Volume 2 Jin County Chapter 24 Jin County General Soldiers (2)
As soon as the problem of this person eating horses and chewing is solved, he must practice seriously, not to be underestimated, but also to ensure the safety of one party.
There were big problems in the old establishment, and now the Yongzi battalion is called the battalion to the outside world, and it was originally composed of 1,000 commanders and battalion officers, and there are 10 generals each leading 100 people, about 1,000 people.
In traditional barracks, the smallest unit is the 'shed'. What is a 'shed'? The concept of temporary garrison, set up a shed in the field, each shed will live more than ten or twenty people, is the smallest assembly unit, led by the shed chief, the shed chief does not enter the stream, no product. There are also 'shi', and 'shichang' is the leader, that is, the ten-person 'shed', which is much the same.
One level larger than the shed is the 'team', with a captain, consisting of three to five sheds, all of which are not into the stream. The so-called team is the concept of marching, whether in battle or in progress, at a glance, can take care of the surrounding forty or fifty people, no matter how far away, can not take care of, these people train and fight together all the year round, naturally become a 'team'.
A hundred people are called 'sentinels', and there are sentinel commanders, composed of three to five teams, but this sentry commander, if he does not have a general title, still has no rank, although the rights and responsibilities of marching and fighting are the same, but the treatment is very different. "Sentinel" is actually the most effective concept of herald, in the process of marching or garrisoning, the number of people within the range of the whistle sound, about 100 people, this is the "sentinel". Due to the large military pot cooking, it can only be supplied to 100 people at a time, and the post has become a relatively independent food unit.
The construction of the post is particularly important, and the court pays the least attention to the post of the general manager of the whistle, which is always large and small, the big seven grades, and the small foreign commissions put the total from the nine grades, which are small to worthless, and can be awarded as a reward! But most of the sentry commanders in the real battalion did not have the rank of general.
Jinxian regimental training, the establishment is mainly based on elite soldiers:
Sheds (shed chiefs), 12 people per shed (lodging concept, tactical units);
Team (Captain), each team with three sheds (40 people, marching concept, training unit);
Sentinel (Sentinel Commander), three teams per Sentinel (150 people, assembly concept, food unit);
Battalion (battalion commander), three outposts per battalion (500 men, combat unit).
Jin County regimental training, built two battalions, a total of 1,000 people.
With this reorganization, the post of general soldier is worthy of its name, with two battalions under its jurisdiction.
The battalion equipment is more distinctive:
A sentry firearms soldier, the main with: fire cap (flintlock latest dual-purpose) breech gun, auxiliary: spear stab (can be used as a waist knife);
A sentry archer, main with: steel bow, auxiliary: sword and shield;
A sentry pikeman, main pairing: spear, secondary pairing: sword and shield.
The bow looks like a standard bow, but it is actually a modified spring steel bow with adjustable hardness.
The pikemen are not the traditional spears, the traditional spears are considered to deal with the war horse charge, the design is very long, not flexible, the south rarely cavalry battles, plus the improvement of muskets and bows and arrows, cavalry attack combat is not the same as before, the spear does not need to be too long.
The so-called, an inch long and an inch strong, an inch short and dangerous, but long to a certain extent must be the opposite, to deal with the current pikemen, as long as the shield is used to lock the axis of the spear, and then attack sideways, it is difficult for the other party to change, the gun is too long, this is the weakness of the spear melee combat. After the spear is truncated, it is much more flexible, but it can be used as a stick, people say, the stick sweeps a large area, which refers to a kind of flexibility, and the truncated gun can be used as a javelin, which can be thrown nearly 100 steps away to help run, and the lethality is huge, so it is simply called the javelin soldier more accurate.
This knife is not a traditional knife used by battalion soldiers or government service, it is a knife similar to the Tang knife, the front part is slightly curved, the head is pointed, there is a blood groove, it is lighter than the standard waist knife in the army, and it is much more dexterous to play, a bit like an Oriental knife. This knife, the rigidity is excellent, the old army grasps the hand and praises endlessly, this is the treasure knife in the early years, sharpening iron like mud, now it is not rare, the Royal Forest Army does not have this good weapon, of course, this knife is the mountain town iron industry system.
This shield is a round shield woven by thin teng strips, after oil immersion treatment, the surface is extremely hard, it is a lightweight shield, made of the ancestral secret method that is not passed down by the Hakka people in the mountains, it has been tested for a long time, and the defense performance is excellent! You can usually carry it on your back, and it is not heavy or hindering your movement.
In fact, two-thirds of the troops in a battalion have the combat power of sword and shield offensive and defensive operations, which is the most applicable and most common weapon in the era of cold weapons. All soldiers have long-range strike capabilities and have their own characteristics, and this kind of equipment is very applicable and effective.
It costs some silver taels to complete these weapons, which is also a luxury configuration in the forbidden army in the capital, but fortunately there is a donation to support, which is enough, and the most expensive is of course muskets and gunpowder.
The clothing is also a little changed, the words written on the clothes, the color is light, it is not clear from a distance, there are the words "Yong", the word "Shi", there are no words on the clothes above the team officer, everyone, there is a three-finger-wide white cloth sewn on the left chest, on which is written the name, position, and number.
The new regulations of Jinxian regimental training are not to kneel in front of the big tent or sitting in the hall, to salute with a gun, to raise hands without a gun, to imitate the general military salute of later generations, not to salute on the battlefield, just stand up straight and speak.
