I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 117

"This is simple. You can deploy spearmen in the blunderbuss team. If the enemy cavalry approaches, you can immediately form a formation to fight. The blunderbuss is also equipped with a blunderbuss knife. When the time comes, you can insert it into the blunderbuss and engage the enemy in close combat."

At this time, a voice sounded next to him. Zhu Youxiao took a closer look and found that it was Sun Yuanhua.

But Sun Yingyuan seemed to still have doubts after hearing this, but he hesitated to speak. Zhu Youxiao looked at him and affirmed:

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. It's also good to work together and brainstorm."

With Zhu Youxiao's affirmation, Sun Yingyuan gained the courage and started asking questions again.

"Your Majesty, the Mongolian cavalry has few armors, so it is certainly feasible to fight the enemy like this."

"But the general heard that there were white Baya soldiers among the captives, who were extremely elite, wearing double or triple armor; there were also red Baya soldiers, wearing single or double armor, and they had shield chariots during the attack. One layer of cowhide, one layer of iron sheet, small bricks and stones will not move when struck, large bricks and stones will roll down, and firewood will not burn when thrown to resist firearms.

Although the volley of bird cannons is powerful and intimidating, it is afraid that it will not be able to break the shield car. As long as the prisoners get within a hundred steps, they can attack the bird cannon team within the attack interval. When the time comes, they may not be able to resist it at all. "

Zhu Youxiao thought it made sense when he heard it, and he also understood why Qi Jiguang wanted to use a chariot.

First, it can be used as a barrier against cavalry. Second, it can provide a cover for cannon fire. Third, it can also be used as an artillery mount to fire Franco cannons.

But if the tank is reused, I'm afraid the cannon will not be able to play its full role.He kept thinking in his mind, this blunderbuss can't break the armor, but as for the artillery, can't it be enough to concentrate the artillery?

But before he could speak, Sun Yuanhua already had the same idea.

"This is easy. It's not that the armor can't be broken, but that the musket projectiles are not big enough. It's not that it can't break the shield vehicle, but that the artillery is not powerful enough. Since we have thick armor, let's build birds with larger caliber, larger projectiles, and heavier weights. pistol.

As for the shield car, it's not that the cannon can't break it. As for the artillery, the former Folang machine cannon of the imperial court may not be able to do it, but with the power of the newly minted Kruu cannon caliber of the imperial court, it is not afraid of the shield car at all. "

"Good, good, good."

After hearing Sun Yuanhua's narration, Zhu Youxiao said good things three times in a row.

I used to know that he was a firearms expert, but now it seems that he also knows a lot about combat and prison building situations.

"Sun Yuanhua is right. All defeats come from insufficient power. They have thick armor and strong shields, so we can just create powerful cannons to deal with them."

"I just want to add one more thing. Now that there is a volley of bird cannons, it is so powerful that it is frightening to hear it.

Is it possible to concentrate ten or twenty artillery pieces and fire them at the enemy together? When the time comes, the ground will shake and the mountains will shake, which will definitely disturb the morale of their troops. "

When everyone heard it, they immediately thought it was feasible.

However, the cannons used to destroy the captives are now hard currency. Once they are built, they must be transported to Liaodong.At present, there is only one gate in the grass field, so we can only wait for the opportunity to test it again in the future.

Sun Yingyuan was completely convinced after hearing this and had no objections. Now he even put forward his own opinions.

"Your Majesty, the general suggested that cavalry can be deployed on both sides at that time. After the artillery bombardment and blunderbuss kill them, the cavalry can be sent to both wings to intercept the enemy and cut off their retreat. At that time, the enemy's army will be in chaos."

"Very good."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao thought it was okay, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

After the tactical outline is finalized, the remaining details must be discussed with the instructors and students and tested in actual combat.So from now on, students in Caolanchang will have one more class.

The noble disciples present heard the exchanges between the emperor and Sun Yingyuan and others. They looked at Sun Yingyuan and others with admiration. They thought that Sun Yingyuan was also No. 1 for daring to ask such a question.

Even Zhang Zhijie felt that he was really looking down on others that day, and that the beating was really light.

After the tactics are determined, the demonstration continues. Next is the gun shooting competition to see who can shoot accurately.

The standard is that nine out of ten shots are for A grade, seven out of ten shots are for B grade, and five out of ten shots are for C grade.This link is the one that can attract the emperor's attention the most, and it is also the one with the most training. Everyone is particularly attentive to it.

But in such a short period of time, if you want to obtain the first grade without professional training and extremely high talent, it will be really difficult.

So after the test firing, out of more than 60 people, there were only three first-class people.There are more than 20 people in the B class, more than 30 people in the C class, and a few others have failed and are ashamed. Naturally, there is Zhang Zhijie among them.

It didn't matter to Zhu You proofreading these. After all, he knew that he only had half a month, and this result was already very good.

In the second round, it was the artillery practice, using the Krug cannon. Sun Yingyuan and others also selected a group of five people to operate the artillery practice.

I saw a few people dragging the artillery to the school field first. The artillery was heavy, and it was a bit difficult for five people to drag it. They had to call someone to help, and finally dragged it to the training ground.

Then a group of five people left the loading pit, fixed the artillery, then adjusted the position, loaded gunpowder, inserted the shells, and finally pounded it tightly with a wooden pole, inserted a match rope, and aimed to shoot.

