After Wanghai Fort was taken, it was commanded by Zhou Qingfeng to raid the house. Before the flotilla left, useful personnel and supplies were removed as much as possible, and small boats were tied to the stern of large ships, and those that could not be moved were either executed or burned. The requirement is to completely destroy Wanghai Fort, a bandit lair, and must not let him resurge.

Among the materials transported, Zhou Qingfeng saw a few 'tiger squat cannons' and a lot of bird guns. Last night, Wumen reported to him, saying that these bandits had a lot of firearms in their hands, and they were not small.

The 'Tiger Squat Cannon' is garbage. This kind of small cannon does not even have wheels, and it needs to be carried by the gunner to use it. And its range is short, its power is particularly small, and it is worthless. However, the captured 'Tiger Squat Cannon' was cast in iron and brought back to be used as iron. And more than a dozen bird guns surprised Zhou Qingfeng. These are light arquebuses, powerful enough to pierce ordinary iron armor.

The firearms of the Ming army have always been shoddy, and Zhou Qingfeng has seen many arquebuses in Fushun. The barrel is rolled, very thin, and basically explodes as soon as it hits. No one uses this immoral thing at all. The reason why the craftsmen made this thing was that the officials withheld the materials for making guns, but they asked the craftsmen to come up with enough quantities, and the products were naturally a pile of rags.

Zhou Qingfeng asked the captured pirates, and learned that these birds were from the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, but they had to be given enough money to name them. This shows that it's not that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can't do it, but that the officials of the Ming Dynasty really can't do it. He manipulated the bird gun a few times himself, and realized that although it was cumbersome to use, it was much easier than training archers.

Chai Jie watched Zhou Qingfeng fiddle with the bird's gun, stood aside and said, "This thing is useless, if it shoots one shot, I can shoot ten arrows." ”

With a bang, Zhou Qingfeng aimed at a stone about thirty meters away. I didn't hit it, but it was quite far away. He touched the barrel of the gun with his hand and felt a little hot, so he stopped and said to Chai Jie: "When training one archer, I can train a hundred musketeers." And you'll run out of ten arrows. It won't be uncomfortable for a musketeer to fire ten shots. ”

"I can shoot twenty arrows in a row now, and I will never run out." Chai Jie was very worried that Zhou Qingfeng would look down on her, and argued eagerly.

"And what about your men?"

Chai Jie chattered for a long time, and had nothing to say. Her men are all girls, and they are naturally weak, and they can't compare to male soldiers with spears or waist knives. Bows and arrows were the only weapons they could use. But even then, the bows they used were not strong enough. As for the firecracker, it is not launched by manpower at all, and it can easily kill people from a distance of 50 meters.

"A musketeer can easily carry hundreds of rounds of ammunition and fight for days on end. Can you bring a hundred arrows? ”

Chai Jie had nothing to say. There are only eight arrows in one pot, and an archer carries two pots at most. More is not only too heavy, but also very inconvenient. The lead used in the firecracker is small, and the gunpowder can be used for a long time with only one pot, and the continuous combat ability is completely incomparable.

Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng was testing the firing, Wumen and Gao Da Niu also leaned over. After listening to Zhou Qingfeng talk about the advantages of the firearm, Wu Damen also joined the topic and said: "My lord, this firearm is powerful, but it is more expensive." We're just afraid we can't afford it. ”

"No matter how expensive it is, it is cheaper than human life." Zhou Qingfeng touched the barrel again, and after feeling the temperature drop, he began to reload it again. Looking at his complicated gestures and dazzling operation, Chai Jie complained weakly: "What's so good about this thing? It also needs a rope, and it will definitely not be able to fight when it rains. ”

Bang was another shot, but Zhou Qingfeng still couldn't hit the stone thirty meters away. He looked at the fire gun in his hand that could not be aimed at without a crosshair, and smiled bitterly at Chai Jie: "This kind of fire gun needs to be improved, but we will have to use it sooner or later." Bring back the captured muskets and hand them over to your female soldiers. Assemble a firearm squad first, and equip your entire company with firearms if necessary. ”

"Do you want to form a special class?" Chai Jie is good at bows and arrows, and after she got Zhou Qingfeng's pulley bow, she treated her like a baby, feeling that this was a symbol of her trust. Now that she was asked to use a firearm that she didn't understand at all, she felt like she was going to be abandoned. "Won't we all use bows and arrows in the future?"

Zhou Qingfeng did not have the slightest intention of backing down on this point, "We will not be equipped with bows and arrows on a large scale in the future, and we must turn to firearms from now on." After he finished speaking, he looked at Gao Daniu and Wumen, "We must keep up with the times, and the infantry will also be equipped with firecrackers and artillery in the future." The spear can still be used for a while, but the axe must be eliminated. ”

Gao Wu and the others were still glad that they didn't have to be forcibly changed weapons like Chai Jie just now, but they were happy to hear such bad news in less than two seconds. Especially Wumen uses an axe, but Zhou Qingfeng has always hated his axe. He asked aggrievedly, "Do we want to change too?" ”

"I won't change it within a year, but I need to understand." Zhou Qingfeng thought about it, at present, he could still hold the field with a spear, but he didn't ask the infantry to replace it immediately, after all, he didn't have enough firearms on hand. "When our territory is stable and rich, we will definitely change it. Not only do we have to change our spears, but we don't even wear armor in the future. ”

No armor?

