Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 790 Grenadiers

The three discussed for a while, and ordered the soldiers to call Jiang Min and Zhang Jun.Since the prefecture is based on fighting, they have to make arrangements in advance.

After a while, Jiang Min and Zhang both arrived.Zhang Jun held a porcelain pot in his hand, looking mysterious.

Wang Xiaolie asked the two to sit down.Said: "Just now we sent Zhe Yanzhi to Fuzhou, and persuaded Zhe to surrender. However, the conditions we gave were very harsh, and it is estimated that Zhe Yanzhi will not surrender. And, Zhe Keqiu must be given enough pressure."

Zhang Jundao: "We can ask this person for a discount, and we can't do without fighting. We have been in Shizhou for several months, and we have not contacted until now. It is obvious that we have no intention of giving up on the Jin army. We want to sit back and watch the success or failure, and benefit from both sides. This kind of person , we must beat him until he refuses to accept it!"

Wang Xiaolie smiled, and asked Jiang Min beside him, "What do you think?"

Jiang Min said: "Fuzhou has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the most core Zhejia army has more than 1 people. With these 1 people, how can it be possible to surrender? If Fuzhou is not forced to a dead end, he will not surrender." of."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes, it's not enough for you to be stationed in Shizhou. But the article in Fuzhou must start from the opposite side of the Yellow River. I plan to attack Yan'an Mansion with three divisions, and then march into the Suide Army. In addition to Zheng Jianchong from Yan'an Prefecture, the Jin Army also has Zhao Bin from Qingzhou and Murong Wei from Huanzhou. The combined strength of these three men is [-] to [-], and there are no other strong soldiers."

Jiang Min said: "What about the Jingzhao Mansion? It is an important place in Guanzhong, and there are no strong troops stationed at present."

Wang Xiaolie said: "I want to occupy Jingzhao Mansion with one division. This battle might involve the whole of Shaanxi."

Jiang Min nodded.Said: "If we attack Shaanxi, we only have four divisions, and three divisions will be newly built. There are more than 1 Jin soldiers, 8 to [-] puppet troops, and [-] troops. In terms of military strength, we are not superior."

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's right. So the plan is to attack Yan'an Mansion first, and occupy Jingzhao Mansion by the way. There are Wu Jie and Yang Zheng in the west, and the Jin army dare not come to the rescue with the whole army. In fact, in the final analysis, we don't care much about participating in the Shaanxi war." Most of the Golden Army's troops are on the western front. As long as we fight fast, there won't be too many Golden Soldiers."

Jiang Min said: "What Xuan Fu said is very reasonable. But for this war, should we send troops from the north?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The purpose of calling you here today is to see if you can draw troops. If you have spare capacity, it is best to draw three commanders to control about [-] soldiers and horses, and cross the Yellow River westward to attack the Suide army. If you advance, you can quickly defeat Zheng Jianchong."

Jiang Min said: "The Suide army is a bargain site, should we wait for his answer?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "No need. Ten days is the limit, and you are ready to attack with [-] troops."

Jiang Min nodded and said nothing more.

Wang Xiaolie turned his head to look at Zhang Jun, and asked, "Do you have any objections? Is this arrangement appropriate?"

Zhang Jundao: "The appointment of Xuan Fu and Du Tong is very appropriate, I have no objection."

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's good. — By the way, what are you holding? Why do you keep holding it?"

Zhang Jun hurriedly raised the porcelain pot in his hand and said, "Xuan Fu, this thing is called a grenade—"

Wang Xiaolie laughed and said, "What are you doing with a grenade when you're talking in the room? Fortunately, there is no open fire in this room, otherwise it would be fine! Hand grenades, artillery will naturally come up with it when you use it a lot. In the military There is also production, but not much use.”

Zhang Jun's eyes lit up.He leaned forward and said: "We think it's very useful! Xuanfu, let's see, if the front row holds this object and throws it with all its strength before the battle, the enemy will be in chaos. If you swarm up again at this time, you will naturally gain a lot. Win!"

