Seeing General Zhou Diao standing aside, he waved to him and shouted: "General, please help find a few people."
Zhou Diao was completely unfazed by Han Du and turned his head to one side. Seeing Li Wenzhong nod to him, he waved a few soldiers to come forward to help.
"Find a stand and tie this blunderbuss to it..."
"Yes, I'm looking for a long iron rod to drill with. The thinner the better, the longer the better..."
"I also need a hammer..."
Han Du continued to command several soldiers.
Seeing Lao Zhu from a distance, he couldn't help but look at Han Du mockingly.
He sarcastically said: "It does look a bit dangerous."
Li Wenzhong smiled and agreed, "That's true. This Han Du has always cherished his life. What makes him treat it so cautiously is probably really dangerous."
"Just take a look and you'll know." Lao Zhu looked at Han Du's busy appearance and said noncommittally without looking back.
After the soldiers finished helping, Han Du asked them all to retreat.
He pointed the iron drill at the bullet's fuse and knocked it down with a hammer.
"boom!"
Since the bullet was not in the cylinder, the sound was louder this time.
Han Du twisted his head as hard as he could and stood motionless. After making sure that no part of his body hurt, he checked it up and down.
Fortunately, I was unscathed.
At this time, Lao Zhu had already come to Han Du and picked up the blunderbuss that fell on the ground.
A long hole suddenly opened in the middle of the blunderbuss, and the copper blunderbuss tube was torn apart like dough.
He threw away the blunderbuss, glanced at Han Du, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Weichen is fine."
Lao Zhu asked in confusion: "You should know how dangerous this is, right? If so, why did you do it yourself instead of letting those soldiers do it?"
Han Du gave a bitter smile and explained with a sigh: "It is precisely because Wei Chen knows something about it that Wei Chen wants to do it himself. Wei Chen knows how to avoid it if he does it himself. If it were them, someone might really get hurt today. .”
"Do you think their lives are more valuable than yours?" Lao Zhu looked at Han Du with confusion.
Han Du thought it didn't matter, "Of course my life is more valuable than theirs. But since I am sure to avoid it, I can avoid it as much as possible. There is no need to involve them."
"You are... quite interesting." Lao Zhu said meaningfully.
Then he stopped talking about this topic, turned to look at the gun on the ground, and kicked it. Said: "It seems that you are right, Han Du. This ordinary fine steel may not be able to withstand the power of this bullet."
Han Du nodded in agreement, "That's right. The revolver is very powerful, but the prerequisite is that it can withstand this power. Therefore, the greater the power, the greater the power it needs to withstand."
Lao Zhu looked down at the revolver in his hand and couldn't help but sigh: "Originally, I still dreamed that hundreds of thousands of troops could use this blunderbuss to kill all directions on the battlefield. Now it seems that this is probably an extravagant wish of mine. .”
Looking up at Han Du, he asked again: "Is it really not possible to make it cheaper?"
Han Du smiled, avoided the question, and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this revolver is most suitable for cavalry. If used by infantry, although it can greatly increase combat power, compared with cavalry, It’s still not a good deal.”
Nowadays, the attack of the cavalry is quite simple. When the two armies clash, the cavalry first pounces on the enemy, and then uses horseback shooting to fire a salvo of thousands of arrows.
It is said that thousands of arrows were fired at once, but due to the fast speed of the cavalry, they could not fire a few arrows at all, and they had to rush into the enemy's formation. Riding on a galloping horse, aiming is not an easy task and is extremely time-consuming. At this time, the role of bows and arrows is limited, and they are not as useful as swords and guns.
Therefore, the most sharp tactic for the current cavalry is to charge into the formation. Once you face an enemy, let go of the arrows, then cover your head and charge forward. As long as you can penetrate the enemy's formation, you will most likely win.
But it's different if it's a revolver. Maybe in the time it takes to shoot an arrow, the revolver can complete a round. In addition, it has a long range, high accuracy and fast reloading. The enemy will face barrage-like attacks in a short period of time. No one can withstand such attacks. I'm afraid it will collapse under one encounter.
Even if there is no collapse, the Ming cavalry can directly bypass both sides without having to rush into the formation in close combat. Taking advantage of the difference in range, the enemy can be easily slaughtered.
Moreover, due to the fast speed of cavalry, the enemy cannot even escape once defeated. This is the enemy where cavalry has an advantage over infantry. The infantry is equipped with revolvers. Although the attack is sufficient, the speed is too slow and the advantages of the revolvers cannot be fully utilized.
Lao Zhu pondered for a while, then suddenly recalled and said: "You mean, you can use Qian Yuan's 'Mangu evil' tactic?"
Of course, Lao Zhu also knew the famous "Mangu evil" tactics of the Yuan Dynasty. Temujin was able to rely on this tactic to conquer the world with one move. This shows how powerful this tactic is.
However, since Qian Yuan also uses bows and arrows, he does not have an absolute advantage in range. Therefore, the use of this tactic is a great test of the leader's ability, and cannot be used by just anyone.
As the Yuan Dynasty has been at peace for a hundred years, no general can use this tactic anymore, completely forgetting the special skills of their ancestors in the feasting and feasting.
Only then, when facing the Ming rebels, was they overwhelmed.
But things are different now. Revolvers are only available in the Ming Dynasty, and the range of revolvers is not comparable to that of bows and arrows. If you use this tactic, it will be easy.
"Okay!" Lao Zhu yelled excitedly when he thought about how arrogant the Ming cavalry was with the revolvers in their hands.
But after he was happy, Lao Zhu also had to face the problem of money. He frowned and said, "But even if there are cavalry, the Ming Dynasty has nearly 80,000..."
Eighty thousand cavalry, even if it is one person and one team, it is still 80,000. What's more, Han Du has fully proved that one person can use two of these fire guns at the same time, which means there are 160,000 guns. In fact, this quantity has not decreased much.
"Can't you really think of a way... to make it cheaper?" It's not the fault of Lao Zhu, the emperor, for being short of breath. It's really because he has no money in his pocket.
As the saying goes, when people are poor and short of breath, even the emperor is not exempt from vulgarity.
Han Du was forced by Lao Zhu's appearance and had no choice but to say: "Wei Chen has an idea. Your Majesty doesn't have to ask for so much at once. You can make it in batches. Make a part first and try it out. See See if there are any problems and then decide whether you need all the equipment.”
