Chapter 465 The Wonderful Journey to Kaifeng City (6)
Chapter 465 A wonderful trip to Kaifeng City (6)
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 465 A wonderful trip to Kaifeng City (6)
When Du Baojun watched the recruits, they had to endure the five-kilometer cross-country run with heavy loads every day regardless of rain or shine.
With a lot of new troops from the imperial court, I was amazed that the army was so prosperous and its actions were so uniform. I returned to the city quite satisfied.
Then, I thought about how hard it was to leave the city early this morning.
So when I came to the hawker stall I frequented, I ordered two sets with meat, eggs, a deluxe version of pancakes and fruit, and a bowl of soy milk.
Little did he know that the new army, which he marveled at in its uniformity, was so disliked by some people.
Who? Naturally, they come from netizens thousands of years later.
And they are not veterans of the PLA such as Lao Hei, Li San, Dayu, Fengche, etc. They are just ordinary people in the modern plane such as Fenghuahui and Fanzhu.
Specifically, when a rhythmic and brisk drum beat was struck in the hands of a military musician.
The company in front of Fan Zhu started to move forward with the sword and shield bearers in front, the spearmen at the back, and the musketeers at the end. There were five rows in total, and they started to advance towards the front.
Soon after, this one was still in a very neat queue despite being banned.
After a few seconds, it became a bit confusing.
After walking thirty steps, it had become a crooked mess; when it finally stopped after walking a hundred steps, it was completely in chaos, with no formation at all.
Upon seeing this, Fan Zhu, the New Oriental cook who now had a new recruit camp on his forehead and had the title of chief instructor, felt inexplicably angry in his heart.
He took out a jujube wood stick from his waist that was not covered with iron but was still quite hard.
After quickly rushing up, he waved his stick at the instructor of the company of new recruits, who was at the level of company platoon leader, and greeted him without any mercy at all.
While whipping with a stick, he was still roaring with saliva flying in his mouth:
"Are you out of your mind? Even if I lead a few dogs here, I can still command them better than you. What kind of crap do you think you are when you leave?"
Do you still want to do it? If you really don’t want to do it, tell me and I will give you special permission to go back and nurse the child."
Facing Fan Zhu's crazy beating, the instructors did not dare to dodge, let alone raise their arms to block. They always endured it in a standard military posture.
Even after being kicked a step or two away by Pan Zhu, he quickly returned to the original place and continued to stand upright.
After Fan Zhu whipped them, they took out the sticks from their waists and started beating the recruits in the company.
Especially in the process of advancing just now, the unlucky guy who was the first to make a mistake and messed up the others was slapped several times more.
During this process, they were also cursing:
"Idiot, even if I lead a bunch of dogs here, I can still command them better than you~"
In short, in such a scene where the beatings are passed down step by step, it is a bit like World War II Japanese soldiers and not at all humane...
So what! As long as there is a better way, Fan Zhu and other so-called chief instructors do not want to use such a barbaric, rough, and corporal punishment-like training method.
If we don’t learn the good PLA traditions, why should we learn the perverted practices of the Japanese?
The key question is, isn't there a better way?
The accuracy of a smoothbore musket is a joke if it's a little far away, so in battle you can only rely on a large number of muskets to fire at the same time, which means that the accuracy is not enough, so you have to make up the quantity.
Otherwise, in the relevant period in the West, the magical tactic of "queuing up and shooting" would not have been used.
Therefore, in response to such a situation, the New Army also adopted some similar tactics.
First of all, the configuration of a company's arms is 20% swordsmen and shieldmen, 20% spearmen, and 60% musketeers. They are exactly arranged into one row each of swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen, and three rows of musketeers, a total of five
Form a battle line.
It happens to be a tactic that allows three rows of musketeers to use three-stage fire continuously.
As for the musket like Brown Bess, it can originally be equipped with a bayonet and has certain melee capabilities. Why not replace it with a musketeer? It should be more troublesome and continue to add sword, shield and musketeers.
The key reason for this bad thing is not the insufficient production of muskets.
According to the production plan drawn up by the old man from the Ministry of Industry, a total of 50,000 muskets will be produced in September, which can be barely completed.
But don't forget, just because of the crazy consumption in training, at least 10,000 muskets will be destroyed. In addition, shouldn't the Yue family army under Yue Fei and Grandpa Yue be equipped with muskets?
