Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

How fast did the shells land? Before he could even blink, the first unlucky guy had already appeared. Fierce artillery fire descended on a large ship weighing several hundred tons. The fierce artillery fire tore through the deck and exploded inside, directly tearing a huge hole in the ship! The second shell arrived almost at the same time!

Six rounds of artillery fire and one round of explosions broke the keel of this large ship weighing several hundred tons on the spot. The entire ship broke into two and slowly sank into the sea.

Even worse was to come. The two artillery batteries installed at the front of the dock also received special attention. Several Jaguars directly launched a saturation bombardment, which directly blew the two artillery batteries, which were running around in circles because they could not reach them, into pieces.

The destruction of the near-shore artillery meant that the personnel on the shore, except for the navy, had completely lost their ability to fight back. The heavy brigantine in the rear began to move forward, with dozens of cannons on board, starving and thirsty.

"Hurry!! Get on the boat!! Hurry!!"

The Qing troops were desperately gathering towards the dock like crazy. Almost all of their navy's belongings were docked at the dock. Once destroyed by the enemy, it would take more than ten years to recover. It could be said that these ships were more important than their lives.

But Goliath, who descended from the sky and shed tears, sounded the death knell of despair for them.

The attack capability of a small drone like the Scout is purely for fun. It would be great to expect to use it to hit people, but its flying ability is really good, and it is a very useful reconnaissance device.

But Jiang Han developed a new way to play, the king insect hides the cow.

By adding a small mounting device to the Scout, the Scout can carry a small Goliath with it when it goes out. When encountering danger, the Goliath can be directly dropped. It is quite convenient and quick. Although the Scout's carrying capacity is very poor, the Goliath has an anti-gravity engine that can completely offset its own mass and keep itself floating in the air, which makes the Scout almost the same as if it were carrying a balloon.

But now, for the enemy, this is death falling from the sky.

A Goliath whose heavy armor of dozens of millimeters would be destroyed by a single shot could only be like a thin veil when hit by such a wooden ship. With one explosion, half of the hull of a smaller ship was torn apart, and large and small fragments flew dozens of meters away, allowing many Qing soldiers who had just boarded the ship to experience a once-in-a-lifetime aerial acrobatic performance.

Unprepared and without any response, the Qing army was caught off guard and nearly a hundred warships were destroyed in the first encounter. These warships were the largest, used the most materials, and had the most artillery.

The Navy Assistant Commander almost gnashed his teeth, but the offensive of the Volunteer Navy was far from over. My turn, my turn, and my turn! In addition to the Goliaths carried by the scouts in the air, there were also a large number of Goliaths that had just been launched, rushing towards the port like fish, and behind them, a wooden barrel tied with a hemp rope floated on the water and moved quickly towards the dock with the Goliath.

The barrel was filled with kerosene.

When Goliath finally reached the undestroyed ship at a distance of two kilometers underwater, the explosion blew up the ship and ignited the incendiary oil barrel behind him. The explosion directly blew up the oil barrel, and a large amount of incendiary oil spread on the sea surface and was ignited by the flames. Because oil is lighter than water, water could not extinguish the flames at all. The entire dock instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"Two salvos, then retreat"

The Scarecrow gave orders to the fleet, and soon the herald used flag signals to convey the Scarecrow's orders to every captain on these two-masted warships.

The captains understood the hint. They had conducted many large and small artillery exercises on the Yangtze River before. The fish in the Yangtze River had complained that they were disturbing the public. Now that it was finally time for actual combat, each of them tried their best to do their best.

They fired a round of artillery fire across the ship, then turned the bow and fired another round. After the attack, they showed no mercy and many sailboats began to retreat directly.

The high speed of the two-masted sailing ship was fully demonstrated at this moment. The volunteers had finished a round of fighting, and many Qing soldiers had just boarded the ship and were preparing to sail out of the port. By the time they caught up, the volunteers' sailing ships had already run far away.

"The purpose of today's greeting has been achieved, prepare to evacuate"

Why retreat? Because the combat objective had been achieved, the news of his attack on Lushun would soon reach the enemy commanders, and they would make corresponding adjustments to their defenses. However, at this time, the scarecrow would put a choice in front of him.

Why is the combat purpose to greet? Because the real combat goal is something else. Where is the combat goal?

Thousands of miles away from Lushun, at the mouth of the Dayang River, we passed by and attacked Huangqi Fort.

As long as they can capture Huangqi Fort, they will be able to turn northeast and go straight to Fenghuang City, and use the post road of Fenghuang City to go directly to Shengjing!

