Chapter 113: At least half a year is barely usable
On the campus of Peking University in Dushikou Castle, Li Guofu heard Zhang Cheng say that there was not enough fine iron on the North Road. He suddenly turned his head and said in a high-pitched voice: "If there is not enough stock on the North Road, then use the East Road."
The inventory of the east road has been exhausted, and there are still west roads, south roads, etc., and we cannot delay the training of the new army because of this."
Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly and said with a very embarrassed expression on his face: "My father-in-law, you don't know something. I am supervising the military affairs of the North Road as a general. Deputy General Zhang who is in charge of Yongning is already extremely dissatisfied.
Now we have sent people to the East Road to recruit brave men, and the general is already frightened. If we ask for the use of fine iron in the East Road's inventory again, how dare we ask for it, and Deputy General Zhang will not agree easily!"
Li Guofu screamed: "How can Zhang Guowei go to heaven? If he dares to refuse, our family will personally tear his face apart!"
"Goo!"
At this moment, the harsh swan-tone trumpet suddenly sounded.
"Fire!"
Following an order, the first column of rapid-fire rifles fired.
"boom!"
There was a burst of explosions and roars, and the thirty-seven fast guns in the first column fired a beautiful volley almost at the same time. In the flash of fire, lead bullets shot out of the muzzles of the guns quickly, and a cloud of smoke suddenly enveloped the queue.
Although Zhang Cheng has been in battle for a long time, he should be used to hearing the roar of cannons and cannons, but the sudden explosion shocked his whole body. Li Guofu was even shaken by the sudden explosion and almost sat down.
On the ground.
Fortunately, Zhang Cheng had quick eyes and quick hands. He reached out and inserted his hand under his creaking hole to hold him up so that he would not make a fool of himself in public. He also said with gratitude on his face: "So, this fine iron thing
, I have to trouble my father-in-law to condescend to help Zhang Cheng solve the problem."
Li Guofu still had a look of astonishment on his face. Although he reacted quickly and his expression returned to normal, his face was still pale. His high-pitched voice was slightly trembling and he said: "Easy to say, you and I are doing our best to serve the Lord. Our family
I need to help you.”
The three of them turned around and looked around. The first column over there had already crouched down, quickly put the heads of their spears on, raised them diagonally upwards, and formed a row of spear formations.
This quick gun is actually a long-handled musket, nearly two meters long and weighing about five kilograms. It has a sharp tip in the front and a two-foot-long barrel attached to the back. There are four iron hoops on the wall of the barrel and the inner wall is smooth.
Load three or four cents worth of gunpowder and lead bullets from the mouth of the barrel. There is a long handle at the back of the barrel. When you need to use it, pull out the gun head and put it aside. Insert a fire wire less than two inches long into the barrel, ignite it and then load it.
By attaching the gun tip, you can also engage in melee combat with the enemy. The disadvantage is that it takes a lot of time to load lead bullets and can only be fired once.
Another swan-like sound of the trumpet sounded, and the order to "fire" came again. There was a burst of "bang...", the fire flashed, the gun head flew out, the smoke rose more intensely, and the gunpowder smoke
The smell is extremely pungent.
Then the second column squatted down again, quickly installed the gun tip, raised the tip of the quick rifle diagonally forward and upward, and stood it on the ground, forming a gun formation, waiting for a bloody battle with the enemy.
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Zhang Cheng accompanied and monitored Li Guofu as he left the fire training ground and gradually walked to the middle of the school field. Here were teams of sergeants wearing helmets and armor practicing formation and movement coordination.
"Father, this is the killer round. Each round has three teams. Team A is a sword and shield soldier, Team B and Team C are all spear sergeants. What they are practicing now is the melee array, as well as marching in formation and forming formations before battle.
Law." Zhang Cheng introduced it as he walked.
At this time, Li Guofu had already reacted to the panic caused by the explosion of a rapid-fire gun. Looking at the sergeants in front of him wearing helmets and armor, all of whom were covered in sweat, he could not help but feel sympathy.
"Admiral Zhang, how can the soldiers endure this exploding poisonous sun? Why don't you take a rest?"
Zhang Cheng had a normal look on his face and said softly to Li Guofu: "You have to ask them about this."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Zheng. Chen Zheng understood what Zhang Cheng meant. He announced the crime to Li Guofu Gong, then stood up and strode towards the sergeants of the first bureau who were practicing.
The Bai Zong who was training sergeants was also an old sergeant who had joined the Guards Qinwang. When he saw Chen Zheng coming from a distance, he ordered to stop the drill and hurried up to greet him, saying: "Report to the general, Dushi Infantry Camp B Division A Division B
Bureau Chief Huang Daguang is practicing the gun and shield formation of the sergeants of Bureau B."
Chen Zheng stopped and looked back at Zhang Cheng. When he saw him nodding towards him, he turned around and shouted: "I order you to end the battle. I will ask questions."
As General Manager Huang Daguang hurried back and shouted orders, the sergeants from Bureau C under his command immediately stopped their drills and formed a rectangular array. The sergeants from the three teams under Bureau C were divided into three small square formations.
Chen Zheng walked forward and stopped ten steps in front of the military formation. He turned around again and saw Zhang Cheng and Li Guofu ten steps behind him. He turned around and shouted loudly: "Listen up, everyone."
Well, I would like to ask you why you came to join the army?"
"A man is determined and always has a heart to serve the country!"
"The scorching sun is like fire, you are wearing armor, you are exposed to the poisonous sun, and your backs are dripping with sweat. Why are you like this?"
"Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime!"
"You have entered my monolithic step camp and practiced all day long. Will it be hard for you and will you regret it?"
"A good man should join the army and compete on the battlefield to achieve military success! No regrets..."
"Okay, I'm Chen Zheng's soldier. If I ask you again, if there is any of you who can't bear the harsh sun, I will allow him to go back to the barracks to rest!"
"If you bleed and sweat, you won't shed tears; if you shed your skin and flesh, you won't fall behind!"
Li Guofu was shocked by the slogans. An unprecedented sense of novelty filled his mind. He followed Zhang Cheng and walked to the west of the school ground.
Here, there are still groups of cold soldiers practicing sword and shield martial arts and spear thrusting. Now, according to Zhang Cheng's instructions, the veteran soldiers who are acting as instructors are breaking down each movement, practicing individually to become proficient, and then linking them together.
practice.
The sword and shield tactics practiced by the sergeants were all summed up by veterans from actual combat. They first selected the necessary movements and practiced them repeatedly without any pretense.
Unlike those self-proclaimed kung fu masters in later generations, their moves may look fancy, but they are of no use!
Before these military households enlisted, in addition to farming at home, they also had some martial arts training. Whether it was sword-and-shield combat or long-lance thrusting, they could get used to it very quickly.
However, sword-and-shield combat is not like spear thrusting. It only requires a few simple movements, as long as it is fast, accurate, and ruthless. This sword-and-shield battle is more particular and can only be practiced by selected strong people.
Li Guofu spent nearly an hour watching this circle. Even though he was wearing casual clothes and not wearing armor, he still felt unbearably sticky all over his body.
You can imagine how uncomfortable it was for the sergeants who were practicing with their helmets on. Li Guofu sighed: "We have never seen such training anywhere else. According to this, we can form an army in March, right?"
"It will take at least half a year of practice before it can be used!"