Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 310 012 Don’t worry about which city you are in, soil work is a basic skill

At the headquarters of the Guards, spring training plans are being arranged.

Archduke Constantine's idea was also very simple. Before the alliance against France was formally established, the various infantry regiments of the Guards must be further trained, and the strength of the Guards must also be expanded.

In addition to replenishing the troops around Petersburg and Vyborg, soldiers from the royal estates also formed militia battalions, the prototype of the Finnish Guards Battalion, which would later be expanded into regiments.

In the future, the Guards will not only be the few infantry regiments we see now, but even the garrison will be expanded to the size of the Guards today.

Of course, the Tsar was afraid of bombs in the future, and with the expansion of the army, it was not surprising that anything happened. By 1914, the size of the Guards reached more than one-tenth of the total strength. This shows that the Tsar was afraid of the people.

It is not like this now, after all, he is still the little father of the Tsar.

When Constantine called the group leaders here, he also wanted to discuss the training outline.

Solovyov didn't want to speak. After all, he was the only one of the five regiment commanders in a small regiment, and his military rank was lower, so he definitely had no say.

Although his ability is not bad, and he has performed well in combat and training before.

However, after several people expressed their opinions, Constantine still asked him.

"Your Highness, I think at this time, I should."

"You have to express your opinion, we all know you may have some good ideas."

"It shouldn't be available now, at least it's not very practical."

In order to implement the British method of squatting in pits, many necessary conditions are really missing. As for building barbed wire and laying landmines, it is not as beneficial as throwing grenades wildly.

"Can you tell me about it too? We all know that you are an inventor."

Lieutenant General Tolstoy also said this. He is the current commander of the Prussian Regiment. As an officer of the Prussian Regiment in the past, this is his support.

"Well, I thought about using blasting during sieges. When we were in Italy in the past, we often needed to besiege French fortresses. When I saw those fortresses, I always thought that there needs to be a method of attack. ”

Well, what he was thinking of was blasting. Although this is considered a traditional skill for the Russian army, it is indeed relatively rare for infantry to master it directly.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Lieutenant General Ma Liujing also asked. The leaders of the three Guards regiments were all generals. Obviously, they still had some expectations for this little lieutenant colonel.

The leader of the Semyonovsky Regiment had no personal conflict with him, and since they were both close associates of the Tsar himself, there was nothing much to say at this time, and both senior lieutenant generals spoke.

"In addition to new grenades, there are also blasting tubes and explosive bags, but their uses are different."

"I knew you were going to explode, Solovyov."

Constantine knew that this guy used to like to set fires, create explosions, and dig holes.

"The blasting barrel requires an iron pipe filled with gunpowder and a fuse connected to the back to destroy obstacles. Although this structure is simple, I am not sure it can be done well because it depends on Russia's industrial capabilities."

Everyone knows that Russia's industrial capabilities have existed since ancient times.

It is relatively backward and cannot fully supply weapons by itself.

But to deal with possible barbed wires and various obstacles, the blasting tube is still very effective, at least it is more convenient to insert it.

Not everyone is like a Slavic superman wearing a sea soul shirt, who can do a somersault and pass by. Do you know that most soldiers don't have this ability?

"But what kind of obstacles are you going to blow up?"

"Earl, it is used to destroy the barbed wire fence and detonate a low-strength obstacle to facilitate the passage of soldiers. Of course, a volley of guns is also needed from the rear to suppress the enemies at the top of the city."

In addition, Solovyov still hopes to get out the early machine guns, which can provide stable fire suppression, but it is difficult for him to believe in the reliability of the hand-cranked Gatling.

As for what can be produced, we still have to try. For example, the British Parker machine gun has a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute. More advanced weapons still need to be figured out.

Just like after Solovyov's rifle was seen by Prince August of Prussia, he mentioned a Katthov rifle once owned by King Frederick III of Denmark. The flintlock already had a magazine. Yes, the rifle can even be loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition.

Many advanced designs cannot achieve their design specifications until technological development.

Solovyov's own rifle also has this problem.

Moreover, due to the residue of black powder, the barrel of the gun still needs to be carefully maintained, otherwise the performance of the weapon will decrease first and the problems will be greater in the future.

For example, the Katthoff rifle requires a specialized gunsmith to maintain any faults. Ordinary soldiers cannot troubleshoot the faults by themselves.

New weapons, as long as they involve firearms, should be simple in structure, reliable in maintenance, and guaranteed to be able to fire in the early stages, rather than something with advanced and complex structure.

There are even some designers who design gadgets that use traditional structures, but they are still rubbish.

Solovyov thought about hand-operated Gatling, and it was true that when blasting, in addition to the "pipe organ", some practical weapons were also needed for fire suppression, which could not be guaranteed by volleys of guns.

Many of the tactics he thought of could only be used in the trenches.

But no party can support his idea of ​​moving the battlefield into the trenches.

Industrial technology, population technology and combat methods do not support it, so only his Guards Chasseur Regiment can take the lead in practice.

"We use the tactics of the demolition team, assault team and support team. When attacking the enemy's strong fortress, this method can still play a role. Of course, artillery cover is also needed."

But this requires the tactics of light infantry, that is, the Guards Chasseurs are now fully equipped, and they have the conditions to achieve this tactical goal, and launch blasting attacks on the walls of some fortresses and important fortifications.

In addition to the ground, sometimes tunnels have to be dug.

"I think what you need most are farmers and miners."

"It's best to have soldiers from these two sources, Your Highness. The hunters are more suitable for support or assault, but the demolition team is different."

"It sounds like, Solovyov, you want to turn the army into a 'circus'."

