Han Chao shook his head, took the bird gun, and put on a stabbing posture, he had been in battle for a long time, and immediately understood how to use this sword. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Be careful," he shouted. ”

Without mercy, he sprinted towards Gao Shiyin.

Gao Shiyin roared, the shield in his hand was fierce, and with a loud bang, Han Chao's sword stabbed on Gao Shiyin's shield. Wang Dou was a little worried that the bayonet would break, but fortunately, the bayonet was made of some high-quality steel, and it seemed that the quality was still good.

Han Chao stabbed violently, Gao Shiyin's shield continued to resist, Wang Dou's brows furrowed slightly, and Han Chao's bayonet seemed to be a little bent after stabbing the shield a few times.

Suddenly, Gao Shiyin roared, and the copper hammer in his right hand smashed on Han Chao's bird, and with a snap, the bayonet broke.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, this sword was made of steel, made of fine workmanship, and then fought hand-to-hand, but it had no advantage, no wonder except for the heavy sword, the sword was missing from the battlefield.

Gao Shiyin defeated Han Chao, walked over proudly, and said in a loud voice: "General, this sword looks useless. It's not on the battlefield, there's no armor, if you're wearing heavy armor, and then you use a big stick, a mace or something, tsk......"

The generals were all talking about it, and they also felt that this sword seemed to be of little use, if it was close combat, and there were already pikemen in the army, that was a professional class. Bird soldiers are also used as pikemen, which feels nondescript.

Wang Dou nodded, the bayonet against the heavy weapon, there is indeed no advantage, if the other party wears armor, it is not very useful.

When bayonets were used in the West, both sides were generally left without armor.

Zhong Xiancai said softly: "General, it's not easy to build this sword, right?" ”

Wang Dou said: "The logistics department said that it is not easy. ”

The manufacture of bayonets has extremely high requirements for steel, and the process is easy to break and break if it is not up to standard. Moreover, the bayonet has the same high requirements for standardization and precision, and it is more difficult to build a universal bayonet than a single barrel. The sleeve is made bigger, and the sleeve is loose and loose in the mouth. It's too small to fit in.

Only the East Route Military Factory, where there are strict requirements for standardization, can make a unified bayonet.

Zhao Xuan suddenly said: "This sword is not necessarily useless. ”

He said: "Old Gao, what would you do if Old Han Gong had a sub-medicine in it and opened a gun to you?" ”

Gao Shiyin was stunned for a moment, and then he was terrified and shouted: "Then I'm finished!" ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone suddenly felt that this sword did not seem to be useless.

Zhong Xiancai said softly: "I think that the bird swordsmen in the army can actually use the sword. Sometimes the enemy rushes so fast that the sergeants don't have time to draw their swords and retreat, and that's when the sword comes into play. ”

Everyone nodded, and sometimes the enemy rushed to the front quickly, and the bird gun hand threw the gun and drew the sword, and there was a movement with a sword on the gun, which could be stabbed and prolong the time for the pikemen to come to the rescue.

Zhong Xiancai said again: "Now the self-generated firecrackers in military factories have a dumb fire rate that is only slightly higher than that of arquebuses, and I think the time has come to use them." The sergeant used a self-made firebolt, and it was easy to do without a fire rope. Coupled with the sword, the combat power will increase a lot. ”

Everyone turned their heads to discuss what Zhong Xiancai said.

Originally, the main problem with flintlock pistols was ignition.

The sparks made by flint may not necessarily ignite the ignition potion and then ignite the main fire potion.

Then there is a delay, the spark made by the flint, igniting the ignition potion, and then igniting the main fire potion, there must be a process. Therefore, after pulling the trigger, there must be a delay before it can be fired.

And the most annoying thing is that the firing delay of the flintlock pistol is not fixed, sometimes it is so short that it is almost imperceptible. Sometimes it's so long, long that you think the shot isn't firing, and then it goes off suddenly. …,

Relatively speaking, the latter question is fine, and the former is quite a big one.

Fortunately, after years of research and continuous improvement of battlefield experience, the firing failure of the flintlock pistol in the current army is much less, only slightly higher than that of the arquebus.

(At present, the blind firing rate of arquebuses is 3 or 4 percent, and the blind firing rate of flintlock pistols is 8 or 9 percent. ）

Compared with the arquebus, which has to drag a long and lit arquebus, the flintlock pistol has obvious advantages and has strong advantages. The generals of the Jingbian Army also slowly accepted the existence of self-generated firearms from suspicion.

Gao Shiyin was not satisfied, he shouted: "Xiao Zhong'er, what do you mean, the pikemen in our army are about to be canceled?" Those sergeants worked hard to hone their skills, only to find that there was an empty one? ”

The rest of them also have ideas, the Jingbian Army has cooperated with the fire soldiers and pikemen since the Shunxiang Army of that year, and for so many years, everyone has long adapted to the existence of this type of troops. If you want to cancel the pikemen in your battalion, no one will agree, and the soldiers will be noisy.

Zhong Xiancai said: "Of course not, I mean, the firecrackers are equipped with self-generated firearms and swords, pikemen, and they are still the same. ”

Everyone whispered, thinking that it was feasible, as long as the pikemen remained the same, and the firecrackers, of course, it was good to use self-generated firearms and swords.

Looking at everyone's appearance, Wang Dou couldn't help but smile, military science and technology seem to be developing with the development of history.

The generals had doubts about flintlock pistols, but now they have accepted it. The bayonet on the musket, although not as good as the spear, does not occupy the establishment, and does not have to worry about the range of use of the spearman, which is very convenient. Presumably, the pikemen will gradually decrease in the future, and eventually the bayonet soldiers of one color. History will enter a new era.

Even Gao Shiyin felt that it was good to equip the bird slenders in his camp with self-generated big guns and swords.

