Early the next morning, Liu Ziguang arrived at the factory, and arranged a laboratory for Addison, which was both independent of the iron factory and in the iron factory, and the technicians given by the emperor were assigned to Addison as assistants, and first borrowed some machine tools, raw materials, and skilled workers from the iron factory, and the first task was to study new aircraft and advanced weapons.

Although Liu Ziguang is a senior manager of the iron factory, but these are all private jobs, they are all to place orders and pay cash, of course, they can be discounted, and they can be discounted, and they can be discounted very much.

A large number of raw materials that need to be used: copper, rubber, silk, cloth, wood, glass, resin, fur, all kinds of mineral salts, rare metals have been purchased in large quantities by using the procurement channels of Liguo Iron Works.

The research direction is very clear: hot air balloons, airships, parachutes, gunpowder, Liu Ziguang wrote out the ideas, Addison according to the research and development, can take a lot of detours, the use of electricity and the work of submarines are slightly delayed, as for armored combat vehicles, the iron factory already has ready-made, and the owner of the Peng factory has installed tracks according to Liu Ziguang's suggestion before leaving, and walking on the hard frozen ground and mud pond is also like walking on the ground.

Liu Ziguang arranged these jobs and went out of the city to watch the soldiers train in the camp of the death camp, so he didn't want to sit in the office of the account room and play with the abacus. Several company commanders rode their horses around him, watching the performance of the first to appear in the Zha Mu and the cavalry company.

The cavalry companies of Zamuhe are equipped with captured Qing war horses, and their bodies and physique are almost the same, ensuring the consistency of the impact, and the cavalry are also Mongols who grew up on horseback, Turks, wearing leather armor, wearing shrimp tail helmets, each with a compound riding bow, a sharp saber, galloping on the grass, from time to time making difficult movements on the back of the kick or standing on the horse's back, where the bowstring sounds, a row of tree trunks in the distant grove, full of wolf's teeth and arrows.

"The brethren's riding and archery skills are okay, a little worse than at their peak, but they are more than enough to deal with ordinary cavalry." Zamuhe introduced. With a smug look on his face, it was not easy to train a group of slave prisoners of war who had not touched a horse for two years into qualified cavalry in just three months, "These guys, seeing horses are closer than seeing their wives, sleeping with war horses every day, washing horses, adding night grass, tickling horses, if you want to serve horses, then we Mongolians are strong." ”

"Why not equip with spears, heavy armor? Why not use a crossbow? Liu Ziguang asked.

"General, our company is a light cavalry, pay attention to coming and going like the wind, although the original mountain armor is strong, but the weight affects the speed, our grassland athletes are used to bows and arrows, and the crossbow is not easy to use, as for the spear, it is used when the heavy cavalry charges into battle, we don't look at the enemy, all use bows and arrows to greet, and it is enough to bring a saber."

So that's the case, the light cavalry of 100 people is regarded as a scout, responsible for capturing, reconnaissance, and pursuit tasks, Liu Ziguang doesn't know anything about the formation of the army, so he can only grow up slowly with the help of his brothers.

"The heavy cavalry is good, in the future, we will also form heavy cavalry, full body armor, even the war horses are armored, holding Zhangba spears, how majestic, there will be enough war horses in the future, my company will be converted into heavy cavalry." Anthony said, who was on the side. "It's better to use that kind of heavy cold-blooded horse in Europe, just the horseback is about as tall as me, put on the vest and it's a chariot, it's unstoppable, the spear should use the kind with gauntlets, the armor should be full body armor, only the eyes are exposed, and you are not afraid of bows and arrows at all."

"Sounds good, but what role can a hundred heavy cavalry play, such heavy armor is worn on the body, and you have to be helped on the horse, we only have a total of five hundred, and we have to send a hundred people to help you get on the horse, it's really nonsense, or light cavalry is the best." Zamuhe shook his head and said, and his pigtails shook as well.

"When my heavy cavalry company is completed, let's compare and compare, I'm afraid you shepherds in leather armor will be scared to pee your pants when you see us." Anthony showed no signs of weakness.

For the battle of light and heavy cavalry, Liu Ziguang is still inclined to light cavalry, the maintenance cost of heavy cavalry is too high, where to buy European heavy horses, and so much armor and equipment, such a heavy armor on the people and horses has become an iron can with inconvenient mobility, and what mobility is there at all. If you want heavy breakthrough power, you still have to rely on advanced tanks.

He was noncommittal about the argument between the two company commanders and asked Anthony: "Second brother, how is your infantry company being trained?" Pull it out and let's see. ”

"No problem." Anthony put his fingers in his mouth and whistled, the gate of the camp in the distance was wide open, and a hundred warriors with heavy armor raised heavy shields, held spears, and strode out in a neat phalanx, with neat steps, although there were only a hundred people, they still stepped out of the majestic momentum, walked to the open space in front of the camp, and suddenly shrank into a tight square, and the heavy shields smashed on the ground and held them above their heads, forming a tortoise formation that arrows could not shoot into.

