Finally promoted to the highest official position of the Ming Dynasty generals, the chief soldier, and the Zhejiang chief soldiers, Shang Yi was naturally very happy. In fact, he did not care about the size of the official position, but after having the official position of the Zhejiang generals, he could be able to.
The name is justified to stay in Zhejiang and establishes its own site.
And this promotion is not only Shang Yi alone, Zhou Shaozhen, Chengjin, Tong Dalong, and Cheng Gang were promoted to guerrilla generals, Huang Zhen, Zhao Yingjie, Luo Yuanbin, Yang Wuzhen, Duan Peng and others were promoted to defensive
Of course, the venue of the camp is settled after the Zhejiang rebellion is calmed down. It can be said that the official positions of the generals of the merchant army's generals have been greatly improved.
At the same time, the brigade of the merchant army's backbone, as well as the gunpowder supplies from Mulingguan, also reached Nanjing at the same time.
The fourth regiment was escorted, the head of the group was Wang Xin, the deputy head was Zhao Yinghao, and the chief of staff was You Hongliang.
Thousands, one hundred shoulder launch of Perak rocket launchers, fifty -fifty -five branches of thunderbolt rockets, and thirty -six thirteen Perak rocket boxes.
report.
At present, Mulingguan's various craftsmanship workshops and two mines have begun to produce normally. It can produce more than 300 muskets per month, more than 20 artillery artillery, 2,000 grenades, and one type of thunderbolt rocket.
Hundreds, the two groups left behind Muling Pass are also equipped with artillery and muskets. In addition, they can also open more than 10,000 kg of raw iron, more than 300 pounds of steel and jade, and a small amount of sapphire.
It is basically on the right track.
In the development of the army, Mulingguan also recruited more than 5,000 new troops. Tang Zhen compiled them into six battalions for the time being, and was stepping up training. After Shang Yi returned to Muling Guan
The formal army.
Shang Yi calculated that if the army expanded after the south, the merchant army can now compile about seven to eight regiments. In addition, there is an enhanced cavalry camp and a reconnaissance camp.
Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the merchant army, in terms of the number of people, the merchant army is also a pivotal army.
And once you wait for Zhejiang, you can use the generous financial resources of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to expand production and further expand its strength. It will eventually become an indispensable force in this era.
After the four regiments, the missionary Archonia, after Wang Xin reported to Shang Yi, Archonia also came to see Shang Yi, saying: "General General, you still remember to receive in Qingzhou
Is the Portuguese Tyera*Correa in the musket? At that time, do you want to hire them to play for you? "
Shang Yi nodded, and said, "Of course remember, is he here?"
Arkania nodded, and said, "Yes, General General, Mr. Correa has pulled a mercenary in Macau, and came to Muling Pass to come to you. I think you should use them now.
So this time I brought them. "
Shang Yi laughed: "Very good, he finally came, invited him, let's talk about it."
Arkania immediately went out, and after a while, he invited Correa. Shang Yi performed very enthusiastic about Correa. As soon as he met, he gave him a bear hug.
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Correa is the demeanor of a professional army, wearing a military uniform of the Portuguese army, wearing a military knife, and waiting for Shang Yisong to open himself, stand upright and respect a military ceremony, and said: "General, I follow you according to you according to you.
Instructions, a army is established, do you have any places to allow us to serve you? "
He said French, so Shang Yi could understand. So Shang Yi asked him to sit down first, and then said, "Very good, Mr. Correa, how many people do your army have?"
Correa said: "There are a total of 287 people. Among them, there are 246 people in combatants, and 41 non -combatants." Then, he took a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to it.
Shang Yi, "This is the detailed list of our team, please see it."
Shang Yi took the list with 246 combatants: Captain Koraa, the two deputy captains were Bento*Gomez, prosperous*Paul, the army group became: Portugal
Warriors, 163 people, the captain is also served as two deputy captains; the Germanic mercenary team is 24 people, the captain Schneid; the Swedish mercenary team 33, the captain Anderson; the mixed mercenary team 20
Six people, including seven Italian soldiers, six French soldiers, four British soldiers, three Austrian soldiers, six local soldiers soldiers, captain Hans, British.
Eight regions, this is not the countries that are divided by the Germanic, it is simply a veritable multinational forces.
Among the non -combatants, there are seven technicians, two doctors, and three translations. Two of them are Chinese translations, and the other is internal translation. After all, it is from six or seven countries.
