Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 1011: The fully armed Northern Expedition Army

Lan Yu simply couldn't put down the new armor purchased from modern times.

When he first placed the order, Mr. Hu originally planned to customize it according to the Ming Dynasty style.

The Ming Dynasty had clear regulations regarding military equipment and armor.

There are detailed regulations on helmets, the guns and flags on the helmets, as well as the color, length, thickness of the armor and even the patterns on the arm guards.

But Zheng Yu on the other side directly asked a question.

[2011-Zheng Yu: Brother, since you have already confronted Zhu Yuanzhang and are ready to go out to establish a country, why do you still care about this rule? You know that here, anything that can be produced on the assembly line is cheap, so I will prepare you a double-layer armor with stainless steel and alloy, isn't it good? ]

[2011-Zheng Yu: Brother, this thing is not only rust-proof and corrosion-proof, but also can withstand being hacked and chiseled. The most important thing is that it is better at keeping warm than the ones you have now. When the weather is hot, you can remove the liner, and the protection area is much larger than the original ones! Most importantly, it looks great!]

Got it!
Since that’s what he said, Mr. Hu had no choice but to agree.

Zhu Yuanzhang just took a look at it, and after putting it on, he didn't want to take it off.

It’s nothing, it’s just so damn comfortable.

The original standard armor felt like a cold lump of iron when worn on the body, but what about this?
According to Zhu Yuanzhang, it was more filling and warming than his original cloak.

The key is that soldiers and generals can be distinguished.

First of all, the shoulder straps are different, and then the color of the cloak, the style of the helmet, the pattern on the armor, etc. are all different.

But the effect is the same, the main feature is that it is a fancy and durable one.

Then Master Hu secretly reported to Zhu Yuanzhang the amount that Zheng Yu had given him, multiplying it fivefold.

It was still a barter, but this time, Master Hu asked Zhu Yuanzhang to get a lot of golden nanmu, huanghuali wood, dark wood and the like first, and then directly threw them to Zheng Yu.

Turning around, hehe, Mr. Hu actually made a lot of profit.

Of course, this profit refers to the profit made by Mr. Hu himself. Between him and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang still owed him a large sum of money.

Anyway, it's just lowering the purchase price and raising the selling price. It's just a little business trick and not worth mentioning.

All of this is how Mr. Hu saves up money for a better life in the future.

An order was placed for 50,000 sets of full body armor.

Zheng Yu over there was so happy that his nose was bubbling with snot.

It’s more comfortable to get a national-level order like Mr. Hu.

Even if you can't make that much per unit price, the quantity is large.

The key point is that Master Hu also wanted other things.

[Hongwu-Hu Weiyong: @2011-Zheng Yu, light tiger squat cannon, no need to strictly follow the style of Qi's army, reduce weight, standardize caliber, and pack the black powder directly, and then prepare a large number of projectiles for me. First, cannons, and then ammunition! Remember to change the bipod to an adjustable one with scale! ]

[2011-Zheng Yu: Got it! Master Hu is awesome! ]

That’s right! Master Hu has done something big!
He wanted to turn this group of cavalry into "alien cavalry" that would charge with artillery!
The tiger squatting cannon was invented during the Qi Family Army period.

It is an extremely light thing, similar to a mortar, with just a barrel and a bipod.

The tiger squat cannon made with the Ming Dynasty's inferior iron smelting technology weighed only about 30 pounds. If it were made of modern steel, with a support base, an adjustable bipod, and a fixed charge, one can imagine how powerful it would be.

The weight was reduced to half, but the power and accuracy increased dramatically.

Mr. Hu was thinking that with this thing, he could use trenches and barbed wire to block the enemy's bombardment head-on, and the cavalry on both wings would charge and sweep away the enemy.

Although this method is an old-fashioned one, its advantage lies in its simplicity.

Zheng Yu said secretly: "An unknown veteran suggested that we organize a group of people. Once the battle starts, we will take the reserve tiger squat cannons to go around the rear. When the battle starts and the enemy is about to run, we will bombard them. The effect will be better!"

Mr. Hu agrees with this very much!

To put it bluntly, this is actually a simple way of playing: "use tactical interspersion when you are poor, and use firepower coverage when you are rich."

But Zhu Yuanzhang, who could use all kinds of materials to offset the losses without having to pay any money, really didn't feel bad about it.

After witnessing the test firing of the Tiger Crouching Cannon, he simply waved his hand and doubled the number of cannons on the basis of the original 5,000.

Of course, we purchased 10,000 guns, but we didn’t want to take them all away at once.

Leave 5,000 guns behind and take only 5,000 guns away. If there is a real emergency need, can't we still make emergency purchases from Master Hu?
It can be said that on this expedition, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Mr. Hu intended to solve all the so-called problems at once.

Therefore, the direct armaments were pushed to the limit.

It really created a powerful army that surpassed this era.

Armor, weapons, bows, arrows, artillery, ammunition... these things are all supplied by Hyundai, not to mention bulk purchases.

The key is to have a kettle, a camp stove, a military lunch box, military boots, gloves, windproof glasses, a mask...

It can be said that a soldier in this northern expedition army has better equipment than the generals in the previous Ming army!
At least Lan Yu's eyes turned green when she saw it, and she kept saying "luxury"!
It was really hard for them to imagine why this army could live so comfortably after traveling thousands of miles on an expedition.

According to their thinking, shouldn't this expedition involve climbing on ice and sleeping in the snow, and sleeping in the open air?

But sleeping in this tent seems to be more comfortable than in many soldiers' homes, right?

And there is the engineer shovel, which has been well received by everyone!
It can dig, cut, shovel and even chop people. The key is that it is foldable and lightweight. What's more, the quality of its steel is even better than those magical weapons. Once you get started with it, there's no desire to give it up.

As various equipment of Master Hu continued to arrive, morale became increasingly high.

Especially during several drills, after a series of tactics such as artillery bombardment, horse charge, trench blocking, etc. were practiced, the morale of the entire army was at its peak.

In Lan Yu's words, winning the battle is nothing. What matters is whether you can conquer the Wolf's Lair and wipe out the Northern Yuan Dynasty with minimal casualties. That is what we call a job well done.

This statement is very arrogant, but once enlisted in the Northern Army, they took it seriously.

Damn, with this set of equipment, even previous weapons wouldn’t even leave a mark when they cut into it. How can I not win if I go out wearing this?
This training took more than half a month!

Then, it was time to go to war! (End of this chapter)