March 1649, Mumbai, India, Loyal Barracks.

Mumbai is a coastal city in western India that was ceded to Portuguese colonists by the Sultan of Gujarat in the early 16th century, and the Grape People have been operating here for more than 100 years.

Then it was occupied by the Chinese, and now it has become a large barracks!

The plaque on the top of the main entrance of the barracks reads "Loyal and Brave", but there is a smell of curry inside.

The playground was dusty, and teams of soldiers were practicing.

"One-two-one, one-two-one!" The officers were Chinese, and they shouted slogans with great vigour.

And the soldiers are Indians with thick eyebrows, big eyes, huge necks and thick waists!

They were divided into several large areas, and the recruits were practicing basic training such as walking and marching, while the Chinese officers were holding leather whips or wooden sticks or bamboo whips.

In other areas, the Indian soldiers were shooting and firing, the sound of guns and cannons was deafening, and there were bursts of soldiers maneuvering, crossing obstacles, etc., a busy scene in full swing.

In the morning, the previous units had started training, but as the whistle blew, the commanders led the Indian soldiers of their headquarters to the barracks to gather in front of the parade platform, and it was obvious that something had happened.

The reading desk is not large, and it is a concrete building with five floors of seats.

Something did happen, a group of Chinese officers and soldiers rode into the barracks on high-headed horses, dismounted from the parade platform, headed by officers, and carried three stars on their shoulders!

The military system of the Southeast Army, carrying stars on his shoulders, is a general, one star is a brigadier general, two stars are major generals, and three stars are lieutenant generals.

This surprised the Indian soldiers, for this was the first time they had seen such a high-ranking officer.

The history of the Loyal and Brave Barracks is not long, and the officers who came to inspect in the past were at most major generals, but today a lieutenant general has arrived, especially as he seems to be not very old and heroic.

Lee Rae-hyung!

When he was a teenager, his parents died due to a famine, and he was accepted as a righteous son by Li Zicheng's nephew Li Jin and joined Li Zicheng's peasant army.

Solidarity with the former Ming army and landlords and the real guns.

Fought the Tatars!

With a bright resume, after Li Zicheng's defeat, Yan Changwu sent Du Yinxi to appease Li Zicheng's old troops and formed a "loyalty battalion" to participate in the final attack on the Tatars and won a complete victory.

Li Laiheng won Yan Changwu's blue eyes and constantly promoted him, and he also showed a high degree of loyalty to Yan Changwu and good military qualities.

Yan Changwu summoned him to the Army of the Southeast Army and became the commander of the new Fourth Army.

He was accompanied by a general with a tiger's back and a strong spirit, who was also Li Zicheng.

Major General Hao Shaoqi!

Also known as Hao Yongzhong, he was the standard-bearer in Li Zicheng's army at the beginning, so he was named "Hao Shaoqi".

The banner in the army is tall and heavy, and those who can carry the banner and act with the army are all wrestlers.

He fought against the Tatars against the Great Chieftain.

Hao Shaoqi has 3,000 flying axe soldiers under his men, go into battle to kill the enemy with an axe, sometimes the flying axe slashes the enemy, the turtle worship war horse was injured by the flying axe, he dismounted upside down, Hao Shaoqi took the opportunity to kill it, and made a great contribution.

The commander of the Fourth Army is Li Laiheng, and the deputy general is Hao Shaoqi, both of whom are Li Zicheng's old troops, reflecting their great trust in them!

A principle of employing people that cannot be spoken: that is, to disrupt the mountains and restrain each other.

For example, the main general and deputy general of the new Second Army are composed of the main general Zu Kefa, the deputy generals Zu Dale and Chen Qiao, the two ancestors were born in the former Guanning Army Zu Dashou's subordinates, but there is one more Chen Qiao, Chen Qiao is the clansman of Chen Xinji, the prime minister of the southeast province, relatively speaking, Chen Qiao is the descendant, so he plays a supervisory role.

Li Laiheng officially took the stage, and he didn't say much nonsense, and immediately announced that the army had transferred to drills!

The Southeast Army was indeed extraordinary, and because of the imminent war, it did not stop training because of the arrival of its superiors, and greeted the review of its superiors with a new posture.

It's not that he deliberately doesn't want to give face to his superiors, but because the shipping schedule is not accurate, and Li Laiheng came by boat, how can the loyal and brave barracks do hygiene every day to prepare for the arrival of his superiors.

Similarly, instead of giving the troops time to recuperate, Lee Rae-hyung ordered them to train immediately.

The officers stepped forward one by one to report the number, and Li Laiheng knew that each phalanx had 500 people, a total of 10 phalanxes and 5,000 people, which was a part of the Fourth Army.

The Fourth Army consisted of five divisions, each with 12,000 men, of which four were Indian divisions.

The lieutenant officers and above in each division are all Chinese, and the non-commissioned officers are both Chinese and Indian, and some Indians have been promoted to become non-commissioned officers, but there are no officers yet.

Then practice.

But seeing that the phalanx was neat, the Indians walked in unison, but nothing went wrong, and the pace was standardized.

The Indian soldiers fired with great accuracy.

Lying down, standing and running forward after standing and shooting, the target rate is good.

They do obstacle crossing training, and they are capable and fast.

The Indian soldiers were straight, young, strong, and well-trained, and had the momentum of the Southeast Army.

Of course, Li Laiheng knew the army, and couldn't help but nod in agreement: "They are all great young men!" ”

There are many doubts in his heart, he has just arrived, and he has also heard of the virtue of the three pots, but unexpectedly, the three pots of the loyal and brave barracks seem to be very normal, but they also seem to be similar.

The parade was over for an hour, and then a meeting of the officers was called to hear their reports on their work, which was routine work.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's time for lunch.

The southeastern army has a fine tradition, the higher levels are concerned about the food of the lower levels, and the state is willing to invest money in the food of the soldiers, which is conducive to enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army, and the food has a direct impact on the army's combat and training, so it must be well fed.

So, Li Laiheng went directly to the soldiers' canteen, and saw that under the big scaffolding, the Indian soldiers were cooking in an orderly manner.

At this look, Li Laiheng's face sank.

The food of the Indian soldiers: a large pot of rice poured with some strange-looking beans, a few pancakes, a few potatoes, two small green peppers, and a yellow and clear dung-like seasoning in the middle, exuding a pungent smell, it should be curry.

It seems that the Indian soldiers are still eating happily.

In the food standard of the Southeast Army, it is very particular about eating meat, such as the navy's food standard has a large amount of dried meat, soldiers eat beef, pork jerky, bacon and donkey meat, and officers are even more luxurious, eating venison jerky!

When the Southeast Army started in Taiwan, there were many deer in Taiwan, and the habit of eating venison among officers was cultivated in Taiwan.

The Marines have the word "Navy" in their name, and they eat well, on par with the Navy.

There was so much meat that many officers and men could not finish eating the dried meat, so they simply took it home or sent it home to eat.

The army is a little worse, they eat less meat in their diet, but on land there is more fresh meat, and they eat fresh meat, and there are many types.

Li Laiheng used to work for King Chuang, and he often ate worse than the current Indian soldiers.

But after joining the Yan company, even in Xinming, Xinmingjun ate much better than before, with more meat, especially emphasizing eating meat.

He came all the way, and the hospitality along the way was full of big fish and meat, and he also said that the official entertainment did not exceed the standard, just to eat meat!

The soldiers here are vegetarians, but what about the meat? Where is the meat?

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