Early that morning, the sun had only half-peeped out of the east, and the exercise ground at the New Army camp was already full of people.
Just like the last time I watched the New Army's close combat exercise, many relevant big shots gathered to watch another exercise of the New Army.
Following Zhong Jinwei's order, there was movement in the direction of the New Army camp. The people on the observation platform looked towards the New Army camp with the help of telescopes in their hands.
Since the invention of Song's lens, the quality of telescopes has increased to a higher level, and the quantity has also increased. In the future, the telescopes in the Ming army will be able to be deployed in guerrilla positions in a relatively short period of time. If the time is longer, then the telescopes will be
It can also be done with lower configuration.
The situation in the new army camp clearly appeared in the eyes of these people. They saw the new soldiers and soldiers coming out of the barracks in units of teams and conducting emergency integration.
In a short time, the new soldiers were fully armed and ready, and began to run towards the theater. This was because the new army had not yet equipped with walking horses, and therefore, the artillery troops pushed the gun carriages.
The generals on the observation platform, whether they were leaders or not, couldn't help but be surprised when they saw it. Although this was just an exercise and not an actual battle, the soldiers may have known about it in advance and made preparations. But with such an orderly formation, it was still difficult to set off.
It's rare, and it's very fast.
However, Zhong Jinwei is not surprised at all and takes it for granted. First of all, the training of these new soldiers is different from that of the previous army. They have to practice for many hours every day; secondly, emergency gatherings are included in the training subjects of the new army.
, has been practiced many times. Therefore, if this gathering and departure seems to be in a hurry, it will be a failure.
The new sergeants were obviously very familiar with the situation. Even though they were walking, they walked very fast. Their formation was not disordered at all, and they quickly took up their positions.
The second order was passed on. After receiving the semaphore, the artillery instructor Gundesa ordered the artillery troops to start preparations.
The people on the observation platform all stared at the new soldiers practicing artillery with their telescopes, and found that they were in groups of three, with one person responsible for aiming the artillery, one person responsible for carrying the Folang machine gun, and one person on standby, obviously preparing.
After the shelling, start loading the finished musket.
After the firing order was given, a gunshot was heard from the artillery position. Everyone's telescopes immediately turned to the intended artillery target, and they saw that the bullet point landed not far from the target, and then plowed a long bullet mark on the ground.
The experienced generals knew that this was a test of the artillery and calibrated the firing parameters of the artillery. Sure enough, after a while, thousands of artillery guns fired in unison on the artillery position. Only the sound of "boom, boom, boom" was heard, as the French cannon fired
Most of the solid bullets landed in the target area, plowing up the target area horribly.
This made the general on the observation platform take a breath of cold air. If he led his team to attack, he would suffer heavy losses. This improved Folan machine is so powerful. It not only has a fast firing rate, but also can shoot far. This new army's
The more artillery, the greater the density of the shells. If the fire continues like this, it is really shocking!
After the muskets prepared in advance were fired, the firing rate of the Folan machine finally slowed down. However, because there were many artillery pieces and they were used intensively, there were still a lot of live ammunition falling on the intended target.
If an ordinary army encounters this kind of artillery attack, it will definitely collapse. Even if it is a strong army, only a few can withstand the attack of these artillery pieces.
What made these generals even more unexpected was that the artillery began to extend and shoot farther away, driving away the enemy with artillery fire. Taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy and fleeing back, they sent out cavalry to attack, fearing that the battle was about to end.
After a while, the artillery finally stopped firing. This made the generals who had joined the enemy's army breath a sigh of relief. The nightmare was finally over.
At this time, they had a deeper understanding of artillery. If the artillery on the battlefield could be as light as the New Army's Folan machine, with a long range and a fast rate of fire. As long as the number of artillery was enough,
, then what are you afraid of, the Bird Jianlu, the Bird Cavalry! All enemies are scum under the intensive artillery fire!
Zhong Jinwei is also very satisfied with the results of this artillery attack. Gondesa did a good job. The trained artillerymen have basically reached the proficiency in operating the Folan machine and can accurately hit the target. It seems that the artillery theory from some time ago has not fallen behind. In the past few days,
The live-fire training is also good.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves began to be heard from a distance, and the boss on the observation platform quickly moved the telescope over.
They discovered that the cavalry from the dead camp was slowly accelerating and rushing towards the New Army position.
Many people turned their telescopes to the fusiliers at the New Army position, and saw that they stood in many rows in teams, aiming their guns at the front.
As the sound of hoofbeats approached, a burst of smoke suddenly dispersed, and then a gunshot was heard.
This shocked the people on the observation platform. Why did they really shoot? What if someone was killed?
They quickly moved their binoculars to the soldiers of the death camp, only to find that the soldiers of the death camp were fine and were still charging.
Cao Wenzhao on the side explained: "There is no lead bullet in the gun."
If he was really loaded with lead bullets and came for actual combat training, how could Cao Wenzhao stand here so calmly and watch his men die in the hands of his own people.
The generals who heard the explanation smiled secretly, and then focused their attention on the new sergeants. They wanted to see how these new sergeants would perform in the face of such a high-speed cavalry charge.
I saw that the new sergeants seemed not to see the cavalry charging towards them. They just shot, reloaded and fired again according to the order.
This made those generals who had fire rifle soldiers feel envious. The fire gun soldiers they led could not be as calm as the new soldiers.
The exercise was not over until the soldiers of the death camp controlled their horses and passed through the gaps between each team in the New Army position.
Zhong Jinwei turned to look at the people behind him and asked them: "What do you think? Can you please give me your opinions and see if there is anything that needs to be improved?"
He wasn't showing off or showing off, he really wanted these people to make comments after seeing it.
But he was disappointed, and he was answered with a chorus of praises. These generals and related civilian officials were either motivated by flattery, or they had never seen a firearms unit with such powerful firepower, so they unanimously chose to praise them.
They praised the new army to the heavens, and their invincible existence made Zhong Jinwei blush.
He had no choice but to say to these people: "Actually, the New Army still has many shortcomings and needs to be practiced or improved."
When Zhongxing Hou spoke, the others listened.
"After a few days of training for the fusiliers of the new army to face cavalry charges, their rate of fire will still be affected, and they still need to strengthen their training. In addition, the army has not undergone long-distance training, has not simulated temporary encounters with the enemy, and has not conducted
Fighting in windy weather, forget about rainy days, firearms have too much impact..."
The generals on the observation platform, listening to Zhongxing Hou talk about these problems that they thought were not problems, secretly thought in their hearts: The strongest army of the Ming Dynasty is about to be born!
They also don’t think about how much money Zhong Jinwei spent on this new army, how could it be ineffective!