The next day Qin Zheng invited Heinrich, Tirpitz, Wadsey and others to visit the KPA recruit training. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Heinrich and Tirpitz are both naval officers, they are also idle, and it is good to take a look at the training of recruits in the People's Army, after all, since the emergence of overseas Chinese, they have not only achieved brilliant results at sea, but also made great achievements on land, and Wadsey and others were originally army officers, so they want to see the training of recruits in the People's Army.

However, Tirpitz also proposed to Qin Zheng that he hoped to be able to visit the warship of the traverser, and Qin Zheng also agreed, saying that he would definitely make arrangements to meet Tirpitz's requirements.

Now the expansion plan of the People's Army is proceeding steadily, and more than a month ago, it also began to recruit troops in Shandong, because in the Shandong area under the rule of the People's Army, there are many poor people, and the military salary of the soldiers of the People's Army is 1 stone and 5 buckets per month, which is still quite attractive to them, in addition, the People's Army has strict military discipline and a style of work close to the people, and it has indeed won the favor of the local people in many places, and the People's Army has successively defeated foreign countries and captured Weihai. Qingdao colony is sure to give the Chinese of this era a lot of anger, and at the same time make the popularity of the People's Army greatly increase, so after the People's Army's conscription announcement was released, there were many people who signed up to join the army, and up to now, more than 700 recruits who have passed the physical examination have been recruited, like Wangjiazhai, more than 20 young people have signed up for the People's Army at one time.

However, signing up does not mean that you are a formal people's soldier, and you have to go through a one-month recruit training and pass the final assessment, so that you can become a full-fledged people's army soldier.

Because the personnel who joined the army came first, the first two recruit classes had gone through a one-month recruit training period, and today was the day they participated in the assessment, and it was this assessment that Qin Zheng invited Heinrich, Tirpitz, Wadsey and others to visit.

After listening to Qin Zheng's introduction, Heinrich, Tirpitz, Wadsey and others were also quite interested, so they wanted to see what the People's Army's recruit assessment was like.

There are 60 recruits in a class, so a total of 120 soldiers participated in the assessment this time, divided into 6 groups, taking turns to carry out different project assessments, while the other soldiers are watching from the sidelines, and cheering these soldiers on, after all, in a few days, it will be their turn, so the scene is very lively.

In fact, the assessment standards set by the traverser are not high, if it is in Europe, an ordinary normal person can achieve it, but the Chinese in this era are generally malnourished, and their physical fitness is much worse than that of Europeans. However, the mental outlook displayed by these recruits still surprised Heinrich, Tirpitz, Wadsey and others.

Since he is Heinrich, he has been to China twice before, and has lived in China for a year and a half, and has also participated in negotiations with the Qing government, and has a certain understanding of the army and the people under the rule of the Qing court, and whether it is the soldiers or the people of the Qing country, the biggest impression on Heinrich is numbness, as if he is a soulless body. Although the Qing army was also equipped with the most advanced weapons of this era, Heinrich believed that this army was simply vulnerable in front of the German army, because this army did not have a clear belief and did not know why it was fighting.

But from these soldiers of the People's Army, Heinrich did not see the numbness he had seen in other Chinese in the past, although the body was still thin, but it increased a lot of vitality and vitality, and Heinrich noticed that all the soldiers were shaved and did not have the characteristic braids of the Chinese of this era. Of course, Heinrich knew that braids were a symbol of the Qing Kingdom, and the absence of braids also indicated that this group of overseas Chinese was indeed very different from the Qing Kingdom. This also shows that it is no accident that overseas Chinese have been able to win a series of battles.

After more than two hours of assessment, 87 of the 120 soldiers passed the assessment and became the official native soldiers of the People's Army, while the other 33 recruits failed to pass the assessment, but they were not eliminated, and they could still train with the recruits behind them, and there were two opportunities to participate in the assessment, but if they failed to pass the three consecutive assessments, they would have no chance at all.

However, after returning to the local area, the eliminated recruits can join the local militia or serve in the local village committee, after all, after three months of training in the army, they will not only be trained physically, but also ideological and cultural knowledge, because the recruits also have to participate in political and cultural studies, so that after they are eliminated, they can turn to the direction of local administrative cadres.

Of course, the examination of the new recruits is only the appetizer of today, and the next is the main meal, Qin Zheng took everyone to the official shooting range, which is actually the original shooting range of the German army in Qingdao.

I saw that in front of the viewing platform at the shooting range, two field guns were parked. Qin Zheng smiled and said: "Everyone, these two guns are the French Type 1897 75mm rapid-fire field guns, we have captured a total of four on the battlefield, these are two of them, I think you should be very interested in these two guns." ”

It turned out that the four French Type 1897 75 mm rapid-fire field guns captured by the traverser all participated in the Qingdao Campaign, but after a battle, there were only 68 shells left, and each cannon was less than 20 rounds, and the Qingdao Arsenal could not produce shells of this caliber, so it was not of much use, so it stayed in Qingdao as a training gun for artillery.

