1855 United States Tycoon

The representative of the Japanese shogunate is a young man named Hideo Takashima, who is said to be a disciple of the important minister of the shogunate, Katsu Kaishu. Able to speak English relatively fluently compared to Japanese. The representative of Satsuma is a young man named Nobumasa Ando, ​​who is said to be the illegitimate son of the Mitsui family, the boss of Osaka. Speaking of which, most of Mitsui's business was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, but he had always hooked up with powerful feudal vassals like Nagasu Satsuma. In history, Mitsui played a very important role in the overthrow of the shogunate, so in the subsequent Meiji Restoration, Mitsui made a lot of money. Thinking of their performance, Shi Gaozhi thought of the Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Volendrano was very careful not to let the two Japanese know each other's existence. Even when arranging accommodation, they were arranged one in the east and the other in the west. Lest the two barbarians run into trouble. However, Scrooge was not so careful.

On this day, Scrooge asked Gao Daoying to watch Heishui's drill in the morning. The performance of the McDonald's 1864 rifle in Heishui's hand almost made Takashima Hideo, who was accustomed to the performance of the French Minie rifle rifle, so shocked that his chin fell on his feet. Since Scrooge did not intend to pass on the latest skirmish tactics to the Japanese, (this will be sold for money in the future, but now it can’t be seen by the Japanese.) So what Kuro Shui showed to Takashima Hideo was The old-fashioned tactics of queuing to shoot-anyway, this is what the French taught them.

But because of this, this drill will shock Takashima Hidei even more. Performing new tactics in front of a person sometimes has the effect of glaring at the blind because of the person's own conservativeness. Just like the rumors, the British showed the tactics of queuing and shooting to the Manchu Qing general Fu Kang'an, but Fu Kang'an was regarded as a child's play. Before they had seen how powerful they were in queuing to shoot, the generals of the Qing army would only be indifferent even if they saw such tactics. If that time, the British showed Fokang'an not to be shot in line, but the cavalry's wall charge, perhaps Fokang'an's attitude would be quite different.

The same is true for the Japanese. Compared with queuing shots filled with upright heroism and gentleman spirit, the skirmish tactics seem to be as wretched as they are. So if you want to bluff the Japanese, it might be a better way to line up and shoot them.

Sure enough, this performance, especially the hit rate of a volley against an ultra-long-distance target such as 600 meters, made the Japanese completely dumbfounded. Takashima Hideo couldn't help but began to figure out what would happen if it were the current shogunate army in the face of Heishui.

"Starting from six hundred meters, the soldiers of Heishui can shoot ten volleys in one minute. In one minute, even if the formation is not affected by the volley, the shogunate can advance up to seventy meters. It is far from the distance to be able to fight back. If you want to fight back effectively, you must approach 400 meters. At a distance of 200 meters, you have to withstand more than 20 salvos from your opponent. At this time, can there be people living?"

However, the Japanese still exceeded Scrooge's expectations in some places. That is the ability of the Japanese to accept new things.

"Wang Jun. I heard that European and American countries have gradually abandoned the tactics of team salvos. Now the skirmish line tactics are popular. Why is Heishui still performing the old-fashioned salvo tactics?" Takashima Hideto was responsible for the company. Wang Qinian asked.

Speaking of which, Hideo Takashima can speak English, but Japanese English is really...Anyway, few people in United States can understand it after speaking it out. Fortunately, Takashima Ying could speak Mandarin Mandarin, (in the upper class of Japan at that time, there were many people who could speak Chinese), so I simply asked Wang Qinian, who could speak Chinese, to receive him.

"Yes, this tactic has indeed been abandoned in European countries. But it has some prerequisites for its abandonment. And these conditions, we feel that these conditions are not met in Japan now. Well, you know recently Prussia and Austria People fought a battle." Wang Qinian began to fudge Gaodao according to the pre-determined statement. "Then do you know how many cannons the Prussians used in this battle?"

Takashima, who has been paying attention to newspapers, knows a little bit about this.

"I heard that the two sides used more than a thousand cannons. This is really..."

"Yes, the number of cannons on the Prussian side alone is close to one thousand. Coupled with the use of shrapnel, if the infantry continues to adopt a dense formation, it is simply the best target. But in Japan, it can also be like this. Is it the firepower of the cannon?" Wang Qinian asked rhetorically.

Although Takashima was born in artillery, he had never dreamed of a volley of a thousand cannons lined up in a neat formation. As for advanced weapons such as grenade shells, he has only heard about the French, but he has never seen such weapons. However, this gift prevented him from replenishing the scene now-more than a thousand cannons fired together, countless shells flew out of the muzzle, and then a large number of steel balls were thrown over the target, and then the boss of the enemy army died. Leftover. As an artillery person, thinking about this picture, I feel that my heart is surging.

