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Just when the prefect of Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, Bai Siwenbai, who had just become a full-fledged Manchurian, was wondering where to hire a killer to kill Zhu Jishi, Zhu Jishi was still slowly drifting on the Atlantic.

Intercontinental fulfillment in this era is really a long and boring affair, starting from the UK around the Cape of Good Hope, crossing the Indian Ocean, crossing the Strait of Malacca, and then crossing the South China Sea from south to north to reach the destination Hong Kong, even if the journey is smooth, it can take many months! And when it's going well, it's really not much, either it's too windy, or it's not in the right direction, or it's just like now, there's no wind at all.

Within a few days of going to sea, Zhu Jishi was tired of the endless sea view, and only took a turn on the deck every day, and then went back to the cabin to learn French with Madame Duran - flirting in French is also a kind of learning! In addition, I drank with the foreign devils in my classmates, and I drank all the French wines of all years, and the amount of wine was much larger. In this era, there was not much fresh water on sea ships, and wine was basically used instead of water, so the sailors generally drank very well. However, Zhu Jishi can quench his thirst with wine, but there is no way to bathe with wine, although he and Madame Duran are a little privileged in terms of water, but bathing is still a relatively luxurious thing. After a few weeks at sea, a certain French beauty smelled a little stinky......

Therefore, Zhu Jishi, who has always loved cleanliness, has greatly decreased his interest in women, and this day is even more boring. Zuihou is also the dean of the Military College of Jishi University in Hong Kong, Qiu Fatzi came up with an idea to kill time, and simply used a few months on the road to open a Western art of war cram school for Zhu Jishi and Han Si. Hemming, and Jérôme. Peel, Henry. Reye, Joseph. Daerlon, Louis. Mercer, Henry. The five old French men in De Vikine took turns to give military lessons to Zhu Jishi and Han Si. Starting from the queue training of standing upright and resting, and continuing to battalion tactics, regimental tactics and division tactics, of course, there is no way to teach the skill of riding a horse and cutting people, because there are no horses on the sailboat, but how a senior commander should use cavalry is the focus of the cram school.

"Will, I once watched the drill of the Royal Guards on the grass outside Windsor Castle." Zhu Jishi said with some suspicion: "It seems that it is a high-speed charge and a knife slashing, there is nothing special, can't the cavalry of the eastern countries do it?" ”

Will. Heming nodded slowly, "There is really nothing special, the cavalry of those horseback nations in the east is definitely no worse than the European cavalry in these two aspects." But in terms of overall coordination, they were far inferior to the heavy cavalry of Europe. The European heavy cavalry fought in a dense and neat line formation for a white-knuckle charge, and after each line attacked the enemy, it did not fall into scattered individual combat like the cavalry in the east, but withstood the enemy's shooting and slashing. Evacuate quickly, re-form formations, and repeatedly form a neat formation to attack. This consistent assault was the best tactic summed up by European military strategists over thousands of years of campaigns, and could easily defeat all Eastern cavalry and infantry. ”

Zhu Jishi's mind came to mind the picture when he played "Total War" in his later life, and the ancient knights of the Europeans seemed to wear heavy armor to fight with impact. The tactics of the European heavy cavalry probably evolved from this, right?

"Will, you're exaggerating the power of the heavy cavalry." That French cavalry expert Joseph, whom Napoleon III recommended to Zhu Jishi. Dale Long, an ugly-looking old man with a big nose and waving his hands with Will. Hemming sang the opposite. "The reason why the heavy cavalry of Europe can repeatedly defeat the cavalry of the East is that in the final analysis it is the overall leadership of Europe in terms of military jishu and tactics, and the armies of Europe are always a whole, and the heavy cavalry, light cavalry, light infantry, line infantry and artillery must be concentrated together in order to exert all their might. If the heavy cavalry were to go to the battlefield alone, their Oriental horseback archery would be enough for the heavy cavalry to drink a pot! ”

"Mounted archery? Old Daerron, you can't be drunk, right? Can this old-fashioned tactic still be used? "Robert. Churchill immediately retorted. In this era, it seems that the British and French soldiers have a common language.

