Inside Jinchuan Gate, the military camp and school grounds.
Mr. Laodong is training daily.
At the end of last year, Chongzhen made some changes to the recruitment system.
The minimum establishment team was abolished and became the smallest establishment, with a total of 10 people including the leader.
A team still has three captains, with a total of 30 people including the captain. The captain is concurrently held by one of the three captains.
A sentry still has three teams, with a total of 90 people including the sentry commander and trumpeter drummer. The sentry commander is concurrently served by one of the captains, and the trumpeter drummer is concurrently served by four of the soldiers.
In other words, there are no dedicated officers.
This is to reserve a place for future scholars.
The commander-in-chief was changed from the original five posts to three posts, and together with the commander-in-chief's 271 people, the commander-in-chief was no longer concurrently held by one of the three sentry commanders, but by Qin Wang Shizi full-time.
When the number of scholars increases in the future, the post of commander of the sentry post may be changed to Prince Qin.
After entering the firearms age, especially in the flintlock age, the quantity and quality of the officer corps will directly determine the combat effectiveness of an army.
Above the headquarters are battalions. Each battalion has five headquarters and about 1,350 people.
Chongzhen added a brigade between the camp and the town. One brigade had three battalions and about 4,050 people.
Finally, there is the town. Each town has three brigades under its jurisdiction. It is impossible for all of the towns to be filled with combat troops. It must be equipped with a considerable number of auxiliary units, such as car camps and cavalry.
So the total population of a town is about 15,000.
This is very similar to the division, brigade, and regiment level structures of later generations.
"Look to the left, look forward, have it all, step in step... let's go!"
Xu Yingwei and other Qin Wang scholars all learned the passwords from Chongzhen, so they learned the passwords of later generations, but they spoke in the dialect of Laodong, which only the descendants of Laodong could understand.
For other general recruiters to listen to it, it would be basically like listening to a book from heaven.
Therefore, the army will place special emphasis on orders instead of obeying the verbal orders of the commander.
Because if you follow the commander's verbal orders and let a foreign scholar command the battle, you will be blinded.
But if you switch to using flags and drums to direct the battle, there won't be this problem. Anyway, when the war drum sounds, push forward, when the charge horn sounds, charge at full speed, and when the assembly horn sounds, retreat decisively!
As for firing cannons, it depends on the chief officer's hand gestures.
"Stand still!" Xu Yingwei stopped the team and was about to proceed with the next step of training when a hearty laugh suddenly sounded from behind him, "Crazy Xu!"
Xu Yingwei was angry, who is this person? He dared to call me by my nickname.
When he looked back hurriedly, he saw Zhu Shunshui walking over with the hem of his t-shirt in hand.
Because there were soldiers training, the snow on the school ground was trampled to pieces and turned into a muddy pond. Zhu Shunshui was reluctant to part with the official uniform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that had just been issued, so he lifted up the hem.
By the way, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has unified the uniforms of officials.
There are three levels of official uniforms. The first level is the Fei Pao, which corresponds to the court officials of the third rank and above. The second level is the Qing Pao, which corresponds to the court officials of the seventh rank and above. The third level is the white robe, which corresponds to the eighth rank.
Ninth grade.
Whether it is a Fei robe, a green robe or a white robe, there is python pattern embroidery, but there are no patches.
Currently, Ma Mingluan is the only one in the Imperial Household who wears a scarlet robe. The other officials of the Imperial Household and Prince Qin's disciples all wear green robes and python suits, while white robes and python suits are the exclusive clothing for students of the Imperial College.
Because it was a newly issued green robe python suit, Zhu Shunshui cherished it very much.
But Xu Yingwei was not so particular. Within two days of wearing the python suit, it was covered in mud.
In fact, there is nothing that can be done about it, because Xu Yingwei is a military attache and has to train every day, and sometimes has to throw himself into the mud. How can he keep it tidy?
So Xu Yingwei felt very unhappy when he saw Zhu Shunshui's clean and neat python suit.
"Everyone is here, step on, let's go!" Xu Yingwei shouted and stepped hard on a mud pond. A piece of muddy water immediately splashed towards Zhu Shunshui.
Zhu Shunshui was caught off guard and was immediately splashed, and he immediately became anxious.
"Hey, hey, I said Madman Xu, you are pure of heart, right?" Zhu Shunshui said angrily.
"I did it on purpose, so what?" Xu Yingwei laughed. In fact, the two of them had a very good relationship in private. After all, they were both best friends from the scholar camp.
"Okay, you madman Xu, just wait for me." Zhu Shunshui cursed angrily and started laughing too.
After bowing to each other, Zhu Shunshui said again: "Your grandpa Dong's equipment has arrived, go and get it."
"Arrived so soon?" Xu Yingwei was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately turned around and shouted, "Sit up, stand still, have it all, turn back, target the gate of the military camp, run!"
While running, Xu Yingwei asked: "How many pieces of equipment have come?"
"Ten." Zhu Shunshui said as he followed Xu Yingwei and ran out. Anyway, the python suit was already dirty, so there was no need to pay so much attention to it.
"Why are there only ten?" Xu Yingwei was stunned when he heard this.
"What do you think?" Zhu Shunshui said angrily, "The Ming Dynasty Arsenal only gave this much in total, and our baggage department can't produce more."
By the way, Zhu Shunshui is currently in charge of the Transport and Heavy Industry Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The authority given to Zhu Shunshui by the Transport Department was not ordinary.
