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Chapter 503 Don't Arrange

Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu holds a castrated 1777 French rifle.This exquisite French rifle can already be produced on an assembly line in the arsenal in southern Liaoning, but it is the rifle with the largest output in the Kyushu Army.Because whether it is aiding Li Zicheng or exporting arms, it is this castrated 1777 rifle, which is also the first rifle used by the Kyushu Army.After castration, the lifespan of the 1777-style rifle was reduced, and the requirements for bullet manufacturing were also increased, which was worse than the rifle used by the Kyushu Army in Dongjiang Town.

Now, in addition to the relatively cheap 1777 rifles used by the public security forces of the Kyushu Army, the main corps have already popularized the 1841 Dreiser rifles, which can be said to have crossed an era, and the exported 1777 rifles are not equipped with bayonets. The bayonet tube was also disassembled, and the melee ability was at least half.

"It's really exquisite. Compared with the iron cannons of our Sengoku period, it is simply a perfect work of art." Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at the 1777-style rifle left and right, and praised it. This is an advanced weapon that surpassed this era by 100 years , even the castrated version is more than one generation more advanced than the matchlock guns commonly used in Japan.

However, Tadakatsu Sakai, Tadaaki Abe, Nobutsuna Matsudaira and others who had seen the rifles used by real soldiers of the Kyushu Army showed strange expressions.

"What's the matter with you, our shogunate army will be able to repeat the old battle of Sekigahara within a year and put down the rebellion in one fell swoop." Tokugawa Iemitsu said.

"Your Excellency, General, please forgive me for being blunt. The rifles used by the Kyushu Army to aid us are not their most advanced rifles. I was fortunate enough to see the Kyushu Army attacking Satsuma and other rebel daimyo troops on the battlefield of Musashi Kingdom. The range of the rifle is twice that of this gun, and the rate of fire is faster. In addition to this, they also installed a knife-like blade on the rifle for close combat. But the muskets they aided us, But there is no place where sharp knives can be installed. If we want to transform these muskets into theirs, it will affect the performance of these muskets." Abe Tadaaki said bluntly.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face darkened when he heard Abe Tadaaki's words: "Is the Kyushu Army fooling us with their defective products?"

"I'm afraid what's more disappointing than this is that the defective products brought by the Kyushu Army to fool us are also many times better than our existing iron cannons..." Sakai Tadakatsu echoed.

"Hiss..." Tokugawa Iemitsu gasped, feeling deep despair as well.The Kyushu Army is already able to overwhelm Japan's technology with only inferior products. No wonder Zheng Zhilong's 4000-strong expeditionary force can run rampant on the island.

In the castle where the shogun was, all the important shogunate retainers kept silent, helpless about this unsolvable situation.

This is not a gap that can be made up by resourcefulness, but a real gap in comprehensive strength.In Chu Yun's era, the Qing Dynasty had such a large population, and there were many people who knew the art of war and resourcefulness, but they were still hanged up and beaten, because they lost in the system and technology.

"Your Excellency, General, the instructors sent by the Kyushu Army have entered Edo Castle, how do you plan to arrange them?" Banner, who was in charge of connecting with the Kyushu Army, came in and reported to Tokugawa Iemitsu cautiously.

"Greet them with good wine and good food, and place them in some vacated samurai residences in Edo Castle..." Tokugawa Iemitsu hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind, "I have to admit that the Kyushu Army is stronger than we imagined. It should be much stronger. If they withdraw from the affairs of the mainland and attack our island country, we may be hard to resist. For the current plan, we should learn to endure, just like the first generation, secretly learning the technology of the Kyushu Army and sending overseas students Go to the Celestial Dynasty. At the same time, use their instructors to train a new type of army to suppress the rebels. When our strength is close to theirs, we will try to drive them out and abolish all the provisions of the "Edo Castle Treaty" that are not conducive to us!"

"That's the only way!" Everyone present nodded in agreement. Apart from this, the shogunate really had no other choice but to use Tokugawa Ieyasu's fine tradition - to be a forbearing tortoise.

Dozens of instructors of the Kyushu Army entered Edo Castle in a neat formation. They held their heads high and marched in an orderly manner, looking down on the shogunate soldiers wearing samurai armor.In the eyes of the instructors of the Kyushu Army, although these samurai armors look very safe, they are bulky and dull, and they are simply moving targets.

"Officers of the Kyushu Army, this way please, Your Excellency the Shogun has prepared good guest rooms for you, as well as our Dongying's delicious food and wine." Banner said respectfully to the officers of the Kyushu Army.

"Thank you." The instructor of the Kyushu Army said, with an air of arrogance in his tone, which was a contempt from a powerful country.

This Banner secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. Not only did he have to speak Chinese when dealing with the Kyushu Army, but he also had to serve them like a grandpa, which was even more difficult to deal with than the fallen coalition forces in Kansai.

In order to train the new army, Tokugawa Iemitsu could only rely on the Kyushu Army, so he really gave the best treatment to these dozens of instructors.

"Grandma, I didn't expect that the broken general of Dongying would actually give us such a spacious residence, and there are hundreds of Dongying girls waiting for us." Dozens of instructors of the Kyushu Army lived in a wealthy samurai residence, occupying The earth is extremely large.

When they lined up to enter, a row of Dongying maids kneeled respectfully on both sides, making the instructors of the Kyushu Army look sideways.

Since Chu Yun took control of the inside and outside of the pass, the status of women began to improve, which was much better than these servile Japanese maids.

"These women are serving the officers, you can tell them anything, even if it's a matter of life," Banner hinted.

After Banner temporarily placed dozens of instructors of the Kyushu Army, he bowed ninety degrees to them, and then slowly retreated.

"Sir, this is really cool, people of our identities can get such treatment!" An instructor couldn't help but secretly feel happy when he saw the spacious and exquisite samurai residence and the beautiful maid at their disposal.

In particular, these dozens of instructors sent out in the Beiyang Fleet are not very high-ranking. They are all excellent soldiers, and even the leader is just a navy captain... The so-called helping the shogunate to train a new army is of course castrated. Promise of.It’s okay to use naval officers to help the shogunate train the army. Even Zheng Zhilong, a middle and senior officer in the navy, doesn’t want to be sent out. He only asks the lower-level officers to fool the shogunate and arrange them as they please...

(End of this chapter)