The first thousand four hundred and sixty first chapter firearms training
"Report, there is the latest Tang newspaper." The gatekeeper handed the latest Tang newspaper to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an opened the Tang Bao and browsed it briefly. The Tang Bao recorded many incidents of Japanese invasion. In the second two-thirds of the second page of the Tang Bao, he found news about the Shangyu Japanese pirates. Yesterday, this group of Japanese pirates escaped from Jixi County, Huizhou and robbed Huizhou.
After plundering two villages in She County, they marched overnight and made a surprise attack into Jingde County, the border of Ningguo Prefecture. The Tang newspaper also recorded that Cai Yao, the canon historian of Jingde County, mobilized soldiers and horses, gathering more than 1,100 soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and started from the coffin shop.
He bought a coffin and told his subordinates, "I have been greatly favored by the court for generations, and I have been supported by Jingde father and father for generations. I have nothing to repay. Now the Japanese pirates invade the country and kill my father and the people. Cai will swear to the death to wipe out the Japanese pirates. If I succeed,
, then this coffin will be filled with the heads of Japanese pirates, and I will use the heads of Japanese pirates to commemorate the souls of my fathers and fellow villagers in heaven; if I fail and die on the battlefield, if you can help me, please put me in the coffin and carry me back." After saying this, people were asked to carry the coffin all the way.
, vowed to go out of the city to destroy the Japanese pirates.
The Tang newspaper only recorded that Cai Dianshi left the city for his oath, and when it was issued, Cai Dianshi had not yet fought with the Japanese pirates.
Tangbao was optimistic about Cai Dianshi's suppression of Japanese pirates. Tangbao analyzed that the previous attempts to suppress Japanese pirates in counties had failed because they did not have enough troops, with only three to five hundred people fighting Japanese pirates. Today, there are less than one hundred and twenty Japanese pirates left in this group.
There are ten people, and Cai Dianshi has gathered more than 1,100 soldiers and horses, which is ten times as many as the Japanese pirates. In addition, Cai Dianshi is skilled in bow and horse, and he comes from a family of military commanders. Cai Dianshi also carries the coffin on the expedition, so he is bound to die.
Determination and the determination to suppress the Japanese, as the saying goes, the mourning soldiers must win, Cai Dianshi will be able to succeed immediately in this battle.
I hope Cai Dianshi can succeed immediately.
Zhu Ping'an closed the newspaper and recited silently, but in his heart he felt a little sweat for Cai Dianshi.
Without him!
This group of Japanese pirates is too strong.
If it weren't for the elite troops, the ordinary people and guardsmen would be no match for this group of Japanese pirates.
The average military superiority was not enough to annihilate this group of Japanese pirates. Shaoxing Prefecture gathered more than 2,000 troops to suppress the Japanese but failed to achieve success. Instead, they lost troops and generals. Although the Japanese pirates now have only more than 110 troops, there were only 100 Japanese pirates in the first place.
Fifty people, the loss was not too much, and the waves washed the sand. The remaining Japanese pirates were all the best among the best. Each of them had experienced hundreds of battles. Cai Dianshi's more than 1,100 troops were not enough to deal with them.
The Japanese pirates have established sufficient advantages.
Therefore, Zhu Pingan was a little worried about Cai Dianshi.
"Bang, bang, bang"
On the Taohuaji Campus, the Zhejiang Army had already begun live ammunition drills. There was smoke and the pungent smell of gunpowder filled the air.
One of Zhu Pingan's military training directions for the Zhejiang Army is the use of firearms.
If crossbows were a major revolution in ancient warfare, then firearms were a subversive revolution in warfare.
It is a historical necessity that hot weapons replace cold weapons. Zhu Pingan decided to advance this step.
Zhu Pingan has a clear understanding of himself. His understanding and experience of cold weapon warfare do not have much advantage compared to this era of cold weapons. Compared with famous generals of this era, such as Qi Jiguang, Yu Daqiu and others
, I am actually far inferior to them, but when it comes to hot weapon warfare, then Qi Jiguang, Yu Daqiu and the others, it is no exaggeration to say that no one in this era can compare with them. This is the advantage of hundreds of years of experience. So.
