This is also the reason why the Musket will gradually acquire bows and arrows in modern times.

The time and money spent training a firecracker is much less than that of an archer.

The continuous reduction of the cost of firecrackers has made firecrackers continue to popularize to the common people.

It is also common sense to replace bows and arrows as the standard equipment of the near point army.

However, in the 17th century, although firearms were gradually improved, they still fell far short of modern firearms.

Due to the lack of manpower, the general three-stage strike tactics are not yet available to the Shenji Battalion.

The disadvantages of the cumbersome loading of the fire gun are also exposed.

Under the operation of a veteran, it is only a rate of fire of one shot a minute.

As a flintlock pistol, the self-generating fire gun naturally has its own inevitable shortcomings.

For example, the trigger is difficult to pull, and the accuracy range is obviously inferior to that of the arquebus.

In this regard, Liu Yu had to equip the archers with self-generated fire guns, these archers who could draw strong bows had more finger strength than ordinary people, and it was easier to use self-generated fire guns than ordinary people.

"Put!"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

For several days, the Shenji battalion was training on the beach.

In addition to the camp association class system, Liu Yu also adopted the three-three system.

Each squad carries three groups, and when the formation changes, three firecrackers are a group of nine loaders.

In modern times, musketeers mainly shot in line to ensure the maximum lethality of muskets.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming musketeers were poorly trained, and when the Tartar cavalry attacked, they often opened fire indiscriminately before the Tartars stepped into the effective firing range.

And dense queues often became targets for the Tartar cavalry (arquebuses in the late Ming Dynasty had much range from strong bows. )

And the musket queue was easily overwhelmed by the cavalry.

After the musket queue was dispersed, the Ming army was often unable to resist effectively, and one by one they had no will to fight, and they fled for their lives.

In the end, he became a ghost under the knife of the Tartars.

In this regard, Liu Yu adopted the three-three system in the class.

The main reason is that if the Shenji Battalion is charged by the cavalry when shooting in formation, the musketeers will not flee for their lives, but continue to fight in groups of three.

The maximum possible lethality of the cavalry rushing into the ranks.

And the three-three system is also the most flexible in street fighting.

Liu Yu's development direction for the Ming army was mainly based on firearms.

Although the cavalry is strong, there are no horses in the south, and they cannot afford to prepare themselves.

And even if there are cavalry troops in the future, I am afraid that it will not be able to compete with regular cavalry like the Eight Banners and Mengba Banners, so it is better to use firearms to arm the Ming army.

The most indispensable thing in Nanyang is firearms, which are easy to obtain and easy to train, and ordinary farmers can go to the battlefield in a few months.

For Ming, who is now lacking everything, firearms are the king of development.

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Manila

Doge's Palace

Governor Juan had just received a group of merchants.

As the merchants departed with a disturbed face, Governor Juan rubbed his eyes.

"Governor, many people don't understand why you didn't order the killing of the Chinese gathered in Manila." Beside him, an adjutant asked.

"Eder,"

"Why should I kill these harmless Han people?" Governor Juan spoke disdainfully.

"Your Excellency, the merchants are very disturbed, there is an army not far from our north, and they have gathered at least more than two thousand Chinese, and there are at least several thousand Chinese merchants in the city of Manila, if they are united in and outside." Eder looked at the scolding merchants before, and couldn't help but feel worried about the situation in the north.

"So I need to raise the butcher's knife against these Han people like my predecessors." Governor Juan stood up, his eyes fixed on Eder.

"For the good of Spain." Eder looked away from the Governor and gritted his teeth.

"Haha!"

"In the interest of the Kingdom of Spain or for the benefit of merchants."

"I killed the Chinese merchants, you swallowed their assets, these people did this a few times before, and now they still want to use me." Governor Juan walked out of the room and looked out at the bustling port of Manila.

"But,"

"But what?"

"I don't understand!"

"Your Excellency Governor, why are you so kind to the Chinese, you must know that Manila has hated these Chinese at this time." Edel looked unwilling.

"Because times are different." Looking at the port of Manila, which was full of ships, Governor Juan muttered to himself.

"My predecessors were faced with a declining dynasty, like an old man dying of old age."

"And I'm dealing with a nascent dynasty that has just unified the territory of Europa."

"What do you mean?" Edel looked at the Governor in bewilderment.

"Look at this." The Governor slowly opened an envelope in front of his desk, pulled out a letter and handed it to the adjutant in front of him.

"This is a letter from the Portuguese Governor in Macau."

"The letter says that the emperor of China has just conquered Taiwan."

"They conquered Taiwan in order to eliminate the Han forces that were hostile to them." Edel took the letter and pouted.

"At first, I thought so, but they didn't leave Taiwan after they eliminated the Han Chinese forces entrenched in Taiwan."

"The Chinese emperor rejected the ministers' suggestion to evacuate Taiwan and instead chose to set up an administrative office in Taiwan."

"Any idea what that means?"

Juan Vargas looked at the Luzon map on the wall.

"This Chinese emperor is not the same as those Han emperors of the past,"

"In the past, these Han emperors didn't care about these overseas islands, which is why the Dutch were able to occupy Taiwan, and China would not care if we slaughtered Chinese businessmen in Manila several times."

"But the Chinese emperor tried to include Taiwan in the territory."

"So what?" After reading the letter from the Portuguese governor of Macau, Adjutant Eder was still a little confused.

"Would the Chinese emperor attack Luzon because of the Han Chinese entrenched in northern Luzon, or will he attack Luzon because I ordered the massacre of Chinese merchants in Manila?" Governor Juan's words instantly left Edel speechless.

"Impossible, right?"

"Their navy is nothing more than an offshore navy, and it is simply not possible to form an ocean-going fleet." Edel argued.

"But our navy is not the invincible armada of the 16th century." Governor Juan shook his head, looked at the adjutant in front of him, who couldn't see the form clearly, and said,

"Luzon is like a fine piece of porcelain, and any bump and bump can shatter it."

"We can't bet on the ambitions of this Chinese emperor, especially after the destruction of the Armadada."

"The British, the Dutch are staring at us." Governor Juan sat on the couch a little tired.

"I have prepared the 1st Field Battalion in Manila, and the local Nero natives have mobilized 2,000 men."

"It's just a peasant armed like a lost dog, and before the lion in China has even noticed the buzzing fly in front of him, all we have to do is help him deal with the fly." Governor Juan quickly signed an order.

"Give the order to Colonel Gil'an of the 1st Field Battalion, and let him leave for the so-called Ming City immediately to deal with this pesky fly."