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On the large cart parked on the lower left side of the Dianjiangtai, after opening the covered cloth, what they saw was a pile of colorful cloth, without the red mandarin duck battle jacket they thought.

Even if it's a new military uniform, it doesn't need to be so different, right?Every new army soldier has a strange thought in his heart, it seems that the new army he is in will never be new.

Of course Zhong Jinwei knew the reaction caused by the appearance of these military uniforms, because he had already seen such reactions when he asked for this kind of military uniforms before.

The requirement to use this uniform is not simply for the sake of being different.Zhong Jinwei checked the relevant military books, and after understanding the purpose of the military uniform at this time, combined with the actual situation, he moved this military uniform from later generations.

Ancient military uniforms, or military uniforms in the cold weapon era, often use more eye-catching colors, and more red is used.This can make the military look distinctive and easy to identify. The red mandarin duck battle jacket of the Ming army is an example.This can cover up the bloodstains, so as to reduce the panic of our soldiers.

But the new army that Zhong Jinwei wants to train is a pure firearms army, and it is an army that is ready for high output.Therefore, the formation of troops does not require a tight formation like cold weapon troops, and the requirements for combat units are correspondingly reduced.

The other one is that Zhong Jinwei's requirement for the new army is to avoid close combat as much as possible. Even if close combat occurs, it is still in pursuit.In this way, the role of using military uniforms to cover up blood stains is not prominent.

The last reason, which is well known to future generations, is camouflage.

This cannot be underestimated. This kind of military uniform finally appeared in history, and it was only after a bloody lesson that it became widely available. Naturally, it is very useful. [

Zhong Jinwei ignored the astonished expressions of the soldiers in the audience, and continued: "In addition, each of you will receive a bird gun. You are not required to shoot. You only need to be familiar with the bird gun first, as familiar with the bird gun as a long gun. Looking back, the three professor of martial arts"

When he said this, he pointed to the three martial arts professors on the edge of the pointing platform, and said: "They will teach you how to use the blunderbuss in melee combat, you must learn it seriously, and don't neglect it, otherwise go back to the Fifth Army Battalion. "

The minds of the five hundred soldiers are messed up again. The blunderbuss are not used for shooting, but for melee combat. What does this mean?Zhongxinghou was stupid, but this thought flashed through their minds, but they dared not have the idea of ​​blaspheming Zhongxinghou, it was a crime.

But no matter what, they couldn't figure out what the purpose of this move was.The only thing he could explain to himself was that Hou Zhongxing's move must have deep meaning.

After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he ordered the distribution of new military uniforms and bird guns.On the commanding platform, he watched the five hundred soldiers under the command of the relevant personnel, with a surprised expression, start to line up in a long line to receive the new military uniforms and bird guns.

Five hundred soldiers reported their heights to the officials in front of the cart, and soon, two sets of neatly folded and colorful new-style military uniforms were in their hands.

Then he walked to another row of large carts, which was relatively simple. Seeing the soldiers approaching, the officials took out a bird gun from the cart and gave them to them.

To the surprise of the five hundred soldiers, a wooden stick was plugged into the muzzles of these bird guns, blocking the muzzles. What is going on, these soldiers have question marks on their heads.

And those generals who were watching were even more dumbfounded, everything that appeared was beyond their cognition.This new army is too thorough, can it fight?

However, like the soldiers, they did not dare to doubt these methods of Marquis Zhongxing, and could only think that this was an unprecedented method of warfare.

They secretly rejoiced in their hearts that they were wise and came to observe, otherwise they would fall behind the colleagues around them.

Of course, there were also a few people who came here just to flatter Zhong Jinwei. Seeing this situation, they thought in their hearts that Hou Zhongxing was really a prodigal, spending so much money in vain.

Zhong Jinwei saw that the [-] soldiers were almost ready, so he turned to the three martial arts professors and said, "I'll leave it to you three here, and we need to develop melee combat techniques as soon as possible. They don't have much time to practice this. After the real bird guns come out later, they will practice shooting more, understand?"

"Yes, Lord Hou." The three martial arts professors agreed in unison.

After Zhong Jinwei had lunch with the soldiers, he left the Beijing camp and came to the military battle bureau. [

Fan Jun, the eunuch in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau, had been notified in advance and had been waiting for Zhongxing Hou's arrival.

Zhong Jinwei had no time to waste, he said directly to Fan Jun: "Eunuch Fan, show me the gunpowder department first."

Fan Jun agreed, and carefully led the way.He is a member of the palace, so he naturally knows the importance of Marquis Zhongxing in front of Emperor Chongzhen better than people outside.If he made Marquis Zhongxing dissatisfied, he would probably be in bad luck if he mentioned it in front of the emperor.

After arriving at the Gunpowder Department, Zhong Jinwei directly asked to check all kinds of gunpowder.

So, the director of the Gunpowder Department, who had been prepared for a long time, hurriedly placed all kinds of gunpowder on a long table in front of Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei had already learned about it before he came, and combined with the information he read on the Internet of later generations, he probably knew that the formula of gunpowder in the late Ming Dynasty was quite complete, and the proportions of raw materials for various gunpowders with different functions were different. .

Take the propellant gunpowder used for shooting bird guns as an example. The formula is 7575 tael of nitrate, 106 cents of sulfur, and 1365 cents of willow charcoal. The combination rate of this combination is [-]% of saltpeter. , sulfur [-]%, charcoal [-]%, and the standard combination ratio of modern black gunpowder is basically the same.

Zhong Jinwei looked at the long pile of gunpowder on the long table, and asked Fan Jun, "Is the nitrate charcoal used in these gunpowder the best?"

As soon as Fan Jun heard this, he quickly said to the director of the gunpowder department: "Don't explain it to Lord Hou."

"Yes, yes, yes." The director of the gunpowder department repeatedly agreed, then walked to Zhong Jinwei's side, pointed to the gunpowder on the table and said: "Master Hou, the three major raw materials for these gunpowder It’s all crafted. The best ingredients.”

Zhong Jinwei was noncommittal, but just spit out two words: "Tell me."

Hearing this, the director of the Gunpowder Department straightened his chest a little, and answered Zhong Jinwei in a slightly higher voice: "The most important raw material in gunpowder is nitrate, which is purified in three steps."

"The first step is to dissolve the natural saltpeter in fresh water without impurities, and precipitate and remove the granular impurities such as sediment in it."

When it came to professional knowledge, the director of the Gunpowder Department lacked a sense of humility, and he continued to talk endlessly: "The second step is to put a certain amount of egg whites, red radish and other adsorbents into the nitric acid solution. 』boiled several times to absorb the slag and salinity and other components, and then use a strainer to remove the adsorbed matter."

"The third step is to put the water glue into the nitric acid liquid and boil it again, then pour the nitric acid liquid into a porcelain urn to cool and solidify, so that the waste water floats on the urn, the mud sinks to the bottom of the urn, and the pure nitrate resides in the center. , and finally remove the slag from the water, take out the pure nitrate and dry it in the sun.”

After introducing the three steps, the director of the Gunpowder Department regained his humility, and said with a little pride with a smile: "After this method, about one hundred catties of natural nitrate can only be extracted three times. Ten catties of pure nitrate, this is the best nitrate in the world."

After finishing speaking, he also specifically asked his subordinates to show Zhong Jinwei the nitrate he was talking about, which was a kind of white crystal.

Zhong Jinwei nodded again and again. He didn't understand the details. Hearing what the director of the Gunpowder Department said, and seeing the white crystals again, he understood that even if it wasn't the best, it was still a little different.

He nodded and continued, "Then there are two more?"

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