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"Okay, okay." Zhao Zhe nodded with satisfaction, his face was much kinder: "Get up." ”

Hong Jie turned over and said to Zhao Zhe respectfully, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment." With that, he ran a few steps to the musketeer. He opened his hands and shouted, "Brothers, have you all heard?" From today onwards, our musketeers will belong to the emperor's personal army. The emperor's pro-army, do you know what it represents? ”

More than 5,000 musketeers stood silent. But Zhao Zhe could already hear their increasingly rapid breathing.

"That means that we, the musketeers, will be the first-class army in the world from now on. No one will dare to look down on us anymore. That means that it is glory and the emperor's grace. Hong Jie's hiss became louder and louder: "It also means that we musketeers can defend the country and make meritorious contributions under the leadership of the emperor." Brothers, our more than 800 days and nights of training have not been in vain, and we have finally waited for our opportunity. Whew~"

"Whew~" More than 5,000 people began to roar in unison. It seems that he wants to completely vent the sullenness that has been spent for so long. The cry seemed to shatter the earth and pierce the sky.

After calling for a minute, Hong Jie opened his hands to make people stop. His expression was solemn, and he roared angrily: "Everyone said, who should we be most grateful for?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and someone immediately reacted and shouted, "It's the emperor." ”

Naturally, the others also shouted: "It's the emperor~"

"Yes, it's the emperor." Hong Jie also shouted desperately: "So everyone must remember that it was the emperor who bestowed grace and glory on our musketeer brothers when everyone was most helpless." It has given all of us a chance to make contributions and glorify our ancestors. Everyone, how should we thank the emperor? ”

Hong Jie stood in front of all the musketeers, turned around and knelt down, and shouted: "Hong Jie swears to be loyal to the emperor and obeys the emperor's orders." If there is a half-heart, teach Hong Jietian to thunder and die, and he will never be able to turn over. ”

"We will swear allegiance to the emperor to the death, if there is a half-heartedness, the sky will thunder and die, and we will never be able to turn over." The musketeers knelt down in unison, and the shouts shook the sky.

Zhao Zhe didn't expect that this Hong Jie would have such a set, and he would turn the morale of the musketeers around at once. It is also to make all the musketeers grateful to themselves as the emperor and serve their lives. He also knew what to say. Then he took a few steps forward with his hands behind his back, his majestic eyes swept over the people in the field, and his voice was also very loud: "My own soldiers under my command have the mighty Imperial Forest Army and the Forbidden Army. There are also hussars who can break through the world with iron hooves, and the frightening brocade guards. Every one of my pro-armies is my pride, my glory, and the backbone of my ability to hold my head high and be proud of the world. Musketeers, you told me that you wanted to be a ragtag army, a fish belly army. I still want to be my pride, my glory, my backbone! In the last few sentences, Zhao Zhena, who had already reached the realm of the five grades, had an effect, and it fell heavily into the ears of each of them. The impassioned tone almost broke their hearts.

"Whoa~whoa~whoa~" They replied to Zhao Zhe's words with their excited and furious screams.

"Good, good. I have given you the name of the Dragonlancer. Zhao Zhe's voice almost overshadowed them, full of passionate incitement: "Dragon Lance Guard, I hope you can become a dragon spear in my hands, an invincible dragon lance." ”

"Dragongunner, Dragongunner. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

The entire dragon spear guard was cheering, roaring, and catharsis.

Subsequently, Zhao Zhe went to the musketeers, no, now in the command post of the dragon spearguards. Including Hong Jie, a group of dragon spear guards commanded envoys, thousands of households, and hundreds of households stood in the camp tent to listen to the emperor's orders.

"Your Majesty, although the last general feels extremely honored that the emperor can include the dragon spear guard in his army." Hong Jie took the lead and arched his hand: "But the last general still wants to say that although the power of the arquebus is not bad, its firing frequency is really too low. I am afraid that there will not be much achievement on the battlefield. The last general thought that it would be better to change the musketeers into infantry or cavalry, even if it was a crossbow army, which was stronger than it is now. After all, most of the dragon lancers are the best ones selected from the rear army, and their personal combat power is not bad. ”

"Hong Aiqing's thoughts, I understand." Zhao Zhe smiled and said to him: "The power of the musket is far from what you see now. If I tell you, there is a musket that can be reloaded once in one breath, and fired in three breaths, and its accuracy is slightly better than that of your arquebus. Hong Aiqing, do you think that our dragon guards will be chicken ribs again? ”

Three, shoot a shot within three breaths? Not only Hong Jie, but the rest of the backbone of the dragon spear guard were dumbfounded. You know, they've been playing with guns and practicing guns for the past two years. I just want to practice some miracles. But the best of them all, the fastest is only to reload once in about twenty breaths. What is the concept of this, three breaths, three breaths?

