The artillery unit belongs to the technical arms, and it is also a powerful technical arm, and for this reason, the entire Tang Dynasty, from the emperor down, all attach great importance to the artillery unit. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ang Lee was responsible for leading the formation of the artillery unit, and took care of all the suitability of the training and establishment of the artillery unit, after all, artillery was invented by Ang Lee, and no one knew better than Ang Lee how to use artillery, how to form an artillery unit, and how to train.

When selecting artillery, Li An selects the best soldiers, of course, this best is not the strongest physically, but the most potential artillery, that is, soldiers with a certain cultural foundation and flexible brains, so as to learn the relevant knowledge of artillery.

Fortunately, the Longwu Army and the Yulin Army are both troops around the emperor, many soldiers are from relatively high backgrounds, and the descendants of famous generals are full of this army, and the children and grandchildren of these generals are the soldiers that Li An needs the most, they all have a certain cultural foundation, and the force is not weak, so it is the most suitable to be artillery.

And the descendants of these generals are also happy to join the artillery unit, after all, artillery is a technical branch of the army, the power is huge, and in the future, they will inevitably be able to make great contributions on the battlefield, so as to rise to the top.

Although there are only 50 artillery pieces in the first batch being cast, and it is enough to recruit more than 250 artillerymen, more artillery pieces will inevitably be cast in the future, so Li An plans to recruit more than 1,000 artillery cadets in the first batch and conduct strict training for them, so as to train artillery talents in advance and serve in the formation of a larger artillery unit in the future.

After the news of the conscription of artillery cadets was officially issued, most of the officers and men of the Fourth Army of the North Gate enthusiastically signed up and asked to join this special unit, and even, many important generals in the capital personally approached Li An and begged Li An to include their children and grandchildren in the artillery unit.

Of course, Li An will not refute the face of these generals, and accept them all, even if these generals' descendants have a little problem, but they still have basic strength, as long as they are strictly trained, they can become qualified artillerymen, and even artillery commanders.

Except for a small number of children and grandchildren of the generals who have been recruited, most of the artillery cadets are elite talents selected by Li An's strict examination, and their overall quality in all aspects is still very high.

In addition, Li An also comforted the officers and men of the Fourth Army who were not on the list, telling them that in the future, the artillery would continue to recruit trainees and let them prepare to participate in the next batch.

Among the more than 1,000 artillery cadets recruited in this batch, there are several people who Li An is still very familiar with, including Guo Yan, the second son of General Guo Ziyi, Chen Dabiao, the son of Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, and Li An's brothers, Li Kunxiong and Li Feiyu, in addition, Zhang Erniu, Zhang Guangsheng and Li Fei Shouyu also joined the artillery unit.

Among the small 1,000 artillery cadets, there are so many talents, in the entire Tang Empire, I am afraid that there is no unit that can compare with them.

In order to facilitate training, Ang Lee built a large number of barracks a few miles away from the R&D center, and surrounded a camp covering an area of 100 acres with a low wall.

And this training base was named Datang Artillery Academy, and was recognized by Li Longji, so that the best craftsmen in Datang carved a plaque with these six words and hung it on the gate of this training base.

More than 1,000 artillery cadets are all required to eat and live in the artillery academy, and they are absolutely not allowed to leave the academy casually without special reasons.

At the moment when the artillery academy was established, Li An asked a thousand students to sit in the open space inside the academy and stand on a high place to give them a speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this officer knows that there are many of you who are descendants of famous generals, and even, some of you were already generals before entering the artillery academy, but now, all of you have the same identity, that is, a small soldier, a small soldier who learns to operate artillery, only by being a good soldier, can you become an artillery general in the future, and you are the first batch of artillery students, the earliest to learn artillery knowledge, and the chance of becoming an artillery general in the future is the highest, this officer hopes that you will work harder, do not let this officer down."

Li An said loudly, and pointed to the twenty talents of the R&D center beside him, and continued: "You can see clearly, these people will be your masters in the future, you must put down your body and learn from the master with an open mind, and you must not bully the master with identity and status, otherwise, this officer will definitely drive you out of the artillery unit." ”

The 20 R&D personnel introduced by Ang Lee are all artillery R&D talents, and they have grown up under the personal training of Ang Lee, and they have high attainments in the manufacturing technology of artillery and how to apply them, and they are fully qualified for the work of artillery instructors.