There are eight black slaves and twenty -one women, including nine soldiers of soldiers, and the other twelve women are actually prostitutes. "
After watching the list, Shang Yi was also startled. He originally estimated that Creya had recruited more than 100 people at most. He did not think that he actually pulled a team of nearly 300 people, and there was quite a lot of
Logistics staff, even prostitutes brought them, can be said to be small, but the five internal organs are all available.
They are considered in. You must know that if physiological problems are not solved, it will also affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
At the same time, Shang Yi was very interested in the Germans mercenary and Swedish mercenaries. Needless to say, the Germans mercenary was the predecessor of the German army. Although there is no formation of the country, the Germans have always been a powerful army on the European battlefield, and Sweden
The mercenaries in this era are also a very famous army in this era, almost synonymous with strength. In the thirty -year war in Europe, it was also a record. I did not expect that Correa could take a small team.
After waiting for a while, Correa said: "General, what we talked about at that time was only the remuneration of the combatants, so non -combatants could not pay attention, combatants 240, five captains, then fixed compensation per month
It's 770 two silver. "
Shang Yi smiled slightly, and said: "Mr. Correa, don't worry, you will never pay a penny, and I am also a soldier. Of course, I know that there will be a certain number of non -combatants in a army.
Therefore, I will also consider their rewards as appropriate. However, I remember that I said at the time that the soldiers you hired must meet my requirements.
I do n’t talk about it for the time being, but I must evaluate your army, but only qualified soldiers can get paid. "
Correa is very confident and said: "General, although you rest assured, my soldiers have been carefully selected. I believe that in any country in the world, they will be excellent soldiers and can accept you at any time. Evaluation. ""
Shang Yi nodded, and said, "Well, you gather your army, let me take a look."
Correa immediately stood up and made a ritual, saying: "General, I will gather the army right away and wait for your review."
After a while, Shang Yi and Archonia went out of the barracks. Correa gathered in line with mercenaries, including non -combatants. Shang Yi walked past them and watched it carefully. Finally, he had to admit it. Correa's self -confidence is not unreasonable. Although the array of the mercenary team is not neat, the weapon assembly is also not uniform. For military uniforms, some people are wearing a casual dress, and there are still people wearing Cavaliers' armor in the medieval European.
However, the age of soldiers is generally not big, most of which are around 30 years old, in their forties, but no one is more than 50. And everyone is very sturdy, and from everyone It can be seen in the spiritual temperament that these guys are not necessarily all soldiers, but they have absolutely have been on the battlefield, have seen blood, and have been killed. It is more neat. Most people are equipped with a rogue gun, and a small number of rear hair guns. At the same time, there are four small artillery, and twelve horses, and other mercenaries are much messy. There are many cold weapons.
But the most striking thing is not Portuguese mercenaries, but the Germans mercenary and Swedish mercenaries. Dahan. And nearly half of the height is about 1.9 meters, and several soldiers are close to two meters. At this time, the average height of the Chinese is less than one meter six or five. For giants. Although the military discipline of the merchant army is strict and the soldiers dare not watch it in the past, there are still many people paying attention to it. Of course, the two teams are the most. Of course, these two teams.
Shang Yi also nodded. If they were allowed to put on a set of armor, at least this shelf was enough to bluff people. And although they did not have a few muskets, they stood upright and stood up. Portuguese mercenaries are more like a army. It is indeed an army of veteran mercenaries in Europe. In contrast, only miscellaneous mercenaries are the worst. Basically, no one wears regular military uniforms and armor. It is estimated that they are pirates. Born in criminals. But all their eyes were fierce, and at a glance, they knew that they were not good.
After reading it, Shang Yi was also very satisfied. Looking at it, it was estimated that all the mercenaries had no problem passing their own assessments, so they stood in front of the army and used French to teach them. At the beginning, I am your employer and commander. Now your job is to fight for me and build merit. What do you have done in the past, who is in your country, I am not interested, and no one will investigate it. Because here, whether it is the king of the Habsburg dynasty, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, or the Pope of Catholicism, there is no power to issue orders. You only have to obey here. My order, respecting my discipline, you can use your ability, use your bravery, blood, war to change your wealth and honor, status. "
Some soldiers understood French, and some soldiers listened to Klea translated, and they immediately cheered.