Compared with the matchlock gun, the flintlock gun has a very unique advantage that is inherent in it and not many people pay attention to it for the time being.
That is, after the flintlock replaced the match rope with flint, because there was no need to worry about factors such as misfire, the musketeers equipped with the flintlock could form a tighter, even shoulder-to-shoulder formation.
And this is crucial!
In the next few decades, flintlock guns will rely on this. Even if they face many shortcomings such as higher costs, troublesome flint supply, and lower firing rates, the matchlock guns will still be completely eliminated.
Because of this tight formation, the musketeers can unleash more intensive firepower.
When musketeers equipped with flintlock muskets formed dense formations, coupled with the emergence of snap-on sleeve bayonets, it directly led to line tactics, that is, the bizarre tactic of queuing to kill began to spread across most parts of the earth.
The flintlock gun equipped with a bayonet not only eliminated the matchlock gun, but also completely eliminated all other infantry arms except the fusilier gunner, regardless of whether it was an archer or a spearman, a sword-shielder, a sword-shielder, etc. All were swept into the dustbin of history.
Of course, only in most areas, there are still some people in a few areas who stubbornly hold on to their matchlock guns for various reasons, such as kidnapping after entering the customs...
Today's Baoxiang Army, under Luo Zhixue's army-building strategy, has been pursuing line tactics from the beginning. Its field artillery system, queue system with spearmen and musketeers, etc. are all the same.
For this reason, Luo Zhixue devoted great efforts to the development of field artillery, and also specially developed a sleeve-type buckle gun.
Speaking of bayonets (gun thrusts), the Baoxiang Army currently leads the world!
When other armies, regardless of whether they are Eastern Capture or Fuso, or countries in Europe, either do not use bayonets, or they use plug-in bayonets (spearheads), and plug-in bayonets (spearheads) are not very easy to use.
This thing is easy to fall off if it is loose, but cannot be pulled out if it is tight...
And once installed, it cannot be loaded and fired.
The overall limitations are very large.
After only a few months of use, the Baoxiang Army quickly abandoned the plug-in lance and fully switched to the sleeve buckle lance.
The current Baoxiang Army’s sleeve-type buckle bayonet is the only one in the world, and has been used on existing matchlock guns with good feedback.
Looking at the current equipment and tactics of the Baoxiang Army, it actually already has the basis of early line tactics, except for the flintlock rifle!
Of course, it is not the current low firing rate flintlock gun, but a high firing rate flintlock gun.
Luo Zhixue does not expect to be able to immediately produce a flintlock gun with a firing rate that meets the required requirements. Instead, he hopes that Ding Gangyi will lead people to start research and improve the firing rate through improvements.
It doesn't take much, as long as the firing rate can reach about 90%, Luo Zhixue dares to completely replace the matchlock gun with a flintlock gun and adopt a complete version of line tactics.
So even though Luo Zhixue saw Ding Gangyi's doubts, he still said: "You can find a way to recruit people to carry out research. It is best to find a way to get a few Western flintlock guns and come over to see what they do."
"After the basic structure is figured out, the focus of subsequent improvements will be to increase the firing rate. We must increase the firing rate to more than 90%!"
Luo Zhixue had directly assigned the task. Naturally, Ding Gangyi could not say anything more. He could only respond: "I obey my orders. I will allocate manpower to start the trial production of flintlock guns later, and then contact my colleagues from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and ask them to search for them on my behalf." Flintlock.”
Luo Zhixue nodded: "Yes!"
"The follow-up new artillery and explosive shells, as well as many other matters related to this flintlock gun, will be left to you!"
Ding Gangyi said quickly: "General, you are serious. It is the duty of General to build more and better guns and weapons for our hometown defense army!"
After chatting for a few more words, Luo Zhixue asked Ding Gangyi to retreat.
Luo Zhixue then met with several other people and was busy until about 11 o'clock in the evening.
On this day, he was even more tired than usual when leading the army. He had four consecutive large-scale meetings and met with seven or eight people. He held meetings for almost ten consecutive hours.
