Chapter 719 Recruit Training

After five years of operation, the military training system for new recruits of the Haihan Militia has become relatively mature. As long as the situation requires it and the number of soldiers is sufficient, it can continuously train new recruits to join the militia in a cycle of 70-100 days. This ability

Not only Sanya has it, but the garrisons in various places can also do it. It just depends on whether the Military Commission agrees to authorize it.

Most of the time during this training period for recruits is spent on queue training, which mainly includes resting, standing at attention, turning around, walking in unison, goose-stepping, running, standing still, lining up vertically and horizontally, gathering and disbanding, counting, etc. In

Although repeated implementation of these training contents for dozens of days will be very mechanical and boring, it is the training method most suitable for the situation of the Haihan Militia. The most basic tactic of the Haihan Militia is the musket formation, which can maintain an orderly combat formation during war.

And accurately executing the commander's orders is the main criterion for the qualification of ordinary soldiers' military skills. The purpose of queue training is to allow these skills to form conditioned reflexes in the recruits through this long-term repetitive training, so that they can be used in battle.

Even in dangerous and chaotic situations, he can rely on his body's reactions to complete tactical actions.

Of course, queue training also plays a role that cannot be ignored, and that is the cultivation of soldiers' discipline and obedience. Even hundreds of years later, the army has long given up on the tactic of queuing to kill and practiced skirmishing, but basic queue training

It is still a compulsory course for all armies, and its purpose is to make soldiers develop the habit of obeying orders and prohibitions.

Another main content of recruit training is physical training, including 100-meter sprint, frog jump, push-ups, horizontal and parallel bars, cross-country march, etc. The purpose of these training contents is more clear, which is to build physical fitness for the following tactical training.

Basics. If the soldiers do not have a strong body, then no matter how brilliant the tactics formulated by the command are, it will be difficult to implement them in time of war.

After the first two training contents have been implemented for a period of time, the recruits will begin real tactical training. Individual combat skills such as shooting, fighting, and blasting will officially debut at this time. In this stage, some

Talented and outstanding individuals will begin to stand out, and after the completion of recruit training, they will be assigned to more specialized special forces such as sniper, artillery, and reconnaissance to receive further training.

After the entire training period, there will be corresponding combat skills assessment. At this stage, the chief officers of each unit will also come to the recruit camp to select soldiers. The vast majority of recruits will then officially join the army and be assigned to various units.

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There is actually no fundamental difference between the Haihan Militia's recruit training methods and the practices of other countries during this period. The difference is that the top management of the Haihan Militia has accumulated hundreds of years of experience, and the training plan formulated is more targeted and implemented.

The efficiency and results are far better than those of its competitors at the same time. What is unique to Haihan is actually the ideological and political work that is carried out all the time in the military camp.

At present, the company headquarters level of the Haihan Youth League is equipped with specialized political cadres, and the mandatory requirement for political cadres is that they must have the status of a member of the Haihan Youth League. This status symbolizes a high level of respect for the Haihan Executive Committee and the Haihan regime.

Loyalty, no matter whether they are naturalized cadres in the military, government, industry or commerce, if they want to climb up the official career path, their Youth League status will definitely be included in the assessment criteria when they are promoted to a certain height. And these people who are members of the Youth League will definitely

Political cadres with high status will apply the various skills they learned in the regiment cadre school to the recruits. Every day they will be called in the morning, lectured in the afternoon, and summed up in the evening. Over the next few months, the subtle impact on the recruits will be quite significant.

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It is precisely because of the auxiliary means of political work that the Haihan Militia's cohesion and loyalty are higher than those of the feudal dynasty army at the same time. Since the establishment of the Haihan Militia, there have been very few cases of rebellion or desertion, and the response to each recruitment has been

Very enthusiastic. If we compare the Ming Dynasty's military system in Hainan Island, the situation of the Haihan Militia is enough to put the officials of the Ming Dynasty's military department to shame.

After answering questions, Roger saw that it was still early and invited these sponsor representatives to the training ground to visit the training situation of the troops stationed on the island. Naturally, the curious representatives would not refuse.