Without the order from the first commander, the other side will definitely send troops to rescue Shengjing. He can then safely take care of the navy camp here, and then turn into the Bohai Bay, land on Lianyun Island, enter Gaiping County, and then follow the post road to Yingkou to meet up with a team. During this period, everything along the coast will be destroyed by his fleet!

Scarecrow has always been a very eager person. Such people are collectively called the King of Rolls. He rolls everyone to death without saying a word. Jiang Han's goal for her is to make the noise as big as possible. So what could be bigger than Shengjing being attacked?

The Scarecrow kept silent and was about to make big news, while on the other side, a group of Rippers, Dragoons, Dragoon SWAPs, Scorpion Beasts and Ranger SWAPs that had separated from the Scarecrow on the road had already landed in Beijingzi. These highly mobile humanoids would show their prowess in Shengjing City and bring the pain of being unable to touch or fight to every Qing army defender.

The defensive turrets on the seashore had been destroyed early, and the fishermen along the coast were fleeing in all directions. The cold mechanical claws of the Iron-Blooded Humanoids stepped onto the beach, and the miniature machine guns in the hands of the Rippers began to operate. Several Jurchen officers and soldiers who rushed up were beaten into pieces on the spot. They moved forward expressionlessly and cleared a landing site.

What follows is an ensemble of blood and fire.

Volume 316: Chapter Chapter : Unhuman

"Your battle plan is very good and detailed. I believe you can do it, but I want to make some changes."

"Which part needs to be modified, Commander?"

The Scarecrow didn't quite understand that his battle plan should be very complete.

"Don't just fight, you have to grab something back."

Jiang Han was earnestly persuading him in the communication channel, and Scarecrow reported the details of the operation to Jiang Han after the operation. Jiang Han was very satisfied with the other parts, but he was a little dissatisfied with the combat objectives.

"Fuck, what are we doing here? Aren't we here to get some money? If you see something valuable, just take it back for him! Otherwise, we will lose a lot in this battle."

He found that there was nothing wrong with Scarecrow's strategic plan, but her goal was entirely to think about how to maximize the attack on the enemy, how to maximize the results of the battle, how to use the point to lead the whole, how to combine the point and the whole, and how to empower the Qing army in an all-round way to maximize the attack on the enemy.

"Ah...I thought..."

She thought she was pulled here by the commander to show off her skills, to join the armed work team behind enemy lines, to tear up railways, blow up bridges, and cause sabotage, but it turned out that she was asked to be a bandit.

It can only be said that before in Iron Blood, they were all considering how to conduct humanoid combat on the frontal battlefield, and Lao Liu’s level was indeed not as good as Jiang Han’s.

“But I don’t know what is more valuable in this era.”

The Scarecrow was in a dilemma. In her eyes, the people here were only using scrap metal that had no value at all.

"Oh my, this is easy. First of all, did you see the cotton armor those sailors were wearing?"

Jiang Han began to give orders to the scarecrow.

Since the appearance of firearms on the battlefield, traditional heavy armor has become vulnerable, and cloth armor and cotton armor have appeared since the Yuan Dynasty.

Although cotton armor and cloth armor look similar, they are two completely different types of armor. Cloth armor has built-in armor plates, while cotton armor is different from cloth armor in that it does not have armor plates inside. It is made of cotton pressed with a mixture of other materials inside.

The defensive targets of the two are also different. Cloth armor focuses on protecting against traditional swords, guns and arrows, while cotton armor focuses on protecting against firearms.

Zhu Guozhen in the late Ming Dynasty recorded "pure cotton armor" in "Yongchuang Xiaopin": "The cotton armor is made of seven pounds of cotton, sewn with cloth like a jacket, and the two arms are pressed with feet to make it firm and not bloated. It is dried and stored. It will not become heavy when exposed to rain, will not become moldy, and will not be seriously damaged by bird guns."

Firearms were popular in the Ming Dynasty, and the manufacturing process of cotton armor was continuously improved. It was not filled entirely with cotton. Fabric, cowhide, paper and other materials were added inside to enhance defense, and it actually became a composite armor.

The cotton armor of the Eight Banners Army was originally captured from the Ming Army. Later, it was improved by wetting the picked cotton and repeatedly beating it to make very thin cotton sheets. Multiple such cotton sheets were then stitched together to form very thick and solid cotton cloth. Between the two layers of cotton cloth was iron armor, which was fixed inside and outside with copper nails, eventually forming the Eight Banners armor.

Cotton armor is very effective in defending against firearms, while cloth-covered iron armor is capable of defending against traditional bows and crossbows. Not all Eight Banners soldiers could afford cotton armor. Cotton armor was not popular in the late Ming Dynasty. Most armies were only equipped with cloth-covered iron armor. Only the elite heavy infantry among the Eight Banners were equipped with iron and cotton armor.

