"Regardless of the infantry commander, artillery commander or baggage commander, the total number of personnel is 288."
"Each headquarters has one chief and deputy commander, three staff officers, and three infantry posts with a total of 96 people. Each post has one chief and deputy commander, all of whom are served by national students. Each has three trumpeters."
After more than two years of practice, the New Army decided to eliminate drummers and retain only trumpeters.
Because in practice it has been discovered that the drummer is not indispensable, but can be played concurrently by the trumpeter, and the trumpeter can participate in battles holding a trumpet in one hand and a blunderbuss in the other, but the drummer cannot.
"Each infantryman is equipped with 18 short muskets, 270 flintlock muskets, and 9 bugles."
"Each field artillery is equipped with 9 4-inch field guns and 275 short muskets. Each mountain artillery is equipped with 9 2.5-inch mountain cannons and 275 short muskets. Each infantry artillery is equipped with 27 squatting tiger cannons and 275 short muskets.
branch."
"In total, each town platform is equipped with a total of 20,800 flintlock muskets, 4,250 short muskets, 90 4-inch field cannons or 90 2.5-inch mountain cannons, 270 squatting tiger cannons, and 11,200 mules and horses."
After saying this, Jiang Tianyi asked Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, the new army's personnel and mules and horses have been prepared, but I wonder if the weapons and equipment are sufficient?"
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen immediately waved to Zhu Shunshui, who was in charge of the logistics department, to come forward.
"Zhu Shunshui, tell Jiang Tianyi how many weapons and equipment have been accumulated in the arsenal now?"
Zhu Shunshui immediately took out a small book, opened it and read: "As of the end of this month, there are a total of 1,200 4-inch field guns in stock, 600 2.5-inch mountain guns, 3,200 tiger crouching guns, 1,000 divine artillery pieces, and
There are more than 110,000 rifles, more than 20,000 muskets, and more than 100,000 bayonets."
After a pause, he continued: "In addition, the arsenal also reserves 100 million rounds of paper-cased fixed bullets, 1 million rounds of 4-inch field artillery paper-cased solid bullets and shotshells, and 2.5-inch mountain cannon paper-cased custom bullets.
It is loaded with 500,000 rounds of solid bullets and shotgun shells, and the Tiger Crouching Cannon is equipped with 3 million rounds of paper shell bullets and 500,000 rounds of hand grenades.”
Jiang Tianyi calculated silently and found that the number of cannons was enough.
However, the number of flintlock muskets and short muskets was nearly half the difference.
In other words, only five and a half new troops can be equipped to support the platform.
At that moment, Jiang Tianyi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the number of flintlock guns and short muskets is far from enough."
"Brother Wenshi, don't worry." Zhu Shunshui said very calmly, "Since the number of cannons is enough, the blacksmiths can turn to making flintlock guns. In addition, the Daming Machinery Factory has just supplied the Daming Arsenal and the Hubu Arsenal.
Twenty steam engines were handed over, so the production of flintlock guns and short muskets has increased to more than 20,000 pieces per month."
Chongzhen also added with a smile: "In fact, production capacity has been exceeded since last month."
"Yes." Zhu Shunshui nodded in agreement, "More than 10,000 flintlock muskets were produced last month."
With a large number of blacksmiths turning to making flintlock muskets and 30 steam engines providing mechanical power, the production capacity of several arsenals for flintlock muskets and short muskets was suddenly increased.
Because steam engines can drive drilling machines and forging machines.
Drilling machines can greatly increase the efficiency of drilling gun barrels.
The forging machine also greatly increases the efficiency of rolling gun tubes.
In fact, due to the lack of experience in using steam engines, coupled with the fact that forging machines and drilling machines are too crude and inefficient, several arsenals in the Ming Dynasty still have great potential that can be tapped.
If necessary, it is not impossible to produce 50,000 flintlock muskets per month.
However, it seems that there is no need for this. A monthly output of 20,000 yuan is enough.
Jiang Tianyi said: "In this case, there will be no problem. Before the end of the year, I will be able to complete the reorganization of the 11 towns and the selection of chief officers and staff at all levels."
"Thank you for your hard work, Jiang Qing."
Chongzhen nodded happily.
While the three of them were talking, cheers rang out from the other side of the sand table.
"Chaoyang Gate has been broken!" Chongzhen perked up for a moment, and immediately took Jiang Tianyi and Zhu Shunshui back to the sand table. After a quick look, he found that the Ming army had indeed broken through Beijing's Chaoyang Gate.
However, Yan Yingyuan did not panic at all and said calmly: "It's just a city gate. I have already built a city wall inside Chaoyang Gate! This road is blocked!"
"Then let's continue blasting!" Xu Yingwei said with a smile.
Now the two started the second round of competition.
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Beijing, Taicang.
Dorgon dragging his sick body was inspecting the arsenal.
Ying'erdai, the Minister of Household Affairs, accompanied him on one side.
A war is imminent. In addition to preparing food and fodder, weapons and equipment also need to be inventoried.
Dorgon took down a flintlock gun from the shelf and asked Ying Erdai: "How many self-generated fire guns are there in the arsenal now? How many red cannons and camel cannons are there?"
Ying Erdai opened his mouth and replied: "Reporting to my master, there are more than 70,000 self-made fire guns in the arsenal, more than 600 red cannons and more than 800 camel swivel cannons."
"What?" Dorgon's face immediately fell.