This is even worse news.

The tall bull felt incomprehensible, "My lord, how can you fight without armor?" ”

"From now on, we will attack from afar with firearms." Zhou Qingfeng thought about it for a while, and felt that this kind of thing would still appear on the battlefield at close range, so he added: "At least don't wear heavy armor that hinders your action, light armor is fine." ”

The fierce generals on the battlefield who charged into battle couldn't wait to get up and down all over their bodies, and even their eyes were covered in armor. In the era of cold weapons, armored and unarmored soldiers were completely different things. Not wearing armor on the battlefield is no different from running naked.

Zhou Qingfeng's order made the two Gao Wu, who were still thinking in the face-to-face fighting mode, extremely uncomfortable, and even frightened. This time, Chai Jie is quite sympathetic to them - even if the soldier has no armor, the general has no armor, so how can he be a fierce general?

This undoubted request made the soldiers who were still in the old era depressed, but Zhou Qingfeng would never compromise because of this. As he slowly returned to the Lushun, a dark shadow flew from the opposite side. The evolved human-faced demon reappeared, taking on a humanoid form and kneeling on one knee, holding the natal stone that represented its freedom in both hands.

"Yes, you're still willing to follow me." Zhou Qingfeng sensed it, this human-faced demon had evolved from an ordinary monster to the first level of qi and blood, although there was still no way to fight head-on, but it had some rare abilities. "It's not in vain that I'll take you in."

The human-faced demon still couldn't speak, so he could only nod. It was originally a little demon wandering around in the mountains, and it didn't grow much after hundreds of years of existence. Ignorant and instinctive has existed for so many years, it was Zhou Qingfeng who opened its wisdom and gave it a new lease of life.

There was nothing else to do with Wanghai Fort.

Embarkation, offshore.

Zhou Qingfeng brought more than 200 soldiers of the Guards, all of whom were crowded on a boat on the 'Lushun' when they came, and all of them were scattered when they returned. When he returned to the 'Lushun', there was a platoon on board and his own casualties from the battle.

Last night's fighting went well, but there were still more than twenty casualties. Most of them were minor injuries, and some were even hit and grazed by their own spears because it was dark and could not see clearly. There are not a few people who twist their feet, and in short, the problems are strange. The two people who died were both injured by weapons thrown by the bandits when they were desperate, and they died of heavy bleeding.

The bodies of the dead soldiers were wrapped in linen cloth and placed on the deck of the ship. Zhou Qingfeng stepped forward and stood solemnly, saluting in silence. The soldiers who were resting on the side hurriedly stood up, at a loss. Zhou Qingfeng glanced at it and found that they were all recruits who had not been in the army for a long time, and he didn't know them.

"Were you afraid last night?" Zhou Qingfeng walked up to a soldier and asked.

"Big ......, my lord, I'm not afraid." The soldier stammered in reply.

"Aren't you afraid?" Zhou Qingfeng grinned and said, "Aren't you afraid of all the dead?" Many others were injured. I see that you can't talk well now, are you really not afraid or are you not afraid of falsehood? ”

The soldier who was questioned didn't know what to say, and there was a nervousness to hold his urine.

Zhou Qingfeng walked in front of the next soldier again, "You're not afraid?" ”

The next soldier scratched his head and sneered, "I'm a little scared." ”

"Are you still afraid after the battle?" Zhou Qingfeng asked again.

"Then don't be afraid." The questioned soldier smiled and shook his head relaxedly.

Zhou Qingfeng also smiled and said, "Whether you are afraid or not, you played well last night." I didn't train you much, but you killed a lot of those pirates, and the rest fled with a lot of. In the future, if they come out to do evil again, they will have to weigh their own abilities, and when they see the banner of our 'revolutionary army', they will have to stay away. ”

Hahaha...... now the soldiers were completely relaxed, and they smiled one by one.

Zhou Qingfeng found another soldier and asked, "Join our 'revolutionary army', are you full?" ”

"Eat well, eat well. There is enough rice and noodles every day, and there is fish and meat. The soldier nodded repeatedly. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was short. The Guards specially recruited these young men who were still growing their bodies into the army. Some soldiers were even younger, only about fourteen or fifteen.

Because the current society is too backward, people who are seventeen or eighteen years old are full of rotten teeth, flat feet, and chicken breasts. Only those who are younger can be corrected by enhanced nutrition. In addition, younger people have better growth and better potential after education. The only trouble is that you need to train a lot, and it costs a lot.

When it came to eating, the soldiers who were questioned laughed and had tears in their eyes. Many people only get their first full meal when they join the Guard, just like when Gao Da Niu was recruited. These soldiers cried and cried and were about to kneel down for Zhou Qingfeng, but they stood up by stern cheers, and swore that they were determined to fight with Leader Zhou and follow the 'revolutionary army' to the end.

"Hahaha...... eat more in the future, grow stronger, and I'm really not afraid of fighting again. When you turn from recruits to veterans, our 'revolutionary army' will be powerful. Zhou Qingfeng patted the recruits on the shoulders one by one, looked at the ships that set sail together around the 'Lushun', and laughed loudly: "What I like to see the most is that we are getting stronger step by step." ”

When there are enough veterans who have fought under Lao Tzu, and they have completed the change of firearms, it will be beautiful to think about that day!