Bo Jinchen's last sentence was like a sudden stroke of genius. Cui Wenxiu was stunned to the ground. He didn't know what to say. After pondering for a while, he slowly replied: "Bo Laoguo thinks there are some changes in the Imperial Army." Will it bring many changes to future wars, even including strategic and tactical arrangements?”
"Well, that's exactly what I said. Have you noticed that fire guns and thunderbolts are no longer a secret, and they have begun to be equipped in the army on a large scale. Up to now, more than one legion of the army has been equipped. Look. Looking at Liang Chongxin's impressive record using fire muskets in the battle of Tianmayuan, the Machihan cavalry, especially the heavy cavalry, hardly played any role under the attack of fire muskets. It can be said that they have completely become I have a feeling that the Fire Gun Soldier will not only eliminate heavy cavalry from the history of war, but its emergence and further improvement will also eliminate the heavy infantry and archers in the army. "
There was a thoughtful expression on Bo Jinchen's face, and almost every word struck Cui Wenxiu's heart. As one of the two great military commanders of the Tang Dynasty, he had certainly seen the performance of the Fire Gun Soldiers, and considered what the Fire Gun Soldiers would do to them. Future wars will bring some changes, but the role of the Fire Gun Soldiers in the Northern Campaign was more of a auxiliary role, and they were not used on a large scale as in the Battle of Machikhan, so the impact on them was far less. Bo Jinchen carefully read and understood the role and results of the Fire Gun Soldiers in the Battle of Machi Khan. Bo Jinchen was so great and profound. When Bo Jinchen said this today, he realized that he seemed to have underestimated the emergence of the Fire Gun Soldiers. It brought huge changes to the imperial affairs.
"Old Bo, are you exaggerating what you said? The emergence of the Fire Gun Soldiers and Hong Tian Lei is indeed a huge progress. The role of the heavy cavalry may be greatly curbed in the future, or the heavy cavalry may gradually be lost. Effective, but to say that Fire Gun Soldiers can eliminate infantry and archers is a bit exaggerated?" Cui Wenxiu, an astute person like Cui Wenxiu, also found it difficult to accept Bo Jinchen's enlightening view, "Fire Gun Soldiers also have many weaknesses of their own. For example, Their weapons will be greatly limited on rainy days, the reloading speed of projectiles is still too slow, the quality of the gun is worrying, and it is easy to malfunction. More importantly, they have almost no combat capability in close combat. This is their fatal weakness."
"Wenxiu, the flaws you mentioned do exist, but as far as I know, the Science and Technology Development Department seems to have a solution to the problem of gunpowder being affected when it rains, and it is expected that it will be used in the newly improved fire gun soon. Generally speaking, rainy days will not affect the combat effectiveness of Fire Gun Soldiers. As for the projectile reloading speed, the Science and Technology Development Department is also further optimizing and improving it. Of course, the most important thing is to rely on the daily training of army soldiers to increase the speed. Fire Gun Soldiers The quality problem of gunpowder is not a problem. I have consulted the Ministry of Science and Technology Development, and the quality problem of gunpowder is mainly caused by the steel quality of the barrel and the quality of gunpowder. The two main problems are now said to have made breakthrough progress. Now the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire Both the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Privy Council are paying attention to this issue. It is said that the Ministry of Science and Technology Development has made a series of historic breakthroughs in the steelmaking method, which can be called a major leap in the history of steelmaking in mainland China. Not only will the quality of steel be greatly improved, but most importantly The production of steel will increase exponentially. His Majesty the Emperor will even grant noble status to several scholars and technicians who have made significant contributions to this technological breakthrough to encourage them, so the quality of the firecrackers may also be improved. A big improvement.”
When talking about this issue, Bo Jinchen couldn't help but be a little excited. The demand for steel, both in the entire continent and in the empire, was showing an explosive increase. Although a large number of mining and smelting workshops were built, the prosperity of various places For the economic development of the country, these increases are simply not enough. This has also caused the price of steel to rise rapidly, which has also seriously affected the economic development of the empire. The Empire's Science and Technology Development Department has long been conducting experimental cooperation with the Empire's giant steel giants in order to make breakthroughs in steelmaking methods and improve steelmaking output and quality. After several years of experiments, it has finally achieved success in the near future. As the Empire Bo Jinchen, the Right Envoy of the Privy Council, also learned about this core secret not long ago. Soon the empire's major steel companies will usher in a period of rapid development, which will also have a huge impact on other industries in the empire.
"Bo Lao said that thanks to the improvement of the empire's steel-making technology, the quality of fire guns will be greatly improved?" Cui Wenxiu certainly knows what benefits the improvement of steel-making technology will bring to the empire's national economy, but as a soldier , he is more concerned about the changes and impacts that the development of steelmaking technology will bring to the military.
