Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 535 Meeting 3
Enough showing off, Yang Menglong took out the second magic weapon like a monkey offering a treasure.

This thing is yellow and clear, about an inch and a half long, and not light in weight.Its main body is a thick straight copper shell, which firmly holds a round bullet. The caliber of the copper shell is similar to that of an anti-aircraft machine gun bullet, but the caliber of the bullet is less than eight millimeters. Obviously, the processing of the shell It's not passable, it's too thick, and a soldier can't carry many rounds of such bullets.But it still caught everyone's attention because it was so unique!
Yang Menglong said proudly: "This is another masterpiece of our military industry, the bullet! Have you seen the shell? It is filled with propellant. This is the primer. As long as you hit the primer with force, the propellant will be detonated, and the bullet will explode." Shoot at high speed."

This stuff is too complicated and everyone can’t understand it at all.Xue Siming asked: "How powerful is it?"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "Powerful? A well-trained shooter uses it. Within two hundred steps, it is said that you can hit your eyes without touching your eyebrows... Don't believe it? You will know when the rifle is out!" Some regretted: "It's a pity Unfortunately, this is just a sample. Our rifles and our bullet manufacturing factory have not yet been established. There is no hope for at least five years. So, in these five years, everyone feel wronged and use flintlock guns .”

Everyone was confused and had no idea what was going on.

Qi Hu took up the conversation and said: "My Lord and I mean that our army will deploy a large number of muskets, and cancel archers, horizontal swordsmen, and pikemen. From now on, musketeers and grenadiers will become our army. The main arm of the army."

Han Peng shouted: "It's understandable to cancel the archers, but how can we cancel the horizontal swordsmen and pikemen! Especially the pikemen, the musketeers without the protection of the pikemen are very vulnerable, and they are rushed into the formation of musketeers by the enemy. , is a massacre!"

Yang Menglong raised a finger and shook it back and forth, expressing disapproval: "First of all, they must have the ability to pass through the firepower net of the musketeers. Secondly, even if they rush into the middle of the musketeers, it cannot be a massacre, because..." Brush With a sound, a dazzling dagger was pulled out.The dagger was 43 centimeters long, with a very thick spine and four intimidating blood grooves. The blade was not very sharp, but as soon as it was pulled out, everyone felt a murderous aura coming towards them.Zhaji Chongweng handed over a flintlock gun presented by Tianxiong Army. Yang Menglong clicked the dagger into the dagger holder, and with a click, the dagger was firmly fixed on the holder. The 1.2-meter-long rifle and the 43-centimeter-long dagger suddenly transformed into a 1.6-meter-long short spear, which would definitely hurt anyone.Yang Menglong said proudly: "You all know the Tianxiong Army's three-sided bayonet, right? If you are stabbed once, you will bleed until you die. But, I want to tell you, this kind of bayonet is more lethal than the three-sided bayonet. Several times! First of all, it is sharpened on both sides and can be used as a dagger when removed. It is definitely a weapon for wiping the neck and stabbing the heart! Secondly, its sword spine is very thick, and it can easily cause muscle tissue tear when piercing into the human body. Then tighten it again, hehe... the feeling is not pleasant!"

Nonsense, can the feeling of being stabbed by a bayonet be good?

Xu Gong asked: "How about the lethality?"

Yang Menglong said: "A stab in the chest, abdomen, and thigh is [-]% certain to die. If a large blood vessel is stabbed, he will die in a matter of minutes. Even if he is not stabbed to death on the spot, believe me, he does not want to live, because The most poisonous thing about this kind of bayonet is that it will leave a large hollow hole in the human body, and suturing the surface will have no effect! You must suture the layer close to the bone first, and then plug the outer layer with cotton wool. The cotton wool needs to be changed every day, so imagine what it feels like! When the layer close to the bone grows well, then the outer layer of muscle is sutured. The wound on the surface still cannot be sutured, so the cotton wool has to be stuffed. Wait for that layer to grow too. Well, the surface can only be sutured, don’t think about it if you don’t toss for a month, how about it, do you want to try it?”

After listening to this guy's description, everyone is covered in white sweat... My mother, even a man of iron can't stand such a torment. If what he said is true, then they would rather choose to suffer. Gun or arrow!
Cao Jun asked: "Can it pierce the armor?"

Yang Menglong beckoned, Zhaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao each brought in a set of Heluo New Army-style breastplates and fixed them on the wooden figures.Yang Menglong walked over with the gun and assumed a standard assassination posture. His energy dropped from his Dantian, and all his strength was concentrated on the tip of the bayonet. He stabbed through the breastplate without any force on his part!Another blow, and another set of breastplates were scrapped. The powerful performance proved to everyone that the armor-piercing ability of this bayonet was not ordinary. The eyes of all the generals popped out!

In fact, as long as the bayonet is durable enough, it is not difficult to pierce hard objects. A three-edged bayonet with a shovel head can pierce a car panel cover by itself!When a well-nourished and energetic soldier is assassinating, hundreds of kilograms of force are concentrated on the small point of the bayonet, and the lethality can be imagined. What armor can stop it?

