Chapter 133: Armament

These three days were Zhao Yun's busiest three days, after he was busy with Chechen Khan Urge, he was busy sending troops to Russia, and after he was busy sending troops, he was busy with European arms deals.

It was not easy for the European arms deal to be completed; The Russian army was sent to settle down, and the monks were used to find Soviet and Russian spies in the resistance army of the three barons; Chechen Khan Urg is about to start giving out rewards again.

After the rebellion was put down, the Chechen Khan, all military power was vested in Timur.

Timur organized a group of 2,000 Mongol soldiers into the garrison of Chechen Khan Urge, and the rest into his own Outer Mongolian legion.

After the reorganization, each Mongolian soldier was given a reward item, a large piece of mutton 20 catties, 100 catties of grain, 10 catties of high-quality salt, 10 catties of iron (for the Mongols to beat horseshoes), iron from the scrap iron collected in the broken copper and rotten iron collected in Jiangnan, and the rich iron ore paid for the direct purchase of battleships, and finally handed over to the Mongolian blacksmiths to throw into the furnace and then smelt.

Because the Chechen Khan could probably draw 10,000 men to participate in the war as a standing army, Timur compiled these 10,000 men into the roster, and this time it was distributed according to the roster.

At the same time as the sweet dates were distributed, the monks and the newly appointed nobles were also asked to publicize the process and rewards of the counterinsurgency to the small tribes of the vassals, so as to win the hearts of the people and deter those with dissent.

Hearing that the soldiers in front were fighting bloodily, and the nobles in the rear were trying to find a way to eliminate their men, the women of various tribes spontaneously organized themselves to preach their men at home and pay attention to those nobles in the future.

As soon as this move came out, the will of the people and the army could basically be determined.

Timur's prestige reached a new level among the tribes, and some of the Mongol nobles such as Beile, Beizi, and Taiji, who were still obedient and untreated, could no longer affect his prestige.

Now, Zhao Yun and Timur can discuss the next stage of foreign military use.

As the saying goes, sharpening knives does not mistake chopping firewood!

While sending a large number of scouts to explore the road and collect relevant information, Zhao Yun felt that the weapons of the Mongol army in the Chechen department had been greatly changed.

In Zhao Yun's opinion, the weapons of the Chechen Ministry were really miserable.

Basically, one-third of the people can have guns, and the rest are bows and arrows, sabers, and so on. This can be said, but among those guns there are even arquebuses, flintlock pistols are even more common, and there are only twelve or thirteen rifles.

It's still old-fashioned! The rifling is almost gone, this is the mouth of the Chechen Khan, "the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry in the world"!

"Change! Change them all! Zhao Yun waved his hand, how can I say that this is also the first organized army under Zhao Yun! It's no problem for this number to get together a division, but the weapons are so shabby, can you take a shot?

The gun has to be changed, and the horse has to be changed! All the people of the steppe nation are soldiers, and all the Mongolian soldiers are marksmen, this is for sure! The Mongols received military training from the moment they could walk, learned to ride sheep at the age of three or four, and began to ride horses at the age of five or six. The Mongols were probably the most skilled steppe people in history. In addition, the military skills training of Mongolian knights was not only riding and archery, but also skills needed for grazing and hunting such as horse lassing.

It can be said that compared with the European cavalry, all of them are all-round cavalry.

Moreover, the overall tactics are advanced, which is in line with the military thinking of the great man, and the "16-character formula" of focusing on high mobility, the enemy advancing and retreating, the enemy stationed and disturbing, the enemy tired and fighting, and the enemy retreating and chasing after him.

And to achieve high mobility, the steppe relies on horses. A good horse with a good saddle! Everybody knows that! But it's hard to find a good horse.

The region where the Chechen Khan is located has a temperate continental climate. Winters are bitterly cold, summers are hot, with large temperature differences and little precipitation. The average annual temperature is -6.6~3.9 °C, -15~-35 °C in January, and 18~26 °C in July. The lowest and highest temperatures were -50°C and 40°C, respectively. The average annual difference is 35~50 °C, and the maximum can reach 90 °C, and the temperature difference between days is also very large, with an average of 20~30 °C. Northern Mongolia in winter is one of the sources of cold waves in Asia. The annual precipitation is about 200 mm, and the precipitation is concentrated in summer. Sunshine is abundant, the growing season of pastures is generally only about 100 days, the ice period is long (November to April), and drought and storms are the two major natural disasters in the region.

This is also the reason why Zhao Yun is eager to arm them, otherwise Zhao Yun will come here in person, and as soon as the army in the sheepskin scroll is released, a sea of people tactics can be used to fight all over the world.

But the winter here made Zhao Yun, a native of Jiangnan, unable to adapt to it, and eliminated this biggest help, so Zhao Yun was very eager to arm them.

Why? Because the Mongols or the northern nomads generally fight in winter, in autumn war horses to raise fat, in late autumn and early winter, go south to plunder a vote and then go back to Maodong, and wait until the next autumn to come again.

Therefore, the Mongols generally send troops in this season, and because of the old Maozi, although they have not moved for the time being, it may be that they are going west to conquer the disobedient tribes there, but it is really hard to say when they will go east.

