Li Guodong stroked a tall camel, and the camel gently stretched out his tongue and licked his palm.

I remembered that I took the artillery team to the Khalkha Mongolia, and the six-pound field cavalry cannon was pulled by war horses, and the speed was very fast. However, those field cannons also exposed their weaknesses: the axles of the cannon were too frictional, and they bumped severely when walking quickly. The cannon car drove all the way, and the wheels and axles were very easy to be damaged.

"After I go back, I will find a way to get the bearings, Eucommia glue and suspended steel plates. Only when these things are made can the flying cavalry artillery become a real flying cavalry artillery." Li Guodong said to himself.

After leaving from the Sandou, we walked all the way to Mongolia in the northern part of the Mobei Province, dozens of artillery and large vehicles were damaged, especially six-pound field guns. The gun company barrels with gun mounts and artillery trucks weighed more than 1,000 kilograms, and the ammunition trucks weighed more than 1,500 kilograms. We were traction to run at high speed with four war horses, and several artillery trucks were damaged in no time.

Every night, the first thing the civilians who set up camp with the army did was to repair artillery vehicles.

Not only cannon trucks, but also a lot of supplies transporting food and goods were damaged.

This is actually a common problem with ancient vehicles. The reason why the grain transport team was so slow at that time was that there were serious problems with the vehicles. Vehicles without good bearings not only walked slowly, but also were simply a disposable item. The most likely part of this was the connection between the axle and the wheel. Basically, after taking a long journey, the vehicle had to replace the axle.

Rolling bearings can not only reduce vehicle friction, increase walking speed, increase cargo load capacity, but also extend vehicle life.

However, it is definitely impossible to develop rolling bearings with Li Guodong's own strength. After returning, we need to start the craftsmen to work together to develop rolling bearings. The key to rolling bearings is that the quality of the steel beads must be passed. If ordinary iron beads are used, the iron beads will be almost ground after a few times. If the load capacity is too large, it will even be flattened and crushed, causing the bearing to lose its function.

It is too late to develop rolling bearings, and Li Guodong is in Khalkha Mongolia and has no conditions to develop them. Those so-called flying cavalry artillery are good at speed, but the quality of the artillery car is defective. Once a cannon car is damaged while following the cavalry movement, it will be very troublesome. You can only endure the pain and throw away the artillery.

Looking at the huge camel, Li Guodong thought of a solution: "Buy camels! Buy them a batch of camels and put all the cannons on the camels!"

Tiger squat cannons, Folang machine cannons, and Nine-headed bird fire guns can all be transported by camels, and bird gunners can also ride camels. Although the camels are bulky, they are actually not slow to run. Although they are not as fast as horses, the endurance of camels is far greater than that of war horses. Moreover, the camels are huge in size. They are covered with anti-arrow felts on the camels and squat on the ground in a circle. They can be regarded as fortifications and can protect the firearms and soldiers inside.

When the enemy cavalry approaches, the war horses rushing at high speed will definitely not dare to hit the camel. If the war horses hit the camel, they will not only not hit the camel, but will instead hit themselves and overturn themselves.

But Li Guodong would definitely not believe the statement that camel soldiers defeated the cavalry in later games. If he really believed this setting and equipped the camel soldiers with a scimitar and spear, it would be strange if he didn't get beaten up by the cavalry.

Camel soldiers lack sprinting speed and are poor in offensiveness, and are unwilling to charge against the enemy. In real history, hundreds of European Crusaders canned iron cavalry actually knocked out tens of thousands of Arab camel soldiers.

Therefore, the camel army developed by Li Guodong is a kind of firearm, camel cavalry, riding camels, fighting, and camels can also be used as fortifications. This is later Galdan's camel city tactic, which is against the Later Jin army without heavy artillery. The camel city is a city wall that can drive the Later Jin army out of shit.

As for why Kang Mazi later defeated Galdan's Camel City? It was because the Qing army had already had a large number of heavy artillery at that time. Tula City was bombarded by heavy artillery, and even the solid city could not withstand the bombardment of artillery, let alone camels, so naturally Galdan could not beat Kangxi.

Although the Later Jin army of this era had formed the Wuzhen Chaoha camp, namely Kong Youde's firearms, this time the Later Jin expedition was to deal with the Chahar people. In addition to the Baoyi Aha baggage troops, the rest were all Jurchen cavalry. Although there were a few firearms, they did not carry heavy artillery.

Li Guodong suggested to Shuolei that he would buy three thousand camels. Shuolei agreed, and the price of camels was not too expensive, much cheaper than excellent war horses.

Three thousand camels were sent to the Ming army camp, and Li Guodong ordered the firearms and soldiers to contact the camels with the civilians.

"General, can they be obedient when we come into contact with these big guys?" Someone looked at the huge camel and dared not approach.

Li Guodong didn't know how to answer, but a Mongolian interrupted: "The camels we Khan provided to you are the most docile camels, so you can ride with confidence."

Camels have different personalities, some are docile, while others are irritable. Shuolei knew that Li Guodong was helping him, so he naturally would not cheat Li Guodong. The camels provided to the Ming army were all selected as a group of docile camels. Firearms and Minzhuang contacted these camels, and it only took a very short time to let the camels listen to their words.

The Mongolian patted the camel, and the camel was obediently squatting on the ground. The Ming army's nine-headed bird musketeer rode up. The Mongolian pulled the camel again, and the camel stood up and walked slowly on the grass.

"Okay, you can pull the reins and pull it to eat grass. Also, you can pull some grass yourself, put it in the palm of your hand, and feed it. This way, it will listen to you after a few times." The Mongolian said.

The Ming soldier tried to pull the reins, but the camel refused to walk around. So he pulled out a handful of grass, put the blades of grass on the palm of his hand, spread his hands to the camel's mouth.

The camel opened his mouth to eat grass, and stuck out his tongue to lick the soldier's palm. After that, he went to lead the camel, and the camel obviously cooperated much more. After a period of time, the camels recognized their new owners.

After the officers and soldiers of the artillery team became familiar with camels, they began to try to dismantle the six-pound field gun and put the barrel on the camel. The heaviest thing about a cannon is the barrel. The six-pound field gun barrel weighs more than 500 kilograms, and the barrel is tied to the camel's back. The camel stood up and walked very easily. In fact, the load of more than 500 kilograms is still affordable for large camels, while some small camels can only carry more than 300 kilograms.

The camels transported six-pound field guns are all huge white camels, twice as big as some smaller ordinary camels! They can still walk as fast as they fly with a barrel weighing more than 500 pounds.

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Chapter completed!