Before Chen Di entered the gate of the camp, he was attracted by the military camp, which was like a small city. After all, he was a veteran soldier who had experienced many battles and knew the importance of camping in a large army.
He couldn't help nodding, inspected the trench, and praised: "The depth and width of the outer trench are just right, and the enemy cannot easily cross it. After the double wooden wall of the camp is knocked down, a bridge can be built over the trench. It’s a good idea to make it easier to attack,”
He stood up, looked at the wooden watchtower and brick fort, and said in surprise: "Your artillery positions are placed so high, wouldn't it be impossible to bombard the enemies rushing near the camp?"
Yin Feng smiled, walked into the door and made an invitation gesture to the old general: "Old General Chen, please look here..."
It turned out that there were more than ten 6-pound bronze cannons lined up on both sides of the watchtower and the gate. There were gun windows on the wooden walls of the camp. Yin Feng led Chen Di to the cannon port, opened the gun window, and pointed to the open space in front of the cannon port. Said: "All the trees and thatch have been removed from this open area, and the land has been leveled without any shelter. We can bombard this area with shotguns here, and the enemies rushing nearby will have nowhere to hide,"
Chen Di nodded: "Yes, in this case, there will be cannons to greet you no matter far or near, and it will be difficult for the enemy to attack the camp. However, your cannons are placed on carts and supported by such a frame. This is... "
"This is a gun carriage. This cast iron bracket is used to withstand the recoil of the cannon when it is fired. The bracket can be retracted, so that when it is lifted up, the gun carriage can be pushed forward. In this way, field guns - we call such light guns field guns. Such a field artillery carriage can be easily pushed and pulled during the march. It is very light and can be put into frontline operations on the battlefield in time. After unfolding the bracket, the cannon can be fired without digging a hole to support the cannon. With the bracket folded, the position can be transferred in time. ,"
This is the artillery carriage that has begun to be widely used. In the future, the king of the battlefield of the Chinese company, the cannon, will mainly rely on the artillery carriage for maneuvers. It will no longer be carried on the shoulders of people, and there will be no need to set up the front lines. position.
Lin Yue and other personal guards behind Yin Feng were a little surprised; generally, people outside the Zhonghua Company would not be brought into the military camp to visit, and Yin Feng also explained the layout of the camp in detail. Who is this old man Chen Di? .
At this time, there was a loud noise in the camp, followed by thousands of people shouting and gunfire. Chen Di was startled and stood up in a hurry: "What's going on?"
Yin Feng smiled: "It's okay, the soldiers are training. You go and take a look. If there is anything wrong, please tell me."
After passing a few barracks, there was a large flat open space, which was half a mile square. Two groups of escort soldiers each had more than 300 people. They were more than a hundred steps apart, facing each other, and were shooting at each other; of course, they were shooting at each other. The gun is empty, but it is indeed loaded with ammunition. It is just that the actual lead bullets and iron bullets are changed into paper bullets for training. In this way, during the training exercises, all the steps of loading ammunition cannot be omitted. It is just that when shooting at the end, the paper bullets are used. Most of them have been burned to ashes when they fly out of the muzzle. Occasionally, one or two paper bullets will not hurt anyone.
However, seeing the two teams lined up in three rows, shooting at each other, with gunpowder smoke filling the sky, and the sound of gunfire booming, the scene was like an actual battlefield, which made Chen Di's blood boil with excitement, his eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he was filled with surprise. .
When the two teams were only 30 steps apart, officers from each team gave orders at the same time. The soldiers quickly mounted their wooden training bayonets, yelled to kill, and launched bayonet charges against each other. The escort soldiers watching on both sides of the playground were excited.
Yelling and shouting all day long: "Crazy group, kill, kill, don't be soft,"
"Brothers of the Gale Regiment, grab the military flag."
This is a confrontational actual combat exercise conducted by Zhao Tie's first regiment "Hurrying Regiment" and Mai De's second regiment "Gale Wind Regiment". They selected two teams of soldiers to conduct a confrontational actual combat exercise. The military flags behind the formation of the two regiments are the respective goals of both sides.
