Everyone was busy discussing, and Zhu Hongyu touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
After a moment, he made a decision.
"Call it the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, which means the restoration of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Most of the Han people in exile in Southeast Asia are righteous people who cherish the Ming Dynasty and are unwilling to submit to the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We use the name of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army to not only express our goals but also win over people's hearts!"
After Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, Li Guangyuan was the first to stand up and express his agreement.
"Okay, let's call it the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army. From today on, Brother Yu will be the general of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army."
"My subordinates pay their respects to the general!"
Li Guangyuan knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute to Zhu Hongyu without saying a word.
The other people also performed military salutes one after another.
"I'll wait to see the general!"
By kneeling down, everyone has determined their superiority and inferiority.
Zhu Hongyu helped several people up one by one, and then spoke.
"No need to be polite!"
"We are all brothers, there is no need for such courtesy!"
After everyone sat down again, Zhu Hongyu continued to speak.
"I ordered someone to count how many young men there are in the mine!"
"There are six hundred and seventy-three people in total. All six hundred and seventy-three people must be organized into an army."
"Hard-working miners have always been the best soldiers. As long as these 600 people can receive proper training, these 600 people will be a strong soldier."
"It's impossible for Hongmao to suppress us!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Hongyu stated the military system he envisioned.
"These six hundred people must be reorganized according to this organization!"
"The organization of our Ming Dynasty Restoration Army from small to large is squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade and division."
"There are ten people in a squad, one squad leader, and nine soldiers under his command!"
"Three squads and one platoon, with a total of thirty-one platoon commanders. Three platoons and one company. The company-level unit must be equipped with three scouts, three messengers, and company commanders. The number of people in a company is one hundred."
"Three companies form one battalion. The battalion-level unit must be equipped with a special reconnaissance squad, a messenger squad, a cooking squad, and a health team of exactly 341 people."
"Three battalions and one regiment, the regiment leader will be assigned to a guard platoon, with a quota of 1,054 people."
"Three regiments and one brigade, the brigade commander will be assigned to a guard company, with a quota of 3,662 people."
"There are three brigades and one division. The division commander is assigned to the guard battalion, with a quota of 10,000 people!"
Zhu Hongyu came up with this kind of organization just to fight the people who were lined up to be shot.
Because he knows that future military changes will definitely lead to the gradual development of firearms. This is the general trend.
Before breech-loading guns were widely used, queuing to kill was the most basic and most useful tactic.
The basic formation for queuing to be shot is three horizontal rows. The number of people in each formation according to Zhu Hongyu's formation is a multiple of three.
When fighting as a squad, the squad leader directs, and the remaining nine people stand exactly in three rows.
When fighting as a platoon unit, the platoon leader directs, and the remaining ten people form a row, line up in three rows, and shoot in line.
Of course, what Zhu Hongyu said is just a theoretical preparation, and it will definitely need to be revised in the future.
For example, special staff groups, military law teams, combat supervision teams, field hospitals, etc. must be set up. During wartime, people will have to be added piecemeal to the establishment.
"Now we have more than 600 people, divided into six companies. The extra people are organized into cooking squads, medical teams, military law teams, war supervision teams, etc."
"I serve as the commander of the first company, Li Guangyuan as the commander of the second company, Shi Yongxin as the commander of the third company, Liu Shantai as the commander of the fourth company, Wang Youcai as the commander of the fifth company, and Hu Dinggao as the commander of the sixth company."
Several people knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute to express their acceptance of the appointment.
Zhu Hongyu nodded, and then continued.
"We now have a total of more than 70 muskets. The muskets must be used intensively to exert their power."
"All these seventy muskets are allocated to the first company, and the other companies still use cold weapons to fight."
"If there are not enough swords and spears, just use long sharpened wooden sticks instead!"
Long sharpened wooden sticks can also kill people!
After all, they were in Nanyang now, and the enemies they faced were the Spaniards without armor, not the Ming Dynasty's heavily armored Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army.
The sharpened wooden sticks could not break through the heavy armor of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, but they could still pierce through the unarmored Spaniards with enough force.
"I will take out an infantry drill later and use it to train my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army!"
"When you are practicing, don't worry about personal martial arts and physical training. The most important thing on the battlefield is the military formation, which is fighting in formation."
"First, practice the military formation well. Being able to form a neat formation on the battlefield, advance in an orderly manner, and retreat in an orderly manner is more important than anything else!"
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Zhu Hongyu made arrangements for the military training.
Six hundred and seventy-three people were initially divided into six companies. Zhu Hongyu fully delegated power to Li Guangyuan, Shi Yongxin and others, allowing them to select soldiers and officers to form their own companies.
The Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army began to transform into a real army.
This kind of decentralization may lead to a situation in the future where the soldiers are the generals. The final result may even be that the generals below who hold the real power will obey his orders and disobey them.
But now Zhu Hongyu is not at the stage to worry about this!
For Zhu Hongyu, the most important thing at the moment is to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army to deal with the Spanish invasion.
In order to achieve this goal, he can only choose to fully delegate power to his subordinates.
Even if he wants to take back power, at least he has to wait until he takes over the entire Manila and expands his strength to a certain extent.
Before that, he cannot and does not need to take back power!
The Spanish authorities in Manila probably don't know yet about the miners' uprising in the mine.
The mine is located in a remote location, with few connections to the outside world, and communication is very blocked.
Except at the beginning of each month, there will be people who bring food supplies and Chinese miners to the mine and transport smelted copper ingots.
The mine has basically no contact with the outside world!
Calculating the time, it is now July 19, 1660 in the Western calendar. It will be about ten days until the next time the outside world delivers food and various living supplies to the mine.
Even if the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army could wipe out all the Spaniards who would send food next time, the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army's uprising could only be hidden for another twenty days at most.
But this is only theoretical, because there is another thing exposed that may cause them to revolt!
That was the group of people who were ordered by Michael, the captain of the overseer, to escort the "murderer" Jales to Manila.
That group of people is estimated to have arrived in Manila now, but it is not known when they will return.
All in all, the Spanish authorities in Manila don't have much time left for them!
Although there is no shortage of food and grass in the mine for the time being, they can only stay in the mine for about ten days at most before they have to find their next place to stay.
In these ten days, Zhu Hongyu must train the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army to look like a basic soldier!
I don’t dare to ask for more. At the very least, I must be able to understand orders, know how to form a formation to fight, and how to advance and retreat.
Of course, it would be better if you could simply fire a dozen volleys of guns!