(12 points)

Yinzhen has a lot of affairs, today is to inspect the seven forts around Tianjin, happened to pass by the 207th squadron stationed, so he dismounted and inspected and supervised, seeing that they themselves have a very tight grip on the training, he was very relieved, and told Sero to run a few words before he wanted to get on the horse and leave.

At this time, Fu Anding, the leader of the 207th Squadron, ran to him excitedly, "Report to the director, five nine-pounder guns are 1,500 yards away, five shots are three hits, and the other two shots are also within 60 yards of the target." ”

This result can be described as quite good, Yinzhen has already seen the results of the artillery bombardment in the telescope, and he praised the squadron leader who commanded it personally, he turned around, nodded with a smile, and said: "It's a good fight, continue to carry it forward." ”

Fu Anding said immediately: "Dean Xie praised, however, there is something unclear under the mark, the newly configured twelve-pounder mountain howitzer, the mark is not very clear about its purpose, and I ask the dean to explain his doubts." ”

The mountain howitzer was specially drawn by Yinzhen for the conquest of Nanyang and ordered Dai Zi to develop, however, it was still a few days late, and finally failed to catch up with the conquest of Luzon.

Seeing Fu Anding's outspoken and frank admitting that he didn't know the purpose of the mountain howitzer, Yinzhen couldn't help but praise him, this kid is a good material, he loves to ponder when encountering problems, and he can scrutinize the performance and use of weapons in detail, and he has the courage to ask shamelessly in front of his subordinates, and if he cultivates it well, he may be a general.

Thinking of this, he asked with a smile: "You are a child of the Fu family in Yanzhou Mansion, Zhejiang, right?" Quite a few words"

Hearing that Yinzhen could clearly remember his hometown, Fu Anding was very excited, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, under the mark Fu Anding, Yanzhou Mansion, Zhejiang, Sui'an County." ”

Yinzhen became interested and had the heart to examine it, so he continued: "Well, you first tell me what you think of the twelve-pounder mountain howitzer. ”

Fu Anding put a lot of effort into the twelve-pound mountain howitzer, and immediately said: "Compared with the twelve-pounder long cannon, the biggest feature of the mountain howitzer is that it is lightweight, its gun body is short, the running wall is thin, the weight is light, and it can be disassembled and combined, it is estimated that two horses can easily carry it." However, its range is short, firing a flowering projectile at only 1,000 yards, and if the angle of fire is increased, the range is even shorter, and its specific purpose is indeed unknown. ”

After Fu Anding finished speaking, Yinzhen nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at Cerroben, and said, "What does Captain Sai think?" ”

Seropen groaned slightly, and then said: "Its cannon body is short, which is convenient for increasing the angle of fire, and it is marked to guess whether it is used to launch flowering shells at high angles of fire to explode in the air and increase the lethality." ”

"I understand that the high angle of fire is good for shelling targets on the back of a hillside or on a city wall, so it's called a mountain howitzer." Fu Anding blurted out excitedly.

Seroben stared at Fu Anding dissatisfiedly, there were no rules at all, but because Yinzhen was in front of him, he was not good at attacking.

"It doesn't matter." Yinzhen waved his hand and smiled: "What he said is very right. This is the main role of mountain howitzers. Saying that, he glanced at Fu Anding, the marines, he planned to stay in Tianjin to train the new Praetorian Guard, in the short term, Kangxi was afraid that the marines who had a large number of artillery were quite jealous, Fu Anding, as a Han Chinese, stayed in Tianjin, but it was a waste, after a slight pause, he continued: "After the military exercise, Fu Anding transferred 100 people from the 207th Squadron to the Nanyang Fleet to train recruits. ”

The Nanyang Fleet is now on the expedition to Luzon, and as soon as he heard this order, Fu Anding was greatly excited, and immediately replied loudly: "Yes." ”

Seropen was also happy in his heart, he had a very good relationship with Wu Ge, and he just took this opportunity to recommend the promotion of his cronies, but unexpectedly, Yinzhen immediately broke his dream, "The captain of the 207th squadron and the lack of personnel are separately assigned and supplemented by Yande. ”…,

Big Gukou.

The famous Dagukou Fort is still on the paper of Yinzhen, and it is still a barren river beach, and on Bonan Island opposite the Dagu Pass, in just two days, three simple temporary military camps in the shape of finished characters have been built, and in the newly opened shooting range, bursts of gunfire are heard from time to time.

This is the new camp of the Spanish prisoners, Yinzhen wanted to use the Spanish prisoners as the vanguard of the Japanese expedition, so he naturally could not be too strict with them, so he transferred them to this isolated island at the mouth of the Haihe River, and returned 1,200 guns to the Spanish prisoners, but the restrictions on ammunition, supplies, and ships were extremely strict.

