"Kill!"

With a roar like thunder, thousands of heavily armored soldiers armed with long-handled swords slashed forward. The three-foot-long saber slashed through the air with a silver chain. The heavy armor of the soldiers shone brightly in the sun.

Heavy blades, heavy armor!

This is the Iron Man Army of the Loyal and Righteous Army, this 13,000 Iron Man Army with heavy armor, no one is not a strong soldier who can lift 500 catties and is more than 5 feet 6 inches tall, which can be said to bring together the essence of the entire Loyal and Righteous Army. Although the heavy armor on their bodies could not be compared with the Zheng family's iron man, when thousands of heavy armored iron men walked side by side, like an iron wall, when they stepped forward like an iron wall, in the deafening shouting and killing, when the long-handled horse chopping knife fell, although they knew that there was no one in front of them, it was just an empty knife, but they could still imagine the tragic situation of the enemy's limbs and arms under the horse chopping knife when they were torn apart from the enemy formation, and the iron man who moved like an iron wall shook people's hearts, and only made people feel a burst of blood boiling.

The current review is a test, and it is to test the results of this period of training.

After all, the current loyal army is full of too many recruits, although Zhu Mingzhong uses veterans to train recruits and lead recruits according to the methods of later generations. However, it still needs to be tested. Only in this way can you understand your own strength.

Even on the school field, looking at this slowly advancing heavy armored army, Zhu Mingzhong only felt a burst of excitement, for this heavy armored army, he can be said to have high hopes, just like a tank in hundreds of years, it will become the backbone of the whole army.

Perhaps it would have been better if the armor on their bodies had been stronger, and in the battlefields of this era, these hoplites, if used intensively, could play a role similar to that of later tanks, at least to a certain extent, equivalent to tanks.

"Majestic, unstoppable......"

Looking at the dozen or so iron walls on the school grounds, Zhu Mingzhong sighed in his heart, but he always had some regrets.

"It's just that this armor is too backward......"

The armor of the heavy infantry on the school field is all captured from the Qing Dynasty, either traditional iron plate armor or cotton armor, which is not only heavy, but also has average protection ability, far inferior to European plate armor. Although he knew that plate armor was the pinnacle of human armor in the era of cold weapons, Zhu Mingzhong also knew very well that the production process of plate armor was complex, especially the connection of joints and other parts required careful design, and it was naturally difficult to make satisfactory plate armor when the craftsmen knew nothing about plate armor.

For example, although Japan had been exposed to European plate armor for more than a hundred years, it eventually had to make a simplified version of "Nanban armor" just by borrowing plate armor. It's the process that's the biggest problem.

"If we can open the sea trade now, we can consider buying back tens of thousands of sets of plate armor from Europe, and if we can, we can also introduce some craftsmen......

Zhu Mingzhong remembered reading a document that in the 16th century, the British government only spent more than 400 pounds to order more than 1,000 sets of full-body armor from Cologne, and in the 16th century, thousands of sets of armor were purchased by various countries, and the price was extremely low. In contrast, a pair of armor also requires more than a dozen taels of silver, and there is not much difference in price between the two.

But now, even if the plate armor is good, you can only think about it. After all, China is too far away from Europe, and it took nearly two years to travel from China to Europe in the 17th century.

"Why don't you get some "Nanban armor" from Japan? ”

Of course, this thought was only fleeting, after all, Zhu Mingzhong knew very well that the Japanese had only borrowed European plate armor to a certain extent, and in addition to the cuirasse, the main body was still Japanese-style armor, with very average performance and a high price.

Cuirass...... Suddenly, Zhu Mingzhong's mind recalled the breastplate on Zheng Ling when he first saw her on the ship.

Perhaps, consider a cuirass or, like the Japanese, a simplification of plate armor.

In the deafening shouting of killing, Zhu Mingzhong, who was imagining how to simplify the plate armor, came up with the special police officers wearing black riot uniforms in the anti-terrorism drills he had seen on the Internet, and his eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of the riot uniforms on those special police.

"Why do you have to drill the tip of the horns? Isn't it okay to wear a riot suit? ”

The protective area of the riot suit can basically protect the whole body, of course, the most important thing is that its design is extremely simple, the joints are just knee pads, elbow pads, thigh pads, calf pads, arm pads and knee pads, elbow pads are connected by interlining, the manufacturing process is naturally much simpler than plate armor, perhaps its protective area is not as good as plate armor, but it is cheaper, and easier to manufacture, there is almost no manufacturing difficulty.

