Chapter 128: Yun's Spear

According to legend, the three-stage shooting was invented by Mu Ying, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, firearms, etc. needed to fill time, in order to solve the problem of this time difference, General Mu Ying invented this shooting method after repeated practice, and achieved great results.

I explained: "We can arrange the musketeers in nine rows, in groups of three, where the first row of each group is kneeling, the second row is half standing, and the third row is upright, firing at the same time, the first group retreats to the back to reload after shooting, and the second group steps forward and becomes the first group, and continues to shoot, and so on, basically ensuring uninterrupted shooting, which is called three-stage shooting." Despite these remedies, it was inevitable that the enemy, especially the opposing cavalry, would rush in front of the musketeers, and the musketeers would not be able to resist, so the musketeers had to form a battalion of soldiers with cold weapons. ”

Wen Zhang thought for a while and said, "Chen understands, this method is indeed effective, when the remaining enemies rush to the front, and then change to other arms to meet the enemy." ”

"Yes, that's right. Let's try to imagine, there are 1,000 Mongolian cavalry rushing 100 meters away, Wen Zhang, you are also a thousand soldiers here, if there are 50 musketeers in each platoon, a group is 150, when the enemy rushes in front of him, it is estimated that each group can only fire one or two shots, according to one time, that is, 450 rounds, if it can cause half of the opponent's casualties, then the enemy will have more than 700 people rushing to the front, and we only have more than 500 soldiers of other arms, it is bound to fall into a disadvantage; According to two rounds, it is 900 rounds, and if half of the enemy casualties are also inflicted, then 500 enemy troops will rush in front of you, which is equivalent to our soldiers. What if there were a hundred or two hundred musketeers per platoon? Again, a different situation will arise. ”

Wen Zhang frowned and said: "Your Majesty, in such a short period of time, it seems too difficult to fire the musket twice, and even if it can be fired twice, with the same number of people, our side's combat effectiveness in hand-to-hand combat is still inferior to that of the other party." ”

"Wen Zhang, the key factor that determines the war is still people. The musket is used in actual combat, is the direction of the future, you don't need to doubt this, the strategy and tactics need to be carefully studied, firing ten times in a word (five minutes) is the most basic, it must be done, you think about it, think about it and then fold it up, don't be bound by conventional thinking, for example, whether you can set up obstacles in the middle to slow down the speed of the opponent's cavalry, and for example, how much is the ratio of musketeers and so on. Speaking of this, my face suddenly became serious and said, "Wenzhang, my army relies on the city, and it can still hold on to the Mongols, but it is far from its enemy in the field, but I don't want to see it, and the army you brought out is also the same, and the field battle is unbearable." The Mongolian soldiers are people, and your soldiers are also people, so why do they lose? ”

Wen Zhang's heart sank, and he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister's team will definitely meet the emperor's requirements." ”

"Well, Wenzhang, I will teach you another war quote, strategically to despise the enemy, tactically to value the enemy."

This famous war quote came from a great man in later generations, and it is a concentrated embodiment of this great man's strategic and tactical thinking, and it is not something I made up. Wen Zhang was already surprised by my unexpected point of view, and just silently repeated these two sentences in his heart.

Back in Yun Bofei's house, I thought for a while and said, "Song Rui, Bofei, let's build a thousand of these muskets first." ”

Wen Tianxiang asked, "Your Majesty, how much time does it take for the Gunpowder Division to complete?" ”

"Can it be done in three months?"

"Three months?" Wen Tianxiang said, "Then we have to add equipment and craftsmen." ”

"Well, Song Rui, you can arrange it, in short, what Bo Fei needs here, I will agree to it all."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Mr. Shen, has the university's laboratory been built?" I asked Shen Yiqiu.

"Back to the emperor, it's already begun."

