The technical difficulty is just a change in production methods and thinking.

The current output of more than 20,000 animals per month is enough for Zhu Youxiao to use and train extensively.

After removing the cover of the spearmen, the power of the dense array of musketeers is enough to crush all infantry and cavalry. The too dense cavalry is fully armed with cannons, and the scattered charges are greeted by muskets. The more dispersed... Haha,

Are you kidding me? To the extent that even muskets can't do much damage, is such a cavalry still powerful?

If they dare to be separated like this, the cavalry commander of the Yulin Army will teach the opponent how to behave in every minute.

Therefore, after seeing the excellent performance of the muskets in actual combat, Zhu Youxiao thought of eliminating the spearmen. After all, they did not play any role in the entire attack and defense.

However, later, considering the complex and changeable combat environment, Zhu Youxiao still retained this close-combat cold weapon unit. However, the number of troops began to be greatly reduced. Each army only retained a brigade of 5,000 people.

Moreover, these five thousand people are not just spearmen. Zhu Youxiao plans to train them according to the ideas of some special forces. Of course, they are not the special forces of later generations, but just pure, multi-functional, all-round troops that can penetrate, penetrate and close combat.

Now, the Ministry of Military Industry has been able to make steel on a large scale. Although the quantity produced each time is relatively small, it would be nice to open a few more open-hearth furnaces. In this era, being able to make steel on a large scale is an advantage, regardless of cost.

, at the national level, it is not important anymore.

With the investment of a large amount of manpower and material resources, the various steel materials produced by the steel plant, in addition to supplying the replacement and consumption of hardware, can also barely supply the consumption of all-steel equipment for a brigade of infantry.

Spears, swords, all-steel breastplates, chainmails, crossbows, ropes, spurs, etc. are all the equipment of these people. Every soldier among them is a character who can walk as fast as he can with double armor.

Wearing skirts and chainmail made of steel sheets, strong breastplates, and steel helmets on their heads, fully armed, they were humanoid tanks for frontal impact.

Such heavy equipment naturally requires that the candidates be selected to be strong and physically fit, and the steel armor and chain armor they wear are all sophisticated equipment, and can even resist the impact of muskets at close range. These guys are often physically

Wearing heavy armor, carrying long-handled swords, and charging in formation, often even the musket array may not be able to stop them.

Affected by this, many people in the cavalry clamored to copy this heavy-duty unit. However, Zhu Youxiao was excited at first, but later he firmly decided. The age of firearms has gradually come, and these ancient melee units

will eventually be eliminated.

The reason why he equipped five thousand infantrymen was to consider the needs of diversified operations, but even so, the number was strictly limited, and they also had to train a lot of special operations skills such as reconnaissance, assassination, and infiltration in order to maximize the value.

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The accompanying cavalry of all the troops, as well as the two cavalry armies, Hussar and Qiaoqi, are still mainly cuirassiers, but their equipment is gradually replaced by steel. However, even so, the situation of the entire army has undergone a huge change.

Variety.

Five thousand heavily armored infantry, 10,000 cuirassiers, 5,000 artillery and logistics troops, and 30,000 musketeers. Multiple arms formed a complete army.

Moreover, not only the changes in the arms, but also in the artillery, Li Yuyu and Li Tao began to request the addition of long-range cannons, as well as large-caliber and light-weight red cannons.

Smart people can draw inferences from one instance, and such a large-scale army operation also made the two of them grow up. Although these two cannons were not used this time, looking at the explained city walls and mountains, they could estimate in their minds,

In such a situation, what equipment can exert greater power?

Zhu Youxiao granted all their requests without any impatience.

War is like this. It gradually increases with the accumulation of experience. Not only are they learning and growing, but so is Zhu Youxiao.

[Author's digression]: (Sorry, due to poor geography, I got the location of the Greater Khingan Range wrong. The Greater Khingan Range is on the right side of Chahanhot. The valley goes through the Greater Khingan Range and leads to Xilin Gol, not to Liaodong.
Chapter completed!