Chapter 212: Not to be underestimated

This phenomenon of different systems in the army not matching each other is what Feng Jian is happy to see, and the Zhenshan Battalion now has six major systems.

They are: the regular army of the Zhenshan Battalion has a total of 3,000 soldiers, which is the core of all the military forces of the Zhenshan Battalion.

The Zhenshan Battalion Hunting Division, now there are 100 soldiers, and this 100 Feng Jian will train them as special forces in later generations, so although their number is small, they are the most elite soldiers in the Zhenshan Battalion, and in the future, the Enemy Hunting Division will divide a part of the men and horses to form the Zhenshan Battalion Cavalry, so it is the most valued by Feng Jian.

The Zhenshan battalion does not collect at night, and there are 1,000 soldiers in the formation, who are usually in various places, drawing maps of the terrain and landforms of some important areas, in case of need, and keeping an eye on the garrisons and the distribution of soldiers in various places.

There are now more than 400 medical and nursing soldiers in the Zhenshan Battalion Medical Corps, and the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion are all elite soldiers in a hundred, and any disability is a loss for the Zhenshan Battalion, with the existence of the medical team, the injured soldiers can be effectively treated, and the casualties of the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion can be reduced to the greatest extent.

The artillery team of the Zhenshan Battalion has only nine tiger squat cannons so far, as well as fifty gunners from the craftsmen of Pingdu City, but the great power of the artillery team when dealing with the Daqingfeng personal guard cavalry is unforgettable, and the scale of the artillery team will be larger and larger in the future, there is no doubt about this.

The logistics unit of the Zhenshan Battalion was picked up by the fleet of the Fushan Water Division a few days ago and has more than 1,000 people, and there are more than 4,000 logistics troops, all of whom are elite people. It's just a little bit less than the selection criteria of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, and with a little training, it is also an elite division.

The above six systems form the whole of the earthquake camp. The external deterrence and strike capability of the Zhenshan battalion has been formed.

Feng Jian gradually found that the six major systems were crowded in the Zhenshan Camp, which seemed that the specifications of the Zhenshan Camp were too small. This is extremely detrimental to future development, and it is time to start thinking about how to rebuild the six systems that are gradually expanding.

Whether to separate these six systems into independent units, or to establish a high-standard unit to re-regulate the six major systems, Feng Jian has not yet made up his mind.

Shen Xiaoshan sat on the left side of Feng Jian and escorted more than 20 foreign craftsmen back to Huluyan all the way, none of the foreign craftsmen were damaged, but there were more than ten casualties among the soldiers of the enemy hunting division under his command.

Along the way, through fighting with the Dengzhou cavalry, more than 200 war horses and many weapons and armor were captured, and it should be said that this operation was a great gain.

Shen Xiaoshan was reporting the battle to Feng Jian. Special mention of the merits of the Bird Gun Soldiers of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, they did not have the support of the Bird Gun Soldiers along the way, not only would they not have such a harvest, but they might even be severely damaged.

For the 200 war horses captured, Feng Jian immediately ordered Shen Xiaoshan to select qualified people from the three thousand headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion for training, and prepare to set up the Zhenshan Battalion cavalry team.

According to Shen Xiaoshan's account, those foreign craftsmen were very reluctant when they first arrived at Huluyan, and they seemed to have a lot of confidence in themselves. felt that Shen Xiaoshan and the others had gone to great lengths to kidnap them to Huluyan, and they must have asked for something from them, so they behaved very arrogantly one by one.

In fact, it was also the case, and Feng Jian tried his best to rescue them. On the one hand, it is to prevent them from being harmed by Kong Youde's rebellious army in the chaos, and on the other hand, it is to take a fancy to their superb artillery-making technology, as long as they are truly obedient to Huluyan. In the future, Huluyan will have the most powerful artillery of this era.

Shen Xiaoshan knew that Feng Jian's foreign craftsmen attached great importance to them, and he didn't dare to rectify them with heavy hands. Guo Tai has a way to rectify them.

He ordered the foreign craftsmen to be confined to a room and stopped serving them food and drink. They were also intimidated and lured from time to time, and in just two days, these foreign craftsmen were all subdued.

In their eyes, Guo Tai seems to have become the embodiment of the devil, specifically inflicting atrocities on them, God's people, in order not to be sent to God early by this demon, the foreign craftsmen no longer shout for human rights and freedom all day long, and they have become very honest one by one.

Feng Jian heard Shen Xiaoshan's report on this matter, and said with a smile: "The wicked will be grinded by the wicked, Guo Tai is acting as a wicked man in this matter, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with foreign craftsmen again." ”

Several people sitting next to Feng Jian turned to Guo Tai, who was eating Zhengxiang, and several of them knew the important role of these foreigners, so they all showed knowing smiles.

And non-core generals like Guo Tai didn't realize the importance of these red-haired and blue-eyed aliens, and it was because of this that they could have no scruples and make those foreign craftsmen submit.

Everyone laughed for a while, and Zhang Dalai came up and said: "Commander, the current scale of our military research institute is difficult to apply to the large-scale manufacture of weapons and equipment, and my subordinates suggest that the entire Houluyan back mountain be opened up into a military research institute to expand the scale of the military research institute. ”

The Institute is now divided into two departments, the Armor and Weapons Department and the Firearms Department, with Zhang Dalai and Liang Yuanhao as directors respectively.

Now that there is an abundant supply of raw materials, the original small workshop-type iron-making furnace of the Armor and Weapons Department is no longer suitable for large-scale production of weapons and armor.

