New Shun 1730

Liu Yu's words successfully aroused the interest of Count Morpa.

The so-called new rifled gun loading technology he mentioned was naturally the Minié bullet.

The Minié bullet appeared more than 300 years later than the rifling. Some elite hunters in Europe used rifled guns loaded with hammers.

To put it bluntly, the Minié bullet is a problem of thinking, a very clever thinking.

Once this idea is learned, it is not worth anything at all. Or as long as this kind of bullet appears, combined with the corresponding tactics, it will soon be imitated.

This technology has the highest price before it is used.

Leading Count Morpa to the secret shooting range on Liugong Island, several carefully selected hand-rifled flintlocks with the best rifling were in the hands of several officers.

For "safety reasons", in fact, to prevent Count Morpa from seeing the details clearly, Count Morpa witnessed the speed of those gunmen loading smoothbore guns at a distance of 20 meters from those shooters, and shot with the accuracy that only rifled guns at long distances could have.

Leading him to see the target on the shooting range, and quietly observing Count Morpa's face, Liu Yu also intimately promoted why France needed this technology.

"It is impossible to dismantle the Russo-Austrian alliance for the time being. The Austrians will be France's enemy for a long time. I think Mr. Count knows this better than I do."

"The Austrians have excellent light infantry. For example, the Pandur soldiers, their discipline is loose, but they are excellent light infantry."

"Regarding the role of light infantry, I think Mr. Count also knows better. In fact, if there is no threat from cavalry, excellent light infantry or skirmishers can completely contain the opponent's horizontal column with less troops."

"They harass and block the enemy's phalanx in front, thereby covering their own phalanx to go around to the side to deploy."

"If the French army has Such firearms and loading technology are likely to bring about a great military revolution, and can completely suppress the various annoying light infantry of the Austrians. "

"The skirmishers delay, cover and block in front, and the line soldiers deploy calmly. In terms of shooting, light infantry or skirmishers with more scattered formations have great advantages. And this new type of rifled bullet can increase the range. "

"As for the Russians, they have a large number of cavalry. This rifled bullet loading technology allows the French Army to shoot at a distance from the Russian cavalry."

As he spoke, he took out a tactical booklet he wrote about the coordination of light infantry, skirmishers and heavy phalanx columns.

It is best to deploy some skirmishers in front of the line soldiers, even if they use smoothbore rifles, it is very effective.

The Qingzhou Army has almost no skirmishers, because they are not needed for fighting against the cavalry.

The muskets of the quasi-military were still matchlocks, and the artillery was far inferior. The Qingzhou Army did not need any skirmishers in front of the line formation, and could unscrupulously carry out thick column tactics: without artillery, and the muskets were inferior, what was there to fear for the thick column formation?

But it was different for France.

It might not be until the War of the Austrian Succession or the Seven Years' War that France realized the effect of light infantry, especially after the light infantry of Austria taught a lesson to other countries.

The artillery of both sides on the European battlefield was almost the same, and the flintlocks were also similar. In this case, Liu Yu only had to explain it a little bit, and Count Morpa knew the significance of this musket.

It was not easy to pull the rifling. This thing must be equipped for elite troops, and it was not used to consume infantry in line and shoot.

If you take the Latin booklet as a treasure, after turning a few pages, you will find that it is full of thoughts and pictures on tactics, and lists the great role of skirmishers or light infantry equipped with this rifled gun in front of the line formation with very detailed calculations.

Although everyone knows that the most efficient killers are skirmishers and light infantry, and that they are even more powerful after being equipped with rifled guns, and that the final decision on the battlefield is still the line soldiers... but there is no doubt that this new equipment combined with the new tactical system will bring about a huge change in the army's tactics.

Execution by firing squad is not immutable.

What Liu Yu urgently needs now is some advanced technology from France, but even the most advanced technology requires money.

In any case, he, the emperor and the court will not be able to relax the control on the export of the three old things, let alone allow the outflow of technology.

If the Minié bullet is exchanged for the battleship blueprints, and Liu Yu can send outstanding young people to study in France to learn shipbuilding and other technologies, Liu Yu thinks it is worth it.

Rifling is difficult to pull, and it is impossible to popularize it for the time being.

France wants to fight a big war in Europe, and in the short term, excellent rifled guns must be assigned to the elite troops on the mainland. India cannot get this weapon.

In the short term, Dashun cannot go to war with the French army.

However, excellent battleships can be used for more than 50 years, which is an urgent need now.

It's OK to use cruisers to fight Japan, and it's also possible to take advantage of the opportunity to fight the Dutch in Southeast Asia.

However, if you want to deal with India, you have to face Britain. Without a battleship with 74 guns, Liu Yu is extremely unsure.

Even if the French gain a foothold in India, one has to go around the Cape of Good Hope, and the other can directly recruit soldiers from Southeast Asia, there is no suspense at all.

Moreover, Liu Yu hopes that the French will make some big moves in Europe, and it would be best to bleed Britain more. Even if you can't bleed Britain completely, it's good to bleed the Dutch and Russians.