Not only the logistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs itself, but also the logistics of the army under the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also under the management of the Logistics Department, which is equivalent to the General Armament Department plus the Logistics Department, which is a good vacancy.
"This won't work." Xu Yingwei scratched his head and said.
"Isn't this a scolding for the ten of us?"
"You don't want it?" Zhu Shunshui said angrily, "That's fine, I'll give it to someone else."
"Hey, don't, don't, don't, that's what I said." Xu Yingwei said hurriedly, "Chu Yu, why are you so anxious?"
Zhu Shunshui suddenly sighed again and whispered: "Actually, this may not be a good thing. Haven't you heard about the mutiny in Wuchang?"
"There was a mutiny in Wuchang?" Xu Yingwei said in shock.
He really didn't know that these days he was just busy cleaning up these raw melons and eggs from Mr. Laodong.
"So, the ten commander-in-chiefs among you who have received the equipment first will probably go to Wuchang." Zhu Shunshui shook his head and said, "There is a high probability that there will be another war."
"Isn't it good to fight?" Xu Yingwei was even more happy.
Zhu Shunshui shook his head and said: "The problem is that you, the ten general recruiters, haven't touched the gun yet."
"That's all." Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "Once you get the musket, you can practice while marching. By the time you get to Wuchang, you will be almost done. At least there will be no problem in dealing with those random soldiers."
While the two were talking, they had already arrived outside the gate of the military camp, and saw a carriage stopped for a while.
"Youzhen, come quickly, good stuff!" Hua Xia, who arrived first, waved to Xu Yingwei and shouted.
In addition to Huaxia, there were eight scholars including Yan Yingyuan, Wang Fuzhi, Guan Siqiu, Xia Rubi, Lu Xiangtong, Xu Fuyi, Lin Zhiyuan and Xia Yunyi.
These ten scholars have the most outstanding military talents among the more than 6,000 scholars.
Originally there was Zheng Sen, but now he has plunged into the research of aircraft and is no longer as interested in marching and fighting as before, so Chongzhen did not want to force him.
After meeting Hua Xia and others, Xu Yingwei came to a carriage.
"Is this a flintlock gun?" Xu Yingwei picked up a flintlock gun from the carriage.
I have long heard that the Holy Emperor personally supervised the creation of a flintlock gun, which not only has a faster rate of fire, but is also not afraid of rain and fog. The soldiers leading the army have long wanted to see its true appearance, and today they finally saw it.
"What is this?" Xu Yingwei held a gun in his left hand and pointed at a box with his right hand.
"These are paper shells." Zhu Shunshui opened the box and saw rows of paper shells neatly stacked inside.
These paper-shell bullets are rolled out of fine jute paper, and the surface is coated with grease, so as soon as the box is opened, the aroma of grease immediately hits your nostrils.
"Paper shell bullets? Where are the lead bullets?" Hua Xia asked in astonishment.
"The lead is inside the paper case." Zhu Shunshui said as he picked up a flintlock gun from the carriage, opened another box, took out a piece of flint, clamped it on the iron clamp of the trigger, and locked it tightly.
Then flip the anvil upward to reveal the primer chamber underneath.
Then bite open the paper shell bullet from the tail, first pour a small amount of gunpowder into the primer chamber, then press the iron drill to cover the powder chamber, then pour the remaining gunpowder from the muzzle, and then pour the paper shell together with the lead from the muzzle
Stuff it in.
Then take out the purge bar and push the lead to the bottom of the gun barrel and press it firmly.
Then he inserted the rod back into its original position. After doing this, Zhu Shunshui pulled the trigger again, and then raised the flintlock gun.
After firing all over the place and failing to find a suitable target, Zhu Shunshui directly pointed at the open space in front of him and pulled the trigger. He only heard a soft clicking sound at first, and then a loud banging sound.
Seeing this, the eyes of Xu Yingwei and the other ten soldiers immediately lit up.
These ten scholars were all knowledgeable, and they could tell at a glance that the flintlock gun was extraordinary.
However, they only saw that flintlock guns were more convenient than matchlocks, and they could not possibly know about denser infantry line formations and hollow square formations.
"There are also grenades." Zhu Shunshui put down his flintlock gun and walked to the second carriage.
Opening a box, I saw long wooden handle grenades standing upright inside.
The projectile is made of iron, with twelve longitudinal and six transverse grooves cast on the surface, dividing the entire projectile into eighty-four independent rectangular pieces.
The long wooden handle has a small hole drilled in the middle.
There is a lead wire installed in the small hole.
Xu Yingwei stepped forward and picked up a grenade. Good guy, it's quite heavy.
Zhu Shunshui smiled and said: "This thing is not light, one weighs ten kilograms!"
Since the unit efficiency of gunpowder was insufficient, the explosive power could only be increased by increasing the amount of powder charged. As a result, the total weight of the projectile including gunpowder increased to ten kilograms.
This thing is heavier than the nine-pound grenade made by Yan Xishan's Taiyuan Arsenal.
However, the grenades from the Taiyuan Arsenal were weapons coveted by the Eighth Route Army, and they were used to blow up little Japs to tears on the battlefield. The power of the grenades from the Daming Arsenal has to be verified on the battlefield.
"Brother Chu Yu, what's on this cart?" Yan Yingyuan asked, pointing to the third carriage.
"This." Zhu Shunshui smiled and said, "This is a self-defense weapon specially prepared for you by the Holy One, a short flint gun."