The winner is the one who penetrates the opponent's formation, or defeats the opponent, and captures the opponent's flag.
Each side has a battalion of troops. Mai De's "Gale Wind Regiment" deployed most of its troops on the front line, leaving about fifty soldiers behind as a reserve team, while Zhao Tie's "Hurry Wind Regiment" pressed the entire force.
It hit the Gale Regiment's formation, and the regimental flag followed closely behind the first line of formation.
Both sides tried their best to maintain a strict formation, trying hard to attack the opponent's array, trying to open a gap in the opponent's array. At this time, the reserve team of the Gale Regiment played a decisive role. Under the command of a young officer, they quickly moved towards the left flank of the Cyclone Regiment's position.
, firing a volley after marching ten steps. This move was noticed by the commander of the Cyclone Regiment. Although they had all joined the battle line, strict discipline and long-term training enabled them to actually shoot from the center of the crowded array in the fierce battle.
More than 30 people were mobilized to the left wing to deal with the Gale Regiment's reserve team. Unfortunately, the time was a little slower than the Gale Regiment's reserve team. The Gale Regiment's reserve team launched a bayonet charge on the left flank of the Cyclone Regiment, which immediately disrupted the entire left-wing front.
More than 30 people had just arrived and formed a strict formation. They used volleys of muskets to block the reserve team of the Gale Regiment, which was continuing to develop its results, allowing the collapsed comrades to temporarily gather behind them. However, the Cyclone Regiment's front was already in chaos.
, it became a semicircle with both wings retracting inwards, and the pressure on the central front increased greatly.
In a moment, the soldiers of the Gale Regiment knocked over the entire row of opponents with their rifle butts and bayonets, broke into the center of the Cyclone Regiment's front, and headed straight for the regiment flag. The Cyclone Regiment soldiers were anxious to keep the regiment flag.
But it disrupted the formation, and as a result, their position collapsed in an instant.
The hand-to-hand combat between the soldiers was completely exhaustive. Many soldiers were beaten with bloody heads and bruises, and most of the soldiers had broken training bayonets on their flintlock muskets. They were constantly hitting each other with the butts of their rifles.
They are simply treating the other party as a mortal enemy.
The drill referee officers on the side were busy dragging out the injured and bleeding soldiers from the crowd, or they were busy stopping the fight between the soldiers who were using real fire.
"Okay, okay, you two are covered with paper wadding, your face is blooming, you are both dead, come aside, oh, you can see clearly, I am wearing red, yes
Magistrate," the magistrate officer was busy dragging people in the crowd, and occasionally received accidental hits.
Chen Di was speechless when he saw it: "Captain Yin, is it necessary to train with live ammunition like this? What should I do if the soldiers are injured?"
Yin Feng simply replied: "You sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. If you train as if you were fighting, then there won't be any problems when you actually fight."
"It makes sense, it makes sense,"
Yin Feng continued: "Our soldiers start training in the morning every day, take an hour's rest at noon, and then train until evening, 365 days a year, except for 4 holidays per month, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year and
During the Lantern Festival, we will train non-stop during the rest of the day. Such confrontational exercises are held every ten days."
On the playground, the last few dozen flag-protecting soldiers of the Gale Regiment suddenly took out their spears, and with the help of dozens of musketeers, they surrounded the regiment flag in the middle of the crowd and formed a small spear formation. The Gale Regiment soldiers
They surrounded them, but could not open the circle formation for a while. The commander of the Gale Regiment blew the conch horn, and the soldiers of the Gale Regiment stopped charging, and lined up neatly with the captain of each team as the core.
Ten steps away, the last 50 or so flag-protecting soldiers of the Cyclonus Regiment were surrounded in a half-moon shape.
"Aim and shoot,"
"Boom, boom," hundreds of flintlock muskets were fired around the flag guard team, and the soldiers of the Hurricane Regiment, along with their battle flags, were plunged into thick smoke.
