Chapter 278: Palpitations
This group of sea wolf land divisions, for the army of obedience to the strong sense of obedience, strong discipline, is the only thing he has ever seen in his life, 3,000 people moved, under the command of the general, it can be said that it is like an arm and a finger, the queue change is not chaotic at all, there is no ordinary army when the voice of shouting, scolding.
Therefore, the generals only need to give an order, and these foot soldiers can comprehend the officer's orders very well, and they can immediately adjust according to the military orders extremely smoothly, advancing like a blade, quiet as Mount Tai, retreating into the tide, not chaotic at all, as steady as Yue Linyuan.
Xie Longyi has always claimed to be good at managing the army, but after seeing the performance of the Sea Wolf Land Master recently, there is still a strong feeling of inferiority and powerlessness in his heart.
He could clearly feel that this sea wolf's land division was by no means different from any officer and army on land, and the training methods they adopted were very different from those of other officers and soldiers, even including their commands, which were also very different.
What shocked him even more was that the quality of the equipment created by Yu Xiaotian was also something he had never seen before.
Among these sea wolf land divisions, although there are also a certain amount of equipment for cold weapons such as knives and guns, including archers, there is also a certain amount of equipment, but what is surprising is that the number of equipment for their muskets is far more than that of ordinary officers and soldiers, and there are even a few teams among them, all of which are equipped with muskets.
Although the Ming army is known for its firearms, the Shenji Battalion of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division is said to be all equipped with firearms, but among the firearms equipped by the Shenji Battalion, it is mainly three-eyed guns, and the situation of large-scale equipment "bird guns" like sea wolves can be said to be unique in the world at present, unique.
This reminded him of the red-haired people's infantry army that he had fought against, and he had also participated in the battle of Penghu with Nan Juyi, and had been to the battlefield in person, and commanded the Ming army to attack the red-haired people's red-haired city, at that time he had seen the red-haired people's firearms were extremely sharp, especially the muskets equipped with a large number of red-haired people, which left a deep impression on him.
At that time, the official army concentrated more than 10,000 people in Penghu, taking turns to storm the Hongmao City, the red-haired soldiers were guarding the Hongmao people resolutely did not retreat, their artillery hit far and accurately, and their bird guns fired a volley, the power was huge, every time the Ming army rushed up, they were beaten by their platoon guns on their horses, and the corpses were all over the ground.
Attacked again and again, failed again and again, and every time they rushed up, the Hongmao City was like a volcano erupting, and rows of shells were shot out, cutting down the Ming army like grass.
Many famous generals in Fujian personally led their troops to rush forward, but it still had no effect, but most of them died under the bullets of the red-haired people.
After that battle, Xie Longyi deeply remembered the power of the bird gun, and after he came back, he also tried to use the bird gun to form a fire gun.
The quality of the bird guns made by He Nai Daming was really too poor, and the officers and men cherished them, and repeatedly tried firing, but there was always a phenomenon of exploding the bore, and the firecrackers were either killed or injured, and the result was that they had to give up.
But he didn't expect to see the sea wolf subordinates under Yu Xiaotian today, who were actually equipped with so many bird guns, and they conducted a test firing in front of him, and there was no explosion accident, and the debris of the wooden target on the shooting range flew around, which made Xie Longyi feel too surprised.
It's also a bird's gun, why do the Ming officers and soldiers blow up their chests as soon as they use them, but they don't have an accident in the hands of the red-haired people and the sea wolf tribes? So after hesitating a few times, he said to Xiaotian: "General Yu, can you take a bird gun you use and let the official take a look?" ”
Yu Xiaotian immediately nodded, beckoned someone to fetch a musket, took it, and handed it to Xie Longyi.
This musket is not a standard Southern Japanese flintlock pistol equipped by the Seawolf, let alone a new wolf tooth rifled gun equipped by the Seawolf, but a specially developed marketable arquebus with the Seawolf Gun.
The arquebus developed by Seawolf is actually similar to the bird gun, but the shoulder rest has been modified, and the quality is more guaranteed, and the faucet operating mechanism used for the fire rope has been slightly modified, and a movable cover has been added to the feeding pool, which is linked with the faucet, when the faucet of the fire rope falls, the cover will automatically pop open, so that the fire rope falls into the medicine pool, and after the usual loading, the cover is in a closed state, and it can also be used normally in windy weather.
So of course, there is no problem with showing this kind of musket to Xie Longyi, even if the southern Japanese-style flintlock pistol is now shown to Xie Longyi, Yu Xiaotian thinks that there is not much of a problem, after all, the manufacture of the flintlock device is not simple, especially the spring plate inside, which was manufactured by the sea wolf after countless tests, and the quality was unstable in the first two years, that is, the quality has stabilized for more than a year.
Even if Xie Longyi saw the Southern Japanese flintlock pistol and took it to the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to imitate it, it is estimated that it will be difficult to pass this level, if you want to imitate it in large quantities, with the various habits of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that the firing rate of the flintlock pistol will not reach 30%, if it is really used against him, it will be too tragic.
So Yu Xiaotian didn't care too much, and first took an export arquebus for Xie Longyi for Xie Longyi to see.
