Liu Yu thought to himself, the little money spent by the new army is also money? If you knew how much money I put in the navy, wouldn't I be scared?

Although the Prussian privates were trained in the later period, they were trained to put thirty or fifty buckshots on the battlefield in a year, and they could be used improvised. But thinking about the Qingzhou Army training at a small station, it was to shock the imperial court, and the money that should be spent still had to be spent more.

Although this new army will not be its own in the future, if it costs more today, the navy will be able to ask for more money in the future.

He didn't want to talk about this, so he picked up a paper-wrapped projectile and said, "This thing has another benefit." Once the war began, the artillery fire was incessant, and many soldiers were panicked, so that it was possible to reload lead bullets first and then set gunpowder. ”

"Such a powder bag, how to load, the training is rigorous. You need to put the lead bullet in your mouth first, and become a habit like using chopsticks, so that you can eliminate it. ”

After explaining the subtlety, Li Jiusi nodded and said, "Although this thing is small, it is enough to keep the mind of the common man." ”

After standing here for a while, the men sent by the various battalions had been collected in an orderly manner, and it only took two quarters of an hour before and after.

During this period, Li Jiusi had already seen the subtlety, and when he received it here, the various battalions were not in a panic, but waited in a neat line.

"Do you often practice like this on weekdays?"

"Not really. It's just that this is the case when you pay on weekdays, and it becomes natural to get used to it. This is true for pay, and so it is for gunpowder. No one dares to mess around, unless they want to deduct military salaries. ”

"Hahahaha...... That's a clever trick. ”

Li Jiusi laughed, extremely satisfied, thinking that it really didn't seem that he had come to prepare in advance.

Thinking about what Liu Yu said, he asked again: "As usual, these staff officers usually plan all kinds of situations in advance?" As soon as there is a need, do what you have set out before? ”

"Yes. There's no need to rehearse. As soon as the military order is given, the staff officers have their own plans, and they can take them out and use them. How to form a team and how to maintain order are all practiced on weekdays. Which one to take first and which one to take later, I also made a plan in advance, so I was busy but not chaotic. ”

"Well, that's very good."

Li Jiusi knows too well the meaning of the words "busy but not chaotic", although the really elite armies of Dashun can also do the order and prohibition, but to say that when encountering various situations, the response is by no means so fast.

Especially if there is any need, we must rehearse in advance to be busy and not chaotic. If what Liu Yu said is true, the combat effectiveness of this new army can be expected.

Circling back to the front assembly place, dozens of four-wheeled wagons had already marched to the front of the various battalions, carrying out the military rations in their pockets from them, and distributing them separately.

Li Jiusi didn't continue to look at it, but asked Liu Yu to climb the hill in the north with him.

Before twelve o'clock, the team under the mountain had already finished its formation, the drums had stopped, and the army looked solemn.

After reporting, Li Jiusi looked at the neat team under the mountain and nodded. For now, the speed of the assembly is fast enough.

And because of the unification of equipment, it is much easier to change from a flower team to a pure team.

According to the battalion group, the queue was formed.

It seems that at the first order, the commanders of each battalion only need to give a turn order, and they can advance in turn, as they had just done when they were in formation.

Nearly 10,000 people stopped at the bottom of the mountain, but there was not the slightest sound, and no one moved.

The black bayonet hung on the muzzle of the gun, like a dense forest, which was terrifying.

A company of 100 men was arranged in four columns, each of which contained about twenty-four or five men.

Because there was no lighted fire rope on his body, and he was not afraid of igniting the gunpowder on his comrades, they stood almost shoulder to shoulder.

Five companies formed a battalion, and the interval between each company was about fifteen paces.

This is a formation that Li Jiusi has never seen, Dashun's military system is a combination of hot and cold weapons, the arquebus formation is sparser than this, and the spear formation is much denser than this.

He couldn't understand it.

"Why are there more than ten steps apart between the companies?"