"Hmm," the long conch horn sounded, announcing the end of the exercise. After all, the China Company's escort team started at sea, and in order to maintain the tradition, they have always used the conch horn as a messenger tool.
"Eighty percent of the Hurricane Regiment was killed, lost the flag, defeated, 50% of the Gale Regiment was killed, won the flag, won," Mai De, the deputy infantry commander of the escort, announced loudly. The playground was filled with thunderous shouts. The victors were overjoyed and the losers were not discouraged.
, loudly challenged the winner: "Just wait and see for the next jungle battle,"
"Fuck you, our Gale Team has won three games in the past month. If you are not convinced, we will see you in ten days."
"We are winning two games, and if we counterattack Manila, you will have nothing to do,"
"Really or not, we are going to fight against Luzon and the Latin people, aren't we all going?"
"Who said that people should be left on the island to defend Taiwan?"
"Hey, don't worry about it. You can get an extra bonus this month. Okay, brothers, let's go to the city to drink after work. Tomorrow is a day off."
The soldiers lined up automatically one after another, forming a neat line while discussing, and consciously participated in the team according to the organization, team, sentry, etc. to which they belonged.
Chen Di asked curiously: "Why are we gathering? Do you still need to know how to fuck?"
Yin Feng said with a smile: "Where, they are going to have lunch. The escort soldiers are arranged in three lines and two in a row. They must pay attention to military appearance and discipline at any time and place. When going to eat, they must go together as a group. They must act in an orderly manner."
"Now we have three regiments of infantry. In addition to the violent winds in front of us, there is also a strong wind regiment with less than the number of people. We are currently in the north to conquer the rebel villages of Dadu Fanguo, as well as to garrison the fortresses and ports in Taipei. Next
The defense will change with the newly formed garrison in the next month,"
While they were talking, a group of tall foreigners with red hair and blue eyes came over. When they saw Yin Feng, they stood at attention and saluted one by one. Yin Feng also stood at attention and returned the salute, and then joked with them in a foreign language. This was a group of Dutch officers.
Mercenaries and instructors from Chinese companies.
Chen Di said disapprovingly: "Captain Yin, it is very inappropriate to let these foreigners wander in the barracks. After all, they are Westerners and have wild ambitions, so we must guard against them."
Yin Feng smiled and thought: There are far fewer foreigners in the barracks now. Those officers and instructors two years ago were all foreigners. I don't know what you, an old general, would say if you saw this."
Since its establishment, the Dutch East India Company, in addition to suffering a loss on Penghu Island in China, defeated the Spanish and Portuguese navies in Java in 1603 and Malacca in 1606; in 1605, it seized the spice-rich Timor Island, and in 1606 After joining forces with the Chinese Company to conquer Macau, the war in various places was going smoothly and manpower was urgently needed. Therefore, many Dutch mercenaries had left Taiwan Island and returned to Batavia.
After Chen Di watched the exercise, he did not comment and walked silently in the military camp. Yin Feng took him to a greenhouse: "This is our big canteen,"
"Big cafeteria," Chen Di nodded and strolled in. He was immediately startled because he couldn't hear any noise inside the cafeteria, but as soon as he entered, five or six hundred people suddenly appeared in front of him on the long table. The scene of eating in silence, the spectacular collective eating scene, but no one made any sound.
Chen Di nodded and whispered: "The Xiliu Camp and the Qi Family Army can only enforce military discipline to this extent."
In the afternoon, Yin Feng took Chen Di to the artillery battalion training ground. The first artillery battalion was known as the "Zhentian Battalion". It was a professional artillery unit organized by Yin Feng himself. It was probably the only one in the country during the Ming Dynasty at that time.
At this moment, the artillery battalion was conducting live ammunition training on the river beach to the west of the camp. Dozens of cannons repeatedly bombarded a target covered with banners more than a hundred steps away.
