Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Divine Machine Association

"After filling the door medicine, hold the gun on the top of the supporting hand, put the tail on the leg, take the fire rope with the right hand, blow off the ashes first, and clamp it in the faucet."

On the beach, a group of Huben Town Fire Gun Team was training intensively under the command of the instructor.

Li Daoan led the main force of Weiwu Town to the Central Plains, and the Tiger Town that stayed behind had nothing to do, and the Shenji Association was naturally pulled by Liu Yu to the coastal beach for training.

"Place the arquebus, stand on the front foot, kneel on the back foot, raise the gun, hold the hand in the left hand, kneel the knee, clamp the back tail under the armpit, close the left eye, look at the door with the right eye, shine at the star, close your breath, aim at the enemy, and then pinch the machine." A firecracker commanded.

A team of firecrackers listened to the instructor's string of tedious and esoteric instructions, and couldn't help but mess around, fiddling with firecrackers in a panic.

The Shenji Association uses four firearms, which is also a reference to the standards of the original firearms unit of the Ming army.

One person puts the gun, and the three people put the gun.

Since the Divine Machine Association had not been established for a long time, the only people who were proficient in firearms were twenty firearms men transferred from their uncle.

At that time, there were not many firecrackers who could really handle firecrackers proficiently.

And after the battle of Mingcheng, especially the night attack on the Spanish camp,

The soldiers of the First and Second Concords have experienced bloody battles,

Both the firecracker and the loader have been given valuable training, but due to the tight time and lack of firearms, Liu Yu did not let the loader practice using the firearm, nor did he let the loader systematically practice releasing the gun.

For those who hold guns,

Whether it is a gun or a gun, it is one,

On the battlefield, due to the disadvantages of slow firing rate and cumbersome reloading, musket teams often need to divide labor and cooperate.

If one person is released, three people are loaded.

All four of them were armed with firearms, but only one person actually stood in front of them.

The other three filled them with firearms,

As a result, the shooter tends to shoot better and reload slower.

The loader, on the other hand, is good at reloading firearms, but not at using them.

And the battlefield is changing rapidly,

Although the Ming Dynasty already had three columns of shooting, and had defeated the Mongol cavalry with this tactic, it often failed to exert the effect it should have in the face of the more ferocious Jianzhou Jurchens.

For example, in the Liaodong battlefield, the Ming army often placed the veterans in the first three columns, especially the first column, while the novices or those with poor guns acted as loaders.

This in itself is understandable,

The firearms of the 17th century themselves were far inferior to modern thermal weapons, and in addition to the sluggish armaments at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of firearms cut corners, and their power was greatly reduced.

can only rely on veterans to support the façade.

But the problem was that the Jurchen cavalry often fired arrows in volleys outside the range of the Ming army's guns, and the Jurchen strong bows were often able to suppress the Ming army in the first wave.

Countless of the first-line envoys died tragically before the Jurchens could enter the firing range.

When the elite firecrackers of the Ming army are almost dead, the Jurchens will charge.

And at this moment, the firecrackers who took over from the front are all loaders, and they are far inferior to the previous veterans in terms of both the use of guns and their hearts.

Watching the sound of the iron horse sweep like rolling thunder,

The fear in his heart can be imagined,

They often fire indiscriminately before they can enter the effective killing range.

In the face of the Jurchen cavalry in chain mail, there was no threat.

This is also the reason why the Shenji Battalion, which made the Mongolian cavalry cry more than 200 years ago, did not work at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Natural and man-made disasters continue,

The practice required by the firecrackers is not enough, let alone go into battle to kill the enemy.

This is also what Liu Yu needs to avoid now,

He hoped that the soldiers of Tiger Town would be proficient in using firearms, after all, this thing depends on sight and feel.

It's not just that the original armor in the army has not practiced enough,

The new recruits were previously mere fishermen or farmers plowing the fields.

I don't know anything about firearms or tactics.

