The rise of the prince

Chapter 730
Years later, the ice and snow began to melt gradually, and Wei Xingping and his soldiers had completely mastered the use of muskets and artillery, and they were almost ready to go north.

And [-] muskets and dozens of cannons have been prepared, and they can almost go north.

On the other hand, the new rifle has been finalized and put into production, and it is expected to equip all new troops in half a year.The new cannon was also finalized and produced. Compared with the musket, the cannon is obviously much simpler, because the excitation device is only changed, and there is no need to redesign it.

The new artillery has rifling, rear loading, and rear excitation, which can open flower shells, and the power accuracy and design speed have also achieved qualitative changes.

In the second half of this year, Wangfu's second-generation steam engines are expected to increase production to more than fifty.

And Qiu'er yearned for the grand blueprint he described, that is, a thousand-ton ship driven by steam power, and was eager to realize that level of steam power system engineering.

Li Xingzhou knew it was difficult, so while comforting her, he told her not to worry and slow down. At the same time, he could slowly teach some of her knowledge to the people around him, especially the children of Yongyue Pavilion.

Qiu'er was not so desperate. Of course, he also gave a lot of key opinions, but regarding the design of this high-power steam power system, he has already been out. He can provide knowledge, but cannot provide specific experience.

These valuable experiences need to be analyzed, tried, discussed and explored bit by bit by Qiu'er, the shipbuilders of the Wangfu, the metallurgical craftsmen of the Wangfu and many other craftsmen.

The only thing he can do is to provide sufficient funds. At present, under the leadership of Qiu'er, there are already [-] craftsmen from the palace who have volunteered to join this project.

There is Tie Lan, Tie Niu's younger sister. She was originally called Tie Hua, but later she felt that it was too rustic, and she was embarrassed to go in and out of the palace, so she changed it to Tie Hua. She is Qiu'er's most capable assistant.

There is also Guan Zhong, who is now the person in charge of the Wangfu Shipyard, and Zhao Si, Zhao Si is mainly in charge of material processing, because he is in charge of firearms, has manufactured a large number of firearm prototypes, and has great expertise in wood processing, steel processing and other fields. He is very knowledgeable and experienced, and there are several apprentices of Zhao Si.

The remaining people are the top shipbuilders of the shipyard. The people who were bought by the Wangfu at the beginning are now the pillars of the Wangfu shipyard.

The craftsmen who witnessed the launch, service and rise of the first generation of the Dingnan class ship in the Wangfu are also very excited, and they are very much looking forward to the iron-clad battleship that the prince said.

In fact, Li Xingzhou gave a speech, or an exchange meeting, to the craftsmen of all the shipyards, as well as the tidy power group led by Qiu Er, in the prosperous shipyard of the Wangfu. There was no rehearsal or production schedule, just for the workers. , and told all the craftsmen about his vision for the future palace warships.

The power system, drive system, and the technical indicators achieved are of course very straightforward.

This gave everyone a dream. After all, the iron-clad warship he described was unheard of and unseen, and his fighting spirit was aroused in his heart. This will definitely be a technological innovation that will be recorded in history and will last forever.

But at the moment, Li Xingzhou estimates that the new-generation power pack project will take at least several years, maybe even longer, because they are the first to eat crabs, and everything needs to be explored from scratch, which is not so easy.

But another thing has already made history, and that is Wangfu's new rear-loading rifle.

To celebrate the birth of the new rifle and to name it, everyone was very active, giving all kinds of messy names, and some people suggested naming it after him, after all, this is the gun of the palace.

In the end, Li Xingzhou took the case and named this revolutionary new gun after Zhao Si.

First of all, this is originally the credit of Zhao Si. He just put forward the concept, but the specific implementation plan and implementation were completed by Zhao Si and several of his apprentices.

Second, it can show the world that he attaches great importance to technology.

When he opened his mouth, it was difficult for everyone to refute, but Zhao Si felt that his name was not worthy of this gun.

Li Xingzhou didn't think so, and finally decided to call the gun "Zhao Ji-style rifle".

In ancient times, it was impossible for ordinary people to study, and their names were arranged according to their uncles and uncles. For example, Liu Bang was originally called Liu Ji, which means Liu Si. , the second child in the family, named Zhong.

The Zhao Ji-style rifle was finalized and put into production, and then entered the list. It is estimated that it will be able to equip the entire army in the middle of this year.

At that time, the new army will once again be reborn.

And with the addition of new equipment, the reform of the new army is imperative.
"My lord, I still want to lead the cavalry, so I can go to the front." Liu Ji said, he went back to Suzhou once during the Chinese New Year, hoping to find his long-lost wife, but he was obviously disappointed again.

However, Liu Ji said that after experiencing so many tragic experiences and ups and downs, he seems to have become the most silent one among the senior leaders of the new army, and the one who is least afraid of death.

Wei Yubai said: "My lord said to change, what should I change?"

In the big tent of the new army, there are more than 20 middle and high-level officers in the new army. He looked at the doubts of everyone and explained: "It should be established."

"Establishment?" Most people were puzzled, and then whispered to each other.

"My lord, I think it's pretty good now. We're playing so smoothly and we're invincible. No one is our opponent. Why change?" Yan Shen said.

Li Xingzhou shook his head: "As the new artillery and new rifles are gradually installed, it means that in the future, the soldiers of the new army will be more and more capable of fighting alone and in small groups, and the organization and tactics cannot hold back the weapons.

Just like today's new army is organized according to the previous Forbidden Army, generally with a hundred people in a capital as a minimum combat unit.But you have seen the new Zhao Ji-style rifles, and when they are fully deployed in June and July this year, a combat unit composed of ten people will be able to match the previous one.

Do we still have to follow the previous dispatch and let all the people line up to act?It will both expose the target and affect maneuvering. "

When he said this, some people began to think and gradually understood, while some people understood it a long time ago, such as Di Zhi.

"So, just taking advantage of this opportunity, when the new army is going to expand its army, and the navy is directly regrouping, it will be a time to change the organization, otherwise it will be troublesome to change it later."

After listening, most people understood and nodded.

"Indeed, recruits are enlisted, and the navy's new group originally requires a large personnel change. Now is a good time to change." Wei Yubai said: "However, how to change is to reduce the number of people in each capital, battalion, and army. , and then more differentiated?"

Li Xingzhou shook his head, "Not only that, but also the division of arms and the coordination of multiple arms."

Everyone said hello again.

This is what Li Xingzhou wanted to change a long time ago. In fact, since ancient times, in the history of human warfare, everyone has divided the arms. Cavalry is cavalry, infantry is infantry, and musketeers are musketeers.

Just like in Jingguo now, the guards and infantry commanders, and the guards and horse commanders are separate.

This model continued until the eighteenth century, until Napoleon came out of Europe. Apart from the reasons that Napoleon swept across Europe, the most important point was his army formation, which was a mixed formation of multiple arms. Fight independently.

This is very suitable for the army with new equipment and stronger and stronger individual combat capabilities.

"In the future, you will no longer lead a single branch of arms. If you are not a cavalry general, you will lead cavalry, an artillery general will lead artillery, and a musketeer general will lead musketeers.

The new army needs to be carefully planned and divided into divisions. In each division, there are musketeers, artillery, and cavalry. All arms are under the command of the generals to fight together! "

This is the future of the new army, and it is also the real purpose of reforming the army to meet the opportunity of expansion. The new army is divided into several combat groups, and each group must have both light and heavy firepower, and be able to stand alone and fight independently!

Only in this way can the power of thermal weapons be truly brought into play.

(End of this chapter)