"Yes, Peter Fedorovich, the boundary between line infantry and light infantry is not as clear as it used to be."

Maliutin also nodded in agreement.

"Soloviev, since you said it, then we have to practice it."

"Yes, Your Highness, I think there should be a way to do this."

At the beginning of winter, he had already done this in the Selenge Regiment.

As for the target to be blown up, he had also thought about it.

Some solid fortresses are piled up with black powder explosive packs, and the opponent is invited to take a "homemade plane".

Of course, there are no planes now, and the only thing that can go up is a hot air balloon, but the speed is not that fast.

This kind of explosion also requires a lot of gunpowder.

But considering the particle performance of black powder, it really has to be discounted.

As for suppressing weapons, now we have to call the British with more advanced industrial technology. Their development before 1850 was also limited.

The Americans had to wait until the Civil War to develop hand-cranked Gatling guns and coffee grinders.

If you climb the technology tree well before, you may see strange scenes.

For example, when the Americans went west, they found a large tribe of Indians. Each tribe warrior had a rifle, and each tribe had a machine gun.

This script is going to be outrageous. The Tsar himself also agreed with the cooperation between tribes and Russian colonies.

But the machine gun thing is not guaranteed now, and fire suppression can only be done by the hunters increasing the firing rate.

The result of the on-site explosion made the leaders very satisfied, but the noise was too loud, which caused dissatisfaction among the lords who owned nearby manors.

But seeing what the guards were going to do here, they obviously couldn't say anything. After all, this was the Tsar's own guards, and their blasting training was conducted on the land belonging to the guards.

The building that was blown up was an abandoned villa during the Queen's time, and it covers a large area.

If there is any impact on the surrounding area, it is probably to make the house price drop significantly. Some nouveau riche gentlemen want to build houses here and sell them at high prices, which is obviously unlikely.

After all, no one wants to live in a place where people often come to fire cannons and make explosions.

Although it may be safer to be close to the Guards.

From the end of February to the beginning of March, the Guards came out of their winter barracks. Except for the troops on duty, they all came here for training.

The effect is quite satisfactory. At least the basic tactical goals were achieved. The abandoned mansion was almost blown up soon.

But this is only useful when attacking, and it takes time to promote experience and quickly reach the territories of various military governors.

What is lacking most now is time. During the diplomatic negotiations, Britain and Russia have reached a consensus based on the last few differences. They have reached a consensus on opposing the common enemy, Napoleon's France, but the final diplomatic agreement has not yet been determined.

In this way, the British paid money to let Russia and Austria join the war against France, and the French navy, because of the cowardly performance of its fleet commander, could not complete Napoleon's idea and leave a window for the Grand Army of Boulogne-sur-Mer to land on the British mainland.

There would be no other Battle of Stamford Bridge, which determined the fate of Britain for the past few hundred years. If the French could not land this time, they would turn their spearheads to the European side.

Although the war seems to be some distance away, it is not far away for Europeans.

Solovyov also trained the soldiers of the two hunting battalions in suppressive shooting through blasting training.

Their performance was not bad. Grand Duke Constantine supported this excuse for shooting training, as did the generals and commanders of the Guards Regiments and the soldiers. At least the current training results of each regiment can be seen.

Of course, they also envied the weapons of the Guards Chasseurs. Many of these Chasseurs were fed with bullets. With a more accurate rifle, although they could not change the situation on the battlefield, they could also cause huge casualties to the enemy.

However, the number was limited. Currently, only a small number of them were issued to the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Guards. Ordinary troops could not see such weapons at all.

Those officers and non-commissioned officers also had to carefully maintain the rifles in their hands to ensure that the rifles would not become firewood sticks.

As for the problems faced in blasting training, Solovyov also discovered them.

These guards are much more brave than local troops on the training ground, but there are still many details that need to be corrected.

Having been in St. Petersburg for too long, many troops have been on duty more often, which he discovered when he was the battalion commander in the past.

But at that time, he was only responsible for the palace guard and the training of the camp, and the combat subjects were mainly infantry tactics, not involving this kind of offensive operations.

Considering that the boundaries of infantry arms are becoming more and more blurred, there will be too many things for soldiers to do in the future.

Therefore, it is also necessary to adjust the adverse effects of serfdom when recruiting soldiers.

When recruiting soldiers in the countryside, the masters will not hand over the strongest serfs, and the source of soldiers in the army has not been guaranteed.

This is also considering that serfdom is prevalent in manors, factories and mines.

It is no wonder that when Pugachev attacked those factories and mines, he received widespread support from serfs. The era of the empress was also the most indulgent period of feudal serfdom for these big landowners.

Some people just miss the glory of that time, and don't think about the series of measures taken by the empress to stabilize these big landlords after Peter III loosened the shackles of the big landlords after the coup.

This has added a very heavy burden to Russia, and even the progress of productivity has been restricted by backward production relations.

Before Solovyov went too far, he saw that many of the enterprises that introduced steam engines were state-owned or introduced by foreigners, and they were not only around Lugansk and St. Petersburg that had been arranged before.

Adjustments are still needed, but now there is a war again, and everyone's attention has been attracted to Europe.

Wherever there is the largest traffic, some people will pay attention to it, and some people will desperately want to get the heat, not only in the Internet age, but also in 1805, this is the same.

It is not that it is unavoidable, but it is a practice since ancient times. Solovyov can also think of strange things such as reforming the system by relying on the ancients.

There are people in the East and the West who will do it, and he has begun translating military theory content in the internal communications of the Guards, supplemented by case analysis, which has attracted a lot of attention.