3rd Infantry Brigade.

"One, two. Three, four. "A squad of infantry is drilling, and they have to practice running seven miles with weights every day. At first, many soldiers couldn't run because they weren't used to it, but later, with the arrival of new uniforms, they began to change their minds, and they began to find ways to solve all their problems.

The new military uniform was conceived by the martial arts. The new military uniform is designed in accordance with modern military design. For example, trousers, jackets, coats, trench coats, and military hats are also mainly used in the more practical mountain hats, and the colors are mainly brown and black, because this is the most readily available fabric, and there is another color, which is red. However, the color red is used for military ranks. Ranks are punctuated with red lines. On the armbands and brochures, it is worth mentioning that the brochures have only one side, because this can greatly reduce the workload. After Shangwu gave these styles to the textile factories and the garment factories, those factories also needed to purchase all kinds of fabrics, which could speed up their manufacturing. At the same time, garment factories will take out some clothes to manufacture, such as tops, pants, and hats, and hand them over to the newly established private factories to make them, so that the speed can be greatly accelerated.

Soldiers still value boots, in order to make suitable shoes, as well as mass production. The shoe factories take samples on a large scale to make the boots they need, with iron nails underneath them, which can keep them moving fast. There is also a kind of soft-soled shoes, all made of hemp, which is very comfortable to wear, and many soldiers practice running frantically in order to get such a pair of boots.

The running of soldiers is not a simple thing, in addition to the soldiers have to regulate their breathing, they also have to hold their own weapons, and at the same time carry some necessary equipment, hydration bags, although it is not yet possible to equip the whole army, but this is already advanced enough. A large hydration bladder was more than the weight of their spears all the time, and on top of that, they had to carry some blankets. It's something they can rest in place when they go out. And then there's something else. Shoes must be spared. Scissors, knives, these things are loaded in cloth bags, and they all straddle their shoulders. As a result, the soldier's load has increased a lot, and there are some weapons, such as ** bags, which may have to carry more ammunition in the future. Therefore, each soldier had to carry additional stones on his back. This is to prepare for future campaign operations.

"The motivation of the soldiers is very high. New uniforms, new ways of training, and new troops. Chief of Staff Lao Tian said excitedly that he had taken a course in the officer training class for a few days, and he had come here to study, Shang Wu said when he was sent here.

The 3rd Infantry Brigade is very special because this brigade is composed of infantry from the former officer army, the other two brigades are composed of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment respectively, and the 3rd Brigade is composed of the 11th Regiment of the official army as the backbone. Their combat effectiveness was strong, especially their assassination phalanx, which had inflicted great damage on the Yellow Turbans in several ambushes. It can be said that this is the only infantry brigade that is still martial and able to show its hands.

"The morale is good, but we are still a big gap when we really fight against the officers and soldiers, purely in terms of assassination techniques, you can also see it. I've made it very clear in my assassination drills. Ma Heng said. He was the brigade commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, and he was very surprised, originally he thought that his 11th Infantry Corps was not enough to be integrated into the new army, after all, they were officers before, but Shang Wu did not do this, but formed the 3rd Infantry Brigade with the 11th Infantry Corps as the backbone, which greatly exceeded Ma Heng's expectations. Since his own commander values himself so much, Ma Heng did not say that the soldier dies for his confidant. At the request of Shangwu, Ma Heng wrote a book of "Assassination Drills", in which he wrote in detail the essentials of assassination. However, in order to simplify the assassination skills to a greater extent, the main reason is that the cost of the soldiers is different, most of them are from the bankers, and it is obviously impossible for them to complete this kind of assassination training in a very short time. Ma Heng knew that their opponents were officers and soldiers in the true sense of the word, and their fighting skills far exceeded those of these mud legs, in order to train them more effectively, assassination was divided into three simple steps, no defense, only attack, quasi, stab, and pump. Aim, stab hard, then pull back again. This is an extremely ferocious assassination technique, which does not consider the defense of the soldier at all, because the action of blocking and picking is too difficult for them, it is better to teach only one move, although this will cause a lot of casualties, the inevitable result of only attacking and not defending. But it's extremely effective. As for the defense, it can only be done by the rest of the combat team.

