Chapter 166 Sun and Moon Gun, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Strengthen the Force

However, if you want to improve the steelmaking process, there are more procedures involved. The most fundamental solution is to build a new steelmaking plant and adopt new steelmaking methods to fundamentally improve the output of high-quality steel. However, these large steelmaking plants must be built at the foot of Helan Mountain, close to rich iron ore. The amount of money required to be consumed is also quite amazing. Obviously, Xu Xingxia cannot do it at present. Before the main pass of Helan Mountain was closed, he could only rely on steelmaking to make the barrel.

However, since the manufacturing process of the Sun and Moon Gun was determined, Xu Xingxia could be very determined in his heart. Even if there are only five Sun and Moon Guns every day, the output of the Sun and Moon Guns is small and the power will gradually be reflected. As long as the gathering of Sun and Moon Guns reaches a certain number, the lethality will be quite considerable. In the future, even if there are thousands of enemies fighting with thousands of enemies, there is no need to be afraid.

The first place he needs to use the Sun and Moon Gun is most likely to be when he replaces the Tartars. There is no doubt that at medium and long distances, the Sun and Moon Gun is definitely a powerful tool to deal with the Tatar cavalry, especially when used for infantry use. One hundred Sun and Moon Guns can knock out thirty or forty Tatar cavalry in one volley. If you have the chance to shoot the second volley, you can also knock out twenty or thirty opponents. Compared with bows and arrows, this power is absolutely fatal.

"It's better to find a way to recruit more craftsmen!" Xu Xingxia said at last. It is impossible to build a large steel mill and cannot fundamentally change the output of high-quality steel. Then there is no choice but to adopt local methods to let more craftsmen repeatedly beat the iron to get more craftsmen. Of course, this is definitely not a long-term solution. But it must be done at present.

"Sir, please rest assured, we will work hard." Liu Guangliang and others answered eagerly. The appearance of the Sun and Moon Gun was equivalent to spreading a golden road in front of them. In the future, we will wait for them. It would be strange if they were unwilling to work hard for Xu Xingxia. This kind of loyalty is definitely not something that ordinary people can shake.

In the past, they were very distressed that they were assigned to Weizhen Fort, but now they are very fortunate that they were assigned to Weizhen Fort. Pinglu City, Ningxia City and other castles are still suffering! If it weren't for Xu Xingxia, how could they have the opportunity to escape from pain?

"Okay, let's arrange the matter of Sun and Moon Gun for the time being. Now, let's discuss the separation of the craft workshop." Xu Xingxia nodded, staggered the topic and said in an orderly manner. This is his first step to transform the craft workshop into a scientific research center.

The original craftsman workshop was a hodgepodge, and everything was loaded into it. There was only a simple division of labor among the craftsmen, but there was no real division of families. The craftsmen had to know a little about everything, but they were not very proficient in everything. It seemed that Guo Fuquan, Zhao Mengji, and Liu Guangliang were all proficient in one aspect, but they did not dare to lose too much in other aspects.

Obviously, this method is very unfavorable for cultivating new craftsmen. According to the concept of later generations, the more detailed the professional division of labor, the easier it is for newcomers to get started. If the manufacturing process of the Sun and Moon Gun is divided into thirty processes, the faster the novice will be familiar with it. Whether it is quality or production efficiency, it can be greatly improved. Xu Xingxia's opinion is to work hard in this regard and take the lead in making the division of labor in detail.

After the division of labor is meticulous, there is another huge benefit, that is, great craftsmen like Guo Fuquan, Zhao Mengji, and Liu Guangliang can all free up their hands from daily production to conduct research on weapons and equipment, and think about more and more advanced weapons and equipment, instead of wasting limited time and energy in the specific production process.

The first step in Xu Xingxia's planning is to separate the scientific research center and the production center. The scientific research center is only responsible for research, is responsible for improvement, and is not responsible for specific production. The production center is only responsible for intensive production, and technical matters are basically ignored. After separation, each craftsman can focus on his own and become more professional.

