Zhang Han has never been a leader, but he is a person who has never eaten pork and seen pigs running. Some things are very important and he still knows very well.

The file in front of me describes Sun Yao's name, age, hometown, personality traits and family situation in detail. Of course, he also has more detailed experiences and performances of joining the army.

After scanning his eyes, Zhang Han remembered the past of the young man in front of him. After saying a word, he continued to smile: "I remember you. I made great contributions with Tang Wangzong that day. Don't reward silver to be an escort. The escort who has worked for less than a year has moved here to be a archer. From a team official to a flag captain, you are promoted to deputy director general... You have very shallow qualifications, but you are very attentive in your work and have made many contributions. Many people are optimistic about you and have mentioned you in front of me."

Sun Yao bowed and said, "My lord is too rewarded. My subordinates just think that it is so good to be with my subordinates. I feel comfortable staying here and feel at ease. I just think about doing more things. If it is useful, my subordinates will not be in vain."

"Very good." Zhang Han praised: "If everyone thinks like you, our group will naturally flourish."

Sun Yao's eyes were firm and his waist was still straight.

Zhang Han really admired this unfamiliar subordinate. Everyone has different personalities. Sun Yao's personality seems to be able to entrust a great responsibility, but he still needs to continue to observe.

After glanced at Sun Yao, Zhang Han said, "You came today and said that you have some experience in the journey to the grassland and the fight against bandits. After talking to your President, he recommended you to me and asked you to come here today, just to ask you to talk about your thoughts in detail."

Sun Yao bowed and said, "My subordinates should explain that General Li Chunye has added many shortcomings in his thoughts to his subordinates."

"Oh, keep talking."

"My subordinates think that our large formation is okay to fight bandits, but from the perspective of cavalry battles, our firepower output coverage is still insufficient. After all, bird guns cannot be far away, and they are not able to deal with cavalry harassment and impact. If our cavalry is strong enough, we can use cavalry to control cavalry with the enemy, but our cavalry is still insufficient. Moreover, the idea is to exchange weapons for life and use more sophisticated weapons for the enemy's strong soldiers. From another perspective, it is to exchange silver for their people.

We need better weapons and stronger armor. In this case, it is not wise to fight against the enemy with the cavalry. Even if we have stronger cavalry in the future, it should be a supplement and help of a large formation, rather than to defeat the enemy. If we have stronger firepower coverage, we don’t have to pay attention to the enemy cavalry at the beginning. We can use firepower to disperse it. Our cavalry will not move behind the formation, and it will be better to wait for the enemy to chase after the enemy is in chaos, and the losses will not be great..."

Sun Yao was a little uneasy when he said this and looked at Zhang Han.

"Yeah," Zhang Han said with no expression on his face and only made a continuous hand gesture: "Continue talking."

"We also encountered many horse thieves on the grassland. Of course, we repelled them, but without cavalry, the bird guns were not effective in killing them. When Mr. Chang burned the warehouse, his subordinates thought that if we had multiple cannons and cooperated with the bird gun team and the killer team, we might be able to defend the warehouse and there would be no need to suffer such a big loss."

Sun Yao stood up at this time, presented a few sheets of paper, and said quietly: "This is the sketch of several wars drawn by his subordinates and the allocation of troops, as well as some deductions of artillery. Please check it out."

"very good!"

Zhang Han took it and looked at it. He saw that Sun Yao had not had a high level of education before, his handwriting was very clumsy, but he was very neat, and there was no problem with using words and sentences. It can be seen that Sun Yao worked hard in the evening officer cram school.

The important thing is that the drawings are very good, and drawing pictures is also one of the basic skills of officers. Especially Zhang Han plans to discover qualified staff members. Looking at pictures and drawings are the basic skills of staff members. Using rulers to draw battles and training plans are inseparable from these basic skills. Sun Yao's basic skills of drawing pictures are very solid. It seems that he is not like those sloppy people, and he feels that he doesn't use much and refuses to study hard.

The textbooks and teaching content of the officer cram school are also changing. Two years ago, when these people were still escorts, they only learned basic knowledge and read some introductory books on military tactics. Now they are already judging the big picture, especially after every war, they have to use practical experience as teaching lessons. There are also major battles like the Battle of Sarhu, the mobilization and assembly of the Ming army, the mobilization and assembly of the Later Jin soldiers, the style of the two sides, the force, the ordnance and logistics supply, the battlefield style, the process of military movement, and the actual combat, because it is the thing that is in front of you, everyone is very dedicated to these practical battle examples. Sun Yao must be one of the officers who have made great efforts, and the picture in front of him is a clear proof.

On Sun Yao's picture, it is obvious that the situation of encountering enemies on the grassland several times was marked. In addition, it is to imagine that small artillery cannons were levied for fire, including the fire in the warehouse area. The picture is more detailed, and the combat effectiveness and will of the Mongols were estimated. Of course, the conclusion is similar to what Zhang Han thought. His subordinates were generally not optimistic about the Mongols.

"Deputy President Sun, your opinion is very good, I will consider it carefully."

Zhang Han stood up, saluted Sun Yao formally, and said, "Thank you for your comments."

