Chapter 295: Departure North

"Raise your gun..."

"Put..."

With the sound of gunfire, the target two hundred paces away in the distance was set on fire and smashed into rotten wood, and Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing looked at their masterpiece quite proudly.

Chen Cao clapped his hands and nodded, very much in agreement with the current new rifle.

"How many years, gentlemen?"

Facing Chen Cao's question, Bi Maokang frowned and thought for a while: "It has been six years since my grandfather proposed it and now officially equipping the army. ”

"Daming 1624 rifle, officially simplify, take the last word of your two names and name it, it will be called M-1 Kangxing rifle, from now on, put into mass production, how about it, the bullet can keep up?"

Bi Maokang was excited, and his face turned red...

A lot of old Chen Cao thought that he had high blood pressure, so he quickly asked people to call a doctor, but it was a false alarm.

Song Yingxing pointed to the factory behind the shooting range: "There is a student named Zhang Lin in the college, who changed the steam turbine used in the locomotive to the factory, which has been reduced a lot, and now most of the lathes in the factory no longer need to be driven by hydraulic power, only the steel mill is still using water hammers, I heard that the student is now designing a steam hammer for the steel mill." ”

"Zhang Lin?"

"Grandpa, that kid in Huangjia Village a few days ago."

Chen Cao suddenly realized, and suddenly remembered the young man who was very polite and finally recognized Chen Cao: "It's a good one, send someone to his class and tell the head teacher that this kid will allocate an experimental plant alone, and the funds will be provided by the governor's yamen." ”

"Powered by steam, it can produce 300,000 rounds of ammunition per month..."

"Too little, increase investment, don't let the artillery factory over there surpass you, the quality of Kangxing rifles must be strictly controlled, if the battlefield is blown up because of two or three hundred rounds, tell you, guns are numbered, which assembly line produces, the responsibility will be assigned to the assembly line, two gentlemen, life is so good now, but don't go wrong."

In the face of Chen Cao's admonition, Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing nodded again and again, they appeared in the arsenal every day, personally inspecting each finished rifle, and now the firearm has a name, and the Kang Xing rifle named after the two of them naturally attaches more importance to quality issues.

"We will test the factory firearms in strict accordance with the production requirements, and we will definitely put an end to this hidden danger in the factory."

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao laughed a few times when he heard this, and then said: "From now on, our army will no longer have to carry paper shell bullets, even if they are soaked in water, the guns can still be fired freely, gratifying, gratifying..."

"It's all up to my grandfather's guidance..."

A group of people clapped their assemblies in unison, and Chen Cao was naturally used, after all, this rifle was a drawing drawn by him, and these people just brainstormed and slowly figured it out, and in six years, with the help of the drawings, the rifle was slowly made, which was already considered slow.

Saying that, Chen Cao took out a few drawings from his briefcase, and Bi Maokang's eyes immediately lit up: "Grandpa, but there are new design drawings?" ”

Chen Cao smiled: "Mr. Bi's idea is to change quickly, since your factory can already skillfully manufacture rifles, then this new type of automatic rifle can also be put on the agenda, each of these drawings is a kind of firearm design draft, don't lose it, immediately after getting it, copy it, and then study it carefully, find all the students of the firearms department, and design it." ”

Bi Maokang gave the drawings to Song Yingxing as if they were treasures, and the corners of their mouths were full of smiles after the two of them read it, and Chen Cao smiled when he saw this: "Don't worry, you two will study it well, and when the finished firearms come out, the firearms of our army will always be named after the two of you 'Kang Xing'." ”

"Grandpa Xie...."

Xing Shenyan's work is very heavy, and as the chief officer of the army's logistics recruitment department, the new army has to go through his hands to change its equipment and guns.

"How many troops can be equipped with rifles made in arsenals today?"

In the face of Chen Cao's inquiry, Xing Shenyan bowed down and said: "The first Shanghai garrison division is equipped first, and the equipment of the remaining division can be replaced with the first division of the Dingwu Army." ”

Chen Cao shook his head: "Continue to change the second garrison division, this time I will go north, I am going to take the garrison division to participate in the battle of Nanjing, so that they can receive rotation training." ”

Qi Xianzong, commander of the first garrison division, and Qi Xianyun, deputy division commander; Cao Wenzhao, commander of the Second Division, and Cao Bianjiao served as the head of the guard regiment directly under the division.

According to the new military system, the two garrison divisions together have 36,000 soldiers and soldiers, plus other logistics teams and guard regiments, nearly 40,000 people.

In addition, there are Song Che Tang Kainian and other people, this time Chen Cao gathered 120,000 people to participate in the battle of King Fu to attack Nanjing.

"The ammunition and artillery of the logistics department must keep up, all the new wheeled artillery must be deployed, and in addition, the explosives and ammunition must also be mobilized sufficiently.

After adding a number of neutralizing agents such as seaweed mud, the new type of nitric acid explosives has finally formed a new type of high explosives, as long as the dose is sufficient, it is not a problem to blow up the city wall of Nanjing, just like this time to blow up the Wulin Gate in Hangzhou.

