Chapter 1118 The construction of the new army officially begins
Tianxuan At 9 a.m. on June 2nd, Qu Mao, accompanied by Kong Ming, rode a stage horse towards Beigang of Liandao.
Qu Mao was busy until midnight the night before, and finally, with Kong Ming, he finished drawing the construction planning drawings of the Midway Twin Islands. He drew more than a dozen construction planning drawings in a row. In fact, in the past one and a half months, what Qu Mao and Kong Ming expected were only firearms The research institute, firearms university and basic water conservancy project were completed.
Li Xiang is already on his way to Liandao. Li Xiang, who was notified yesterday afternoon, has formed a core team of 50 senior engineers. After 1,000 plant seedlings were provided with enough fresh water, they took a naval warship to the Midway Twin Islands at 11:00 p.m. for preliminary engineering preparations.
Qu Mao originally wanted to meet with Li Xiang on the United Island before returning to Yidao to deal with other matters, but Sylvia Ocean, Su Buqing, Zhang Da, Zhao Pan and Sophie Trani were already in the Yidao Military Department. The office building is waiting for Qu Mao to hold a meeting to discuss the preparations for the use of troops by the Anti-Yi Town Alliance.
So, Qu Mao and Kong Ming rode the stage horses to Beigang, Liandao. Neither of them rode their horses to gallop.
Even though the two started exchanging technology the night before and discussed the planning and layout of the twin islands on the way to the early morning, Qu Mao and Kong Ming still had a lively chat on the road.
Qu Mao thought for a while, and told Kong Ming: "Kong Ming, after muskets and cannons are popularized in the military, the army in Yi Gong's territory will no longer distinguish soldiers by rank, but by the training level of soldiers and the advanced level of firearms." The degree to distinguish the combat capabilities of soldiers.
You have to be clear about this, so the Firearms Army will not be affiliated with any existing army, but will be built from scratch. It will be far more difficult to command an army without a rank than the army in the past. Based on this, I will Think of Chafidel to command this force.
In the future, we must rely on this all-arms army if we want to attack everywhere on the Continent of Hegemony.
Before the Firearms Army is formed, I don't consider dismantling the five armies in the past, or carrying out a comprehensive refit for the five armies. "
Kong Ming nodded and said: "My lord, I think it is appropriate for you to transfer Chafidel to form the Firearms Army.
It is also from this personnel transfer that the subordinates can understand how much you attach importance to the Firearms Army. This army is not only an army that is extremely important to you, but also to the entire Yi Gong territory.
The subordinates will not be ambiguous, and the subordinates will not delay the research and development of Leimercury and the boring machine. Once we have firearms with more accurate shooting accuracy and firearms with a range of 500 meters, the subordinates believe that the firearms army will definitely form combat power immediately.
Currently among the five armies we have formed, none of the armies has an individual attack range of more than 500 meters, so this is a huge leap in military strength.
And according to the estimated data, the range of the artillery can be increased to 5 kilometers or even 10 kilometers. With such a range, our soldiers will basically not suffer casualties on the battlefield in the future, unless the enemy also has the same weapons as us. "
Qu Mao smiled and said: "Kong Ming, we are developing, and the power of other god-chosen player lords will also develop at the same time, and their speed of developing firearms is not necessarily slower than ours.
Xinping has not provided information about firearms from the Principality of Pengda for a long time. I judge that it may be that the Principality of Pengda has realized that our Yigong Territory is collecting information on their firearms research, and thus has implemented a strict blockade.
Kong Ming said: "Sir, we can't control other people's development, we can only manage our own development.
With thunderbolt technology and boring machine technology, the subordinates believe that the research on flintlock guns can enter the stage of finalized production and small batch trial production.
At present, I am afraid that all muskets and artillery output cannot be allocated to other troops, and can only be used for the newly formed firearms army. "
Qu Mao smiled again, and said: "Kong Ming, if you can produce 500 flintlock guns per month, I don't think there will be any problems with the firearms army formation plan given by Xuande.
If you can produce 1,000 units per month, I dare to reverse the formation speed of the Firearms Army according to the scale of the Firearms Army breaking through 50,000 at the end of the year.
Of course, the firearms army is not limited to only two weapons, muskets and artillery, or the variants of these two weapons. You can also consider the grenades and landmines I told you yesterday. "
Kong Ming nodded and said: "My lord, the priority targets of my subordinates are thunderbolt technology and boring machine technology, followed by flintlock guns and high-range artillery, and then other firearms.
Including the types of shells, subordinates are not listed as the first priority. It is necessary to train researchers in the current firearms research institute. "
Qu Mao nodded and said: "I hope that while ensuring the combat effectiveness of the Firearms Army, the more soldiers the Firearms Army has, the better, and the more types of weapons the better.
The 4 gun factories and 4 artillery factories built by Meng De on the four southern industrial islands are still unable to carry out stable production, which makes me feel very anxious. "
Kong Ming comforted: "My lord, don't be too anxious. Once the boring machine is manufactured, I believe that the four gun factories and the four artillery factories will be able to enter stable production immediately.
It's just a matter of time, at least the infrastructure of the gun factory and artillery factory has been completed, and the skilled craftsmen have also been trained in the early unstable production.
During the construction of the twin islands midway, the subordinates will build a trial production workshop for small firearms and artillery on the small island. The subordinates believe that when the six years of Tianxuan are over, our firearms army and firearms production in Yigong Territory will definitely rise to a higher level. "
The two were chatting, and they had already arrived at Liandao. Qu Mao got off his horse and walked towards Liandao Beigang Wharf. He said to Kong Ming who was also dismounted: "I want to emphasize one last time, you must not do the thunder mercury refining experiment yourself."
Kong Ming looked at the civilian dock and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the subordinates have their own discretion.
Li Xiang has already arrived, my lord can go on to other things at ease, my subordinates will make arrangements for the Firearms Institute, Firearms Research, Firearms University and Firearms Army, and there will definitely be a complete framework when Chafidel takes over.
The subordinates are now going to receive Li Xiang and explain to Li Xiang the construction of the Midway Twin Islands. Tonight, Li Xiang will take the first batch of engineering personnel to the Midway Twin Islands. The second batch of engineering personnel will leave on July 5th. It will also leave on the 10th. "
Qu Mao sighed, greeted Li Xiang who was coming towards him, and said as he walked towards the warship, "Let us look forward to the arrival of a new era of firearms together."
(end of this chapter)