Because except for a few heads of the Governor's Mansion of the Houjun Prefecture, most of the people present were members of the Dragon Lance Guard, and they were already very familiar with the musket. That three-breath time shot simply subverted their understanding and concept of muskets.

It was Hong Jie who was the first to react, and said incoherently excitedly: "Emperor, Emperor." If the musket can really be reloaded once in less than a breath. That, that dragon spear guard is invincible in the world. ”

"Hehe, the world is invincible." Zhao Zhe smiled and stopped: "But the dragon spear guard equipped with a new type of musket can indeed become a sharp weapon for me to kill the world." ”

"Your Majesty, I, the last general, can I see this musket?" Hong Jie said excitedly.

"The department is still developing, but we already have a clue, and I believe that a sample gun will appear soon." Zhao Zhe smiled indifferently: "In order to make the dragon spear guard the first to come into contact with this gun, and make suggestions and improvements for the sample gun." After the three days of the dragon lancer, I went to the headquarters of the department to open up a camp. First, you can protect the nearest department, and second, you can provide suggestions for the improvement of the new musket, so that the new musket can become your most reliable partner in the battlefield. ”

"The last general's decree." Hong Jie was pleased to bow down in the past. Today is really a fate-changing day for him. Not only was he favored by the emperor but also became the emperor's pro-army. There is also a chance to improve the true combat effectiveness of the Dragon Lancers. If he could be equipped with a new type of musket, he believed that the dragon spear guard would definitely become the most powerful army in the emperor's hands.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Zhe instructed Hong Jie about his training. Because the rate of fire of the musket has been greatly improved, there is no longer a need to train the tactic of three-stage bursts. A three-stage burst is not as good as a three-stage salvo. The so-called three-stage salvo, Zhao Zhe also explained it one by one with the dragon lance guards.

The people in the front row lie down, the middle ones crouch, and the people in the back row stand. Three platoons of personnel carried out simultaneous firing at the command of the commander. With such a large area of barrage coverage, even the heavily armored cavalry would not have thought of rushing to the dragon spear guards with the same number. After all, the new musket is simply an artifact until the magazine is empty. Although the hit rate is not strong, under the salvo of three rows of muskets, there is still any concept of hit rate in the dense crowd 100 meters away.

If there are any more fortifications that can withstand the impact of the enemy, then the dragon spear guard is probably really invincible in the world. However, that is only invincible at home and in neighboring countries. Today, the European countries are also equipped with flintlock muskets. And according to their scientific and technological strength, coupled with the research and development of firearms for many years, there is only one breakthrough point of imagination. can quickly create a musket that is not weaker than the Great Zhao Empire.

Next, it's time for everyone to play the equipment competition. Zhao Zhe has a mind and ideas that are hundreds of years ahead of them, and the people who come from the information storm will not run slower than the European countries. In a high probability, it should be faster than them.

Zhao Zhe instructed again to strengthen the army's physical training, melee training, and so on. Although the musketeers have an advantage in long-range, once they are close to the enemy, they can't be captured, right?

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Returning to the Forbidden City from the Dragon Lance Guard's station, it was already dark. But Zhao Zhe's spirit is still a little excited. In a year at most, he will have an army of muskets of incredibly formidable form. Of course, it is not a very realistic thing to want to promote it on a large scale. I've learned about it from Linglong before, and now it's a musket or an artillery. Most of them are made of abrasives, and the things made by abrasives are not too exquisite. It requires a large number of craftsmen to polish and assemble by hand. However, Linglong has also noticed this problem, and while constantly improving the quality of smelting, she has also customized a set of common standards for craftsmen.

When everyone is polishing something, they must follow common standards. At the end of the assembly, the craftsman had to re-evaluate the quality and dimensions of each part, and the musket had to be rigorously tested. Only if you are qualified, you will engrave your name and the number of this gun on it.

This kind of behavior also made Zhao Zhe praise her a few words, saying that she has a creative surname. Who would have thought, but Linglong replied lightly. This mass production is standardized and responsible. It was used as early as the Qin State during the Warring States Period, and it was not uncommon. And she also said that the level of many mechanical techniques in the Warring States period has far exceeded the current level. It's just that because of Qin Shi Huang's book burning and Confucianism, as well as the contempt and crackdown of the emperors of all dynasties. As a result, not only did the mechanism not develop, but it was fiercely suppressed.

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(To be continued)