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Chapter 316 New Battle Formation

The chief Wang Guixiu led more than a hundred gunners to stand in a row. Their original equipment was all standard field equipment.

He wears iron armor on his body, an iron-pointed helmet with an eight-petal cap on his head, a gunpowder pot and a gunpowder bag of lead bullets on his back, and a long knife pinned to his waist.In addition, there are sticks, tin turtles, gun covers, drinking water, dry food, etc.

After all these things, the load may reach dozens of catties.

However, Huang Laifu believes that with the tunnel-fired blunderbuss and paper shell cartridges, the possibility of the enemy threatening his soldiers has been greatly reduced under the powerful power and range of the blunderbuss. I am afraid that there is no need to wear armor and other items in the future. up.

After all, the gunners traveled lightly, which is proved by historical facts.

After reducing the armor of infantry, it can greatly improve the maneuverability of soldiers on the battlefield.In particular, it can greatly save the money of making armor by oneself.In terms of soldiers' equipment, in fact, each person's armor money has always been a big head.

Therefore, according to Huang Laifu's request, the soldiers who practiced shooting at this time were dressed up. More than 100 soldiers did not wear armor, but only wore a helmet.The other two-handed long knives around his waist were also replaced with bayonets.

In particular, the gunpowder cans and gunpowder bags of lead bullets that everyone carried on their backs were replaced by an ammunition bag, which contained sixty rounds of paper-shelled cartridges.

This attire made the Gunner feel relaxed.

According to Huang Laifu's procedure for firing the cardboard cartridge, Wang Guixiu issued passwords from time to time.

In the first step, the musketeer holds the fine iron tunnel-fired bird's beak gun in his hand, opens the fire door, and then takes out a paper shell cartridge from the ammunition bag with his right hand.This paper bullet is covered with grease on the outside, and there is a certain amount of gunpowder and a projectile inside.

Next, the musketeer bites off the tail cap of the paper shell cartridge with his teeth, holds the projectile in his mouth, then pours the gunpowder in the cartridge into a part of the fire door, and closes the fire door!
Finally, stuff the gunpowder and projectiles left in the paper shell cartridge into the barrel, poke the projectiles and the paper shell with a cleaning rod, and you are ready to shoot!

Compared with the original charging step, the paper-shell cartridge can be said to save a lot of time. According to the loading speed of ordinary fusiliers in Wuzhai Fort, after using the paper-shell cartridge, each person can shoot it in an average of 1 minute. Two shots.An excellent firecracker like Wang Guixiu can fire three or four rounds per minute without any problem.

In normal times, excellent firecrackers would fire up to two shots per minute.If it is an earlier arquebus, it is very good to be able to fire one round per minute.

More than 100 gunners are the No. 1 experiencers. The paper shell cartridges are charged so quickly, and everyone's eyes are full of excitement, but they still stand serious with their guns.

Wang Guixiu gave an order, everyone opened the trigger, and skillfully pointed the tunnel-fired bird's beak gun at the wooden sign eighty steps away in front, holding the waist of the bird's gun with the front hand, aiming at it from a distance with the star. .

Wang Guixiu gave an order, and everyone turned the trigger one after another, there was a "crack", white smoke rose, the smell of gunpowder continued to radiate, and the wooden signs in front were hit and shattered one after another.

After several rounds of loading and shooting, all the generals around Huang Laifu showed excited expressions. They didn't expect that the paper-shell cartridge could shoot so fast. If it was used on the battlefield, who could resist it?

Ordinary people are always afraid of new things. When Huang Laifu originally proposed the concept of paper shell cartridges, even if Huang Laifu was the commander, his subordinates still had some doubts. Now the actual use of paper shell cartridges has conquered their hearts!

Everyone spoke to Huang Laifu one after another, hoping that in the future, all firearms in the army will use this kind of paper shell cartridge!
Needless to say, Huang Laifu naturally ordered Liu Tianlu to mass-produce paper shell cartridges in the future.And in the future, the Wuzhaibao Military Factory will focus on the production of tunnel-fired guns, paper shell cartridges, bayonets, etc.

As for armor, waist knives and spears, Huang Laifu believes that with the popularity of tunnel-fired guns, these things will gradually be eliminated in the future.

Now that bayonets and cardboard cartridges have been manufactured, relevant exercises are needed to test their effects.

