Chapter 237 (1) The Great Military Parade 4
At the beginning, Gao Su was only responsible for casting cannons for Xiao Tianjian, but after so many years, this guy gradually cultivated a large number of cannon casting craftsmen for the Xingtian Army, he began to retire from the chief cannon casting master of the cannon foundry, and began to train gunners for Xiao Tianjian, and then this guy simply directly participated in the war of the Xingtian Army against the imperial court officials. At best, he can only be a small farmer, and he can't become a nobleman at all, but under Xiao Tianjian's hands, he sees a better future, over the years, he found that Xiao Tianjian really has the strength to win the world, and he may become the emperor in the future, so he, the earliest temporary worker, if he becomes a regular, at least he can get a not low position, he has no hope of being a nobleman in his hometown, but here, it is possible to become a nobleman.
Later, after this guy figured out this truth, he changed his military position and became a member of the Xingtian Army, and now he has taken three wives and concubines in Shanxi, gave birth to two mixed-race sons, and two mixed-race daughters, each of whom is very beautiful, which can be regarded as completely dispelling his idea of returning to his hometown, and is ready to stay in China forever.
But this guy's identity is more detached, although he has a military position now, but he is not responsible for leading the artillery unit, his official identity is the chief professor of the artillery major of the Luoyang Lecture Hall of the Xingtian Army, Xiao Tianjian did not hesitate to directly give him the title of deputy general commander, and even half a level higher than Huang Shengqiang, so as soon as this guy heard that Xiao Tianjian was going to establish a military parade, he also ran to Nanjing City, and he wanted to participate in this military parade. This guy just followed Huang Shengqiang as the leader of the artillery team and appeared in front of the artillery team, this guy really looks good, not to mention, after wearing this national defense uniform, he looks majestic, even Huang Shengqiang's majesty was covered by him, walking in front of the team, his mouth was almost to his ears, and he put on a standard military posture, so that people really didn't dare to make fun of him after seeing it.
His appearance made many civil and military officials who saw him for the first time feel very fresh, and the civil officials couldn't help but point fingers at him, asking what the origin of this guy was, but the one who was most familiar with him was Fu Deming, and quietly solved everyone's doubts, which made many people understand the origin of this guy, and secretly sighed that their emperor Xiao Tianjian is really eclectic, and even the red-haired devils have been pulled into the ranks of their national defense forces, so who else does he dare not use?
When Gao Su appeared in the eyes of the people, the people were also greatly surprised, pointing at it and talking about it, but there were a few people in the crowd who saw Gao Su, their eyes suddenly lit up, most of these people were ragged, and their appearance was very different from that of the Chinese, but they were quite similar to the red-haired devil Gao Su, but the appearance was incomparable with Gao Su, who was wearing a high-ranking military uniform of the Wehrmacht, and when these red-haired people saw Gao Su, some people cried, They shouted loudly at Gao Su who was marching, using strange language that the Chinese could not understand, but their shouts were immediately drowned out by the voices of others, and the soldiers of the Dazhong Army on duty turned around and scolded them loudly, making them shut up, and they were so frightened that they all immediately closed their mouths, but their faces were still full of ecstasy.
Fortunately, Gao Su's ears are very smart, and he actually heard their shouts in the noisy voices, looked sideways slightly, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his face showed a look of joy, but at this time he was participating in the military parade, and he definitely didn't dare to leave the team to find these red-haired people to catch up with the old days, so he could only bow his head slightly, indicating that he had seen them, and then rode over, but his micro-expression still made these people quite encouraging, and they were not even interested in watching the parade. Quickly turned his head and squeezed out of the crowd, and began to find a way to contact Gao Su.
This is not to say for the time being, and after the artillery team passed, a large group of baggage vehicles appeared in front of everyone, these baggage vehicles are all two-horse traction carts, both sides are erected with thick wooden boards, usually used as carriages, there is also a small-caliber Furlong cannon on the column on both sides of the car, each car is equipped with ten baggage soldiers and a royal hand, these baggage soldiers are not armored, but some of them are equipped with a flintlock spear, four of them are responsible for operating the small Furlong cannon on the car, Usually these people are responsible for transporting materials, once the need can be immediately transferred to the use of soldiers, after the cart is connected together at any time, it can also form a car battalion, become the defense line of the army, so the baggage battalion is also one of the important arms of the Xingtian Army, when Xiao Tianjian went north to resist the Tartar invasion, the baggage battalion also used to play a strong combat effectiveness near the small stone bridge, killing and wounding many Tartar soldiers who tried to seize the bridge.