"Assassination alone can't solve the problem, we also need long-range attack capabilities, and cavalry units to protect our flanks, otherwise, our safety will be difficult." Ma Heng carefully studied the current infantry tactics, and said worriedly that they could also borrow their javelins for ambush operations, after all, the enemy they were fighting in a frontal battle, which was completely different from their ambushes.

At the cavalry training ground, Shang Wu formed a cavalry regiment, their cavalry number was only 900 horses, Shang Wu had more than 1,000 horses, but he needed communications, reconnaissance, and the number of cavalry was greatly reduced, but they were still a regiment and belonged to the troops directly under the division.

"Kill. Kill. "Tiezi led a frenzied assassination in his cavalry regiment, and the condition of the cavalry was better. At the very least, the cavalry units can maintain a certain stability on the battlefield, and when running at high speeds, they will not fall.

"The combat effectiveness of the cavalry unit has improved very quickly. However, there is still a long gap between the combat effectiveness and that of the officers and the army. Jia Xu looked at the cavalry regiment on the cavalry training ground and said worriedly.

"yes. According to the information provided to me by Xiaodouzi, most of the cavalry of those officers and soldiers came from the Wuhuan people, they were all a people on horseback, and they could maintain balance on horseback without stirrups, and they could also use their short bows skillfully. Relying only on long-range kills can cause great trouble for our infantry. "Shang Wu has become accustomed to the modern way of thinking of long-range warfare, and for ancient warfare, although there is a large amount of information that can be used as a reference. However, if you want to fight this war well, there are still many things that must be fully prepared.

"Boom, boom, boom." At this moment, a torrent of shocks rushed over.

"Rush. Come on. "This is Tiezi's younger brother, Gangzi, who leads two hundred heavy cavalrymen. They were armed with spears and wore all the leather armor they had, which was their best armor. And they also had a large amount of armor on the front of their horses, which was all the armor of the officers and soldiers they had captured, and gave it to the heavy cavalry troops. They are important assault groups. They will lead the light cavalry to tear a hole and kill a bloody path. The three horses were a small combat unit, all connected by iron rings. In this way, the cavalry was able to produce a great impact effect. Because of the horses, the personnel have a certain amount of protection, although this protection has certain limitations, but the impact caused is extremely large. They will form a huge breakthrough on the opponent's front. This is one of Shang Wu's killer features.

"Phew." After the heavy cavalry assault, the dust billowed up. Shang Wu and Jia Xu kept spitting the dust in their mouths and patting the dust on their bodies.

"These heavy cavalry are strong enough to overwhelm the opposing infantry." Jia Xu said.

"Well, that's just an improvement on the battle line, and we still have a lot of things that aren't enough." Shang Wu told Jia Xu that they had left the cavalry training ground, and the cavalry training was on track.

"Ma Heng handed me a report. He said that infantry combat cannot be accomplished by simply relying on assassination, but also requires combined infantry firepower, that is to say, it is best to have an infantry support weapon that produces a huge destructive effect, although ballistae can play a certain role, but, in contrast, in the case of not having an advantage in numbers, this advantage is not very good. Shang Wu said.

"Well, Brigadier Ma is right. We have to fight head-on with the old boy Huangfu Song, the pressure is not small, if we don't have the advantage in weapons, we can't play our advantage at all. Jia Xu also had to follow the Red Turban Army to call it like this. Although the whole army called Huangfu Song an old boy, everyone didn't dare to underestimate this old boy. And Jia Xu called it like this, which can be regarded as integrating into this group.

"Well, yes, we can't rely on infantry alone, infantry assassination is just a last resort, we should achieve a result in other areas, we should go to the arsenal and have a look, or we need to make some of the weapons we need." Shang Wu said.

This task can only be left to the arsenal.

In the arsenal, Zhang Qing was checking some things back and forth.

"How? Our Arsenal Director. Shang Wu and Jia Xu asked after they came in.

"Sir. Report sir, the arsenal is in production. Zhang Qing reported.

"Well, let's take a look at how your factory is doing, and we still need your help in the future." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Sir, I didn't say it, our arsenal is all working overtime to complete all production tasks." Zhang Qing said.

"Well, let's take a look at mature weapons, as for immature weapons, we have to study and study." Shang Wu said to Jia Xu. Jia Xu nodded and went together.