However, the training the recruits received was obviously not very entertaining, and quite a few of them were even unable to accurately distinguish left from right. Roger held a meeting with sponsor representatives for more than an hour, but the recruits still could not tell the difference between left and right.

While learning how to line up the team in order of height, after watching it for a while, the representatives were too embarrassed to focus on these idiots anymore. However, Roger was used to this and comforted everyone: "You can remember them now."

They look clumsy. Wait until three months later and see what they look like after being reborn. Then you will know whether the money you spent on them is worth it."

Wang Changyue asked: "Chief Luo, can you let us take a look at the training of the militia army so that we can have a comparison?"

Roger pointed to the other end of the playground and said: "The two platoons being trained over there were recruits recruited from Sanya in the first half of this year. They came back with me at the end of last month. You can take a look at their training status."

Under the leadership of Roger, everyone came to watch the training of the two platoons. The two platoons were divided into two training areas, one of which was the simplest military stance training. The sharp-eyed Wang Changyue quickly understood

I discovered a detail. The soldiers were holding a leaf under their palms on both sides of their thighs. They immediately asked Roger for the reason.

"This is to keep them focused and prevent their hands from moving randomly." Roger explained: "As soon as their hands move, the leaves will fall off, and the instructor will be able to notice in time. Whoever's leaves fall off will be

You have to be punished with running laps."

Fan Pingshun asked in confusion: "Is standing like this also training troops?"

"Yes, this is also a training exercise." Roger did not explain the purpose of doing this in detail, but answered simply and clearly: "If soldiers who can't even stand still at ordinary times can be expected to not be frightened to the ground on the battlefield?"

Although Fan Changshun felt that Roger's answer was a bit unreasonable, he couldn't refute it after thinking about it. The Haihan Vigilante Group obviously wanted to use this to emphasize discipline and obedience, and this simple and crude method seemed to have a good effect. Everyone was watching

After looking at the incense sticks nearby, no one released their palms and let the leaves fall off.

The training content in another area is obviously more interesting to the visitors than this boring standing military posture training. The soldiers here hold a Type 30 flintlock rifle flat in their hands and maintain the shooting posture.

There was also a cowhide kettle hung from the vigilante group. Obviously, this posture requires more physical energy than simply standing. Many people had obvious beads of sweat hanging on their hairlines and temples, and some people's arms were shaking slightly.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, the instructor next to them blew a whistle, and the soldiers lowered their gun barrels with relief. Another row of soldiers behind them stood up and made the same action, while the soldiers who had completed the training put the kettles into their hands.

Then it was hung on the barrel of a newcomer.

Roger did not need to explain this action. Everyone could see clearly that it was training the soldiers in basic shooting skills. However, some knowledgeable people still had questions about this. Portuguese representative Ricardo asked: "Excuse me, Chief Luo, what is this?"

Musket shooting targets are not based on accuracy, so why do soldiers need to conduct such aiming training?"

Roger shook his head and said: "This is not aiming training. This is actually the same as standing in a military posture. We require every soldier to maintain a stable state during combat and only respond to the commander's orders. Let them always

Holding a gun is to make them get used to hearing the commander's orders before taking the next step, and not to shoot in advance rashly and affect the combat effect."

The situation Roger mentioned was indeed common in the wars of this period. Especially the Ming army, which had been equipped with a large number of muskets, often panicked when dealing with the boar-skin cavalry outside the pass and did not wait for the target to enter the optimal shooting range.

They opened fire in advance, causing the musket formation to be defeated by the cavalry. Advanced weapons did not bring the victory they deserved. The training method of the Haihan Militia was to eliminate this phenomenon, as long as the commander did not give the signal to fire.

, soldiers must keep their guns aimed and wait for the target to enter the strike range.

Of course, Roger will not tell Ricardo that with the improvement of steel production capacity and metal processing capabilities, Haihan Military Industry Department is currently trial-producing new rifles with rifling in small batches. Smoothbore rifles with extremely poor shooting accuracy have been withdrawn from overseas markets.