My throat is dry...
After finishing today's heavy work, Luo Zhixue went to the backyard and began to wash up under the service of the maid.
After entering the bath, Luo Zhixue closed his eyes slightly and let two maids in gauze clothes wipe him.
After a while, Luo Zhixue opened his eyes and saw that the gauze clothes of the two maids in front of him were soaked through, showing an unharmonious scene. He immediately took one of the maids next to him with his arms. on the legs.
The maid seemed frightened and let out a soft sound, but she did not struggle or resist.
Luo Zhixue's expression remained unchanged and he said to the other maid: "Continue washing!"
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Early the next morning, Luo Zhixue got up and freshened up. After breakfast, he went to the front yard. There were still a lot of things waiting for him this day.
As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, Cao Hetong, the head of the staff department who was waiting at the door, immediately stepped forward. Before leaving, he took out a small notebook he carried with him. After walking in, he bowed and said: "My subordinates pay homage to the great general." General!"
Luo Zhixue nodded slightly and said with a kind face: "No need to be polite, have you arranged your schedule for today?"
With that said, Luo Zhixue had already stepped out.
Cao Hetong, the head of the Staff Department, was half a step behind. He opened his small notebook and said, "It's roughly arranged. There are still a few things that I don't dare to decide on my own, and I still need the general's instructions!"
Luo Zhixue said as he walked: "Speak!"
Cao Hetong immediately said: "According to your instructions yesterday, General, we will hold a small meeting of ministers today. At two o'clock in the morning (7.30), there will be a small meeting of the ministers of political affairs, and at 8:00, there will be a small meeting of the ministers of military affairs."
"At two o'clock in the morning (8.30), we summoned the departments of agriculture and forestry to discuss matters related to the summer season."
"At the beginning of the month (9.00), various departments of the Ministry of Industry were summoned to discuss the relocation of factories in Li Qingdian."
"At the second quarter of the lunar month (9.30), we summoned all departments of the tax department to discuss and improve commercial tax matters."
"At 10:00, we summoned the Finance Department to discuss and improve various administrative funding matters."
"From early noon to late afternoon (11.00-13.00), local officials were summoned to listen to matters in each county. Twenty-three people were temporarily arranged to wait for the interview."
"At the end of March (13.15), we went to inspect the 7th Infantry Brigade, the 2nd Transport Battalion and other new troops training in Nanyang City."
"Shen Chu (15.00) inspected the defense situation of Nanyang City!"
"Youchu (17.00)..."
"The two moments of Xu Zheng (20.30)..."
Cao Hetong talked more and more, but Luo Zhixue's face became darker and darker as he listened. The arrangements were made until 8:30 in the evening, but they haven't finished yet...
Then he directly interrupted Cao Hetong: "Du Xuzheng is not over yet? Also, what about lunch and dinner time? Don't have time?"
After hearing this, Cao Hetong was also a little uneasy, and whispered: "The above are all explained by you personally, the general. Your subordinates dare not add or delete...and there are still a few things that have not been arranged for the time being. I hope the general will give me your instructions." ."
"As for lunch and dinner time, there is actually time. At noon, you will invite Minister Guo Quanshu to a banquet to discuss the candidates for the governors of Nanyang Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture!"
"At dinner time, you will entertain all the generals above the major level in Nanyang City!"
After Luo Zhixue heard this, he sighed deeply...
But he did not accuse Cao Hetong of anything, because many of the above-mentioned matters were really ordered by him personally. Although he was pressed for time and there were a lot of things to do, because he had led the army to fight abroad for a long time, and many internal affairs had been delayed. Put it off again.
He just wanted to concentrate on dealing with it during the few days he was resting in Nanyang City... As a result, he found that he didn't have enough time.
Immediately said: "Squeeze the time, arrange the remaining things, and then give the instructions in advance. I am in a rush today, so let them prepare in advance. If you have something to say, talk directly and don't talk nonsense!"
When Luo Zhixue said this, he lamented again in his heart that rebellion is really not done by humans, they are too busy.
But sighs are sighs, things still have to be done...
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Just when Luo Zhixue went out and started busy with a lot of things, Hou Yunmeng in the backyard was half leaning on the edge of the bed in a daze!
The other Queen Qiaonu on the bed continued to lie down with a smile on her face for a better life in the future.
"Meng'er, tell me, are we done now?"
"Meng'er, do you think we will become the general's concubines in the future?"
"I heard it, the general is not married yet, and he has been busy with military affairs before, and there is no caring person around him. We should be the first two!"
"It's unlikely that you will have a concubine, but you should have a wife, right? I think the general is quite kind and a good person to us!"
Wang Qiaoer's words on the side did not attract Hou Yunmeng's attention. At this time, she had not yet come to her senses!
For her, the experience during this period was really ups and downs.
She was originally an ordinary maid in the Prince of Chu's Mansion. She was sold to Ren Yazi by her parents when she was a child, and later she was sold to the Prince of Chu's Mansion as a maid.
It's just because she has a curvy figure and a slightly flirtatious appearance, which doesn't quite fit into the current world's aesthetic standards of being mediocre and weak, so she's always been at the bottom, just a very ordinary maid.
When the Home Guard Army attacked the Prince of Chu's Mansion, she was frightened and feared that she would be killed by the rebel army. In fact, many people did die in the rebel army.
But she was quite lucky, and she was still alive and well until the Hometown Protection Army completely captured the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
The military discipline of the Baoxiang Army was pretty good. After capturing the palace, they were busy sealing off the palace and seizing gold, silver, fine goods, etc. They did not embarrass some of the eunuchs, maids, and others in the palace. They were only temporarily imprisoned for processing.
After a few days, after the situation initially stabilized, the Baoxiang Army began to deal with a group of idlers in the palace. Some people were arrested directly, and some were deported, but a few people were left behind. They were all young, nothing serious. An ordinary maid with heels.
Hou Yunmeng is one of them.
Together with the hired old ladies and young women, they became the residents of this general's residence.
It's just that although she has been staying in Nanyang Biefu, she has actually never seen Luo Zhixue before yesterday, because Luo Zhixue had never even entered Nanyang City before, let alone come to the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
Yesterday morning she met Luo Zhixue for the first time. At that time, she and more than 20 other maids and ladies lined up to identify someone from a distance. They needed to know that it was Luo Zhixue to avoid misidentifying Luo Zhixue. Oolong.
At that time, Hou Yunmeng felt Luo Zhixue's eyes lingering on her for a while longer.
Not long after recognizing the person, Luo Zhixue left.
But not long after Luo Zhixue left, more than a dozen people came to her directly and started asking a lot of random questions.
From her family background to her many experiences after entering the palace, I wanted to ask her how old she was before she still wet the bed...
After being tortured for several hours, two more women came to check her body in detail, including confirming whether she was a prostitute.
In the end, she and another maid, Qiaoer, who had a similar figure and appearance to her, but was more delicate, and had also been interrogated for eighteen generations of ancestors, and had almost all her experiences dug out, began to have her body washed by several old ladies. , hair, etc.
After washing, they applied makeup, tied their hair up, and tried on clothes. The gauze clothes that Luo Zhixue saw on them last night were actually selected by them after trying on more than a dozen sets each.
When Luo Zhixue went to the bath to freshen up and saw the two girls, they had actually been preparing for almost ten hours!
And Luo Zhixue doesn’t know all this!
What Luo Zhixue didn't even know was that many people were drinking happily over the Yun Yu between Luo Zhixue, Hou Yunmeng and Wang Qiaoer last night!
Guo Quanshu even whispered to Huang Chengxuan: "No matter how many beauties are selected to send to the general's palace, good news will definitely come within a month or two. The prince of the general is just around the corner!"
"Once the good news comes out from the backyard of the General's Mansion, the military will feel at ease, and so will the people!"
"In this way, our Hometown Protection Army can expect to achieve hegemony, and we also have great potential!"
