Zhao Xu picked up the teacup, took a sip of the rich and fragrant tea, moistened his throat, and then said to all the ministers present: "The musket, you have all seen it today, its power, use, use, and some problems that may arise in the process of using the musket, I don't need to talk about it, you have already had a relatively clear analysis account book in your heart, let's talk about it, I want to hear the analysis in your heart." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, it was Lu Junyi who stood up first, and he said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, judging from the situation of the musket test firing today, this weapon can indeed play a decisive role on the battlefield, but our musket really has the danger of exploding, and even the minister has listened to the officials of the Ordnance Department privately analyzed, so far, the musket not only has the danger of exploding, but also has the problem of jamming and dumb fire, so the minister believes that at this moment, the musket, It is not yet possible to fully equip the army in a large area, and even if we want to equip the troops, we can only equip a small part first, such as forming a team of 1,000 muskets, so that the muskets, a weapon that has never appeared before, will slowly make all the soldiers familiar with it, recognize it, and finally identify with it. ”

"Well, the Lu Qing family is indeed more thoughtful about the matter of arming the musket troops, do you have any other ideas?" Zhao Xu said

"Your Majesty has something to say." Chen Linghua, deputy chief of the General Staff (if you don't remember this person, please look at Chapter 99 of the Ghost Shadow Light Cavalry above) came out of the squad and said to Zhao Xu

"Aiqing, please speak." Every time he sees Chen Linghua, Zhao Xu will feel how well he decided to let her enter the General Staff back then, this Chen Linghua, the control of military knowledge is almost to a degree of rebellion, if it is not for the sufficient number of generals in the entire empire, Zhao Xu even has an idea of wanting her to be in command of the battle, once this woman is put on the battlefield, she is definitely a better one than all male generals and even marshals, which truly embodies the word "women who do not let the eyebrows" go

Chen Linghua hugged Zhao Xu and said: "Your Majesty, there are two points that the minister wants to say, the first point is the use of muskets, if it is only used in the infantry, this will not greatly reduce the use rate of muskets, China's ordnance department has spent nearly 20 years to develop this musket step by step, if the scope of application of the musket can not be expanded, how can this be worthy of the unremitting efforts of our colleagues in the ordnance department over the years, so the minister thinks, in addition to the infantry, Our cavalry, especially the lightly armed cavalry, and even the archers, must be equipped with muskets in a large area, so that they can not only expand the utilization rate of muskets in our army, but also use the superiority of our cavalry to carry out a crazy and rapid attack on the enemy. The second point is that the **** of the musket lies in the fact that it burns the gunpowder and then shoots the bullet, but once our musket encounters a rainy day, or a humid environment, I am afraid that the power of our musket will be greatly reduced, or even lose its power, if we do not do a good job of moisture-proofing, I am afraid that our musket is difficult to equip in the hands of the soldiers of the navy. ”

Chen Linghua's words suddenly hit Zhao Xu's heart, thinking back to the world of the 14th to 17th centuries in later generations, the era of the highest use rate of the musket, no matter how people at that time modified the musket, it was impossible to avoid the influence of the humid environment on the musket, until the emergence of the back-loading gun, which completely changed the huge impact of the environment on the power of the gun

"For the question raised by Chen Qingjia, I think that the feasibility of the first point is still very high, but the second point is really much more difficult, the excitation and filling of this musket is different from our artillery, the firing device of the artillery is all installed inside the artillery gun, and the moisture-proof and rain-proof performance is superior, but the musket is not good, its barrel is narrow, and the root cannot install the sui firing device in the barrel, the situation you said I have actually thought of, this matter is really a headache."

Then Zhou Tong came out of the squad and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, since there are still many problems waiting for the colleagues of the Ordnance Department to solve, but as soldiers, Lao Chen thinks that we should also include the use of muskets and the coordinated operation of muskets and multiple services in the research topics of the General Staff and the Imperial Military Academy." ”

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhou is right." Chen Linghua came out of the class again and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that although there are still some small flaws in the musket, after all, this musket has been successfully developed and completely forged, and no one dares to say that the colleagues of the Ordnance Department will not make a perfect transformation of the musket in a short period of time, so the minister believes that the research on the use of muskets and the coordinated operation with multiple services must be put on the agenda of our General Staff and the Imperial Military Academy as soon as possible. Otherwise, once one day muskets are forged in large quantities and equipped with troops, if we do not have a corresponding training plan, I am afraid that it will be a great obstacle to the construction of our army. ”

"You are right, since this is the case, then this matter is so decided, the Ministry of War will temporarily transfer 1,000 Imperial soldiers to form a 1,000-person musket team to cooperate with the General Staff and the Imperial Military Academy to conduct research on musket combat."

"Obey." Lu Junyi stepped forward and clenched his fists and said

"Little Bean."

"The slave is here."

"Immediately send an order to the Ordnance Division, ordering them to forge two thousand muskets in a short time and deliver them to the Military Division, and to hand over to the Ordnance Department many of the problems raised today regarding guns, so that they can hurry up and study the corresponding reform plan, and study the perfect reform plan as soon as possible, and apply it to the muskets, and tell them that I do not want the weapons that I have worked so hard to develop become useless burning sticks." Zhao Xu said to Xiaodouzi

"The slave obeys."

Coming out of the General Staff, Zhao Xu's thinking has not stopped turning, for the cognition of the musket, Zhao Xu has his own ideas, although the Ordnance Department invented the musket weapon hundreds of years in advance, but the most effective attack distance of the musket is only about two hundred meters, this distance for the infantry, although it belongs to the absolute death distance, but for the rapid impact of the brigade cavalry, it is just a matter of a few breaths, and the enemy's cavalry is mixed with a large number of archers, That's not good news for the musketeers who shoot in formation, so the musketeers of this era can only be used as a force for explosive strikes against the enemy, and not as the absolute main force on the battlefield and appear on the battlefield, and if one day the Ordnance Division invents the tank, hehehe...... Maybe the heart is too low (to be continued.) )