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, Wadsey, Falkenhayth, Gehr, Schwarzhoff and other army officers immediately lifted their spirits and came to the two guns one after another to carefully inspect them. And the soldiers guarding the two guns did not stop them.

It turned out that the French 1897 75 mm rapid-fire field gun was the first appearance in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, when France dispatched two artillery companies, each company was equipped with four 1897 75 mm rapid-fire field guns. And the Germans were puzzled by this, because in this era, an artillery battery similar to artillery was generally equipped with 6 guns, and the French were crazy about it?

However, in the battle of the Eight-Nation Alliance's attack on Tianjin, Germany was greatly shocked, and the German Type 1896 77 mm rapid-fire field gun could only fire 8-10 shells per minute, while the French Type 1897 75 mm rapid-fire field gun could reach 25-30 rounds per minute.

And after this news was transmitted back to Germany, the uniformed personnel of the German General Staff Headquarters broke out in a cold sweat. Because in this era, with the development of weapons, the armies of European countries generally advocate the idea of attack, believing that only the side that takes the initiative to attack has a better chance of winning the war, so a kind of fast rate of fire, straight trajectory, accurate shooting, and high projectile power (caliber can not be less than 70 mm), And under the impetus of manpower, the portable field gun that can follow the infantry to carry out battlefield maneuvers (the total weight cannot exceed 1.5 tons) has become the key research goal of the military industry departments of various countries, simply put, it is a giant rifle that can fire rapidly, so as to cover the infantry charge with artillery fire on the battlefield, and realize the principle that attack equals victory.

Germany's 1896 Type 77 mm rapid-fire field gun and France's Type 1897 75 mm rapid-fire field gun are all products of this idea, but from the perspective of battlefield performance, the German Type 1896 Type 77 mm rapid-fire field gun is obviously far inferior to the French Type 1897 75 mm rapid-fire field gun, which has also aroused great attention from the German General Staff Headquarters. Therefore, when Wadsey led the German Far East Fleet out of Germany, the German General Staff Headquarters had ordered the Knooper Company to improve the Type 1896 77-mm rapid-fire field gun.

And now the overseas Chinese have taken out two French Type 1897 75mm rapid-fire field guns, and the intention is self-evident, that is, does Germany want these two guns?

Of course, Germany wanted these two guns, because they would be of great reference value to the German modified Type 1896 77mm rapid-fire field gun, and would allow Germany to regain its advantage in medium-caliber rapid-fire field guns, so Wadsey looked at Heinrich, and although he did not speak, his eyes had already made his meaning very clear.

Of course, Qin Zheng saw their eye contact, this is exactly the purpose of the traverser, and it is also to tell the Germans that the traverser not only has the technology that Germany needs in the navy, but also has the army, but Qin Zheng did not say anything, but said with a smile: "Everyone, we can take a look at the power of these two cannons, please come to the viewing platform." ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, although Wadsey and the others were a little reluctant, they still left the two artillery pieces and followed Qin Zheng to the viewing platform. After everyone was seated, Qin Zheng ordered the soldiers to start shelling.

Wadsey took out his pocket watch from his bosom, and his heart was full of anticipation to see if this type of gun really had the legendary rate of fire.

As the signal flag of the commanding soldier waved, the two guns opened fire together, firing at the target position opposite the viewing platform. Wadsey looked up at the two guns under the stand, looked down at the time on his pocket watch, and silently counted the number of shots in his mind, while everyone else leaned over and craned their necks to watch the artillery fire.

In fact, even if you don't need to look at the watch, everyone can see that the rate of fire of these two guns is indeed very amazing, so everyone is also dumbfounded, and although Heinrich and Tirpitz are admirals, they also know that even if they are naval guns of the same caliber of the navy, they do not have such a rate of fire, and they did not expect the French to create such a type of rate of fire.

Tirpitz even thought that he wondered whether the technology of the control-retreat and re-entry system of this type of gun could be applied to larger-caliber naval guns, which would also be of great value to the navy. Because the design ideas of German warships were different from those of the British, they did not pay much attention to the caliber of the main ship's guns, but paid more attention to the rate of fire of the main ship's guns, so the main guns of the new Frederick III-class battleships and Wichersbach-class battleships were only 240 mm, but the rate of fire was as high as 2-3 per minute, while the main gun caliber of the British battleships of the same class was 305 mm, but the rate of fire was only 2 minutes / round.

However, the biggest weakness of the small caliber of the main gun is that it is not powerful enough, so if the French Type 1897 75mm rapid-fire field gun can be applied to a larger caliber artillery, the German warship may be able to be equipped with a larger caliber main gun.