"Why are there only more than 600 red cannons and more than 800 camel cannons?"
"How can it be possible that there are only more than 70,000 self-made fire guns? Ying Erdai, what are you doing?"
"The Bureau of War can build 50 red cannons, 80 camel cannons, and 3,000 self-generated muskets in one month. Now three years later, there should be 1,800 red cannons, 3,000 camel cannons, and 110,000 guns."
How can it be so small when you create your own firecracker?"
"Master doesn't know something."
Ying Erdai said with a wry smile: "At the beginning, the War Bureau could indeed build 50 red cannons, 80 camel cannons and 3,000 self-generated fire guns every month."
"But couldn't we buy low-priced iron materials from Nanming later?"
"The Bureau of War mobilized all the blacksmiths to make self-made fire guns, and the mining and iron smelting stopped."
"But half a year ago, Nanming suddenly cut off the supply of iron materials. The War Bureau was too anxious to mine and smelt iron, so the red cannons and camel cannons were stopped for more than half a year, and they could only prioritize the construction of self-generated fire cannons.
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"In addition, we lost a lot of money at Dagukou in Liaodong, and there are still some red cannons, camel cannons and self-fired guns stationed at Dagukou and Gaizhou Guards, so the inventory is just that."
Hundreds of red cannons were lost in the Battle of Dagukou, and they have not yet been recovered.
In the Battle of Hunhe in Liaodong, more than 100 artillery pieces of various types and more than 10,000 self-generated muskets were lost.
After a pause, Ying'erdai continued: "Taking into account all the firearms of the Eight Banners Han Army and Green Camp troops stationed in Dagukou and Gaizhou Guards, our Qing Dynasty has more than 90,000 self-made firecrackers.
There are more than 900 cannons, more than 1,200 camel cannons, and more than 500 old Fran cannons of various models."
"Damn it." Dorgon cursed and asked, "Has the iron supply been solved now?"
"Master, it has been solved." Ying Erdai responded quickly, "Now we can make as many firearms as before in a month, or even slightly more, because the number of skilled blacksmiths has become more."
Dorgon pondered for a while and then asked: "If we go all out to build self-generating fire guns, how many can we make per month?"
Ying'erdai was stunned when he heard this, then scratched his head and said, "Reporting to the master, you have to ask Tang Ruowang to know this. I really don't know this."
Dorgon immediately ordered Cao Eryu to find Tang Ruowang.
After the ceremony, Dorgon asked: "Tang Ruowang, if the Bingzhan Bureau starts from today and goes all out to build self-generated fire guns, how many can be built in a month?"
Tang Ruowang replied without hesitation: "Eight thousand."
"Okay." Dorgon said decisively, "Then we will go all out to build a self-generated fire gun."
Dorgon was actually very helpless. If possible, he actually wanted to equip the 400,000 Lian Yongdu with self-generated fire guns, but now it is obviously too late. Now he can only equip the Eight Banners Han Army.
Before the Ming army launched its Northern Expedition, the 120,000 Han troops under eight banners had to be equipped with self-generated fire guns.
The 40,000 Green Battalion are artillery anyway, and do not need to make their own muskets. The 110,000 Eight Banner Manchurians and 30,000 Eight Banners Mongolians are cavalry, and they can also fight with large bows and horn bows.
As for practicing bravery, you can only use spears.
Thinking of this, Dorgon sighed again.
Time waits for no one, time waits for no one. It would be great if we could give him another three to five years.
While they were talking, Cao Eryu hurried over and reported: "Master, Fu Yijian has come to see you."
"Fu Yijian?" Dorgon said a little unhappy, "He hasn't left for Xi'an yet?"
Cao Eryu said: "He said he wanted to discuss a charter with his master, otherwise even going to Xi'an would be in vain."
Dorgon immediately guessed Fu Yijian's intention and said with a dark face: "No, please tell him that I can't give away the country that the Eight Banners warriors have worked so hard to conquer for nothing."
"There is no need to mention the matter of giving Shanxi to Pseudo-Shun."
"If he is unable to persuade Pseudo-Shun to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, I can replace him."
After saying this, Dorgon said again: "Just tell him my true words."
More than half a year ago, when he was in Liaodong, Hong Chengchou persuaded Dorgon to give up Shanxi Province in exchange for reconciliation with the puppets and then form an alliance to fight against the Southern Ming Dynasty.
But Dorgon did not adopt Hong Chengchou's suggestion.
It's not that Dorgon doesn't know how powerful he is, it's that he doesn't dare to do it.
The reason is also very simple. The political system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is fundamentally different from that of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty's political system emphasized orders from heaven, and the emperor's power came from heaven's grant. Therefore, unless they suffered divine punishment or civil punishment, the scholar-bureaucrat class was bound by Confucian etiquette and had no power to change the emperor, at least on the surface.
Power, only God knows whether the emperor has been changed secretly.
Therefore, the power base of the Ming Emperor is very stable and will not be replaced because of the loss of troops and territory.
But this was not the case for the Manchu emperor. The power of the Manchu emperor came from the support of the Eight Banners nobles. Once the loss of troops and land caused collective dissatisfaction among the Eight Banners nobles, the emperor would be dead.
What's more, Dorgon is not the real emperor yet.
What's more, Dorgon has been defeated one after another, and his prestige has been greatly reduced.
If Shanxi is given to Pseudo-Shun at this time, the nobles of the Eight Banners will definitely rebel.
