It was only after they had endured all this and proved to be fully adapted to army life that the shooting training began in earnest.

Guns, even front-loading rifled guns, are the most powerful infantry weapons on the plane, and traversers must ensure that those who wield them are loyal and reliable.

Some people could not bear this kind of life and asked to quit halfway, and such people would be arranged to be used as laborers in the commune, but they had to repay double the money, food, military salaries and food given by the travelers, and they could not leave the commune until the debt was paid, and there was no remuneration except for basic rations.

As for those who escaped, the traverser's strong communication and night vision capabilities made it impossible for darkness and distance to be a cover for deserters, and those who were captured were all sent to quarries and brickyards to work as coolies.

However, the situation was better than Ma Qianzhuo expected, whether it was a deserter or a request to withdraw, there were less than twenty people before and after. The vast majority of people persevered.

The person in charge of the shooting training is Li Yunxing, who has been a shooting athlete in the provincial shooting team and is familiar with this aspect. In order to preside over the training, he received a rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition himself, and fought for a week, basically getting a familiar understanding of the shooting performance of the Minnie rifle.

The shooting accuracy of the front-loading rifled guns is still relatively haode, these guns are all manufactured before the crossing, the materials are good, the craftsmanship is fine, and they have been calibrated, Li Yunxing found the feel immediately after a few shots.

He starts with the most basic gun holding and gun movements, and then practices the stability of aiming at the end of the gun. After everything is qualified, the shooting training begins.

The day the Mini rifle was issued, it caused a great sensation among the soldiers, it was different from all the firearms they could see, it was dark blue, glowing, and all the parts were smooth, without the roughness of iron. The three-edged bayonet with a holster was shining. The leather bullet box contains bullets wrapped in yellow coarse paper. There is also a small yellow copper sheet, which is said to be called a fire cap.

The gun was heavy, but it was lighter than the training guns they used on a daily basis, and the various parts were made to the right size, and those who had used the birds, three-eyed guns, and other various kinds of muskets found this gun very delicate and handy, and it was not awkward to use.

When firing live ammunition for the first time, the smoke erupted from the rifle, the strong smell of gunsmoke and the heavy recoil of the butt made many mud-legged people who held a gun for the first time deeply appreciate the power of the weapon in their hands. The penetration of the buckshot on the thick wooden target made them smack their tongue even more - the iron sand of the traditional bird's gun can be blocked with a thicker wooden door panel.

In order to enhance their confidence in the weapons in their hands, Li Yunxing also persuaded Ma Qianzhuo to get a pair of iron armor from the stock, test fire it on the spot, and shoot it 200 meters away, leaving everyone stunned.

"Damn, isn't this ironclad useless?" Lin Fu felt the small hole in his armor that was still smoking. "It's too easy to fight."

"Then we are not invincible in the world, just stand where to shoot, no one can rush over." The warriors all screamed with excitement. Morale soars.

"It's not enough to talk about being invincible in the world," Li Yunxing said, "but we have a big advantage." Fighting farther than the enemy, hitting accurately, and fighting fast, neither cavalry nor archers can pose a threat to us.

"But if the enemy has a large cavalry, it is not enough to just discharge the guns. This shot can hit up to 400 meters, and the cavalry can rush over in less than 1 minute, how many shots can you fire in 1 minute? ”

"Three or four shots."

"If we have fewer people and more people on the other side, and everyone fires three or four shots in one minute, and the enemy is not beaten away, what should we do at this time?"

Everyone fell into deep thought, and a man in it, who had not spoken for a long time, interjected: "Hold it with a spear." All in a phalanx, guarded by spearmen on the outside and musketeers on the inside. ”

"Yes, that's a solution." Li Yunxing was not surprised by this suggestion - this method is not very rare, and the Ming Dynasty also had a similar method of warfare: spearmen cover firearms shooters, and there is an upgraded version, using chariots to cover firearms. "Is there anything more haode?"

"Triad." The man said again, "The musketeers are divided into three rows and shoot in turns, so that they can shoot more than 3~4 times a minute, and they can be continuous." ”

"Yes, yes, where did you know that?" Li Yunxing was greatly surprised, this "three-stage strike" has always been regarded as a secret method of traversing, but he did not expect that the Ming Dynasty people had such a concept for a long time. Thinking about it again, since Japan was able to come up with this set of tactics during the Warring States Period, Da Ming would not fail to think of it.

"The little one has seen the Beijing camp drill in the capital."

"Visionary, what's your name?"

The man snapped a non-donkey and non-horse Lizheng hugged his fist: "The little yellow bear, a native of the North Zhili River." ”

"Okay, come to the headquarters after the exercise."

"Yes!"

It's easy to train them to shoot, but it's not easy to instill the concept of gun maintenance in them. Almost no one realized that firearms needed to be maintained, and after the first day of shooting training, although the barrel was required to be cleaned afterwards, a very small number of soldiers were found to have cleaned their guns as required during subsequent evening raids.

In ancient times, the maintenance of firearms was not attached, and there were no specific requirements and specifications for the maintenance of firearms, and the cannons were at most covered in the open air.

Even if the breech gun is made of black fire yao with a lot of residue and has paper for ammunition, the requirements for gun maintenance are higher, and Li Yunxing has to carry out mandatory maintenance work after each shooting training, and teach each soldier to carry out gun maintenance by hand. Everyone's gun must be inspected before it can be disbanded. Then this task was assigned to each squad leader to carry out, and a layer-by-layer inspection system was adopted, with Li Yunxing inspecting the squad leader's gun and the squad leader inspecting the gun of each soldier in the squad. With the severe punishment system, the habit of wiping the gun was finally established. Although I still got a lot of annoyance, I think that the "chief" is too much.

