Chapter 242： Go south to "rescue"

When Maximilian I was ready, he also informed Marin. In early May, when Maximilian I sent troops from Innsbruck, Marin also took 300 cavalry south to prepare for a "rescue."

Of course, on the surface, Marin was not going to "rescue the driver", but in response to the emperor's call, he fled to the emperor and went into Rome with the emperor.

If you really want to accompany the emperor to fight, Marin can send an infantry square, which is worthy of the emperor. Because he is only the earl of the little country, and in addition to guarding against neighboring countries, naturally he cannot use the main force.

However, the infantry formation was too slow to move, and this time Marin knew that he was not going to fight. Therefore, he simply took 300 cavalry south. 300 cavalry, in terms of function, is no smaller than an infantry square.

Moreover, 200 of these 300 cavalry are the "black shirt knights" newly formed by Marin. The reason Marin took them this time was to train soldiers by the way.

Because the black shirt knight has just been formed and lacks training. It's not that these people have no combat literacy. After all, these people are also selected from the army, and most of them were also musketeers. However, running and shooting immediately, and keeping the formation running out of a half round, it really needs more practice.

So, along the way, Marin marched and supervised the black shirt knights to practice shooting and running half rounds. However, because the number of clockwork rifles provided by Da Vinci was really limited, the second batch only shipped 30. Therefore, the black shirt knights now have a total of 50 carbines, only enough to equip 10 people.

This is also no way, it is very time-consuming to create a stainless steel spring. Therefore, Da Vinci and several master craftsmen can make 50 clockwork carbines, which is quite good.

If you want to expand production, you have no choice. And Da Vinci had proposed to hire more craftsmen who are good at clockwork to participate in the manufacture of clockwork rifles. But Marin initially disagreed, because the hired artisans easily leaked secrets.

These few Italian master watchmakers hired by Marin made Marin very uneasy, and sent spies to watch every day, fearing that they would leak secrets. It would be too late to hire more artisans.

If you want to be safe, it is better to use a craftsman from serf. They are serfs in their identities. They are not allowed to leave casually, and they are better controlled. Unlike those original craftsmen, they are all middle class in the city. They even have the right to vote. They are hard to serve.

However, it takes too long to train some talented serf youths into great craftsmen who are good at making clockwork.

In the end, Marin chose a compromise solution-to go to cities such as Nuremberg and Milan and hire artisans who are good at making clockwork.

However, these craftsmen are only responsible for making stainless steel springs in accordance with the requirements given by Da Vinci. They were not involved in other parts of the clockwork rifle. After these craftsmen built the clockwork, Da Vinci took a group of trainee craftsmen to assemble the clockwork, steel posts, flint, triggers and insurance systems, as well as the barrel and wooden bracket with rivets and screws.

In fact, in the entire mainspring rifle, the other parts are easy to build, and ordinary craftsmen can do it. Only stainless steel clockwork is more difficult to create points.

Guda Vinci had discussed with Marin, who also proposed the concepts of "modularity" and "standardization". As long as you subcontract each part of the clockwork rifle to each craftsman who is good at manufacturing a certain part, it can not only improve the quality, but also be more efficient. Of course, strict process standards must be established. To this end, Da Vinci brought a number of vernier calipers, intended to be used by everyone. Especially for barrels, Marin requires uniform caliber.

Wait until the hired craftsmen of stainless steel springs are in place, as long as enough steel springs are obtained, how many springs can be assembled, how many springs can be assembled.

Alas, that is the future. For the time being, the black shirt knights under Marin can only make use of the large musket gun.

However, the large Muskhet rifle is too bulky to be fired right away. Therefore, Marin had to train them with the later "dragon cavalry" method.

The so-called "dragon cavalry" is not a dragon cavalry in the novel, but a group of musketeers on horseback. In order to enhance their mobility, these musketeers rushed on horseback. However, after arriving at the battlefield, after the horses were placed under the unified supervision of the musketeers, the musketeers dismounted from the array, and there was no difference between the fighting methods of the infantry musketeers.

However, in the process of marching, Marin arranged some black shirt knights every day, using the only 50 carbines every day to practice shooting while the horse was running. In order to let everyone feel the shooting of the musket, Marin simply asked each of the black shirt knights to carry a carbine and practice the shooting of the musket. 200 black shirt knights, a group of 50 people, change one day a day, take turns practicing and feel the firearm riding. Others practice the cavalry tactics from time to time, confirming the tactics that Marin learned from the Internet in his previous life, so that he can really form the cavalry in the future.

Because, Marin intends to replace the horse with the Polish cattle he bought. Therefore, in winter, thousands of horses may be spared. Except for those who were dragged to breed the mules with donkeys, Marin really planned to choose some gangsters to form "dragon cavalry."

Anyway, the horsemen of the dragon cavalry have no requirements at all, they only need to be able to rush people on the road. At the battlefield, the dragon cavalry dismounted and left the horses behind.

Therefore, Marin is fully qualified to train the Musketeers Jackie Chan. No, in the process of marching, Marin allows the black shirt knights to practice rifle riding and shooting tactics, and also allows the black shirt knights who cannot be assigned the carbines to practice the dragon cavalry tactics, and provides Marin with examples for the formation of dragon cavalry. Read the book to find and solve the problem.

As for the 200 black shirt knights, there are 100 scouts led by Sauer. This unit is not a front-line combat unit, but it is very important. Of course, in terms of immediate combat skills, they are much better than the group of musketeers chosen by Marin. Because they were formed relatively early, very early on as Marin's accompanying guards. In addition to Sauer's reconnaissance skills, he also learns to use knight light swords to fight and charge on horses.

This time Marin took them, letting them experience the mountainous terrain of Switzerland and exercise their vision and reconnaissance. After all, maybe Marin will bring a large army to Switzerland to help the emperor. Marin had a strong feeling that one day he would bring a large army and compete with the Swiss mercenaries ...

Not only that, but accompanying 100 scouts can also greatly improve security. Because of the 100 scouts, there were also some secret whistle at night, and the number was quite large. During the day march, there were scout cavalry on the front and back of the Marin home team, and each person took a few Chinese-made double-fired artillery battles "designed and manufactured" by Marin. As long as the enemy's situation is discovered, a double-shot cannon will blow into the sky, and it will produce a very good early warning effect. Coupled with the fact that these scouts already have a certain level of fighting ability, they can be used for protection along with it.

In addition, in addition to the 300 cavalry, Marin also brought two Mongolian therapists, Mozhgen and Buter, as well as a large amount of alcohol, gauze, and gold sore medicines deployed by two Mongolian doctors.

Although I know the emperor was scammed, I have to do a full set of acting to make it look professional. Therefore, Marin brought all the medicines in the belt.

It's just that Marin didn't expect that the medicine he brought really came in handy. Because, Maximilian I was really hurt ...