"Well, in this way, the empire will also increase its efforts to produce fire blunderbuss. His Majesty intends to produce at least 500,000 fire blunderbuss of various types within this year. At the same time, the second generation mobile thunder will also increase its efforts to produce. , the Imperial Army will usher in an era of unprecedented great changes." Bo Jinchen took a deep breath and said slowly, "Wenxiu, as the top leaders of the Imperial Army, we all have to be mentally prepared. We must keep up with the times, otherwise we will be eliminated. Chongxin has officially submitted a letter requesting that the current army infantry equipment be phased out and replaced by third-generation fire cannons. At the same time, the fire cannon soldiers will be equipped with lighter melee weapons as a supplement. It must be said. Liang Chongxin had a very keen vision on this point. Not only did he see that the Fire Gun Soldiers would become the mainstream of the Imperial Army in the future, he also proposed supplementary measures to allow the Fire Gun Soldiers to make up for the lack of close combat effectiveness."
Bo Jinchen's words made Cui Wenxiu fall into deep thought. Although the other party did not mean to criticize her at all, Cui Wenxiu felt a burning discomfort on her face. She was thinking about how to return to the Central Continent. When going to deal with the Luzon people and the West Orans and Jutlanders who still occupied Nanmeli, Liang Chongxin, who had just won a great victory in the southern battle, was able to put forward such ideas to reform the military system. Cui Wenxiu had to reflect on himself During this period of time, I was a little intoxicated with the victory in the Northern Campaign and did not want to make progress. I originally thought that my performance in the Northern Campaign could surpass Liang Chongxin. Maybe I was defeated by Liang Chongxin's suggestion.
The comparison continued. While he was still thinking about how to conquer the land, Liang Chongxin was considering the development direction of the entire Imperial Army from a higher perspective. Shouldn't he also reflect on it
As Bo Jinchen said, the huge breakthrough in Imperial Steel technology made the entire Imperial Economic Development Department and the Privy Council extremely excited. In fact, before the breakthrough in the Imperial Steel industry, the Empire's machining industry also began to enter a slow and steady development. Starting from 700 AD, a series of workshops for processing steel products expanded rapidly, and the direct reason was the use of water power.
However, the breakthrough in the use of water power did not come from the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department, but from the people in Jiangnan. Due to the huge competitive pressure in the textile industry, Jiangnan textile businessman Ke Chenglun took the lead in developing a manual spinning machine that increased the spinning efficiency by twenty times. An advanced technology was officially finalized at the end of 700 after a series of improvements, and in mid-5019 it obtained an official patent from the Patent Department of the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department, and named it an offset spinning machine. Due to the patent, the offset textile enterprise The rapid rise in the Jiangnan textile industry has forced other textile companies to purchase patents from it if they need to use this machine. This is a considerable expense, but if you don't buy it, you will only be ruthlessly eliminated. This also makes The calculating Jiangnan businessmen were very jealous and became even more enthusiastic about developing newer and more advanced technologies.
Just when the offset spinning machine was shining brightly, a more advanced and more efficient water-powered spinning machine finally appeared, and it was only half a year after the offset spinning machine was patented. Soon the water-powered spinning machine also obtained a patent. Patent, which directly caused the textile industry in Jiangnan to enter a period of rapid development. The rapid improvement of technology in the spinning industry has put the weaving industry under tremendous pressure. The weaving industry, which has already accumulated considerable technology, is of course not to be left behind. In offset spinning After the emergence of spinning machines, major weaving companies began to conduct targeted research, and soon after the emergence of water-powered spinning machines, corresponding supporting water conservancy looms appeared. The complementary technological improvements in spinning and weaving made Jiangnan It even triggered a huge revolution in the textile industry of the entire empire. The improvement in efficiency made the textile industry in Jiangnan greatly surpass the rest of the empire. Leaders' group ethics forced textile companies in other regions to quickly follow suit, and the textile industry also entered a new era. Rapid update period.
With the technological upgrading of the textile industry, the entire empire's economic circles have been enthusiastically pursuing various technological upgradings. This craze has quickly spread to all walks of life in the economic world. The huge benefits brought by technological upgrading have attracted the attention of giants in all walks of life. They all realize that if they cannot lead in technology, it means that their leadership position is likely to become history and will be overthrown by those rising stars. Offset Enterprise is a typical proof. It is just an offset spinning machine. A short-term lead creates the rise of a company, and this also makes business owners who hope to become the leader in their respective industries jealous. If they want to become the second Keshi, investing in upgrading technology is their best hope. To achieve breakthroughs in technological upgrading, it is necessary to have sufficient reserves and innovation in technical talents, which has also caused major business owners to dig and recruit technical talents.