Daming Yuanfu

The main difference between the siege artillery and the field artillery is the vehicle, which Gao Pragmatic knows without Liu Xin's introduction.The big difference must be the "straight gun" and the "curved gun". It is impossible to use one tube for multiple purposes and one bomb for multiple purposes.

So in any case, after distinguishing between "straight guns" and "curved guns", the logistical burden will inevitably increase.No matter how you think of a way, you can only say try not to aggravate too much.

However, with the addition of "curved cannons", no matter the Ming army or the Southern Xinjiang garrison, their lethality against the enemy will definitely be greatly improved.This kind of improvement mainly lies in the range damage to the enemy's personnel, war horses and other effective forces. As for the attack, at the current technical level, we still have to rely on "straight guns", that is, cannons with straight ballistics.

Now that the technological progress of artillery has achieved phased results, Gao Pragmatic has to propose corresponding artillery tactics.But he did not express his opinion immediately, but asked Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin: "In your opinion, after the 'bent cannon' is equipped in batches, what new tactics should our artillery adopt to cooperate?"

Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin looked at each other, Liu Xin smiled slightly, and made a "please" gesture to Huang Zhiting.Huang Zhiting smiled and nodded in response, not too politely, and said: "As for the 'Curved Cannon', I have paid close attention to it when it was still in the research and development stage these years. Judging from some tentative technical indicators, there are roughly a few characteristics. Its shooting range is relatively short but it falls from the head, so it is difficult for the enemy to guard against; its killing range is large, but the probability of injury and disability is much higher than that of death.

Although this object is a new type of artillery launched by Jinghua after more than ten years of research, there are actually many prototypes of it.When I was young, I accompanied my father to the imperial court to suppress the rebellion. I saw at least five or six types of firearms in the army. "

When Huang Zhiting said this, he glanced at Gao Wushi and said, "Master, do you still remember that when you reformed the army's military industry and logistics system, you cut off a large number of strange firearms production and equipment for the army?"

Gao Wushi smiled: "I naturally remember that there are more than 50 types of large and small ones that I ordered to be cut down, not to mention those that were cut down by the Ministry of War at my order before they were delivered to me. dropped."

"That's it." Huang Zhiting said: "I don't know if the master knows about poisonous fire and flying cannons?"

"I remember, but I remember it not because of anything else, but when I compiled the "Hui Dian", I recorded it according to the manuscripts of the senior Hanlin."

This really made Gao Pragmatism questionable. In his early years, he always thought that these gadgets were useless, so naturally he would not study how these fancy but limited power things were used.

The reason for this difference is that Gao Yushi usually didn't take care of the front-line command in previous operations, because he was born as a civil servant, not from the army or as a general.

"It's almost over." Gao Wushi rolled his eyes and said angrily, "After making so many kinds of things, they can only act as a harassment? It seems that I did nothing wrong by cutting off the production and equipment of these things. .”

Before the advent of the curved cannon, if the hollow phalanx was not big enough, it would be difficult for our original artillery to be useful, because if the phalanx is too small, the firing angle of the artillery will be insufficient.The artillery with a full angle of fire may shoot out of the range of the enemy's approach, in short, it is not very useful.

According to a record that Gao Wushi had read in his early years, only 1813 of the 42 artillery companies put into the battlefield in Austria in 13 were mounted artillery; 17 of the 6 artillery companies of the Prussian Army during the Battle of Waterloo had [-] mounted artillery; The army's artillery organization is relatively chaotic, and it is difficult to count accurate data, but it is certain that its ratio is roughly similar to that of the Prussian army.

The concentration of artillery was a hallmark of Napoleon's tactics.Gao Pragmatism also likes to engage in concentrated use of artillery, but his previous concentrated use is not exactly the same as Napoleon's concentrated use.Perhaps it should be said that Gao Pragmatism's concentration of artillery in the past was a kind of concentration at the strategic level, while Napoleon's concentrated use of artillery was a more detailed tactical application.

Take a look at the Janissary Army that was created by him in name. Although he was responsible for the organization of the Janissary Army, how much role did he play in the specific training, including tactical research, etc.?It was all done by Qi Jiguang.High pragmatism is at most when Qi Jiguang said how many muskets and cannons he needed... to meet Commander Qi's request.

It may not be useless when the two armies confront each other. For example, you can form several small teams outside the main formation of the main army, and each team will carry two or three such small explosives. Cannons can also interfere with it. "

Because the 12-pound gun is heavier, mounted artillery is rarely equipped with 12-pdr guns, but a large number of 6-pdr guns.

