Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 792 Musket (please subscribe!)

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Shaanzhou.

On the school field of the Central Military Headquarters.

Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Zhang Xian, and Wang Yan personally tried the flintlock guns sent to them by Li Yan for a while, and the four of them went to check the targets they had shot together.

The more he checked, the more solemn the faces of Yue Fei and the others became.

Finally, Wang Yan was the first to speak: "This musket is so powerful, its range is 450 to 300 paces, and it can penetrate a finger-thick wooden board [-] meters away. , even the rate of fire is much stronger than the Divine Arm Bow, in my opinion, it can completely replace the Outrigger Bow.”

Zhang Xian then said: "The only thing this musket can't compare to the God Arm Bow is its shooting accuracy."

Dazhong's flintlock guns are actually more advanced than the early European flintlock guns.

This is because Li Yan, a foresight, proposed the concept of rifling at the beginning of the development of flintlock guns, which was not available in early European flintlock guns.

It is precisely because of this that the shooting accuracy of early European flintlock guns was very low, and it was only possible to hit the target you were aiming at at a distance of 70 to 30 meters, while the shooting accuracy of large and medium flintlock guns was very high. Guarantee, as long as you are well-trained, you can definitely shoot the target you are aiming at within [-] meters, and, with the maturity of rifling technology, this shooting accuracy can be further improved.

But then again, although the shooting accuracy of Dazhong's flintlock guns is better than that of early European flintlock guns, the accuracy is still inferior to that of bows and crossbows.

Wang Yandao: "Although the shooting accuracy of this musket is not as good as that of the god arm bow, between the musket and the god arm bow, I still choose to use the musket. Moreover, in the musket warfare method given by the government, there are some problems to solve the accuracy of musket shooting. The way is to make up for it by shooting in a row."

Zhang Xian said with a smile: "I just said that the shooting accuracy of this musket is not as good as that of the god arm bow, but I did not say that this musket cannot replace the god arm bow. Let's experiment, which means that the officials are ready to use this musket to replace the divine arm bow, or even replace the bow and arrow, but the official has always done things safely, so we need us to use actual combat to support his ideas."

Wu Jie said: "It's okay for this musket to completely replace the divine arm bow, but it's not the right time to completely replace the bow and arrow. Compared with the bow and arrow, its firing speed and accuracy are far behind, so unless it is this musket It can be further improved, otherwise it cannot replace the bow and arrow."

Zhang Xiandao: "It takes at least two years to train an archer, and the archer must have talent, and this musket, we can use it not long after touching it, and there is a bayonet on this musket, Therefore, it can be used not only as a long-range weapon, but also as a melee weapon, so this musket is a long-term equipment. In my humble opinion, the bow and arrow will be eliminated by the musket sooner or later."

Wu Jie said: "You are right. Sooner or later, the musket will completely eliminate the bow and arrow, but it is not now. Now, we have nearly a million troops in Dazhong, and there may be more than [-] skilled archers among them. Are you going to let these ten Thousands of archers gave up their familiar bows and used muskets they were not familiar with? In addition, this musket will make a loud noise during firing, so it is absolutely impossible for cavalry to equip it, so cavalry still have to equip it Bow and arrow."

Wang Yandao: "In my opinion, the cavalry will be eliminated sooner or later."

Wu Jie said with a smile: "At least the cavalry will not be eliminated at this stage."

Yue Fei glanced at Wu Jie, Zhang Xian, and Wang Yan, and knew exactly why they were fighting.

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The commander-in-chief of the western region should have been chosen between Zhang Xian and Wang Yan.

Unexpectedly, at this last moment, Wu Jie was parachuted over and snatched away the position of commander-in-chief that should have belonged to Zhang Xian and Wang Yan. Arguing a bit, it's actually more of a consideration of the overall situation.

Yue Fei was the Generalissimo who conquered the Song Dynasty, so naturally he couldn't let Wu Jie, Zhang Xian, and Wang Yan continue to fight, and then there would be a gap between them.

Therefore, Yue Fei said: "The officials said that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. This should also be the main reason why the officials did not change our outfits rashly. Therefore, whether this musket can replace the bow or crossbow depends on the fact We won't know until it is on the battlefield."

Since Li Yan had decided that Wu Jie would be the commander-in-chief of the western region, then according to Li Yan's character, he would not easily change another person. Therefore, Zhang Xian and Wang Yan could not compete against Wu Jie no matter what.