In the navy camp, only some of the troops were wearing cotton armor, but the battlefield scenes taken by the scouts were indeed clear and were immediately captured by Jiang Han.

"These are all good stuff. Autumn is coming and the weather will soon start to get cold. These things are definitely good stuff for human soldiers."

The cotton armor can effectively protect against firearms, so it is equally capable of protecting against the coming severe cold. There are numerous water systems in the Jiangnan region. Although it is known as a land of fish and rice, the land is cut into different large and small pieces by the water systems, making it difficult to carry out large-scale cultivation.

At the same time, because the land is limited and the number of people to be supported is increasing, Jiang Han’s current land in Yangzhou is not enough to grow grain and some cash crops, let alone grow cotton.

There's something ready on the other side right now, so why not take action as soon as possible?

"I see, this is the kind of armor...Are there any more, Commander?"

The scarecrow humbly asks for advice. After discovering his mistakes, he will improve himself. The battle plan will not change, but one more thing will be added: take away all valuable things.

"And there's gold. If you see anything made of gold, melt it all down as soon as possible and cast it into gold bricks. They're easier to transport. Also, jade and gemstones are good things that can be traded with others."

They are just some beautiful stones. If he could use them to exchange for food from those European merchants, Jiang Han would do it without hesitation. Even if these things were sold to the West, they would only become decorations for rich people. However, things like calligraphy and paintings, artworks, and cultural relics are out of the question!

There are many ways to make money, but Jiang Han will never make money against his conscience.

"I see, precious metals... and some gemstones..."

Scarecrow listened and took notes, writing them down on his electronic memo.

"Yeah, finally, there are some nobles over there. They don't have to be particularly noble, just upper-middle class. They look like officials, they dress elegantly, and they come from wealthy families. These people..."

"People? Are these people valuable?"

The Scarecrow felt that his eyes had been broadened.

"Of course! Why not? Look, a noble was captured, and then you asked their family for money to redeem the person, and only accepted gold. If we collect the gold ourselves, there will always be omissions. After all, you are not a professional. These people are all ridiculous in their ability to hide money."

When the houses were demolished in Zhenjiang and Changzhou before, even Jiang Han was astounded by the places where the volunteers told him about hiding their properties. The ancients were really good at this.

"Look, once you tie this person up, you only need to wait a little while, and someone will deliver the gold directly to you. Isn't that wonderful?"

"So it can be done this way..."

Scarecrow felt like a new world was opening up to him. There was actually such an operation. Soon he had a new question: "But what if the other party's family didn't redeem him? Or, in other words, he is not that important in the family and not worth the price we want..."

This was her first time to kidnap someone and she had no experience. What if the person she kidnapped was not the head of the family, but a marginal member of the family, or the other party was experiencing a family infighting? She wrote a ransom letter and the other party said, "Kill the person quickly, and we agree to donate the money." What should she do then?

"That's even easier. Bring this person back."

"bring back?"

"Yes, bring them back. You don't know that these people are the nobles among the Tartars. What does this represent? It represents business opportunities and value!"

Jiang Han's eyes lit up: "At this time, the Ming Dynasty, including your neighbor Korea, is full of hatred for these people. They have been killed and burned like this, and they have been full of anger for a long time. At this time, there is a chance to buy the nobles of the other side and use them as dogs. Would you be tempted?"

"Good stuff like this is what I use to extort money. The more the better, but not too much. If there are too many, the other good stuff on the ship won't fit."

"Understood, Commander."

He still understood the slave trade, but the goods of the slave trade used to be black, but now, it has changed to, um... half yellow... coffee, never mind, a lighter color. In the past, slaves were bought back from the slave trade to pick cotton and grow sugarcane, but now the slaves were bought back to be stabbed by sugarcane.

There are some minor differences in the scope of use, but generally speaking, they are pretty much the same.

"When the time comes, you can sell a batch to North Korea. The wealthy people there will be happy to buy them. The rest, those who look high-ranking, can be sent to us."

"Yes"

"And..."

Jiang Han had been conspiring with Scarecrow over the chat channel for most of the day. If the Qing people heard what was going on, they would really exclaim, "Are you a devil?"

Jiang Han finally hung up the phone with satisfaction, let Scarecrow start a new journey, and began to prepare to summon his new wife.

This fierce battle with the Qing army was not without gains. To be honest, the humanoids used very little ammunition in this operation, which was far below their expectations. This also allowed them to make up for the huge losses caused by the construction of the secret base before, allowing Jiang Han to breathe a sigh of relief.