At that time, European field artillery was divided into foot artillery and mounted artillery.There is not much to say about foot artillery. Gunners basically have to march on foot. Senior artillery officers or older junior officers are allowed to ride horses.Of course, there are also records of gunners riding gun carts and dragging horses.

Gao Yushi knew that his tactical command level would not be much better than that of ordinary generals, let alone compared with some famous generals—not to mention Qi Jiguang, the God of War, even Liu Ting and the others, their tactical command level must be far behind. Super pragmatic.Therefore, everything that Gao Yushi has done in the past is biased towards overall progress, and it is difficult to go deep into the specific establishment.

Huang Zhiting smiled, and said: "The power and range are really not interesting. Otherwise, what would Jinghua do for more than ten years? I just want to say that there were actually a lot of such explosive cannons and explosive bullets at that time. Poison Fire Cannon, Lei Fei Cannon, Watermelon Cannon, Feiyun Thunderbolt Cannon, Flying Explosion Cannon, Zhanfengshenhuo Meteor Cannon, etc."

Second, its range is too short.Two hundred paces is only 340 meters. Even if the enemy army is infantry at this distance, it can only be reached in one charge. It is impossible to fire a second artillery, let alone the main imaginary enemy of the army at that time was the Mongolian cavalry. "

Gao Yushi frowned: "Flexible use? What is flexible use?"

Gao Wushi shook his head resolutely.

英军不分骑乘还是徒步，有的为5/1(5门加农炮1门榴弹炮，后同)有的为4/2；普军全部是6/2；奥军12磅炮连为8/2，骑乘炮连为6/2，轻型火炮连为4/2；俄军……嗯，又是情况不明。

Of course, Napoleon, Wellington, and Archduke Charles all tried to distribute some light artillery directly to the regiment, or even units below the regiment.However, since this method has too much freedom, it is not conducive to concentrating artillery firepower, so it was finally changed back to the original state.

The suggestion made by Huang Zhiting just now reminded Gao Yushi of Napoleon's basic artillery organization: artillery battery.

Among the 7 gunners, the gunner is usually served by a sergeant, a igniter, a loader, one or two are responsible for handling ammunition, one is responsible for wetting the barrel, and the last one is called ventsman (Note: I don’t know how to translate), Let's call it the ignition port operator.

In the Napoleonic era, the basic unit of artillery was the battery.Of course, the right to use these artillery companies is concentrated in the hands of the army and even the supreme commander.

Compared with these old small cannons, the Jinghua curved cannon has greatly improved both in range and power, and its quality is much more stable, so it can be used intensively to further increase its lethality.

However, being centralized and centralized, flexible can also be flexible.Assuming that our army is now facing the attack of Chahar's superior cavalry with inferior forces, according to the current tactical principles, our army must arrange a bayonet hollow phalanx.

After a pause, Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "You can call it a 'curved cannon', but I don't regret cutting the production of this thing. The reason is very simple. It is too weak, and some inexplicable so-called poisons are added to it, and it is reduced to a useless thing, which can only be heard on the battlefield.

It was not until 1792, after the French Revolution, that two mounted artillery companies appeared in the French army.But it doesn't matter, after that, especially after Napoleon came to power, the mounted artillery of the French army developed rapidly.By 1807, the French army already had 6 regiments (36 companies) of mounted artillery. In 1810, the Seventh Dutch Mounted Artillery Regiment was established.

Although Huang Zhiting's expression was not perfect, Gao Wushi understood what she meant and was quite surprised because it was a very forward-looking suggestion.To a certain extent, Huang Zhiting's suggestion has even reached the level of the application of artillery in mainstream military thought during the Napoleonic Wars, if compared with European military history.

Gao Yushi recalled a little, and said: "This thing is made of wrought iron. It looks like a general with a mouthful of a cup. It contains more than ten taels of gunpowder. The mouth of the cup is filled with pig iron. It is like a cannon. It contains five taels of sulfur poison, and the medicine thread is always tied to one place. The ignited cannon was fired first, and the flying cannon was shot [-] paces away to shatter and injure people."

"Like?"

The total number of officers and soldiers of the artillery companies of various countries ranges from 150 to 200.Among them, each gun has 7 gunners (the French army has 12 8-pound guns), and several infantry are used to assist in moving and adjusting the angle of the artillery. When the artillery company is attacked, it can also provide necessary resistance.

William the Great of Prussia created the earliest mounted artillery, and gave this kind of force a nice name "flying artillery".The French officers at the time were shocked after seeing the performance of this artillery on the battlefield, but France still did not form a mounted artillery for a long time.

