"Shiro, I heard that you removed the military power of the Huang family boy and the Zhang family boy? Just don't give face to General Huang and General Zhang? After talking about business, Wu Mingche started gossiping.

The transfer of these two second-generation officials to the infantry battalion was approved by Wu Mingche, and he also knew that Huang Faqu and Xu Jingcheng wanted them to come to Xiao Yao's light, of course, he had heard that these two people were not very famous in the army, but he didn't expect Xiao Yao to be so ruthless, and he took away the military power of others at once.

"This is my way of training, you said you wouldn't interfere! But I don't have any opinions about the two of them now, and they haven't accepted my training honestly! Xiao Yao smiled and said, it is you who ask me, of course I don't have to give you face.

"I'll just say you have what it takes to subdue them! Haha, these two boys, who used to rely on their father's fame, walked sideways in the army, and now they are taken down by you, and they don't dare to come to me to complain, haha, Shiro, you are really amazing! Cheng Wenji said happily, at first he was really worried that they would come to him to complain and comment.

"This shows that we have a good vision to make you a captain of the infantry battalion! Also, Xiao Shilang, since you promised to let the Fire Dragon Battalion participate in the river crossing operation when the time comes, then you also have to study how to give full play to the power of the Fire Dragon Battalion for me! Back to business, Wu Mingche became serious again.

"Yes, my subordinates will do their best!" Xiao Yao immediately stood up and said.

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Since Xiao Yao agreed to Wu Mingche to requisition the Fire Dragon Battalion in the battle to cross the river, this old fox has come to the infantry battalion from time to time to watch Xiao Yao train, and he also put on a posture of leading inspection, and he does not interfere with the training, but keeps asking Xiao Yao, so that Xiao Yao wants to get angry but can't find a reason.

"Captain Xiao, why do you train soldiers only to let them stand, step, and run here, but don't let them practice combat formations?"

"Captain Xiao, although I don't know why you call this kind of formation a company, but dividing the infantry battalion into two parts is not equivalent to dispersing the troops?"

"Captain Xiao, is your company ready to fight with that musket team? And that second company, is it going to help the artillery team? ”

In the face of Wu Mingche's official display and tireless harassment, Xiao Yao could only forcibly show a smiling face, and explained with a smile: "General Wu, in order to assist you in crossing the river, my master took out another half a year's bonus to produce more than a dozen artillery pieces for me, and if you want to add these new weapons to the tactics of the infantry battalion, you must train these soldiers to become a qualified gunner!" Teach them the basics of ranging, aiming, and more! Satisfied with the good news? ”

Of course, Wu Mingche was satisfied, and finally heard the news he wanted to hear the most!

He knew that Xiao Yao, the little fox, was very cunning, and if he didn't fight a battle that he was not sure of, the 100 people in the Fire Dragon Battalion would definitely not be able to cope with the river crossing battle at that time, and he would definitely expand the scale of the Fire Dragon Battalion, and he just had to hear him say that he would increase the number of powerful artillery pieces to feel at ease!

Seeing Wu Mingche's satisfied expression with a little obscene smile, Xiao Yao said helplessly: "General Wu, you are also the governor of the Northern Expedition, why are you so idle, running to me every day, just to hear my news?" ”

"It's quite idle, everything is going on in an orderly manner, the recruitment is almost complete, and then you can train, and your fire dragon camp is also a very important link, I have to personally supervise it!" Wu Mingche said these military secrets very casually.

In fact, Zhou Chao rushed to produce these dozen artillery pieces, not really because the Fire Dragon Battalion wanted to participate in the river-crossing operation, but because in Xiao Yao's plan, the soldiers he led were mainly firearms, and the number of firearms should be continuously increased, which was also the reason why the Second Company carried out artillery training every day.

"Shiro, the information we just got that the Qi State has begun to take precautions against our Northern Expedition, and is ready to send the Taiwei Gao Chang Power Force to the south, among which there will be a lot of elite cavalry, which will pose a great threat to our infantry-based army, and your infantry battalion must also be prepared to deal with these cavalry!" Wu Mingche's tone instantly changed from casual to serious, and the old fox's expression really changed.

"Gao Changgong? That big handsome guy? Xiao Yao said in surprise.

"Gao Changgong is a fierce general of Qi State, when Kim Yong broke the siege, he only led 500 cavalry to rush into the enemy formation, and became famous in a battle! This Northern Expedition is not easy! Wu Mingche said with emotion.

"General Wu, rest assured, it is of course difficult for simple infantry to deal with elite cavalry, but my infantry battalion is not an ordinary infantry! And these cannons are the most effective way to deal with cavalry! Hey, you just said they had a lot of cavalry? Xiao Yao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What? Seeing that you are so sure, is it the idea of wanting to fight these cavalrymen? Wu Mingche guessed the little abacus in Xiao Yao's heart.

"It's useless to say anything before the fight starts, but General Wu, we have a word first, and the spoils of war are mine!" Xiao Yao was indeed fighting these cavalrymen's idea.

When Napoleon swept across the European continent, he relied on the cooperation of artillery and cavalry, artillery frontal shelling, cavalry flank attack, and finally defeated the enemy, so building an artillery and cavalry combined army was Xiao Yao's goal!

But Chen Guo's cavalry is pitiful, and his infantry battalion can be assigned a dozen or so war horses to the generals as mounts, so now they are used to haul artillery and transport materials, all of which are small pack horses and mules.

Moreover, the current leaders of the cavalry are generals like Xiao Moke, and it is impossible for a small lieutenant to command them, so if you want to establish a cavalry that obeys your own orders, since you can't rely on distribution, you can only rely on capture!

"Ambitious! If someone else told me that they wanted to fight those cavalrymen, I would definitely whip him twice and scold him not to daydream, and it would be good to survive in the face of cavalry! But you're different, you've been giving me unexpected surprises, and I also believe you can break their cavalry! Wu Mingche laughed and said, he also has his little abacus in his heart, when the time comes, he can really capture the war horse, do you dare to honor me?

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After nearly a month of dry and boring basic knowledge training, Zhang Dabao finally got his hands on the legendary powerful artillery.

"You have also learned the basic structural characteristics of artillery, do you know why it took so long to bring you to a practical class? I want you to cherish this opportunity! Li Nong said to the group of new artillerymen.

"The most important thing in artillery is gunpowder, and these gunpowder is a precious magical thing invented by our Commander Xiao, with gunpowder, artillery can make you invincible on the battlefield! So you should cherish this opportunity and practice well! Reward Commander Xiao for giving you the opportunity to use this powerful weapon and defeat the enemy! Li Nong praised Xiao Yao's goodness everywhere and washed the brains of the recruits!

"Aim!"

"Reload!"

"Put!"

Boom Boom! 10 brand-new sub-mother cannons spewed white smoke and fire, fist-sized iron pellets hit the big wooden barrel 50 meters away at the speed of lightning, the wooden barrel filled with water was shelled, and it exploded in an instant, and the water inside also splashed more than 5 zhang high!

These are Zhou Chao's new cannons, which are the first batch of upgraded versions, with a caliber of 10 centimeters, and can not only fire shotguns, but also solid cannonballs, although the power is not as good as Napoleon's bronze cannon, but within 100 meters, it can still easily break a few inches thick planks.

Because the caliber becomes larger, the recoil will also increase, so Xiao Yao asked Zhou Chao to install two finger-thick springs as a simple anti-recoil device at the connection between the barrel and the gun mount!

This is the secret weapon that Xiao Yao is going to use in the battle to cross the river!