Anthony urged his horse to come to the front of the formation and yelled, "Thorn! As soon as he finished speaking, a row of spears pierced out from the gap in the shields in the array, five meters long, with sharp spear heads pointed obliquely at the sky, and if there were cavalry rushing over, I was afraid that it would not be cheap. The whole battle formation is like a mixture of a turtle and a porcupine, and people can't find a place to put their mouths.

Anthony yelled again, "Attack!" The battle formation moved forward slowly, although the speed was slow, but there was an unstoppable momentum in the air, the soldiers held their shields in front of them with their strong arms, and moved forward firmly, the spears of their comrades behind were placed on the shoulders of the first row of people, facing the front, and the upper shields in the formation raised a forward space, and hundreds of crossbow arrows rushed out like a swarm of hornets, and pierced into the open space a few hundred meters away from the direction of the team.

"Such a strong heavy infantry, and fire suppression, if it is not a hundred but ten thousand, I'm afraid the Manchu cavalry can't help them. Second brother, tell me about the mystery of this infantry. Liu Ziguang was interested.

Antony, who was praised, glanced at Zamu and said: "My infantry company, referring to the strengths of the Roman tortoise formation and the Macedonian gun formation, the first row of soldiers on the front and left and right, using a large rectangular shield that can cover the whole body, the main body of this shield is made of hardwood, the outside is covered with cowhide, the frame and edge are made of stainless steel, the weight is lighter than the all-iron shield, saving physical strength, can prevent the enemy from cutting at close range, not to mention the bow and arrow, there are brackets and wheels that can be retracted under the back of the shield, and you can defend without hand support, It can be pushed forward to save effort, and there is also a small lookout hole at the top, protected by iron nets to make it easier for soldiers to observe the road and the enemy, and they use weapons such as slashing and stabbing swords, as well as two daggers, and the outer soldiers are tasked with protecting the pikemen on the inside. The soldiers on the inside are a small all-iron shield, usually carried on the left side of the body, when necessary can be held above the head or directly on the head, their weapons are two spears, each nine feet long, when used alone, you can do a fighting gun or a long-distance tender gun, you can even put it on the bed crossbow to fire, the tail end of the two spears can be combined with a metal tube, it forms a special match with the battle array used in the eight spears, the second row to the fourth row of spears facing the front, the soldiers behind are equipped with small crossbows in addition to the spears, When the battle formation moves forward, it can shoot a covering rain of arrows to cover the advance of the troops. ”

"Yes, it's a moving iron mountain." Even Zamuhe couldn't help but admire, "But the infantry is infantry after all, it's okay to fight positional warfare, and there is no chance of winning against our light cavalry, we can't rush down, we can't shoot you but we can kill you." ”

"That's why I'm going to create a heavy cavalry team." Anthony snorted.

"Duncan and I went to the capital, I'm afraid that no one in his company will lead the training, I don't know what happened." Liu Ziguang said.

"Fortunately, when I was away, several platoon commanders led their brothers to practice climbing mountains and trees, trapping traps in the old forests near here, not only increased their physical strength, but also gained a lot of combat experience in mountainous woodlands." Duncan said that he had Annan people, some seafarers from the Zheng family in Fujian, Miao people from Xiangxi, and some Shengfan from Taiwan and Java.

"That's good, how is the crossbow company training of Company Commander Zhong. Let's bring it out and play it twice to open everyone's eyes. Liu Ziguang looked at the commander of their fire support company, Zhong Shouyong, and said.

"General Hui, our chariot corps now has more belongings, not only ten crossbows, but also two artillery pieces!"

"What? Artillery! Wait, I heard you right, artillery? A cannon that fires shells. Liu Ziguang was shocked, how could there be artillery so soon.

The company commanders looked at him triumphantly, with a look of "small look, you're new here".

"General Hui, it's a horse-drawn artillery carriage that can fire cannonballs, and the old man of the factory owner has newly made it out, and the iron guards are not equipped with it, so I gave us two doors first and said it was a test test." Zhong Shouyong said.

"Quick, pull it out and set off a shot." Liu Ziguang was very anxious, this Peng factory owner was really amazing, he actually invented the cannon in such a quick time, needless to say, gunpowder was also available. At this rate, it won't be long before the muskets can be equipped with troops.

The two cannons were pulled out by the wagon, the long barrels were black and shiny, and behind it was a cylinder the size of a gasoline drum made of brass resting on the carriage, some pipes coiled around it, and a funnel-shaped object above the cylinder, as well as pressure gauges, thermometers, and other instruments.

"This is the cannon?" Liu Ziguang was even more suspicious, this is a tea stove.

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone