In fact, for now, Daming firearms are much worse than crossbows in terms of shooting speed and accuracy. However, compared with crossbowmen, especially archers, the training of firecrackers is much simpler and faster, and firecrackers and crossbows

Projectiles can be manufactured in batches, while crossbows and arrows can only be made by hand, so the gunman is a cheap but effective unit.

The Anxin Railway Brigade mainly focuses on long-range firepower, relying on cluster operations to project intensive firepower, and has artillery to cooperate with the musketeers' offensive to extend the firepower to completely defeat the opponent.

This is also the combat method of the Ming Dynasty army. However, in actual situations, the types of Ming Dynasty firearms are very mixed, and the quality has declined due to corruption. Misfires and explosions are very frequent. Before the enemy is hurt, oneself is hurt first. As you can imagine

How much psychological pressure will the fire gunner have?

How can soldiers who can't even rest assured about the weapons in their hands have the confidence to win? Coupled with the lack of food, pay, and no pension, the morale of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty is very low. After casualties of at most 10% of the troops, they will fall into a rout.

.For the gunmen who project intensive firepower, good psychological quality and high morale are the keys to victory.

This caused the Daming firearms to gradually develop into a deformed situation, relying on the three-eyed gun with very low lethality and using fireworks to intimidate the enemy to provide psychological comfort. As for the reason, it was not to kill the enemy, but just for peace of mind.

The previously improved matchlock gun used by Anxin was still a traditional matchlock gun, which has always been the standing weapon of the Anxin Iron Brigade. The flaw of the matchlock gun is very obvious, that is, under the influence of rain, snow and humid weather, the matchlock is difficult to ignite, and

A fire gun that cannot be ignited is obviously worse than a fire stick. And due to the instability of the match rope and the igniting powder, the chance of the match gun failing to fire is quite high, and the misfire rate becomes a big problem.

An Xin's Thunder Gun is not the multi-barreled fire gun used in the Ming Dynasty's army, but a new type of flintlock gun.

Inspired by Li Yi, craftsmen in the industrial zone began to think of ways to improve the fire door and made many design drawings.

One of the options is to use the development of Anxin Iron and Steelmaking technology to produce spring blades with qualified quality, and rely on the gun hand to pull the trigger to tighten the spring, drive the runner to rotate at high speed, and rub the spring blades on the fire door.

Sparks are emitted, triggering gunpowder.

However, this kind of design was complex and expensive, and did not meet Li Yi's requirements for equipping the army. Therefore, Master Liu led several highly skilled craftsmen to develop a new flint-hair gun. Based on the original,

Remove the clockwork steel wheel and instead use the method of striking the flint with an anvil to generate sparks to generate sparks and ignite the gunpowder.

This kind of fire gun that relies on flint to fire is the true Suifa gun. Compared with the previous runner firing method that relied on a clockwork steel wheel, it greatly reduces the misfire rate, improves shooting accuracy, and is easy to use.

The cost is low and can be produced in large quantities.

More importantly, compared to a matchlock gun, a flintlock gun no longer has to worry about the moist air extinguishing the matchlock and being unable to fire, nor does it need to worry about the burning matchlock exposing its position at night.

In addition to improving the contact method, the loading method also needs to be changed. Anxin now uses paper-cased bullets, which means loading a certain amount of gunpowder and projectiles into a waterproof paper cartridge. When using it, you only need to bite the cartridge with your teeth.

Open it, pour part of the gunpowder inside into the ignition pool, and then stuff the remaining gunpowder and projectiles into the barrel with a purge bar.

Flintlock gunners using paper shell bullets can fire at a rate of two rounds per minute or more, which allows them to fire a rain of bullets dense enough that they are no longer weak even in the face of cavalry charges.

The innovation of weapons has also led to changes in the military system. Compared with the matchlock gun, the flintlock gun does not require much depth and can transform most of the infantry into gunmen. Through the dense linear square array on the front, it is used to

Enhance firepower, maximize damage, and suppress enemy attacks.

This is why the most important training subject of the Anxin Railway Brigade is not physical training and martial arts training, but queue. Because only a complete queue and unified command training can exert the greatest firepower. Otherwise, once the queue is chaotic, the firepower will not be able to

continue.

In addition to queue training, it is also necessary to train the soldiers' courage and provide certain education. You must know that the battle with this kind of firearm is different from that of cold weapons. Whether it is dense smoke blocking the field of vision, or switching between long-range and melee combat, or giving orders while marching,

The requirements for officers are very high, and they must undergo necessary tactical training in order to give full play to the advantages of their arms and take the initiative.

Now in Anxin, in addition to Yongying and Hanying equipped with certain heavy infantry for rushing into battle, the private troops are all pikemen and firecrackers, and as long as the industrial zone matures the research and development of blunderbuss swords, pikemen will

It is bound to withdraw from private deployment.

Although Anxin's research and development efforts are mostly in weapons and equipment, innovations in some product technologies are also continued.

Anxin's products are now mainly cheap cloth, as well as cement, soap, glass and other products. With the development of iron-making technology, some commonly used folk tools are also being made.

After the last time the trade war destroyed the capital chain of wealthy merchants in Anxin, most of the wealthy households in Anxin joined the Anxin Chamber of Commerce through workshops. They were mainly engaged in the sale of cloth and other commodities, and arms, as sensitive commodities, have always been

It continues to be transported through Anxin's own store, and it is an order-based production model.

In addition to the development of industry, Anxin's agriculture is also progressing unconsciously.

The plan to cultivate excellent seeds has been implemented for more than a year. Each cultivation represents an increase in the yield of Anxin's land. With the construction of water facilities, Anxin's field output can be completely self-sufficient.

As long as the plan to cultivate excellent seeds can be continuously implemented, coupled with breakthroughs in fertilizer development technology, Anxin's yield per mu will definitely continue to increase in the future.

Of course, no matter what, all of this must be implemented by people and managed by hundreds of Anxin and village chiefs in Anxin.

Only good management can maintain the normal operation of the Anxin system and make Anxin more prosperous and happy.

This is also an issue that Li Yi has always attached great importance to, because he understands that corruption can quickly cause a positive system to rot and deteriorate, and produce a chain reaction, causing the people of Anxin to be involved in turmoil.

So every time he comes back, the first thing he does is punish a group of corrupt elements in Anxin and deal with them openly to show his disgust and brutal attack on abuse of power for personal gain and corruption.

As soon as he came back this time, he heard that some of the people in charge were restless again. Li Yi's usual way of dealing with such greedy and ugly people was to put heavy pressure on them.

Early the next morning, Li Yi, accompanied by Zhao Renchang, the old patriarch, inspected Anxin.

Anxin now has a total of three towns and townships, the most important of which is of course Anxin Town, and the other three townships are Baize Township, Zhao Township, and Tielong Township.

Tielong Township was originally the largest walled city in Baiyangdian, and was the place where Chen Hongyan's brother Chen Tielong settled. Later, Chen Tielong died in the battle while resisting the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, and Chen Hongyan led all the bandits in Baiyangdian to defect to Anxin.

Later, Li Yi named Chen Tielong's village Tielong Township to commemorate Chen Tielong's brother and comfort Hongyan.

When we arrived at Tielong Township, the township chief Ma Youxiang was already waiting on the road early. He was accompanied by the security chief responsible for rural security, the president of the society who advised local customs, and the two chiefs who helped the township chief in charge of each village.

Among the five people, the township chief manages rural administrative affairs, assisted by chief A, the president is responsible for cultural, educational and publicity work, and the chief security officer is responsible for public security work.

The old patriarch was a little old and couldn't ride the horse, so he could only ride on the carriage.

