Wei Ze rode on his horse and pulled out his monoculars to look at the head of Jining City. Next to him were Wei Changrong and other generals, each with a monocular, watching the artillery fire together.

After the training time, it is natural that the basic mathematics and geometry level courses can be popularized in the troops, and although the proportion of people who can pass these exams is low, the number of Weizer's troops has increased greatly, and the number of people who can pass the guò is natural. The size of the artillery units has increased a lot, and the combat capabilities have increased a lot.

The crew of the Weeser Army's 12-pounder mountain howitzer was an eight-man crew, two more than the six-man crew popular in Europe. The extra two men looked like a waste, but they were part of Weese's ambitious artillery expansion plan. Worried about technology leakage, Weeser has yet to come up with one of the killer features he has obtained from the Internet, the fuse of the cannonball.

The current shells are either solid shells, or they have a timed explosion with a trigger tube in the shell. The fuse of the landing shell had not yet appeared at this time, and Wei Ze had an impression of this small mechanical device that was not complicated, but just like Wei Ze could try to make a metal bearing now, he still couldn't bear to do it. Concerns about the diffusion of technology have kept Weeser at the current state of the art.

Imported bronze artillery, granular gunpowder, fire cap devices, and even the Minne rifle that Weeser would fire when he had the opportunity to, these Weese don't do it now, and it won't be long before the arms dealers will recommend them to the warring forces in China. However, if the fuses of bearings and shells dared to leak to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it would be a catastrophe for the Taiping army.

Therefore, Wei Ze watched his artillery unit skillfully shoot shells at Jining City, full of thoughts about future technical improvements and army expansion plans, but he did not reveal the meaning of a word.

The artillery of the Qing army in this era relied entirely on experience, and the poor quality artillery of the Qing army had no ability to control the point of impact. The artillery imported by Weeser is much better, although the French 18411 12-pounder mountain howitzer is far less accurate than the 21st century artillery, but after determining the shooting elements and calibrating the firing, it can still concentrate the target more accurately.

So Weese's artillery unit used twelve guns, each of which fired only four cannons, and about 3o of the 48 guns bombarded the city. Weeser saw through his binoculars that the defenders at the head of the city were in disarray, and they had fled without a trace.

At this time, the Qing army had been completely corrupted, and at this time, Zhang Liangji, the former governor of Hunan in Wei Ze's army, once tried to command the Qing army in Jining, and when Wei Ze besieged Linqing, Zhang Liangji brought 2,000 Qing troops in Jining City to Linqing to help. At this time, the Qing troops in Jining City were basically taken away. The rest is less than 4oo people at most.

The number of officers and soldiers was insufficient, and the regiments formed by the local gentry were refilled. However, in this short period of more than half a month, it was still a busy half month in the spring of March, and the defenders of Jining brought regimental training, and there were only more than 1,000 people. Shandong people are really good, these more than 1,000 people really wanted to hold Jining City at the beginning, but they were killed and injured by 12-pound mountain howitzers as soon as they saw it.

Although the Shandong people are real, they are not stupid at all, and in the face of the seemingly boundless enemy army under the city, they may be able to bravely climb the city to defend. It can be personally felt that there is a huge gap between the two sides in the war capability, especially after recognizing the overwhelming superiority of the Taiping Army in long-range firepower, whether it is the official army or the regimental training, they all choose to give up the duty of sticking to Jining, and begin to cross the sea to find a way to escape.

These people knew very well that no matter how bravely they fought, the Qing troops around Jining had been killed by the Taiping army, and it was impossible for any reinforcements to come to the rescue. Since no matter what, the end of the battle to the death is to die in battle, the Qing army naturally chose to save itself first.

After receiving the news that the defenders had fled from the city gate far away from Wei Ze, Wei Ze did not order the cavalry to pursue. At this time, the Twist Army had already separated from the Taiping Army, and Wei Ze had no intention of killing too much. Of course, it must be noted that if the Twist Army is still in Wei Ze's team, then Wei Ze will not care about letting out the Twist Army to chase and kill the Qing Army.

After conquering Jining, the troops did not continue to move south, but chose to rest and recuperate in Jining. Not only is water transportation faster than 6-way transportation, but the consumption of troops by boat is also much smaller. Except for some of the loss of combat effectiveness caused by seasickness, the troops were able to enter combat state soon after disembarking.

Even if the Twist Army and the Taiping Army broke away from cooperation, the total strength of the two groups of Northern Expeditionary troops withdrawn was 30,000. Weez's troops suffered small losses, and there was even a significant increase in cavalry. When he went north, Wei Ze's cavalry was less than seven hundred, and the cavalry force at this time had reached about two thousand. Cavalry is not simply a horse for infantry. As a branch of the army, cavalry must undergo rigorous training.

So Weeser finally realized one thing, the appearance of armored forces is inevitable and not accidental in the history of military technology exhibitions. It is much less difficult to train soldiers who can skillfully drive armored vehicles than to train good cavalry. The horse is finished when it loses a leg, and after the armoured vehicle is destroyed, the repair can continue to be used.

Although even in the 21st century, there are yak cavalry in the Chinese plateau, and there are certain patrol cavalry on the frontier. However, this is only a matter of adapting measures to local conditions, and the number of yaks and horses can be said to be insignificant compared with the nearly 10,000 tanks and more than 10,000 armored vehicles of the Chinese Sixth Army.

