Chapter 1754: Socket bayonet

The socket bayonet appeared around the end of the 17th century and was invented and promoted by the French. Although there have been classic bayonets used to insert a broken spear into the barrel for fights, the bayonet is not very practical. Once the spear pierces the enemy's body, it is difficult to withdraw it. Because, when it was withdrawn, the broken spear and the barrel were separated.

Once this happens, the musketeer will lose the ability to counterattack and give the enemy a head. Therefore, although the prototype of a bayonet with a broken spear inserted into the barrel appeared in the 16th century, the practicability was poor.

It wasn't until 1703 that French Marshal Vauban promoted the sleeve bayonet with clips in the French army.

In the battle of the Bayerbach that broke out that year, the French army charged with bayonets and defeated the Prussian army who had just been promoted to the kingdom.

Previously, Marin had always used bayonet as a secret technology and had refused to release it. But then Marin figured it out, bayonet is certainly a good technique, but in this era, bayonet technology is actually not that important.

This is because the spearmen have not withdrawn from the stage of history in this era, and they are still the main force of the armed forces of various countries. With the presence of spearmen, the role of bayonet is actually very small.

The bayonet shined in the late 17th and 18th centuries mainly because the spearmen had withdrawn from the stage of history at that time. Without the suppression of a spear, a musketeer equipped with a bayonet is naturally more fierce than a musketeer without a bayonet.

Therefore, in many novels it is wrong to use bayonet as a magic weapon to win. Of course, this refers to Europe where spearmen are popular.

And if it is through the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the bayonet is really useful. Because in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were fewer long weapons, and there were many swords and musket equipment.

In the face of swords and muskets, musketeers with bayonets dominate. Why? A lance with a bayonet is naturally longer than a sword. The so-called "one inch long and one inch strong", plus the thorn is more lethal than the slash, the natural power is infinite. As for the matchlock gunmen facing the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is even more dominant. After all, a matchlock that is too late to load is a burning stick.

In the battle of Zhenjiang that the British army fought in the Crow War, the flag soldiers who guarded Zhenjiang mainly used the waist knife. This gadget is very common in braided plays, and it is also light and beautiful. However, this thing is more than enough to suppress the people, and it is used to find death on the battlefield.

Even if you have practiced swordsmanship, you can drink hatred against your opponent's bayonet like Lin. After all, the battlefield is not one-on-one, you can use a waist knife to pull a spear, but you can't resist other spears from the side.

Of course, there were spearmen among the Qing army. However, the spears used by the Qing army were not as long as the European spears. Moreover, the spearmen in the Qing army belonged to the cannon assault soldiers. Therefore, the Qing ’s spearmen clearly had the upper hand, but because the people they used were not good, they could not beat the bayonet of the British soldiers.

And those flag soldiers with martial arts are elite, because they like to use the waist knife that looks tall, martial arts is also a mess. As Napoleon said-"Two Mamluk cavalry can definitely defeat three French cavalry, one hundred French cavalry and one hundred Mamluk cavalry are evenly matched, but most of the three hundred French cavalry can defeat the three hundred Mamluk cavalry, And 1000 French cavalry can always defeat 1500 Mamluk cavalry. " The weapons were restrained. Even if Hailing ’s Qi Yong was a rare elite of those days, it was difficult to resist the British bayonet formation.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Qi Yong's Qiyong all used a waist knife, they also used a matchlock. But the matchlock gun is even worse, because the Qing Dynasty matchlock gun does not have a bayonet. When it encounters a British bayonet charge, it can only be beaten. Those brave men with melee ability used the waist knife (no way, the Qing army officers and elite love to use the waist knife, the waist knife is also a symbol of identity in the Qing army).

The Ming army was similar, because the steel smelting in the Ming Dynasty was very developed, and the steel supply was extremely sufficient. Therefore, the supply of Ming Army swords is also sufficient. For example, Jinyiwei's embroidered spring knife and Mingling's Yanling knife have become very popular and famous.

Therefore, the bayonet did make a difference in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is caused by the characteristics of the times, but if you try to take the bayonet to the early Tang Dynasty? Modao array can absolutely kill bayonet array ... without him, people are longer than you ...

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In other words, the socket bayonet was taken out in this era, and there is no particularly powerful place. After all, the bayonet array can't compete with the spear array.

But the bayonet is not useless. At least, with the bayonet, the musketeer has the ability to fight back. Unlike before, when there was no time to reload ammunition, a musketeer without a bayonet was a fish that was slaughtered.

With the sleeve bayonet installed, the musketeer can become a unit that can act alone, and no longer needs the protection of the spearman.

As for the problem of not being able to fight the spearman, as long as it is not a mental disability, it will not let the musketeer fight with the opponent's spearman ...

The correct way to open it is to see the opponent is a spearman and shoot the opponent from a distance. Seeing that the opponent is a musketeer, he charged with a bayonet ...

In short, there is no one trick on the battlefield to eat fresh all over the world.

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But in any case, the sleeve bayonet that Marin brought out still surprised everyone ...

The bayonet on the socket bayonet is very simple, as long as there is a protruding clip near the muzzle, there is a gap in the bottom of the socket bayonet. When you put the bayonet, the notch at the bottom of the bayonet fits into the clip, and then twisted, the clip just caught the corner of the notch, and firmly stuck the bayonet on the muzzle. When it's down, it can be used for fighting.

It is different from the bayonet bayonet of later generations, because in this era, a steel strip is inserted under the barrel to facilitate ammunition loading. Therefore, in order not to affect the extraction and insertion of the iron strip, after the sleeve bayonet is fixed, it is not suspended under the muzzle, but on the side of the muzzle. In this way, it will not affect the musketeer's extraction of the iron rod to fill the ammunition.

Moreover, this bayonet is really a gunshot. To prevent soldiers from being cut by bayonet while loading ammunition at gunpoint. Therefore, the sleeve bayonet in the early years often had no blade. At least, there is no edge near the muzzle. In this way, you can prevent soldiers from accidentally cutting their hands while loading ammunition.

Only the front end of the bayonet, farther away from the muzzle, is sharpened. The musketeer fights the bayonet with the person, and also leans against the blade and tip of the front end, fights with the person, and hurts or even kills the enemy ...

As a traversal, Marin naturally knows **** the enemy more efficiently. Therefore, the socket bayonet of the North Sea country has a deep blood slot. Once the enemy is stabbed by the bayonet, blood will spew out of the blood trough. Then, the enemies of the middle sword quickly bleed into a river, and quickly bleed to death ... In fact, the trigonal bayonet of later generations is almost the same principle. But the three-sided bayonet caused trouble, so Marin simplified it, only two deep blood grooves were opened on both sides of the ordinary bayonet ...