"Returning to the country, this is the shape of the marching army. If you encounter an enemy, you can quickly deploy it. If the enemy is infantry, it can be quickly formed into a horizontal formation according to the battalion; If the enemy is cavalry, such a large hole can quickly form a hollow array; If you find a gap in the enemy formation, you can use such a formation to attack the gap. This is the formation of the marching army, the so-called Taiji gives birth to two instruments, and two instruments give birth to four images, which is the original formation. Change according to the situation, move according to the form, and how to change the formation, this depends on the order of the commander. ”

Li Jiusi said with a smile: "I thought that the military formation of Westerners may not use formations, and I can't imagine that Westerners also use formations?" ”

"There is no army without a formation. There are thousands of formations, and when the formation is arranged, it is necessary to adapt to the situation improvised. It's just that since it is said that it is necessary to march, such a formation is more appropriate. ”

Li Jiusi observed the military formation, waited for about a quarter of an hour, made sure that no one moved within a quarter of an hour, and asked: "Shouchang once said that an army with a system does not need a clear general, nor can it be defeated lightly. Now that I'm in command, maybe I'll be able to command? ”

"Naturally. Guogong only needs to tell what to expect next. As for command, that's what the Lord will do. And the change of formation on the march and the unexpected change of formation are not what the Lord will do. Guogong may wish to give it a try. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jiusi was also curious and asked, "How to try?" ”

"The state can assume a certain situation. For example, marching towards a distant hill has made sure that there is no enemy around. Or maybe the enemy is in front of them, quickly advancing to a certain place and spreading out the formation. ”

Liu Gong Island is not big, it is a little narrow, Li Jiusi pondered what Liu Yu meant, and then pointed to a hill by the sea in the distance and said: "Then take that hill as the standard, all the troops march, occupy the hill, and spread out at the hill." ”

The hill was only three or four miles away from the place where the formation was arrayed, which means it.

Liu Yu nodded, called the staff officers around him, and said to Li Jiusi: "Guogong doesn't have to give me orders, just give them orders." ”

A group of unjustified staff officers jumped to the plate, knowing that this was an opportunity to perform. Hearing Liu Yu's order, they all let go of Liu Yu, came to Li Jiusi's side and said, "Please give an order." ”

Li Jiu thought about it for a while, and then said: "According to what I just said, the enemy army is in front, and I don't know the specifics. You are to march to the hill within an hour, occupy the hill, and prepare for the enemy. ”

"Yes!"

Wu Fangrui shouted, gave a military salute with his legs, and quickly made a plan with several staff officers.

"Returning to China, our department plans to use the first regiment to march quickly to occupy the hill and spread out the formation, and the second regiment and the third regiment will follow closely behind, and line up with the two wings. The artillery followed, and after unfolding on the knoll, the artillery occupied the knoll, and a regiment advanced. The left flank is the sea, and the cavalry can be stationed on the right flank. ”

Li Jiu was stunned, and Liu Yu explained: "This group of staff officers only has the power to make plans, and they have no power to order their implementation. It also needs to be ordered by the national government. ”

"Hmm. Very good, so be it. ”

After speaking, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it.

One hour, this is the elite time that Li Jiusi understands. About three miles, array, march, unfold, it takes time.

After the order was given, several heralds quickly passed it down to the bottom.

Knock knock knock......

The drums, which had been silent, sounded instantly.

The moment the drum sounded, Li Jiusi felt as if a forest was moving, uniform, like a wave of wheat blown by the wind.

The 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment turned and began to march forward.

The four battalions of the same regiment followed, and about a mile or so in the march, three of the four battalions behind began to turn to the left and right, and it took only a few minutes to open the gap between them and the first battalion.

The battalions formed a zigzag support, with a platoon of twenty-five men as a horizontal formation, and each company was spaced about fifteen paces apart.

The battalions were separated by about a hundred paces.

The two regiments in the back also completed the formation, the cavalry was in full formation on the left flank, and the artillery leaned against the regiment on the right flank.

It took only about a quarter of an hour to change from a formation that was convenient for marching to a formation that could meet the enemy at any time, and without affecting the speed of the march.