"Yes, yes, that's it! That's it! ”

This armor could not only equip heavy infantry, but also musketeers, and at least some of them, so that they could fight with peace of mind under the bows and arrows of the Qing army.

Excited in his heart, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't wait to draw the new armor immediately, and then hand it over to the ordnance factory for manufacturing, but for him, who finally found time to come to the barracks, he could only press the excitement in his heart and continue to watch the army's drills on the school field.

After a month of training, nearly 60,000 Zaoding have completed the transformation from civilian to soldier under the training of 10,000 veterans of the Loyal and Righteous Army, which originated from the queue and strict discipline of the 21st century, making this unit look like an army.

After the heavy infantry drill was over, thousands of light infantry armed with spears ran into the school field from the two wings of the school field with neat steps, and then lined up and dispersed with the password, and then followed the password to practice the spear technique in the school field.

In the deafening shouts, the seven-foot spears in their hands were like bayonets, constantly stabbing forward. There is no simpler spear technique than the bayonet used, at least compared to the spear technique of this era, the bayonet technique with "three defenses and one stab" as the core, is simpler to train, and more effective, only after a short period of training, the soldiers can master the skills, it can be said that the spear team is the foundation of the loyal army, and it is the spear team that has achieved today's loyal army.

"Kill, kill......"

The scene of a thousand people stabbing spears drill was also shocking, and in that burst of shouts of "kill", Zhu Mingzhong noticed that the officials on the school platform who were born in pikemen, when they saw this scene, they were all excited, for them, this spear had already penetrated into their bones. Whether they are heavy armor or musketeers under their command now, the spear training they received at the beginning has long been in their bones. And what is it that seeps into their bones?

I am afraid that it is similar to the idea of "dare to see red with bayonets", after all, in Tongjimen, they once suffered casualties from arrows, constantly advancing with guns, and finally repelled the counterattack of the Qing army.

What did the pikemen bring to the Loyalty?

It's the will!

It was the original restriction of no long-range weapons that made the loyal army only charge desperately with spears, so that the loyal army accumulated a kind of will that other armies lacked - the will to "dare to bayonet to see red".

Compared to the chilling drills of the hoplites and pikemen, the drills of the musketeers were tepid, even a little boring, although the queues of the musketeers marching to the beat of the drums looked neat, and although they changed the ranks on the playground, although they seemed a little stiff, they also looked presentable.

In the training of musketeers, the only bright spot is probably the weapons they use, those flintlock pistols with slender bodies and butts, which contain the power to change the times, at least now few people can realize it, but Zhu Mingzhong, as a traverser, knows very well that it is the appearance of the flintlock pistol that makes the civilized nation form a real overwhelming advantage over the barbaric nomads, fishing and hunting peoples for the first time, and since then, the barbarian nation has never been able to conquer the civilized nation as in history.

The musket changed everything, and it was from the musket that civilization for the first time truly formed an advantage over barbarism that the other side could not surpass.

In the smoke of gunfire, watch the musketeers in the field, watch them change formations with the beat of the drums, and reload their ammunition with the command. Look at the rows of gunsmoke. Although he knew that they were shooting empty guns, Zhu Mingzhong could still imagine the scene of the Qing army turning their horses in front of them.

Musketeers!

This is the real future!

Zhu Mingzhong's fist clenched suddenly, and at this moment, he knew that he was ready......

Now this army is ready for the upcoming battle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong looked towards the north. Now Dasu should be in Xuzhou soon!

Yes!

It's not far away, by the time he gets here.

At that time, it is not known who will kill the deer!

Although he knew that most of the officers and soldiers under his command were new recruits, that confidence had never changed, and Zhu Mingzhong believed that he could achieve victory.

Just like symmetrical to his mood, just when the belief in victory rose in Zhu Mingzhong's heart, a deafening roar was remembered on the school field.

"Loyalty!"

"Kill!"

"Loyalty!"

"Kill!"

The roars burst out from the throats of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, they roared and roared, and there was a longing in that voice, a desire to fight, and a desire for freedom!

"Loyalty!"

"Kill!"

……

In this roar, Zhu Mingzhong, whose expression became more and more serious, just silently looked at the officers and soldiers in the audience, and suddenly his right hand clenched into a fist and slammed it in front of his chest, and then stretched out his arm and drank down with the soldiers.

"Loyalty—Kill!"