So there is not much time left for the Outer Mongolian Army.

If you want to be the war horse of the Chechen Khan, first of all, this war horse must be able to withstand the cold, so the Cossack once exclusive mount captured from the Russian army, the Heton horse is excluded, and can only be considered from the local Mongolian horse.

Mongolian horses are widely distributed in northern China, as well as in Mongolia and parts of the former Soviet Union. It has excellent characteristics such as strong adaptability, resistance to rough feeding, easy weight gain, strong staying power and long life. The head is large, the forehead is broad, and the neck is short and thick, with a horizontal neck. The torso is long, the chest is deep and broad, the back and waist are straight, and the slanted waist is oblique. The limbs are short and the hoof is solid. The coat color is complex, mostly green, mulberry and rabbit brown.

But which breed is the best, it's impossible to say. Moreover, the number of Chechen Khans is very large, and it is best for each Mongolian cavalry to be equipped with three or four horses, which are riding horses, as well as large horses, dual-use types, and mountain types, so they can only mix and match, not just one.

1. The Uzhumuqin horse produced in the Wuzhumuqin grassland of Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia has a good body structure, a large physique, and many horses, which is the best group of Mongolian horses.

2. Produced in the Baichagou of Zhaowuda League in Inner Mongolia, Baicha Iron Hoof Horse, known as "Iron Hoof". Horses are known for their ability to walk briskly, riding at a fast and steady pace without bumps. 1200m run in 1 minute 53.7 seconds.

3. Produced in the Wushen Banner Desert of Inner Mongolia, the Wushen horse has a dry physique, a small physique, and is good at galloping in the desert.

4. In the early years, the Russians carried the Trans-Baikal horses and their improved horses to graze or settle on the banks of the Erguna River, and later, when Tsarist Russia built the Eastern Railway (now the Binzhou Railway), it brought a certain number of Trans-Baikal horses. At the time of the October Socialist Revolution in the USSR, part of the Post-Baikal Cossacks brought a considerable number of horses. After further cross-improvement. It is said that there are up to 14 bloodlines. The shape of the three hippos is taller than that of the Mongolian horse, the coat color is mainly wool and millet hair, with both strength and speed, good staying power, and brisk steps.

5. Balikun horse, in the season of severe cold and lack of grass, no shed, no feeding, the temperature reaches -40 degrees, and it can still shave snow under the condition of 30~40cm of snow depth.

6. Datong horses are suitable for riding, especially good at long-distance riding on the plateau.

These horses are produced in alpine areas, can be grazed all year round, resistant to extensive feeding management, can adapt to harsh environmental conditions, durable labor, strong disease resistance.

The ultimatum guò was bought and sold, collected, and collected more than 20,000 Three Hippos in the jurisdiction and surrounding tribes, including more than 7,000 breeding mares and more than 3,000 foals.

There were more than 400 Wuzhumuqin horses and Wushen horses, and 2,000 Baicha iron-hoofed horses, all of which were exchanged for guns. Fortunately, there are more than 4,000 horses (galloping type**) in the Galhi region under the jurisdiction of the Chechen Khan. Balikun horses and Datong horses also got a thousand.

Horses are hard currency among the Mongolian tribes!

Due to the shortage of horses, only one horse could be used for the time being, and the cavalry horses had to carry spare clothing, camping equipment, and horse feeding equipment in addition to saddles and armed riders, as well as food and booty for the army in wartime. According to statistics, in the armies and various types of cavalry in European countries, the total load weight of horses on the march is between 950 and 300 pounds; This weight is much greater than the carrying capacity of the average civilian horse. Therefore, the excessive load of horses was the greatest weakness of the cavalry. But in Mongolia there is no shortage of horses, in addition to horses there are a large number of inferior horses to choose from, so a knight can be divided into one or two ordinary Mongolian horses in addition to one horse to be used as a reserve horse and a weight-bearing horse.

The problem of horses has been solved for the time being, and then the question of weapons is concerned.

Cavalry is generally divided into two main categories: heavy cavalry and light cavalry.

The biggest difference between them is the difference in horses.

Not to mention the classification of those horses, just by looking at the words, you can know that heavy cavalry must be strong and strong, and the requirement of light cavalry is flexible and fast horses.

The former and the latter cannot be coordinated in terms of speed.

The former is slower to charge but has a greater impact; Light horses are fast and sprint, making them ideal for solo and spread formations, where heavy, tall horses are neither agile nor agile. Because of this, this classification of cavalry is indeed necessary,

Since the heavy cavalry had a camp, there was no need for Mongol soldiers to serve in this regard, so the light cavalry became the direction of their development.

The light cavalry in Europe at this time was partly armed with sabers and pistols, and partly with spears. And in most cases the cavalry also carried pistols, and the American cavalry was armed with revolvers (could it be the western cowboys?). )。

The German MP18I submachine gun was not given, although the submachine lancer was the strongest in Zhao Yun's cavalry team, but this was too expensive, and too conspicuous, it was not good for the Mongolian soldiers, and this thing now had to take care of the deal of supplying Europe.

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