The inspection of the factory was soon over. Jackson was very impressed with Scrooge's ability to implement an eight-hour workday in his own company, and kept praising Scrooge as a "conscientious capitalist". Does he believe in the so-called "conscientious capitalist"? The company's main business is to promote the development of the company's products and services.

"The slavery system in the south was certainly inhumane and even barbaric, but the way workers were treated in most factories in the north was also extremely evil and barbaric. In such an environment, it is wonderful that you, Scrooge, have introduced the eight-hour workday. If all the bosses in the United States were like you, our country would be much more stable." Jackson said with heartfelt praise.

"Damn it! This guy is making my face red. But how can my face be so thick? How is that enough? What, all the bosses in America look like me? Well, then all the Southerners will go to heaven." While thinking about it, Scrooge said, "Major, is there anything else you want to see? If not, let's go back inside the parlor and talk."

"Yes, yes. I'm interested in your so-called new way of doing warfare, and we'll work on it together."

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"The MacDonald Model 1857 rifle has a rate of fire at least five times that of a striker-fired rifle, and in the hands of an experienced shooter, it almost catches up to a bow and arrow. In addition, it could attack the target with relative accuracy at a distance of 400 meters. In this way, the efficiency of the attack was greatly increased. In the smoothbore era, due to the low accuracy and slow rate of fire of rifles, soldiers had to form a dense formation to ensure the density of firepower. Even so, if the distance is a little farther, such as a distance of 60 meters, the chance of a bullet hitting a person is already not high. So at that time, those who fired first at a longer distance, often only to their disadvantage, because people can take advantage of his time to load bullets, close to a closer distance to fire, in exchange for a higher hit rate. The British are even more extreme, they are even willing to not fire a shot on the top of people's bullets to go forward, until almost with the muzzle of the gun on the chest of others, and then fire a shot, and then take advantage of the high hit rate of fire to the opponent's formation brought about by the confusion, directly launched a bayonet charge. And with this seemingly almost brutal approach, the British won one glorious victory after another. So in those days of lined-up shootings, not firing first was not a gentlemanly thing to do, but the wisest choice gave the technical constraints." Here, Scrooge couldn't help but think of a history teacher in the latter days who was said to be particularly good at proving how civilized Europeans were by using such things, and how those so-called cultural people in China were not willing to seriously investigate and research, but only relied on patting their heads and falling into contemplation to come to the so-called conclusion.

"'Line up and shoot to death? That's a good description. Your description of the British is good. As long as the soldiers are brave and the army is well organized, the British way of fighting is indeed the most effective under those technical conditions." Just in Canada, I visited the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (where the British defeated the French and captured Quebec) and the memorial to British commander James Wolfe. Jackson, who visited the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (where the British defeated the French and captured Quebec) and the memorial to British commander General James Wolfe in Canada, agreed with Scrooge's description of history.

"But if in the present day, one is faced with an army armed with something like the Macdonald 1857 rifle, it would be a death wish to play line up and shoot. At 600 meters, the Macdonald 1857 had a good hit rate, and at 400 meters, in the hands of a trained shooter, its accuracy exceeded that of the British at 20 meters. In addition, it had a high rate of fire and could launch multiple attacks in a short period. So even if the opponent's organization is so high that it is infinite, they can't line up to come close. Therefore, the traditional attacking party's dense formation attack was no longer effective against an army equipped with the McDonald 1857 rifle." Scrooge continued, "How would the battlefield have changed if the attacking side had also used the McDonald 1857 rifle?"

Scrooge paused briefly and glanced at Jackson, who he saw was frowning and thinking there.

"If it were me, I would not dare to let the soldiers launch an attack in a dense formation. Because the defense will certainly use a more sparse formation - the new rifle's high rate of fire and high accuracy at long range already allows them to guarantee fire density without the need for a dense formation. If I remain in dense formation, then the defenders' scattered troops will be able to fire effectively at us from 600 meters away - our targets are too large. And we would have to be at least 400 meters away to pose a threat to those stragglers. Two hundred meters is almost two minutes to travel while maintaining formation, which is enough for the opponent to fire effectively at me more than ten times ...... I had to use a looser formation to launch the attack." Jackson said in a low voice.

"You're also overlooking another feature of the MacDonald 1857." Scrooge said, "It's a rear-loading rifle, and it has no special requirements for a loading stance."