, whether it is to adapt to the development of the times or to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses, Zhu Pingan will definitely push the Zhejiang Army on the road to weaponization.
Although the firearms of this era are still very crude and immature, they still have a huge advantage over cold weapons. It's just that people of this era don't understand and apply firearms well enough.
First, the time cost. It takes less than two years to train a qualified cavalry. It is relatively easy to train a qualified melee veteran, but it also takes a year and a half. It takes more than two years to train a qualified long-range archer.
It is easy to become a melee veteran, but it will take three to five months. The time cost is relatively low to train a qualified fire gun soldier, which only takes one or two months.
Secondly, the cost of military resources. Compared with the era of hot weapons, the cold weapon era has higher requirements for the quality of the soldiers, physical strength, etc. After all, strength is the basis of combat power in the cold weapon era. If you are weak,
If you are weak, you will be weak in wielding swords and spears, and unable to draw a long bow, then you will be a burden. However, in the era of hot weapons, as long as you can hold a gun, that is enough.
In addition, the cost of battery life. In cold weapon warfare, you will be out of breath after wielding swords and spears in a few rounds. Drawing a bow and shooting arrows has better battery life, but in ancient times, shooting eight arrows in a row was a qualified archer, and shooting twelve arrows in a row was considered a qualified archer.
For elite archers, generally speaking, an archer can shoot fifty arrows in a battle that lasts for several hours, which is almost the limit. But as for the fire blunderbuss, it is much more labor-saving. It takes almost no effort to load the gunpowder and just pull the trigger.
It doesn't take much effort. As long as there is enough gunpowder and the gun does not explode, it can theoretically last indefinitely.
Therefore, the focus of Zhu Pingan's training for the Zhejiang Army was firearms.
However, it is a pity that the firecrackers and artillery of this era are really too crude. The firecrackers are still matchlock guns, which are too backward. Although Zhu Pingan is a liberal arts student majoring in ancient Chinese literature, he is not as good at making guns as a science student.
Cannons, but I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run away. After all, I come from modern times and have hundreds of years of historical experience. I still have some ideas for improving firearms of this era, and at least I can provide some ideas.
For example, using flint instead of matchlock, adding rifling to the barrel to improve shooting distance and accuracy, etc.
There is a famous saying that goes, "Genius is one percent inspiration, plus ninety-nine percent perspiration, but that one percent inspiration is the most important, even more important than the ninety-nine percent."
All the sweat is important.”
Although I don’t know how to install flint, let alone how to carve rifling on the barrel, I can provide this epoch-making idea. Through skilled craftsmen and thousands of tests, I can always successfully produce it.
Of course, there are also ideas that can be realized without skilled craftsmen.
For example, an epoch-making technique that improves the loading speed of a matchlock gun is the oil-paper gunpowder bag. Wrap the gunpowder and warhead in oil paper. When loading the gun, tear the tail of the paper with your mouth and use it. It can be simple and fast.
Loading matchlocks prevents soldiers from loading too much or too little gunpowder on fierce battlefields to prevent shooting malfunctions and accidents caused by factors such as tension and suddenness. This technique may seem simple and inconspicuous, but according to historical development, it took until around the 17th century
It was just invented.
However, it has been invented by Zhu Pingan in advance. Zhu Pingan only remembered this technique two days ago after he discovered that the Zhejiang Army was slow in loading gunpowder and often loaded too much or too little, causing accidents.
Now the Zhejiang Army uses oil-paper gunpowder packets to train gunfire, and its speed has more than doubled.
This technique was classified by Zhu Pingan as a top secret of the Zhejiang Army and was strictly prohibited from being leaked to the enemy.
Of course, Zhu Ping'an did not take it too seriously, so he recorded this invention technique in a secret book and reported it to Emperor Jiajing. However, the Ming army currently does not pay enough attention to firearms, and his suggestions may not necessarily attract enough attention. However,
, I believe that as the Zhejiang Army becomes an army and makes achievements, this situation will definitely change.