"Fatty, what do you see here?" Another French officer, Louis the burly man. Mercer suddenly drew his pistol.

This is a Colt revolver imported from the United States - this pistol can shoot six rounds in a row, and it is extremely powerful at close range. Zhu Jishi Jean Kospel. William bought thousands of these revolvers through the American branch of the World Bank, and also bought a license to produce Colt revolvers in England, and now all of Zhu Jishi's "partners", including Mrs. Duran, are equipped with such pistols.

"Mercer! What do you want? Put the pistol back, put it back! Seeing that the scene seemed to be out of control, Zhu Jishi hurriedly opened his mouth to pull the rack, Qiu Fatzi is now the dean of the Military College of Jishi University, and he also has the identity of a representative of the vice minister of the colony, so he can't let this old French man fall with one shot.

"You, what do you want to do?" The fat man was also scared, last time and Will. Hemming's duel was a profound lesson, and he didn't want to do it again anyway.

"Don't be afraid, fatty, I didn't intend to kill you with this pistol." Louis. Mercer put the pistol on the table, pointed at it and smiled: "If the light cavalry of the Orientals were all equipped with this kind of Colt pistol, and used the tactics of fighting and retreating with the heavy cavalry of Europe - just like the cavalry tactics of the Mongols back then, would the heavy cavalry of Europe still be able to win?" ”

"This one is ...... with a Colt pistol," Will. Hemming and Robert. Churchill looked at each other, as if there was some truth in the words of the old Frenchman. In Europe, heavy cavalry was generally not equipped with guns, and their mode of combat was shock. Although most of the light cavalry are equipped with pistols or rifles, this kind of musket that can only shoot one bullet at a time is not very useful on the battlefield, in most cases, the light cavalry still has to rely on sabers to fight, but if the light cavalry is equipped with a Colt revolver, the firepower of six rounds is not a joke!

"Louie, the use of Colt pistols by light cavalry will certainly pose a serious threat to heavy cavalry." Joseph. Deeron took over the topic, "And now the French light cavalry in North Africa is equipped with Jason-style grenades, this kind of grenade weighs only one pound, and can be easily thrown forty meters away, if dozens of them are thrown together, how can the heavy cavalry charge?" So the use of spears and heavy swords, heavy cavalry in cuirass has been eliminated, and the battlefield of the future should be the world of light cavalry, artillery and grenadiers. ”

"Grenadier? Queue up to throw grenades? Zhu Jishi grinned and imagined the scene of two horizontal formations of the opposing sides on the battlefield throwing grenades at a distance of thirty or forty meters.

"It could also be light infantry," said another Frenchman, Henry Henry, who was emaciated, but had very sharp eyes. "Light infantry can shoot grenadiers from a distance of 200 meters, and can use grenades to kill and wound approaching cavalry, and if it cooperates with light cavalry and artillery, it should be the main force on the battlefield." ”

"No, no," said Jérôme, the tallest of the Frenchmen. Peel interrupted with a shake of his hand, "The tactics of the light infantry are not suitable for hand-to-hand combat, and the resistance to cavalry is too weak, if the light cavalry withstands a round of grenade attacks, the light infantry can be easily eliminated." Unless light infantry can have rifled guns with a higher rate of fire, there is no way to become a workhorse on the battlefield. ”

After listening to the debate of several foreign generals, Zhu Jishi's brows furrowed, and now this era seems to be on the eve of a military revolution, the ammonium oil explosives invented by himself, and the revolver on the American Colt side seem to have completely changed the way infantry and cavalry fight, if there is another rifled gun that can be quickly loaded...... Well, what appeared in history was not a rifled gun that could be quickly loaded, but a bullet that could be quickly loaded! It's a pity that Zhu Jishi doesn't have a little impression of Mine's bullet in his mind.