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Chapter 56 Don't kill the fine work caught
Through comparative experiments, it was determined that "as long as the production of shotguns can be optimized, and the airtight and round projectiles are produced, even if they are more than 100 steps away, they can achieve a good hit rate".

Shen Shuren made a decisive decision, first arranged for craftsmen to start trial production of sub-caliber lead bullets that were round enough.

On the other hand, he also further tested the armor-piercing effect of the shotgun, as well as further spying on military intelligence.

The results of the follow-up armor-piercing experiment were not too surprising, and everything was quite satisfactory:
After switching to shotgun shells, the killing effect is very good against unarmored targets, even lightly armored targets with laminated hard cotton but no iron lining, or Japanese pirates' bamboo armor. To, at least seriously injured.

With the hygienic conditions at that time, even if he survived, there was a great chance of infection.

As for the cotton armor lined with iron sheets, the shotgun really couldn't penetrate the armor.

In order to make a quantitative and accurate analysis, Shen Shuren even asked people to do a multi-rent comparison experiment on the weight of the shotgun from small to large, and finally found that the weight of the shotgun must be close to two yuan to have a good armor penetration rate.

This means that if you use traditional bird guns or Lumi guns, even if you switch to this size of shotgun, you can only hold two or three at most, and the firepower density is not much higher than that of slugs, which is basically meaningless.

Therefore, there is no need to consider the shotgun breaking the iron armor for the time being.

In the above related experiments, Shen Shuren had people take various types of scrapped armor pieces, tie them to the pigs that had just been slaughtered, and then fire at the armored pigs. The data is basically reliable.

After the experiment, the contaminated meat near the lead bullets was slightly gouged out, and the remaining pigs could also be distributed to the soldiers to eat.Even if there are traces of lead elements that cannot be cleaned up, the soldiers don't care.

This trace of lead toxicity, at least, will not show up until people get old.In terms of the survival rate at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even the Avalokitesvara soil was eaten, and the soldiers would not live to be old at all.

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After the research and deployment of weapons and tactics, the key to the next step is to understand your enemy.

There is no best weapon in the world, only the most suitable weapon for the immediate battle.

For the time being, Shen Shuren couldn't use shotguns to take into account both firepower density and armor penetration, so he could only hope that the enemy didn't have too much heavy armor.

Fortunately, he has always ordered his subordinates to do things in parallel, which is quite orderly with modern project management, and there will be no situation where things are approaching bottlenecks.

As early as at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Shen Shuren asked Shen Fu and others to investigate the suspicious recruits recruited during the previous training.

The specific method of interrogation is nothing more than isolated inspection, repeated fatigue interrogation to catch flaws, and then intimidation with words about the prisoner's dilemma.

Although Shen Shuren had never studied criminal investigation in his previous life, he had enough common sense. He had also watched a lot of detective films and gangster films.

After two days, Shen Fu really caught seven or eight spies from the dozens of suspicious personnel.After severe torture, it was confirmed that Liu Xiyao had sent them.

These secret workers often have a common feature: they seem to be physically fit, and even have good martial arts skills, but they lie that Orion can't shoot arrows, and they lie that dock workers can't swim.

As for the remaining [-] or so suspicious people who were screened out, although there was also the problem of "skills and identities not matching", the re-examination confirmed that they were just some idlers who were doing nothing for a living.

During the review process, it is inevitable that these people will be tortured, but it is not wronged-although they are not meticulous, but they just reported a false identity and want to serve in the army for military pay, which itself is a big or small mistake .

With the severity of the military law, a severe beating is completely justified.After the fight, you must not let go, so stay in the camp to do some coolie infrastructure work, so that you can have enough food.

In the follow-up, I will slowly observe whether I have become honest, whether I have learned the skills well, and if I repent well, I will be incorporated into the official combatants.

……

Today is already August eighteenth.

Early in the morning, Shen Shuren didn't have time to take care of those bastards, so he just brought all of Liu Xiyao's detailed works to interrogate himself.Those who are not yet in their turn will continue to be held in isolation to prevent collusion.

Beside Shen Shuren, stood Shen Fu and a row of Kong Wu's powerful servants, all armed, and the security work was very complete.

The first person brought up was a tall young man with many marks of beatings on his body.

"What's your name? How long have you been a thief? Do you hold any position?" Shen Shuren didn't bother to look at the file, so he asked again, just to find a rhythm and give him more authority.

"Liu San, he has been a thief for two years and served as the chief whistle." Xi Zuo replied humbly, it seemed that he was completely convinced.

Shen Shuren: "Tell me, how is this thief Liu armed? Is the armor used by the soldiers complete?"

The original level of weapons and equipment of Liu Xiyao's department, the officers and soldiers generally have some points, so that the intelligence will not be smeared.But at the end of last year, after Huanggang County was brought down and the former magistrate Yan was killed, all the weapons inventory in Huangzhou Prefecture was also seized by Liu Xiyao.

Although Shen Shuren had some of the accounts obtained by Zhao Yunfan, he didn't dare to believe them all. Who knew how serious the deficit was in the accounts of military equipment in various places in the late Ming Dynasty, and how much wasted during the battle.

For these data, we should ask the captives directly, and the first-hand information is more accurate.

Liu Sanwei replied nonchalantly: "I only know which department I am in. Except that the department always has a set of cotton armor with iron bars, the rest of the posts always only have cotton armor and leather armor without iron bars. Ordinary soldiers can grab whatever they want. What to wear.

There are enough swords, guns, bows and crossbows, but most of the arrows are bald and hairless. As for the firecrackers, there seem to be some in the army, but we have never touched them.We don't know about the rest of the ministries. "

Shen Shuren turned his head slightly and lowered his voice: "Have you written it down?"

Shen Fu slightly nodded at the side: "Remember it."

