When the emperor was ruthless, the ministers were about to work hard. Zhou Xiang also forced himself to the dead end. His plan was to fully utilize the potential of the new workshop, stop all unrelated projects, and concentrate on producing continuous guns. Zhao Bing also expressed support. Now he stopped producing heavy artillery from the Weiyuan Cannon series, eliminated the Baizi Gun and the Benlei Gun, and instead increased the production process to facilitate simple production and save materials, such as rapid-fire cannons and mortars.

In order to make up for the lack of materials, Zhou Xiang also suggested re-smelting the iron weapons and armor seized by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in several wars for the production of new weapons. At the same time, the production of bullets and artillery shells was transferred to Ezhou and Jiankang to relieve the pressure on the Lin'an military weapons supervision. In principle, Zhao Bing agreed that a large number of seized weapons and armor were stored in the military depots in various places. In addition to partially providing part of the goods for local maintenance of public order and "support" to friendly forces, they were all placed there for dust.

Regarding the allocation of continuous guns, Zhao Bing's plan is to first line first, then second line; first infantry, then navy; first cavalry, then infantry. That is to give priority to ensuring that local troops such as imperial guards, guards, state troops and other local troops will be postponed; and within the scope of the imperial guards, the needs of infantry are first met, especially to be equipped to cavalry first, and then allocated to infantry. Among them, the first consideration is to delay the replacement of the first-line combat troops, baggage and artillery, and still use flintlock rifles.

After the troops are equipped with continuous guns, the fire density can be greatly enhanced. Then, the more bulky and inconvenient support firearms such as the Benlei Gun and the Baizi Gun are no longer necessary to carry individual soldiers. In addition to the continuous guns, the vacant firepower can be filled by increasing the mortar firepower of all artillery units and battalions. The large Weiyuan Artillery series is all classified as the division-level artillery regiment.

Now, with the launch of gunpowder in use, the shells have also been improved, and the ignition type has been changed to a haircut type, which can not only adapt to wind and snow weather, but also increase the rate of fire. It is also light in weight and easy to carry, and can fully meet the fire support requirements of grassroots units. In addition, in order to strengthen individual combat capabilities and have greater power and portability, the hair pull grenade with a hair pulling type has been finalized and produced, replacing porcelain ignition grenades.

Of course, the weapons replaced by the imperial guards seem to be eliminated, but for the state army and inspection departments in the mainland that still use cold weapons, they can also meet the needs of maintaining public security and suppressing bandits and chaos. The Baizi guns, thunder guns and some bulky cannons can be transferred to city defense. Therefore, Zhao Bing asked the replaced weapons to be sealed on the spot after repair and transferred to local state army for use.

According to the emperor's distribution plan, the main ones were to be equipped in the imperial guards first. Apart from the state army and auxiliary troops, 300,000 continuous guns should be able to basically meet the needs of each unit. However, after seeing the power of continuous guns, the heads of various military branches wanted to win more for themselves, and at least they should be given priority. Therefore, as soon as the emperor finished speaking, he began to bargain and talk about difficulties to improve his advantages, which made Zhao Bing very angry for a while.

After a long fight, everyone saw that His Majesty was silent. Looking at Chen Renweng, who looked helpless, Zhou Xiang, who said "good" to everyone, suddenly realized that the decision was the emperor, and they stopped talking one by one. Zhao Bing coughed lightly and said his own arrangements. Priority was given to the cavalry, and then to other troops. The cavalry he mentioned was not only the original three cavalry divisions, but also two cavalry divisions formed by the surrendered army.

Everyone was uproaring again, saying that Your Majesty was too partial. Zhao Bing waited for a moment and waited for everyone to calm down before he could tell his reasons. First of all, the battlefield environment changed. After entering the Central Plains, he would enter the plains and low hilly areas to fight, which was suitable for the Mongolian and Yuan army with the main force of cavalry. Faced with the cavalry that was coming and going like the wind, the cavalry was naturally the cavalry, so when entering the heartland of the Central Plains and even the grasslands in the southern desert, the main force of cavalry soldiers.

Secondly, everyone in the Song Dynasty knew that due to the shortage of war horses, the development was slow. To be precise, it was mainly responsible for auxiliary tasks and it was difficult to stand alone. It was not until the Northern Expedition that the Mongol Yuan horse farm was seized in the Lianghuai horse farm, and the opportunity for rapid development was ushered in and expanded to five divisions. However, with the Mongolian cavalry, who were all knights, it still seemed immature and difficult to fight independently.

Therefore, in the Northern Expedition, cavalry often needed infantry and artillery to provide support. They first used artillery to suppress the enemy cavalry's charge and disrupt their offensive formation, and then used dense muskets to kill and damage the enemy in front of the formation. After several rounds of fire attacks, the enemy cavalry had become the last of its strength, and their cavalry would be dispatched to kill the remaining enemies and pursue the fleeing enemy.