In a front-loading rifle, the bullet is loaded through the muzzle and then compacted with a through the bar. The shooter can only load the rifle as quickly as possible in a standing or half-kneeling position. But the rear-loading rifle does not have this problem, the shooter even lying on the ground, can quickly load their rifles with bullets without any obstacles.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jackson said loudly, "This is a big difference, which means that the defensive side can always hide behind cover and shoot, or simply lie on the ground and shoot so that the attacking side hit him, it will be much more difficult. And the attacker can not always lie on the ground ah."

"This is only the situation in the encounter, if it is an attack on a default position guarded by troops equipped with new rear-loading rifles, that is a real nightmare," Scrooge said.

"Tell us exactly what you think," Jackson said eagerly.

"Well, if I were arranging this position. The first thing I would do is have the soldiers dig a lot of horizontal trenches in the ground. The depth of the trenches was just above the soldiers' shoulders. This way, when the soldiers fired, only their heads would be exposed. Even if the attackers were using the new rear-loading rifles, to effectively attack such a small target, they had to be close to within 100 meters, otherwise, not to mention attacking the target, even finding the target would be very difficult. The defenders, when not attacking, could completely conceal themselves in the trenches, showing nothing. The attacking side will not be able to attack them at all unless the attacking side can keep charging into the trench with bullets. The presence of the trenches also made the attacking side's artillery almost useless. Except for the mortars, there were no shells that could reach the trenches. The mortar was often too heavy and difficult to move. It was also difficult for him to do much damage to his opponents in the trenches."

Thomas Jackson Jackson, who had been in the artillery, was instinctively unconvinced by Scrooge's claim that the artillery's effectiveness was greatly reduced, and wanted to refute it.

"However, my artillery is different. There is no trench cover for the attacking party. Even to ensure that the artillery plays powerfully. I would also remove all the things that might block the field of fire, such as trees, houses, and so on. Let the attacking party can not find the use of the cover. I can also test fire at various locations on the ground to ensure that even at long distances, my artillery can still score a high percentage of hits. Well, this gave the defenders an even more obvious advantage over the attackers." Scrooge went on to describe the advantages that the defense would gain in his defensive scenario.

"It would be a very big price to pay to take a trench." Thomas Jackson said to himself. Jackson whispered to himself.

"Even if you get into the first trench, what's the point?" Scrooge said, "We'll have several more trenches behind us. These horizontal trenches will be connected by vertical trenches so that my troops will not be exposed to your fire when they retreat to the second trench. But you will not be able to attack me through these longitudinal trenches."

"That's natural. In such longitudinal trenches, the attacking force can only form a long column. The defense only had to place a small gun and a few rifles at the end of the trench, and that was enough to seal off such a trench. So to launch an attack on the second trench, it was only possible to attack from the ground." Thomas Jackson, a member of the army, said. Jackson also immediately figured out the problem.

"The first trench is the one that you are attacking, and when you attack the second trench, you will be attacked by the defense through other vertical trenches that you haven't noticed and come around behind you. The attack was launched behind you." Scrooge threw out another headache for the attacking side to counterattack.

"This, this is the attacking side's nightmare!" Thomas Jackson. Jackson said after thinking seriously for a long time. "If we were to take such a position, I'm afraid the blood that would be spilled would turn the whole area red. Perhaps the best way to attack from now on is to force the enemy to leave their pre-determined position and fight you in a campaign by any means. But this is not easy. In some cases, it's not even possible. Mr. Scrooge, you are a genius! If you were a military commander, you might be able to achieve the same level of success as Emperor Napoleon or General Hannibal. Well, there may be some room for improvement in your defense plan, but on the whole, it is excellent! In the face of such a defense, the attacker's difficulty in attacking is so great that, in your words, the P/E ratio of the attacking battle is almost negative. This will make any attempt to launch an invasive action against the guy more than worth the loss. Well, maybe you can become the Mozi of this era and succeed in reducing the war by this method."

"This guy doesn't think I'm a pacifist like Mozi, does he? If he knew that I was talking to him and divulging to him so many post-apocalyptic trench warfare tricks just to make the war longer and more expensive so that I could make more money, he would have jumped on me and choked me to death, right?" Scrooge was looking at Thomas Jackson who was looking at him sincerely. The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.