Although Yue Fei was the Generalissimo, because the distance between the two fronts was too far, he himself had no time to directly manage the battle on the Western Front.

Therefore, Yue Fei needs Wu Jie's support, at least Wu Jie's cooperation.

Based on this, Yue Fei said to Zhang Xian and Wang Yan: "Your strength on the west front is much stronger than mine on the east front. Otherwise, I will give a memorial to the officials and ask Brother Zicai or Zongben to go to the east front." help me?"

Everyone is human and understands what Yue Fei is saying: "If you two cannot fully cooperate with Wu Jie's work, then I will have to transfer you to the Eastern Front."

Moreover, these people all knew that with Li Yan's personality, Zhang Xian or Wang Yan would definitely be transferred as soon as Yue Fei's memorial was presented.

This is also the tradition of the Chinese army. When it comes to command, the Chinese army has never been ambiguous.

Yue Fei's words undoubtedly set Zhang Xian and Wang Yan on fire.

This also shows that Yue Fei is not very good at dealing with others.

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Wu Jie took over the words and said: "Master Generalissimo, it's not appropriate for you to go to your subordinates and grab their right-hand men, right?"

Yue Fei said: "I don't want brother Zicai and Zongben for nothing, I will exchange Wang De and Niu Gao with you."

Wu Jie didn't even think about it, and said: "No change, although Wang De and Niu Gao are also very good at fighting, but Zicai and Zongben have been fighting here on the Eastern Front for more than a year. How can they be Wang De and Niu Gao who are newcomers?" Gao Nengbi's?"

Yue Fei glanced at Zhang Xian and Wang Yan, and then asked Wu Jie: "Really not to change?"

Wu Jie said unequivocally: "Absolutely not. If you, Yue Pengju, want to force a replacement, then I, Wu Jie, have no choice but to make do with the officials, and ask the officials to punish you for the crime of bullying the small."

The chorus between Yue Fei and Wu Jie directly clarified the superior-subordinate relationship between the four, and at the same time warned Zhang Xian and Wang Yan not to try to challenge this superior-subordinate relationship.

From this point of view, the tacit understanding between Yue Fei and Wu Jie is still good.

And Zhang Xian and Wang Yan couldn't help laughing bitterly!
In fact, they did not intend to challenge Wu Jie's authority.

They are all veterans. They fought with Li Yan from south to north, from west to east, from north to south, then from south to central, and finally won the Central Plains. In the Chinese army, up is always up, and down is always down. Even if the top is really wrong, it is not allowed to go down and change?

In other words, the superior-subordinate relationship in the Chinese military is very clear and unchangeable, and no one can change it except Li Yan.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to make this low-level mistake.

Of course, they felt a little bitter about Wu Jie's sudden parachute to the west.

However, then again, they can also understand Li Yan's approach. Who prevented them from regaining the west in one fell swoop before, otherwise, how could Wu Jie replace them?
There is absolutely no ambiguity about right and wrong. If they dare to be ambiguous, Yue Fei and Wu Jie will definitely transfer them away without hesitation. Even if they were replaced, they would definitely do the same. Tradition.

Therefore, Zhang Xian first expressed his position: "Zhang Xian is a minister of the official family, a minister of the big and middle schools, and naturally respects the orders of the officials and the court. The officials and the court let Zhang Xian be on the west line, and Zhang Xian is on the west line. If Zhang Xian is on the eastern front, Zhang Xian is on the eastern front. On the western front, General Wu is the chief general, and Zhang Xian naturally obeys the command of General Wu. On the east and west, General Yue is the chief general, and Zhang Xian naturally obeys the command of General Yue. Whether on the eastern front or the western front, Zhang Xian will do his duty as a minister and a soldier."

Wang Yan then said: "Wang Yan is the same."

Both Zhang Xian and Wang Yan expressed their willingness to obey Yue Fei and Wu Jie's orders, but they also explained: "We listen to you not because we obey you, but because the officials and the court let us obey you."

Yue Fei and Wu Jie didn't care about this, and they were not warlords, so they only needed Zhang Xian and Wang Yan to obey their orders, and they didn't need Zhang Xian and Wang Yan to obey them.

So, the matter passed quickly.

Afterwards, the four of them got down to business.

Yue Fei said: "After Zhang Jun entered Shu, the Song army seems to be unified?"

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(End of this chapter)