Chapter 425: Shabby

Zhao Guo's mix and match is also forced by helplessness. Zhao Guo did not master the gun barrel manufacturing technology, and the artillery manufacturing technology could not keep up. To make matters worse, their gunpowder is imported from Qin. And Qin Guo made a lot of tricks on gunpowder. Qin's own gunpowder is a normal proportion of black powder. And what Zhao Guo equipped was made of a lot of gunpowder. such as. Sulfur and charcoal account for 60%.

The quality of gunpowder cannot be compared with Qin's granular gunpowder. Qin Guo himself uses all granular gunpowder, which burns fast. And Zhao Guo still uses powdered gunpowder. The burning speed and burning degree can not be compared with Qin's granular gunpowder. This is also an important reason why Zhao Guo imported a large number of muskets. Because of the large amount of residual powder. Plus there is no reasonable wiping. Many guns are scrapped.

In contrast, Qin himself took great care of his muskets. Officers often supervise soldiers to wipe with muskets. Moreover, in soldier training, maintaining guns is a very important training subject. Zhao Jun did not have Qin Jun's series of operating specifications at all. They can only explore by themselves. Moreover, education methods are also very backward. The maintenance of weapons by soldiers is far less than that of soldiers with cold weapons. Those soldiers also know to polish their weapons often. The soldier with the musket didn't know how to maintain it at all.

In contrast, there is the new army of Yan State. They changed a lot of Qin muskets. artillery. They followed Qin Jun's model and accepted the study.

From diet to infantry training, they all learned from Qin Jun. The non-commissioned officers of the Qin Army also tried to save trouble. So he used Qin's first infantry combat manual as a teaching material. This is the first relatively standardized infantry combat manual of the Qin Army. The Heavenly Army published one before. But that book is mainly to popularize aviation knowledge, and there is not much specific content. After the army saw the manual of the heavenly army. Also began to compile it myself.

The handbook can be popularized because of the army's education work to popularize writing and the circulation of newspapers in the army. So that the soldiers began to learn without knowing it. They often read with newspapers to deepen their learning ability. The compilation of the manual is based on the actual warfare of the Qin army, and the actual combat significance is very great.

For example, some details. Maintenance of guns. Among them, it is stipulated that soldiers with flintlocks must frequently replace flints within three days. Also, lubricate the barrel. Check your guns before the battle, etc. I'm afraid Zhao Jun has none of these.

Yan Jun is assisted by Qin Jun. The three mixed divisions, with a total of 100,000 people, have surpassed Zhao Jun in combat effectiveness. As an example. Qin's platoon gun tactics. It takes soldiers to summon a lot of courage to walk within fifty steps of the enemy. Because of this distance, the enemy can be shot on a very large scale. Therefore, this requires soldiers to have a very strong psychological quality.

For this reason, Tu Sui, who was the chief instructor of the Yan army, used black powder with a strong explosive effect as a blasting point. Let the Yan Army soldiers march forward in a neat line. On their way forward, either before or after. Or left or right. Perform an explosion. The effect of the explosion made the Yan Jun soldiers suddenly exposed their shortcomings of poor psychological quality. to this end. Such training is often carried out. In addition, cruel corporal punishment was imposed on the soldiers who were the first to escape. It is usually carried out by a company. Everyone must punish the soldier with a stick. Or to reduce its military pay. But they did not reduce their meals. This is immoral.

The strict military discipline has allowed these soldiers to strictly observe military discipline. Even if they encounter a bomb point and explode, they will not retreat. No longer run away. Instead, he still maintains his own formation seriously.

The officers of the Yan army also set up short-term training courses for officers. All those who fail to pass will be beaten back to become soldiers. Only those who are brave enough to keep fighting can become officers.

Under such training. Yanjun's overall level has been greatly increased. The increase in combat effectiveness also comes from the continuous supply of supplies provided by the State of Qin. Such as their artillery. A cannon can be fired madly regardless of how many shells are fired. The quality of artillery has also been greatly improved under the guidance of the Qin army non-commissioned officer.

During the exercise in the north. The main force is not the cavalry of the Qin army. But Yan Jun. The Yan army of the three divisions showed tenacious combat effectiveness.

The artillery firing rhythm is very fast. The launch speed is very fast. The accuracy has been greatly improved. Their artillery is equipped with various shells. Especially the grenade, because the distance must be measured. Makes the artillery technical requirements higher. Qin Jun also has no reservations about this professor.

The infantry phalanx advances in rows according to battalions. They would not call the commander's command to shoot until they were fifty steps before the enemy.

"ready."

"Raise the gun."

"Shooting." A series of actions were executed neatly.

The effect of platoon gun shooting is very good. Like a row of lightning, thunder. Smash those targets to the ground.

Compared to the exercises of the Qin Army and the Yan Army. Zhao Jun's exercise was a bit shabby.

Their artillery can only fire five rounds each. And the number is very small. Specific to the battlefield, there are only a few doors. After the fight. The cavalry is about to charge. The infantry in the back ran around like sheep. This is just to avoid the fierce bombardment of the opponent's artillery.

Most importantly, the cavalry attacked after the artillery was fired. The cooperation is very poor. This is because the quality of the barrel is rapidly decreasing. As a result, some experienced artillerymen were killed. These artillerymen died before they had time to educate the next batch of artillerymen. Artillery is often a temporary supplement for infantry. The replenishment speed is very fast. The poor shooting level of the artillery made this approach the only way between cooperation.

Musketeers in infantry are the same as artillery. When they fight, they can only fire once. Because they only have five rounds in total. The price of muskets is expensive. These five bullets are also given as a gift. Not like before. The number of Musketeers is very small. Enough bullet tubes. However, the rapid expansion of the Musketeers resulted in a shortage of bullets. Zhao Guo's funds are very limited. They suffer a lot in foreign trade. They used real money to buy muskets. But they can't use other commodities to make these real money flow back to their country.

The trade losses made it impossible for their armaments to be changed on a large scale like Qin and Yan. After all. Such a shabby military exercise. It was caused by Zhao Guo himself. The reason is that his comprehensive national strength is poor.

Li Mu's ability to make the exercise like this is already considered to be his greatest ability. However, the newspaper report called Zhao Jun a "begging army."