Seeing General Zhou Diao standing aside, he waved to him and shouted: "General, please help find some people."
Zhou Diao was completely unimpressed and turned his head to one side. When Li Wenzhong nodded to him, he waved a few soldiers to come forward to help.
"Find a shelf and tie this blunderbuss to it..."
"Yes, I'm looking for a long iron rod to drill with. The thinner the better, the longer the better..."
"I also need a hammer..."
Han Du continued to command several soldiers.
When Lao Zhu saw him in the distance, he couldn't help but look at Han Du mockingly.
He sarcastically said: "It does look a bit dangerous."
Li Wenzhong smiled and agreed, "That's true. This Han Du has always cherished his life. What makes him treat it so cautiously is probably really dangerous."
"You'll know after you take a look." Lao Zhu looked at Han Du's busy appearance and said noncommittally without looking back.
After the soldiers finished helping, Han Du asked them all to retreat.
He pointed the iron drill at the fuse of the bullet and knocked it down with a hammer.
"boom!"
Since the bullet was not in the cylinder, the sound was louder this time.
Han Du twisted his head as hard as he could and stood motionless. After making sure that no part of his body hurt, he checked up and down.
Fortunately, I was unscathed.
At this time, Lao Zhu had already arrived at Han Du's side and picked up the blunderbuss that fell on the ground.
A long hole suddenly opened in the middle of the blunderbuss, and the copper blunderbuss tube was torn apart like dough.
He threw away the blunderbuss, glanced at Han Du, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Wei Chen is fine."
Lao Zhu asked in confusion: "You should know how dangerous this is, right? If so, why did you do it yourself instead of letting those soldiers do it?"
Han Du gave a bitter smile and sighed and explained: "It is precisely because Wei Chen knows something about it that Wei Chen wants to do it himself. Wei Chen knows how to avoid it if he does it himself. If it were them, someone might really get hurt today."
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"Do you think their lives are more valuable than yours?" Lao Zhu looked at Han Du with confusion.
Han Du felt it didn't matter, "Of course my life is more valuable than theirs. But since I am sure to avoid it, I can avoid it as much as possible. There is no need to involve them."
"You are... quite interesting." Lao Zhu said meaningfully.
Then he stopped talking about this topic, turned to look at the gun on the ground, kicked it, and said: "It seems that you are right, Han Du. This ordinary fine steel may not be able to withstand the power of this bullet."
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Han Du nodded in agreement, "That's right. The revolver is very powerful, but the prerequisite is that it can withstand this power. Therefore, the greater the power, the greater the power it needs to withstand."
Lao Zhu looked down at the revolver in his hand and couldn't help but sigh: "Originally, I still dreamed that hundreds of thousands of troops could use this fire blunderbuss to kill all directions on the battlefield. Now it seems that this is probably an extravagant wish of mine.
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He looked up at Han Du and asked again: "Is it really not possible to make it cheaper?"
Han Du smiled, avoided the question, and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this revolver is most suitable for cavalry. If used by infantry, although it can greatly increase combat power, compared with cavalry,
It’s still not cost-effective enough.”
Nowadays, the attack of the cavalry is quite simple. When the two armies are fighting, the cavalry will first pounce on the enemy, and then use horseback shooting to fire a salvo of thousands of arrows.
It is said that thousands of arrows were fired, but due to the fast speed of the cavalry, they could not fire a few arrows at all, and they had to rush into the enemy's formation. Aiming on the back of a galloping horse is not an easy task, and it is extremely time-consuming. At this time
The role of bows and arrows has been limited, and they are not as useful as swords and guns.
Therefore, the most sharp tactic for today's cavalry is to charge into the formation. Once facing the enemy, after letting go of the arrows, they cover their heads and charge forward. As long as they can penetrate the enemy's formation, they will most likely win.
But it's different if it's a revolver. Maybe it takes the time it takes to fire an arrow to complete a round of the revolver. In addition, the range is long, the accuracy is high, and the ammunition can be changed quickly. The enemy will be faced with barrages in a short time.
Continuous attacks, no one can withstand such an attack. I'm afraid he will collapse under one face to face.
Even if there is no collapse, the Ming cavalry can directly bypass both sides without charging into the formation in close combat. Taking advantage of the difference in firing range, they can easily slaughter the enemy.
Moreover, due to the fast speed of the cavalry, the enemy cannot even escape once defeated. This is the enemy where the cavalry has an advantage over the infantry. The infantry is equipped with revolvers. Although the attack is sufficient, the speed is too slow and cannot be fully used.
Advantages of the revolver.
Lao Zhu pondered for a while, then suddenly recalled and said: "You mean, you can use Qian Yuan's 'Mangu evil' tactic?"
Lao Zhu was naturally familiar with the Yuan Dynasty's famous 'Mangu evil' tactic. Temujin was able to rely on this tactic to conquer the world with one move. This shows how powerful this tactic is.
However, because Qian Yuan also uses bows and arrows, he does not have an absolute advantage in range. Therefore, the use of this tactic will extremely test the ability of the leading general, and cannot be used by just anyone.
As the Yuan Dynasty became comfortable for a hundred years, no general could use this tactic anymore, completely forgetting the special skills of their ancestors in the feasting and feasting.
Only then, when facing the Ming rebels, was they overwhelmed.
But things are different now. Revolvers are only available in the Ming Dynasty, and the range of revolvers is not comparable to that of bows and arrows. If this tactic is used, it will be a piece of cake.
"Okay!" Lao Zhu shouted excitedly when he thought about how arrogant the Ming cavalry were with revolvers.
But after he was happy, Lao Zhu also had to face the problem of money. He frowned and said: "But even if there are cavalry, the Ming Dynasty still has nearly 80,000..."
Eighty thousand cavalry, even if one person has one, is still 80,000. What's more, Han Du has fully proved that one person can use two of these fire blunderbuss at the same time, so that is 160,000. This number, in fact,
It hasn't decreased much.
"Can't you really think of a way to make it cheaper?" It's not the fault of Lao Zhu, the emperor, for being short of breath. It's really because he has no money in his pocket.
As the saying goes, when people are poor and short of breath, even the emperor is not exempt from vulgarity.
Han Du was forced by Lao Zhu's appearance and had no choice but to say: "Wei Chen has an idea. Your Majesty doesn't have to ask for so much at once. You can make it in batches. Make a part first, try it out, and see.
See if there are any problems and then decide whether you need all the equipment."