Ma Qianzhuo got this report from the eyeliner planted in the soldiers more than once: wiping the barrel is a waste, and if there is residue, it is enough to pour the barrel clean, anyway, if it is not wiped clean, it will make a sound.

Some people also say that these Australian maritime merchants are a little "independent", they know how to admit death, and they have rules for everything, and they are not as flexible as the locals.

When Ma Qianzhuo saw such a psychological report on the soldiers, he couldn't help but think of the comments made by the Chinese employees of the joint venture at the beginning of reform and opening up.

Tian Liang is also mixed at a lower middle level in shooting training, Li Yunxing's assessment standard is 10 shots on target 6 times within a distance of 100 meters, Tian Liang only hit three shots in the first assessment, and he barely passed until the third make-up examination.

But there are also very strong people, and the three brothers of the Ruan family all got good results in the first assessment. Ding Yang, a former Gou Jiazhuang group, won the only one with a full honor: ten shots.

"Marksmanship is really good!" Li Yunxing patted him on the shoulder excitedly.

"Chief Xiexie." Yang Zeng came to a standard standing, "The small one was originally hunting. ”

"Hunting? No wonder you have good eyesight. ”

"No, I've used a bird gun like this in the past."

"Oh?" Li Yunxing became interested.

"In the past, I was in Master Gou, no, when we were all members of the group—" He quickly corrected his statement, "Once the pirates sent a batch of goods, and there were dozens of these guns in it. He gestured, "But it's not as good as the chiefs' guns, and it's heavy to hold when you need a fire rope." ”

Li Yunxing remembered that there were some foreign goods among the weapons seized from Goujiazhuang, including a batch of arquebuses, which, according to several historical experts, should have been made in England.

"That gun is much better than the original bird gun in the village, and it can be fired accurately. However, the Zhuang Ding have suffered the loss of the bird's gun, and they don't like to use it. Master Gou, Gou Da saw that I liked it and gave it to one, and I played with birds when I was fine, so it was cooked. ”

"You shoot so accurately, Gou Da must look at you differently, right?"

Yang Zeng showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, since he was captured in Goujiazhuang, he arrived in Bairen City, interrogated him over and over again for many days, and worked for a period of time, because he had no bad deeds and belonged to those who voluntarily abandoned his weapons and surrendered, he was arranged to work in the commune. During this time, he has learned that this group of "thieves", "short-haired" or "Australian maritime merchants" value the most important thing is that everyone's "historical problem" must be innocent, and the "historical problem" of his being a member of the Gou family is obviously a stain.

"Looking back," he said cautiously, "the small ones are just ordinary regimental members of Gou Jiazhuang, and although they shoot accurately, the big ones don't look down on the small ones—he still likes the kung fu of those guns and swords." ”

"No matter how good the guns and swords are, are they hard enough to withstand your muskets?" Li Yunxing didn't know anything about what he thought, and thought that he would not meet him.

"It had to be a gun used by the old men - I never dreamed that this gun could hit so far and so accurately and quickly." Yang Zeng was a little excited when he said about the gun, "Although the foreign gun is good, it is too far from this gun." ”

"Oh? Tell me what's so good? Li Yunxing himself has a strong interest in firearms and shooting, and he knows how excited Haode guns are to people, but he didn't expect that there would be such a fan in another time and space.

"There are too many benefits, but the villain thinks that there are two most haode places, one is the fire cap, which can be put on it directly, and there is no need to set fire yao, which is safe and easy to use; The second is that the ammunition is wrapped in paper, easy to use, and the amount is also accurate, and the small guns on weekdays are poured with fire bags, and how much is poured depends on the feel, and occasionally it will be poured more and less, unlike such paper wrapped ammunition to be accurate. ”

Li Yunxing thinks that this person is really not simple, ordinary soldiers do what they do according to the rules and regulations according to the requirements of the instructor, and he still has a lot of ideas, this is a rare and valuable talent.

"100 meters can hit every shot, what about 200 meters? Try? ”

"The chief's orders, the small ones must be recruited!" These words, coupled with the action of raising one's head and standing upright, felt very inconsistent.

Li Yunxing specially gave him a high-precision Mini rifle with a J+ mark, and the target 200 meters away was a circular target with a diameter of 1.5 meters. Yang Zeng held his breath and concentrated, and it was ten shots and ten hits.

It's amazing! Li Yunxing was very surprised, although the Mini rifle is also a rifled gun, its accuracy cannot be compared with the breech-loading fixed metal bullet rifle. This Yang Zeng only has experience in playing arquebus, and he can score this result after a month of training, which can be regarded as extremely talented.

Then he moved the target to 300 meters away, and this time Yang Zeng had 4 shots off the target. When the target moved to a distance of 400 meters, he still hit 4 shots. This is already quite impressive. Veterans of several military commissions at the venue applauded. Even if you take 56 and a half shots, this result is not bad.

"Yes, you're going to be a sniper." Li Yunxing is glad that there is such a big man in his training team.

"Chief Xie promoted!" Yang Zeng didn't know what a sniper was, but he intuitively thought that it would definitely be good for him.

He was singled out along with several other people with excellent shooting scores for the next step of training as a sniper. Wei Aiwen decided to form a platoon of chasseurs outside the infantry company as a long-range precision fire support.