Chapter 1694 Come out, bayonet
After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, the scene was quiet for a while, but soon someone asked Zhu Pingan a question:
"Master Zhu, Yongji The array has not yet been tested by the fire of war, and it is still unknown how good it is actually. In addition, even if it is as Lord Zhu said, The Yuki Formation is the military formation that best utilizes the power of firearms, but after firing from a long distance, what should we do if we are in close combat? Should we use the firecracker as a fire stick to hit the enemy? At most, the enemy will be smashed into a package, and there is no lethality. "
The man's words fell behind, and many officials nodded. You spoke one word at a time.
"Yes, even if the Zhejiang Army is proficient in operating firearms, it doesn't matter if it takes five breaths to fire one bullet. From a distance of fifty meters, it only takes about ten breaths for the enemy to charge. As long as If there are enough enemies, you can fire at most three waves of bullets, and the enemies will be able to rush into the formation. The Japanese pirates are very brave, but they are not afraid of death. As long as there are enough Japanese pirates, they will be able to rush into your army's formation."
"Once the Japanese pirates rush into the formation, you Zhejiang troops line up with firearms in hand. To the Japanese pirates who rush into the formation, it is no different from inserting a bid to sell the first one. They are just lining up to commit suicide."
" Your army relies so much on firearms that if they come into contact with each other, it will be a disaster and you will suffer heavy losses."
"So. To put it another way, although firearms are powerful and must be taken seriously, they cannot be relied upon as much as your army. If all firearms are in hand, it will be an unbearable disaster. "
Everyone talked a lot, saying that the Zhejiang army relied heavily on firearms in the wrong direction, and that it would be a disaster if the troops came into contact with each other.
Zhang Jing stretched out his hand to stop everyone's argument, turned to look at Zhu Ping'an, and asked calmly, "Zihou, what everyone said makes sense. It all depends on how firearms are used in hand-to-hand combat. How did you consider it? ”
Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard this.
How can we deal with hand-to-hand combat by relying solely on firearms?! This is impossible to do, so how can Zhu Pingan consider it!
In their view, they are all in hand-to-hand combat, and the enemy I definitely won't give it to you When reloading gunpowder, the fire gun in your hand is just a fire stick, which has no lethality. If you encounter an enemy holding a Japanese sword, you are seeking death. The only way is to place the fire gun soldiers under the protection of spearmen, shield swordsmen, etc. In the middle, when the soldiers are in close combat, the cold weapons are on top.
But in this case, wouldn’t it be the same as other military camps?! Other military camps also have a mixture of firearms and cold weapons. Firearms are limited in use. The highest proportion of firearms is 40%, and at least 60% are cold weapons. Only by protecting firearms can you engage the enemy hand-to-hand. In the final analysis, cold weapons are the protagonist on the battlefield.
So, this is unsolvable!
Admit your mistake, Zhu Pingan! If you turn back early, you can still go ashore! If you are stubborn, the battlefield will be over!
This is the common sentiment of everyone.
“Returning to my lord, to solve this problem, I will start from two aspects. On the one hand, we will continue to increase the power of firearms, increase the number of artillery pieces, increase the number of artillery sub-guns, increase the number of fire-gun sub-guns, and load the sub-guns in advance. Gun ammunition, improve the loading efficiency of artillery and fire guns, and use firearms to maximize the damage to the enemy."
Zhu Pingan replied slowly.
Now the Zhejiang Army only has twenty new portable artillery pieces. When the Zhejiang Army drills, several battalions take turns using the artillery pieces.
It's not that Zhu Pingan doesn't want to increase the number of artillery quickly, but the Zhejiang Army only has Zhang Hong, a specialized artillery craftsman. Liu Jin has only participated in the casting of artillery barrels. In essence, he is still a cold weapon craftsman and can only help Zhang Hong; These twenty artillery pieces were the result of Zhang Hong, Liu Jin and their apprentices working hard day and night. They were forged based on the use of cannons such as bowl-mouth guns.
These twenty artillery pieces have already consumed all the old artillery pieces such as the Wankou Gun, and we will have to start from scratch.
It is all made by hand, with thousands of hammers and repeated hammering. After the barrel is formed, it is necessary to use a drill to smooth the inside of the barrel.
It took Liu Jin and the others more than ten days to complete the process. It's just two small cannons that have begun to take shape. According to Liu Jin, it will take at least five days before these two small artillery can be tested in the field.
Of course, as Liu Jin and the others become more proficient, the apprentices master more skills, and their efficiency can be improved.
These new cannons were improved by Liu Jin using the artillery doubling technology taught by Zhu Ping'an. In terms of appearance, the barrel is slender than the bowl-mouth blunderbuss, and the gun wall is also thinner than the bowl-mouth blunderbuss; in terms of effect, Look, the range, shooting accuracy and power of these new artillery are more than double that of the bowl-mouth blunderbuss; moreover, due to the addition of iron hoops on the cannon body, the number of artillery explosions has also been reduced a lot, although it still cannot be eliminated. .
In fact, Liu Jin and the others used the first batch of artillery to forge twenty-two artillery pieces. One artillery exploded during the test, and another artillery was being drilled. Due to frequent firing, the artillery was damaged. The tube overheated and exploded.
Fortunately, the explosion of the two artillery barrels only caused minor injuries to three soldiers and did not cause serious consequences.
Compared with artillery and fire blunderbuss, the forging of blunderbuss is much less difficult, and cold weapon craftsmen can assist in the forging.
The Zhejiang Army currently has more than a hundred artillery guns in reserve, and hundreds of fire guns have also been forged.
Zhu Ping'an prepared to forge at least two hundred artillery guns; for fire guns, each soldier would have at least two fire guns.
The gunpowder can be loaded in advance. Replacing the gunpowder is much faster than loading gunpowder on site, and the efficiency can be more than doubled. Compared with loading gunpowder on site, if you replace the musket, you can fire at least one or two more rounds before a close encounter.
In this way, the enemy will have to withstand one or two more rounds of firepower, just like reaping wheat, harvesting the enemy one or two more rounds.
This is definitely a great horror. In the age of cold weapons, the general army collapsed after reducing its strength by one or two. In the face of this kind of firepower from the Zhejiang Army, it is inevitable that the enemy will reduce its strength by 10% or 20%. It is estimated that most of the enemy will collapse before a close encounter.
However, everyone cannot see this until they have truly seen the lethality of queuing to kill tactics.
"This is treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. Even if you have a musket, you still can't prevent the Japanese pirates from rushing over and fighting hand to hand."
"Indeed, even if you change the musket and fire one more time, the enemy will pay more, but they can still attack." Come here."
After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, someone shook his head and rejected Zhu Pingan's solution in this aspect.
"What is the second aspect?"
Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Pingan expressionlessly. Zhu Pingan's first aspect did not satisfy him.
"The second aspect is to add a bayonet to the fire gun. When fighting at hand-to-hand combat, use the bayonet." Zhu Ping'an replied with his hand in hand.
“Attach a bayonet to a fire gun? Fight with a bayonet?!”
“What is a bayonet?”
“How to add a bayonet to a fire gun? Yes Is it stuffed into the gun tube? Is it installed in the gun tube? Bayonet, how can you fire it?”
“Adding a bayonet to a fire gun is turning the fire gun into a spear? Master Zhu is really unconventional and ingenious. ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. (End of this chapter)