As time passed, the cold winter in the Northeast had begun, but at this time there was a group of people on the trek, all the while on the move. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Tan Feng knows that this winter is the most important time, the most important time. Taking advantage of the fact that winter is not suitable for the Manchu army to fight, it is the best time for you to accumulate strength. So he didn't dare to waste time, he also took advantage of the winter to come out and prepare to accumulate strength.

Tan Feng led this group of craftsmen with various artisan tools in their hands, and beside him was Dai Zi, who was riding a horse and wearing a thick down jacket. In order to give preferential treatment to Dai Zi, the only senior technician, Tan Feng even gave him all the equipment for his march from the afterlife, that is, a down jacket. This down jacket was an artifact in ancient times, not only lightweight, but also very warm. After all, Dai Zi is getting older and needs warmth, which makes Dai Zi quite moved.

Of course, Tan Feng also has his own ideas, he would rather lose a division than lose a Dai Zi. Because Dai Zi is not just as simple as making weapons, he is proficient in the entire process of making weapons, from smelting to manufacturing, which is where his value lies. I have to say that people are still valuable and differentiated, if it were other ordinary people, Tan Feng would not be so preferential.

"Commander, we have already passed Liaoyang. Liaoyang used to be the rising capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Nurhachi later moved the capital to Shenyang, which was renamed Mukden. However, for now we have occupied Shenyang and regained our rule over Shenyang. But Commander, you want to take us to Liaoyang in the south, but there is no one here? Dai Zi asked.

Tan Feng quickly replied: "Dai Zi, what material do you say is the most important thing to make weapons?" ”

"Steel!" Dai Zi didn't think about it, so he said directly, no matter what kind of weapon is made, whether it is a cold weapon or a hot weapon, the most important thing is steel.

Tan Feng asked again: "How is the steel obtained, and what is it smelted from?" ”

"Iron ore, of course!" Dai Zi quickly replied.

"Very good, since it is iron ore, then iron ore also represents the source of steel, and it is also the source of weapons. And we just need iron ore, and that's the most important thing. Where we're going, a place with a lot of iron ore! Tan Feng said.

Tan Feng picked up the binoculars, and he remembered that it would not be long before he could reach the area around Anshan in the later generations. If you want to say that most people have heard of a steel company, that is, Anshan Iron and Steel Company in Northeast China.

The predecessor of this Anshan Iron and Steel Company was a steel company established by the Japanese in Northeast China, which was confiscated after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and then used the equipment and corresponding technology of the Japanese iron and steel company to re-establish its own iron and steel company. However, this Anshan Iron and Steel Company used to be the most important part of the Northeast Industrial Base, after all, steel is the lifeblood of industry.

However, in this era, everyone does not know that this Anshan has a lot of steel resources.

Tan Feng combined the marching maps of later generations, plus telescopes, compasses and other equipment, and of course, the ability to read and make maps that he learned in the army of later generations, and soon found the location of Anshan.

"Dai Lao, we're here!" Tan Feng said.

Tan Feng came to Anshan's generation, and then took Dai Zi to the more famous mine pits in Anshan in later generations, and then began to look for those resources. However, this is Dai Zi's responsibility, and he is responsible for finding those open-pit iron mines that are easy to find. Dai Zi's ability is still very powerful, and he quickly found iron ore.

"Commander, it's amazing, it's really amazing! The iron ore here, according to my experience, must be a lot, there must be a lot! Dai Zi said excitedly.

Tan Feng thought to himself: "Nonsense, this Anshan steel in later generations is known as the first reserve in the country, of course there are a lot!" ”

Tan Feng also valued these steels, and since this Dai Zi had discovered steel, Tan Feng also began to order those craftsmen to prepare to stop and establish a steel industry collective.