Fortunately, after hundreds of thieves and coolies in the prisoner-of-war camp rested and recuperated, the Anxin road was flat and wide. Coupled with the unique shock-absorbing springs of the Anxin carriage, the carriage was not very bumpy.

Li Yi got off the carriage, turned over and helped the old patriarch.

At this time, Ma Youxiang and a group of people hurriedly came up to help him.

The old patriarch walked down tremblingly and said to Li Yi: "Little benefactor, this is Ma Youxiang, the head of Tielong Township, do you still remember?"

Of course Li Yi remembered Ma Youxiang. When he had just arrived in Anxin and killed the black-faced ghost bandits, the three brothers Ma Youxiang, Ma Youfu and Ma Youshou came to Anxin in person and asked him to save one of them to deal with Xu Dahu.

Later, he pretended to be a bandit and plundered Xu Dahu's Wubao, and obtained a large amount of money and food. From then on, the three brothers Ma Youxiang, Ma Youfu, and Ma Youshou also worked in Anxin.

Ma Youxiang, who was next to him, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Little benefactor, old dean, principal Zhao."

Because the old patriarch is the dean of the village old home, the people of Anxin often call him the old dean. And Zhao Renchang is also the principal of Anxin Middle School, so he has this title.

It is worth mentioning that the principal of Anxin Primary School is Wang.

Li Yi nodded, looked at the others who were following Ma Youxiang, frowned slightly, and said: "What we came to see is the situation of your work and the situation of the people. Now everyone is standing here, the people in the countryside

Is anyone still handling the matter?"

Ma Youxiang didn't expect Li Yi to be so stern when he came up. The smile on his face suddenly froze, and he hesitated and didn't know what to say.

The old patriarch next to him walked up with a smile and said: "Ma Youxiang, don't show off this kind of pomp and ceremony from now on. We are not officials, we are just a group of ordinary people who help the villagers deal with things. What pomp and circumstance do we care about?"

Only then did Ma Youxiang realize that his little benefactor was actually angry because of this incident.

A smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he pointed at the people behind him and said: "Little benefactor, you have misunderstood. The big guy is here now to report to the old dean and principal Zhao. Isn't this what I heard about little benefactor?

When I came, I came over specifically to see my little benefactor."

Li Yi smiled and said: "Well, let them do their work, and you can walk around with me."

The old patriarch and Mr. Zhao both went to the countryside, while Ma Youxiang followed Li Yi and wandered around the countryside.

It was just a stroll, but Ma Youxiang took Li Yi to inspect the medical clinic and Tielong Primary School respectively. In addition to treating diseases and saving people, the medical clinic also has another responsibility, which is to popularize health knowledge to the people.

You must know that with the outbreak of the famine years, burning, killing, and looting took place all over the Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent the spread of the plague, Anxin Medical Clinic specially taught hygiene knowledge to the heads of households in Anxin, and then handed them over to their jurisdiction.

Every household, so that prevention can be integrated into life, has a certain effect on the protection of people's health.

Tielong Township also has the largest breeding farm in Anxin, which breeds cattle, sheep and pigs, and then sells them to the villagers through merit. The excrement of these cattle, sheep and pigs can feed chickens, ducks and fish, and fatten the land. There is also a

Its important function is to produce saltpeter, and it can be regarded as having a certain recycling method.

The construction of Tielong Township is very good, which is closely related to Ma Youxiang's ability.

To know that a place can change for the better, it requires a leader who is highly motivated, courageous and capable.

And Ma Youxiang is a courageous and capable person who wants to do more things for the villagers.

Li Yi feels that Ma Youxiang will definitely become the mainstay of Anxin in the future.

After visiting Tielong Township, Li Yi was very satisfied.

He was satisfied not only with the situation in Tielong Township, but also with Ma Youxiang's willingness to devote his abilities to creation and construction.

Those who are capable work harder. A truly capable person does not work as hard as he should, but is willing to create something to fill his empty heart, thereby becoming a person who has escaped from low-level tastes.
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