You know! The Yue family army led by Grandpa Yue is now stationed in Xiangzhou.
This is the only stronghold of the new imperial court of the Song Dynasty north of the Yellow River. Not to mention that it is related to the important strategy of the Northern Expedition of the Jin people in the future, it can be said to be a very important area.
Even if the Jin people come to attack from now on, as long as they hold on to Xiangzhou, the Jin people can only send troops all the way from Taiyuan.
It would not have resulted in the terrible situation of the Jin people's eastern and western armies all appearing at the gates of Kaifeng City.
It's just that the current Yue Family Army has recruited 20,000 new soldiers in Xiangzhou in addition to the original more than 10,000 northern Han people, bringing the total strength to 30,000.
But facing the Jin people's soldiers, they were still a little inferior in strength.
Therefore, Hu Biao and others still had to help form a 10,000-man musketeer unit.
Even after waiting for a week, when the Ministry of Works has collected the first batch of 3,000 muskets, a group of instructors will be transported there together with these muskets.
Secondly, a group of new recruits have been trained so far that the three-month recruitment period has passed halfway.
The results of the current training are barely able to complete the three-stage attack tactic while standing still after forming a formation.
However, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is possible to just stand still and form a formation to move forward to press the opponent. Aren't these some basic requirements?
As a result, the current scene occurred, which made Fan Zhu very angry.
Damn it! This is just on the training ground. On the battlefield, they are faced with arrows flying and cavalry clashing. When these guys get nervous, won't they become even more incompetent?
Finally, after the instructors had finished cleaning up the new recruits.
In Fan Zhu's mouth, he shouted again: "Team up, continue training~"
In the following time, the newly beaten company once again began to move forward in formation on the battlefield and advance towards the target.
Compared with the last time, the results are a little better, but only a little better.
After seeing such a scene, Fan Zhu opened his mouth and wanted to curse.
When he opened his mouth, he frowned and took a breath of cold air;
Why? Because he was anxious to get angry, this New Oriental cook had a mouth blister, and it hurt even when he drank water.
Then, the message came from the seat next door. The rookie from the Fenghua Club seemed to be going crazy and roared:
"My XXOO, are you all full of shit in your head..."
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At the same time, in Kaifeng City.
With a look of expectation on his face, the little yellow fat man who claimed to know a little bit about everything in the Xuan Ge camp, which of course also meant that he was not proficient in anything, opened a can of red chicken in front of him.
That’s right! It’s canned food.
However, this can is not a product they brought from the modern dimension, but the latest product developed and manufactured by the same business department that develops and manufactures new products.
About a month ago, he put some braised chicken in a one-pound glass jar.
Although in a short period of time, they did not have the means or energy to make some simple edible preservatives.
But our ancient flower growers actually already had some excellent methods to preserve food for a long time without spoiling.
For example, it is a method that some brothers in Xinjiang Province have been using for a long time.
That is, just make sure there is no water in the jar as the container, put it in the pot, twist the iron lid a little, but not tighten it, and steam it over high heat for a while.
After tightening the lid, it can basically achieve the functions of sterilization and preservation, so that the food can be kept for at least half a year.
The team just couldn't wait until half a year later to see if the canned food had gone bad.
Because he was in a hurry to make a large amount of canned chicken, part of which was used to sell in exchange for various urgently needed resources, and part of which was hoarded as rations for future army operations.
As for the source of the chicken, it’s not that big of a problem.
Because they have opened many breeding farms outside the city, using modern technology of artificially hatching chickens on earthen beds and raising earthworms in compost, and then using earthworms to raise chickens.
Now, more than a month has passed, and those chicks that were originally raised have now begun to lay eggs in large numbers.
In another month, a large amount of chicken will gradually be on the market, which can solve the current problem of lack of meat envy in Kaifeng City.
After finally unscrewing the lid, Team Zheng took a bite of what was supposed to be the butt of the chicken and found that although it was not as good as when it had just come out of the pot, there was absolutely no problem eating it.
In terms of taste, it is infinitely better than the military rations of this year.
With a good mood, Team Zheng ate up a can of chicken.
Because despite looking at such a small can, it seems to have a little impact on their war with the Jin people, but not too much.
But the victory of a war is not the result of the accumulation of inconspicuous little things, eventually forming an advantage that overwhelms the opponent...
