Chapter 045

Now the musket is an arquebus, the quality is very unreliable, and the firing procedure is extremely complicated, from the state of the march to the firing, a total of twenty-five steps.

Even a well-trained musketeer can only fire one or two shots of lead in a minute, and if a slow-moving musketeer can fire one shot a minute, it's time to snicker.

More critically, since there is no rifling in the barrel, beyond sixty steps, there is no accurate head to speak of, and only God knows where the lead bullet can hit.

What's even worse is that the main enemy of the Ming army is Jiannu, who comes and goes like the wind, and Jiannu's archers can easily handle the enemy within a distance of sixty or seventy paces using heavy arrows. And the bow and arrow are extremely fast, and a good archer can shoot fifteen or sixteen arrows in a minute.

In this case, it was simply impossible for the Ming army to adopt the linear tactics of muskets like the lobster soldiers of Great Britain, which is the so-called line shooting.

Under the blow of a rain of arrows that can fire fifteen or sixteen armor-piercing heavy arrows per minute, can the flesh and blood rush twenty or thirty steps in front of the enemy's formation?

The answer is yes, it is absolutely impossible, even the most fierce soldiers who are not afraid of death, it is impossible to do this, whether it is offensive or defensive, in the face of such an enemy, you can only change tactics and tactics.

At the beginning, Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese in Jiangnan, and the establishment of the Qi family army was a mandarin duck formation with twelve people as a team, with four teams as a sentry, and the post was the basic establishment of the Qi family army in Jiangnan. However, the problem is that when Qi Jiguang was transferred to Jizhen, the establishment of the Qi family's army also changed immediately.

The establishment and equipment of the army must change according to the different enemies, and if you keep thinking of one trick to eat all over the world, it is very easy to overturn.

At this stage, the quality of the guns is unreliable, and the large-scale equipment of the guns is not only costly, the key is that the cost performance is not good, just like the German armored forces during World War II. The German army had a large number of excellent tanks at that time, while the Soviet Union was equipped with a large number of T34, both in terms of armor thickness and firepower, which were inferior to the German Leopard, and even less than the Tiger, but because of its cheap cost and mature technology, it could be mass-produced, and finally the German Leopard and Tiger were submerged with the T34 tank sea.

In terms of the equipment of the troops, Cheng Shijie decided to find a balance. First of all, the crossbow machine needs to be equipped, cost-effective, relatively low cost, and has the advantages of convenient training and great power, even if it faces the archers of Jiannu in the future, the crossbow machine can also make the archers of Jiannu suffer greatly if it has an absolute advantage in the range.

However, the problem is that the weapon of the crossbow machine is destined to be eliminated, and the development potential is limited, and the development of the firebolt is the king, but Cheng Shijie does not have a lot of money and resources to arm the backward arquebus troops.

Cheng Shijie looked at the officers and said: "We are now going in two steps, first of all, we will set up the Gun Bureau of our Ning Navy, which is responsible for the research and development of artillery and firearms. In addition, we have set up a crossbow bureau of our Ning Navy, which is responsible for the development and production of mountain mulberry crossbows and armor! ”

"But it's easy to make crossbows and armor, and Qianhu is a craftsman in this area, but how can it be so easy to make firecrackers, and the fine iron of the bare guns is enough trouble!"

Cheng Shijie said: "This is not difficult, we have our own iron mine, we can make steel by ourselves!" ”

Shen Mingyu said: "General, do you know how difficult it is to make steel? ”

"Give General Ben a little time, and General Ben will definitely be able to refine the best steel in the world!"

For other aspects of technology, Cheng Shijie does not dare to brag, but for steelmaking, he is professional, although his main major is to learn the steelmaking technology of later generations, but the ancient steelmaking technology and the development history of steel, this is the basic knowledge.

Cheng Shijie said: "The research and development of firearms and steelmaking can be done slowly, but crossbow and armor making are urgent. In the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, for thousands of years, our ancestors did not have muskets, and they still beat Hu Lu all over the ground to find teeth. The Armor Crossbow Bureau plans to produce 2,000 crossbow machines and 2,000 pairs of armor! The general's requirement is that the officers and men of the whole army, pick up the crossbow machine, are the superior marksmen, the spear is an excellent pikeman, and the sword card is the advantage of the knife player. ”

"General, have you ever considered a question, so that we have spent more money since then!"

"There is no silver to be earned, no matter how good the equipment is, but the soldiers don't know why they are fighting, who to fight, or the soldiers have no will to fight, then no matter how good the equipment is, they will not be able to fight!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "Everyone also knows that in the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu broke through the pass and entered, and the soldiers came to the capital, and the 200,000 elite forbidden troops in the capital had the best armor in the Ming Dynasty, the most sophisticated artillery, the best firearms, and the sharpest knives and guns, but they faced Jiannu and did not dare to attack, His Majesty ordered them to attack, they would rather harm themselves and mutiny, than dare to face Jiannu, such an army...... Scrapped, it's a pure waste of food, and our Ning Navy definitely can't be like them! ”

On September 16, the fourth year of Chongzhen, that is, three months after Cheng Shijie, an otherworldly butterfly, came to this time and space, Cheng Shijie summoned more than 2,500 officers and men of the Ning Navy.

