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Chapter 345 This Gun Is Very Good
"Not only Governor Xu's bidding battalion needs foreign guns and cannons, Governor Ye's bidding battalion, but also my bidding battalion have to buy some.

Governor Xu and Governor Ye had observed the training of the Yueyong Camp, and they greatly appreciated this kind of fast gun that can fire by itself, so they ordered me to come and buy some guns and ammunition. " Hong Mingxiang said.

The standard battalion can be simply understood as the field army in the Qing army's green battalion combat sequence.

After the world was settled, the main task of the regular army of the Qing Dynasty changed from military combat to civilian defense.

The green battalion soldiers from various provinces were scattered and stationed in various flood gates, and they were used as public security police.

The number of people in each flood is the same as that of a battalion, there is no fixed number, ranging from a small flood with only a few people to a large flood with dozens of people.

As for how many people there are in each flood gate, it depends on the importance of the flood gate.

Although the green battalion is called a battalion, it was difficult to see the green battalion with the battalion as a unit for garrison training in the Kangxi Dynasty.

The reason why the Manchu Qing government broke up the green battalion soldiers and dispersed them in various flood gates was out of consideration for maintaining their own rule.

Banner population is small, and pampered banner people do not like to leave the world of flowers and flowers in the capital to garrison in various places, so the number of garrison Eight Banners in various places is very limited.

It is obviously not enough to rely on these few garrisoned Eight Banners to maintain the rule.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty had to use the more Han green camps to maintain law and order in various places.

But they couldn't trust the Han people, and they were always on guard against the Han people, so they broke up the green camp and scattered them in various flood gates to maintain law and order.

Even if these Han green battalions want to rebel, each green battalion is scattered in various places in flood seasons, and they cannot gather many people. The Eight Banners stationed in various places can relatively easily extinguish the flames of rebellion.

Facts have proved that this move by the high-level Manchu Qing was successful, maintaining its own rule at a relatively small cost.

But this move also has a very fatal shortcoming, that is, these green battalion soldiers who lack training lack training, and have no experience in coordinated operations. They are no longer suitable for use as field military forces and have been completely reduced to public security police.

Even if the battalion officers from all over the country summoned all the soldiers from all floods to perform tasks during the war, the battalion officers did not know the soldiers they accepted, resulting in a situation where the soldiers did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers.

This is also why the [-] British troops were able to cross the sea and borders of the Qing Dynasty, and the mobs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were able to fight all the way from Guangxi to Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anhui, and finally took down Nanjing.

The main forces of the Opium War and the early campaign to wipe out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were these battalions that were still worthy of World War I.

The so-called 80 Qing troops faced by the British army were actually only 80 security policemen responsible for filling in the lines.

In actual battles, the gap between the numbers of the British and Qing troops was not as exaggerated as people imagined. The British could even use their maneuvering advantages to create a numerical advantage in local battlefields, thereby encircling and annihilating the Qing troops.

Liang Yao's second uncle, Deng Yan, served in Guan Tianpei's bidding battalion in his early years, and this bidding battalion was wiped out by the British army at the Humen Fort.

There were four types of standard camps in the Qing Dynasty.

One is the civil servant faction Dubiao Battalion and Fubiao Battalion, that is, the personal soldiers of the governors of each province, and the mobile forces that the governors can directly mobilize.

Generally speaking, there are 2 to 5 battalions in the supervision battalion, and the number of people ranges from one thousand to four to five thousand. The number of people in the Qing Dynasty's co-bidding camp is quite flexible. It is normal for units with the same establishment to have a difference of several times in number.

The Fubiao battalion has a slightly smaller establishment, with only 2 to 3 battalions, and the number of people ranges from a few hundred to two thousand.

Due to the discourse power held by civil servants and the power to distribute local finances, the supervision and care of bids are often the most elite military forces in a province.

As for the admiral's standard battalion (3~5 battalion) and the general's standard battalion (2~5 battalion) of the military officer system, although from the perspective of establishment, they have an advantage over the governor's standard battalion.

However, the treatment of soldiers in the superintendent's battalion and the town's standard battalion is not as good as that of the governor's standard battalion, and their combat effectiveness is also slightly inferior.

If Guangdong's bid supervisors, bidders, and bidders want to purchase foreign guns and cannons from him, the quantity is still very considerable.

"I'm afraid Governor Xu and Governor Ye want to add foreign guns and cannons to the standard battalion for more than these reasons?"

Liang Yao boarded the special train to Sacramento with Hong Mingxiang, Liang Shaoqiong and their entourage.

This is not the first time for Hong Mingxiang, Liang Shaoqiong and others to take a train. The two of them had already arrived in San Francisco in mid-April. Before Liang Yao returned to California, they had already taken the train to travel around in California.

So they are also used to taking the train now, so they are not too surprised.

"Brother Liang's eyes are still sharper. In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), Brother Liang surrendered the Japanese pirates with a mere two or three thousand troops, and let the Japanese pirates sign the Nagasaki and Edo Articles (the US-Japan Friendship Treaty). I was surprised, I didn't expect that besides England, among the Western countries, there is such a country that is good at war.

Another thing is that Chang Mao has already taken Jiangning and occupied the southeast half of the wall. Governor Xu is worried that Chang Mao will go south to Guangdong and Guangxi one day, and it will be difficult to deal with it. "Hong Mingxiang found a seat and sat down, skillfully shook the copper bell, and ordered a cup of tea.

