises.
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your advice."
Others don't know, but Qi Hongying understands very well, although this Li Menghui's official position is not high, but even the saint has to respectfully call Mr.
"Phew! Daming Shui Master is amazing! When labor and management have money, labor and management will build ironclad ships! When the three of them left, Li Hongfei scolded and scolded.
The navy is Li Hongfei's dream of becoming a powerful country, and he wants to reproduce Zheng He's feat of going to the West in the past.
It's just that if you want to really achieve the coming of all nations, now is not the time, at least you have to recover the territory occupied by the Manchus and Li Zicheng first, so that you can consider going to sea..........
Li Hongfei stayed in Baoshan Town for five days, and with the help of more than 20,000 recruits, the Ordnance Bureau's production line was quickly debugged.
On the sixth day, under the overnight rush of a group of craftsmen, the first flintlock pistol of Suzhou Heavy Industry was finally successfully cast.
"Although this flintlock pistol is no different from the one made in Jingshi before, the old man combined gunpowder and projectiles in one place according to Master Li's method, and after testing, the frequency of shooting has been increased by more than half compared to the previous one!" Bi Maokang excitedly introduced.
Front-loading rifles are firing in a cumbersome way, even with flintlock pistols.
There are four steps to prepare a flintlock pistol before firing, the first step is to set up the flintlock pistol and then pour gunpowder into the barrel.
The second part is then stuffed into the barrel with a bullet wrapped in deerskin or thick cotton paper, and tamped with a strip.
The third step is to open the rear of the barrel, the trigger on the hammer device, there is a small hole at the trigger, the small hole is connected to the gunpowder in the barrel, called the fire gate or ignition hole, only in this small hole sprinkled with primer, can ignite the gunpowder in the barrel.
The current three steps have been completed, and the fourth step is to aim and shoot.
With such a complex shooting procedure, even an extremely skilled soldier can fire a maximum of two shots in a minute.
Now Bi Maokang was inspired by Li Hongfei to create a combustible shell bullet.
The cartridge casing is made of nitrocellulose, linen, leather, etc., and the ammunition and warhead are made into a single piece and packed into the barrel, and when fired, the cartridge case and gunpowder will burn together.
Because the ammunition and the warhead are a whole, the most troublesome first step and the second step before firing are combined into one, and the soldier only needs to bite the paper packet open, or make a small opening, sprinkle some powder in the medicine pool at the back of the barrel, and stuff the rest into the barrel to complete the loading.
Li Hongfei was even more brazen and named this kind of ammunition fixed-loading ammunition.