Subsequently, Li An divided the more than 1,000 trainees into 20 groups, each group of more than 50 people, that is, the strength of a team, so that the 20 masters could teach separately and give them the basic knowledge of artillery.

Due to the fact that the first batch of artillery will take a long time to be cast, for this reason, at the beginning of the period, the cadets can only learn some of the most basic artillery common sense.

For example, how to operate the artillery, how to adjust the angle, how to use the monocular correctly, how to adjust the angle after the shell misses, how to maintain the gun.

Of course, there is also the rules and regulations of the artillery, which must be strictly observed, and absolutely nothing that violates the rules and regulations must be done, otherwise, it will be severely punished.

Before the cannon was cast, Ang Lee specially asked the carpenter to build fifty models of the cannon with a wooden and bamboo structure, so that the trainees could practice how to operate and move the artillery.

In order to get the training of artillery on the right track quickly, Li An's time spent in the R&D center every day dropped to two hours, and the two hours he took out were used to pay attention to the training of artillery.

When the artillery academy was just formed, the trainees were all full of enthusiasm, feeling that they were the best soldiers of the Datang army, and they were also very energetic in training.

But as the initial excitement disappeared, many students began to feel bored, and they stayed in the large room every day, listening to the master explain the theory, and a lot of common sense content was explained more than a dozen times, and as a result, they were still explaining over and over again, which made many students very angry.

Sometimes when I go to the academy, I just fiddle with the fake artillery made of bamboo poles and wooden wheels, which feels very boring, and the enthusiasm for training has naturally weakened a lot.

This situation immediately aroused Li An's special attention, and immediately pulled out the real cannon used in the experiment, ready to teach the students a good lesson.

Li An pulled out all the artillery cadets and asked them to build five earthen walls with a height of one zhang and four feet and a width of two zhang in the training ground outside the artillery academy.

These noble-born artillery cadets have been coming to the artillery academy for some days, not only have they not touched the real artillery, but now they have to work hard and build an earthen wall in person, which makes them very unhappy, but Li An personally supervises by the side, and they can only hold back even if they are dissatisfied.

After a long time, the five earthen walls were truly built, and more than 1,000 students were tired and lying on the ground next to them, looking at the blue sky motionlessly.

"Li Shilang, isn't it a bit overkill to let these artillery cadets build earthen walls! Look at the ones that make them tired. ”

A small official in charge of the artillery academy said in a low voice.

"These guys don't train well, this is a punishment for them, and also, building an earthen wall can exercise physical strength, which is very good for training artillery, what is overkill, let them all get up and prepare for training."

Li An said sternly.

The 1,000 artillery cadets, some of whom got up immediately, and some of whom were too tired to move, got up with difficulty, lined up side by side, and waited for Li An's admonition.

"Soldiers, this officer knows that you have resentment in your hearts, and you feel that you are artillerymen, and you should not do this manual work, and you should not train with wooden cannons all day long, but have you really learned well? Now that the real cannon has been pulled, will you shoot the cannon? Can you hit accurately? ”

Li An reprimanded loudly, and asked several R&D personnel to pull the artillery up.

"Okay, the real cannon has been pulled up, which of you will try it?"

Ang Lee asked loudly.

"Let me come, let me come."

"I'll come, I'll come."

The artillery trainees, who were tired enough just now, immediately came to their senses as soon as they saw that there was a real cannon to play, and they all enthusiastically signed up.

"Don't be in a hurry, come one by one, come one by one."

The officials are trying to maintain order, but the more they maintain, the more chaotic they become.

"Quiet, all listen to their own officials, in groups of five, if they can't hit the earthen wall, each person will be beaten with ten military sticks."

Ang Lee yelled.

As soon as they heard that they could not hit the target and would be beaten with ten military sticks, the students became much calmer and more orderly, they listened to the lessons for a long time, and they also played with wooden cannons, but they really let them play with real artillery, and they really did not have the certainty of hitting the target.