At the end of August of the second year of Chongzhen, the first night before Chen Cao's oath departed

In the governor's yamen, the participants of the round table were all close advisers and literati, as well as some important generals.

"I won't hide it from you here, the Liaodong side has been contacted, Jiannu will knock again in the near future, after the pressure from the north and south, the reinforcements from Nanjing will be cut off next month, in addition, the civil unrest in Shaanxi has intensified, and all the places in Shaanxi except Xi'an and the west of Tongguan have been completely occupied;

Under such internal and external troubles, the north will no longer have the energy to continue to use troops against Nanjing, unless King Fu chooses to continue to go north after conquering Nanjing. ”

"In order to prevent the north from making a desperate bet, the hidden piles in the capital are also required to take action."

Everyone didn't talk, Chen Cao took a sip of tea after speaking: "If Nanjing is lost, Jiannu is very likely to enter the customs to fight, blocking them north of the Yangtze River is the top priority, 120,000 people are not enough to defend the Yangtze River, the new army must step up training, must become an army as soon as possible." ”

"After the capture of Nanjing, King Fu's side..."

Huang Chunyao shook his fan: "The student thinks that if King Fu dies in Nanjing, Zhu Yousong will not be able to control his command, and the prince will be able to preside over the overall situation if he acts according to King Fu's orders, and as for the generals under the command of King Fu, they can also be broken one by one." ”

"Don't worry about King Fu's affairs, I have my own plans..."

"Grandpa, don't you think about it again..."

"Eh..."Chen Cao shook his hand: "This time the 120,000 army is going north, Nanjing is determined to win, and you must not continue to speculate, everyone should do their duty." ”

On the third day of September in the second year of Chongzhen, Chen Cao personally led the garrison division to take the railway from Shanghai to Suzhou, and arrived in Suzhou in only half a day, and then embarked on the cement road laid by the road construction team from Suzhou to Changzhou.

In Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture, Chen Cao was having a meeting with many generals of the Northern Expedition at this moment.

"The railway from Shanghai to Suzhou has just been erected, I personally tested it, and arrived in Suzhou in three hours, but it is very fast, and now the railway bureau is erecting the railway line from Suzhou to Wujin, in my opinion, 100,000 people can be laid by the end of this year;

The laying of cement has just arrived in Wuxi, and then Changzhou City was newly established in Changzhou City, which began to be built next to Wujin County, and the construction of the new city is mainly based on cement buildings, and the factory can follow up, and strive to complete the construction of Changzhou New City at the end of next year. ”

Chen Cao finished talking about these things before he looked at Song Che: "Shi Xiu, how is the situation in Zhenjiang?" ”

"Grandpa, according to the news, King Fu's army launched a battle to cross the river at the mouth of the Xijiang River, and fought a big battle with the Northern Army at Dasheng Pass, and it was Qin Liangyu's nephew who was stationed at Dasheng Pass, Qin Yiming, Qin Liangyu's nephew and general Qin Yiming were appointed as the deputy assistant guard of Nanjing after arriving in Nanjing, Qin Yiming also changed guards with the original Dasheng Pass, and at this moment Dasheng Pass garrisoned 100,000 troops, however, Fuwang's army did not capture Dasheng Pass, but captured Jiangning Zhenguan west of Dasheng Pass;

According to the detailed battle report of our army's investigation, the Nanjing side has mobilized 100,000 troops along the Nanjing River at Dashengguan, and 200,000 troops have been deployed at the place of contact between Dashengguan and Nanjing. ”

Chen Cao looked at the sand table, and then shook his head: "Deploying defense along the river is an unstable tactic, the battle line is too long, and the logistics can't keep up. ”

"Dasheng Pass is the southern barrier after Nanjing crosses the river, once Dasheng Pass is lost, Nanjing will be exposed to the front of the soldiers," Huang Chunyao shook his fan: "Once the Fuwang army divides its troops from Liuhe to attack the camp of the Longtan Water Division, and then goes directly from the Longjiang River to the Shangyuan Gate in the north of Nanjing, through this, Nanjing will definitely shrink its forces to defend Nanjing, and make every effort to open up the northern passage to ensure the grain route, as for the Dasheng Pass..."

"Qin Liangyu must not be underestimated."

Chen Cao's face was serious: "The Qin family can't be underestimated, send a letter to King Fu, telling them that they can divide their troops to cross the river from Liuhe, and after landing, they will go straight to Shangyuanmen." ”

"On the Zhenjiang side, Xu Chengqing divided his troops and stationed them in Dantu and Danyang, and it is reported that he himself is personally in Danyang, if something happens to Danyang, the Dantu defenders can rescue within two days."

"Now that our army of 120,000 people is gathered in Changzhou, it is not a good choice to divide troops to attack Zhenjiang, but we can surround the point and send reinforcements, and at the same time surround Danyang, ambush the Dantu rescue soldiers halfway;" Xu Fuyuan offered advice: "Xu Chengqing sticks to Danyang, he must be prepared, our army can surround the three and lack one, forcing Xu Chengqing to transfer troops, once out of the city, the Dantu army will be under the guns of our army..."&

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