But this does not mean that he has to give up. Training musketeers is not Zhu Youxiao's sudden idea, nor is it a wild idea.
This musketeer cavalry has a great background and has been trained and used by most countries in the world.
Moreover, some countries in Europe already have musketeers on an institutional scale, and they have already made great achievements in wars.
Their musketeers also used front-loading smoothbore flintlocks and were equipped with three to five revolving muskets.
As a major country in the use of firearms, the Ming Dynasty naturally had this branch of arms, but because it was not large in scale, the emperor and powerful courtiers did not pay attention to it, so it was rarely known.
The first musketry cavalry of the Ming Dynasty was formed by Qi Jiguang and was born in the Qi family army.
Because the Qi Army's musketeers did not have advanced flintlocks, they were equipped with muskets and matchlocks. In order to make up for the lack of firepower, the cavalry would also carry bows and arrows, and use a combination of hot and cold weapons.
It can be seen from this that Qi Jiguang truly lives up to his reputation as a famous general.
In Zhu Youxiao's heart, Qi Jiguang can be said to be the most outstanding general in the feudal dynasty. Even in later generations, no one can compare with him.
Although those famous generals who sealed the wolf Juxu and Yan Ranle stone were famous throughout the ages, they only proved that their military level and leadership ability were far superior to ordinary people. They did not change by themselves like Qi Jiguang.
To sum it up simply in one sentence, they have the abilities that Qi Jiguang has, but they don’t have the abilities that Qi Jiguang has. Qi Jiguang can adapt at any time and quickly transform weapons and tactics that completely restrain the enemy, but those famous generals cannot do that. They only fight, that's the difference.
Since the formation of the army, the Qi family army has fought in various places in the north and south for decades, destroying Japanese pirates in the south, conquering Mongolia in the north, and entering Korea to fight against the Japanese. In these decades, they have won every battle without a single defeat.
As many as 150,000 enemy troops of all types were annihilated, while the number of Qi's army killed was only a few hundred, less than a thousand. Such a battle loss ratio was unprecedented and unprecedented.
If you want Zhu Youxiao to evaluate Qi Jiguang, you have to borrow Li Zhi's famous saying about Emperor Taizu, which is really a famous general from all over the world.
China's firearms and gunpowder were the first to be developed and used. Since the musketeers existed in the Ming Dynasty, why are they not famous?
And why hasn’t it been vigorously developed and continued?
This must be attributed to Kang Mazi, the chief of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who was blown up to heaven.
During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when Mazi was fighting against the Junggar Khanate, he was beaten by the musketeers of the Junggar Khanate until he could not find his mother. Mazi even doubted his life for a while, how could he be so strong? As a result, he was scarred for life.
This is also the reason why Asako hates firearms so much and even bans them completely. After all, he has been hanged and beaten before and is afraid of these things until he dies. From this perspective, it seems understandable.
Judging from this point of view, Brother Ma is truly worthy of being the Emperor of Shit throughout the ages, and he is fully worthy of his name.
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Following Qi Jiajun's example, Zhu Youxiao did not intend to completely imitate Europe. Moreover, the structure of the musket was extremely complex, the cost was very high, the production requirements were extremely high, and the use was also very troublesome.
Moreover, its maintenance cost is also extremely high, especially it must be kept clean at all times, because as long as there is a little pollution on the steel wheel of the revolver, it is likely to cause misfire.
No matter from any point of view, he does not need and cannot manufacture revolvers in large quantities.
When the arsenal has fully mastered the flintlock musket and the technology matures, he can directly develop the Crash-type flintlock musket. This is the pinnacle of current musket technology and can be used in the army.
For now, just use the primitive handguns, which can completely deal with the Mongolia and Jiannu with backward equipment.
According to his idea, each of his musketeers was equipped with two divine muskets and four hand muskets, so that they could deal with them no matter how far or near they were.
The distance of the hand gun is not far, the effective range is more than thirty meters, but the accuracy is only a short step to twenty meters.
Therefore, the function of the hand gun is to prevent the enemy from rushing forward, mainly relying on the divine weapon.
He was also specially equipped with a storage bag for carrying gunpowder on horseback. This storage bag was sewn with animal skin and cotton and was leak-proof and moisture-proof.
Moreover, the tactics must also be completely changed. The musketeers no longer charge into battle and fight in close quarters like traditional cavalry. Instead, they serve as a highly mobile firearms unit, looking for the enemy's flaws to carry out long-range strikes to cooperate with other main forces.
In this regard, he drew on the combat methods of the Mongolian army during the Genghis Khan period.
At that time, they were mainly light cavalry. They relied on the long range of bows and crossbows and adopted kite tactics. This was also the main reason why the Mongolian army was invincible.
He also completely changed the loading method of the Shenwu Gun, and no longer used the old loading method before.
Use linen cloth soaked in grease to wrap the projectiles and load them directly into the bore. This reduces friction and is more than twice as fast as the previous loading method.
The range of the Shenwu Gun has been completely determined after repeated tests. The basic range can reach 120 meters, and the armor-piercing range is close to 80 meters. Except for the heavy bows used by infantry, the Shenwu Gun is not inferior to any bow and arrow.
The armor-piercing range of eighty meters is much stronger than the crossbows used by cavalry.
Although the musketeers used thermal weapons, in this era, armor was still indispensable and a must-have.
Because whether they were Mongolians or Jiannu, they all used crossbows and did not even have firearms. Armor could play a great role and have a very good protective effect.
After the generals patiently listened to the emperor's answer, they all suddenly realized that his Majesty had been planning to build musketeers for a long time.
If it is true, as His Majesty said, that there is absolutely no problem in giving up mounted archery and switching to fire guns, it will greatly reduce the training time of sergeants, and sergeants will not have to work hard to train their arm strength to draw the bow every day. This is really killing two birds with one stone.
"Li Wensheng, I will give you one hundred divine weapons. Select one hundred cavalrymen from the heroic cavalry camp. Train them well and master the essence of them as soon as possible. When I have enough divine weapons, I will organize them on a large scale. They will The batches are the future instructors.”
Li Wensheng immediately raised his hands and shouted:
"Your Majesty, I will obey the decree. You can rest assured that I will not disgrace the sacred mandate."
Li Wensheng's views and mentality have completely changed, and he has begun to look forward to what this musketeer cavalry is like.
"Chen Guang, I will leave all these two hundred divine weapons to you. You can select a group of good shooters in the Shenji Camp and let them train and use them. I may not be able to use them one day."
"I obey the decree!"
Chen Guang really loves this divine weapon. With it, the firepower of their divine machine battalion will be greatly enhanced.
It was rare for Zhu Youxiao to come to the military camp, so he naturally wanted to inspect it carefully and experience the military situation.
Because of the generous treatment of the Yulin Army, the expansion work went smoothly. As soon as the news of recruitment was released, the recruitment office in the city was packed to the brim, and the general in charge of recruitment had to wait until midnight every day to finish the matter.
But now that the recruitment work has long ended, and the new recruits have been trained in a decent manner, Zhu Youxiao feels extremely comfortable and has doubled his sense of security.
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