"Okay, the first project of the laboratory is to help Yun Bofei solve the problem, Quanjue should be here in a few days, let him be in charge of the laboratory first, I hope to be able to build the laboratory of Lin'an University into the most prestigious laboratory in the world, and let He Ji apply for the cost. In addition, Mr. Shen, after you go back, you will discuss with He Ji to build a recruitment building in front of the university, and all the elders with a skill, regardless of their fame and background, as long as they are approved by me, can serve as university professors, or enter the court as officials, or study on their own. If you do not want to, you can also have an academic exchange with the university. ”

Shen Yiqiu replied respectfully: "I will obey the emperor's will." ”

"Song Rui, Dongping, Bo Fei, the three of you finalize the musket in three days, and then start mass production. Oh, by the way, I just remembered one thing, can I have a bayonet on the front end of the musket? Bo Fei has seen my drawings, do you still have any impressions? ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister still remembers that this is not a difficult thing."

"That's good, Bo Fei, the research and development of grenades and artillery cannot be ignored."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has set up different teams, which are in charge of several lieutenant divisions in the Gunpowder Division, and the progress is quite smooth."

"Very good, Bo Fei has made a lot of contributions, I have it in my heart, Song Rui."

"The minister is here."

"I remember the name of the musket at the beginning, and these thousand muskets will be named Yun's musket."

Wen Tianxiang said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Your Majesty......" Yun Bofei was so excited that he couldn't speak for a while, and fell to his knees.

Yun's musket.

This is where the hope of the Yun family lies for generations.

It has been passed down through the ages and fame for future generations.

Yun's musket ushered in a new era of firearms, and since then, hot weapons have gradually come to war.

"Get up." I picked up Yun Bofei, handed him a few drawings and said, "Yun Aiqing, this is the latest flintlock pistol sketch I have been thinking about, and it is one of your next key research projects, and Quanjue's laboratory and Quanjue himself will fully cooperate, and we must strive to develop it successfully before the end of the year." ”

It was precisely because of the many shortcomings of the arquebus that people continued to improve, and at the end of the 16th century, the introduction of the flintlock pistol finally ended the hegemony of cold weapons. Although it is far inferior to the guns of later generations, it is no longer a cold weapon that can be contended.

Yun Bofei glanced at the artwork and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers must do their best." ”

"Okay, Bo Fei, I believe you, it's just that you usually need to pay attention to rest, have time to learn martial arts from Zhong Fei, exercise your body, and slowly hand over trivial things to the people below, I can't do without you, a firearms expert."

"Your Majesty, rest assured."

"Yes, Dongping."

"The subordinates are here."

"Dongping, the Gunpowder Division can build a new large-scale firearms manufacturing workshop, bringing together the most advanced process equipment and first-class craftsmen of all kinds in our dynasty to meet the needs of the increased firearms manufacturing."

"Your Majesty." Chen Dongping was a little sluggish and said, "The workshop can only be established by the Weapons Supervisor, can the Gunpowder Division be?" ”

"Of course you can, you can make a plan for this matter first and hand it over to Song Rui. When the flintlock pistol is developed, I will upgrade the Gunpowder Division to the Firearms Superintendent. ”

"The emperor can rest assured, and his subordinates will start immediately." Chen Dongping said happily.

The Gunpowder Division can be upgraded to a firearms supervisor, and Chen Dongping can also rise to a higher level, just like an weapons supervisor, but he is a fifth-grade official, and he is far from being comparable to the current seventh-grade master.

"Wen Zhang, has the expansion of the Young Guard been completed?"

"Your Majesty, it's been done a long time ago. At present, there are 1,000 regular soldiers and 300 non-staff soldiers. ”

"How's it going?"

"Back to the emperor, the young guards every morning and morning are the basic training that all participate, including physical fitness, endurance, queues, basic fighting, etc., and in the afternoon is the professional training of their respective squads, such as spearmen practicing guns, swords and knives, sailors entering the water, mountain soldiers going up the mountain, etc., and in the evening, we invite learned gentlemen to teach everyone to read and practice calligraphy, or to discuss the actual combat cases on the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts".

"What's the name, it's a mess, haha, I don't care, I just want the result. When I have time, I went to the military department to ask Lu Xiufu to see if there were still bandits there, and went out to fight in real combat. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."