The situation in Europe is destined to make it impossible for whoever is the strongest on the continent to have a diplomatic situation. This is not something that a genius diplomat can solve.

If the French army makes the Dutch or British shed a drop of blood, Dashun will shed less blood in Southeast Asia.

If Europe wants chaos, there must be a country to break the current balance. This blood sacrifice Liu Yu has long been eyeing France.

"Mr. Count, I can guarantee that the advantages of this technology can also guarantee that this technology is enough to bring about a new tactical system."

"I have a good proposal."

"I beg your king to send excellent shipbuilding craftsmen to help Dashun build a new type of battleship. Also allow us to send a special delegation to visit and learn in French shipyards, military factories, etc."

"This is beneficial to both sides. There is no conflict of interest between the Dashun Navy and the French Navy; there is no conflict between the French Army and the Dashun Army."

"On the contrary, our navies have a common enemy; our armies also have a common enemy. Mutual exchange, as a good start for this negotiation, will be a pleasant meeting."

"The skills of this new rifled gun will be handed over to you on the day when Dashun's first 74-gun new battleship is launched. And I can guarantee that in Europe, except France, I will not make this deal with any other country."

Count Morpa was very tempted by this proposal.

He was shocked by the effect of the Minié bullet in the shooting drill he just saw, which means that the enemy can be killed very efficiently at a distance of about 200 meters, and this is only the improvement brought by this aspect of the weapon.

If combined with the new tactical system in the pamphlet, the improvement brought is not just the weapons.

The tactics are very effective to read, and have convinced Count Maulpa. But the premise of this tactic is an excellent, sufficiently accurate, and fast-loading rifled flintlock.

Moreover, it is also useful for the navy. The shooting sailors on the mast can kill a large number of sailors on the opponent's deck when the fleet is bombarding.

However, compared with the huge profits of porcelain and silk, Count Maulpa still has a choice in mind.

New tactics, or more money.

France's choice should give priority to the latter.

Because France is not backward in existing tactics, and its fleet technology is not bad, what it lacks is money.

"Count Liu, this new loading method is very effective and amazing. However, compared with this, Paris hopes that China and France will reach a broader alliance."

"Some people once hoped that we would bring you glass technology, and you would teach us porcelain manufacturing. We taught you wool textiles, and you taught us cotton textiles and silk..."

"If possible, I hope to talk more about these issues."

Liu Yu shook his head immediately.

"As the deputy envoy for this reception, I can clearly convey to you the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire: this is a condition that cannot be negotiated and is also a meaningless condition."

"I can clearly tell you that Dashun will soon implement the "Skilled Workers Management and Seagoing Act."

In fact, it did not, this is pure nonsense.

As long as it is open, it will inevitably lead to technology outflow.

Dashun was a little too open before, missionaries ran everywhere, and a lot of ports were opened. If it weren't for the slow response from Europe, I'm afraid some technology would have been stolen long ago.

Dashun's grassroots control ability is not at all capable of learning from Britain to implement the "Skilled Workers Management Act".

This ability refers to the attitude of continuing to be open, the long coastline that cannot be governed, and the head tax that may be gradually abolished.

If you want to open up, technology outflow is inevitable; if you don't want technology to outflow, you should simply close the country.

The UK is a small place, the navy is strong, and anti-smuggling is also strict. A hundred miles of land cannot compare with a ten thousand mile territory in terms of grassroots control.

Fortunately, although Liu Yu thought that the trade policy of Dashun was crazy, it still ensured that foreigners were not allowed to go deep into the interior. Even in Songjiang and other places, they were only allowed to rent houses but not buy them, and they were not allowed to run around everywhere, and could only stay in the trade zone.

Fortunately, the Vatican had a brain accident and was too strict about ancestor worship. Dashun was determined to ban religion, and there was no possibility that missionaries would run around and spy on secrets in the name of preaching.

Count Morpa must not know the national conditions of Dashun, so he should be able to fool them with this trick.

In order to deepen the deception, Liu Yu said: "In addition, in the future, Songjiang, Ningbo, Zhangzhou, Guangdong and other places are not allowed to open porcelain workshops, especially around the trade zone. Once someone is caught passing these secrets, he will be beheaded."

"It's not just a matter of precaution, but there are deeper reasons."

Liu Yu continued to deceive: "Some officials in the court even proposed to completely close trade because of the spread of Catholicism and some actions of the Dutch in Southeast Asia. Foreign exchanges are already very difficult. As a supporter, I also withstood a lot of pressure."

"You see, just like you can't tell us from the Koreans by appearance, in fact, we can't tell the French, Spanish, Dutch and Russians apart. The bad impression left by the Dutch is seen by some people as the same for all Europeans, and there is no difference."

"If you propose silk, porcelain and other issues in a formal setting, it will further confirm the opposition's claim that Europeans want to steal these technologies. This may cause the domestic anti-trade faction to completely close the channel of foreign exchanges, and even be wary of all Europeans. So I hope that during this negotiation in the capital, please do not discuss any terms on these issues."

"I suggest that we first draft an exchange between the Chinese and French army and navy. The army's rifled gun bullet technology in exchange for the design and construction of new battleships."