"Second sentry, Team Li Kuiqi, fire."
These gunners were all trained under the hands of Portuguese and Dutch gunners, and Yin Feng specially opened a literacy class for them. The missionary Baradas taught some simple physics knowledge. There are more than 500 people in the artillery battalion, all of whom are young. People, even teenagers, absorb knowledge very quickly, and there is no trouble between Chinese and Western cultures. They learn to read and learn all the knowledge in the guard camp, and their daily training and accommodation are all in the camp, because many of them are orphans. , or the father is traveling away from home all year round.
Some of the young soldiers in the Ming army were fifteen or sixteen years old, but in Chen Di's opinion, the current gunner Li Kuiqi was too young and might not even be able to hold a cannonball.
In another time and space, the pirate tycoon Li Kuiqi, who competed with Zheng Zhilong for control of the sea, is now the best aimer of the Yin Feng artillery camp. His long life at sea has given him a good eye, and the smart and studious Li Kuiqi has a far better grasp of the essentials of cannon shooting. Outperforming peers and seniors.
"boom,"
The cannonball looked like it had eyes, and it pierced a hole in the center of the target 200 paces away. The young people on the gun emplacement cheered.
The captain of the artillery team spotted Yin Feng and quickly stepped forward to stand at attention and salute, "Good job, let Li Kuiqi come over." Yin Feng patted him on the shoulder.
Li Kuiqi appeared in front of Yin Feng with a tiger-like appearance, his eyes were bright and shining, and he looked at Yin Feng with admiration without fear. After the Battle of Penghu, he fell madly in love with the feeling of roaring cannons, and he wholeheartedly wanted to join the escort warship. Due to the rebellion of sailors in the warship fleet and other incidents, he had to go to the infantry team first. When recruiting gunners, he was rejected because of his young age. Li Kuiqi ran outside the old camp and desperately asked to join. After Yin Feng saw his name, he made a big stroke He was given special approval to participate in artillery training.
"Li Kuiqi, your scores in these assessments are all the best. That's good. I will now promote you to be the instructor of the gunner training team."
Li Kuiqi was shocked and looked around as if he didn't believe it. His captain nodded with a smile. Yin Feng smiled and reached out to touch his head: "Why, you don't believe me. Haha, didn't you report that you wanted to be a gunner on a battleship?" I will let you train the gunners of the newly built Flying Leopard battleship. You must train them all to be master gunners in the shortest possible time. By then, you will be the gunner of the Flying Leopard battleship. Time is running out and the war is imminent. You can't Something went wrong,"
Li Kuiqi flushed with excitement, hit his chest with his left hand in salute, straightened his waist, raised his head and said loudly: "Yes, my subordinate will definitely complete the task."
Next, Yin Feng took Chen Di to see the drills of the sailor musketeers, which were as rigorous as the infantry, as well as the shooting training of the battleship gunners.
In the woodland on the east side of the camp, Chen Di visited some artillery loading and unloading training of the auxiliary troops, as well as the musket shooting training of Zhuang Ding teams and militia teams selected from various places. Finally, he also took Yin Feng to the training of the indigenous auxiliary troops. field; these are indigenous warriors recruited from Xingang Society and other places that were the first to form an alliance with the Chinese Company, and are undergoing the most basic training such as marching and formation.
"The living customs of the indigenous people of Luzon Island and the local indigenous people are similar, so I plan to take some indigenous soldiers to Manila as a auxiliary force," Yin Feng explained, but found that Chen Di was looking absently at the sunset in the distance.
The lush land of Tainan is falling asleep in the Tainan Plain, which is illuminated red by the setting sun, and a few lights have already been lit in the port city.
Chen Di suddenly said: "Captain Yin, your army of less than 10,000 people is enough to withstand the imperial court's 100,000-strong army. However, your warships alone can keep the 100,000-strong army from the island of Taiwan. Captain Yin, Do you really just want to take revenge? Do you just want to deal with the Luzon Yi people?"