In the autumn of the 11th year of the Apocalypse, China-Mongolia bilateral trade reached its most lively time. At this time, the Mongolians concentrated on transporting a large amount of wool and leather to border trade points for trading.&1t;/p>

At the same time, the Mongolians also sold a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and a small number of camels and other livestock to the Ming Dynasty. After these goods were exchanged for the Tianqi Treasure Banknote, they directly purchased various products from the Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Tianqi Baochao has become a currency for bilateral trade settlement. Only when the Mongolians still have a trade balance will they go to the bank to exchange it for silver dollars. However, the trade between the Mongolians and the Ming Dynasty basically has a trade deficit. The "foreign exchange" exported to the Ming Dynasty every year is used to purchase a large number of goods.&1t;/p>

Tea, porcelain, cotton, brocade, silk, cane sugar, and steel products are the most demanded commodities of the Mongolians. Especially after the Mongolians obtained a large supply of steel products, their productivity has also increased significantly, and the Mongolians even bought grain from the Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Because the Mongolians have seen that they breed sheep and buy food through trade, they can feed more people. The Ming Dynasty’s grain was not very expensive, but the wool sales were good. The trade between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia did not make too exaggerated profits on ordinary commodities.&1t;/p>

This made the Mongolians very welcome to bilateral trade. At the same time, through this method, the Mongolians' needs were also met and they would not easily provoke wars.&1t;/p>

The real unbalanced trade is still the military equipment exported to Mongolia by the Ming Dynasty. The price is still relatively expensive, but the production cost has long been reduced.&1t;/p>

In the autumn of this year, the Ming Dynasty sold another 30,000 sets of cavalry equipment. The Mongolians smiled happily and obtained these 30,000 sets of cavalry equipment. Mongolia had already armed 80,000 elite cavalry.&1t;/p>

Lin Danhan's ambition has increased greatly, and he has so many elite cavalry. Mongolia can sweep across all countries. However, Lin Danhan still has some fear of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Ming Dynasty's firearms are too sharp.&1t;/p>

The last defeat in the war still caused a relatively large psychological shadow to Lin Dankhan. At this time, the 6th army of the Ming Dynasty was one million. It was difficult to invade the Ming Dynasty. Although Lin Dankhan's ambition was inflated, his ambition for the Ming Dynasty was no longer so strong. If the two sides could continue to trade like this, it would be a good model.&1t;/p>

However, Lin Danhan's ambition for the Central Asian grasslands was expanding. Previously, due to the warning from the Ming Dynasty, Lin Danhan gave up occupying the Central Asian grasslands. However, at this time, the military power further strengthened, and Lin Danhan also began to expand and drooled at the Central Asian grasslands.&1t;/p>

Trade with the Ming Dynasty ensured that Mongolia had food supply problems, so that Mongolia did not have to worry about starving people to death due to disasters. This led to a growing population in Mongolia. Mongolia also needs to expand outward.&1t;/p>

After the trade ended, Lin Danhan immediately formulated an expansion plan for the beginning of the next spring.&1t;/p>

"Next year we will occupy areas in Central Asia that the Ming Kingdom has not occupied yet. If the Ming people disagree, we will take a tough attitude and see who can't hold on first." Lin Danhan decided to say that with the current strength of Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty would still have to pay a great price to conquer Mongolia. Even if the Ming Dynasty had 100,000 elite cavalry, it was still much stronger than Mongolia's strength.&1t;/p>

Lin Danhan hoped that the Ming Dynasty would be afraid of the enemy. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty only occupied a small part of Central Asia, and most of the areas had not been occupied yet. Mongolia did not need to directly conflict with the Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Lin Danhan also hopes to understand the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty through such a military operation. If the Ming Dynasty has a tough attitude, it is impossible to take a step back and continue to accumulate strength.&1t;/p>

However, what Lin Danhan didn't know was that the black technology that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had already developed a bright future.&1t;/p>

After some efforts and continuous improvement, the military factory has created a series of guns that can use gunpowder gas to complete the unlocking, reshuffle, send bullets, and relock, which has realized the automatic continuous shooting of a single-barrel gun and reduced the recoil of the gun.&1t;/p>

The core principles and structure of the design have been overcome, and the specific design is still being improved.&1t;/p>

In response to the problem of overheating of the barrel, Zhu Youxiao asked the researchers to install a water-cooled sleeve on the barrel. At the same time, the canvas chain bullet was also used.&1t;/p>

So the first heavy machine gun similar to the "Maxim Heavy Machine Gun" was finally released successfully, but in many details, it is still different from the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun, but it is similar in core structure. The design is not completely mature. This kind of machine gun may still cause failure from time to time, but the general design is no longer a problem.&1t;/p>