At that time, the number and configuration of artillery companies of artillery companies in European countries were not much different.Among them, the foot artillery of the French army has 6 cannons and 2 howitzers; the mounted artillery has 4 cannons and 2 howitzers.

"Improvements can be made, such as changing from piecemeal to concentrated firepower." Huang Zhiting said: "Concentrated firepower is the principle of combat that the master has emphasized again and again, and it must be adhered to in the application of the Jinghua curved cannon.

This means that Gao Shi's previous "artillery concentration" was simply a temporary concentration of the artillery under his command for use, while Napoleon's "artillery concentration" was to organize the artillery separately from the beginning. Use, can also be disassembled and used alone, and can also support each other at any time and so on.

During the battle, the higher-level command department will basically assign an artillery company to each division to provide fire support.Although the French army organized six artillery companies into an artillery regiment, each company of the artillery regiment must also be assigned to a division-level unit.This method of centralized management and use of artillery companies was not only used by the French army, but also accepted by the armies of various countries at that time.

"Ah, I remembered...Zhi Ting, the Dingnan Garrison has always had the highest artillery ratio. Is it because of this that you paid special attention to the application of artillery to gain this understanding?" Gao Yushi asked.

"Ah, this is a paradigm of the words used by the master. In fact, I have to say it myself. It's a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west." Huang Zhiting spread her hands and said: "These cannons are very small, one or two stronger soldiers They can be carried and run, so when the enemy camps in the wild, they can be used as a sharp weapon for night harassment, and they can be moved after firing one shot, and another shot can be fired at another place.

The reason why the concubine can be deployed flexibly means that even in such a phalanx, one can concentrate on attacking the enemy.As for the situation of large army field battles, division of troops, etc., it is also possible to create a special flowering... curved artillery unit, with a few or more than ten cannons as a basic organization, forming a flexible deployment, flexible mobilization, and flexible attack. Artillery to execute. "

This time Gao Wushi just nodded slightly, but didn't say much. He knew that Huang Zhiting would not review these antique products inexplicably, and must express something through these.

But now, Qi Jiguang has retired, but the artillery has developed to a new level. The military's application tactics urgently need to adapt to such changes, so it has to find more professional people to handle it.Originally, Gao Pragmatic meant to find Ma Gui, Liu Ting, Qi Jin and even Zhang Wanbang's new generation of famous futures for reference, but he never expected that there would be such a talent with a keen tactical vision in his family!

Sure enough, Huang Zhiting continued: "Then, does the master know how these strange flower cannon officers used to use it?"

Huang Zhiting seemed to have guessed it a long time ago, so she smiled: "As the master said, these things are too weak and the range is not enough...so they are often used flexibly."

If there is only one person carrying ammunition, the remaining person is on standby at the rear of the horses and the "front cart". Every two guns will be in charge of a lieutenant, and the entire artillery company will be in charge of the captain and company commander.

Gao Wushi knew so much about the establishment of the French artillery company at that time, thanks to the fact that he had been obsessed with a certain tactical command game for a while, so he checked it out.Take out the forgotten parts, and that's all.

But it is different with the curved cannon. The curved cannon has a wider shooting angle and will not hit too far. Its flowering bullets can cross the head of our infantry array and hit the attacking enemy.

Huang Zhiting smiled and said: "I won't say much about their disadvantages. I just want to say that after these things have become the current Jinghua curved guns, although they have changed a lot, some of the ideas can still be used. improved reference."

It can be said that the mounted artillery of the French army was the highest in Europe at that time, both in terms of absolute number and equipment level.The ratio of mounted artillery in the British army is also high. Half of the 26 artillery companies that participated in the Battle of Waterloo were mounted artillery.

Huang Zhiting nodded and said: "There are reasons for this, but the first time I cared about the artillery issue was actually during the Annan period... At that time, the artillery under the master's command shocked me a lot, and I have been concerned about it ever since. In the development of artillery, when I have nothing to do, I often think about how to make good use of artillery.”

Gao Wushi and Liu Xin looked at each other, then slapped his thigh suddenly, and said: "Well, before you have to go back to southern Xinjiang, first research and test the artillery formation after the Jinghua curved cannon came out.

Personally, I suggest that the basic establishment of the artillery should be about ten as you just said, which can be regarded as an artillery company.How to make it up, you go to other courtyards to experiment.In addition to the armed servants who are trained in rotation, I will also inform the Jingbei Camp of the Imperial Guard, and let their artillery cooperate with you when you need it. What do you think? "

Huang Zhiting smiled and said: "The concubine's body is naturally all according to the master's orders."
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