However, his family knows his own affairs, and Takashima certainly knows that the financial resources of the Japanese shogunate can never be equipped with so many cannons, so he can only envy him in his heart.

"But if the enemy is equipped with a similar rifle, then they scattered and fired at us, wouldn't we suffer a lot?" Although Takashima had believed most of Wang Qinian's explanation, he still asked.

"Without a large number of artillery, disperse and confront us? Don't you have no cavalry in Japan? It is not easy for the scattered infantry to fight against the cavalry." Wang Qinian said, "In addition, do you think the skirmish line tactics are so easy? In terms of training costs, infantry in the skirmish line is quite expensive to train."

"Extremely expensive? Wang Jun, can you tell me something?" Takashima seemed to be insatiable in learning.

"You should know how difficult it is to maintain discipline and the convenience of command after an army disperses. It almost requires every squad leader to have the qualities of a low-level officer. To be able to notice and take notice in chaotic battles. Understand the above commands and command a few soldiers under them to fight. The cost of training such a sergeant will naturally be much higher. Similarly, commanding such an army is far more difficult than commanding an old-fashioned army. The requirements for officers are also very high. It can be said that you cannot use such an army without special training. It is like a child cannot use a heavy weapon like a mace. So we feel that you still don’t want to use it. I’m so lofty, I’m eager to play with the latest things. Laying a good foundation is the right way."

Although Wang Qinian's words contained suspicion and even contempt for the military command ability of the shogunate, Takashima couldn't get angry because he knew that Wang Qinian was really telling the truth. Most of the generals in the shogunate came from the so-called samurai family. Those who have really received Western military education are pitiful. If they were allowed to command a decentralized army (at least Takashima thought at the time), most of them were. It's going to be a big basket.

"Hayi!" Takashima bowed to Wang Qinian and thanked him, "Wang Jun, thank you for answering my questions. Even the dense array of infantry also requires soldiers to be disciplined and courageous. Now it is difficult for the Shogunate to do this well. Now we are eager to learn new tactics. We are indeed very ambitious."

"The discipline and courage of a dense infantry formation are actually easy to develop." Wang Qinian said, "Discipline only needs more whips. As for courage, this is even easier."

"Wang Jun, can you tell me how to inspire courage?" Takashima quickly humbled for advice.

"This is actually nothing too mysterious." Wang Qinian said, "Some things have an impact on people's spirits. For example, tea and coffee can invigorate people. This Mr. Takashima should know something."

"Ah, is there any drink that can inspire courage? As far as I know, spirits have such an effect. Some assassins and dead men often use this. But once they drink spirits, they often become unconscious. It is difficult to command, and it is definitely not worth the loss for the army.” Takashima said.

"Has Mr. Takashima heard of Dali pills?" Wang Qinian asked.

"Daiwan? It is said to be a good medicine to relieve fatigue. It is just that there are too few on the market and the price is too expensive. But I heard that some students use that thing to refresh their brains before taking the exam." It seems Takashima Really didn't do homework less.

"If you increase the weight of Dali pills, you can double your courage. Therefore, in the current European and American countries, this drug is stored as a strategic material. With this, even Italians can be brave. Look like." Wang Qinian began to work hard to promote Daliwan to Takashima.

"Is there really such an effect?" Takashima's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

"Yes, it can greatly increase courage, increase concentration, improve reaction speed and coordination of movements, and at the same time make thinking more active. Of course, Mr. Takashima should also know that any medicine has side effects. Vigorously The pill is no exception. If used too much, it may cause the problem of over-reaction, (everyone knows this side effect since the performance of the Italians in the Prussian War) In addition, although it can make the mind active, it can also make It’s hard to think deeply. So it’s best not to use this for science and technology personnel. Of course, artists and the like don’t worry about it. In addition, after the efficacy of the medicine has passed, there will be a very obvious period of fatigue. Long-term use of this in a large number of soldiers, also It can lead to drug resistance. So although this thing can also improve the training effect, it will also lead to the need for larger doses in wartime, and once the dose is used incorrectly, problems will occur. The recent fiasco in Italy is an example. But as long as Properly control, there will be no big things." According to the instructions, Wang Qinian honestly explained the advantages and disadvantages of Dali pills. Anyway, the benefits are so obvious. As for the defects, they are completely within an acceptable range. If you talk about such defects, you can gain the trust of buyers.

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