In fact, not many in the Ming Army were as good at martial arts as Chen Huacheng, especially the veteran elites like the Ming Army's Guards Regiment, the 1st Army Brigade, and the 7th Dragoon Brigade.
Although the Ming army is now downplaying the regional attributes of each brigade.
But because of the popularity of "Mandarin".
If the Guangfu soldiers from Guangdong and Jiangxi soldiers who shouted "Poke your mother" had not learned Mandarin, they might not be able to understand each other's words.
Therefore, at this stage, the regional attributes of each brigade are still very strong.
The 1st Army Brigade was formed from the Chaoshan dock workers who were originally in Batam, so the 1st Army Brigade was almost all "Chaoshan Warriors".
The three brigades of the Guards were composed of "Hakka warriors" composed of Emperor Zhu's Jiaying Prefecture fellows.
Since the 7th Dragoon Brigade is a team composed of elite hunters from various brigades, its origins are very complicated, but Hakka, Chaoshan, and Jiangxi soldiers account for the majority.
Several brigades of the Northern Expeditionary Corps were recruited from Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.
The Liaodong Corps was formed by the participation of poor people from Liangjiang River in the Liaodong military garrison.
This was a very common phenomenon in ancient times and even in modern times - otherwise soldiers would not be able to communicate with each other, and it would be difficult for superiors to transmit information to others. Wouldn't it be too much of a delay?
Now, if we want to say that the Ming Dynasty organization that is most powerful in "promoting popularization" is the Ming Dynasty Navy - this is because the navy has higher technical content than the army, and the literacy rate is relatively higher. It will be said that the Ming Dynasty is based on the " There are also more people who use the "Mandarin" designated by "Hongwu Zhengyun" - this kind of Mandarin actually has some accent differences from later generations of Mandarin, but modern people can basically understand it as long as they know Mandarin.
Therefore, the soldiers of the 7th Dragoon Brigade, who are mainly Hakka, Chaoshan, and Jiangxi people, are generally not as tall as the Eight Banners soldiers who are originally from the Northeast.
Moreover, strictly speaking, the Eight Banners soldiers were also feudal landlord soldiers, with hereditary Lu Tian and hereditary military status.
Although the thing in hand is uniformly distributed from above.
But what I wear is what I bought myself.
It just requires uniform colors.
So some Eight Banners soldiers have a set of cloth-covered cotton armor.
Some will line the cotton armor with iron sheets to enhance defense.
Moreover, many Eight Banners soldiers have ancestral martial arts inheritance.
In terms of hand-to-hand combat, these Eight Banners soldiers who had more or less practiced fighting skills, were taller, and some even wore cotton armor lined with iron sheets, were obviously more advantageous.
Therefore, on the Ming army's side, the middle and lower-level legions, like the cuirassier brigades, are equipped with six-shot Guangfu 2-year-old revolvers.
When encountering hand-to-hand combat, he took out his pistol and fired six bullets.
You can gain the upper hand in momentum at once - apart from the strength and martial arts of the soldiers, the key to hand-to-hand combat is also the military formation and momentum.
And the Ming army soldiers suddenly gained the upper hand in momentum.
It would be a big advantage in such a hand-to-hand battle.
not to mention.
Except for the pistol.
Every Ming soldier has a grenade hanging on his chest.
The grenade's cable is hung on the belt, and it can be thrown directly by pulling it off.
Fight bayonets with enemies armed with pistols and cable grenades.
It really takes a lot of courage.
The results of this small-scale battle soon emerged.
The soldiers of the 7th Dragoon Brigade of the Ming Army, who were better equipped and had higher morale, won the battle for the forward stronghold.
And right now.
The forward formations of both sides have also advanced to their positions.
The Ming army's artillery fire was superior, so they crossed those four villages, and the forward support artillery, forward command post, and forward military medical center could all be deployed based on these four villages.
In the afternoon, just after Shen time.
It was originally very lively, but the constant exchange of fire between small groups of infantry at the front of both sides, and the sound of artillery fire coming and going from both sides stopped.
The battlefield seemed to suddenly enter an eerie silence.
in the air.
There was an extremely depressing and tense atmosphere before the decisive battle.
Both watchcars advanced two miles and met for ten miles to face each other.
The yellow dragon flag of the Qing court.
The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Gioro Hongli, and Emperor Qianlong, who was over eighty years old, personally boarded the observation car, holding a glass lens telescope produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and costing more than 800 taels of silver, scanning the Ming army. front.
The width of the Ming army's front line reached five or six miles.
It spreads from the Xinhe River in the north to the end of the mountain near Zhulong Mountain in the south.
At this time, behind their formation.
The stronghold consisting of four villages was arranged so that water could not enter.
A large number of engineers are digging trenches and laying out barbed wire fences.
If nothing else happens.
The Ming army planned to use these four strongholds as support for the forward battlefield and launch fierce attacks forward.
"Your Majesty, judging from the movements of the Ming army, they should launch the first wave of attacks before dark."
Fukang'an was also watching the Ming army's actions.
Those engineers moved very quickly.
It seems like he is rushing to work.
At this rate.
They were afraid that if they worked a little longer, they would be able to build a forward position.
And then it will be time for the Ming army to launch an attack.
Behind the Ming army's formation.
The logistics soldiers wearing various colors of clothing were busy. The most eye-catching one was the "Dai Xiaobing" wearing a white mandarin jacket and a white hat.
