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Chapter 281 The Spanish's Ambition

Yinzhen has a lot of affairs. Today, he came to inspect the seven forts around Tianjin. He happened to pass by the 207th Squadron's garrison, so he got off the horse and inspected and supervised it. Seeing that they were very tight about training, he felt relieved and told Cerro to run a few words and wanted to get on the horse and leave. [The latest updates are all in the search.]

At this time, Fu Anding, the captain of the 207th Squadron, ran to the front excitedly, "Report to the Dean, five nine-pound cannons have a distance of 1,500 yards, five shots and three shots, and the other two shots are also within the target's sixty yards."

This result is quite good. Yinzhen had already seen the results of the shelling in the telescope and admired the squadron leader who was personally commanding. He turned around, nodded with a smile, and said, "I've fought well, continue to carry forward."

Fu Anding stood at attention and said, "Director Xie praised it, but there is something unknown. The newly equipped twelve-pound mountain howitzer is not very clear about its purpose. Please ask the dean to answer the questions."

The mountain howitzer was specially drawn and ordered Dai Zi to develop a sketch for the expedition to Southeast Asia. However, it was still a few days later and he failed to catch up with the expedition to Luzon. In this military exercise, he ordered several to bring over to attract Kangxi. This mountain howitzer was really a killer weapon for the expedition to the northwest.

Seeing that Fu Anding bluntly admitted that he was not sure about the purpose of the mountain howitzer, Yinzhen couldn't help but admire him. This kid is a good piece of material and loves to think about the performance and use of weapons in detail. He also has the courage to ask questions in front of his subordinates without shame. If he trains it well, he may be a general.

Thinking of this, he asked with a smile: "You are a child of the Fu family from Yanzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang?"

When Fu Anding heard that Yinzhen could clearly remember his hometown, he was very excited and hurriedly replied: "Yes, Fu Anding, a native of Sui'an County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province."

Yinzhen became interested and thoughtfully checked it, and continued, "Well, let's talk about your opinion on the twelve-pound mountain howitzer."

Fu Anding put a lot of effort into the 12-pound mountain howitzer and immediately said: "Compared with the 12-pound long cannon, the biggest feature of the mountain howitzer is that it is light, its cannon body is short, its running wall is thin, its weight is light, and it can be split and combined. It is estimated that two horses can easily carry it. However, its range is short and it only takes a thousand yards to launch a flowering bullet. If the shooting angle is increased, the range will be shorter. The mark is indeed unknown."

After Fu Anding finished speaking, Yinzhen nodded slightly, turned his head and looked at Serobe, and said, "What does Captain Se think?"

Cerroban pondered for a moment before saying, "Its gun body is short, which makes it easier to increase the firing angle. The mark is used to guess whether it is used to launch flowering bullets at high firing angles to explode in the air to increase the lethality."

"I understand that high firing angles are conducive to shelling targets on the back of the hillside or on the city wall, so they are called mountain howitzers." Fu Anding blurted out excitedly.

Cerro Ben stared at Fu Anding with dissatisfaction, without any rules at all, but because Yinzhen was in front of him, he was not easy to have an attack.

"It's okay." Yinzhen waved his hand and smiled, "He was right. This is the main function of mountain howitzers." As he said that, he glanced at Fu Anding. The Marine Corps, he planned to stay in Tianjin to train the new type of imperial guards. In the short term, Kangxi was afraid of the Marine Corps that mastered a large number of artillery. As a Han Chinese, it was a waste to stay in Tianjin. After pausing for a moment, he continued: "After the military exercise, Fu Anding drew 100 people from the 207th Squadron to train recruits in the Nanyang Fleet."

The Nanyang Fleet is now conquering Luzon. When he heard this order, Fu Anding was very excited and immediately responded loudly: "Yes."

Cerroban was also happy. He had a very good relationship with Wu Ge, and he took this opportunity to recommend and promote his confidants. Unexpectedly, Yinzhen immediately broke his dream, "The captain and missing personnel of the 207th Squadron will be appointed and supplemented by Yande."

Dagukou.

The famous Dagukou Fort is still on Yinzhen's paper, and it is still a barren river beach. On Bonan Island opposite Dagukou, three simple temporary military camps with finished shapes were built in just two days. In the newly opened shooting range, gunfire sounds were heard from time to time.

This is a new camp for Spanish prisoners. Yinzhen wanted to use Spanish prisoners as a vanguard to conquer Japan, so he naturally could not be too restricted by them. Therefore, he transferred them to the isolated island at the mouth of the Haihe River and returned 1,200 muskets from Spanish prisoners, but the ammunition, supplies, and ships were extremely restricted.

