The sleeve bayonet appeared around the end of the 17th century and was invented and promoted by the French. Although there were classical bayonets that inserted a broken spear into the barrel for piercing, the bayonet was very practical. Once the spearhead was pierced into the enemy's body, it was difficult to pull it back. Because when it was pulled back, the broken spear and the barrel were separated.

Once this happens, the musketeers will lose their ability to fight back and give their heads to the enemy. Therefore, although the prototype of a bayonet inserted into the barrel of a broken spear appeared in the 16th century, it is very practical.

It was not until 1703 that French Marshal Vaubon promoted sleeve bayonets with clips in the French army, and the bayonets truly had mature practical capabilities.

In the Battle of Bairbach River that broke out that year, the entire French army charged with bayonets and defeated the Prussian army, which had just been promoted to the kingdom.

In the past, Marin used bayonets as confidentiality technology and refused to release them. But later Marin figured it out that bayonets are certainly a good technology, but in this era, bayonet technology is actually not that important.

Because in this era, the spearmen had not yet withdrawn from the historical stage and were still the main force of the armies of various countries. With the spearmen, the role of bayonets was actually very small.

The reason why bayonets shone in the late 17th and 18th centuries was mainly because the spearmen had withdrawn from the stage of history at that time. Without the suppression of spears, musketeers equipped with bayonets were naturally much more fierce than musketeers who did not have bayonets.

Therefore, it is actually wrong to use bayonets as a winning weapon in many novels. Of course, this refers to Europe where spear soldiers are popular.

But if you travel to the Ming and Qing dynasties, bayonets are really useful. Because there were fewer weapons in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there were many swords and musket equipment.

When facing swords and muskets, muskets with bayonets are indeed more advantageous. Why? Muskets with bayonets are naturally longer than swords. The so-called "one inch longer and one inch stronger", and with a stab, they are naturally more powerful than slashing and killing. As for the convex gunners in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they are even more advantageous. After all, a convex gun that has not been able to reload is a fire stick.

In the battle of Zhenjiang that the British army fought in the Crow War, the flag soldiers guarding Zhenjiang mainly used waist knives. This thing is very common in braided plays and is light and beautiful. However, this thing is more than enough to suppress the common people, and it is to use it on the battlefield to seek death.

Even if you have practiced sword skills, you have to feel resentment when facing your opponent's bayonet. After all, the battlefield is not a one-on-one challenge. You can use your waist knife to push a gun stab, but you can't resist other gun stabs coming from the side.

Of course, there were spearmen among the Qing army. However, the spearmen used by the Qing army were not as long as European spears. Moreover, the spearmen among the Qing army were unyielding cannon fodder soldiers, who were purely to make up numbers and waving flags and shouting. Therefore, those spearmen of the Qing army obviously had the advantage of weapons, but because they were not good at using them, they could not defeat the bayonets of British soldiers.

Those elite flag soldiers with martial arts like to use tall waist knives, and their martial arts are considered wasteful. As Napoleon said, "Two Mamluk cavalry can definitely defeat three French cavalry, one hundred French cavalry and one hundred Mamluk cavalry are evenly matched, but most of the three hundred French cavalry can defeat three hundred Mamluk cavalry, and 1,000 French cavalry can defeat 1,500 Mamluk cavalry." The weapons are restrained, and even if the flag bravery under Hailing was a rare elite in that era, it would be difficult to resist the British bayonet formation.

Of course, it is not that all the flag brave men under Hailing used waist knives, and they also used a combrat. But the ones who used a combrat were even worse, because the Qing army's grenade did not have a bayonet, and when they encountered a British bayonet, they could only be beaten. Those flag brave men with close combat ability used a waist knives (there is no way, Qing army officers and elite soldiers liked to use a waist knives, and the waist knives were also a symbol of their status in the Qing army).

The Ming army was similar, because the steel smelting in the Ming Dynasty was very developed and the steel supply was extremely sufficient. Therefore, the Ming sabers and swords were also sufficient. For example, the embroidered spring swords of the Jinyiwei and the geese-length swords of the Ming army were already very popular and famous.

Therefore, bayonets can indeed make a difference in the Ming and Qing dynasties. This is caused by the characteristics of the times, but if you try it with bayonets to the Tang Dynasty? The Modao Formation can definitely kill the bayonet formation in seconds... Nothing else, they are just longer than you...

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In other words, there is nothing particularly powerful when the sleeve bayonet was taken out in this era. After all, if you fight, the bayonet formation cannot fight the spear formation.

But bayonets are not useless. At least, with bayonets, musketeers have the ability to counterattack. Unlike before, when there was no time to load ammunition, musketeers without bayonets were fish that could be slaughtered.

After installing the sleeve bayonet, the musketeer can become a kind of military force that can act alone, and no longer need the protection of the spearman.

As for the issue of not being able to fight against the spearmen, as long as they are not stupid, they will not let the musketeer fight with the other party's spearmen...

The correct way to open it should be - when you see the other party being a spearman, you shoot the opponent from a distance. When you see the other party being a musketeer, you will charge with a bayonet...

In short, there is no trick on the battlefield to eat everything, and adapting to local conditions is the king.

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But no matter what, the sleeve bayonet that Marin took out still amazed everyone...

It is very simple to use a bayonet on the sleeve bayonet. As long as there is a protruding clip near the muzzle, there is a gap at the bottom of the sleeve bayonet. When applying a bayonet, the gap at the bottom of the bayonet is inserted along the clip, and then twisted, the clip just stuck the curved part of the gap, and stuck the bayonet tightly on the muzzle. In this way, the bayonet cannot be dropped and can be used for fighting with confidence.

Unlike the bayonets of later generations, because in this era a wire rod was inserted under the barrel of the gun to allow ammunition to be loaded. Therefore, in order not to affect the extraction and insertion of the wire rod, the sleeve bayonet is not hung below the muzzle, but on the side of the muzzle after being fixed. In this way, it will not affect the musketman to extract the wire rod to load ammunition.

Moreover, this kind of bayonet is really a gun stab. In order to prevent soldiers from being cut by bayonets when loading ammunition at the muzzle. Therefore, the sleeve bayonets in the early years often have no blades. At least, there is no blade near the muzzle. In this way, soldiers can be prevented from being cut by accidentally when loading ammunition.

Only the front part of the bayonet, far from the muzzle, is the blade. The musketeer fights with people and relies on the front edge and tip of the knife to fight with people, and injure or even kill the enemy...
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