The specifications of the bullet are set to.&1t;/p>

This heavy machine gun made by military factories can not only produce smokeless gunpowder bullets, but also shoot black gunpowder bullets. However, the power difference is relatively large. The only benefit is that the corrosion corrosion of the barrel by black gunpowder bullets is not that serious. The barrel materials used in military factories are still relatively poor in corrosion resistance, and the life of the guns has not been greatly improved.&1t;/p>

Moreover, the cost of using heavy machine guns is relatively high. To put it bluntly, it consumes too many bullets. The production of new pointed bullets is still manual assembly technology, and the shell is made of copper. A canvas machine gun bullet has a total of 35o. It can be fired in less than a minute. If it is used on a large scale, the cost is indeed a bit high.&1t;/p>

However, when the heavy machine gun appeared, it shocked the top military leaders.&1t;/p>

During the demonstration at the shooting range, the heavy machine gun made by the military factory directly shot a big tree in the waist, and fired more than 500 bullets in one minute.&1t;/p>

The theoretical shooting of this thing has reached more than 6oo, and can be fired at a slight or continuous shooting. The effective range reaches 1ooo meter, and the bullet still has a certain lethality outside 15oo meter. This thing can even be used as a cannon to bending enemies in the distance, so as to deal with enemies hiding in the trench.&1t;/p>

Although the consumption of bullets is a bit large, Zhu Youxiao deeply understands the terror of this thing on the battlefield, especially against the army that is mainly cold weapons in this era. Because the army in this era uses cold weapons, it must adopt a dense formation. If the formation is not dense enough, it will be dispersed and others will form a local military advantage in tactical terms.&1t;/p>

Heavy machine guns are massacres when they arrive on the battlefield.&1t;/p>

A group of senior military officials looked at the lethality of the heavy machine gun and couldn't speak on the spot. After a long shock, they whispered to each other.&1t;/p>

"This is simply a weapon of killing!" Mao Yuanyi, the commander-in-chief, sighed. Wang Yining, who had just been transferred to the Supreme Command, nodded and said: "The lethality is so terrifying. As long as you put a few struts in front of the formation, the enemy will not be able to rush up at all."&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty. This heavy machine gun is coming out, and the way of war will inevitably be different in the future. Perhaps the imperial government troops do not need to have too many troops to defeat the enemy." Sun Chengzong said to Zhu Youxiao for a long time later.&1t;/p>

"You are right. Now my big firearm technology has improved. The war model will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes in the future." Zhu Youxiao nodded, "I want to set up an experimentalist from the Imperial Guard to practice new tactics. What do you think?"&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty's wiseness." Sun Chengzong supported. Nowadays, military factories have made breakthroughs in gunpowder technology and are constantly developing new equipment. The past tactics are indeed inappropriate.&1t;/p>

The formation of the experimenter was then included in the military's work plan. After watching the shooting demonstration at the shooting range, Zhu Youxiao named this heavy machine gun the Apocalypse 11 heavy machine gun. He ordered the military factory to finalize production and continue to improve.&1t;/p>

On the other hand, the new rifle developed by the military factory soon had results. After some comparison, a fixed production was selected from six different designs.&1t;/p>

The selected bolt-pull rifle can load 5 ammunitions, with an effective range of more than 8 oo meters. Of course, soldiers cannot aim at targets that far away. However, for enemies with dense formations, shooting at such distances is easy to kill targets. The selected rifle does not load a lot, and the bullets must be pressed into the bullet compartment, without a magazine design. However, it is better to be reliable and stable.&1t;/p>

This rifle is also named Apocalypse Type 11 and is included in the new equipment production list of military factories.&1t;/p>

However, the metallurgical technology of the Ming Dynasty was not too fast at this time, so the barrel was not very durable. The lifespan of the gun was relatively low, which is a relatively big problem.&1t;/p>

One step ahead is already a magical tool. The emergence of heavy machine guns has made the Ming Dynasty lead the world for more than two hundred years.&1t;/p>

Under such circumstances, Zhu Youxiao is not very urgent about the subsequent technological improvement. Just let the following study, and there is no need to participate in it in person.&1t;/p>

Soon, more than 10,000 people were drawn from the Imperial Guard and an experimentalist was established.&1t;/p>

This unit belongs to the second generation of new army organized by Zhu Youxiao. There are great differences in the current new army in terms of organization, tactics, etc.&1t;/p>

The biggest difference is that the second generation of new troops no longer use square formation tactics, and Zhu Youxiao proposed the trench warfare tactics with a "crazy" heart.&1t;/p>