After obtaining Feng Jian's approval some time ago, Zhang Dalai, Liang Yuanhao and other craftsmen imitated the iron-making method of the craftsman's household, established an iron-making furnace and an iron-roasting furnace in the station of the Military Research Institute, and connected the two furnaces in series.

In this way, the military research institute can directly purchase iron ore from outside, and then directly refine iron ore from the iron-making furnace.

The molten pig iron will flow directly into the iron frying furnace, and then stir it with an insulated shovel to produce mature iron.

This method of ironmaking greatly improves the production efficiency, and it is simply different from the previous small workshop method.

This is how Zhang Dalai said at a meeting in Huluyan a year and a half ago that iron-making furnaces would be used for iron-making.

At that time, everyone in Huluyan felt that this matter was out of reach, and in any case, they could not have imagined that in just over a year, Huluyan would be able to build its own iron-making furnace and iron-frying furnace.

It can be seen that the world is changing, and even a traverser like Feng Jian can't reach it!

All the things of the Military Research Institute are related to the weapons and equipment of the Zhenshan Battalion, and in Feng Jian's opinion, everything is a major matter, and the Military Research Institute will agree to every request.

In terms of personnel treatment, it is also inclined to the Military Research Institute, and the Military Research Institute has gone up to craftsmen like Zhang Dalai and Liang Yuanhao to ordinary apprentices, and their salaries are as high as those of the Zhenshan Battalion.

Moreover, there is a good way for the craftsman apprentices of the Military Research Institute to earn more food, that is, to create inventions. As long as one's own invention is adopted, after being evaluated by a special person, he will be rewarded and rewarded according to a certain rank, so there is now an upsurge of invention and creation among the craftsmen of the Military Research Institute.

Now hearing Zhang Dalai's request to expand the scale of the Military Research Institute, Feng Jian naturally fully supported it.

Feng Jian said to Zhang Dalai: "The expansion of the Military Research Institute shows that our Huluyan strength is getting stronger and stronger, and I fully support it!" It is necessary to use manpower and material resources to make overall planning, and then submit it to the Huluyan General Mutual Aid Association for review. Sun Fang, your mutual aid association will approve it as soon as possible, and try to meet the requirements of the Military Research Institute in terms of manpower and material resources. ”

Sun Fang, who was sitting on the side, glanced at Qin Huaibao, gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

Zhang Dalai continued: "Some time ago, the commander ordered the creation and development of the 'Minny' bomb, and now the Military Research Institute has developed it! ”

Feng Jian perked up, pushed the dishes and chopsticks and said, "So fast!" How did the experiment work! ”

Zhang Dalai said with a smile: "There has been a great improvement in all aspects, especially in the reload speed and firing strength. ”

Because all the bird guns in the Zhenshan Battalion have rifling inside their barrels, it is difficult to give full play to their advantages with ordinary fixed ammunition.

Therefore, Feng Jian thought of the Mini bullet, in fact, the Mini bullet is a kind of pointed lead bullet made by using the principle of tail expansion.

When the bullet is fired, the bullet is forced to rotate and fly by the thread engraved in the chamber, and the bullet expands and fits the chamber when it is ignited, and under the pressure of the rifling, the bullet can rotate out at high speed, and the accuracy of hitting and the firing distance will be greatly improved.

Moreover, the caliber of the mini bullet is one circle smaller than the diameter of the body of the front-loading rifled gun, which solves the problem of difficult reloading.

It is not difficult to make a Mini bullet itself, and after Feng Jian informed Zhang Dalai, Liang Yuanhao and others of the principle, I believe that the craftsmen will soon make it.

The point is that a large amount of lead is required to create such a warhead. Because Mini shells can only be made of very soft metal, so that the warhead can be easily expanded, and at this stage only lead meets this characteristic.

Therefore, a large amount of lead is required to manufacture mini bullets in large quantities, which will restrict the production of mini bullets to a certain extent.

Feng Jian said with a smile: "It seems that there is a dragon and a crouching tiger among our craftsmen, which is really not to be underestimated." I wonder who made the Mini bomb first? ”

Zhang Dalai pointed to Liang Yuanhao, who had a good color on his face, and said: "The Mini bullet is made by the Liang craftsman and his craftsmen. ”

When Liang Yuan heard this, he hurriedly restrained his face and said modestly: "Relying on our craftsmen alone, how could we have thought that the bird lead bullet would be so powerful after being changed to a pointed head, all of this should be attributed to the commander's suggestion!" ”

Feng Jian was in a good mood, he laughed and said: "Master Liang has now learned to pat on the back, the success of the Minnie bullet is made, and the power of our bird soldiers will be greatly improved, this is a great achievement!" ”

Liang Yuanhao was more realistic, and said: "Our craftsmen just made this Mini bullet according to the instructions of the commander......

Feng Jian suppressed his smile and interrupted: "If it's your credit, don't shirk it." ”

Turning his head to Zhang Dalai, he said: "I plan to merge those foreign craftsmen into the Military Research Institute and set up an artillery department, you have to start preparing to recruit apprentices now, the power of artillery is obvious to everyone, I believe that these foreign craftsmen will make more powerful artillery in the future." ”

Zhang Dalai said: "Are these foreign craftsmen the same as ordinary craftsmen, can they really teach the manufacturing technology of cannons, the villain just heard Xiaoshan say that these foreign craftsmen have a strange temper, I am afraid that these people will be unruly and difficult to control in the future." ”!! (To be continued......)