"This makes sense. I don't know how many foreign guns and how many foreign guns Hong Junmen will buy when he is ordered to come here?" Liang Yao took out a match, raised one leg and put the match head on the leather shoe After wiping it, he picked up the lighted match and lit the cigarette that was in his mouth.

"I don't know what the price of the foreign guns brother Liang sells?" Hong Mingxiang asked Liang Yao the unit price of the foreign guns.

"Foreign guns that use paper shells cost $25 per barrel, and foreign guns that use metal shell bullets cost $30 each." Liang Yao reported the price of the guns and added.

"If Hong Junmen wants to buy it, Liang will suffer a bit. Each gun comes with 100 bullets."

随着枪支产量的上升，枪支的制造成本也有所下降，沃尔特M1851E型的制造成本是每杆13美元零40美分，沃尔特M1851型的制造成本是每杆18美元零70美分。

而在刚刚投产时，沃尔特M1851E型的制造成本是每杆15美元零25美分，沃尔特M1851型的制造成本是20美元零30美分。

Compared with the Springfield M8, which is commonly equipped by the American army at present, and costs $1842 a shot, the Walter M1851 rifle that has been mass-produced still has no price advantage.

So far, only a few colonels in the United States have ordered a small number of Walter M1851E rifles to equip their troops, and the principal of West Point Military Academy Robert has ordered 500 Walter M1851E rifles as teaching aids.

This type of firearm has not been successful in the domestic market of the United States, and the cumulative sales in the United States currently do not exceed 5000.

Currently, only Liang Yao's Arizona Infantry Regiment is equipped with this type of firearms in the American army.As for the California Infantry, the standard weapon currently equipped is the Dresser needle gun.

Liang Yao also needs to open up overseas markets, sell his arms to relieve the pressure on the Sacramento Arsenal, and strive to make the Sacramento Arsenal profitable.

However, if you want to make arsenals profitable in a relatively short period of time through large-scale arms sales, it can only be achieved by selling arms in the international market.

As for the colonels in the United States, they would rather spend $8 to equip their soldiers with a musket with outdated performance than spend $25 to equip their soldiers with a rear-loading rifle.

Liang Yao currently has two big customers in the international market that he is optimistic about. One is the French Army, which urgently needs to change to standard light weapons, and the other is the Green Camp He Xiangyong of the Qing Dynasty.

Liang Yao asked Hu Jinchen to fetch a Walter M1851 rifle from the accompanying guards and hand it to Hong Mingxiang for inspection.

Hong Mingxiang played with this well-made and well-maintained rifle full of praise.

"A good gun, a good gun." As he said, Hong Mingxiang moved his eyes closer to the muzzle of the gun, "This gun has Yin and Yang lines? Is this the reason why the gun is so accurate? I saw Yueyong Xi use this gun and hit 50 feet ( 166.5M), it is as easy as picking out a bag."

Those old matchlock guns equipped by the Green Camp, compared to the foreign gun that Hong Mingxiang is holding in his hand now, are simply a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron. Let alone a target that is 50 feet away, it is even 5 feet away. On-target and off-target are common occurrences.

"Exactly, this is also the reason why the price of this gun is more expensive than other foreign guns. The yin and yang lines are not easy to drive. Take Liang's military shovel in Sacramento as an example. The yin and yang lines of ten barrels are often scrapped. 1~2, and the material used for the barrel is all good material." Liang Yao said.

"To tell you the truth, brother Liang, I really like this gun. It's just the price. It's too expensive. It costs 16 taels of silver to shoot a paper shell (the exchange rate of US dollar and silver in the middle of the 19th century is about: 1 US dollar to 0.637 taels of silver) One shot, can it be cheaper?" Hong Mingxiang began to bargain.

"It can't be any cheaper. No matter how cheap it is, I won't have any money to make. The ghosts ask me to buy guns. I sell them at the price without giving bullets." Liang Yao shook his head and said, "It's because of the friendship between our fellow countrymen. I've got 100 bullets included with each gun, and they're not cheap."

Hong Mingxiang was about to bargain again, Liang Yao interrupted Hong Mingxiang, and asked Hong Mingxiang: "How about this, Hong Junmen will tell you directly how many guns Hong Junmen will buy this time."

Hong Mingxiang thought for a long time, and then said: "5000 rods, foreign guns with paper shells, but foreign guns with metal bullets are too expensive."

"Hong Junmen, you think this is good. If Hong Junmen buys the 5000 guns at the price, Liang will send an additional 200 guns to Hong Junmen." Liang Yao said.

5000 guns was no small deal, bringing the total to $125000.

This is the largest order since the establishment of the Sacramento Armory.

It has already exceeded the sales volume of the gun in the United States since it was put into production, so it doesn't matter if Liang Yao sends another 200 guns to Hong Mingxiang.

"So, very good." Hong Mingxiang agreed after thinking about it.

After talking about the sale of guns, Hong Mingxiang asked about the price of the cannons again: "I wonder how much the foreign cannons produced here by brother Liang cost?"

"Cannons? Cannons are much more expensive than guns." Liang Yao said, "Cannons with rifling and guns without rifling, large-caliber guns and small-caliber guns, front-loaded guns and rear-loaded guns, The price difference is not a star and a half."

"I know this, the price of different cannons can't be generalized." Hong Mingxiang said, "Brother Liang, tell me the truth first, so I can know for myself."

(End of this chapter)