Li Jiusi was secretly surprised, his heart was at this speed, where could he use an hour? I'm afraid that in a quarter of an hour, it will be able to unfold.

He wanted to try the speed of the Qingzhou soldiers' formation, and suddenly ordered: "The enemy's situation has changed. The enemy cavalry broke away from their positions and quickly attacked. ”

As soon as the order was given, after the herald quickly conveyed the order to the staff headquarters in front, Li Jiusi heard a rapid drum and whistle.

The scene that made him most jaw-dropping appeared.

The regiment, which was marching in front, stopped in an instant when it heard the whistle.

The officers of the battalion did not know what they were shouting, they were too far away to be inaudible, and the drums changed suddenly.

The front company stood still, the rearmost company also stood still, and two of the remaining three companies in the middle quickly turned to the right and left.

The interval reserved between each company, and the results of several months of training for each company, were vividly displayed at this moment.

In just two or three minutes, the regiment at the front, according to the zigzag formation of receiving the enemy, quickly launched five small hollow formations.

The first two rows of soldiers kept their bayonets, and the soldiers inside quickly removed them to facilitate subsequent reloading.

The small cannons that followed the advance of the infantry quickly deployed in the corners of the phalanx of the various battalions.

The two regiments that followed behind took a little longer to form two large hollow formations of more than 2,000 people.

The artillery was deployed next to the large hollow array, and the cavalry, which was originally on the left flank, quickly maneuvered to the rear to cover the slowest artillery.

Everything was so orderly and orderly, Li Jiusi, who was observing all this on the hillside, was completely stunned.

The speed of the formation change is too fast.

It was faster than he expected. Especially the regiment at the front, the time to unfold into a hollow array was simply too fast. Even if the enemy's cavalry is seen with the naked eye, even if the scout cavalry does not notice the enemy at all, the speed of this deployment is enough to complete the change of formation before the enemy's cavalry rushes in.

Once the change of formation is completed, the enemy's cavalry will break away from the formation and rush forward, which will inevitably be a dead end.

He jumped on his horse and rushed down the hillside, followed by Liu Yu.

After arriving at the location of the first regiment, Li Jiusi was shocked.

The five battalions rely on each other in the shape of a zigzag, separated by one hundred and twenty paces.

The soldiers of the first row were half-crouched on the ground, the soldiers of the second row stood, and the soldiers in the back unloaded their bayonets and prepared them for loading.

If the enemy's cavalry attacked, in the face of such a phalanx, it would definitely be impossible to break through, at least the Mongol cavalry he was familiar with.

Mounted archery and infantry archery are aimed at death.

And if you abandon the attack of your own formation, in the face of such a formation, you can only helplessly pass through the gaps between the phalanxes of the various battalions, which is simply the target of these musketeers.

The horse turned around twice and found that there were no dead ends. These musketeers can be both musketeers and spearmen, and their advantages are revealed.

Arquebuses with open flames could not form such a dense formation, and mixed spearmen had to use a large formation to cover the musketeers, and the speed of movement must be extremely slow, and if there was a slight disconnection, the cavalry would be able to kill the arquebusiers first, and only the spearmen's military formation could not change formations at all.

After two more turns, Li Jiusi ordered: "The enemy cavalry has retreated, line up in a horizontal line!" ”

The herald quickly conveyed the order to the battalions, and as soon as the drum beat changed, the battalions that had been hollow formations just now quickly reorganized into companies, turned around and quickly spread out, forming a horizontal formation of four columns.

The battalions are separated by one hundred and twenty paces, so that the formation between the battalions does not affect each other.

In just a few minutes, a thin and long line appeared on the flat ground.

This kind of army is really liked by Li Jiusi, who is training in the Beijing camp.

Looking at this long horizontal line of about four hundred paces, he gave another order.

"March."

Swinging his sword forward, the half-sized drummer struck the waist drum with a melodious sound.

Columns of soldiers marched slowly forward with drums at their feet, heads held high.

The horizontal line of more than 400 steps is like a white wave on the beach, moving forward neatly.