The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 444 The Power of a Rifled Gun
Hu Zongxian looked at Di Qing and Bai Jinxiu and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is in the same mood. The Governor also wishes to wipe out this group of Japanese pirates immediately to avenge the dead people.

It's just that no matter how cruel the Japanese pirates are, they can only be regarded as scabies after all. Our real confidants are Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.It's just that if the strategy is inappropriate, lost the sense of propriety, and delays too much opportunity, then Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will recover and accumulate strength to fight against our army.At that time, if we want to completely defeat them, I am afraid that there will be many twists and turns.

So when we deal with these Japanese pirates, we have to give them a hard one at a time, so that they will retreat in the face of difficulties, and never dare to harass our Daming sea area and massacre our Daming people.

Looking back, after we have completely defeated Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, we will free up our hands to completely wipe out these Japanese pirates. "

Both Di Qing and Bai Jingxiu understood the general trend of the world, so they naturally knew that what Hu Zongxian said was right.

Although Japanese pirates are hateful, they are indeed just scabies.

The only ones who can really hinder and have the ability to hinder Jiang Chuan from dominating the world are Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

After all, they have established a country and proclaimed themselves emperors, with many civil and military personnel and hundreds of thousands of troops.

And based on their ability to coerce the people, they can soon coerce millions of people.Although they are all mobs, they will add a lot of trouble after all.

Therefore, these two people are the real confidants.

And what Hu Zongxian said was right, this time, if we want to fight, we must completely scare the Japanese pirates, so that they don't dare to easily harass the people on the frontier of Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Hu Zongxian knew that both of them understood his thoughts, so he continued with a slight smile.

"Everyone knows that the Japanese pirates have sharp breech-loading rifles, and although our army is also equipped with muskets, they are front-loading muskets that are not comparable in range and accuracy.

If the Japanese pirates are attacked, it must be mainly naval battles and landing battles.At that time our cavalry cannot be used, and most of the battles will be close combat.

If the opponent's firearms are sharp, our army will be in a passive state.Although with the strength of our army, the Japanese pirates will definitely be swept away, but it will definitely increase some unnecessary casualties.

My lord has already sent someone from the capital to report that in ten and a half months, our army will have this kind of breech-loading rifle comparable to the Japanese pirates, and at that time priority will be given to the troops attacking and suppressing the Japanese pirates.This is the safest policy.Anyway, the Japanese pirates are there, so there is no need to worry about them running away for a while, and it doesn't matter if they live a few more days. "

Bai Jinxiu and Di Qing nodded.I also know that Hu Zongxian is right.The Japanese pirates would never have thought that there would be naval forces to encircle and suppress them.

Speaking of wire-loaded breech-loading guns, Hu Zongxian suddenly asked: "Miss Bai, have these Japanese pirates confessed information about breech-loading rifles, such as where did their rifles come from? How many are there?"

Bai Jinxiu nodded and said: "My lord governor, I am about to report this matter to you. These Japanese pirates confessed that they bought this breech-loaded rifled gun from an English businessman who was doing business in the Fusang country. The price of this gun is very high. Expensive, each gun costs one tael of gold. Therefore, the Japanese pirates do not own many. According to their account, each share of Japanese pirates has at most dozens of guns. And they are all used by the pirate leaders to equip their trusted guards Used."

Hearing that there were not many such breech-loading guns in Japanese pirates' hands, Hu Zongxian heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "If this is the case, that would be great. My lord was worried that if Japanese pirates had a large number of this kind of muskets, it would be very difficult for us. It’s really a big threat. From this point of view, the previous worries were a bit unnecessary. There should be such muskets on the warships captured by the navy this time.”

Bai Jinxiu nodded and said: "Indeed, there are ten of them on the big ship captured by the navy. If the governor is interested, we might as well go and see the uniqueness of this kind of musket."

Hu Zongxian happened to have the same intention, so he nodded, and walked to the school field in the barracks with Di Qing and Bai Jinxiu and some personal guards.

Di Qing ordered his soldiers to set up targets in the school grounds.

The target ranges from one hundred paces to two hundred paces, and the handles are made of wood boards nearly an inch thick.

Several people from the Black Ice Terrace brought up three breech-loading guns.

Hu Zongxian reached out to take a gun and looked carefully.

He found that this kind of gun was roughly similar in shape to the flintlock gun equipped by the Qin army.

But the barrel is longer and the caliber is smaller than that of Qin Jun.

Moreover, there is an extra loading port at the back of the barrel, and there is an extra aiming hole at the rear, and there is also a front sight at the front of the barrel.

The guards of the Black Ice Terrace who brought the guns had already been familiar with the operation method of this gun in the past few days. They took out three cardboard bullets from a buckskin pouch in their pockets and stuffed them into the rear loading port.Another iron bar was pulled out, and the bullet was inserted into the chamber of the gun.He handed it back to Hu Zongxian and the other three, and briefly explained the basic method of using the gun.

According to Hu Zongxian's words, he aimed the aiming hole and the front sight at a target a hundred paces away, and then pulled the trigger.

The gravel behind the barrel stimulated and ignited the gunpowder in the barrel, and the bullets whizzed out along the barrel, spraying towards the target a hundred paces away, and Hu Zongxian himself was pushed back by the recoil.

At this time, Di Qing and Bai Jingxiu also shot at their respective targets.But Di Qing and Bai Jingxiu both have kung fu.Well, the body almost moved slightly, and the impact of the recoil on them was not obvious.

After the shooting was over, a personal guard came forward to check.

The target shot by Hu Zongxian, the bullet pierced through a one-inch-thick wooden board a hundred steps away, and continued to fly forward for about twenty steps before falling to the ground.

But what Di Qing aimed at was a 150-step board.Still hit the target, and shot through the bullseye.The deformed bullet flew forward for more than ten steps before falling to the ground.
In the end, Bai Jinxiu aimed at a target two hundred paces away.The bullets she fired.It just hit the wooden board, but it didn't shoot through it completely, but embedded in the wooden board.

Hu Zongxian was very surprised, and was shocked by the power, range and accuracy of this gun.

Only then did he understand why Jiang Chuan was so eager to replace the musket.

After continuing to shoot a few more shots, he realized that the advanced nature of this gun is really unparalleled at present.

If a large number of such muskets can be equipped, then the future battlefield will be truly invincible.

After a few people finished testing the guns, they returned to the main tent of the Chinese army.

Di Qing asked: "My lord, what should I do with these captured Japanese pirates?"

Wu Zongxian said without hesitation: "Leave a few to lead the way, and kill all the rest. First, use their heads to pay homage to the dead people, and also vent the resentment in their hearts for the living, so that the people can know what is in the Lord's heart." There are people. We will definitely avenge the people.”

Di Qing accepted the order in a deep voice: "The general obeys the order. Tomorrow is the death date of these Japanese pirates. Since they dare to come to Daming, they must be prepared to die in Daming. The most hateful thing is that these pirates of Daming are actually together with these Japanese pirates." Robbing and killing compatriots is the most hateful thing."

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