"Dai Lao, in the future, our equipment department will also be set up here. Our next equipment department will be responsible for these steel smelting, production, and even the production of various weapons and equipment. In the future, it will be up to you to smelt the steel, to the production, and then to the various ordnance. ”

"Strive to build as quickly as possible and start production as quickly as possible. At least when the future war begins, at least 8 million arrows will be produced, and our main weapons in the future will still rely on cold weapons such as bows and arrows, especially bows and arrows are the mainstream of our killing. Tan Feng said.

Tan Feng knew that he did not have the ability to make a large number of firearms at present, and those firearms were only used temporarily, but he could not rely on them. Making firearms is not as simple as in most novels, it is a need for everything from mining and smelting. At present, Tan Feng has no talents, so he can only continue to make cold weapons.

The steel-smelting capacity required to make firearms is not so simple. At present, Tan Feng wants good steel, but he can't do it. The rifle that Tan Feng currently has is just smelting the steel knives that were already good captured in the past, but this cannot be a long-term solution.

At present, Tan Feng can only get some pig iron, and he can't even get steel. Therefore, you can only rely on this bow and arrow and cold weapons, but cold weapons are not impossible to fight. Although the strength of firearms in the Manchu Qing Dynasty also has a certain strength, it is not the peak of the proportion of firearms and equipment in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"But Commander, after all, there are at least twenty percent of the people in the imperial court who use firearms!" Dai Zi said.

Tan Feng nodded and said, "Yes, since the imperial court entered the customs, the proportion of firearms in the regular army's green battalion has also increased. Even civilian militias have not completely banned the use of firearms, and will ban civilian use of firearms only in a few years. The proportion of firearms will surely increase in the future. ”

Tan Feng's description of the Qing Dynasty army in the later generations of braided dramas and bad movies are all cold weapons, and these guys really don't know how to shoot sycophants. At the peak of the Qing Dynasty's green battalion, the proportion of firearms and equipment reached 50 percent! During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the proportion of firearms reached four or five percent, and there was no need for Tan Feng to ignore historical facts in order to specifically black the Manchu Dynasty.

The decline of the Manchu army was not a factor of weapons, weapons were only the least important. It is the decay caused by the entire social system, and it is not something that can be summed up separately by the backwardness of weapons.

However, during the Yongzheng period, the firearms of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not reach their peak, which also provided conditions for Tan Feng to plan to use cold weapons to deal with it.

"But Commander, wouldn't it be ...... you do this," Dai Zi asked.

Tan Feng replied: "Dai Lao, maybe you are good as an engineer, but you are not a qualified soldier. As an army, no weapon is the best, only the most suitable. Also, the more advanced the weapons of the army, the better. Advanced weapons do not necessarily mean that they are good. “

"I also know a lot about the firearms of the Qing army. When they were still in the arquebus, the arquebus was full of fire, at most ten rounds in a quarter of an hour. But with such a slow rate of fire, we can overcome it with a crossbow. For example, I designed a pulley crossbow that allowed the rate of fire to be many times faster than those arquebuses. ”

"Coupled with the three-platoon approach, we can quickly get more firepower than theirs. The firepower of a weapon is not based on the total amount of firepower, but on the density of firepower delivered within a unit of time. In other words, although the firearms of the Qing army seem to be advanced, the density of firepower delivered by them per unit of time is far inferior to mine. ”

"As for the process of replacing bows and crossbows with firearms, it is nothing more than the low cost of firearms, and the cost of a lead is very low. Coupled with the low cost of training soldiers with firearms. Moreover, the arrows of the bow and crossbow are expensive and take longer to manufacture, which is the reason why the musket replaces the bow and crossbow. However, I now use a pulley crossbow and have an assembly line production method, so that the bow and crossbow can greatly strengthen the advantages in terms of rate of fire and manufacturing cost. The density of firepower delivered by our crossbows per unit of time was much greater than that of Manchu firearms. “

"In addition, the production method of our assembly line makes the manufacturing cost and manufacturing time of crossbow arrows plummet, so that our production speed is enough to supply the arrows in front of us!"