Now that the battle is imminent, Jiang Han must expand his own forces, so, it's my turn! Card drawing starts! !

Thousands of miles away in Liaodong, after landing in Beijingzi, this small team of about sixty people directly used their fierce artillery fire to turn Beijingzi into a sea of ​​fire.

The experience of the local garrison can be described as a nightmare.

There were ruins everywhere and blood was flowing... At this moment, the troops had arrived at the Longwang Temple area and engaged in a battle with the local defenders. The strong city walls built by the Qing troops, which were secretly learned from the Ming Dynasty, were directly destroyed like Lego toys in front of the iron-blooded troops.

Unable to communicate, unable to understand, unable to escape, they had no idea what was on the other side. Thousands of defenders were overwhelmed by the fierce hail of musket bullets within a few face-to-face encounters with the enemy. Their own comrades beside them were shot to pieces before they could even make a sound.

The commander was killed by a cannon when the enemy began to attack the city, while those creatures that looked like humans but were obviously not humans were still slaughtering people in the city.

A defender was twitching on the ground. He had been shot in the abdomen and was bleeding too much to be saved. A dragoon slowly approached his position and fired a slight shot from the machine gun in his hand, piercing directly through his head.

"Destroy...burn, then go to Phoenix"

Looking at the city in front of them with thick smoke billowing out, they started to move forward again.

Volume 317: Chapter Chapter : Madam! My Madam!

Just because the Scarecrow can understand Jiang Han's thoughts doesn't mean that the other Iron-Blooded Dolls can understand them. A large part of their intelligent modules are not that advanced, which means they can only understand some relatively clear and simple instructions. As for combat thinking, that is engraved on the underlying protocol and is their instinct.

The Iron-Blooded Dolls are war machines specially designed for frontal combat. They inherently know what they should do on the frontal battlefield. However, asking them to rob is still a bit too much.

What's more, this small-scale force of dozens of people was obviously unable to transport large amounts of valuables. Therefore, the Scarecrow did not change the orders given to them, but distributed the list of valuables that the commander had discussed with him before to the volunteer soldiers below. They were much more sensitive to these valuables than he was.

I might as well just tell them what I want to rob and let them decide for themselves, giving full play to what the commander said...what's that thing called, yes, subjective initiative.

I'm such a genius.

The Scarecrow thought secretly that he should now focus his attention on another battlefield, where the Iron-Blooded Dolls had already passed through a city and were continuing to move towards their set goal.

"Commander, do you have to do this every time you summon?"

Looking at the lounge specially allocated for Jiang Han, which was now filled with Feng Shui compasses of all sizes, Jiang Han even changed into new clothes and sat there holding a bamboo tube and muttering to himself.

"Excuse me Commander, there is no evidence that this... um, idealistic metaphysics can be of any help to summonable characters."

Seeing Jiang Han's crazy look, even though she said "Excuse me for being frank", M4 still carefully considered her words and advised him tactfully. She was not a straw man, she had read "Emotional Intelligence".

"But there's no evidence that this isn't useful, right? What if it actually works? I have a feeling that I'll be able to draw an internal affairs type doll that will be of great help to my work this time!"

Combat effectiveness certainly needs to be improved, but the current shortage of manpower is a fact that cannot be ignored. To be honest, Jiang Han’s current ability to handle internal affairs is a bit behind the times.

Although he had a vision and insight that transcended his time, actually governing a place was a completely different concept. You knew that your policies were good, but you also had to consider whether the people today could understand them. For this reason, many policies had to be softened.

The most important steps in managing a place had actually been completed without Jiang Han's knowledge at the beginning. Every time Jiang Han took over a place, the first thing he did was to confiscate the houses, and the second thing was to distribute food. He meant that this was one thing in order to quickly realize the basis for wealth redistribution, that is, public ownership of wealth, but in the eyes of the people, these were two things, one was to establish authority, and the other was to gain trust.

Only because he had both authority and credibility could his political decrees be implemented among the people. Otherwise, his policies would never have gotten beyond the city of Yangzhou. You know, Yangzhou is a city with three prefectures, it's very big!

He is just an ordinary college student who was lucky enough to travel through time and space and have a golden finger. He does not have the same perseverance, wisdom, and strong abilities as his predecessors. The current governance has exhausted him, and he urgently needs some internal affairs talents to help him share the pressure.

It's really hard to bear.

"I'll take this as your best wishes to yourself, Commander."

M4 was speechless. After M16 came back, M4 became much more cheerful because he got what he wanted. He no longer looked bitter and resentful. Now he also started to joke with Jiang Han. If AR15 was pulled out again, the little princess would be able to complete her mission.

"What good wishes? This is called a prophecy of victory. Just wait!"