From the perspective of confidentiality, you only need to control the personnel of the scientific research center and don’t worry about leaking the secrets. In the specific production process, each craftsman is only responsible for a small process, and it is impossible to infer the entire production process. Even if someone spys on the information, the harvest will not be very large. In this case, even people from outside Weizhenbao can be arranged to operate on the production assembly line.

The task Xu Xingxia set for the R&D center is to continue to improve the performance of the Sun and Moon Gun, continue to improve the quality of the launching medicine, so that the Sun and Moon Gun has greater power, longer range, and higher accuracy. At the same time, it is lower in cost, easier to operate, and easier to maintain. Under the requirements of all the requirements centered on the Sun and Moon Gun, the production of all other weapons and equipment has been suspended.

After the rifled guns were available, armor and other things were no longer of great significance. The Ming army's musketeers were all equipped with armor, mainly because the range of the smoothbore gun was not far enough and they might be shot by the opponent's bows and arrows. In order to protect the safety of the musketeers, they were equipped with armor. However, from the perspective of actual use, armor can easily hinder the operation of the musketeers. Xu Xingxia was not prepared to equip his musketeers with armor.

What is the most important thing for the musketeers to do on the battlefield? It is to fire bullets as fast as possible. Obviously, any armor will bring operational obstacles to the musketeers. The musketeers of the white-clothed army must keep this flexibility and maintain the best condition. Therefore, the musketeers should be equipped with the simplest military uniform. Of course, this military uniform needs to be redesigned, and the Ming army's single clothes cannot be used.

Xu Xingxia decided to call Wang Qinian over and design a brand new military uniform, specifically equipped with musketeers. The armed police uniforms in later generations looked very good, and after a slight modification, they would be a very eye-catching military uniform. Of course, the British Red Army uniforms, the French Blue Army uniforms, and the German gray Army uniforms are also good reference objects.

Bows and arrows and scimitars cannot be lost for the time being. The power of the Sun and Moon Gun is indeed powerful, but in many cases, the power of riding and shooting must be preserved. In fact, the Sun and Moon Gun is not suitable for use on horseback. To directly destroy the enemy on horseback, you still have to rely on bows and arrows, or hand-to-hand weapons such as scimitars, sabers, and spears.

The purpose of Xu Xingxia's development of rifled rifles was initially for infantry use. Cavalry and horse-riding infantry were two completely different concepts. Cavalry always fought on horseback. The horse-riding infantry rushed to the battlefield by riding horses and then dismounted horses. For the nomadic people, the number of cavalry was a little more. For the Han army, there were more infantry riding horses. During the Han and Tang dynasties, it was said that there were hundreds of thousands of cavalry, but in fact, a considerable number of infantry riding horses were a lot more. For example, the Modao team of the Tang Dynasty also rode on horseback. However, after arriving at the battlefield, they must have dismounted horses and fought in line.

The White-Clothed Army's musket team also adopts the same formation method as the Modao team. Riding on the road and dismounting the horse to fight. When necessary, the war horse is a shield wall. Relying on the body of the war horse and constantly shooting, it should be a good way of combat. The tactic invented by Zhu Di was to bombard the middle artillery and the cavalry on both sides. The White-Clothed Army has no cannons yet, so it is replaced by the Sun and Moon guns, and the effect should not be very different.

With the Sun and Moon Gun, Xu Xingxia's pace of expanding the army could be faster. It turned out that when the White-Clothed Army recruited new recruits, they required a certain basic cavalry and shooting. Now, there is no need to require a basic cavalry and shooting, but only know how to ride a horse and be healthy. This immediately made the rest of the other military soldiers in Weizhen Fort see hope of joining the army. They were all anxiously waiting for the next time the White-Clothed Army expanded its army.

It is not very complicated to operate the Sun and Moon Gun. A normal person can basically master the key points after a day of training. Of course, it is not a matter of time to do it in a day or a night to make the movements uniform, practice makes perfect, and orders are prohibited. Especially, it is necessary to do so. In a chaotic battlefield, musketeers can also be as heart-warming as rocks and calmly shoot, which is even more difficult.