Trench barbed wire machine gun = insurmountable!&1t;/p>

The soldiers' basic equipment has also become a Type 11 rifle, plus bayonets, and several grenades. At the same time, they are equipped with a steel helmet and a engineer shovel.&1t;/p>

There have also been changes in military uniforms.&1t;/p>

The red military uniform was replaced by green military uniforms, making it easier for soldiers to hide. The red military uniform was too conspicuous on the battlefield. Once the smokeless gunpowder technology spreads, the red military uniform was a death talisman on the battlefield. Since he was an experimenter, Zhu Youxiao simply reformed it in one step.&1t;/p>

In one step, the reform will be in place. It will no longer be unique to ordinary soldiers, but will use armbands to distinguish military ranks, so as to avoid officers being accurately attacked by enemy sharpshooters on the battlefield because they are too conspicuous.&1t;/p>

At the same time, soldiers are equipped with leather boots and belts, which are all made of high-quality cowhide. When they are too ammunition and food, they can use leather boots and belts to satisfy their hunger. Moreover, soldiers wearing military boots also look heroic and handsome.&1t;/p>

As for the helmet, it is optional. After all, the artillery nowadays has no fragments, and it is mainly solid bullets. However, these days, there are bows, arrows, and arrows, and the equipment of steel helmets is not completely useless. Anyway, Zhu Youxiao has made a step forward in reform. As for whether to copy it during promotion, it depends on the situation.&1t;/p>

In terms of military uniform design, Zhu Youxiao copied German military uniforms a lot, but in this era, this is the original. Military uniforms are divided into summer and winter clothes, and winter clothes are windbreakers styles, and the styles are also very beautiful.&1t;/p>

The style of this army is definitely not the visual sense of this era.&1t;/p>

At the same time, an experimenter with tens of thousands of people was equipped with a heavy machine gun in each company. A division and three regiments would have 27 heavy machine guns. At the same time, a machine gun battalion was specially established, equipped with 27 heavy machine guns, a total of 54 heavy machine guns.&1t;/p>

This experimenter is absolutely crazy and does not give the enemy any chance on the battlefield. It is not just luxurious equipment configuration, but the most important thing is trench tactics.&1t;/p>

With the trench and barbed wire, it is not that difficult for the enemy to break through. But if it is equipped with the cross firepower formed by machine guns, it would be too perverted. The enemy needs to pay a huge price to destroy the barbed wire. Moreover, in the era when the enemy's individual firepower was very slack, being broken through the barbed wire by a small number of enemy troops did not pose any threat at all. What threat can an enemy who uses flint rifle or bows and arrows crawl over the barbed wire?&1t;/p>

The most crazy thing is that Zhu Youxiao proposed the cross-fire tactic. The effect of using machine guns alone is not that terrifying, but the cross-fire network will definitely turn the battlefield into a slaughterhouse against enemies with dense formations on the battlefield.&1t;/p>

Such a new army is indeed relatively expensive in terms of armed costs. The most expensive thing is that the bullet consumption is relatively large. After all, the industry of the Ming Dynasty has just entered the steam engine era and its productivity is not particularly strong. Each soldier has a new rifle, and the number of bullets consumed for training is not a small number. Once it is expanded to the armed scale of millions of people, the military expenditure on training will be thrilling to burn money.&1t;/p>

At the same time, an infantry division is equipped with 54 heavy machine guns, which is definitely a luxury configuration. There is no financial burden to build an experimenter, but if you expand the scale, you will be a little overwhelmed.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao, who planned to personally conquer Mongolia, devoted most of his energy to the compilation of the second generation of new troops. As long as the experimentalists were trained, the next military reform would be very easy.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao, who had a killing weapon in his hand, was extremely calm at this time. He didn't take the threat from the Mongolians seriously at all. Zhu Youxiao, who was a little tired of being in the capital, began to actively prepare for the next imperial envoy.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao wanted to go on a trip. After traveling through so many years, he had not yet traveled out of Beijing for a good trip. The last time he personally went to Mongolia, he was still a little worried. Moreover, the internal situation was not stable at that time, and he could not leave Beijing for too long.&1t;/p>

Now the northern provinces have completed reforms and the internal situation has been relatively stable. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao has also completed the centralization of the new policy areas, especially military centralization.&1t;/p>

After the north stabilized, the peasant army could no longer appear again. Although the southern provinces have not yet completed it, the military threat is not great.&1t;/p>

At this stage, Zhu Youzhai's pressure was not that great. So Zhu Youzhai planned to travel to the grassland comfortably, and at the same time, to compete with the Qin Emperor and Han Wu. (To be continued.)&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!