When Wang Xiaolie heard it, he felt it made sense.After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly remembered a name I heard in my previous life. Isn't this the Grenadier!

When muskets become more and more perfect and the battle formation disappears, grenadiers are naturally useless.But in this day and age, there are guns but no guns, and grenadiers don't work just right!
Taking the grenade in his hand and weighing it, Wang Xiaolie asked, "How far can the soldiers throw it now?"

Zhang Jundao: "The distance is different, the far one can be thirty steps, and the close one can be nearly twenty steps."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It won't work like this. You go back and pick someone out, and you need to be tall and throw them extra far. Let's see how far these can be thrown in a battle formation."

Zhang Jun listened and said with a smile: "Why do you need to pick another person! I have already found someone to come out, Xuanfu just go and see."

Seeing that there was nothing important to do, Wang Xiaolie said to Wang Ruohai, "Let's go and have a look. If this method is successful, there will be new tactics in the future. After using artillery, the tactics are still too simple, and more Think of ways to."

Wang Ruohai said yes.Together with Wang Yan, they followed Jiang Min and Zhang Jun out of the room.

There is a small school yard behind the state government office. Zhang Jun has ordered 50 people and is resting there.

Seeing Wang Xiaolie and others coming, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Seeing that everyone was tall and big, Wang Xiaolie said to Zhang Jun: "You choose twenty outstanding ones, line them up in two rows, and wait for orders."

Zhang Jun listened to the order and hurried forward.Among the 50 people, [-] particularly strong ones were selected and lined up neatly.

Wang Xiaolie stepped forward and said: "Try the power of the grenade today, and you are specially selected. I have a whistle here. One whistle, take out the grenade; two whistles, ignite the grenade fuze; three whistles Sound the whistle, and throw the grenade forward. Well, let's see how far we can throw without lighting the fuze."

Ask Zhang Jun to prepare grenades, and everyone holds them in their hands.Wang Xiaolie picked up the whistle and looked at the crowd.

The grenades of this era use black powder, packed in porcelain jars, and the size is not uniform, and the power is really limited.And because it is a porcelain pot, if you are unlucky and hit a stone or something, the porcelain pot will be broken if there is no explosion, which is equivalent to a waste.

Wang Xiaolie felt that this thing was made in the army without much use and he didn't care about it, so he left it to the craftsmen to use freely.Now for grenadiers, these are of course not suitable.The people Zhang Jun picked out could only practice their bomb-throwing posture first.

Holding the whistle, looking at the grenade in the hands of the soldiers, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help shaking his head.

At the first whistle, the soldiers took out the porcelain pot.Fortunately, Zhang Jun worked hard, and the porcelain jars were all the same size, about the size of a melon.At the second whistle, some soldiers threw the porcelain pots out, and some looked around, not knowing where to light the fire.

Wang Xiaolie sighed.Said: "Okay, I won't light the fire today. When I blow the whistle for the second time, I will throw the grenade."

Everyone said hello.

Wang Xiaolie took a deep breath.With one whistle, the porcelain jars were taken out; with the second whistle, the porcelain jars in their hands were thrown out.

After throwing three times in a row, Wang Xiaolie dismissed the whistle and asked Zhang Jun to dismiss the soldiers.

Several people got together, and Wang Xiaolie said: "The soldiers tried to throw the grenade just now, and everyone saw it. Let me first talk about the problems I saw, and everyone will talk about what you saw later. First of all, the movements are not uniform. There are all postures. The movements are not uniform, so how can the distance of the throw be the same? Another thing is that many people throw it not in a straight line, but to one side. This is even worse. Of course, lack of training is also a problem.”

Wang Ruohai said: "Although Zhang Qianzhi has specially selected them, the grenades are still of different sizes. This doesn't work either."

Everyone is chattering, you have one sentence and one sentence, and there are all kinds of opinions.

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is the matter. Jiang Min and Zhang Jun will select a few people to form a group to discuss various problems of the grenadiers. The other personnel will fully cooperate with their work and try to spend three months. Preliminary formation of grenadier units."

(End of this chapter)