In the Ming army's musketeers team, there are definitely not a few people who can skillfully operate muskets and shoot. However, why are they always defeated by the enemy? The reasons for all aspects are very complicated. However, there is one reason that is that they are not strong in psychological quality. They usually look good in training, but they get diarrhea as soon as they go to the battlefield.

Indeed, in the chaotic battlefield, flesh and blood are flying, gunpowder is filled with smoke, air is suffocating, screaming, moaning everywhere, broken limbs and broken arms are everywhere, flowing internal organs are everywhere, dark red blood is everywhere, and bright red blood is everywhere... Faced with such a scene, even people with strong psychological tolerance are suddenly panicked and unable to perform at a normal level.

To be consistent in the training ground and battlefield, there is no shortcut, only hard training, day after day mechanical training. To put it bluntly, it means training you until you are no longer conscious and have no ability to think. All movements do not need to go through the brain at all, and all conditioned reflexes can be completed. Even if you are trained, no matter what happens around you, it will have no effect on you.

Gao Meng and Zhang Feng's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry team were first asked to be equipped with Sun and Moon Guns. They are both good at hand-to-hand combat, with great power and great power in close combat, but what they lack is long-distance attack ability. Now, the emergence of Sun and Moon Guns just makes up for their shortcomings. After equipping with Sun and Moon Guns, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry jumped into the most lethal squad.

It's funny to say that at the beginning, Gao Meng and Zhang Feng, as well as other members of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, were not very interested in equipped muskets. They habitually believed that muskets were not powerful and had a high chance of blowing up, so it was better to fight with me and hand in hand. It was not until Xu Xingxia used the Sun and Moon Gun to kill a war horse with one shot from fifty feet away that the two accepted it in a daze. After learning about the powerful power of the Sun and Moon Gun, both of them fell in love with such a powerful weapon.

Since early June, the standard Sun and Moon guns and Minnie bullets were produced one after another, and they began to be equipped with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Team. Xu Xingxia immediately formed a unit for training. Xu Xingxia has watched many movies about shooting training for pre-installed guns and is not unfamiliar with it. He trained with the Sun and Moon gun for a while, and his movements were already quite proficient.

In fact, the basic training procedures for musket shooting are almost the same. They are nothing more than three links such as loading, aiming, and shooting, and gradually getting familiar with each link. As for the three-stage shooting, the principle is also very simple, it is nothing more than a mixture of queues and commands. It only takes a few days to train and the soldiers can basically master it.

Of course, these are the most basic training methods. In terms of basic principles, they are indeed not complicated, but it is still a bit difficult to be uniform and practice makes perfect. The simpler the matter is, the more difficult it is to improve. Many white-clothed soldiers took one minute to start with just a simple loading action. If they were on the battlefield, the enemy would not know how many times they shot him to death.

In order to better increase the power of the musket team, it is almost inevitable to line up and shoot. This means that in the future, the White Army must line up to fight the enemy that is coming up with aggressive attacks. The White Army is organized with a team of fifty people, which is exactly a queue. The three teams merged together, which happens to be a three-stage shooting array.

Obviously, when facing the enemy cavalry, whether the musket team can calm down is a very important part. After all, the enemy cavalry came over like a wolf or a tiger, and the horse's hooves kept shaking, and the sound of horse's hooves rolled in like muffled thunder, which is difficult for ordinary people to bear. Once someone is mentally collapsed, he turns back and runs back, and the power of queuing to kill will decrease.

In fact, the power of the smoothbore gun is within fifty meters. If you line up and shoot it, five hundred smoothbore guns can be enough to block most of the enemies. Even the cruel Later Jin Tartars, once they are hit by the smoothbore gun's projectile, they will either die or be injured, and they will never have the ability to fight again.

What kind of person who can continue to fight after being hit by several bullets is generally the novelist. On the battlefield, if you really want to be hit by several bullets, you are not far from death. How can a flesh and blood body resist the power of the musket? The problem is that most Ming army musketeers cannot hold on until the enemy enters a fifty-meter range, and then they fire one after another, wasting the lethality of the smoothbore gun. Before the enemy has entered the effective range, you fire, and naturally there is no effect.
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