Steel Dynasty - Chapter 898

[Chapter 896 The first application of grenades]

in Qingzhou.

News from Goryeo continued to be sent to the palace. As the situation stabilized, Xiao Ming became more and more calm day by day.

“Ye Qingyun is quite courageous. Ordinary officials would not dare to carry out such drastic reforms, but he does.”

Pang Yukun, the general manager of the imperial study, laughed loudly. Apparently he was very satisfied with Ye Qingyun’s actions in Korea.

“So there are some benefits to letting soldiers handle emergency situations in extraordinary times. They have guns in their hands and are not afraid of trouble. Now the Kingdom of Koryo has become the Koryo Palace in the blink of an eye. From then on, there is one less threat in Kanto and one more one that can be provided at any time. The supporting house.” Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded slightly, “However, if Goryeo is to be completely prosperous into the Great Chongqing Kingdom, it is necessary to pay close attention to public education. The official believes that the current Goryeo people cannot completely give up their current identity, and complete changes can only appear in the next generation. “

“You are right, assimilation is not something that happens overnight, it will take at least decades, but there is no need to worry about this. The people of Korea are not stupid. As long as they have food and drink, they will not be stupid enough to rebel. Therefore, we should not blindly adopt a policy of cruel exploitation against Goryeo, and at the same time we should leave them room for life and not let them starve. “

Now there is a fact before us. In fact, the American War of Independence was precisely because of Britain’s aggression. The colonial people adopted exploitative policies that were different from those of the British mainland, which ultimately led to the War of Independence.

Therefore, in Xiao Ming’s view, running a colony is the same as feeding cows. If you want to get more milk, you have to let the cow eat and drink enough, so that you can have greater output.

Otherwise, if you want the horse to run but also want the horse not to eat grass, something will happen sooner or later.

Moreover, he wanted to assimilate to Korea, rather than just grab it and leave, so he had to be more careful.

“What the emperor said is absolutely true, and the cabinet also had the same idea after discussion.” Pang Yukun said.

“That’s great.” Xiao Ming smiled.

After a pause, he ignored the matter of Goryeo and said: “This thermal power plant matter should be listed as a key matter for your cabinet to supervise, both in terms of people and money. Also, this research on electricity The product research laboratory must focus on supporting and strive to produce some products when the electric power is implemented in Qingzhou, such as incandescent lamps.”

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Pang Yukun responded.

After saying this, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to leave, and he sat down to start writing a more advanced information book. The scientific and technological content of this book would cover the period from the end of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century.

The key products are electricity-related machinery, especially lathes, because once electricity is available, the stability of lathes will be greatly improved, which will be of great benefit to the overall improvement of the industry.

While he was busy presenting each piece of technology, the first batch of grenades arrived at the Lin’an battlefield where the stalemate was ongoing. After more than a month of full production, 9,000 grenades were manufactured.

“Hand grenade, how do you use this thing?”

This month Lu Fei was angry because of the war on the front line. As soon as the grenade arrived, he ran faster than a rabbit and wanted to see the new weapon as soon as possible.

Niu Ben knocked off Lu Fei’s hand holding the grenade, “This is no joke, Luo Quan and I don’t want to be blown up by you.”

Lu Fei was itchy, and he asked anxiously: “Old General, what’s going on? How to use it? “

Niu Ben is actually on the rise. They arrived at Lin’an City a month ago and found that the entire Lin’an was surrounded by criss-crossing trenches.

The soldiers in the trench only had half of their heads exposed. Once their soldiers launched a charge, they would shoot at close range, causing a lot of casualties to them.

So as soon as this grenade, which was said to be a weapon in trench warfare, arrived, he immediately became energetic.

“I will demonstrate it to you. When you return, you can teach it to the soldiers under my command.” Before Lu Fei came, he had already learned it from the technicians in the military workshop, and now he was deliberately showing off.

At this moment, Luo Xin also hurriedly ran over. Like Lu Fei, he was now a little exhausted from the trench warfare.

During the Northern Expedition, they could still use plate armor to hedge, but not anymore. The opponent’s firearms could easily penetrate the plate armor, which resulted in them having to consume each other in the trenches.

Niu Ben picked up a grenade in front of everyone, skillfully unscrewed the safety cover, pulled the rope, and threw it out.

“Boom!” With an explosion, dust flew up forty meters away.

Lu Fei and Luo Xin’s eyes widened. In their opinion, this grenade was very simple to operate and very powerful. If thrown into a trench, it could kill a large number of enemies.

“Awesome, really awesome.” Lu Fei and Luo Xin clapped their hands.

Niu Ben turned around, looked at Lu Fei and Luo Xin and said, “Remember, the delay of this thing is only five seconds. If you don’t throw it after five seconds, you will blow up.”

“Yes, general.” Lu Fei and Luo Xin said in the same voice.

Niu Ben nodded, and then asked the two to try using grenades. After the two mastered it, he allocated 4,000 grenades to Lu Fei and Luo Xin respectively, allowing them to capture the opponent’s trench.

“Save it.” Before the two left, Niu Ben said with great distress. Now he only has a thousand pieces left, and it is expected that other army commanders will come to him to complain soon.

Returning to their respective positions, Lu Fei and Luo Xin immediately organized soldier training. Throwing grenades is also a technical job. One needs to throw it far, and the other needs to throw it accurately.

Therefore, you must choose those with strong arms and easy-to-use eyes.

Now that they have received information, the Sima family and the wealthy families who cling to them have officially joined the Merchant Council, and now they no longer need to worry about anything.

Because the imperial court has designated the merchant council as rebels colluding with the West, their actions to regain the Chu Kingdom will be just.

After several days of training, a group of four hundred grenadiers was born. Each of these soldiers was issued ten grenades. They would be responsible for bombing the enemy’s trenches.

“Mom, let these rebels know how powerful Grandpa Lu Fei is today.” Lu Fei cursed while observing the opponent’s trench with a telescope.

Although the enemy’s casualties during the confrontation were much greater than theirs, the existence of the trench seemed to give them a glimmer of hope.

Not far away, in the criss-crossing trenches, more than ten Wanhao troops were still holding on. Lu Fei was tired of this stalemate.

“Grenadier, prepare.” Lu Fei shouted.

The distance between the trenches between the two sides was originally only fifty meters, but in order to make it easier to throw grenades, they took the opportunity last night to dig a dozen more front trenches, shortening their previous distance to about thirty meters.

Now the grenadiers were all entering these forward trenches.

“Throw!”

Following Lu Fei’s order, four hundred grenadiers picked up grenades and threw them towards the opponent’s trench. Suddenly, continuous explosions sounded, and the opposite trench was covered in flames and smoke.

(End of chapter)