Sun Yao's black face turned red. He gave a tribute and replied: "I thank you for your praise!"

When the new deputy general manager went out, Zhang Han slapped the paper given by Sun Yao a few times, his face full of excitement.

Everyone has blind spots in their thinking, and artillery is Zhang Han's blind spot.

Until now, Zhang Han had never thought about casting cannons. Before that, he was a pure businessman, and the escort was just used to make money. To be honest, he could practice some cold weapons fighting skills, and he could escort the account goods and silver to his destination. Even if he was qualified, he went to Liaodong. Later, he changed his mind, but he only thought about forming a powerful army, relying on a firearm team with flintlock guns, a cold weapon formation of spearmen, a battle army wearing hard armor and swords and shields, and a strong cavalry team. He really didn't think about artillery much...

It is not entirely blamed by Zhang Han. After all, he became a monk halfway, and the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was on a wrong path. The small artillery had poor craftsmanship, poor air tightness, and poor gunpowder medicine. The tiger squat cannons and clove cannons were shotguns, which were seriously insufficient and had a certain lethality within a few dozen steps. This was better than using bird guns or large smoothbore guns, which were no worse than these so-called cannons. Large artillery was an imitation of the Red Barbarian cannon. The source was a Portuguese shipwreck, which was a naval cannon used on the ship. The cannons were too large and heavy, and their power was enough, but they were more than enough to defend the city.

It was too difficult to do mobile attacks. The Qing army used the Red Barbarian cannons when attacking Tongguan and waited on the road for dozens of days. The artillery team kept moving slowly behind. At least in the battle sequence of the Ming army or the Later Jin soldiers that Zhang Han learned now, the Ming army used many firearms such as the general cannons, but they were mainly used to siege cities, rarely cooperated with infantry or cavalry, and there was no relevant tactics. Only the cannons in Qi Jiguang's chariot camp have a considerable function, but they are also used for defense rather than attack. As for the Later Jin soldiers, of course, there was no gun, and it was even more impossible to have corresponding artillery tactics.

Zhang Han's most important military knowledge came from later films and TV series and books, and then he was really immersed in the system of the northern border army of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, he decided to be the Western-style military system as the main and the Ming Dynasty's military system as the supplement. Everything he could only be to explore and take his time, including this artillery incident.

"Jiang Kui," Zhang Han couldn't sit still. He stood up and shouted, "You follow me to the Firearms Bureau."

"Yes, sir."

The guards outside the window responded loudly.

...

When Zhang Han and his group rode their horses out, two young officials wearing blue cotton jackets also followed them quietly. Zhang Han noticed them and stopped the horse and waited for a while.

"How did you two follow me?"

"We are clerks sent by the Military Order Command. Sun Siguan believes that there are many things around him now and cannot do everything by himself. If we choose, we will come first, saying that we will help with the adults first and wait for the future..."

Zhang Han nodded slightly and said, "Very good, then you guys will follow."

He was really satisfied with Sun Jingting's arrangements. The business was already in order. Many people stayed in Lizhuang to help him with the detailed work. Chang Wei also helped him. The shopkeepers from all over the country, Zhou Fengji, Li Yuchun, Liang Hong from Xinpingbao, Mo Zongtong from the semi-colon, etc. were all very effective. However, the military and political affairs in Lizhuang were becoming more and more complicated, with more staff, more departments, and more regular. It was very correct to have several clerks following at any time.

Zhang Han had a feeling that he was not omniscient and omnipotent, and sometimes he would swell. Although he did not start from scratch, it was really not easy to create all this in front of him for a few years, and he felt that he was the best in the world.

But this feeling is just a little bit intoxicated. Sun Jingting is very capable. After being with Zhang Han for a long time, he not only successfully integrated into the system created by Zhang Han, but also can take the initiative to play. The smart people in this era are no worse than those in later generations. Moreover, Zhang Han also found that Chang Wei's cousin was limitless, and Li Shenming, and even those big merchants in the chamber of commerce, were not a real fool.

...

"Sir, here."

"It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence."

When Zhang Han entered the Firearm Bureau, there was a lot of laughter and joy inside. When Zhang Han saw Li Dongxue also, this very rigorous subordinate also had a rare smile on his face.

Seeing Zhang Han coming, everyone showed a sincere smile on their faces. Li Dongxue and others came first, and Wang Debang followed closely. This time, of course his face was also very smiling.

"What's the matter happy about?"

"Sir, there is a big breakthrough."

Li Dongxue didn't say anything, he signaled Wang Debang to come up. Wang Debang came forward with the fat on his face and replied... He used to be thin, but now he has meat on his face. Fortunately, he is a person who often works, but his face is fat, but his body is still very strong, and he has not been fat.

Without saying much about Wang Debang, Zhang Han also saw the "new thing" in front of him.

A rolling mill is driven by hydraulic power and is pressing several cooked iron plates at the same time. Hydraulic roller mills are a problem that technical teams of various bureaus are working hard to overcome. With this rolling mill, rolling of cooked iron plates does not require manpower, which can save a lot of labor costs, and more valuable is that it saves a lot of time.

Time and manpower are both costs. With this machine, the cost of bird guns must be reduced by at least about 30%.
Chapter completed!