Black Lizard had a good idea. While achieving his goal, he also did not forget to please the Spanish.
Although the Jumu tribe is an Igorot, how different are the Igorot and Pampanga people?
Both sides have the same race, similar culture, and even the same language!
The only difference between the two sides is that one lives in the mountains and the other lives on the plains.
Since the Pampanga people can make dogs for the Spaniards in exchange for better survival and development of the tribe, why can't they, the Igorots?
Therefore, the Black Lizard did not have much resistance to his tribe moving closer to the Spaniards.
The reason why they didn't move closer to the Spaniards before was not that they didn't want to, but that the Spaniards didn't want them.
The Spaniards had the Pampanga tribe as dogs and looked down upon these tribes who lived in the mountains and forests and were somewhat difficult to control.
But now that the people of Pampanga have obviously failed to perform well in the war against the Chinese in the valley, hasn't their opportunity come?
Under the leadership of the Giant Wood Tribe, several nearby tribes began to connect with each other and sent envoys to the Spanish camp in the direction of the river valley.
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The second day, the Liberation Army camp!
Zhu Hongyu inspected the weapons workshop again, and Old Liu Tou accompanied him.
During the inspection, Zhu Hongyu proposed the idea of developing a Franco machine gun.
During this offensive and defensive battle, Zhu Hongyu realized that the artillery rate of fire needed to be improved.
In this situation, due to technical conditions and being unable to improve the performance of the artillery for the time being, Zhu Hongyu thought of the Folang machine gun.
That is, the breech-loading cannon commonly used by the Ming army!
This kind of breech-loaded blunderbuss is called the Franco machine gun because it is an imitation of the Portuguese.
The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty improved it on the basis of the Portuguese breech-loading cannon, and its performance was even better.
That's right, I've already started to use the breech-loading cannon tomorrow morning, although the performance of this breech-loading cannon is a bit slow.
Due to air tightness issues, the range of the Folan cannon is only one to two hundred meters, not much farther than a musket, and can basically only be used close to the face!
But he shoots fast.
If the endurance of the gun body and the risk of explosion are not considered, the Folan cannon's rate of fire can be as high as five or six rounds per minute, or even more.
Destroy all the artillery of this era!
Due to such characteristics, the Franco machine gun is naturally useless in artillery battles.
However, in field battles and in city offensive and defensive battles, the Folan cannon still has certain practicality due to its advantage in rate of fire.
For example, if Zhu Hongyu could equip the bastion's fort with Franco machine guns, he wouldn't need many, just one or two would be enough.
Then load all the muskets with shotshells!
With a rate of fire of five or six shotgun shells per minute, would the Spaniards still dare to attack the bastion?
Even if Zhu Hongyu hadn't asked people to set up iron cables to block the river in advance, it would have been impossible for the Spanish fleet to pass through the river and bypass the fortress under the threat of Franco machine shells.
Old Liu Tou said.
"General, casting the Folan cannon is not a problem, old man, I can do it!"
"But the cannon membrane of the Folan cannon is different from the cannon membranes of other artillery. If you want to cast the Folan cannon, the weapons workshop needs to re-manufacture the cannon film."
"need some time!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded.
"Try to speed up!"
"The Spaniards suffered a huge loss. They fought fiercely for two days and were killed by our Liberation Army and captured seven to eight hundred people. They will definitely not let it go. They will come back at some point."
Old Liu Tou said.
"General, during the last exchange of prisoners of war, the Spaniards sent a lot of copper materials. Do we want to use copper materials to cast cannons?"
"Should we continue to use iron to make cannons?"
Zhu Hongyu thought for a while and then said.
"Since there is copper material, let's use copper material!"
"Maximize the quality and service life of the artillery."
Old Liu Tou bowed and agreed.
After inspecting the artillery workshop, Zhu Hongyu inspected the sword, plate armor, shield, thunder, musket and other workshops.
Seeing the craftsmen busy at work, each weapon being produced, the expression on Zhu Hongyu's face became much more relaxed.
After the inspection, Zhu Hongyu ordered to summon many craftsmen and began to distribute wages and rewards to the craftsmen in front of everyone.
According to the principle of performance pay, the more you work, the more you get!
After paying the completion money, Zhu Hongyu announced on the spot that the craftsmen would be given extra meals to reward them for their overtime work in weapon manufacturing.
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Unlike other armies of this era, the wounded battalions of the Liberation Army were separated from the barracks of other soldiers.
After the wounded are injured, health workers will provide first aid to the wounded on the battlefield. After that, someone will transport the wounded to a specialized wounded camp for further treatment.
The reason why Zhu Hongyu made such arrangements was first to allow the wounded soldiers to have a good recuperation environment and better recover from their injuries.
The second is to prevent the screams and wails of the wounded soldiers from affecting the morale of the army in battle!
If an army is filled with the wails and screams of wounded soldiers, morale will certainly not be maintained.
Soldiers can't help but think, if he is injured today, who will it be tomorrow?
After thinking about it for a while, the morale of an army collapsed!
Wu Laoliu listened to the hoarse wailing in the ward next door, flipping pancakes over and over on the hospital bed, and fell asleep no matter what.
When Wu Laoliu was defending the city, he was shot several times by the attacking natives.
Although they were all minor injuries, they did not affect the battle. These injuries even appeared on his body, making him, who usually looked a bit simple and honest, look quite brave, with his intimidation buff fully maxed out.
But the hygienist doesn’t care about that!
Although Wu Laoliu was fine, his injuries still looked scary.
And because the Liberation Army's strength is not tight now, there is no need to let the wounded continue to fight, even if they are lightly wounded.
Therefore, Wu Laoliu was taken to the wounded barracks. His wounds were disinfected with alcohol, and after a simple treatment and bandage, he was asked by the doctor to have a good rest.
But his injury was not serious, but the injury of the comrade in the next ward was really serious.
He watched helplessly as the man was hit in the calf by a lead bullet. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and even the bones were broken.
After simple hemostasis was done, the person was sent to the wounded camp.
In order to save his life, while the man was still unconscious, his legs were amputated.
But even so, whether his life can be saved is still unknown!
After the people woke up, the screams and wails didn't stop.
It is not that there were no anesthetics in this era. Whether it was the Mafei Powder invented by Hua Tuo or the stinky pockmark soup used when castrating eunuchs, they all had anesthetic effects.
But the Liberation Army doesn’t have it on hand now!
When performing surgical operations on the wounded, it is really necessary to hold the person down and do it forcefully.
That scene was not much different from a slaughterhouse!
And due to technical conditions, it is still unknown whether a person can live after the operation.
However, a seriously injured person like this who was hit by lead bullets in his limbs would definitely not be able to survive without amputation.
No matter how simple and crude the surgery performed by the Liberation Army was, it was still better than leaving it to die.
However, minor injuries like Wu Laoliu's are easy to deal with. First, disinfect with alcohol, then suture and bandage the wound. Pay attention to hygiene and change dressing frequently.
That’s about it!
As long as the doctor can bear the blood and fear, it won't be difficult.
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