I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In Danyang, a convoy of more than 1,000 people began to set off, heading west to Nanjing.

This is a convoy composed of some craftsmen from Suzhou Weapons Workshop and soldiers who are responsible for escorting them.

After Wu Changqing took Nanjing, he set about building a new weapons workshop in Nanjing.

After all, Nanjing is the center of the South, where the main force of the army is stationed. Continuing to manufacture those weapons and equipment in Suzhou and transporting them to Nanjing is also a hassle.

Considering that Nanjing was the rear of the material supply during the Northern Expedition, Wu Changqing decided to build a larger weapons workshop in Nanjing to save transportation costs.

If you want to quickly build a weapon workshop, you need skilled craftsmen and tools for making weapons.

In this convoy, there are more than 300 skilled craftsmen, and a thousand flintlock soldiers are responsible for escorting.

This area of ​​Nanzhili is already Wu Changqing's territory. In his own territory, he also sent a thousand main force to escort him, which is enough to show Wu Changqing's attention to these craftsmen and these techniques.

He didn't want any accident, causing the technology of making flintlock guns to fall into the hands of the Man Qing in the north.

With the huge size of the current Manchu Qing Dynasty, this technology can quickly and massively manufacture flintlock guns, which poses a particularly great threat to Wu Changqing.

Several pairs of eyes were already staring at the team when they left the city.

It is not only Da Qing who wants to get the secret of Suifa Gun, but Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian also want to get this secret.

However, Zhu Yujian's people could only sigh when they saw the thousand soldiers. There were only a few dozen of them, and they had no way of saying anything. Because of the distance, Zhu Yujian was really limited in the number of people who put it in Nanzhili.

There are many people in Zhu Yihai, hundreds of them.

However, they have to consider a very serious issue, that is, the fear of identity exposure.

Unless the thousand soldiers can be brought to a pot, otherwise the news will reach Wu Changqing's ears, which will undoubtedly force Wu Changqing to rebel.

With a few hundred of them, it is a question whether they can beat a thousand, let alone wipe them out.

Therefore, Zhu Yihai's people could only sigh and wait for other opportunities.

Outside the city, a team of about five hundred people was nesting in a wood.

These five hundred people were tall and burly, with fierce faces, and at first glance they knew that they were a group of desperadoes.

This is an elite team of the Qing Dynasty, specially used to steal the secret of the flintlock howitzer.

In the past, the Weapons Workshop was in Suzhou City and was guarded by heavy soldiers, so they couldn't find a chance at all. And now, when those craftsmen finally left the city, they were ambushed here early, ready to loot.

However, when they saw that Wu Jun had a thousand people escorting them, their leader Qi Shang's heart was more than half cold.

Although all of them are elites who can compete with one another, the prestige of the flintlock has terrified them. In the case of the same number, they have no confidence, let alone the number of people who are still at a disadvantage.

Of course, the Man Qing also wanted to send more people over, but now this area has been controlled by Wu Changqing. Sending a team of 500 people is already the limit. If more people want to hide their whereabouts, it will be twice as difficult to hide from Wu Jun.

"General, the other party has a thousand guards, and they all use flintlock guns. Do we have a chance of winning?"

a shogun asked.

"If there is no chance of winning, we must attack. This thing is related to our great cause of domination of the world in the Qing Dynasty. As long as we get these treasures, we can occupy the entire Central Plains. If we can't get it, countless of our soldiers will die under this weapon.

Send the order, kill an enemy and reward 10 taels of silver, catch a craftsman and reward 100 taels of silver. Grab a flintlock gun and reward twenty taels of silver. "

Qi Shang threw out a big reward, and the salary of these ordinary soldiers was only a little more than one or two a month. Now, as long as you catch a live craftsman, you can get a hundred taels of silver.

In other words, after this vote, they can retire and enjoy the good life.

For a time, fierce eyes appeared in the eyes of these strong men. If they want to get rich, whoever dares to stop them will kill them.

"Attack."

Seeing that the team had reached the best ambush position, Qi Shang ordered.

Immediately, five hundred war horses rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the convoy more than two miles away.

Under their full sprint, they can rush to the front of the team in less than two minutes.

The sprinting of hundreds of war horses was very loud, and Li San, who was in charge of escorting, spotted the enemy at the first time.

Seeing that it was a cavalry, Li San also became nervous.

If the infantry came, let alone five hundred, he would not be afraid of three thousand. But the cavalry came, and he was under a lot of pressure.

"The upper bayonet array, the hollow square array, the craftsman hides the innermost."

Li San hurriedly ordered the formation. When the cavalry attacked, the infantry formation was the only option.

Running away is the most stupid, how can two legs outrun four legs. Without the dense formation, the infantry will deliver food to the cavalry.

In ancient times, infantry was attacked by cavalry, and it was basically a dead end. Even if they form an array, the cavalry can project around without making contact, leaving the infantrymen to stand and be beaten, unable to resist.

Back then, the Mongols swept across the Eurasian continent by riding and shooting.

In the past, the infantry had to wait to die when they encountered the cavalry, but now, the appearance of the flintlock gun has given the infantry the power to counterattack.

Li San's 1,000 people are also elite troops. In a very short period of time, they were equipped with bayonets and formed five or six hollow squares. In the hollow square, it is crowded with craftsmen.

and supplies.

Li San knows that it doesn't matter how many soldiers die, anyway, they can be replenished at any time.

But these craftsmen and supplies must not be lost. Losing one craftsman is equivalent to losing the secret of the flintlock gun. This problem is too serious.

In a blink of an eye, those cavalrymen had already rushed forward.

And Wu Jun didn't even need Li San's order, and had already started free shooting.

In dealing with the cavalry, the veterans among them are very experienced and knowledgeable. Just stay in formation and shoot as many shots as you can.

With the sound of gunshots, the Qing cavalry fell one by one, making Qi Shang feel distressed.

These are the soldiers he has carefully trained, and each one is one in a hundred.

However, in the face of advanced firearms, these elites are as vulnerable as ordinary cannon fodder troops.

Armor that can withstand a knife and arrow is of little use as a firearm.

Because of the emergence of firearms, armor has become a chicken rib in the army today. Wearing it on the body will kill you, and it will not play a protective role. It is better to take it off and at least run faster.

"Kill, glory and wealth are in front of you."

Qi Shang takes the lead, as long as he completes this task, the rewards he can get will be extremely rich. For this reward, he was willing to sacrifice his life.

Soon, the two armies came into contact.

Those horses are still the same, avoiding the bright bayonets, trying to pass by.

They can train outlaws who are not afraid of death, but they cannot train horses that are not afraid of death.

If they didn't break through Wu Jun's formation, they couldn't catch the craftsmen inside.

"Bump up, bump up."

Qi Shang shouted loudly, and some desperadoes also urged the horses to rush into the formation.

At this time, Wu Jun's formation also exposed a big problem, that is, the formation is too thin.

In the original standard hollow square, the soldiers were in three rows, and there were many bayonets per unit area. But now, because of their small numbers, there are only two rows, and in some places even one row.

After this formation is rammed by a horse, although it can also stab the horse to death. However, there was a gap in the entire formation, and the Manchu cavalry also had the opportunity to wave saber at the Wu army.

"Stand up, don't be chaotic, it's time to be loyal to General Wu."

Li San shouted.

He is now afraid that the soldiers will panic and cause the formation to collapse. As long as the formation does not completely collapse, they still have the advantage because there are so many of them.