The Bonan Island was completely shrouded within the range of the Beiyang Fleet's artillery, and Yinzhen was not worried that they could play any tricks. Therefore, the supervision of these Spanish prisoners was not strict.

Military exercises are about to come, and Angel also wants to prove his value, so he is very careful in musket training. A thousand musketeers have been repeatedly practicing the three-stage strikes in Europe's most popular line-type teams in recent days.

Of course, Angel personally supervised the specific training. At this time, he and Carlos were in a hurry to face the complaints of all the school-level officers. The Far East Fleet was pieced together because it was time to go together. When it was smooth, it still looked like a fleet, with a strict hierarchy and a mountain of military orders.

However, when it comes to this point, all the officers are disgraced in front of the soldiers. Angel and Carlos are also unprestige in front of the officers. All the officers have their own plans in their hearts. When the news of helping the Qing Dynasty fight against Japan to redeem themselves, the low-level officers and soldiers are in an uproar. Fighting for Spain, they can understand and fight for the Qing Dynasty, but they die in an unknown way.

Many low-level officers and soldiers would rather wait for the Spanish king to redeem them than go to Japan to be cannon fodder. Every day, soldiers would make noise. If there weren't 1,200 musketeers in their hands, they would have had a big fuss.

In the simple conference room, Angel frowned and listened to the officers present and complained, and felt extremely bored. These officers did not look like soldiers. They were simply a group of businessmen, and they were a group of low-key businessmen with short-sighted and lack of adventurous spirit. Less than 30% of the officers who supported Japan to go to Japan.

After listening for a while, Angel finally couldn't help it. After glanced at Carlos, he stood up, knocked on the table hard, and raised his voice: "Everyone, I hope you can understand our current situation. This is not Europe. Don't talk about the British and French people treating prisoners.

I would like to remind you very carefully that this is the Far East, and the Qing Dynasty captured us. I didn’t think that I had returned to Europe after only a few days of fullness. There were so many people here, just such an unfamous port. I believe you have seen it. I think the Far East will not cherish human life.

Why are there enough food for us these days? Have you ever thought about it? Are you willing to be hungry and mining? Or are you willing to go to Japan to earn enough gold and silver? How long will it take to wait for the king to redeem us? If you go to mining, can you guarantee that you will live to that day?

There is another more important point. All of you here are senior officers. What will be waiting for us after returning to China? Is it a trial? a prison? or a gallows?"

Hearing Angel's string of replies like a storm, all the officers could not help but speak out. Hunger, mining, trial, prison, gallows, these were all unacceptable. It would take as long as a year to wait for the king's redemption. Can they survive hunger for a year, or can they persist in the mine for a year?

After returning to China, what will be waiting for them? Angel and Carlos will definitely go to prison. What can they do? But if they can redeem themselves, even if they only bring back five thousand soldiers, their situation will improve greatly.

At this time, Delk, the captain of the former three-pole battleship "Resax", stood up and said excitedly: "I heard that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is coming to watch the military exercise. If we can capture their emperor, we can turn defeat into victory."

As soon as Delk finished speaking, it immediately sparked a buzzing discussion. An officer immediately stood up and said, "The artillery of the Qing Dynasty is powerful, and the musket battle formation may not be the opponent of our Spanish phalanx. A thousand musket soldiers are enough to sweep their king's guard."

Angel rubbed his temples in pain. God, these officers have been dealing with the natives of America for too long, and their brains are already the same as those natives. This is the Far East, not the Americas. Do you think their king is the same as the chiefs of the native tribes of the United States?

Hull coughed and then said, "I think you should have heard of the Mongolian cavalry that swept across Europe in the 13th century. The Mongolian cavalry in the Far East is not comparable to the Frenchman's breastplate cavalry. Not to mention that we can only dispatch one thousand musketeers, even if all three thousand musketeers were dispatched, it would be impossible to capture their king, because gunpowder and bullets were all rated.

Please put away your arrogance and arrogance. I would like to remind you that we were head-on with the Qing Dynasty and surrendered only after being forced to go to the fore. How bad can the other party have such powerful artillery? I can tell you very responsibly that the Qing ** team is equipped with guns.

I hope you can be more realistic and not risk the lives of more than 9,000 soldiers. I would rather go to Japan than take this risk."

Seeing that Angel was talking too directly, Carlos was afraid of arguing again and said, "Everyone, calm down, Lieutenant Colonel Delk's wish is good, and we also hope to turn defeat into victory, but this opportunity is too slim.

Military exercises are our confrontation with the Qing Dynasty. I believe everyone has the opportunity to truly experience the strength of the Qing people again. If everyone thinks that the Qing Dynasty's strength is too poor and we have enough ammunition, I don't mind everyone taking a risk, what do you think?"

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