The new infantry drill code issued by the General Soldier is a thick book, and everything is just done. Many of the operational norms in the drill code, including the truncation of the long spear, are the experience of Wu Nengjing for many years, and most of the etiquette and queue matters are the opinions of the general soldiers.
Although the soldiers are basically recruits, they are both veterans and have never been on the battlefield, and many people have been deserters, which is a shame, shame and courage, but the training is not ambiguous. Now the two battalions are brave, fully equipped, and full, in addition to taking turns to collect donations every day, it is training, mechanical training, proficiency makes perfect, and the art is bold, and compared with before, military skills have greatly improved.
One day, Governor Huang proposed to gather group exercises in Ququ and Hangzhou areas to conduct a drill during his inspection of defense, with the following purposes: 1. Compare the results of the group exercise; 2. Exchange of experience in enemy warfare.
The location, choose in the middle of Quhang, it is convenient for everyone, it is Jinxian! I heard that the new chief soldier of Jin County is well-trained in the training group, so everyone might as well learn from both hands. The time is set for the end of the month.
In wartime, the governor can mobilize the soldiers in the province, but the flag camp and the green camp belong to the imperial court garrison army, and the training in peacetime is not under the governor's control, and he can't control it, but the Yongzi battalion is a local armed force and is within its jurisdiction.
In fact, the autumn hunting and autumn exercises (martial arts) all have the content of the exercises, which are generally the school review exercises and training exercises, and the localities will also exercises, most of them are school review exercises, which are similar to the martial arts meetings, and they must be lively, and of course they have more role in promoting the development of military training.
Traditional exercises include, golden drum and flag orders, changing phalanxes, weapon drills, horse step coordination, etc., the only thing that makes people feel is that the roar is shocking! Training courage is a new branch of the army, the training is in the needs of the war situation, it belongs to the economic control of the army, from the beginning did not follow the traditional method of exercise to practice, to some extent the introduction of some Western-style exercises, the practical method of operation, although many traditional methods of operation are still retained, but also very different.
In this exercise, more than 10 brave battalions near Qu and Hangzhou were gathered, and each battalion sent a sentry brave, led by the general commander, and the officers of each battalion accompanied the governor to receive guidance. In any case, Jin County belongs to the jurisdiction of Quzhou Prefecture, and he is the highest military commander in the land.
Proofreading is the highlight of the exercise, the so-called eating and eating, buying and buying, giving Shangguan a preconceived good impression, and then things will be easy to do, which is the way of the official.
Huang Zonghan was appointed as the new governor of Zhejiang last year, and he vigorously advocated the resistance of the Taiping army and outside the province, and has sent troops into Jiangsu and Anhui to fight. I saw him sitting in the center of the front of a viewing platform in the playground, with a neat arrangement of large and small civil and military forces behind him and on both sides, accompanied by a smiling face.
Lian Yong battalions, one after another, from the viewing platform through the playground, according to Zhang Yingquan, is the World Games into the field, noisy, no novelty, but in the eyes of adults there is another scene, neat, orderly, well-equipped, majestic, mighty!
"Which battalion is this?" Lord Huang asked.
"Go back to the adults, practice Yong Hangzhou battalion" Tang Shen General hurriedly replied.
"The Quzhou camp is following behind?"
"Lord Hui, exactly."
"Worthy of the victorious division, good!"
It was Jinxian's turn to press the formation at the end, and the left and right battalions went on the field with their heels and feet, and said that they would make up a field.
I saw that behind the battalion flag officer, a 150-person square team with the sentry as a unit, the front and rear and the middle three teams entered neatly, the pace was the same, the left and right, the arms were not high or low, and they were all the same, left and right, Lili Suo, and the former soldiers were brave and only tried to be mighty, and the sentinels who were not divided between the left and right were much more neat, this was the mighty division, and then another battalion flag entered the field, and it was exactly the same three sentinels Fang Yin came into view, and the whole audience shook slightly.
"What kind of compilation is this?"
"Lord Hui, the new establishment of Jin County is divided into two battalions on the left and right, each battalion has three sentinels and a total of 500 people, and the total number of the two battalions is still 1,000 people."
"...... this equipment?"
"Zuo Ying, salute the governor!" Approaching the viewing platform, the battalion officer roared, and the whole team looked to the right, the pace did not change but was more neat and powerful, the footsteps sounded like a person, and the arms were thrown more rhythmically.
"Wow......!" Stunned, if this is in battle, it will scare the opponent to death.
"Right battalion, salute the governor!"
The other battalion also approached the viewing platform, with the same commands, the same movements, the same movements, the same neatness, and the same might.
"Good! Good! Good! ”
Lord Huang couldn't sit still, he stood up excitedly, the audience was boiling, this Jinxian regimental practice, actually let the governor say three good words, really powerful, some former Beijing officials, well-informed, didn't care at first, when Jinxian Lianyong played, he felt extraordinary, this little general soldier, when did a big moth come?
There are many reasons for this, one is that after more than a month of training, he can compete in the army, which is already very good. Second, the codes are all different, how to compare? The drums are noise to the newly trained soldiers, who only listen to the sound of trumpets and whistles, listen to passwords, and read gestures, and do not understand the traditional drums. Besides, other people's sword and shield bearers are sword and shield hands, and you are also a spear or archer, how can you fight?
Of course, in the musket category, he won a big victory, the first place in all, and it is no wonder that it is too asymmetrical to compare the new musket with the shotgun.
Anyway, the highlight of this exercise is the proofreading, it is an indisputable fact that Jin County is practicing bravery, and there are many old soldiers who are not convinced behind their backs, and they play some tricks of fist embroidery and legs, that is, to make adults happy!