It is only a matter of time before the Han militia's standard equipment is adopted, and when new rifle equipment is introduced in the future, the meaning of the tactical action of aiming and shooting will no longer be just the current "just point the muzzle in the direction of the enemy." Arrangement of soldiers in

Practicing new aiming skills in advance during training can also effectively shorten the adaptation period after the troops are equipped with new rifles in the future.

However, even with the muskets currently installed, the musketeers obtained by using Haihan's training method will obviously perform more stably on the battlefield than troops who lack relevant training. Ricardo secretly recorded this detail.

In my mind, I planned to write a report and send it to Macau and Goa after I returned, so that my colleagues could pay attention to such details when training musketeers in the future.

After watching the training conducted by the two platoons of Haihan soldiers, several representatives who were originally uneasy about this training plan finally felt relieved. The Haihan Militia's control of details during the training was obviously something they recognized.

It is difficult for other armies in Zhizhong to match, and it is self-evident to what level of soldiers can be trained with this level of dedication. Even if there is no opportunity to enter the Haihan Military Academy in the future, if the Haihan people can be trained to the level they are in front of them,

With the level we have seen, it will definitely be enough for our students to go back and organize a private army in the countryside in the future. Of course, it would be better if they could complete the three stages of military training mentioned by Roger. After all, they can master individual combat skills and

Mastering officer skills still falls into different levels.

The grassroots officers who retired from the Haihan Militia for various reasons went to work as managers and instructors in institutions such as Golden Shield, and their salaries were several times higher than those of their colleagues who were ordinary soldiers. This kind of money is valuable among those who only have

The combat skills only mastered by military officers have improved. And except for partners like the Li family in Guangzhou and the Xu family in Fujian who have deep connections with Haihan, no one else can even spend money to hire such a qualified officer of the Haihan militia.

of veterans.

After a two-day on-site inspection, the sponsor representatives expressed satisfaction with the training conditions provided by Roger. Each sponsor quickly sent a messenger back with a letter to report to their superiors what happened on this island in the South China Sea.

Latest trends.

Roger believed that the substitute training program he had adopted on Amborna Island, coupled with the island's plantation development plan and the continuous purchase of overseas slaves, would definitely be able to change the situation of this remote island in the past in a relatively short period of time.

Situation. Even if it cannot become a regional business center like Hong Kong Island, it must at least become a prosperous place in the South China Sea.

Just like the early development of Black Earth Port, after Haihan took control of Amborna Island, the executive committee also gave a great preference to the development policy here. Considering the geographical location, natural resources and

The surrounding environment is not as easy to develop as other overseas territories. The Executive Committee has decided early on that the management agency of Ambona Island will not need to pay taxes to the base camp in the first five years, and all fiscal revenue can be used for local development and construction. Executive Committee

Various financial investments in the early stage will also be recorded in the name of Haihan Bank in the name of low-interest or even interest-free loans, and the repayments will be slowly started using local fiscal revenue after five years.

Although there are currently not many revenue projects on the island, and the income is not even as good as that of Yinggehai Salt Farm, a place with a single product but stable sales, Roger believes that as time goes by, the island's cash crops will attract more people.

Merchant ships come here for trade, and those slave ships that originally only transported slaves will also leave with various local products on their return journey, instead of just collecting the money and leaving like now. In addition to the slaves, they will also return

Ambrosia's account books left a trade deficit.

In the future, as more merchant ships come and go, and the residents on the island have other livelihoods besides plantations and fishing, the difficulty of introducing immigrants will gradually decrease. In addition, this place will also become the bridgehead for Haihan's southward expansion in the future, with a steady stream of

The stationing of troops on the island will also inject more vitality into the island's economic system. Although it is not possible to build industry here, Roger believes that as long as the business ideas are correct, the agricultural trade route can also revitalize the place. He even

A letter has been written to invite the Ministry of Agriculture to send senior technical personnel to stay here to provide nearby technical support for the development of plantations on the island.
Chapter completed!