However, although Weeser was sure that he must drive armored vehicles, he also attached great importance to cavalry at this time. He himself had 2,000 cavalry under his command, and Lin Fengxiang's Northern Expeditionary Army also had about 2,000 cavalry. After the two sides combined, 4,000 cavalry was a great force.

During the recuperation in Jining, Wei Ze asked the officer in charge of the cavalry of the logistics unit what he was going to do first. The veteran soldier in his thirties replied: "Chief of the General Staff, I have given an order to make up for the farriers of all the horses. Before the cavalry is dispatched, the problem of cracked hooves of mules and horses should be solved as much as possible. If there is enough to use the boat, the animals with injured hooves should be transported by boat as much as possible. ”

This is what only an old soldier who has suffered from injuries from horses' hooves can say, and Wei Ze praised the logistics officer a few words, and began to plan the next step of the operation.

However, when discussing the strategy, Wei Changrong said: "Chief of the General Staff, I think there seem to be brothers in our army who have said a lot of things to the Twist Army. ”

"Huh?" Wei Ze was stunned.

Wei Changrong said Wen Yuewei's statement about the strategy of "defending the river and guarding the Huai", "She is a woman's family, and she doesn't look like a person who has read any military books and war strategies, how can she know the strategy of defending the river and guarding the Huai." ”

"Hehe, guarding the river and guarding Huai is not what is said in the war book, it is what is said in the history book." Wei Ze corrected that as soon as he heard Wei Changrong's words, it was the sequelae of listening to Mr. Storyteller's storytelling.

Wei Changrong didn't care about any of this at all, and he continued: "Although Wen Yuewei looks smart enough, she has not received formal military training after all. If one of us hadn't told her this, what would she have understood? ”

"Then have you circled anyone who is more suspicious?" Weeser asked.

"It must be that those who are in charge of the cavalry are more suspicious, and the infantry basically do not deal with the Twist Army, and they are the most likely to do this." Wei Changrong seems to have been thinking about it for a long time.

Wei Ze thought for a while and said slowly: "I said Changrong, our army has a military court, what are the main points in the military court, do you remember?" ”

Wei Changrong thought about it carefully, and then he determined that there was indeed such an institution as a military court, but this time the northward trip was a military operation, so there was nothing to do with the military court at all, and the officers directly used military law to solve the problem. Since there is such an attitude towards the military court, it is even more unlikely that the main points of the military court will enter Wei Changrong's mind.

Wei Ze simply picked up his pen and wrote down a line of words, "Based on facts, take the law as the criterion." After writing it, Wei Ze asked Wei Changrong to read the essentials of this military tribunal carefully, and then said: "When I say Changrong, I don't mean that I don't need to investigate who leaked secrets, let alone turn a blind eye to it. But arresting people can't just arrest anyone who is suspicious, so you have to have some evidence. ”

"How do you find evidence for this?" Wei Changrong replied very unhappily, "If you say that you have met, there are more people who have met with them, and you and I have met with them." And what if the woman was smart enough, and who among us would have remembered it if she said it casually at the time? Besides, if you ask me, is it possible that I was accidentally overheard by the woman when I was saying this to someone else. I didn't even dare to pack the ticket completely. So, Fourth Uncle, you're thinking too much. ”

"Oh? What are your plans for Changrong? Weser laughed.

Wei Changrong said excitedly: "I think so, what our own brothers say, we can't say it to outsiders, and whoever dares to say it, we can only teach you a lesson." Although you may not be able to catch anyone this time, you should beat these people first. ”

Listening to Wei Changrong's words, Wei Ze smiled, "That's still the secrecy regulations in the army." Also, Changrong, who are you going to beat? ”

"Since it's the cavalry who are talking nonsense, naturally we have to beat them." Wei Changrong said without hesitation.

"Are you going to enforce secrecy, or are you going to make a name for yourself in the cavalry?" Weeser asked. There are a lot of new recruits in the cavalry unit, and if Wei Changrong makes a fuss in the army, it won't look special. However, Weeser was very opposed to Liwei's approach. Liwei is to establish personal influence in the army, and what Wei Ze is pursuing is not the influence of certain officers in the army. That's a warlord's thing. What Weeser needed was to establish system and discipline in the troops.

Wei Changrong's answer made Wei Ze mixed with joy, "Fourth Uncle, if you are worried that those newcomers will not return to their hearts, then you might as well let me beat them, I can do a little too much, and you can come forward to give them some benefits when the time comes." Isn't that enough. ”

Of course, Wei Ze can fully feel Wei Changrong's loyalty, with such a hardcore, Wei Ze can have a lot of heart left. But Wei Changrong's approach made Wei Ze quite disappointed. So Weeser said, "For the time being, don't say anything." ”

However, Wei Ze wanted to put things off for the time being, but the development of things was not as calm as Wei Ze imagined. During the rest period, there was the work of sorting out the logistics materials, and the map, as an important military material, could be replaced even if it was damaged. This is the rule set by Wees.

Receiving maps and other materials requires more cumbersome procedures, and when the map was checked, three maps of the Linqing area were missing. After Wei Changrong learned about this, he immediately thought of something sensitively. rg

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