The first thousand and twenty eight chapters shock
Gao Ligong nodded and asked no more questions.
The carriage moved forward and soon entered a branch road. Wang Chengen saw many people driving carriages standing next to the carriage waiting. Those carriages were filled with bulging goods, wrapped in oilcloth, one after another.
A truck was parked next to the branch road, seemingly waiting for the quartermaster in front to inspect the goods and release them one by one.
Wang Chengen understood that this was a vehicle transporting military supplies to the troops, and he didn't pay much attention to it at first. But as the carriage and horses he was in moved forward, he discovered that the military supplies vehicles waiting on the road seemed to be endless. Wang Chengen also
I don't know how many military supplies vehicles I saw, but there were at least several hundred.
"Why...how come there are so many military resources?"
Gao Ligong saw the shock on Wang Chengen's face and said: "My lord, our Huben Army has recently strengthened its logistics support and provided a much larger list of supplies than before. Our soldiers of the Huben Army are now carrying a Jinwang type on the front line.
A rifle, equipped with fifty rounds of bullets, and a scope. On his back is a shotgun, equipped with twelve rounds of shotgun bullets. He wears two blunderbuss on his waist, equipped with four rounds of blunderbuss bullets. In addition, each soldier also has a steel
A helmet, a marching canteen, and three bolt-action grenades.”
Hearing Gao Ligong's words, Wang Chengen was already stunned.
Jinwang rifles, shotguns, grenades or muskets, if any of these equipment is equipped to the soldiers of the Beijing camp, the soldiers of the Beijing camp can be called well-equipped elites. But in Li Zhi's case, all these weapons are equipped to a single soldier.
Soldier, how powerful is this single soldier?
How can we understand the elite of the Huben Army without observing it with our own eyes in the Huben Army’s barracks?
How terrible is the production capacity of Li Zhi's arsenal to produce so much equipment to arm new soldiers?
Gao Ligong added: "Not only that, we have recently produced two sets of new autumn clothes for the Tiger Army, and two sets of winter clothes for each person. Two pairs of rope-tie cowhide boots, a pair of winter leather gloves, and one knee and elbow pads.
Yes, a cowhide belt. One sleeping bag for each person for marching, one set of bedding for each person, and one large tent for six people. One shovel for each of the engineers digging trenches, and a bottle of toilet water for mosquito repellent..."
"Relying on the large number of civilian steamships in one town and nine provinces, we can project our supplies at any landing point on the west coast of the Pacific. As long as the battlefield is no more than four hundred miles away from the coast, our logistics line can be 100% efficient."
"There are too many equipments for newly recruited soldiers, so there is such a long queue of military supplies vehicles at the gate of the military camp."
Wang Chengen didn't know what the so-called "Pacific Ocean" was, nor what toilet water was. But when he heard Gao Ligong say the long list of equipment, he was stunned. The equipment of the Tiger Army must be too sophisticated, like this
The equipment is probably more than four times the cost of equipment for recruits in the Beijing camp.
With such logistical equipment, I am afraid that the morale of the soldiers of the Tiger Army will be horribly high, and their adaptability to the battlefield environment will also be horribly high.
The equipment level of the Huben Army is no longer comparable to that of any army in this era. The logistics of many cold weapon troops in this era are simply a mess, and they even basically rely on plundering in occupied areas for supplies. The logistics equipment of the Huben Army has evolved to ten
The level in the late ninth century was almost equal to the level in World War I.
Anyone who fights against such an elite force must be prepared for total defeat.
Listening to Gao Ligong's introduction, Wang Chengen felt threatened. It seemed that Gao Ligong was showing off his power.
He stopped talking and fell silent on the carriage.
The carriage traveled twenty miles and finally entered the new recruits barracks. There was a complete set of strict inspection procedures at the entrance of the barracks. Although Gao Ligong was the acting governor, he had to show his badge to the guard in person before he could enter the camp.
As soon as he entered the military camp, Wang Chengzong was shocked by the lively training scene on the campus.
Nearly ten thousand strong men wore short-sleeved military uniforms and leather boots, running in circles on the huge school field. Each of those soldiers had been in the army for several months and had developed muscles. The most terrifying thing is that, except
With the shouts of the leader and platoon leader, no one on the campus of Nottingham University made any noise.
The Huben Army's obedience to discipline has been deeply ingrained into their bones.
"What do these soldiers eat? How come they are all so strong?"
Gao Ligong smiled and said: "Young nobleman, our Tiger Army has three meals a day, including plenty of white rice and as much fish as you like. Ever since the trawl fishing technology became popular, the fish in Tianjin has become very cheap."
Wang Chengen watched the soldiers running in circles for a while, his face turned pale, and he followed Gao Ligong into the shooting area.
Gunfire crackled incessantly on the huge shooting range, where thousands of soldiers practiced marksmanship.
Wang Chengen stood behind the shooting range and looked at it for a while, then said: "It seems like each soldier fired twenty shots?"
Gao Ligong nodded and said: "That's right, Mr. Zhonggui, each of our soldiers fires twenty shots at a time, and shoots once every two days. Three hundred rounds of training ammunition are fired in one month, and one thousand, five hundred rounds are fired on the shooting range in five months."
.Before each soldier goes to the battlefield, we ensure that the soldier's shooting skills are trained to the level of nine out of ten shots."
Fifteen hundred shots?
As Wang Chengen stood there, he felt more and more that the soldiers of the Tiger Army were murderous.
You must know that the barrel of a gun is the most easily expended military resource. What you hit during target shooting is not bullets, but silver. The soldiers in the Beijing camp could not even hit the target a hundred times before going to the battlefield.
Wang Chengen sneered and said nothing.
Gao Ligong looked at Wang Chengen's face, raised his head and said, "It's almost time, Mr. Zhonggui, let's go see the prince."
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Li Zhi sat on the throne in the main hall of Prince Qi's Mansion with a smile on his face.
When Wang Cheng'en saw Li Zhi again, he had to sigh with emotion at this man's meteoric rise.
Once upon a time, Li Zhi was a general that Wang Chengen never took seriously. He was at the end of the list of generals being rewarded in the Huangji Palace, and he was almost squeezed out of the hall. In most of Wang Chengen's memories, when he saw Li Zhi, Li Zhi
Whether he is a general, a commander in chief, or a count, he still has to fawn over Wang Chengen respectfully.
However, in the blink of an eye, Li Zhi was already the king of Qi, and he was the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty besides the emperor.
With Li Zhi's current status, even the emperor's confidant Wang Cheng'en had to kneel in front of Li Zhi. Wang Cheng'en walked to Li Zhi's throne and kowtowed to the ground respectfully.
Li Zhi raised his hand to signal Wang Chengen to excuse himself, and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm fine. Why are you here in Tianjin?"
Wang Chengen looked at Li Zhi and said, "It's not a big deal."
Li Zhi smiled and asked, "Oh?"
Wang Chengen tidied up the language.
He originally wanted to ask Li Zhi directly why Li Zhi, as a vassal king, dared to interfere in government affairs.
However, after walking around the Huben Army's new barracks, Wang Chengen discovered that although he was a close confidant of the emperor, he did not have the confidence to do so with Li Zhi, whose temperament and moral strength were indescribably strong. Seeing those 100,000 elite soldiers, Wang Chengen felt a little wilted.
He cupped his hands and said, "Wang Cheng'en just came to ask, His Highness's memorial said that the imperial examination should be abolished and scholars should be selected based on public morality. I don't know what the specific explanation is?"
