Chapter 1671 The military parade tests the effectiveness
The imperial envoy was welcomed and the money was handed over. It was time to go back and continue training. Zhu Pingan said goodbye to his colleagues in the Yamen and returned with Liu Dadao and others.
But before leaving, Zhu Ping'an went to visit Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang again. Now the war to suppress the Japanese was about to begin. If Xu Wenchang could be invited to help, he would be even more powerful. But unfortunately, Xu Wenchang said that the provincial examination was about to start. He
I wanted to concentrate on preparing for the exam and declined Zhu Pingan’s invitation.
Zhu Ping'an saw that he was really concentrating on preparing for the exam, so he had to give up. He couldn't force someone to ruin his future. Before leaving, he left him twenty taels of silver and took Liu Dadao and others back to the Zhejiang Army.
It's camp.
After returning to Taohuaji Town, Zhu Ping'an went to the house to sit with Li Shu for a while. After listening to the fetal movement, he didn't even bother to eat, so he returned to the Zhejiang Army camp without stopping, and the campaign against Japanese invaders was about to begin.
, troop training cannot be delayed.
Especially since I received a hint from Governor Zhang a few days ago, Governor Zhang intends to assign the Zhejiang Army to one area, which is probably a small and medium-sized city in Suzhou and Hangzhou. The Japanese invasion is the most serious in this area, so the Zhejiang Army must form a combat capability as soon as possible.
Just fine.
The curtain of suppressing the Japanese was about to begin, and the war was about to begin. Even with Governor Zhang's steady temperament, he would wait until the wolf soldiers arrived and everything was ready before launching a massive campaign to destroy the Japanese. However, during this preparation period, some
Small-scale wars are unavoidable, especially after taking control of one side. To ensure the peace of one side, it is indispensable to engage in close combat with Japanese pirates. Therefore, there is not much time left for the Zhejiang army.
It is urgent to train troops.
However, the Zhejiang Army has been training for several months, and the conscripts have been here for half a month. It is time to test the effectiveness of the training. It only takes a little time and effort to correct the problems existing in the Zhejiang Army before the war begins.
If the problem was exposed during a war with Japanese pirates, the price paid would be blood and lives.
Therefore, the first thing Zhu Pingan did when he returned to the Zhejiang Army camp was to inform the entire army to start the military parade immediately.
"Knowing that each battalion in the army has its own units, the military parade on the school grounds will begin immediately. The winners of the military parade, in addition to bonus points in the performance appraisal, will also receive bonuses. The ten soldiers with the best results in the military parade will be awarded a battalion commander's command knife; the top ten soldiers in the military parade will receive a command knife;
In the third corps, the corps commander will record merit and each person will be rewarded with 3 taels of silver and a banquet after the military parade; the best post in the military parade will be expanded in the future, and the officers and soldiers of the unit will have priority in promotion under the same conditions..."
After the military order was issued, in less than half a cup of tea, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Zhejiang Army had already assembled neatly in the school grounds in armor.
The Zhejiang Army has already installed cotton armor. With the establishment of the equipment battalion, the production efficiency of cotton armor has been greatly improved. In particular, the equipment battalion was grateful for Zhu Pingan's preferential treatment and worked overtime day and night to produce more than two thousand pairs of cotton armor with high quality and quantity.
Wearing cotton armor, the Zhejiang Army officers and soldiers also accepted the equipment battalion from the bottom of their hearts. A good pair of armor is equivalent to saving several lives.
In addition to cotton armor, Zhejiang army officers are also equipped with an animal skin water bag, an iron powder box, an iron lead bullet box, and a first aid kit as standard. The iron powder box contains granular medicine wrapped in oil paper.
It can greatly improve the reloading efficiency of firecrackers. An iron lead bullet box contains lead bullets, a first aid kit contains secret knife wound medicine, gauze, and a small gourd of highly distilled alcohol used for disinfection.
Yes, but soldiers often drank secretly, so I made fun of it for the time being.
