Chapter 532: The campaign to suppress the Japanese begins!
In fact, Shen Yi didn't know exactly what era this era corresponded to in another world, but he had also read many history books about this era and knew that artillery had been around for more than a hundred years.
As for the history of militarization of gunpowder, it goes back hundreds of years.
If we simply calculate based on the history of the development of gunpowder, it is indeed possible that the foreigners of this era were ahead of the Central Plains Dynasty in terms of firearms.
The thing that made Shen Yi jealous the most was naturally the matchlock gun.
You must know that the effective killing range of the firecrackers produced by Dachen Bingzhan Bureau is probably only ten or twenty steps, which is very limited, while the matchlock gun can already achieve a range of more than 100 meters and a killing range of about 80 meters.
However, the matchlocks appeared on the European continent in another world. It is not an easy task to contact them and abduct their people, let alone something that can be accomplished overnight.
The first thing Shen Yi had to do was to find a Westerner to determine the extent of their technology.
Regarding this matter, Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to go down and inform the Di Newspaper Division, who would handle it for him.
But these are just for the future. For now, the combat effectiveness and equipment of the anti-Japanese army are more than enough to deal with Japanese pirates. As for things like matchlock guns, there is a high probability that they will have to face more powerful enemies in the future.
After visiting the military camp, shipyard and firearms workshop, Mr. Shen had a general understanding of the situation and quickly got into work mode, beginning to take charge of anti-Japanese army training and dealing with Japanese pirate attacks.
Soon, half a month passed.
Now due to the stationing of the Anti-Japanese Army, there are basically no Japanese pirates in eastern Zhejiang, but there are still many bandits along the coast of Guangdong. Therefore, while maintaining the basic training of the Anti-Japanese Army, Shen Yi dispatched a thousand anti-Japanese Army officers and soldiers.
, led by Ling Su, went to Guangdong to suppress the Japanese.
Once Ling Su left, it meant that Xue Wei was generally responsible for the daily training of the anti-Japanese army in Yueqing.
Compared to Ling Su, Xue Wei was undoubtedly more strict when training soldiers. Because of this, Xue Wei's popularity among the anti-Japanese army was generally not as good as that of Ling Su, but this was relatively true.
Said.
After all, the people under Xue Wei are more fierce in fighting and are more likely to make meritorious deeds.
Among the more than 20 households, seven or eight were brought out by Xue Wei.
As time passed little by little, spring quickly entered Yueqing, and the weather gradually became warmer. On this day, Mr. Shen was basking in the sun in the yard of his residence in Yueqing City. Jiang Sheng, who had already changed out of his thick clothes,
, stepped into the courtyard, came to Shen Yi's side, lowered his head slightly and said: "Sir, Xue Qianhu is here."
Jiang Sheng paused and continued: "Xue Qianhu also brought someone here."
Shen Yi stretched out and said lazily: "Just let them in."
Jiang Sheng lowered his head and said yes, then turned around and quickly brought Xue Wei in. Behind Xue Wei was a young man of similar age to him. After seeing Shen Yi, Xue Wei knelt down on one knee, cupped his fist and said:
"Xue Wei, my subordinate, pays homage to Chief Shen!"
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The man behind him also half-knelt down.
"I've met Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi stood up from the recliner. He first asked the two people to stand up and reply, and then looked at the young man behind Xue Wei. He felt that he looked quite familiar. After thinking for a while, Shen Yi vaguely remembered
What, he patted his forehead and said: "Is this... the young man who killed a Japanese pirate when we were fighting Japanese pirates in Linhai last year?"
"If I remember correctly, my surname seems to be Wan..."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, the young man was a little excited. He bowed his head to Shen Yi again and said: "Master Shen, I am a villain. Thank you, Master Shen. I miss you..."
"Wan Zhong..."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "I remember, Linhaiwei killed a total of three Japanese pirates at that time, Ling Qianhu killed one, Xue Wei killed one, and you killed one, but you were also wounded by the Japanese pirates."
