"Boss Chen, can you let me interrogate these prisoners? I am here in the imperial capital this time to serve the king. I urgently need to know the current distribution of enemy troops. I will be deeply grateful."
How dare the old man refuse Qin Liangyu's long list of intimidating official titles.
In the Shangzhu Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, Doctor Guanglu, Prince Taibao, Prince Taifu, Shaobao. Recruiting envoy to Sichuan, Governor Zuo of the Central Military Governor's Office, General Zhendong, Chief Military Officer of Sichuan, and first-grade imperial concubine.
Just these flags and flags have stunned the fishermen in Yujiujiu Village. Although they are not very illiterate, they can carry so many flags and flags. No matter how stupid they are, they know that a big shot is here.
So, Old Chentou led the villagers who were doing housework and bowed together and said: "Full screen General Qin's orders."
Soon more than a dozen prisoners were escorted onto the ship. Qin Liangyu sat on the Taishi chair in the bottom warehouse and began to interrogate these people.
The eldest among these people was the Captain of Fifty. He knew at a glance that this female general was a big shot in the Ming Dynasty. Without any trouble, these people confessed everything they knew. These people also understood that there would be no good results if they didn't say anything.
Food. Now that I've been caught, there's no point in speaking harshly.
The more Qin Liangyu listened, the more frightened she became. Unexpectedly, Governor Yuan failed to stop the Qing army at Jimen, and was infiltrated by the Qing army that day. Although she didn't understand how the Jimen natural barrier was overcome. But now she said this
It was of no use anymore. The top priority was to transport the 300,000 tons of grain and grass that Dingyuanhou had raised from overseas into the capital.
Now more than 100,000 reinforcements from various places have gathered in the Gyeonggi area. With so many people eating horse's chews, they can earn a lot of money and food. Without food, the army will collapse.
After taking the prisoners away, Qin Liangyu opened the map of North China obtained from Yang Fan and marked the location of the Qing army on the map with a pencil.
"Mom, look, Yangcun is blocking the way for our fleet to go to Tongzhou. I'm afraid we have to fight a battle here." Zhang Fengyi pointed to the location of Yangcun with her little finger.
There are more than 13,000 Horqin cavalry stationed here, with the purpose of blocking the canal. After all, there are 78,000 or 80,000 cavalrymen of the River Transport Governor in Linqing, Shandong. If these people go north to King Qin, they will be a considerable force.
Qin Liangyu nodded and said to Fan Shoufan: "Fan Yingguan, how many soldiers do you have available? Because of the tight time this time, I only brought 7,000 infantry in the first batch."
Fan Shoufan is a hometown servant. He was one of the old men who worked at the Xinghe Iron Works. He now leads a battalion of infantry and is responsible for escorting the transportation safety of steam ships in the canal.
"General Qin, we only have a rifle regiment of 500 people. We belong to the army's boat force and do not have horses. We follow the ships. Therefore, without artillery, I am afraid that we will be of limited help to you against the cavalry. And my people can't
You've been away from the ship for too long, after all, these sailors are not soldiers."
Qin Liangyu said: "Are you equipped with flintlock guns?"
The flintlock gun fires quickly and is more effective against cavalry.
Qin Liangyu had seen a flintlock gun from Yang Fan. This type of gun was called a self-generated musket in the Ming Dynasty. Qin Liangyu had seen both rifles and pistols. Before, he was reluctant to buy them because he had no money. This time he went to Beijing and planned to buy some from Yang Fan.
The last disastrous defeat in Hunhe was due to the lack of good firearms.
"The flintlock rifle has been eliminated. We are equipped with old slide-type rifles with five-round magazines. Now, except for those in the northwest who have not changed their equipment because they are too far away, we have all changed our equipment. The rate of fire can reach one minute.
Eight rounds. I heard that the next generation magazine rifle is called the Lee-Enfield high-rate rifle, and it has been successfully tested. It can fire fifteen shots per minute. If that gun is used against cavalry, there will be no problem. Our kind has the advantage.
limited."
You can use flintlocks or even matchlocks to deal with cavalry with three-stage shooting. During the Warring States Period of Japan, Takeda Shingen had the largest cavalry unit in Japan, six thousand cavalry. In the end, they were defeated by the three-stage iron cannon. Casualties
More than half.
But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the riflemen must reach a certain number. The comparison between the enemy and ourselves should be about the same, or even more infantry than cavalry. Otherwise, the accurate rifles of this era can fire two thousand rounds at a time, and with good luck, they will be killed.
There were three to four hundred people, but if they were unlucky, more than a hundred people would be killed. It would be even worse if there were fewer people.
On the battlefield, the strong wind blew away the propellant in the powder pool. The rain made the gun wet. The soldiers were nervous and forgot to load lead bullets. They even loaded multiple rounds of lead bullets. The gunpowder was delaminated due to bumps during transportation.…
Anyway, there are various reasons, misfiring, and too many flying.
However, the old sleeve also has a direct shooting range of more than 300 meters, which is much farther than the flintlock muskets of this era. It can project three times more firepower. After all, the shooting distance is long, and the cavalry is exposed to the range of the musket for three times longer.
Matchlock guns and flintlock guns only have a direct range of about one hundred meters. The difference is even only eighty meters.
Qin Liangyu knew that this was Fan Shoufan's modesty. Yang Fan never spoke his mind fully. He always left room for leeway. Since this new rifle is more advanced than the flintlock rifle, it should be very useful against cavalry.
Now, Yang Fan's machine gun only has a hand-operated Gatling. This thing is very heavy and can only be used by troops above the battalion. It needs two horses to tow and march. The combination of the machine gun frame and the ammunition cart is the same size as the twelve-pounder cannon.
That's almost it.
Therefore, the machine guns and artillery of field troops are now mixed.
If machine guns cannot be equipped at the grassroots level, when facing large-scale cavalry, you have to think of ways to deal with the rifle's rate of fire. If the rifle can shoot far and has a high rate of fire, it can still make up for the lack of machine guns.
In this way, troops below the regiment level can gain the ability to fight against cavalry.
As the next generation of the old sleeve, Yang Fan did not continue to choose the K98 rifle route. Instead, he chose the John Bull Lee Enfield rifle. Yang Fan was attracted by the large magazine and super rate of fire of this rifle. To this day, Lee Enfield
The Field Rifle remains the fastest firing bolt-action rifle.
A skilled Lee-Enfield shooter can shoot 15 rounds a minute. On foreign video websites, there is even a video host who shoots a Lee-Enfield rifle at a speed of 6.5 seconds to shoot 10 rounds.
The extremely high rate of fire of the Lee-Enfield gun made even the 10-round ammunition capacity seem stretched. They specially produced a 20-round detachable magazine. This curved magazine ensures that ten rounds can be fired hard and fast by hand in a short period of time.
Five rounds of high rate of fire. If you need to change the magazine midway, it will be a waste of time.
"Okay, Officer Fan, we will arrive at Yangcun tonight. Your muskets have a long range. Form an array by the canal to protect our flanks. We will use a spear array and leather cannon to fight the Horqin people."
Although the old sleeve in Fan Shoufan's hand is not as good as the Lee Enfield rifle, their soldiers are fully trained. The hand speed is very fast, and there is no problem in shooting eight methods. The direct shooting distance of more than 300 meters is enough to shoot more than ten rounds.
The three-stage shooting will be tripled. The cavalry will not be able to charge forward at all. It is enough to protect Qin Liangyu's retreat.
Thinking about defeat before winning is an essential quality for a mature general.
If you can't win, just retreat to the ship. After all, the ship is in the water, and the Mongols can't do anything about it.
This chapter has been completed!