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Due to the limited production of tunnel-fired guns in the military factory, except for Huang Laifu's family camp, Laifu Camp, all of which are distributed with tunnel-fired guns, the rest are Huang Laifu's direct descendants, the Wuzhai Camp, and the Laoyingbao's Zhenlu Camp. Allotment of a part of the tunnel fire gun.

The different configurations of the tunnel fire guns naturally require the cooperation of the relevant military formations, and for this exercise, all the generals are busy.

Time soon came to the end of July in the 27th year of Wanli. Early in the morning, at the foot of Kelan Mountain near Wuzhai City, Laifu Camp and Wuzhai Camp were conducting a military exercise.

Huang Laifu put on his armor, rode his horse and stood on a high slope, just looking through the binoculars, surrounded by a large group of generals, also looking through the binoculars, besides, there were many flag players and drummers surrounded beside.

Laifu Camp and Wuzhai Camp are assumed to be Army A and Army B, and they are attacking each other. Since Shanxi Town is close to the outside of the Great Wall, it is assumed that one side is the Ming army, and the other side is naturally the Hu cavalry.

In the establishment of Huang Laifu's army, like other Ming armies, it is based on battalions, and each battalion basically has 3000 people.Each battalion has infantry, cavalry, and some auxiliary soldiers.

Among them, 12 people form a team, and there is one captain. The 1 teams form one banner, with 3 people in the whole banner and 37 team in total. 1 flags are 3 round, 1 people, 112 hundred generals. 1 bureaus form a division, each division has 4 people, and the total number is 449. The 1 divisions are one, with 2 employees and 899 headquarter.

The three departments are combined into one battalion, plus some flag bearers, drummers, gunpowder smiths, doctors, and animal doctors, and there are about 3000 people in one battalion.

Generally, in Huang Laifu's first battalion, there are two infantry units, about 1800 people, and another 900 cavalry units.There are also hundreds of soldiers.In addition, there are some artillery.Generally speaking, there are about 2000 soldiers in a battalion.

At this time, the Laifu camp was set as the Ming army, and the number of people in the first battalion was 3000.The Wuzhai camp was set up as the Mongolian cavalry army that invaded the bandits, with a number of about 2.

Assuming that the Laifu camp encountered a large number of Mongolian cavalry in the open area, although everyone in the Laifu camp has horses and some cavalry, it is obvious that it is not cost-effective to fight the Mongols with cavalry, especially if there are tunnels. Therefore, Yang Xiaolu decided to fight on foot and cavalry and defend on the spot.

At this time, the Laifu Battalion is deployed with divisions as the basic tactical unit. On the four sides are two infantry divisions and four divisions. There are three horizontal lines, the distance between the lines is about 112 meter, and the distance between the rounds is about 1 meters.Each side is about 10 meters wide.

Such a four-sided formation and such a three-row formation ensured that the firing power of the entire battalion at any time came from the entire front.And there is a steady stream of firepower shooting.

At the same time, nearly a thousand cavalrymen and miscellaneous Chinese army standard bearers, etc., were also arranged near the Chinese army in the formation. All these cavalrymen were dismounted and deployed in the same formation. They were also equipped with guns and sabers. Or equipment such as long guns.

In addition to waiting for the pursuit, they will also be used as an infantry reserve.

When necessary, they can also act as a commando, breaking out of the formation from time to time as a counterattack.

This is Huang Laifuyi's information stored in his own laptop, and a new battle formation he came up with based on his own actual situation, and discussed with the generals, which is very suitable for unleashing the power of the firecracker.I don't know how the exercise is going.

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Since this was the first time the bayonet formation and the cardboard cartridge were used, Yang Xiaolu, who was a guerrilla in the Laifu camp, was naturally very excited. Although it was an exercise, he still carried it out with a serious attitude.

As early as before the exercise, he had already ordered the hundred chiefs of each bureau to check the ammunition of the soldiers, and there were not enough cardboard cartridges in the ammunition bags on each of them.In addition, he ordered the sergeants to replace with new flints.

As a tunnel-fired gun, flint is indispensable. Due to the importance of flint, each sergeant in the Laifu camp has a spare piece, and each battalion also maintains a considerable amount of reserves.

In contrast, Northwest Shanxi is still rich in flint resources. In the Wuzhaibao military factory, flint mining is usually carried out in humid weather. After drying, skilled workers crush and reshape them for use.

