In the history of China, there have been many national heroes, and Zheng Chenggong is one of them. The reason why Zheng Da hero has made such great achievements is because he has a mysterious army under him. So what is the name of this mysterious army? Where are they strong? Today let Xiaobian reveal the secret for everyone.
(All pictures in this article, all from the network, thanks to the original author, if you infringe your rights, please contact the author of this number to delete.) The picture has nothing to do with the content, please do not enter the seat)
In the Xiamen Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, there is a special piece of armor on display, the iron armor is draped on the body of a human model, the whole armor is composed of fish scale iron pieces, and the iron wire runs through the armor pieces, and under close inspection, there is no omission, it is a very rare heavy armor in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
In the era of cold weapons, all kinds of armies attach great importance to the armor of the soldiers, but in order to fight, the flexibility of the body, heavy armor will never become the mainstream of the armor, generally will use cowhide light armor to arm soldiers. The heavy armor in the Zheng Chenggong Museum is roughly estimated to weigh at least 30 kilograms, which is definitely a high "weight-bearing" battle for the soldiers at that time, and many tourists doubt its authenticity when they see this pair of armor. However, the editor responsibly tells everyone that this armor is absolutely true, and there is a tortuous story behind it that can be sung and wept, with wisdom and strategy.
At the beginning of the 17th century, the Dutch became the maritime hegemon after Spain, and they then began the colonial road, and soon they invaded Deer Ear Gate and brazenly declared that this was their "territory". Zheng Chenggong learned of the bullying suffered by the people of Luermen, and he decided to drive out these invaders and let the people live a good life again.
However, the Dutch's foreign guns and cannons were too powerful, and their own army only had long knives and iron spears, and they were not opponents at all. In order to overcome this shortcoming, Zheng Chenggong consulted Gao Ren many times, but cold weapons versus hot weapons are tantamount to eggs touching stones, and if you want to win, you can only think in your sleep.
Zheng Chenggong did not believe in evil, he believed that although the Dutch foreign guns were overbearing, they could still be restrained by iron armor, but what kind of iron armor could be used to resist the power of projectiles? Zheng Chenggong decided to do the experiment himself.
Zheng Chenggong came to the school military field, he held aloft a Dutch foreign gun captured in the battle, pointed at a layer of iron armor thirty steps away, raised the gun to shoot, the result of this iron armor was completely broken, and then raised the gun to shoot at the two layers of iron armor, until three layers of iron armor were added, Zheng Chenggong found that the projectile of the foreign gun was finally blocked by the iron armor, Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed, and ordered the ordnance battalion to mass-produce heavy armor with the thickness of three layers of iron armor, and use it as a secret weapon against the Dutch sheep gun.
The iron armor was manufactured, and Zheng Chenggong stated his purpose, that is, to establish an ironclad army.
Wearing iron armor weighing up to 30 kilograms and being able to fight, the ironclad army must be as strong as an ox to become a ox. Zheng Chenggong decided to personally select the able-bodied soldiers of the Iron Armor Army, and took the 500-pound stone lion as the identification condition, and those who could lift the stone lion around three times were eligible to become a member of the Iron Armor Army.
In this way, Zheng Chenggong spent a year training this ironclad unit, making it his own ace unit, known as the "Iron Man Army".
When Zheng Chenggong formally ordered an attack on the Dutch city of Zeelandia, the Dutch soldiers were sharp with their foreign guns, thinking that they could easily defeat the IronClad Army. What they could not imagine was that the "incomparably powerful" lead bullets fired by those foreign guns hit the heavy armor of the Iron Armor Army, only flashing a little spark, and it was difficult to cause substantial damage to the Iron Armor Army. In this way, the Iron Man Army charged, the Dutch soldiers were defeated, and in the end, these Dutch colonists had to roll up the rolls, take a boat in a hurry, and return to their hometown in despair.
At this time, some readers will wonder why Zheng Chenggong's army is full of large swords and spears, but it can defeat the Dutch with muskets. In fact, this problem is simple and uncomplicated, and there are roughly three important reasons.
First, Zheng Chenggong's army has always been known for its strict military discipline, and the generals regarded death as a homecoming, and there was never any timidity or surrender in battle. In the face of enemies with national hatred and family hatred, the fearless spirit of the soldiers has been fully brought into play.
Second, due to the large-scale armor of the Iron Man Army, even if the musket caused fatal damage to it, the Iron Man Army comrades in the back would immediately fill the gap and maintain the overall combat effectiveness of the army.
Third, although the Dutch musket is powerful, it also has its own shortcomings. At that time, muskets were all flintlock guns, and after firing a shot, they had to be loaded immediately, so a fire vacuum period would be formed, and during this vacuum period, the Ming soldiers had long been killed in front of them, and in close combat, the Dutch soldiers with muskets were simply melons to be cut in front of the large knives and spears.
In summary, we know that behind this armor in the museum, there is such a heroic story that can be sung and wept. And this armor is the best interpretation of Zheng Chenggong's lifelong loyalty.