Tan Feng made targeted changes to several factors that eliminated the bow and crossbow by muskets in history, such as the pulley crossbow that did not exist in Chinese history, he could make it, so that once the soldiers collectively held the pulley crossbow and fired, the density of firepower was countless times higher than that of the Manchu muskets. This made it possible to suppress the Manchu superiority in firearms.

On the other hand, he adopted the assembly line production method, which had been lost after hearing about the Qin Dynasty, so that the supply of crossbow arrows could keep up with the demand ahead. The elimination of bows and crossbows is actually a cost factor, as long as the production of crossbow arrows can be accelerated, the quality of crossbow arrows can be maintained, and the time cost and labor cost of crossbow and arrow production can be reduced.

As long as the advantages of firearms are weakened.

Tan Feng uses advanced production methods and advanced tools to extend the use value of the bow and crossbow, which can be used to attack the biggest weakness of the current arquebus.

"Commander, I still want to say that the future of firearms is far more powerful than the bow and crossbow, so I still ......" Dai Zi still persuaded seriously.

Tan Feng interrupted Dai Zi's persuasion, and then explained: "Dai Lao, I know, I actually know better than you that the future of firearms is far more long-term than bows and crossbows. But I still have to say that there is no most powerful weapon in this world, only the most suitable one. We do not currently have the conditions to manufacture firearms, we can only use cold weapons. I can only eat away at the first production of cold weapons and improve cold weapons to meet the needs of our army. ”

"Of course, I also know that the future of firearms is much better than that of bows and crossbows. However, at present, we can only make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and since our cold weapons are more advantageous, we will use cold weapons for the time being. As for the future, when our rule is stable and there are more talents, I will also increase the intensity of developing firearms! ”

"In that case, then I'm relieved!" Dai Zi replied.

Tan Feng is also aware of the power of firearms and the power of industrialization. Although Tan Feng is a Han Chinese, he has always learned from the history of materialism. The history he learned in middle school alone was enough to tell him that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not the root cause of China's backwardness, but that it was the landlord class, not the Manchu Dynasty, that was backward.

If the landlord class is not "revolutionized", then no matter which ruler is changed, everything will be in vain. The landlord class naturally opposes industrialization and expects the regime ruled by the landlord class to engage in industrialization. Therefore, as long as you pass the history and politics of middle school, you can know that the landlord class is naturally anti-industrialization. Even in the West, the aristocratic landlords were also "revolutionized", and only then did they achieve industrialization.

Tan Feng wanted to engage in industrialization, but he could only re-establish his own social system. Although the population of Northeast China is small, it also has the advantage of a small population, and it is extremely convenient to reorganize a social system. The population in the northeast is sparse, and there is no such thing as "landlords", so it is much easier for Tan Feng to reorganize the social system and will not be resisted by the landlords.

The Manchus were able to sit on the throne because they relied on a political regime that could only be established after compromising with the landlord class. From the nature of the ruling class, the basis of the Manchu rule was actually no different from that of the Ming dynasty. Therefore, Tan Feng would not expect the landlords to engage in science and technology and industry, and the landlords' natural class position is anti-industry and anti-technology.

Tan Feng would not expect that the landlords in China could support his industrialization, and it was not any nationality that would oppose him at that time, but the landlords!

"If you want to develop firearms, you must develop industrialization. But if we don't get rid of the landlord class, how can I develop industry? It was not the Manchu regime that opposed industry, but the entire landlord class! My greatest enemy is not the Manchus, not any nation, but the entire landlord class. Tan Feng's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, overthrowing the Manchu Qing was just a means, and in the end, he had to purge all the landlord classes in the pass.

If the landlords are not cleansed, it will be impossible to industrialize, and in the end it will still repeat the old path of China. Tan Feng firmly believes that the decline of China cannot be blamed entirely on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, let alone Confucianism, but more on the landlord class.

Confucianism is nothing but a tool of domination, and the tool depends on whose hands it holds. If the landlord class is not eliminated, under the influence of class interests, not to mention Confucianism, even the Mohists who advocate the improvement of tools will be anon!