When Wang Danxu said that the Guardsmen had few guns and few guns, his eyes drifted towards the generals of the standing army, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, intentionally or unintentionally.
Seeing Wang Danxu looking at him while talking, Fang Dongquan and the others had a very bad premonition in their hearts, but they couldn't guess what it was.
At this time, everyone heard Wang Danxu say: "According to the standard logo of the Guards compiled by His Majesty before, if our Guards wants to achieve the best combat capability, the ratio of spearmen to musketeers should be only slightly less than one to one.
Even equivalent, and for the depth and firepower density, the spearmen and musketeers need six rows in the front and rear, so as to ensure the thickness of the spear array and the firepower density of the musketeers when they fire in turns."
"Also in order to ensure the width of the battlefield, each column of spearmen should not be less than thirty people, and each column of musketeers on both wings should be no less than fifteen.
Therefore, we need at least 180 spearmen and an equal number of musketeers, so that we can maximize the strategic advantage of our Guards!"
Hearing what Wang Danxu said, several other people, including Li Xuan himself, felt a little speechless. You really dare to say it!
Although this organization was indeed proposed by Li Xuan himself, he made it clear when he first proposed it that this was just an ideal organization. As for the current stage, the Guards is reducing its organization based on the ideal organization.
Otherwise, Li Xuan went to look for nearly 360 Guards soldiers, and even if he had the manpower, he would not be able to find so many matchlock guns.
The production of matchlocks in the Tang Dynasty was primitive and inefficient. It relied on a few blacksmiths to make more than 20 muskets. It took two or three months to produce more than 20 muskets. If you want to make 180 muskets, it will be difficult.
The Tang Dynasty would have taken at least a year and a half!
After Wang Danxu said this, he looked at everyone's reaction but they were disapproving. He was not naive enough to think that what he said at today's meeting would have any practical effect. He just reminded them: the Guards are the ones who resist the Ming army.
If the main force wants to resist the Ming army's attack, it must increase investment in the Guards, both in terms of personnel and materials.
The good thing is that you have to keep fighting for it. If Wang Danxu doesn't fight, the men and muskets will not fall in front of him.
However, after tonight's post-war summary meeting, Li Xuan really started thinking about how to expand the production of muskets.
In today's battle, although the musketeers only fired a volley of shots, this round of volleys stunned the opponent. Later, they launched a bayonet charge with the spearmen, thus laying the foundation for the Guards' victory.
This proves that the matchlock gun and inserted bayonet he invented, although there are still many flaws, are barely usable and can even be used to completely replace the spearman.
The only problem now is that the output of muskets is too low!
After driving the Ming army out of the mountain, he should consider expanding the scale of the blacksmith workshop in Huangzhu Mountain. Although there are only a few experienced blacksmiths in Huangzhu Mountain, there are many strong young people who can make muskets.
During the process, most of the pure physical work can be completed by ordinary young men. The blacksmiths only need to complete the most delicate part of the work. This should be able to effectively increase the output of matchlock guns.
As long as you have matchlock guns, it will be easy to expand the Guards!
It sounds like the training of the Guards is very difficult, and it took Li Xuan more than half a year to manage it. But in fact, during the formation of the Guards, more time was spent on various experiments, because Li Xuan also
It is the first time to form an army in the modern mode. Since I have no experience, I naturally need to let the Guards serve as the guinea pigs.
However, now they have figured out a mature training model. As long as there are appropriate sources of soldiers, it will not be difficult to train qualified recruits.
An ordinary farmer only needs three months of training to send him to the battlefield!
It's just that there are no farmers in Huangzhu Mountain, only bandits. Except for those half-grown children, the other young and strong people are almost all old youtiao. If strict training is adopted for them, it is estimated that most people will not be willing. Once most of them are
Even if he doesn't want to, Li Xuan can't force it.
After thinking for a long time before going to bed, Li Xuan could only sigh. It was too difficult to expand the Guards to several hundred people, and it was simply not something that the Tang Dynasty could afford.
As for the thousands or tens of thousands of people, if there really were so many people, would Li Xuan still be holding them in the ravine? He had already fought his way out of the mountains, and it was unlikely that he would be able to drink from the Qinhuai River in just a few months.
I don’t know if there are any Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in this time and space. If there are, when I rush into Yingtian Mansion one day, I will catch them all and whip them severely, over and over again...
Thinking like this, Li Xuan fell into a dream. As the saying goes, he thinks about things every day and dreams at night, so he dreamed again this night. It was different from the previous dreams where he dreamed of the Ming army coming to him. This time
Once he dreamed that he was wearing a military uniform and combat boots and stepped onto the land of the capital. Behind him were countless tanks, aircraft and artillery, and even aircraft carriers ran ashore and drove outside the capital...
The false emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty knelt in front and waited for his arrival. The senior ministers of the Ming Dynasty crawled in front of him one by one, shouting "long live the emperor" and willing to offer all their wealth.
With a charming smile on his face, Mr. Zhengde pulled princesses and even concubines one after another in front of Li Xuan, saying, "If you fall in love with that one, go with that one."
That scene was so exciting!
When Li Xuan woke up in a daze the next day, he had a look of regret on his face. It would be nice if he could have this dream for a little longer. In the dream, he had ranked more than ten daughters and princesses of Zhengde.
One row, but it’s a pity that he woke up just as he took off his pants!
Bastard, whoever wakes me up, I will kill him from all nine tribes!
When he looked up, he saw that it was Bai Yunqi. The next moment, he threw away the idea of killing the Nine Clan. What a joke, Bai Yunqi was his uncle. By killing the Nine Clan, wouldn't he be punishing himself?
This is not how you want to commit suicide!
After being woken up by Bai Yunqi, he briefly freshened up and had breakfast, Li Xuan led hundreds of bandits from Huangzhu Mountain into the deep mountains and forests again.
They already knew the approximate route of the main force of the Ming army from the mouths of the previous prisoners, and now they were heading in the direction of the Ming army.
Of course, they have no intention of confronting the Ming army head-on. That is basically seeking death. Even if Li Xuan foolishly wants to die, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and the others will not go!
This group of bandits in Huangzhu Mountain are going to continue to implement the original plan, which is to hang behind the Ming army, destroy their logistics supply lines, and force the Ming army out of the mountain. It is best to find an opportunity to give the Ming army a hard blow!
In order to capture some prisoners and seize some trophies and so on.
Everyone on Huangzhu Mountain was very interested in the armor, bows and arrows and even swords and spears in the hands of the Ming army!
I just don’t know if this time the Ming Army will be the same as last time, carrying forward the noble and selfless character and becoming the captain of the transportation team again!