Chapter 786: One Hundred Steps

Fang Guoan's face changed, he knew that he couldn't hide it from Wu Zheng, but he couldn't help it, the three-point and one-line aiming method, when he learned after reconnaissance, twenty-five days had passed since the training, and this was only learned by him after spending dozens of people from Wu Zheng's team.

The time is too tight, even if you practice the Fa right, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have much effect.

So, Fang Guoan played a clever trick and changed the distance of the target during the competition.

The reason for this is simple, the closer the bullet from the muzzle, the smaller the deviation of the trajectory, and the greater the probability of hitting.

The farther away, the more difficult it is to hit the target based on offset, wind speed, etc.

Wu Zheng looked at Fang Guoan with a smile, and Fang Guoan had no choice but to say, "Then another competition?" ”

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "Since General Fang proposed another competition, this king had no choice but to agree." ”

Fang Guo's heart was full of countless grassland divine beasts galloping by, "That's changed to ...... Sixty steps? ”

"One hundred steps." Wu Zheng said lightly.

"Huh?" Fang Guoan was stunned, this distance, in the past, was already the limit of the effective range of the arquebus, that is to say, beyond this distance, the lethality of the projectile hitting the person will gradually decrease, just like the end of a strong crossbow, if you want to be accurate, it is a dream.

Today's flintlock pistols have an effective range of more than one hundred and fifty paces, but at this distance, it is already difficult to aim, and the eyesight is almost there, and the vision begins to blur when it is seen.

Fang Guoan didn't dare to object, so he sent someone to give an order to move the target to a hundred steps away and re-compete.

The onlookers were noisy.

Hit a target 100 paces away?

You must know that in the era when you can become a general of an army by crossing Yang in a hundred steps, this is indeed terrifying.

When the gunfire went on and on, the final result came out.

Fang Guoan's team, none of them hit the target with ten shots, let alone hit the bull's-eye. Seven people can be shot five times, three people can be shot six times, and those who can be shot more than seven times, none.

In Wu Zheng's team, among the 48 people, 48 were shot 6 times, 31 people were shot 7 times, 15 people were shot 8 times, and 6 people were shot 9 times. The most important thing is that there is a person who has been hit by ten shots (a target, not a bull's-eye), that is Shi Kun, who is weak in physique and height among forty-eight people.

In the thunderous cheers of the recruits, Fang Guoan's face was a little pale, and he realized that Wu Zheng was right, the battlefield in the future will no longer be the world of the strong and strong.

The weak are already on the same starting line as the strong, so the revision of the tactics is a must.

Thinking of the days when a warrior led an army, gone and never returned, Fang Guoan himself was born in martial arts, and he couldn't help but feel a kind of desolation in his heart.

After more than ten years of hard training since childhood, it seems that it is a joke now.

"Lord Wang, your subordinates are convinced." Fang Guoan arched.

Wu Zheng smiled, his eyes flickered a little, "General Fang doesn't have to be too humble, this king just took a small advantage, if this time you and I are not training new soldiers, but transforming veterans, maybe the result will be different...... General Fang, there are a lot of places where this king wants to rely on you. ”

Fang Guoan understood what Wu Zheng meant, veterans have developed a habit of fighting, and it is not so easy to change, the most important thing is that they have no desire to change.

Wu Zheng wanted to let himself transform the old army, Fang Guoan hesitated and responded: "The subordinates should serve." ”

Wu Zheng said solemnly: "What this king promised you, I will never lose my word, but the premise was also said at that time, after training for this king." ”

Fang Guoan's expression was relieved, and he said, "My subordinates will never live up to the trust of the prince." ”

In the final fight, the rules of the game are group fighting.

Those who are stabbed will withdraw from the competition.

The results were beyond everyone's expectations.

Even Wu Zheng was unexpected, facing Fang Guoan's team of tall soldiers, Wu Zheng's team was two less.

But the final result was that Wu Zheng's team of thirty people stood until the end of the competition.

The three of them formed a group back to back to meet the enemy, using three defenses and one stab as a tactic, completely defeating Fang Guoan's team, and the seemingly strong collective charge and stab.

This is already very illustrative of the problem, that is, in the future battlefield stabbing, lone heroes will no longer have much room to play.

In Wu Zheng and Fang Guoan's silent eyes, both of them knew that the use of new training methods was imminent.

……。

Beginning that day, every night, Wu Zheng, Fang Guoan, Chi Erhan, and others discussed and discussed new training methods together.

After five nights of hard work, a new "Pilot Version of the Infantry Drill Code" was born.

It covers six main contents: composition, marching, platoon, shooting, stabbing, reward and punishment.

For example, Wu Zheng established that the squad (squad) is the most basic level of the army, and the four squads are a platoon, with a platoon commander; Four platoons are a company, with a company commander; The four companies are a battalion with a battalion commander; The four battalions are a regiment with a regimental commander .......

The reason why the three-three system was not adopted was because the firepower of the grassroots level was not as good as that of a squad in later generations, and it could only be enhanced by the number of people.

During the discussion, Fang Guoan proposed that in the composition of the twelve, two additional shield soldiers were added to block the enemy's arrows to protect the musketeers, and a separate grenadier was set up.

But after thinking about it, Wu Zheng vetoed it.

Wu Zheng did not think that it was necessary to set up shield soldiers, indeed, this could play a certain role in protecting the soldiers.

However, the loss of two soldiers' firepower output outweighed the loss, accounting for two out of twelve, which is the loss of one-half of the firepower.

Moreover, when facing bows and crossbow arrows, it is still a mystery how much protection the two shield soldiers can play.

When it is really time to meet in close combat, the spear in your hand can really protect yourself, and offense is the best defense.

And with a separate grenadier, there is even less need.

If the current firepower configuration of the musketeers is used, the musket has a long range, the bomb is medium, and the stab is close, thus constituting a long, medium and near output.

And the limit of the bomb throwing distance is around thirty paces, at this distance, if there is no grenade, then the soldier should switch from shooting to bayonet, that is, the shooting action no longer exists, then it is completely possible to hit the enemy with the whole bomb, there is no need to set up a bombardier independently.

The most important thing is that a single grenadier cannot play a role at all when the enemy is more than 30 paces away, that is, at the beginning of the war, it is a bystander on the battlefield, and the resulting loss of firepower is equivalent to waste.

At the same time, Wu Zheng was waiting for the military workshop to successfully test the improved "Tiger Squat Cannon", so that it would be possible to increase the firepower for the grassroots level, with each platoon having an artillery team (four small guns), each company with an artillery platoon (12 guns), each battalion with an artillery company (36 guns), and at the regimental level, with a heavy artillery battalion (imitating the British 12-18-pounder field guns, a total of 64 guns).