Although Cheng Shijie did not ask about the training of the troops during this time, Shen Mingyu and Zhang Yu followed Cheng Shijie's training method and instilled the infantry drills of later generations to the officers and soldiers of the whole army every day, turning the method in all directions, taking three steps, and squatting and standing up.

With the rapid assembly of troops, these officers and men of the Ning Navy have the shadow of the army of later generations, and they have done a very good job in terms of neatness.

Cheng Shijie wore a big speaker brought from later generations, and he no longer needed more than 200 loud voices to pass on to him sentence by sentence.

"All of them, stand upright, take a break, and look to the right!"

Cheng Shijie yelled: "Sit down!" ”

"Today, General Ben will give you a question. It is an issue that concerns all soldiers. ”

Cheng Shijie said: "Who can tell General Ben, what is a soldier?" Answer well, reward a pound of meat today! ”

"Report!"

Cheng Shijie's gaze fell on the sentry commander Liu Qingsong.

"Speak!"

Liu Qingsong said: "Soldiers are people who defend the country and protect the country!" ”

"Correct!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Quartermaster, record reward Liu Qingsong with one pound of meat, plus two salted fish!" ”

"Yes!"

"It is the duty of a soldier to defend his home and country!"

Cheng Shijie's voice raised an octave: "It's not that you are a soldier when you pick up arms, it's not that the five hundred and forty-seven guards of our Ming Dynasty are all soldiers, in the eyes of this general, these guards, including Dengzhou Wei, are not worthy of being called soldiers." It is not an easy task to become a soldier and become a qualified army! ”

The soldiers faintly did not understand.

Cheng Shijie said: "You may feel confused, why did you eat food and become a soldier and wear a military uniform, instead of a soldier?" Do you have such doubts? ”

"Report!"

"Liu Qingsong, what don't you understand?"

"We, Admiral Ning, aren't we soldiers?"

"You're still unqualified soldiers!"

Cheng Shijie stared at the generals and said: "Today, General Ben tells you what a real soldier is, a real soldier, he will only do two things in his life, fight a war and prepare for a war. Real soldiers don't pee their pants when they hear the shouts of the enemy, they just ask why the bunnies don't come up to die. Real soldiers will not face the enemy's rain of arrows, they will only silently prepare how to kill the enemy. Real soldiers don't turn around and run back when the enemy starts to charge, they just excitedly pick up their weapons and rush forward to engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Real soldiers don't raise their hands and surrender when they are surrounded by the enemy, they only fight to the end. Real soldiers will not aim their weapons at the Lebanese people, they will only protect the Lebanese people from harm. Real military men don't care if their armor is hard enough, they only care if their weapons are sharp enough. Real soldiers will not bargain with the superior to calculate the gains and losses, they will only do everything possible to complete the tasks assigned by the superior. True soldiers never turn their backs to the enemy, and even if they retreat, they have to face the enemy directly......"

When Cheng Shijie told the soldiers present what a real soldier is, these soldiers were also silently thinking, it turns out that real soldiers are like this, so compared with the soldiers Cheng Shijie said, they are indeed not real soldiers.

"Report!"

This time it was not Liu Qingsong who shouted the report, but Shen Mingyu.

"How to become a real soldier?"

Cheng Shijie stared at Shen Mingyu and said with a slow smile: "It's very simple, be strict with yourself, and execute orders accurately!" ”

"It's that simple?"

"Is it easy?"

Cheng Shijie looked at the generals and said: "More than a month ago, Lord Futai asked General Ben to set up the Ning Navy, he didn't give General Ben silver, second, he didn't give General Ben a blade, and third, he didn't give General Ben a pawn, he only gave General Ben a name, that's all." Lord Futai has a sentence, General Ben still remembers it clearly, there are silver, soldiers and equipment, can this Ning Navy garrison still be your turn? A real soldier is one who knows that it is impossible, but also resolutely completes the tasks assigned by the superiors. ”

"Do you want to be a real soldier?"

"Think, think, think!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "Very good, our Ning Navy is now short of food, equipment, and silver, so to speak, except for blood, there is nothing. Lord Futai ordered us to encircle and suppress the bandits in Shandong, and protect the people of Li in Shandong. ”

When Song Xiance heard this, he was immediately anxious: "How can you tell the truth?" Even if there is a real shortage of food, then it is necessary to spread rumors and stabilize the morale of the army! ”

It's just that what Song Xiance didn't expect was that these Ning Navy officers shouted: "Yes"

"What to say, General Ben can't hear it!"

"Yes, it can be done!"

More than 2,500 Ning Navy officers and men shouted at the top of their voices.

The sound is so loud that it soars into the sky.

"General Ben is here watching you, watching you become real soldiers!"

Cheng Shijie looked at it and said: "Sixty miles from our Haoning Navy station, there is a bandit who occupies the mountain as the king, and the bandit leader is nicknamed Zhen Sanshan, this general orders you to destroy them!" ”

PS: Writing and writing the feeling is coming, asking for tickets every day.