Bonan Island was completely within the range of the Beiyang Fleet's artillery, and Yinzhen was not worried about what tricks they could play, so the supervision of these Spanish prisoners was not strict.

The military exercise is imminent, and Angel also wants to prove his usefulness, so he pays close attention to the training of muskets, and 1,000 musketeers have been repeatedly practicing the three-stage strike of the most popular line formation in Europe for several days.

Of course, the specific training does not need to be supervised by Angel himself, at this time, he and Carlos are anxiously facing the complaints of all the colonel-level officers, and the Far East Fleet is put together because it is imminent, and when it goes well, it is still like a fleet, with strict ranks and military orders.

But to this point, all the officers are discredited in front of the soldiers, Angel and Carlos are also without prestige in front of the officers, all the officers have their own small calculations in their hearts, when the news of helping the Qing country fight Japan to redeem themselves came out, the low-level officers and soldiers are in an uproar, the war is to die, fighting for Spain, they figured it out, fighting for the Qing country, but the death is not clear.

Many low-ranking officers and soldiers would rather wait for the Spanish king to ransom them than go to Japan to be cannon fodder, and there were soldiers making noise every day, and if it weren't for the 1,200 musketeers in hand, I am afraid that it would have turned the world upside down.

In the humble conference room, Angel frowned, listening to the discussion and grumbling of the officers attending the meeting, and his heart was extremely annoyed, where these officers still looked like soldiers, they were simply a group of businessmen, and they were a group of short-sighted, low-quality businessmen who lacked the spirit of adventure, and the officers who supported going to Japan were not even thirty percent of them.

After listening for a long time, Angel finally couldn't help it, and after glancing at Carlos, he stood up, knocked on the table hard, and raised his voice: "Everyone, I hope you can understand the situation we are in now, this is not Europe, don't talk about the British and French treating prisoners."

I would like to remind you very cautiously that this is the Far East, and it was the Qing Dynasty that captured us, so I thought I had returned to Europe after a few days of eating, and the population here is large, and there are so many people in such an unfamous port, I think you have already seen it, I think, the Far East will not cherish human life.

Why is there enough food for us these days? Have you thought about it? Are you willing to starve, mining? Or would you like to go to Japan to earn enough gold and silver to redeem yourself? How long will it take for the king to redeem us? If you're going to mine, you're guaranteed to survive until that day?

And more importantly, all of you here are high-ranking military officers, and you have thought about what awaits us when we return home. Is it a trial? Jail? Or the gallows? ”

Hearing Angel's series of rhetorical questions like a storm, all the officers couldn't help but be speechless, hunger, mining, trials, prisons, gallows, these are all unacceptable to them, waiting for the king's salvation, it will take a year at the earliest, can they survive a year of hunger, or can they hold out in the mine for a year?

What awaits them when they return home? Angel and Carlos are bound to go to jail, but what about them? How good can it be? But if they could redeem themselves, even if they only brought back 5,000 soldiers, their situation would be much better. …,

At this time, Lieutenant Commander Deck, the former tripolar battleship 'Raysachs', stood up and said passionately: "I heard that the emperor of the Qing Kingdom is coming to watch the military exercise, if we can capture their emperor, we can turn defeat into victory." ”

As soon as Deck's words fell, there was immediately a buzz of discussion, and an officer immediately stood up and said: "The artillery of the Qing Kingdom is powerful, and the musket battle array may not be the opponent of our Spanish phalanx, a thousand musketeers are enough to sweep their king's guard." ”

Angel rubbed his temples in pain, God, these officers have been dealing with the natives of the Americas for too long, and their brains are already the same as those natives. This is the Far East, not the Americas, and you think their kings are the same as the chiefs of the indigenous tribes of the United States?

"Ahem." Angel coughed and attracted everyone's attention before he said, "I think you have all heard of the Mongol cavalry that swept across Europe in the thirteenth century, and the Mongol cavalry in the Far East is not comparable to the French cuirassiers. Not to mention that we can only send a thousand musketeers, even if all three thousand musketeers are dispatched, it is impossible to capture their king, because gunpowder and bullets are rated.

Please put away your arrogance and arrogance, I want to remind you of one thing, we are in a head-to-head confrontation with the Qing State, and we were forced to surrender with no way out, and the other side can have such powerful artillery, and how bad can the muskets be? I can tell you very responsibly that the Qing army is equipped with rifles.

I hope that you will be realistic and not risk the lives of more than 9,000 soldiers, and I would rather go to Japan than take that risk. ”

Seeing that Angel said too directly, Carlos was afraid of causing another dispute, so he hurriedly said: "Everyone, everyone be quiet, Lieutenant Colonel Derk's wish is good, and we also hope to be able to turn defeat into victory, but this chance is too slim."

If you think that the strength of the Qing is too poor, and we have enough ammunition, I don't mind if you take a risk, what do you think? ”……，