"Muskets must be equipped with a large number of troops, and Shi Weide's Major Regiment is the starting point." Ding Yunyi turned the topic to Shi Weide: "How to maximize the power of muskets? When facing enemy cavalry attacks and artillery kills, how to obtain pikemen?
At the same time, I have some other ideas to maximize the power of the musket while providing cover."
Ding Yunyi is not the kind of person who can remember everything accurately in his mind. His memory is relatively scattered, but he is always recalling the knowledge he gained in another era, and every time he remembers something, he can always remember it in time.
sorted it out: "Shi Weide, Mansoura, I think it is more appropriate to adopt line tactics during the battle."
"Line tactics?" Shi Weide and Mansoura were a little curious.
Ding Yunyi nodded: "Yes, the hit rate of muskets is too low. When a musketeer shoots at a humanoid target a hundred steps away, the hit rate is less than 10%, so the only way to improve the hit rate is through quantity.
rate. If skirmishing line tactics are adopted unchanged, the result of the encounter between two groups of musketeers is that both sides fire randomly for a while, then throw away their muskets and rush to fight. My idea is to have the musketeers stand in ten rows, with the front
After the platoon of soldiers finished shooting, they reloaded ammunition by half-kneeling on the spot. After the rear row of soldiers finished shooting, the front row of soldiers stood up to shoot again. The entire musketeer square can form a dense and continuous firepower density.
.....”
The linear tactic was an unheard-of novel tactic for Shi Weide and Mansoura. They heard Ding Yunyi say again: "Arranged in a square formation of musketeers to shoot. In comparison, the firepower of the scattered musketeers was too weak and the hit rate was too low.
, and cannot resist the attack of cavalry. Compared with artillery, cavalry poses a greater threat to musketeers, so they must stand in a square formation of musketeers. Although artillery is very powerful, the performance of our current artillery is limited. It is impossible to
Explosion in the phalanx. Unless the musketeer phalanx happens to be directly in front of the artillery phalanx loaded with shotshells, the artillery cannot cause significant damage to the musketeer phalanx. On the contrary, our concentrated musketeers can inflict significant damage to the opponent.
.”
He carefully explained the idea in his mind. This linear musketeer phalanx would not be invented until more than a hundred years by Napoleon of France.
Once Ding Yunyi's army is equipped with new muskets, this linear phalanx of musketeers will be able to play a very terrifying role on the battlefield.
Shi Weide and Mansoura could not completely digest Ding Yunyi's idea at once. They thought about it carefully. They frowned for a while, and smiled for a while.
Ding Yunyi knew that it would take some time for them to digest it, but there was no rush anyway, so he would just let them experience it carefully. When they fully understood it, he might regard himself as a tactical genius again.
One is a gun and the other is a cannon, which Ding Yunyi attaches great importance to. After explaining the gun matter, Ding Yunyi asked about the manufacture of the artillery, and then turned to Li Dingguo: "Dingguo, what do you think of me?"
"Many of them have never been heard of or seen before." Li Dingguo said honestly: "For example, this kind of musket is really terrible. If used together, it will be a nightmare for the enemy."
Ding Yunyi's face looked a little solemn: "Yes, guns cannot yet become the force that determines victory or defeat on the battlefield. But with the further development of technology, swords, spears, bows and arrows will be completely eliminated sooner or later. The reason is actually very simple. When the enemy can
We can use muskets and artillery to kill you hundreds of steps away, but you have to rush in front of the enemy to fight. This gap is irreparable. If we let the Ming army and the Taixi army fight now, the Taixi people are no match. We can
Easily defeat them. But what about in a few more decades? When the weapons of the Westerners become more and more advanced and terrifying, but we are still standing still, thinking that we can dominate the world with our bravery and swords and guns. At that time, we
There is only the fate of being massacred."
Li Dingguo listened very carefully, and he seemed to hear a kind of anxiety from Shenrong's mouth.