"boom!"

Only a bang was heard, and the powerful recoil forced the artillery to take a few steps back.

Zhu Youxiao took a closer look and found that he missed the shot. The impact point was still a little far away from the target. However, the shell bounced off the ground and took a while to stop. Fortunately, there was no one in that range, otherwise it would have been shot. Something big has happened.

The power is quite good. If it falls on a crowd, it will probably knock down a large number of people. "Sun Yuanhua, which of the newly planned models do you think the power of this Krug cannon is comparable to?"

Sun Yuanhua thought for a moment after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, this kind of Krupp cannon is similar to the Krupp cannon escorted to Liaodong. They can be mounted on the gun mount, but the size is not small. It should be slightly higher than Type B and lower than Type A."

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction. In addition to its power, he also discovered a problem.

The reason why they missed the shot is because they only relied on the front sight and rear sight of the cannon body to aim. It is very similar to the principle of muskets. But is this accurate?

Zhu Youxiao was skeptical, wondering if there was a better aiming method than this.

Sun Yuanhua also participated in the construction of Krug artillery with Xu Guangqi and had a certain understanding of this issue, so he raised this issue to Sun Yuanhua.He thought for a moment, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, there is still a way. I heard my teacher Xu Guangqi talking to Mr. Matteo Ricci before and said that a thing called a gun gauge can help the artillery aim."

"Gui Gui, what is this?"

Seeing that the emperor had doubts, Sun Yingyuan also explained in detail. Under his explanation, Zhu Youxiao gradually understood.

The so-called gun gauge is a tool that can be used to measure the elevation angle of the gun barrel. Because the angle of the artillery is different, its range is also different. As long as it is calculated in advance and with the same ammunition capacity, the range of the artillery at different angles will naturally be different.

This allows the gunner to use the corresponding scale engraved on the gun gauge, so that the gunner does not need complicated calculations. As long as he knows the angle of the cannon, he can estimate the range of the artillery based on the gun gauge.This is a major breakthrough in artillery launch technology.

Zhu Youxiao thought this method was very good when he heard it, and he praised it out loud.

"There are still merits in Western artillery. You can write these things out, or translate corresponding Western books and teach them to them."

"In compliance with your order, I am writing a book about Western firearms. I will respectfully invite Your Majesty to preview it when it is finished."

"Hahaha, that's great. Not only do you need to write, but you also need to find talents. Anyone who knows about artillery and firearms can be found for me. I see that there are many vacancies for teachers in the grass farm here."

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed when he heard this. Sun Yuanhua was indeed a firearms expert, and he used good steel on the blade.

Seeing that his question had been answered simply, he stopped worrying and asked Sun Yingyuan to continue taking the exam.

After the artillery test firing, all that's left is to line up and set up camp. These are all programmed things. As long as they train for a long time, there will be no problem.

After three rounds of drills, Zhu Youxiao felt satisfied. After all, it was only half a month and he did not expect any big progress.

But today Sun Yuanhua surprised him again and again, so he thought about letting him play a greater role.

"Sun Yuanhua, I think you are also talented. You have your own unique insights into the study of firearms. You have contributed a lot to the Krupp cannon before. I also have a reward for you. I just want to wait for you to develop the flint. The gun fires again, but you really surprised me today, so I will reward you in advance."

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he was extremely surprised and quickly knelt down to thank him.

"When did you win the prize?"

"Your Majesty, I am the person who was elected in the 40th year of Wanli."

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, nodded and said:

"In this dynasty, you can also serve as an official. Since you are already a judge, and you understand military affairs and firearms, I will order you to be the director of the Ministry of War and the chief instructor of the fence, and be in charge of military training and teaching."

"Your Majesty, I have a humble status, and the head coach of the farm is afraid of embarrassing his big job."

Although Sun Yuanhua was moved by the emperor's important appointment, the position was indeed very heavy and he did not dare to take it rashly, fearing that he would be incompetent and live up to Zhu Youxiao's expectations.

"It's okay. I trust you. Just do it if I ask you to do it. If you can integrate Ming Dynasty and Western firearms, stones from other mountains can attack jade, and then handing it over to them will be a great achievement."

Seeing the emperor's high hopes, he was deeply moved and immediately knelt down to thank him and accept it.

After this matter was completed and the examination was over, Zhu Youxiao gathered these distinguished disciples together again and gave each of them a reward.He also promised that during the Chinese New Year, they could go home to rest for seven days and reunite with their families for the holidays.

Although there is still almost a month left, this group of people still cheered after hearing this. They were really suffocated and could finally go out to relax.

"You instructors should also pay close attention and train more. You should also pay attention to classifying different talents. You should teach students in accordance with their aptitude and also pay attention to the cultivation of comprehensive quality."

"There are few people now. In the future, we will train specialized talents. They will be divided into military, artillery, cavalry, baggage and so on based on their talents. Not everyone is an all-rounder."

Zhu Youxiao also gave instructions to these instructors.

Sun Yingyuan and others naturally agreed that they would do whatever the emperor said.Immediately prepare to accept the decree and say yes.

But at this moment, He Chang ran up to Zhu Youxiao from a distance and bowed to report:

"Your Majesty, Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, has asked to see you and said that there is an urgent military intelligence report in the southwest."

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