Xie Longyi took the arquebus made by the sea wolf, took it in his hand and carefully observed it, this gun is made of standard fine iron, the body and barrel are coated with grease to prevent rust, the butt style is special, it can be easily and firmly placed on the shoulder socket, so that the gun is stable.
In addition, the barrel is very exquisitely made, the materials are sufficient, and the bore is very good, including the wooden body and fixed connections, all of which are very exquisite, and it is a rare good gun at a glance, so Xie Longyi suddenly became interested and asked to try this musket himself.
Xie Longyi's subordinates were shocked when they heard this, these people had all seen the situation when the bird gun was blown up, and they had even seen the tragic situation of the user being blown up all over the face, and when they heard that Xie Longyi was going to take the risk of trying the "bird gun" given to him by the sea wolf, they were so frightened that they hurriedly spoke out to persuade them.
Some pro-soldiers immediately asked for Longyi to try this "bird gun", but Xie Longyi still wanted to try it himself, so Yu Xiaotian smiled on the side: "Brothers, don't worry, Yu Mou can use the head guarantee, this bird gun will never blow up, if it really blows up, I will cut off Yu's head to make amends to the military gate!" ”
Xie Longyi's personal soldiers listened to Yu Xiaotian's firm guarantee, so they reluctantly let Xie Longyi try this bird's gun.
Yu Xiaotian ordered someone to load Xie Longyi, and set up a wooden target the size of a door panel thirty steps away, Xie Longyi put the butt of the gun on his shoulder according to Yu Xiaotian's "guidance", and aimed at the wooden target thirty steps away by illuminating the door and the crosshair, and slightly pulled the dragon head bracket, and the dragon head was stuck in the burning fire rope, and it fell into the open medicine pool with a click.
I saw a fire rising in the medicine pool, and then a puff of gunpowder smoke, blackened half of Xie Longyi's face, and the musket made a crisp sound, Xie Longyi was pushed on the shoulder by the powerful recoil of the musket, if he hadn't been prepared in advance, he would have been overturned by the recoil on the spot, if that was the case, Xie Longyi would have made a big fool of himself today.
You must know that the diameter of the musket barrel of the Langdao Sea Wolf is much larger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the charge is naturally much larger, and the recoil is of course strong when the gun is fired.
Many people who test firing the seawolf musket for the first time were not prepared at first, but they were overturned by the recoil on the spot, and they were disgraced, this kind of thing is a common thing in the training of sea wolf recruits, the instructor originally liked to see the recruits out of trouble, so naturally he would not specifically remind him, but today is the Fujian chief military officer Xie Longyi wants to try it, of course Yu Xiaotian can't let him be embarrassed in public, so before that, Xie Longyi was reminded, which made Xie Longyi not embarrassed on the spot.
But even so, after Xie Longyi fired, he still felt palpitations, and half of his face was blackened by gunpowder, and he looked a little embarrassed.
After the shot, he hurriedly handed the arquebus back to Yu Xiaotian, walked in front of the wooden target in three steps and two steps, and everyone leaned over to watch together, but saw that the wooden target was in the middle and lower position, and the one-inch thick wooden target was actually pierced through a small entrance and a large exit, which shows that this gun is really powerful.
Xie Longyi was overjoyed after seeing it, and praised this gun repeatedly, and his eyes inevitably revealed a greedy look, but at the same time, he also had palpitations, and he completely understood that Yu Xiaotian's subordinates were powerful, just this kind of bird gun, ordinary soldiers and horses encountered, it would be strange if they didn't eat deflated, plus Yu Xiaotian's subordinates were under military orders, like the quality of arms and fingers, these tigers and wolves of ordinary soldiers and horses meeting sea wolves can be said to be a dead end, so Xie Longyi is also vigilant in his heart, anyone can be offended in the future, This Yu Xiaotian must not be offended! Otherwise, I'm afraid he will also end up with no end.
Yu Xiaotian threw the arquebus to the guards behind him, and invited Xie Longyi and Cai Shanji to enter the city to set up a banquet to entertain them, and everyone surrounded the two of them and walked into the city with a hula la.
Yu Xiaotian set up a banquet in the hall of thousands of households in the city, specially invited a famous chef in Quanzhou City, and made a lot of rare ingredients, quite luxurious, the wine is also a good wine specially purified by sea wolves, the wine is fragrant, including rare whale meat and some rare seafood, so that Cai Shanji and Xie Longyi eat is endless.
In fact, whale meat is not very delicious, it is too greasy, but after all, it is rare and expensive, and it is passed on by the people that it is miraculous, and the price is quite high, even if it is a person like Cai Shanji and Xie Longyi, it is impossible to taste it often, and recently Yu Xiaotian has taken out a lot of dishes, and it has been cooked by a master, which naturally makes them very happy to eat.
During the banquet, Yu Xiaotian and his generals stepped forward to toast, which made Cai Shanji and Xie Longyi feel quite face-saving, and the atmosphere between the guests and the host was also quite harmonious.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Xie Longyi's face was also stimulated by the spirits, so he took advantage of the strength of the wine to ask Xiaotian about the kind of bird gun he had tried just now, and asked Yu Xiaotian if he had any extra on hand, and if he could give him some.
(Today, I would like to thank the Lang Ya Lang brothers for their reward, thank you for coming late, brother for your bearing!) )