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Han Yuan Type II artillery, the barrel is five feet long, 14.3 times the caliber, the caliber is three inches and five minutes, the gun body weighs 1,000 catties, the diameter of the left and right wheels is 4 feet 3 inches and 5 minutes, and the full weight (gun body, gun carriage plus wheels) is 1,800 catties. Like the Han Yuan 1 artillery, it can fire solid, flowering, shotgun, and shrapnel shells. It's just that the latter Liu Xian doesn't have the ability to manufacture qualified products.

Left Chenggu in March, returned during the New Year's Festival, and for nine months, the masters of the Chenggu Artisan Battalion did not work idlely. With Li Ying's appointment as the prefect of Hanzhong, a large number of iron, sulfur and saltpeter materials were inclined to Liu Xian's team, and the craftsman battalion came up with a mature and qualified iron model of the Han and Yuan II artillery in August.

This kind of cast-iron cannon imitated by the 12-pounder Napoleon cannon is the prototype, and the total amount of shells remains the same, and it is converted into eight catties and eight taels, that is, eight and a half catties. The total weight was increased by 30 percent, the firing range was 600 zhang, that is, 2,000 meters, shortened by 10 percent, and the accuracy was completely beyond the reach of the old heavy artillery - three miles away, accurately hitting a house.

However, no matter how accurate the Napoleon gun is, the object of comparison is still the old front-loading smoothbore artillery, if it is compared with the rifled artillery, even if it is a fairly rudimentary rifled gun at this time, the latter has a range and accuracy that greatly exceeds the former.

In layman's terms, a Napoleonic cannon could hit a barn three miles away. And an iron rifled gun, which also fired a 12-pound shell, could hit the gate of a barn four miles away! Moreover, although the rifled artillery at that time was more complex to manufacture than the smoothbore artillery, the price was not expensive, because the cast iron or wrought iron used for rifled guns was cheaper than the bronze used for smoothbore guns.

For example, during the Civil War, a cast-iron 10-pounder Parrott rifled gun cost only $180 for a barrel, a wrought-iron 10-pounder Ordnance rifled gun cost $330, and a bronze 12-pounder Napoleon gun cost $490. The only difference between the two is that the current iron rifled artillery has a much smaller life than a smoothbore artillery due to poor materials and craftsmanship. For example, it is easy to blow up, and the rifling wears out quickly (not to mention the rifled copper cannon) and so on.

Liu Xian is very self-aware, in the current situation, he does not have the ability to pursue rifled artillery, or the easy-to-build and durable smoothbore artillery is suitable for him.

From August to the present, with the strong support of Li Ying, the craftsman battalion has manufactured 12 Han Yuan Type 2 iron cannons and 16 Han Yuan Type 1 iron cannons, together with the original 12 Han Yuan Type 1 iron cannons, each iron cannon is equipped with 200 iron bullets and 100 shotguns!

The strength of Liu Xian's artillery team left in the old battalion was completely in a straight line.

Fortunately, Liu Xian has long focused on training gunners, otherwise Kong Lingren would not have been able to form combat effectiveness at all if he had no artillery.

The right-sided room of Liu Xian's house.

This small house was the place where he discussed the military. On weekdays, the door is locked, and no one is allowed to enter without Liu Xian's order.

In the more than half a year that Liu Xian left Chenggu, Liu Wanshu and Wang Biyun have actually become the hostesses of the house, but the two of them have never even taken a step closer to this side room.

Yesterday, Liu Xian returned to the house and immediately asked his relatives to go and clean up. The dust on the tables and chairs is half a finger thick.

Dozens of entourage soldiers surrounded the side room in front of and on the left and right, and Liu Xian was holding the first plenary meeting after his return.

Except for the people from Hanyin, the remaining first-line and second-line officers were all there.

At the beginning, in general, this is still the work of Vanderbang.

"According to the statistics of various departments of our army, the total strength of the army is close to 7,000 people. It is broadly divided into five parts:

First, musketeers, two thousand. Includes old and new shotguns and carry guns.

Second, hand-to-hand combat, about 3,000 soldiers. Seven of them became people from Sichuan Province, and less than half of them had A.

Thirdly, artillery. Our artillery is strong and strong. In total, there were 64 large and small mountain splitting guns, 30 mortar guns, and 40 light and heavy iron guns. Eight hundred gunners.

This number is far superior to Liu Yuezhao and Zhou Dawu, and it is comparable to the entire Ningqiang Prefecture front. Quality is even better. It is equipped with more than 400 horses, oxen and mules, and 1,500 men and men accompanying the army.

Fourth, special arms. For example, the horse team has 300 horsemen, and the cavalry brigade is under the direct jurisdiction of Wei Ming. The rocket team has more than 50 people, which is under the command of Cao Huailiang and is directly under the adult. There were more than 500 people in the baggage team, led by himself, and 2,000 people with the army commander's husband. There is also a craftsman battalion with more than 100 apprentices.

Fifth, the boot battalion, that is, the teaching team. There are less than 100 people, but the responsibility is heavy, led by Liu Zhuo. Adults personally supervise. ”

All the numbers are only an approximation, because the situation in Hanyin is not yet detailed, because the war in Hanzhong has not stopped. It remains to be seen how many more wounded and sick people will be disabled.

"The first purpose of convening this meeting today is to tell you that our army is not what it used to be.

With 7,000 troops, looking around at the friendly armies around us, who can beat us alone?

No! ”

"In terms of merit, we are great; In terms of strength, we are strong. In the future, when our brothers go out and see anyone, they don't have to bow their heads for three points, let people take a step. ”

The spirits of everyone in the room quickly brought up these few words. Many people have even risen to infinite self-confidence, and their mental outlook has been renewed. Just like China, which suffered humiliation in later generations, suddenly won the 17-nation coalition in Korea, he raised his eyebrows from the heart.

Yes, I am not as good as before, the team is stronger, and the green skins in Hanzhong Town are not proud in front of me. Even the Hunan army can't hold itself down-

One after another, reverent eyes were cast on Liu Xian. Anyone in the room knows that his team has changed from a half-civilian and half-bandit swordsman to a militia to practice bravery, and then from a small militia to a military army controlled by the imperial court, and then gradually expanded step by step to the present, relying on who is leading the way ahead.

The cohesion of the officers is increasing, the centripetal force of the contingent is increasing, and Liu Xian's status is infinitely elevated in the hearts of everyone.

"The second point is to re-establish the system. The team is big, the scale has come up, and it will be too inappropriate to add the battalion department to the first two brigades. We're going to expand our ranks—"

A scoop of oil was poured over the fire. The atmosphere in the room instantly became more enthusiastic. No one is a fool, and when the team expands, his position will go up.

Although Liu Xian's army is next to the big tree of the Qing court, no one in it knows that the structure and military system of his own team are different from those of the Qing army and the Hunan army.

The official positions issued by the imperial court are all fake, but the actual positions in the army are real. For example, Fan Debang, in the establishment of the imperial court, he is only a seven-grade general. But who doesn't know who is really in the team is the boss's cronies, in charge of the whole army's copywriting plus logistics rations. In terms of the system of the Celestial Empire in later generations, that is, the General Logistics Department plus the General Political Department. Who dares to offend?

There is Cao Huailiang again, there are more than fifty people, and there is no record of him in the court, he is a big soldier. But in the army? Team Rocket is Liu Xian's top talent, don't look at the lack of people, all of them are treated at the level of squad leaders. Cao Huailiang himself is even more equal to Kong Lingren, and his status is higher than Wei Ming.

A big husband can't be without power for a day!

"From this day forward, our army ......"