Everyone was overjoyed. With this bayonet, the musketeer had a powerful melee ability. The Jurchen warrior waiting to crash into them was no longer a hearty slaughter, but a tragic fate of being stabbed into a hornet's nest by countless bayonets!You can't beat us with long-range shots, melee... It's hard to say one-on-one in melee, but there are definitely not many Jurchen warriors who can break through the firepower net and rush in front of them. It's impossible for a group of people to beat you alone. Let's just jump into the Yellow River alright!Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, saying that with such a perfect weapon, there is really no need to keep a large number of horizontal swordsmen and pikemen with low overall efficiency. Let's all equip muskets!

"The equipment of the Lancers will remain unchanged for the time being. We will see if we can change your equipment after the breech-loading rifle comes out," Yang Menglong said.

Zhong Ning readily agreed.In fact, he still likes the pleasure of the lancers pressing up like a wall, using the bridle to dismount the enemy, and crushing the enemy's spine with the horse's hooves.

Qi Hu said: "The chasseurs are the first to change their outfits! From now on, the equipment of the chasseurs will be sabers and muskets. When encountering an enemy, they will dismount immediately and shoot at the enemy with muskets in turn. After the enemy collapses, they will mount their horses and hunt them down with sabers. Any chance for the enemy to breathe!"

This style of play is really rogue, and the opponents are deprived of the opportunity to compete with them for real.Cao Jun readily agreed that the more rogue the more he likes the style of play. In war, it is to use any means to defeat the opponent. Any tactic can be considered, and the style of play proposed by Qi Hu can be considered benevolent.

Xue Siming said: "I don't think we should ignore the artillery! This battle of Lushun, without artillery, it would be very difficult for us to win! If we want to kill and injure the enemy in the shortest possible time, crush the enemy's will, You can't do without a strong artillery!"

Han Peng said: "I agree! We encountered such a problem when we fought against the rogues in the mountainous area of ​​Funiu Mountain. Because we had many points and few soldiers, the rogues could often concentrate a large number of troops to storm a point. If we went to support, we would be easily ambushed by them. Even if they are scattered, they will gather again soon, which is very troublesome. If there is a powerful artillery force that inflicts huge damage on them at once, they may not be able to muster up the courage to continue fighting with us!"

Yang Menglong said: "That's it...that, I will order sixty howitzers, Xue Siming, Han Peng, each of you will have thirty."

Even if the Heluo New Army is fully expanded, it will only have more than 2 people. An army of more than 2 people actually has sixty 85mm howitzers. Such an artillery lineup is a bit too luxurious.Xue Siming was still greedy: "We should also have some rocket launchers! Although the lethality of rocket launchers is not as good as that of howitzers, their firepower is extremely fierce. The overwhelming firepower can easily collapse the enemy."

This is the truth. In the Battle of Lushun and the Battle of Fuzhou, the relatively primitive rocket launchers of the Heluo New Army in Houjin were completely destroyed. It can be said that those dozen rocket launchers were built in these two battles. Made a miracle.For those who are still superstitious and have not seen much of the world, the scene when the rocket launcher is fired is extremely terrifying and beyond their most exaggerated imagination. Apart from attributing this to the wrath of the gods, they really can’t think of anything else. Come up with a better explanation.And this blow to morale is devastating—the gods are already on the side of Heluo's new army, how can this battle be fought?
Qi Hu offered to order more barbed wire.After the reform, the Heluo new army no longer needed to bring so many spare armor, crossbows, arrowheads, knives and guns and other heavy weapons when they went out to fight in the field. As long as they brought enough food, ammunition, and medicine, Heluo Xin The military has an unparalleled sustained combat capability, and the logistical pressure is greatly reduced.Of course, the vacated transportation capacity cannot be wasted. Barbed wire is a very practical thing. A few layers of light barbed wire has become a headache for infantry and cavalry. Compared with setting up deer villages and building camps, I don’t know how to save manpower, material resources and time. .This is completely a moving city wall. If you go around your own camp, you will protect yourself, and if you go around the enemy's camp, you will surround the enemy. How easy is it?Add mines and artillery and the enemy army will cry!
This suggestion was happily adopted by everyone. Heluo Xinjun is always interested in cheap, convenient and useful things, no matter how inconspicuous they are.

In the end, Zhong Ning expressed his worries: "My lord, my subordinates fully agree with this reform. However, we have to build guns, cannons, and a navy. The cost is too scary, right? Can you afford it?"

Yang Menglong said nonchalantly: "I'll figure out the money issue, you don't have to worry about it, just do your job well... Don't worry, someone will send us money!"

Everyone is a little disapproving. Who is so stupid that he sends you money all day long?Only Qi Hu knew that there were people rushing to send money to Yang Menglong... A group of Huizhou merchants caught a ride on Yang Menglong and made a lot of money. The entire Huizhou merchant group was fascinated by Nanyang's steel and Wuyang's well salt. Xinqiao, as long as Yang Menglong lets out a little bit of news, naturally a lot of people can't wait to hand over a lot of money.The Heluo area is not far from Shanxi. How can Shanxi merchants, who are as famous as Huizhou merchants, hold back when they see their rivals making a lot of money?

There are many people who want to send money to Yang Menglong!

(End of this chapter)