I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1106
"It took less than an hour before and after, and the hundreds of people who were preparing to attack were almost wiped out.

The new army suffered a total of less than 20 casualties, most of which were minor injuries.

We won this battle very easily.

But it is precisely because of this that we are a little negligent.

There was no time to arrange manpower to meet the 200 people behind. "

"This delay is two or three hours. After we cleaned up the battlefield and cleaned up all the enemy troops, we discovered that they should have arrived at the scheduled location an hour ago, but they did not arrive on time."

"That's when we had a hunch that something might happen to them."

"So we divided the force into two parts again, one part stayed to continue cleaning the battlefield, and the other part went to rescue urgently."

"However, even though we were on our way very quickly, we were still one step slower in the end..."

Hearing this, Li Tian's heart ached.

Artillery is the absolute main force of the new army against a large number of enemies. If all the artillery have problems, their combat effectiveness may plummet by more than double.

It may have an unimaginable impact on future battles.

"what is the problem?

Those two hundred new troops, with the artillery on hand, are not weak in terms of combat power. If the enemy does not have more than several times the strength, they will not be able to threaten them at all. Could it be..."

Zheng He and Jiang Bao lowered their heads slightly,
"Actually, there are not many enemies..."

Seeing them hesitating, Li Tian became even more impatient.

"Quickly tell me what's going on!"

Zheng He was silent for a while, and finally stepped forward and said,
"Let's discuss this matter with our family. Since we have lost face, we are not afraid of losing face again."

"When we were fighting the enemy, there was an enemy squad that did not participate in the battle, but fled.

Coincidentally, they fled in the direction where the 200 people were hiding. "

"A group of people, there are only more than 30 people in total."

"If the remaining soldiers are a little more cautious, this person will not pose any threat to them at all."

"But it is precisely because of this that they underestimate the enemy."

Hearing this, Li Tian almost guessed what was going on, but he didn't interrupt Zheng He's words, but let him continue.

"They were very unhappy because they were assigned to guard the artillery ammunition in the rear.

Seeing that there was a fish that escaped the net passing by, these guys immediately cheered up.

They actually allocated more than half of the manpower to encircle and suppress those dozens of people. "

"In this way, the soldiers responsible for guarding are reduced to a minimum."

"Originally, there was no suspense. The soldiers of the new army are well-trained. Let alone dealing with dozens of recruits, even if the number is ten times larger, they can easily win."

"But who would have thought that those few deserters, after being surrounded by groups and falling to their deaths, jumped over the wall in a hurry, and set fire to the trees around them in desperation!"

"It happened to be night at that time, and the wind was still strong. During the chaos, some sparks were blown to the rear position by the wind... and then..."

Hearing this, Li Tian's scalp tingled for a while.

"What the hell is going on? Under such an advantage, this kind of thing can still happen?"

"How about the casualties, and how much of the artillery is still usable."

Zheng He hesitated for a while before saying,

"There were not many casualties, only a few unlucky ones were unfortunately caught in the explosion.

Because the artillery was a certain distance from the ammunition, the loss was not too great. Only three were completely destroyed.

However, the loss of ammunition was very large, and nearly half of the ammunition was lost. "

Hearing that the biggest loss is ammunition, Li Tianxuan finally let go of more than half of his heart.

He gave a wry smile,
"Uncle Bao, didn't I remind you before you set off that ammunition should be handled with extreme care, why are you still..."

After finishing speaking, Li Tian couldn't help pinching his temples, feeling dizzy for a while.

Although he said so, Li Tian also knew that Zheng He and others were really not to blame for what happened this time.

Because if it weren't for a series of coincidence factors, their kind of thing could actually be completely avoided.

Moreover, after marching for such a long time, this kind of thing happened only this time. It can also be seen from the side that Zheng He's military discipline was still very strict along the way.

According to his words, after the incident, he has tried his best to remedy it.

He even went to rescue ammunition supplies in person regardless of the danger, only to be accidentally hit by the blast wave and suffer serious internal injuries.

Li Tian did have a reason to be angry, and he did make a mistake first.

But how to deal with this matter today, Li Tian is still very hesitant.

In his imagination, the explosion of ammunition is absolutely unavoidable, no matter how careful he is, it is still possible once or twice.

Even when Bell invented the more efficient nitroglycerin bomb, he experienced countless failures, and even succeeded at a very heavy price.

Even a great scientist like Bell is bound to have various accidents. It would be too harsh for Li Tian to ask his subordinates to never have any accidents.

Another point is that the ammunition at this time is still very different from the ammunition of later generations.

The ammunition of later generations is basically fixed ammunition, that is, individual shells.

But the current ammunition is, barrels of bulk gunpowder, the safety, stability and ammunition of later generations are very different.

The ammunition of later generations has a small chance of spontaneous combustion and self-explosion, let alone the simple gunpowder at this time.

Li Tian hesitated for a while, and finally decided not to hold anyone accountable.

However, not pursuing it does not mean that this matter will be lightly exposed, and those who should be punished should still be punished.

And it is necessary to formulate extremely strict education and publicity on fire and explosion prevention.

Of course, no matter how much you publicize it, be careful, it's just a temporary solution, not the root cause.

Even if bulk ammunition does not explode, there is a certain chance that it will become unusable due to moisture.

It is basically impossible to completely eliminate this kind of thing. The best solution is to research the breech ammunition as soon as possible.

"All these are serious consequences caused by our family's lax military management. Please punish your Majesty..."

Looking at Zheng He who has aged a lot overnight, how can Li Tian bear the heart to really punish him.

After a long sigh, Li Tian said calmly,
"Now is not the time to discuss who is right and who is wrong. The massive loss of ammunition is already a fact. The first thing we need to do is to restore the supply of ammunition as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)