After the successful production of the tunnel-fired gun, according to the military regulations of the Laifu Camp, before the battle, the flint is one of the items that must be inspected.On the eve of the battle, the generals of the battalion will remind the soldiers that a new piece of flint will be of great use tomorrow!
The soldiers were already in formation, and all of them had bayonets on their gun barrels, shining brightly and coldly!Of course, due to time constraints, the military factory has not yet produced enough bayonets, so some soldiers replaced them with sharp objects.

Now that there are tunnel-fired guns, the formation of the Laifu camp sergeants is even tighter.In order to avoid affecting the shooting, the military uniforms of the soldiers of the Laifu Camp have become tighter and tighter, and now they have taken off their armor. The generals only wear an eight-petal cap and an iron-pointed helmet, and they have lost dozens of catties. , everyone feels relieved.

Of course, some of the sergeants were uneasy. Although everyone thought that their tunnel-fired guns were sharp, and that the power and speed of shooting were greatly enhanced with the paper shell cartridge, but out of inertia, everyone thought that there was no Without the cover of armor, will there be unnecessary casualties in future wars?
Only Yang Xiaolu and others are confident about this.With tunnel-fired guns and cardboard cartridges, it is no longer necessary to equip armor.

As early as before, the scouting team among the cavalry far away had already waved the yellow flag anxiously, saying that most of the thieves had arrived, and the number of them was more than ten thousand.Yang Xiaolu, under the banner of the Chinese Army, could see clearly with the binoculars, and he secretly praised in his heart that with this binoculars, his side would have more time to deal with it.

From the binoculars, it is clear that the army of thieves has begun to attack. The cavalry is the main attack along the way, and the two sides and the rear of our side are attacked several times.
The Chinese army issued an order, and all the soldiers were ready to fight. At present, the Fuying camp did not use refusal horses for a long time, only a few chariots and artillery were placed next to the battle formations on all sides.

Since this setting is to fight in an open and remote area, the Laifu battalion is equipped with light tank artillery, which is not very powerful and has a long range.

Huang Laifu could see clearly through the binoculars, thinking that Emperor Wanli had given permission for Shanxi Town to build artillery, and related artillery manufacturing would be on the agenda.And the maneuverability of the car array is also a little bit worse.

The Invincible General and the Great Buddha Wolf Machine in the army are quite powerful and have a good range. Every time they reach a mile, they are a bit heavier, and every time they reach a thousand catties, they are not easy to transport.It seems that I have to try to get some Western-style six-pounders, four-pounders, three-pounders, etc., so that it will be much more convenient to go out with the army.

When the invading Mongolian cavalry played by Wuzhaiying rushed to about [-] paces, they began to accelerate. At this time, the chariot artillery on several sides began to shoot. Of course, this is only a symbolic, not real shooting.Whether it is a cannon or a tunnel-fired gun, there is only gunpowder in it and no projectiles.

According to the actual situation, some of the invading Mongol cavalry played by the Wuzhai Battalion thought they were hit by artillery and withdrew from the battle.However, the damage was not large, and soon, the remaining Mongolian cavalry continued to attack.

After the chirping of the central army, the sound of orders rising and falling from all sides of the formation made the musketeers ready to fight immediately.

On each side, the soldiers are lined up in three rows.Originally they were all standing, but after the sound of the order, the first two rows immediately knelt down, and the third row was still standing. Imagine enemy cavalry!
Soon, the enemy cavalry rushed within a hundred paces, and the Chinese army sounded a blunderbuss and a long trumpet. Immediately, the row of gunfire soldiers fired together, followed by the second row standing up and firing, and finally the first row fired. shooting.

Repeatedly like this, depending on the power of the gunfire and the loading speed of the paper-shell cartridges, even though it was an exercise, everyone could clearly see that the Mongolian cavalry who rushed forward had no chance of approaching at all. Will, after a division of 500 musketeers shoot three rows on each side, most of them will be defeated and flee.

Even if some formidable enemies risked their lives and charged forward, the horses would not dare to approach after the glaring bayonets of the surrounding army formation stood up, but here, the cavalry in the central army formation had rushed out, flanking the formation. The Mongolian cavalry, here, there is no enemy that does not collapse.

Through this exercise, Huang Laifu on the high slope was smiling all over his face, and all the generals around him were also in high spirits. With the use of paper shell cartridges and bayonet arrays, the gunners were able to fight independently, and no longer needed The guards of the sword and shield soldiers.

Moreover, the full use of tunnel-fired guns, coupled with the power of the bayonet array, also left everyone dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)