Although they rarely participate in battles in peacetime, if they do not have their hard work and carry a large amount of food and ammunition as a supplement to the soldiers, the upper and lower people of the Xingtian Army will have to fight against the enemy empty-handed hungry, so they don't have to think about any victory, so as a soldier, they are also fully qualified to participate in this parade, which is undoubtedly a kind of praise for the soldiers.
What is even more surprising is that when the chariots and horses of the baggage brigade passed through the outside of the Yaowu Gate, there were five phalanxes on foot, and a phalanx of five hundred foot soldiers walking in front of them all hung a single knife on their waists, and each row of people carried a tool that did not look like a weapon behind them, and after careful viewing, they found that these people were either carrying a sapper shovel, or a mountain axe, or an axe, and even a big saw on their backs, in short, they looked more like a group of craftsmen wearing military uniforms, can't help but be a little surprised, but among the generals, they all know that the identity of this phalanx, they are not ordinary troops, but also a unique branch of the Xingtian Army, that is, engineers, and the person who leads the team is also the gopher Liang Tietou, who is known as the father of the Xingtian Army engineers.
You must know that in this era, in addition to the Xingtian Army, whether it is the official army or the Tartar soldiers, or even among the other righteous armies, they will also bring some craftsmen when they go out to fight in the army, but these people are at best temporary conscripted auxiliaries, cooperating with the main force to fight, repairing vehicles, building pontoon bridges, and manufacturing offensive tools and defensive equipment for their army when necessary. They have never been listed as a class to be used exclusively.
However, under the auspices of Xiao Tianjian, these craftsmen and miners, who were not valued at all on weekdays, were selected and organized separately into a separate engineering battalion, which was specifically listed and became a formal branch of the Xingtian Army. There are also help all arms to build a variety of defensive equipment, when attacking the city, they are mainly responsible for building attacking tools, and at the same time to use their technology and special tools to open the passage for the main battle force or to open a hole in the strong city wall, whether it is to attack the Fengfu or Xiangyang Mansion or even the attack on Nanjing City some time ago, the engineer battalion has played an important role, no one can erase their credit, after these years of development, the Xingtian Army Engineer Corps has also become an indispensable force in the army, Therefore, they formed a phalanx alone and appeared in the parade, which was also the wish of the people.
After the sapper phalanx, there was a very small phalanx, this phalanx was composed of only fifty people, five people in a horizontal row and ten people in a vertical row, each of whom was also not wearing armor, and did not even wear a helmet or carry knives, guns and weapons, but everyone carried a suitcase, and a white circle was drawn on the suitcase, and a red cross was drawn in the circle, which looked very unusual in the parade phalanx.
But every soldier in the Xingtian Army has paid tribute to this small group of people, because their identity is different from other arms, others are trying to kill people, but their duty is not to kill people, but they are responsible for saving people, they are a very special branch of the Xingtian Army, when Xiao Tianjian was still in the Fengxiang Mansion area, he had already begun to form, and was called a medical soldier.
In fact, there are medical officers in the official army and even in other armies, but this kind of medical officer only treats the injuries of the generals, and rarely cares about the lower-level soldiers, once the soldiers are injured on the battlefield, many times they can only rely on the brothers around them for treatment, or they are directly discarded, leaving them to fend for themselves, and rarely can get timely and effective treatment, so the injuries in the ancient army are basically the same as death, and only a small number of soldiers can come over, so every time the battle is fought, a large number of soldiers will die.
But Xiao Tianjian regarded his own soldiers as people, and asked the divine doctor Lu Rongxuan to gradually train a large number of medical soldiers for the army, these medical soldiers have received strict training, in addition to being familiar with all kinds of herbal medicines, will make wound medicine from local materials, and will also deal with various fractures and external injuries, but also treat some ordinary cold, stomach and other minor diseases, so since they have them, the casualty rate of the Xingtian Army has been greatly reduced, as long as it is not to defeat the battle, there is really no way, In each battle, the wounded soldiers can often get more timely treatment and bandaging, so there are many soldiers who may die on the battlefield The situation has gradually decreased a lot, and now among the generals of the Xingtian Army, many people are returning after recovering from injuries, these people have seen blood, killed people, and have not seen blood compared with the recruits, the combat effectiveness is very strong, it can be said that it is the backbone of the Xingtian Army, and it plays a vital role in the super combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army.
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