The angry veteran oils who were present scolded and scolded, and went into battle bare-armed,

"Put!" With a low snort.

On the beach, a ray of fire flashed.

"Bang ......"

Clouds of black smoke accompanied by rolling thunder resounded across the seashore, startling countless birds to spread their wings and fly high.

The silver wings covered the sky, startling the soldiers present to exclaim.

After several days of practice,

The advantages of the firecracker are clearly apparent.

However, a few days ago, a group of farmers who only knew how to farm could also hold the fire and pinch it at this moment.

It takes a few years to train a good archer, and a few months to train a good firecracker.

Liu Yu stood on the sand dunes, looking down from a high place at the scrambling fire team not far away,

I couldn't help but laugh bitterly,

Even if the current Ming army is not able to form an effective formation, at least it is still possible to line up and shoot.

"Put your left arm close to your flanks, hold your hand in front of you, keep your front foot straight, and have less punches on your back foot, like a white pole." "Pinch the machine and send it!"

"Put!"

Another low shout,

Wisps of black smoke filled the sand, and blood stains spilled from the air.

A silver glow soaked in bright red blood fell sharply from the sky, causing a burst of cheers from the Ming troops present.

The practice of the musketeers of the Ming army can often attract the attention of countless friendly soldiers, after all, when the musketeers practice, due to different tactics, there are often obvious differences in the distance of the gun and the target.

Compared with a stationary object such as a target, hitting seabirds can make the Ming army veteran oil feel more exciting.

Luzon is located in the tropics, and there are countless types of seabirds of all sizes.

Together, the sound of gunfire, countless seabirds cover the sky and the sun,

For veterans, a few dozen steps away from it can be shot down with a single blow at a flock of birds.

For novices, playing a dense flock of seabirds is also Liu Yu's idea.

A dense flock of birds is more like a flock of cavalry charging in a swarm.

There is no need to test the eyesight and marksmanship of the musketeer, but the courage and mentality of the musketeer.

Silver wings cover the sky,

If the hand is calm and calm, there is no need to compare, and the machine will be released, and there is no reason to miss it.

A good target practice was regarded as hunting by veterans and novices of the Ming army.

As soon as the gunshots passed,

A large number of Ming troops cheered and rushed into the billowing black smoke, picked up the seabirds that were still fluttering, and then dispersed in a hurry.

The angry firecrackers who were present scolded again and again.

At this time, the Ming army had more than 600 guns of various firearms, and more than 10 different types were under its jurisdiction.

As for the more than 40 Franc machine guns that were seized, Liu Yu directly allocated them to the First Association with a stroke of his pen.

In that battle, the Ming army fought too hard, and pressed the Spaniards' musket team to output.

As a result, the fight was so hard that not even a single Spanish musketeer was captured.

Looking at the captured Spaniards' flintlock pistols, the Ming army could only use their original firearms usage.

After all, whether it is a self-generated firearm or a Spanish smoothbore flintlock pistol, the structure is roughly the same, as for the use of firearms and the corresponding queue warfare,

If your Franc machine man is really more advanced than me, he won't be wiped out.

In short, in line with the confidence of the Ming army's musket tactics, the Ming army used the musket guns of the Franc machine man to shoot indiscriminately.

Not to mention,

Whether it was the use of the firecrackle or the power and accuracy of the firecracker, the Ming gunners present were shocked.

Twenty paces away, to Zaka,

Put a few shots, and the armor is all broken.

This surprised the Ming gunners,

You must know that although the self-generated firebolts they hold in their hands are not afraid of the rain and they will release the guns when they raise them, their accuracy and range are not as good as those of the arquebus.

Moreover, it is difficult to trigger the smash, and when the night attack on the Franc robot camp was more than ten steps away from the Franc robot musket team, the salvo was fired.

In order to worry about the accuracy of the musket.

After a meal, the open flame gun hand couldn't put down the fire gun of the Franc machine man.