Bi Maokang discovered an unfamiliar word, and the bayonet seemed very unfamiliar to the grenade and the line queue.

The grenade comes from throwing explosives such as the "Thunder of the Sky", and the linear queue also has roughly similar references such as the Mujia three-stage strike and the Shenji Battalion linear firepower.

Only this bayonet, which he did not quite understand, but was particularly interested.

"Is the bayonet a melee knife mounted on a flintlock pistol?"

"That's right, Mr. Dongjiao. That is, the gun directly has the ability to fight in close combat, and there is no need to change weapons in melee combat. ”

Bi Maokang is called the eastern suburbs, and Wang Hongyu calls him Mr. Dongjiao is an honorific title. Although Wang Hongyu's identity and age are different from theirs, no one dares to look down on him when they really talk about it.

"In this way, in fact, guns are directly used as melee weapons, which is indeed a development trend. Some of the border military three-eyed guns are used as war hammers. ”

The Three-Eyed Gun was almost more popular than the Bird Gun by the border army, in addition to being easy to carry, three-round bombardment, simple to use, etc., another important reason was that it could be used in close combat.

The handle of the tail has been specially designed and built to be used as a one-handed warhammer, which is very practical and is therefore popular.

In principle, the Bird Gun is much more advanced than the Three-Eyed Gun, but it has more limitations and is weak in melee combat, which leads to this result.

Bi Maokang didn't finish speaking: "In addition, I remember that someone has invented a knife, which is similar to the bayonet mentioned by Marquis Dingyuan." It is to put a knife on the muzzle of a fire gun, which is a gun. ”

"It's so powerful, this kind of weapon has not been promoted, it was just invented by Zhao Shizhen, Qi Jin, Zhang Mingshi and others used some in the Zhejiang soldiers, and Mr. Dongjiao knew about them."

Wang Hongyu praised it, but suddenly his eyes froze: "But does Mr. know what the actual combat effect of the knife is?"

"Don't know? But I know there are several types. ”

Zhao Shizhen and Zhang Mingshi experimented with several kinds of knives in the Zhejiang soldiers.

There is a sharp sword-like knife tied to the barrel of a gun, and there is a heavy-duty multi-purpose thunderbolt that pioneers a short spear, a shield, and a musket, with a spear shield in the forehand and a spear in the backhand.

"What do you think they will do, sir?"

"It's a good estimate, but I really can't guess, there's really no reference?" Bi Maokang is very powerful in theory, but after all, he has never fought a war, and it is difficult to know the actual combat effect feedback of weapons such as knives.

However, Wang Hongyu has always wanted to engage in modern bayonets such as three-edged military stabs, and he had never heard of knives before, but in careful communication with the soldiers from Zhejiang under his command, he found that knives have long been practical.

"And how is the actual combat effect of the sword?" Bi Maokang can't wait to find out.

Wang Hongyu suddenly had a serious expression: "The actual combat effect of the sword is indescribable, and it has performed very poorly in many battles, killing many Zhejiang soldiers."

"Huh!?" Bi Maokang was very surprised.

He saw that Wang Hongyu was going to engage in bayonets, and thought that the actual combat effect of the prototype knife was very good.

Unexpectedly, the knife was not very easy to use, and even killed many Zhejiang soldiers......

However, during the battle, he collected feedback on the practical use of the knives of the Zhejiang soldiers.

"Surprised, right? I was also shocked at the beginning, but in the communication with the veterans, I learned the lesson of blood and tears. ”

Wang Hongyu set up a new army, implemented a counselor's meeting of soldiers and military officials, and paid attention to the exchange of experience and brainstorming internally.

In these exchanges, I personally communicated with veterans who came out of the war, and found that the knives or bayonets were really different from what I imagined.

Wang Hongyu clearly remembers what they said to him.

"The sword can only pierce the armor with a stab, and all other moves tickle the armor...... a veteran sigh after fighting the heavily armored Jiannu.

"The knife was tied to the gun, and after an afternoon of fighting, it came loose, and as a result, the stab was crooked and the ...... was killed," one veteran recalled what happened to his comrade after an afternoon of hand-to-hand combat.

"I didn't hit it at all, and the bird was long and stupid, and there was a big bundle of fire ropes. My uncle was killed by the thieves after missing the first stab......" A veteran recalled his uncle, who was killed by a slash of his backhand katana during a battle against the Japanese kingdom in Korea......

"I'm not going to use a knife anymore, I'm going to use a cold weapon. Hand-to-hand combat without swords, shields, and knives is simply an increase in casualties! A gray-haired veteran who had fought for most of his life was indignant, and even if the Marquis of Dingyuan wanted to promote the bayonet again, he would stand up and raise objections.

This is the first-hand combat feedback of the Blade......

A new invention may be good in theory, but far from practical.

Even the bird guns, which have been repeatedly used in the West and the East, are slightly disliked by the nine sides in terms of practicality, and they choose the old antique three-eyed guns.

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This is especially true of the newly born knives, which were only invented, and there is still a big gap between them and their real practicality.

That's why the bayonet sounds like it's not difficult to invent, but why the bayonet has never been on a large scale after more than 300 years of popularization in both the East and the West.

Because it is not easy to use, not adaptable, unable to fight, and has suffered heavy casualties and blood and tears, of course, it cannot appear on a large scale.

Bi Maokang was shocked when he heard it.

It turns out that invention is only the first step, from invention to promotion, from promotion to practice, from practice to improvement, from improvement to mass production......

Don't dare to omit this step.

Unless there is a far-sighted and down-to-earth person who really has great wisdom, can all these predictions be correct.

"Now I have a way~"

Wang Hongyu smiled slightly, pointing to the paper-wrapped bullets and flintlock pistols: "They can reverse the weak status quo of the knife with a light three-edged military thorn."

Flintlock pistols are lighter and more effective than arquebuses.

It is much more convenient to use flint and paper to wrap bullets than to hold torches, fire ropes, and gunpowder pots.

Triangular stabs are much lighter than weapons such as swords.

Light, light, light.

A bayonet is a stab, and it must be swift and fierce!

Why didn't the knife hit? It's bulky......

Why can a bayonet stab? It's light and fast~

Wang Hongyu directly invented the prismatic bayonet, although it is still a workshop handicraft to build the efficiency is not high, there is no machine manufacturing, the steam engine is still waiting for him to invent, but the hand-made sharp, light and thin prismatic knife is not difficult for Chinese craftsmen.

And overtaking in direct corners.

In the later stages of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, the first large-scale bayonets appeared. The bayonet had the handle stuck in the barrel of the gun, and it was still strong when it was stuffed in, and then the musket could be used as a spear.

Although the invention allowed the musketeers to form a long spear formation when the opposing cavalry approached, it was not suitable for charging or stabbing with such plugged bayonets, and the muzzle of the bayonet could not be fired.

Then in the Kangxi period, Europe invented the casing bayonet. The bayonet was placed on the outside of the muzzle and fixed with screws, thus solving the contradiction between shooting and stabbing.

It is worth mentioning that the bayonets of this period were still essentially "spears" that were mainly used to combat cavalry in close quarters.

As a result, the bayonet system of various countries is still a simple spike type, which has no other function than a thrust, and the length of the gun is generally close to two meters.