When Qu Duan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked: "Then, what should we do next?"

"Talk according to the opportunity!" Zao Guoquan whispered: "The British lost a general before the war, and the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken. If they defeat their sharpness and take the opportunity to discuss peace, it will be a blessing for the country to cut off Myanmar and it will be a blessing for the country!"

Qu Duan heard the implicit sound and asked in a low voice: "What if the British don't agree?"

Zao Guoquan sighed and said, "If the British do not agree, then you can only cut off the British from Bagan and cut off the British!"

A layer of cold sweat oozed out from Qu Duan's forehead and asked, "What if it doesn't work?"

Zao Guoquan snorted coldly: "Hmph, if it doesn't work, then a certain family will only fight to the death. Myanmar is my great Shun vassal state, and it's better to be in the hands of others. If the country is destroyed in my hands, I'm afraid it's ugly in the history books of later generations!" At this time, his eyes widened and his beards were wide open, and he was like an angry lion, with the spirit of a famous general in the world, and awe-inspiring.

"Sir, I'm going to get on the boat with my palms. Please see me!" An officer ran over and reported in a low voice.

"Please!" Zao Guoquan stroked his chin and beard, and his face became gentle. He still wanted to win over his subordinates who had made great contributions to his early entry into Myanmar.

"I will meet the lieutenant!" Badu stopped and bowed to the throne to the throne.

"Forget it, Lord Ba is exempted from gifts!" Zao Guoquan took the lead and reached out to support Ba Du. He looked up and down at the other party, and suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Lord Ba is prosperous in spring and autumn, and his heroic appearance. In comparison, I am a little depressed!"

"I dare not be praised by the great master!" Badu hurriedly thanked. He was different from Chen Zaixing. He still respected the senior in the army who had long been famous.

"Add to be worthy, you can be worthy!" Zao Guoquan made a gesture of extending his hand and asking for help: "Just relying on the merits made by the lord, the military command to be promoted to the general of the general was probably long over. I remember that Lord Ba is not yet thirty? The founding dynasty has been in the country for more than two hundred years. Apart from the founding heroes, he is now the general and the leader of the battalion, probably not many of them are the ones who are the generals at this age!"

When Badu heard the praise of Zao Guoquan, he was very happy and hurriedly bowed: "I borrow the good words of my master. If I can really do this in the future, I will also be thanking my great blessing!"

When the two entered the cabin, Zao Guoquan pointed to the seat opposite and smiled and said, "Sit down, sit down! Take your palms, you have been here for a few days before me, and have had several dealings with the British. If you have any experience, you can't hide it! "

"I dare not!" Ba Du thanked him a little, and then expressed his achievements in his heart over the past few days: "The British are powerful countries in Taixi. Both the weapons and soldiers have their own unique features. Especially the weapons are very powerful. When we were in Bagan, our army spent a lot of time to build fortifications, which was strong, but the casualties were still very serious under the fire of the British. If it weren't for luck, we would be afraid that we would not be able to stand here!"

"Yeah!" Zao Guoquan sighed: "Western military weapons have been changing with each passing year, and I am a little outdated. People come and call all the generals on the ship to listen to Master Ba's experience. This is a rare opportunity!"

"Yes, sir!" The guards responded. After a moment, more than a dozen generals and Zuo came into the cabin. They were all confidants of the Yakuto Quan and Badu. Zao Guoquan was fine. It was enough to nod in the seat. Badu was different. Most of the generals who came in Zuori had the same rank as him, and most of his age and qualifications were higher than him. He had to stand up and return the salute one by one, making the cabin mess.

"Ahem!" Zao Guoquan coughed twice, and the cabin immediately calmed down, and all the Gang Zuo's eyes were suddenly focused on Zao Guoquan's face.

"You'll listen. Lord Ba has already seen war with the British. I'll say that it's all lessons from blood. Now I'll show you that you're talking about it. Don't be negligent, otherwise don't blame a certain army for being ruthless!"

"I will obey the order!"

The deep responses of the generals immediately echoed in the cabin, full of solemn killing. Zao Guoquan stood up and bowed to Badu and said, "Master Ba, please start talking!"

Badu knew that it was the early Guoquan who deliberately raised himself in front of the generals. After all, all these generals and subordinates rolled out from the sea of ​​blood, and they also controlled the lives of thousands of people in their hands. It can be said that most of them were unbeliever, and their qualifications and official positions did not overwhelm them. If they did not dampen their aura first, they would be afraid that someone would jump out to embarrass him, and they would not be able to continue. However, no matter what, as the commander of the first army, the other party raised himself in front of everyone, and he could not help but feel good.

"The last general obeys the order!" Badu gave a bow to Zao Guoquan and turned to the generals and said, "I had fought with the British in Bagan last year. The British soldiers' refinement and sharp firearms are the best in the world. I lived in Bagan for several months, with chest walls, trenches, multi-faceted forts, and forts. However, when the British attacked, they were bullets like rain, and countless soldiers were killed and injured..." Badu explained while taking out paper and pen, spreading white paper on several tables, and drawing pictures. The generals and assistants heard that he was telling in detail, and they also looked at it. They all went forward to watch, and from time to time, some people asked.