"Let me come first."

Guo Ziyi's second son, Guo Yan, took the lead and walked towards the cannon with his four companions.

During these few days of simulated training, Guo Yang had learned the basic steps of operating artillery, and he thought that he would definitely be able to hit the earthen wall.

Set up the cannon, adjust the angle of the muzzle, observe the distance to the target, load the shell, ignite, Guo Yang and the four companions cooperated very well, and they also operated in full accordance with the artillery regulations, and fired the shells.

However, after the shell flew out, it did not hit the earthen wall, but fell a long distance behind the earthen wall.

"It's only three hundred paces away, and you actually missed, drag it down, and each person will have ten military sticks."

Li Anke would not give Guo Ziyi face, and directly ordered Guo Yang and the other five people to be dragged down and spanked.

"Who else thinks that they have learned well and don't have to practice hard, come up and try."

Li An looked at the students and shouted loudly.

Soon, many people came up to shoot the cannons one after another, but without exception, all of them missed the shells, and some of them were far away, which made Li An shake his head again and again.

After punishing more than 100 students in a row, the arms of the two stickers in charge of the execution were tired.

"Li Shilang, the villain feels that the target is too small, the distance is too far, and it is normal to miss the hit."

A student who was rubbing his buttocks said with some unconvincing that he had worked hard to follow what he had learned, but he still failed to hit, which made him feel aggrieved, and he didn't hit the target because the target was too far away and too small, not because his skills were not good enough.

"This official knows that some of you will be unconvinced, okay, this official will also come to shoot now, if you can't hit the target, the same ten military sticks."

Li An personally operated the artillery, observed the distance of the target with a telescope, and carefully measured the angle, and then ordered: "Load the shells, ignite and fire." ”

"Boom...... Whoa......"

The artillery hit the target accurately, shattering the wall made of dirt, and the shell hit the center of the target with a small offset.

"Hit, really hit!"

More than 1,000 students saw Li An shoot the artillery so accurately, and they all cast admiring eyes, and at the same time, the students who were beaten were also convinced, knowing that their skills were inferior.

"Do you know why you missed the target?"

Ang Lee asked loudly.

"Li Shilang, we have learned everything we should have learned, maybe there are too few real shells! If you can shoot often, you can naturally practice good skills. ”

Guo Yan said boldly.

Li An shook his head and said loudly: "Do you know how much it costs to shoot a shot?" How many shells can a gun fire and what is its lifespan? The official told you that every shell is your day's money, and a cannon can shoot thousands of rounds at most, and if you are allowed to practice with real cannons, the entire court will not be dragged down by you. ”

"Li Shilang, practicing with a wooden cannon, does it really work? It always feels like it's useless. ”

A student wondered.

Li An looked at such a student and asked loudly, "Tell me, how far is the earthen wall from here to the front?" ”

"Back to Li Shilang, it's three hundred steps."

Li An picked up the binoculars, observed them carefully for a moment, measured them with his fingers again, shook his head and said, "It's three hundred and nine steps, if you don't believe it, you can measure it yourself." ”

The artillery cadets were a little unconvinced, and hurriedly used special measuring tools to measure this distance, and sure enough, it was exactly three hundred and nine steps, not a single step.

"Li Shilang, it's three hundred and nine steps, and the villain is convinced."

Li An took the opportunity to shout loudly: "Soldiers, it is not an easy thing to be a good artilleryman, it is very easy to learn to shoot artillery, the stupidest person can learn it in one day, but it is not so easy to hit the cannonball accurately, this requires you to study seriously, what the master teaches must listen carefully, think carefully, wooden cannon is a necessary equipment for training, you must train hard, think more, summarize more, only in this way, can the artillery be accurate." ”

More than 1,000 students all nodded their heads in agreement, agreeing with Ang Lee's statement.

The subsequent teaching became much smoother, and the artillery cadets realized that every piece of knowledge was worth learning, so they naturally did not dare to relax, worked hard to learn every piece of knowledge, and trained more seriously and hard.

A few months later, the first batch of 50 guns was successfully built and transported to the Artillery Academy, so that the officers and men of the Artillery Academy could use real guns for daily practice.