"So now we have to have a sense of crisis." Ding Yunyi led Li Dingguo outside: "The focus of Taiwan is no longer to study how sophisticated swords are, nor to study the Dragon Soaring Formation, Tiger Wing Formation, but to study
Bigger and stronger warships, more terrifying guns and artillery, it will take thirty years, or more, to change my army. Firearms will become the main battle weapons, and swords can only play a supporting role.
However, this process will be very long. For a long time in the future, we will still rely on cold weapons for our functions. Ah, those are the swords, guns, bows and arrows I mentioned. But someone has to do the popularization of firearms, but I cannot take care of it alone.
Thorough..."
He glanced at Li Dingguo meaningfully: "Although you are only fifteen years old this year, you have been in the army with Zhang Xianzhong for five years. You are rich in experience in the army, trustworthy, young, and able to grasp new things quickly. Shi Weide
A major regiment has been formed, all using firearms, but I think, just relying on these Folangji people to fight the Rusi people is not enough. They will always leave in the future, who can I rely on at that time?"
Li Dingguo understood immediately: "If you join the army, Dingguo is not talented, but if you are willing to learn from scratch, you must master this firearm completely and arm yourself with a musketry regiment for joining the army!"
"Not one, but many." Ding Yunyi smiled slightly: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. You first stay in the Firearms Bureau and study carefully to see how the muskets are made, what their advantages and disadvantages are, and how to use them, and then you can choose among the troops.
Soldiers, first create a musketry team and lay the foundation. Then in the future, I will form ten or a hundred musketeers!"
"Yes, join the army!" Li Dingguo was in high spirits.
Today he saw with his own eyes what a musket was, the power of the musket, and also learned that Shen Rong attached great importance to the musket and had great ambitions.
I am still young, only fifteen years old, and I can learn everything from scratch. In three years, five years, or ten years, when I lead a powerful musketeer team under my command, what kind of person will I be?
What does it look like?
My name, like Shen Rong, may remain in the history books forever...
...
"Beidiao."
"Sir!" Xie Tian was not surprised when he saw Ding Yunyi suddenly arriving. He stood up and said respectfully.
"Sit down." Ding Yunyi sat down first: "I recently returned to Taiwan. All my subordinates came to see me. Why didn't I see you alone?"
Xie Tian said calmly: "My lord, they are in charge of supplies, shipyards, and soldiers. When you come back, you should naturally report it. There is nothing particularly important here, so Xie Tian
There is no need to meet the Lord."
His attitude was neither cold nor indifferent, and Ding Yunyi didn't care: "Nothing happened at all."
"There are no big things, just a few small things." Xie Tian looked very calm: "After the adults left, the people placed by the Zheng family in Taiwan instigated several troubles in an attempt to cooperate with Zheng Zhibao to seize Taiwan, but I discovered them all.
Zheng Zhibao saw that Taiwan was well guarded and withdrew. They did not cause any big trouble."
"Where are those people?" Ding Yunyi frowned and asked.
"Killed. Put the body into a sack, tied it with a big stone and threw it into the sea." Xie Tian looked indifferent, as if killing someone was like killing a chicken.
Ding Yunyi frowned again.
This man was originally a scholar and had been following Mr. Toshiki. After his teacher died, this man was taciturn all day long and did whatever he was asked to do. But he did not expect that he, a scholar, would be so ruthless. Could it be that Toshiki
Did his husband's death shock him too much?
But since I assigned him to do intelligence work, I needed someone with this kind of personality. He didn't talk too much and didn't do much. He just quietly got the matter done without asking why.
"This time I have to leave Taiwan for a while..."
"Yes, sir, just feel free to go. If I need help, I will naturally go to Qin Yun and Cai Jiuzhou."
"Ah, it's good that you know, you don't need to give me orders, very good, very good." Facing such a person, Ding Yunyi didn't know what to say for a moment: "I mean, now our power is in Taiwan and Penghu.
We have gained a foothold for the time being, but our main intelligence sources in Fujian rely on people like Ye Yuanxian and Cai Qizhen. Without our own strength, I always feel that it is a little unreliable. You see..."
"My subordinates are already making arrangements."
