Chapter 1202: Mobilization of Night Wars, Soldiers Are Unusual
Unexpectedly, Japan's official chicken tradition has been so developed since the Warring States Period, but Liu Shiba had no intention of changing it.
The formation of a system cannot be changed at will by one person's words. This kind of deep-rooted and stubborn scabies cannot be changed overnight.
A quarter of an hour later, the lights in the family governor's formation were bright again, and all the retainers and original subordinates summoned by Liu Shiba had arrived.
Six Takeda retainers including Baba Nobuka, Sanada Masayuki, Sanada Yukimura, Takeda Katsuyori, Kosaka Masanobu, Amari Koyasu and other Takeda retainers sat on the six horse stools on the right side of Liu Shiba.
Meng Tianfang, Li Ergou, Cuihua, Old Driver, and Solanta were sitting on the five horse stools on the left hand side.
What makes people laugh is that the six former Takeda retainers on the right hand side are each holding either steamed buns or flower rolls, scallion pancakes and horse meat soup, and they are still eating and drinking from time to time.
"Ugh...I don't know! I wonder what the important thing is for the family governor to ask me to wait for the retainers to gather?"
Baba Nobufang looked around, resisted the urge to take another bite, looked at Liu Shiba cautiously and asked.
Liu Shiba looked serious and responded slowly:
"Are the soldiers satisfied with their meal? Now let's have pre-war discussions, and then prepare to fight against the Tokugawa and Oda coalition forces."
"Ah? But there are still two hours before dawn, and the field is dark and no one can be seen. Isn't it a bit too hasty? Besides, we have never experienced a night battle."
After hearing what Liu Shiba said, Sanada Masayuki immediately raised his fists to object.
"Water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent! Who stipulated that our Takeda Army cannot fight at night?"
Liu Shiba smiled coldly, then waved his hand and said:
"Old driver, how is the modification of the fire gun with fixed ammunition?"
The old driver Tomson stood up, frowned and sighed a few times and replied:
"Among those auxiliary soldiers, there were only a few clever ones, but we finally selected dozens of young people who were clever and ingenious.
After one night's training, two hundred firing pins of firecrackers, with slight modifications, were fully capable of firing fixed-loaded gunpowder.
But what is not ideal is the customization of gunpowder, because the manual operation is too slow. The number of modified ammunition is less than 2,000, and each firecracker has less than 20 rounds of ammunition.
What's more serious is that the quality of the fire cannons is unstable. I suspect that some fire cannons will explode after being fired less than ten times. The number of fire cannons that can fire stably in the end should be around a hundred."
"Haha! It's true that he is an experienced driver and a top-notch technician in the military industry. According to my opinion, it is a good thing to have fifty blunderbuss that can be used to the end. The ability to fire a hundred fire blunderbuss has already exceeded my expectations. It is enough."
Liu Shiba laughed and then added:
"The most important thing is, after using front-loaded fixed ammunition, will the firing speed of those iron artillery soldiers be significantly improved?"
After the old driver nodded, he looked at Solanta Nunu and said:
"At this speed, I wonder how Solanta is training."
Liu Shiba turned to look at Solanta sitting at the back and asked:
"What about you?"
Solana must have been hungry all night, and now he has time to eat and drink. Hearing this, he was still chewing a piece of steamed bun in his mouth, and responded with a choked sob:
"Those soldiers are stupid, but their speed is not bad. They can barely fire five rounds in about a minute. If they train for a longer time, they can probably reach about seven rounds."
"What about the shooting method?"
Liu Shiba then asked.
Solanta nodded and smiled:
"It is definitely an authentic three-stage shooting. You can load ammunition at will in the three postures of crawling, squatting, and standing.
The two hundred artillery troops functioning normally can be divided into six three-stage shooting groups of thirty people, and the twenty artillery troops can be used as mobile troops.
According to previous examples and data, a three-stage firing group of 200 artillery pieces can at least defeat an infantry attack of 5,000 to 8,000 head-on. Unfortunately, there is really too little fixed ammunition."
The old driver pursed his lips and said:
"What do you know? It's not easy for these natives to modify two thousand rounds of ammunition in the middle of the night. Don't you know there are other ways to mix them?"
Liu Shiba and Solanta asked at the same time:
"Nani?"
The old driver smiled triumphantly and said mysteriously
"It's true that there aren't many bullets, but there are enough gunpowder tubes. The formula can be slightly modified to become black powder. You should understand this, right?"
Liu Shiba grinned and said in surprise:
"You - made explosive charges? Or grenades?"
The old driver rolled his eyes and said:
"With these primitive conditions, do you still dream of making grenades? Explosive packs would be great."
"several?"
Liu Shiba's face trembled a few times.
The old driver stretched out a hand and waved:
"Fifty of them. The explosion range of each package corresponds to the amount of explosive charge. It can kill anything that is breathing within fifty meters.
Because labor and capital fill it with caltrops, no matter who it is, it is enough to drink a pot..."
Liu Shiba clapped his hands and laughed and praised:
"When you say that, I feel more confident."
The old driver grinned and bulged his eyes:
"Boss, let me tell you the truth, don't you think it's very bullying when you do this?"
