"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [arfj] Beijing Camp's three major battalions, namely the Fifth Army Camp, the Death Battalion, and the New Army Battalion, all gathered in the main campus.
On the general stage, generals gathered. Except for Zhong Jinwei, the admiral of the Beijing camp, the generals of each battalion, including the ministers stationed in the camp, assistant ministers, etc. were all there.
Today is the day to test the new army, so the new army attracts the most attention.
Regardless of whether they had seen the new army before or not, everyone on the stage was curiously watching the five hundred new soldiers.
The focus of the audience was led by three martial arts professors, standing in the best position under the general stage.
The new sergeants were all wearing new military uniforms. They did not wear helmets, and their short hair was exposed. They were holding blunderbuss equipped with wooden sticks and stood motionless.
Cao Wenzhao on the stage was passing by the group outside the pass. He was already a general who was highly valued by Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, he stood relatively forward, not far behind Zhong Jinwei.
It was the first time for Cao Wenzhao to see the new army. He looked at the new army created by Zhong Jinwei and felt very puzzled.
There are three things that are most conspicuous about this new army. One is the military uniforms. The colors of these strange military uniforms are really unprecedented, and they are really conspicuous in this Ming army.
Second, the new sergeant's short hair feels much unsightly. Moreover, there is no hair coiled inside the helmet as a buffer, so it would be much more dangerous if he was hit on the head.
The third is the weapon of the New Army. What does the small wooden stick stuck in the mouth of the gun mean? Is it a Qimen weapon? Not only can this weapon not fire, but it also has too many shortcomings even when used as a spear. No matter how he looks at it, he doesn't care.
I think this weapon will be as good as before.
As for the new soldiers themselves, judging from Cao Wenzhao's long experience in the battlefield, they are still very good. They have strength and perseverance, and their mental outlook is also good.
Cao Wenzhao was puzzled by such a complex. Don't make it look different, which would only damage the reputation of Zhongxing Hou. He planned to take a look at this sparring exercise and then find an opportunity to ask Zhongxing Hou. If necessary, he would advise
advise.
And those generals who had been watching the formation and training of the new army knew that this new army was actually a firearms unit, which was the former Shenji Battalion. Now they were just testing the new army's least commonly used close-quarters assassination techniques, so they did not
Like Cao Wenzhao, he had so much confusion and worry.
The sun has slowly exerted its power, and the soldiers on the school field have begun to sweat. But the current formation makes people dare not complain or make any changes.
Fortunately, Zhong Jinwei did not make a long speech, or even say much, and directly ordered the confrontation drill to begin.
In the school field, the pennant on the side of the stage began to wave, and instructions were issued one after another.
First, the soldiers in front of the platform began to retreat to both sides, revealing a large open space.
Then five hundred new soldiers came to stand in the middle and began to change their formations, forming small formations.
The five military camps that were watching continued to send out soldiers, imitating Jianlu's tactics, and began to attack the new army.
The advantage of the New Army in this competition is that it can form formations. In fact, it is mainly to test the assassination formation of the New Army to see whether the assassination formation figured out by three martial arts professors is practical or not. The disadvantage of the New Army is that it can only
Use the spear-like blunderbuss in your hand.
In contrast, the troops participating in the competition in the fifth military camp can use any weapons at their disposal, but they must imitate the soldiers and carry out attacks in an organized manner based on their personal bravery.
The soldiers of the fifth military camp were selected from King Qin's army and had relatively rich battlefield experience. Under the command of their generals, some soldiers began to attack the front of the new soldiers.
The new sergeants were not in a defensive position and were beaten. They formed a small formation of nine and took the initiative to attack forward.
The soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion quickly rushed in through the gaps in the New Army's formation, but after rushing in, they felt even worse. The New Army's bird blunderbuss was coming at them from all sides. If you can guard against one bird's blunderbuss, you will not be able to guard against the second bird blunderbuss.
Casualties suddenly increased.
When the soldiers of the fifth army battalion attack the soldiers of the new army, there will often be support from the side to block or attack them, so that the attackers are attacked instead.
This situation was naturally expected by the generals of the fifth military camp. The power of the formation, once trained, is much more powerful than fighting alone.
The generals in charge of the Fifth Army Battalion calmly continued to invest troops in front of the New Army, forcing the New Army's formation to gradually become concave in the middle and convex on both sides, and the formation began to deform.
At this time, new soldiers from the Fifth Army Battalion rushed out from the two sides behind the New Army, charged into the middle of the New Army, and quickly cut the New Army into two pieces.
When the people on the general stage saw this, most of them felt that the battle was almost over. However, no one dared to express this opinion based on the face of Marquis Zhongxing.
Of course, some people don't think so.
For example, generals who have seen the training of the new army know that the new soldiers have practiced small formations, and even the focus of training is small formations.
There are also some who have never seen the New Army training, but their sharp eyes can see that the New Army is not panicking at all, forming a small formation and continuing to fight.
Time passed slowly, and the new army's methods of cutting off and rushing into the formation were slowly verified, but they did not have much effect.
Seeing that they could only continue to invest their troops to consume, the generals commanding the fifth army camp became a little anxious. Finally, they unconsciously sent out pikemen, taking advantage of their weapons to restrain the new soldiers, and finally ended the battle.
Zhong Jinwei watched from the commander's platform as the new army slowly became smaller and smaller under the siege of the pikemen, until the entire army was annihilated.
Not long after, the statistical results were reported to Zhong Jinwei. The ratio of casualties between the New Army and the Fifth Army Battalion was one to three.
Zhong Jinwei turned to look at the large group of people behind him and asked them: "How is it?"
He thought about asking these people to give their opinions and see where improvements needed to be made, but he was disappointed.
"Zhongxing Hou has trained the new army really well, and I will admire him in the end."
"Our family has never seen such a powerful soldier. Marquis Zhongxing is really brilliant."
"The lower official thought that the new army was ready, and there was a chance of winning against the real rebels."
"..."
Although these people were surprised by the combat effectiveness of the new army, the confrontation just now had various limitations. If Jianlu was like the general of the fifth army camp at the end and used pikemen, he would be defeated to death.
Therefore, the answers given by these generals to Zhong Jinwei were mostly flattering. Of course, some of them believed that the new army should use weapons of different lengths. In conjunction with this formation, it would become a powerful force.
Zhong Jinwei was bored by what he heard, so he ordered them to be dismissed. Then he ordered Cao Wenzhao to follow him back to the Admiral's Office. He wanted to hear Cao Wenzhao's opinion.
Not only did he see that Cao Wenzhao did not express his opinions with those people just now, but also that Cao Wenzhao was recommended by him, and he was one of his own. With his personality, he would not only choose what sounded good to him.
What are the shortcomings of this melee formation? After Cao Wenzhao’s comments, I believe there will be a fair conclusion.