Therefore, there were few large-scale cavalry battles in the Northern Expedition. In the Yangzhou battle that Zhao Bing personally participated, he found that cavalry equipped with flintlock rifles and sabers could not gain an advantage in frontal battles. The main reason was that flintlock rifles were difficult to load on the horse. Their tactic was to first shoot and kill the enemy that poses the greatest threat to him during the hedge, and then fight with sabers. In the melee, the muskets were basically useless, and they were even thrown away or lost.

On the other hand, the Mongol cavalry had an advantage in the battle, and this also subverted Zhao Bing's understanding, that is, the cavalry bows equipped by the Mongol cavalry were not as large as the legendary one, and the effective range was about 4 or 50 steps. However, within these dozens of steps, the Mongol cavalry with skilled bows and horses could shoot seven or eight arrows in a fast impact, and they would not change weapons until within a dozen steps.

Therefore, in the short time before the battle, the Song cavalry fired a shot and had no time to reload the bullets. They could only withstand the rain of arrows from the archers of the Yuan Dynasty, resulting in large casualties. Of course, this is not unsolvable. This distance is very close to the coming of the horse spear. The competition between the riding and shooting master and the horse spear users was heartbeat. In the melee, the top riding and shooting archers were often approached by the enemy with their faces and killed them.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Shimin, the top rider, was often approached by the user of the cavalry. In the battle to eliminate Liu Heita, he was blocked by a "brave and powerful" "superior general" and was almost hit by the opponent's weapons. Li Shimin reacted faster and used a foul-level general Tiance arrow to kill his opponent before the enemy injured him.

In the battle of Luoyang, Li Shimin was blocked by Shan Xiongxin. That time, Li Shimin did not use his cavalry and shooting skills to hurt Shan Xiongxin. If Li Ji hadn't asked for mercy, he would have been killed by Shan Xiongxin. Therefore, Li Shimin specifically asked Yuchi Gong, the world's best skill in horse lance and rifle, to form a group with him. This is the invincible combination that is rampant among million troops.

However, the Song cavalry was not equipped with cold weapons such as long spears and long swords. It was not that Zhao Bing was reluctant to give up money, but that it required long-term training to use them skillfully, and there was no need for the tasks undertaken by the cavalry at that time. But now it is different. When entering the battlefield of the Central Plains, the cavalry will undertake the tasks of rapid maneuvering and strategic detours, so head-on confrontation between the two sides is inevitable.

If no change is made, his cavalry would give the Mongol Yuan head, so Zhao Bing would of course not do it. The successful development of continuous guns brought a turning point. When fighting with the enemy, continuous guns could be fired continuously and quickly, and there was no need to reload the bullets during the period. At such a close distance, intensive attacks were not enough, and there was no need to hit the horse. So he would rather reduce the loading volume of the bullet barrel than increase the power to ensure that one shot could pull the horse down.

In this way, before the cavalry of both sides contacted, the Song army could first collect a wave of heads with its dense firepower, disrupt the enemy's offensive rhythm, and even defeat their impact, and gain the lead and advantage in close combat. At the same time, the cavalry could also dismount without the support of the infantry by firing guns and assume the task of blocking the enemy's troops.

The infantry is not so urgent to change their guns in a row. With the support of artillery, they can also rely on their formation to fight against the enemy and use their current firepower to crush the enemy. Of course, it is not useless. Everyone knows that in the rain of arrows, the single formation is smaller than that of multiple arrows, reducing casualties. And after the continuous guns are equipped, the firepower of one battalion can form fire suppression, which can save a lot of troops.

Zhao Bing's explanation was reasonable and convinced everyone, and no longer argued about the number of equipment. Instead, there was a debate over the order of distribution. Everyone knew that the first assembly could be trained first, and that the replacement could be completed one day earlier, and that the combat effectiveness could be formed one day earlier. Therefore, each emphasized their own importance. Zhao Bing, who was annoyed, was very angry. He said that he would give priority to the Sichuan and Sichuan Imperial Army with inconvenient transportation, and the other departments gave part of it first for training.

Zhao Bing had no choice but to solicit their opinions and make a decision after full discussion. However, in the army, he was just talking nonsense, and no one dared to say more. Everyone did not dare to fight anymore, but instead thought about how to use the things in their hands to make their troops quickly form combat power. This is also a rule to follow. This was the case when changing into a flintlock rifle in Qiongzhou. First form a teaching team to gain experience, and then promote it.

When Zhao Bing was about to leave the military weapon prison, the young supervisor Chen Xun quietly told him that after further improvement, they had created a bolt that could be linked to the hammer without having to pull the hammer and the lever. In this way, one action can be reduced when firing, and the shooting speed can be increased again. Looking at his slightly proud look, Zhao Bing secretly scolded me, wouldn't you know? I can come up with several types that are faster than this!
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