Seeing the entire army quickly assembled and lined up in half a cup of tea, wearing uniform equipment and high-spirited faces, Zhu Pingan nodded with satisfaction. Judging from the energy and spirit, the Zhejiang Army was barely a strong army.
looks like.
The military parade begins.
Basic skills such as queues, formations, semaphore, advance and retreat were reviewed as the soldiers of each battalion marched around the school field.
Zhu Ping'an reviewed them one by one at the school grounds, and Liu Mu also led the supervisory battalion to record the performance of each battalion's soldiers.
The soldiers of each battalion performed well, especially the recruits from Yiwu. Although the training time was not long, the performance of the troops was even two points better than that of the veterans. The conscripts endured hardships and their characteristics of being honest and obedient were clearly demonstrated.
Valley Piper
Next comes the highlight of the military parade - shooting.
Through Zhu Pingan's unremitting efforts and the fact that the Ming army did not pay enough attention to firearms in this era, Zhu Pingan obtained firearms from all parties. The popularity of firearms in the Zhejiang Army has been greatly reduced.
The firing review is conducted in units of whistles, and live ammunition firing of muskets is carried out one whistle after another.
Zhu Pingan set up three shooting ranges, one is a 70-meter shooting range, one is a 150-meter shooting range, and one is a 200-meter shooting range.
The three shooting ranges started reviewing at the same time, and one whistle after another took turns to conduct live ammunition firing on the three shooting ranges.
Due to the limited accuracy of fire cannons in this era, and in order to test the firing rate of fire cannons, Zhu Pingan ordered each soldier to fire three live rounds at each shooting range. Three shooting ranges meant nine live fire firings.
Zhu Ping'an ordered Liu Mu's supervisory battalion to record the number of targets hit by each soldier's live ammunition shooting, as well as the shooting time, shooting proficiency, etc., and give different scores accordingly. The last nine live ammunition shootings were summarized into one score.
Zhu Ping'an also patrolled back and forth between the three shooting ranges to get a thorough understanding of the shooting conditions of all the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army.
"Erlang, come on, aim and shoot again. If you hit again with this shot, you will have hit all nine shots."
"You bitch, can you be more reliable? You hit three out of eight shots. If you miss the target again this time, let's see how I can manipulate you!"
"Don't worry, Wang Xiaoer. You've already hit six out of eight shots, which is a good result. You can just perform normally with this one."
"Tie Suo is awesome. He hit all nine shots. He is indeed the marksman of our team. Let's see who else is dissatisfied."
The shooting range was bustling with people. The soldiers who had finished shooting cheered for the soldiers who were shooting on the field, and cheers continued.
Zhu Ping'an inspected the shooting of the soldiers on the school grounds, sometimes nodding and applauding, sometimes frowning and shaking his head, but overall he was satisfied. The shooting proficiency and accuracy of the entire battalion's soldiers had reached the qualified line, and many of them showed off
Exhibiting their potential as sharpshooters, using the backward and inaccurate fire guns of this era, their shooting hit rate reached an astonishing 8 out of 9 shots.
By inspecting the shooting of the soldiers, Zhu Pingan had a more intuitive judgment on the firearms level of the Zhejiang Army.
The power of the fire gun is acceptable, but its range and accuracy are still lacking.
The gunpowder of the Zhejiang Army has used improved black powder, which is almost twice as powerful as the previous gunpowder. As long as it hits, it can cause quite fatal damage, which is unmatched by cold weapons such as bows and arrows.
However, due to the limitations of firearm manufacturing technology in this era, the range and accuracy of the fire blunderbuss were somewhat lacking.
Zhu Pingan estimated that within 70 meters, the hit rate of the Zhejiang Army's firecrackers was about 55%; within 150 meters, the hit rate of the firecrackers dropped to about 35%.
and 200 meters away, the hit rate of Zhejiang's gunfire dropped to about 25%.
Zhu Ping'an also picked two whistles and asked them to test fire at a distance of 300 meters, and found that the hit rate was only about 15%.