"Sir Ba, you said that there are all chest walls, trenches, and multi-faceted castles. Why are there so many casualties and injuries under the British artillery fire?"

"You don't know, this master, that the British firearms have been greatly improved over the years. Not only has the accuracy and range increased, but the types of bullets have also increased. In the past, the army used solid bullets more often, and only had to hide in the chest wall or trench, so there would be no big problem. The newly made shrapnel grenades can shoot steel ball shrapnels thousands of meters away. Not to mention hiding in the chest wall and trench, it is not safe to hide in the multi-faceted fort!"

The generals were shocked and said loudly: "Mr. Ba said seriously? As far as I know, these two things are not far away, how can they hit a thousand meters away? Aren't you mistaken?" It turned out that the shrunk is a shell invented in the late 18th century. Its main principle is to launch a shell filled with gunpowder and lead shells onto the enemy's heads, and then let it explode and kill the enemy's personnel. Although this weapon has great power, its reliability is not good, because the delayed fuze and shell shell shell shells produced under the technical conditions at that time were of poor quality. It is easy to explode early under high pressure and high temperature when the gunbore was fired, causing accidental injuries. It is generally used on artillery such as mortars and close ranges. Therefore, these Shun Army generals were shocked when they heard that the British could fire shrunks at such a long distance.

Badu smiled bitterly, drew a few strokes on the white paper, held it up and turned around in front of everyone, so that everyone could see clearly: "This is a pattern I took apart based on a non-explosive shrapnel I picked up. This shell looked no different from the ordinary fixed-load shells, but the inside was filled with black gunpowder, steel balls and steel arrows. A copper tube was used at the tail to place the delay fuse in it. Before firing, the copper tube could be cut off according to the distance of the target. The shells shot could explode over the target, shooting dense steel balls and steel arrows, just like firing a shotgun at it at close range. The chest wall and multi-faceted castle had very little protection effect on it!"

After hearing this, everyone was shocked. They were all officers, so they naturally knew that the commonly used fortifications and infantry tactics were based on the weapons and technical level at that time. Since the effective range of shotguns and shrapnel fired by smoothbore guns in the first half of the 19th century was very close, even closer than the rifled rifles equipped by hunters, and the solid bullet with a longer range had a very average killing effect on individual infantry, so artillery soldiers were often killed by the opponent's hunters, and they were even captured by the dragon cavalry or infantry using resolute assault tactics. However, the emergence of this new type of shrapnel makes it unlikely that the above two situations will occur. Well-trained artillery can completely defeat infantry or cavalry of a platoon or even a company at a safe distance. When the infantry launched an impact, the distance from the column to the scattered line must also be changed, otherwise

It will become a living target for defending artillery. When building defense fortifications, the fortifications passed by the Shun Army are mainly chest walls, short and thick earth walls, or semicircular forts, and multi-faceted forts. The main function of the trenches is to resist local impacts rather than let soldiers hide from them. The main defense objects of these fortifications are enemy rifle bullets and solid bullets shot horizontally, and the effect of shrapnel that can explode overhead and splash a large number of shotguns is not satisfactory. After all, early shrapnel can only be fired with low-broken guns such as mortars and howitzers. These cannons have a close range and high ballistic bending. If engineers such as trenches are not passed, it will be difficult to approach the enemy's positions without being destroyed by ballistic straightness and more accurate shooting. The emergence of emerging shrapnel has changed all this, and new soldiers have to adapt to this change, otherwise they will have to pay the price of failure.

"Sir Ba, then how do you think we should deal with it?"

"Yes, Lord Ba, you fought with the British in Bagan and beat them. You must have a lot of experience, so you can't hide your own personal experience!"

Ba Du bowed to everyone: "My lords, although Mo General repelled the British attack in Bagan, if he wins, he is really ashamed and can only be said to be lucky. These days, after discussing with several subordinates, he came up with the following misunderstandings. I hope you don't want to laugh!" Speaking of this, Ba Du picked up a pencil, drew a few strokes on the white paper, and said: "First, no longer build the chest wall. The main functions of the chest wall are two: covering the enemy's guns and bullets and blocking the impact of enemy infantry and cavalry, but under the British artillery fire, the defense effect is very average, and instead becomes the target for enemy artillery soldiers to aim. As long as one shell exploded above the chest wall, it can kill more than a dozen soldiers standing behind the chest wall. Without soldiers, the chest wall cannot stop the enemy's attack!"

"What kind of cover should the soldier use if he doesn't build his chest wall?"

"Trench!" Badu said: "But this is not used to block the enemy's impact, but to let the soldiers hide in it. In this way, most of the soldiers are located under the horizon, so the possibility of being hit by enemy guns is much smaller, and the trench is much smaller than the target of the chest wall." Speaking of this, Badu drew a few more times on the white paper: "In order to reduce the killing of local shrapnel to our infantry, I plan to build a shelter every sixty or seventy meters away from the trench, which is to first dig the trench wider, then cover the top of the trench with logs, and cover it with thick soil. When the enemy shells, the soldiers in the trench can hide in the shelter. When the enemy infantry attacks, they can enter the trench to shoot. I wonder what everyone thinks?"
Chapter completed!