Xie Tian's words were beyond Ding Yunyi's expectation. He only heard Xie Tian say: "I have sent a total of 138 people to Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other places. It is expected that this number will double next year. Among them, in Quanzhou,
I opened a restaurant as a contact point, opened a silk and satin shop in Fuzhou, and opened a silk and satin shop in Nan'an..."
"Ah, okay, I got it." Ding Yunyi felt that he was superfluous today. Whatever he wanted, others had already done it for him.
"Sir, I have a request."
"Say it."
Xie Tian calmed down: "Ever since you sent me to Taiwan, you have never given me a name. If the name is not correct, then my words will not be smooth. It makes me feel constrained when I do things..."
Ding Yunyi knew that he was not intending to be an official, so he nodded: "It is true that I was negligent in this matter. Our Ming Dynasty has Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Xichang, this one, this one you command...
"
He was thinking about the name, and somehow the little golden sword that Deng Muzhi gave him when he was in Suzhou popped up in his mind: "Let's call it the Golden Sword Guard. You will be the commander of the Golden Sword Guard.
For any part of the body, you are directly responsible to me. You don’t have to respond to anyone’s words except mine, and you are not controlled by anyone except me. As for the funding issue, I will let Qin Yun allocate it to you every three months.
A sum of money is yours to control personally, and you don’t have to report the expense to me. As for the number of personnel of the Golden Sword Guard, there are no restrictions. You can develop it as much as you think is possible."
This is tantamount to giving Xie Tian great power. To a certain extent, Xie Tian's power is only under that of Ding Yunyi.
Xie Tian didn't even say the word "thank you", but simply said: "I will keep it in my heart. Your Majesty is busy with official duties, so I will stay here soon."
This is not bad. I gave him such great rights, but he issued an eviction order. Ding Yunyi left here with a wry smile.
But it was also from this day that the independent part of the Golden Sword Guard was officially established.
Ding Yunyi was a little absent-minded and didn't know what he was thinking about when he went back. Duan San'er wanted to chat with him to relieve his boredom, but Ding Yunyi also didn't want to pay attention to him.
Unknowingly, he walked over to Qin Yun's place again. He didn't want to go in at first, but he stood there and thought about it, and then he went in anyway.
"Third brother, are you too idle?" As soon as he saw Ding Yunyi coming again, Qin Yun said: "You said you have been here a few times today? You will leave tomorrow and you won't go back.
Why are you hanging around my place all the time to accompany your sister-in-law? I don't think I have so many things to do."
"***, thank God for blasting me, and you blast me too." Ding Yunyi cursed and sat down minding his own business.
"Why, have you been to Xie Tian's place?" Qin Yun put down what he was doing: "That man is really weird. He doesn't like to interact with the brothers and always keeps to himself. Several times the brothers called
I went to drink with him, but he always made excuses to refuse. Later, the brothers simply didn’t care about him anymore.”
Ding Yunyi said "yes" and told him about setting up the Golden Sword Guard and giving Xie Tian the responsibility. Qin Yun was stunned for a moment: "Third brother, this power is a bit big. Do you trust him so much?"
"It's not that I trust him, but this kind of people must have a lot of power in their hands and must fully let them go." Ding Yunyi paused and said: "However, you may not say that I am completely reassured. Fourth child
, he comes to withdraw a sum of money every three months, is there any way you can help me find out where this money goes?"
Qin Yun blinked: "Third brother, do you want to find out what he did by investigating where his money went?"
Ding Yunyi nodded silently, and Qin Yun was a little embarrassed: "Third brother, you are embarrassing someone. You don't want him to report the whereabouts of the money, and you have to ask me to investigate. This, this is not..."
"Cheer up, can you?" Ding Yunyi said a little impatiently.
"Sure, Neng." Qin Yun also replied simply: "Although he doesn't have to report it, the whereabouts of the money can still be traced. Third brother, he withdraws money once every three months, so I will also report it to him every three months."
If you report it once, it will never delay your affairs."
"Okay, then you get busy first, I'm leaving." Ding Yunyi stood up and walked out.
Qin Yun's expression was a little complicated. Now, the third brother has learned to use people and guard against them. From a leader's point of view, the third brother is no longer the unscrupulous third brother in Penghu.!~!