However, there are not many long-pole self-made guns in the army, and there are not many swords, and they will soon have to go to the front line, and there is no time to run in new weapons, so the current equipment in the army remains unchanged.

It will be at least a year or two before flintlock muskets and bayonets are widely equipped.

On this day, Wang Dou suddenly received an official document that officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials would arrive at the East Road to announce the rewards for the Battle of Luoyang and the Battle of Xiangyang of the Jingbian Army, as well as the issue of the amount of food and salary for the soldiers.

The entourage included Zhang Ruoqi from Langzhong of the Ministry of War, and Ma Shaoyu and others.

The Ministry of War, the full name of the "Department of Officials", is one of the four divisions of the Ming Dynasty, in charge of the provincial map, military officials' merits, verification, rewards and punishments, pensions, and military review, test and other matters, the power is quite heavy.

Zhang Ruoqi is a powerful figure in the Ministry of War, and he is quite important to Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and their arrival represents the importance of the Ministry of War to the loyal and brave uncle.

In addition, after the news that there were a large number of firearms and artillery in the Dongyu army reached Xuanda, not to mention Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong Town, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, and others were surprised, but Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, and Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanfu Town, were quite worried.

Yang Guozhu imitated the Shunxiang Army and trained three battalions of the new army, and Wang Pu also followed suit, but only trained one battalion. The two of them were full of confidence, with such a strong army, they would capture the flag in the future, and taking the head of the enemy chief was like probing for something, but the news from Liaodong was a blow to them.

Fortunately, the emperor decided to let the Shenji battalion go out with heavy artillery, plus the artillery battalion in the Wang Dou battalion, in terms of artillery fire, everyone was worried a lot.

However, the call for strengthening the intensity of firepower in the battalion in the army was rising, and everyone remembered that the medicine used by Uncle Zhongyong was very powerful. The current Da Ming, who dares to force Wang Dou to give up the formula of the medicine? Retreating to the next best, everyone thought of buying some powerful custom-packed cartridge ammunition from Wang Dou. …,

Those who have this idea also include Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others. There is also this meaning in the military department, one of the missions of Zhang Ruoqi and others is to buy some sub-medicines from Wang Dou, and if they can, they will also buy some fine bird guns.

Not only that, but the various reinforcements also made up their minds to open the front line with Wang Dou.

When everyone heard that Wang Dou had decided to send troops in June, they also decided to send troops in June. Of course, some people have a long way to go and need to set off a few days in advance, especially Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, who has to go many days in advance to the East Road to be parallel with Wang Dou.

But before, I bought the sub-medicine first.

Among the people who came to Xuanda this time, led by Governor Zhang Fuzhen, they will soon arrive at the East Road.

After learning the news, Wang Dou also summoned everyone to discuss the matter.

According to the opinion of the shogunate and the generals, there are many firecrackers and sub-medicines in stock, and some of them can be sold, so as long as the ammunition is controlled in their own hands, they are not afraid.

Everyone has been using firearms for many years, and they also see the trick, the bird gun has no medicine, it is just a burning stick.

Moreover, the firearms on the East Road are so fierce that the world is looking sideways, and if they are hoarded in large quantities, they may attract criticism.

Selling to friendly forces can increase their combat power, after all, you can't fight on the battlefield alone. Selling some bird guns and fire medicines, although there is a discussion of greed for money, but compared with hoarding, it makes all parties more at ease.

Wang Dou meant that he originally wanted to sell some old goods, but he had almost consumed it himself in the past few years.

At present, the only thing that surpasses the technology of all parties in the army is the new type of firecracker that Li Zhifen researched in the 13th year of Chongzhen, which makes the fixed-mounted cartridge ammunition in the Jingbian army can break through heavy armor in 100 steps, which is 20 or 30 steps more lethal than the firearm used by the original Shunxiang army.

The rest, such as the Seiko Bird Gun, the fire door device that can be automatically opened and closed on the fire medicine pool, is now used by many in the Ming Army. It was not an advanced technology, it appeared as early as the era of the Qi family. Wang Dou didn't want to be constrained by all parties back then, so he started from scratch and studied it himself.

Now in addition to the formula of gunpowder, there is also a new type of artillery-making technology, and the technology of firearms in Wang Doujun's army did not exceed this era, and exceeded the friendly army at this time. If the flintlock pistol was used, Lu Xiangsheng used it in the standard camp. Lu Mi Gong is still Wang Dou from Lu Xiangsheng and Emperor Chongzhen.

According to the intelligence of the Intelligence Department, although the bird guns made by Yang Guozhu and others are excellent, they obviously cannot be compared with the East Route Military Factory in terms of standardization.

Some of their birds have large mouths, some have small mouths, so there is a problem.

The mouth of the gun is large, and the bullet medicine is loose and loose after entering, even if you use the fixed paper tube bullet medicine on the east road, the power is greatly reduced.

The mouth of the gun is small, and it is difficult to stuff the ammunition plug into it, let alone hit it.

In addition, the East Road Fire Powder is strong, and the pressure it produces is probably unbearable for many of the birds.

After learning of this result, the people who came at that time would definitely buy the bird gun together with the new cartridge pills.

In fact, in the inventory now, there are also some old-fashioned fixed-type carton bullets from Chongzhen thirteen years ago, which can be broken at a distance of fifty steps, sixty steps, and seventy steps.

However, it is obvious that everyone is rushing for the powerful and powerful new medicine that can break through heavy armor in a hundred steps, and those old-style fire medicine are also available in their army.

Everyone agreed that the strength of Jingbian's firearms was the result of the advantages of the system and the careful production of weapons, so it was nothing to sell some weapons to friendly troops.

However, before Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, and others came, Chen Jiugao, the chief soldier of Liugou, visited Wang Dou first. ）