Wanli 1592

Chapter 163
The army generals behind Xiao Ruxun were also a little surprised.

They knew that Xiao Ruxun always liked new things and more practical weapons. For example, they remembered Xiao Ruxun's dissatisfaction with flashy weapons such as the three-eyed blunderbuss and the small Francophone blunderbuss during the battle, and they thought it was a waste of national money. Firearms with actual combat value should not be produced at all, but valuable firearms must be produced if they are to be produced.

Xiao Ruxun was also very dissatisfied with the massive use of three-eyed guns under Li Rusong's command, but limited to the combat conditions of the cavalry, they were not forced to use bird guns. All of them were abandoned by Xiao Ruxun, leaving only the firearms with actual combat value such as the bird gun, the Franco machine gun and the swarm of bees.

They also heard that Xiao Ruxun wrote to Song Yingchang repeatedly, asking Song Yingchang to write to the court and the emperor to stop the research and development and production of some old firearms, and focus on the research of heavy artillery and bird guns. Some flashy old firearms, centuries old It is said that the former firearms should not be produced anymore, and this part of the funds should be used to produce new firearms. It is said that many insightful people in the court supported it, but it was opposed by some officials in the southeast.

Looking at it now, it really is the right time, and the navy is directly asked to eliminate the bowl-mouth gun.

"However, Admiral, the reason why the bowl-mouth gun has been used so far is because in naval battles, the enemy ships cannot be completely wiped out by using Daihatsu and Francophones, and it is still necessary to engage in close combat. When close, the bowl-mouth gun It can be used to attack Japanese pirates at close range, and the next step is to hook the enemy ship with hook guns and nail guns, and use wooden boards for contact warfare. This is water warfare."

After reacting, Chen Lin felt that Xiao Ruxun was making trouble for no reason, deliberately showing his ignorance. This is the case with the three-axed tactic of naval warfare. The Ming Navy has been using it since the founding of the country, and the current tactic was established during the Jiajing period. And Franji, short-range use of bowl-mouth guns and bird gun rockets, the next step is to jump gang tactics, three-axes!
Xiao Ruxun pretended not to understand, and directly eliminated the bowl-mouth gun, and the three-axe was one less, what should we do?
It is a tragedy for laymen to direct experts!

Chen Lin frowned, and was very dissatisfied with Xiao Ruxun's blind command, but he couldn't object clearly, and didn't give Xiao Ruxun face, what if he was put on small shoes?After pondering over and over again, I took this opportunity to popularize the knowledge of naval warfare to Xiao Ruxun, and used as gentle a speech as possible, hoping that he would find his way back and don't put on little shoes for himself.

However, Xiao Ruxun's attitude became even tougher.

"You all think that the governor was born in the northwest and doesn't understand water warfare, so he is commanding blindly? If the governor didn't do some understanding, how could he make such a decision? Let me ask you, the Guangdong naval battle during the Jiajing period, the Daming water How did the division defeat the Franji sailor?"

Chen Lin is from Cantonese, so he knew the naval battle very well.

"At the beginning, our army lost the enemy because of the fierce artillery fire of the Frang Robot. Wang Hung, then the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, first took advantage of the strong wind to attack the ship with fire and burned the Frang Robot. People, got the manufacturing method of Frang machine guns and centipede boats, imitated and remade them in large quantities, equipped our navy, and was able to defeat Frang robots in one fell swoop."

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "What's the matter with the blunderbuss here?"

Chen Lin was silent.

"The navy's tactics are about to change, and we can't rely on melee combat as always. The bird guns, Frang machine guns we use all come from Fanyi, and even the war method of the ship's bow is also from Fanyi, Fanyi. Yi has surpassed Ming in firearms and naval battles.

If Daming doesn’t catch up, and has to wait until Panyi hits to realize the pain, then it will be too late. The Panyi navy basically does not rely on jumping gang tactics in combat, but relies on long-range firepower to directly defeat enemy ships from a distance. .

The centipede ship's governor also knows that the ship carries 34 Franco machine guns, with fierce firepower and extremely fast speed. This is their configuration decades ago, and it may be even more terrifying now, but now our Daming Navy has a large ship with [-] materials. Only Fran's machine gun six, Daihatsu's one!

How can this level of firepower compete with Fanyi?In the end, you can only use the fire boat tactic, but the fire boat tactic also needs timing. It can't be used if it is not with the wind or even a windy day!

It’s not that Ming’s shipbuilding technology is not as good as Fanyi’s, but we never thought of abandoning gang warfare, using a large number of artillery pieces to avoid contact with enemy warships, and conducting pure firepower warfare. A Dafu ship only has less than ten artillery pieces!
The range of the Wankou Gun and the Baizi Cannon is too close to be useful, but a Panyi ship has at least forty cannons, six times that of our army, everyone, under the overwhelming artillery fire, we have a way to get close Are their ships engaged in gang fights?Remember, if you fall behind, you will be beaten! "

Xiao Ruxun's rhetorical question was very intimidating. Sailors, you look at me and I look at you. They are silent and don't know how to refute.

"In the future, naval battles should be dominated by big ships and big guns. Those who don't have big ships and big guns can't survive on the ocean! We can only have bigger and faster ships than theirs, with more guns, greater power, and a faster rate of fire. , to defeat them!

I don't care what the court thinks, or what they say, I can't decide what to do with the scholar, but at least at this time, in this battle, I ask you to try it according to my arrangement, and you can see it with your own eyes Look, let’s make a comparison, whether I’m right or what you think is right. "

It seems ironic to say such words from the mouth of a Northwest general, but in the eyes of Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, these generals, they feel a little inexplicable.

Perhaps, this Northwest general is still a rare all-rounder?

After that, more unexpected things happened to them.

From the second day onwards, Xiao Ruxun ordered those soldiers who used the bowl-mouth gun to disembark to the shore to receive intensive training on how to operate the Fran's machine gun, and let the bird gunners on the ship disembark to take a test to see if they could use the bird gun proficiently, etc. Moving the gunpowder off the ship to check whether it was damp, etc., seemed to be a comprehensive inspection of the navy's equipment. Chen Lin and Deng Zilong were caught off guard by such a big move.

So Xiao Ruxun discovered a lot of problems with naval equipment, such as outdated cannons, badly worn guns, and even a soldier called a gunslinger who was still using fire guns and even crossbows. Xiao Ruxun was furious Strict regulations were made on this, and military judges were transferred to the navy to investigate the matter thoroughly.

In Xiao Ruxun's strict regulations, it is stipulated that a main warship must have at least twenty bird guns, ten gun pawns, five large-scale Franglers, and no less than ten lighter medium-sized Franglers. The blunderbusses were completely eliminated, negotiated, and sent back to the Ministry of War for recasting with iron. A large number of ships used to jump into battles were used to carry soldiers for beach landings. Officers, soldiers and sailors entered the main battleships to enrich the main battleships.

Thoroughly check the redundant and unnecessary heavy objects on the warship, remove all of them from the ship, make room to equip artillery, let the pistols and gunners disembark for assessment, rewards for those who pass the assessment, and whipping for those who fail the assessment, and then mandatory training for three days If you can't use it after the training camp, you will be fined.

Xiao Ruxun didn't intend to give these people any chance of luck.

(End of this chapter)