"Have you recovered from your injuries now?"
Xue Wei grinned, reached out and patted Wan Zhong's shoulder, laughing loudly: "How about it, I'll tell Mr. Shen that he still remembers you!"
Wan Zhong looked excited, bowed his head to Shen Yi and said: "Yes, the villain's injury has been completely healed..."
Shen Yi withdrew his gaze, looked at Xue Wei, and smiled indifferently: "What do you mean?"
Xue Wei bowed his head respectfully and said: "Master Shen, Brother Wan is also a rare brave man. After he recovered from his injuries, he came to look for his subordinates and wanted to join the anti-Japanese army and serve the country..."
Shen Yi smiled: "You are now a member of the Qianhu Anti-Japanese Army. Leading someone to join the Anti-Japanese Army is not just a matter of your words?"
"Not to fight against the Japanese army..."
Xue Wei scratched his head: "My subordinate told Wan Zhong that Mr. Shen, you are a man of your word. You will give him whatever rewards you gave to your subordinates. Wan Zhong didn't believe it, so he dragged him here."
See you."
"Reward..."
Shen Yi frowned and thought for a while before remembering what happened last year.
When the anti-Japanese army was first established last year, he really didn't have many useful people under his command, so Xue Wei, who "purchased horse bones for thousands of gold" and killed two Japanese pirates, was directly promoted to the general banner, and soon after he was promoted to the trial hundred
households, then 100 households, and now 1,000 households.
The silver reward for killing the Japanese pirates must have been given to Wan Zhong. Now what Xue Wei is talking about is probably the official reward.
Shen Yi frowned slightly, looked at Xue Wei, and said with a low eyebrow: "When you killed a Japanese pirate, the official position given to you was the general flag. As for Brother Wan..."
Mr. Shen thought for a while, and then said: "Originally, more than half a year has passed, so it's a different matter, but you took it over in person and gave him the position of general flag, but..."
He glanced at Xue Wei and said in a deep voice: "But this position cannot be given directly. Brother Wan has been recuperating for more than half a year, and a lot of training has been missed. He will train with the anti-Japanese army for three months. After three months,
, find a vacancy in the general flag to supply him."
The reason why Mr. Shen is so generous is, on the one hand, to give Xue Wei some face. More importantly, the anti-Japanese army as a whole is currently very short of grassroots officers. The small flags and general flags are all in short supply. If you can give them out, you will give them out.
Hearing this, Wan Zhong immediately showed an expression of ecstasy on his face. He immediately knelt on the ground and was about to kowtow to Shen Yi. Shen Yi shook his head slightly, stretched out his hand to help him up, patted his shoulder and said: "Before the military camp,
We need to train well, first of all, the wolf must be able to use it, and more importantly, some training on the ship will be more important.”
"If you practice well, if you serve as the general flag, others will not be dissatisfied."
Wan Zhong nodded quickly with a respectful expression.
"And you."
Shen Yi turned to look at Xue Wei and said calmly: "If you don't come today, I will go look for you in the afternoon."
Xue Wei scratched his head and laughed innocently: "What do you want from me?"
Shen Yi looked at Jiang Sheng aside.
"Go and bring the map on the table in my study to Xue Qianhu."
Jiang Sheng responded and quickly took out a map and handed it to Xue Wei.
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "This is a map of an island off the coast of Taizhou Prefecture, called Wusha Island."
"It is the lair of Japanese pirate Wang Xian."
Mr. Shen said slowly: "I'll give you five days to fully understand this map. After five days, we will mobilize our troops to go to sea and destroy Wang Xian."
Xue Wei was stunned.
"Master Shen, the ship... hasn't been built yet?"
"Use small boats first, and I will ask someone to commandeer a batch of boats."
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows silently: "Clean up these Japanese pirates before Ling Qianhu comes back."
He looked up at Xue Wei and asked, "Is there any problem?"
Xue Wei immediately lowered his head and slowly clasped his fists.