"That's a medical soldier from the Ming Army, Mr. Ambassador."
Faced with the inquiry of the British Ambassador George Staunton.
A Qing army general explained.
"Medical Soldier"
George Staunton held up his telescope and continued to observe this regiment, which was said to be the most elite of the Ming Empire.
His first feeling was...
major!
too professional.
This army is like a huge machine.
Everyone seems to be just a cog in this machine.
Everyone is busy doing their own thing, forming a chilling war beast.
George Staunton put down his telescope.
He looked at the Eight Banners soldiers beside him.
fine
The number of Eight Banners soldiers is sufficient.
This is the only advantage.
"Your Majesty, they are waiting for the artillery movement to come up now!"
Fukangan reminded.
It is said that a long illness makes a good doctor.
Fukang'an is now a bit like a good general after a long period of defeat.
The Ming army's previous series of battles were to seize "power".
Occupy the forward stronghold, spread out the front, move the artillery, and spread the wings.
These are all preparatory exercises before the decisive battle.
And the real killer move.
It's the coming artillery bombardment!
Zhu Daohua also boarded the lookout car at this time.
The sun and moon flag of the Great Ming Dynasty and the red earth and dragon flag symbolizing the Son of Tomorrow.
Zhu Daohua held up a telescope made by Jiangning Glass Factory to look at the Qing army's position in the distance.
The performance of the telescope in his hand is actually similar to the one in Qianlong's hand.
However, the manufacturing price is much cheaper - this is the standard telescope of the Ming Army, which was finalized through bidding in the second year of the Liberation.
The Jiangning Glass Factory that won the bid was a joint venture between businessmen surnamed Gu and Qu from Liangjiang.
It is one of the first modern chemical plants in Liangjiang.
In terms of performance, although it is not the best among the bidding products.
But the bid was won by low cost.
The driving force for the production of government-run handicraft industries like the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty comes from the pressure of Shangguan. As a result, such handicraft factories are not very cost-sensitive. Although they can obtain high-quality products under strict punishments and laws, they may even be better than private enterprises. High quality product.
But the biggest feature of this kind of government-run enterprise is the high cost - even in the most ideal situation, for example, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, He Shenhe, has a clean mind, and the bureaucrats from top to bottom of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are devoted to the Qing Dynasty and love the emperor's actions. A good Eight Banners official who served the Qing Dynasty.
But it can't stand the waste caused by the craftsmen below in order to meet the production and quality targets - because for the craftsmen, the production and quality affect their own heads, and the cost is not something they need to consider at all, and neither will the officials above. How to consider things.
On the Ming side, the Jiangning Glass Factory that won the bid was a factory run by private businessmen.
They naturally want to make money, consider profits, and consider the balance between performance and market. They naturally have more motivation to adopt new technologies in an attempt to reduce costs.
This results in telescopes with similar performance.
In the Qing Dynasty, it was a piece of art used by the emperor.
That's really a carving of a dragon and a phoenix, so exquisite.
On the Ming Dynasty, it was a standard product distributed to mid- to senior-level officers.
There is no carving, no artistic processing.
It's just a copper tube with a lens.
Full of industrial simplicity - highlighting a simplicity.
But the purchase price was one-twentieth of the imperial telescope in the hands of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty - equivalent to the price of forty taels of silver.
At this time, a Ming Dynasty Army standard telescope with a purchase price of eight yuan was within sight.
What Emperor Zhu Daohua saw was a completely changed Eight Banners Army.
Although their clothing still retains the tradition of the Eight Banners.
Cotton armor of various colors was draped on the body, and there were officers wearing lightning rod iron helmets on their heads.
Flags also split columns by color.
But the tactics they adopted, and even the equipment.
But he was obviously imitating the Ming army.
"Qianlong is much better than his grandson." Zhu Daohua muttered in a low voice.
But now that he is the emperor, he doesn't look at problems superficially as before.
Qianlong was able to create the Great Eight Banners that imitated the Ming army.
The fundamental reason is that the Qing Dynasty still has money in hand - firstly, the finances of the Qing Dynasty did not collapse before, and there is money in the warehouse. Secondly, Qianlong's ability to make money is better than Daoguang, so he has the money to carry out the Great Eight Banners. .
The situation Daoguang faced was that the import of opium led to the outflow of silver, and several wars to suppress peasant uprisings in the previous dynasty depleted the Qing Dynasty's financial reserves.
No money.
Even if Li Shimin is reincarnated, he still won't be able to do it.
Of course.
If Li Er were sitting in Daoguang's position, he would definitely do everything possible to make money from the beginning.
"Qianlong seems to have made great progress. His Eight Banners looks quite decent. If he is not weakened here, when the Qing Dynasty escapes to the Western Regions in the future, even the Western Fans will not be their opponents!"
Tao Biquan smiled and said: "But he met the emperor, and his big Eight Banners are not enough."
Zhu Daohua smiled: "That's natural. His Eight Banners are similar in appearance but not in spirit. Have the cannons moved up?"
"It's in place!"
Tao Biquan took out his pocket watch.
"According to the plan, the artillery attack was launched at three o'clock in the morning, and after an hour, the first wave of infantry attacks began!"
"good!"
Zhu Daohua turned around and walked out of the carriage.
"Push my flag to the front line and tell my soldiers that their emperor is with them!"
(End of chapter)
