Chapter 891 - Strategic Equipment (2)
For the grenadiers, the manual throwing method is not only slow and completely dependent on manpower, but also requires archers to shoot fire arrows to ignite the thrown cannon brand, assisting the grenadiers in battle, which greatly affects the effect.
Moreover, the grenadiers were also easy to become the target of the enemy archers when throwing the cannon brand, so they were equipped with another shield, and the grenadiers fixed the shield behind their backs, and once they found that someone was shooting on the opposite side and could not dodge, they immediately turned around and used the shield to resist the attack. In close combat, the Grenadiers can also form a shield team, and form an attack and defense team with pikemen, archers, etc.
In the case of poor manual throwing effect, it naturally proves that it is most appropriate to use special throwing tools, but unfortunately, at this time, Liu Ye and others in the armory workshop are still in full research. Therefore, it can only be used for the time being.
For the navy, the navy will only drive some of the ships to patrol the sea in peacetime (when the navy is on patrol, they will bring some reserves as a peacetime training for the reserves), and the rest of the ships will be parked in the navy camp. Once the war starts, reserves and peasants (fishermen) will be called up temporarily, and all ships will be fully activated.
Similar to the seven land standing teams, the standing members of the four standing teams, in addition to the special weapons of their respective arms, each of them also has a pair of Roche feet (the standing feet are mainly composed of wood chips and leather armor, once the standing ones fall into the water in battle, they will replace the effect of driftwood, preventing the standing reserves from sinking into the water, but also making the standing reserves floating on the water become enemy targets), a pair of Roche cloth shoes. In addition, archers and gunners are equipped with a katana. It is convenient for hand-to-hand combat when engaging enemy ships.
On the part of the cavalry standing ranks. Each standing guard is equipped with a warhorse, a horse gun, and ten light javelins (before engaging in a fierce battle with the enemy. Usually all the javelins are thrown first), a pair of Roche feet, and a pair of Roche cloth shoes. The reason why the cavalry was not equipped with Roche armor was that Roche was lighter, which greatly reduced the burden on the war horse and was conducive to the long-term running of the war horse.
The standard equipment of the samurai team is a pair of Roche armor (the whole body is made of iron plates, somewhat similar to chain mail, but more rudimentary and bulky), a pair of Roche cloth shoes, and a katana. In addition, the pikemen of 200 men each had a Roche three-room gun. A 100-man archer is armed with a long-range bow, while a 100-man archer is armed with a shorter-range but more penetrating Roche. As for the iron cannons, the standing samurai were naturally armed with an iron cannon and a number of bullets and gunpowder.
The cloaks, similar to the standing cavalry, are also a war horse, a horse gun, a pair of Roche cloth shoes, and a katana. However, unlike the cavalry, the cloaked people also wore a white cloak with a black eagle tattooed on it, and they were equipped with Roche armor. They are both cavalrymen, so why are the armor worn by the two different?
The reason is that the respective responsibilities of the two teams are different, the cavalry team is used for long-distance combat, while the cloak group is responsible for the close protection of the lord and the government, and there is no need to fight long-distance battles. Naturally, you don't need to worry too much about the burden on the horses.
Like the cloaks, there are also the heralds of the Luo family and the scouts as cavalry. In order to quickly transmit information and pass commands. Their standard equipment was a warhorse, a katana, a Roche bow, and a Roche foot. In addition to being responsible for the operation of the five large cylinders, the newly established large cylinder team is also a qualified standing unit, so they are also equipped with a pair of Roche feet and a katana, which will be conducive to hand-to-hand combat after the enemy approaches.
As for the Black Hawk Ninja Army, due to its need to hide and monitor the surroundings, it is only equipped with ninja-exclusive clothes, Black Hawk Daggers, kunai and other ninja equipment. As for the eldest daughter Mihime's Red Oni Ji team, its standard equipment is a Black Eagle Dagger, a Roche bow, a naginata, a pair of red leather armor specially made for Luo by the Roche House, a war horse, and a red cloak. Due to the restrictions of the Luo family's law, these equipment were basically provided by the Luo family's weapons workshop, but the Luo family's house, which was controlled by Zhengliang's wives, paid for the purchased coins, and was not provided by the weapons workshop for free.
The above is all the standing equipment of the Roche family, and their equipment is in accordance with the unified system of weights and measures of the Roche family, which will facilitate maintenance. Moreover, in the standing equipment of the Luo family, for the sake of convenience of movement, there is no flag. At the same time, each team will have a flag-bearer who will hold the flag. But in order to distinguish the camp, on the feet and armor on their bodies, there will be a clear black eagle logo of the Luo family.
Compared with the unified system of the Luo family's standing equipment, the weapons of the Luo family's standing reserves and temporary peasant soldiers are directly used from various forces to seize all kinds of weapons and armor (mainly all kinds of sufficient), and their feet are still equipped with straw sandals that are currently popular in various parts of the Warring States period.
After all, these captured weapons can still be used, and it would be a pity to return them directly to the furnace, with the purpose of making the best use of them, Masayo used them as armor and weapons for the standing reserve and temporary peasant soldiers. It is precisely because these standing reservists and temporary peasant soldiers are not equipped with equipment with obvious Luo family symbols, in order to better distinguish between the enemy and the enemy in the battlefield, they retain the tradition of carrying flags and fingers.
So, with the military strength of more than 30,000 people and the requirements of such high-quality equipment, can the logistics of the Luo family be satisfied?
First of all, there is the issue of military rations. After several years of reserves, although the Luo family consumed a lot of grain in the just-concluded Battle of Itsukushima and the Western Raiders, at this time the Luo family's warehouse still has 430,000 stone of grain in stock, and now that the autumn harvest is about to begin, millions of stone of grain will be settled in the territory warehouse.
These grains mainly include rice, wheat, corn, sweet potatoes and miscellaneous grains (such as soybeans, sorghum, millet, millet, amaranth, chestnut and beans) in the Luo family's territory. These grains were collected in warehouses at three castles (Kishidake Mountain Castle in Hizen Province, Gakufu Castle in Hizen Province, and Gibu Castle in Bungo Province). Since these three Zhengliang residences are all near the sea, they can transport grain from the warehouse to various areas of the territory through the guò navy, and then disperse the transportation through the marching avenues of the guò places, and finally reach the destination quickly. (To be continued......)