Shen Shuren nodded, and continued to torture Liu San:
"Okay, I will ask others later. If I disagree with you, some of you will inevitably be whipped. There is another question, why are you sent to work carefully this time?"

Liu San didn't dare to resist, and said like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, "Shuai Liu... oh no, I mean Thief Liu sent us here, saying that he heard that Qishui was recruiting Xiangyong, and wanted to see if he could sneak in new recruits. Gain trust, and act as an internal response when attacking the city in the future, and open the city gate."

Shen Shuren raised his eyebrows, and said solemnly: "Liu Xiyao is coming to attack the city? When?"

Liu San showed bitterness: "I really don't know these things, I'm just a whistleblower."

Shen Shuren's heart trembled: "Forget it, then answer the last question - who else is there on your trip this time, or who do you want to listen to?"

Liu San subconsciously shook his body, and quickly denied: "I don't know what the adults mean. We are all working on our own, and we don't listen to anyone."

Shen Shuren waved his hand angrily, Shen Fu understood it, and immediately passed by, it was a whip, and his skin was torn apart.

After Shen Shuren finished beating, he covered his nose with a silk scarf and said:
"If you want to seize the door, you can only rely on seven or eight people? Besides, you don't know how you were exposed, right? Now you are not afraid to tell you, anyway, you have no chance to collude.

This officer just arrested you people because you lied to be dock workers but you can't swim, and you lied to be hunters but you can't shoot well.However, I believe that there must be a lot of multi-talented people among the detailed works.It's only been two days now, and those people must not have been exposed yet.

You are afraid of offending others, and you want to protect your original comrades-in-arms, I will not stop you.However, as long as any of the other quarantined secret works can't stand the torture, help the official catch those multi-talented secret works that have not been exposed.

Then, I will definitely kill all the other tight-lipped ones, leaving only the obedient ones.If you don't want to die, just take a gamble on whether all of your original robes are tough! "

After Shen Shuren finished asking, Liu San's expression changed drastically.And Shen Fu at the side also showed a shy expression.

The time was too short, and I hadn't had time to think: since I can catch this kind of stupid work, then those good acting and multi-talented works must still be unexposed and still mixed in among the recruits!
I didn't expect to follow the vine for the first time, and I am really ashamed.

Next time the young master entrusts himself with this kind of interrogation, he will gain some insight and experience.

Shen Fu was still blaming himself, and Liu San below couldn't stand the scare anymore, so he directly reported some names and described his appearance.

Shen Shuren gave Shen Fu a wink, and he immediately went to the camp with Shen Shuren's warrant, and arrested more than 30 people in a short while.

Of course, this time he learned his lesson and didn't bring everyone up together, so the more than 30 newly captured espionages, each other didn't know which robes had been exposed and which ones hadn't been exposed.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is this plausible? Since it's about grabbing the door, only seven or eight people will come to grab the fart? Only three No. 40 people can barely gamble. It's a bit like Zhang Xianzhong's party."

Zhang Xianzhong was a thief in history, but he did this kind of thing a lot.Zhang Xianzhong tricked Xiangyang to kill the vassal king, which is one of the classic battle cases.

Shen Shuren sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, very satisfied with the latest results, "Go, everyone should be beaten up before asking questions. It's not so easy to kill such a stubborn person."

Shen Shuren made a pot of tea by himself, took a book, and after reading half of it, Shen Fu brought back a big man covered in bruises:

"Young master, this should be a big fish. He is a department commander in Liu Xiyao's army. In the secret work sent this time, if not the highest status, he is not far behind."

Shen Shuren didn't like the smell of blood on the other party's body, so he told Shen Fu: "You can ask why Liu Xiyao was following me, when did he get murderous, and tell him to spare him.

If he doesn't say anything, he will report to Liu Xiyao in the future, saying that he failed to deceive the family because this guy voluntarily surrendered to the army, and Liu Xiyao will kill his whole family. "

The head of the thief's military department is a bit stubborn, and he has no temper when he is dealt with like this.

After a long while, Shen Fu came back to report again: "Master, I have asked you clearly. It was ten days ago that a group of family members from a wealthy local family wanted to cross the mountain to Luotian County, hoping to find a way to leave Huangzhou from there, but they were killed by Liu Xiyao. The scouts caught him.

That group of rich local householders were the relatives and friends of the dead Yuan Zhongyi. They suspected that Yuan Zhongyi's death was related to you, young master, and wanted to report to Yuan Jixian and Yuan Daotai after escaping.After they were arrested, they said that they knew important military information and were willing to surrender to Liu Xiyao, just to avoid death.

Liu Xiyao learned about the recent situation in Qizhou from those people, and also learned that you are expanding the regiment training, young master, so he sent a special agent to sneak in and gain a firm foothold, and cooperate with the inside and outside. "

After Shen Shuren heard this, he did not feel the joy of getting rid of the internal troubles. Instead, he frowned: "This is not a good thing. If these details go well, maybe Liu Xiyao will attack in advance. We have only practiced for a few days, and we haven't had time to produce much new ammunition. .

But if Liu Xiyao knew that all the tricks he had done to sneak in to make money were over, he might give up the attack; but he might also think that I was a ruthless character who wanted to kill me at all costs when I was weak, so he would still rush to attack.

If there is a way to stabilize Liu Xiyao and make him feel that 'everything is under control, but there are a few twists and turns, and it will take a little more time to slowly gain the trust of the guard', that would be great...

Only in this way can we ensure that we hope that Liu Xiyao will attack fast and he will attack fast, and we hope that he will attack slowly if he attacks slowly. "

Shen Fu scratched his head beside him, thinking it was impossible: "Master, this is impossible, right?"

Shen Shuren stroked his lamented stubble: "Let me think about it."

(End of this chapter)