The training that will begin soon is mainly the training of the transition between the column and the horizontal team. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This kind of formation change, in the eyes of later generations, seems to be just good-looking, but in Zheng Sen's era, these formation changes are of very important practical significance. This is especially true after the introduction of a linear formation.

Compared to the phalanx, the frontal firepower of the linear formation is obviously superior, but the weakness of the flanks is also more obvious, and if the flanks are attacked, they are often very dangerous. And too shallow depth is also very easy to break. In addition, in order to facilitate the concentration of forces in key positions, Frederick later played the slash tactic. Later, Emperor Napoleon perfected the tactics of column attack and won victory after victory for himself.

Zheng Sen felt that with all the weapons in his plan, including flintlock muskets, bayonets, and light six-pounder guns, in place, the level of equipment of his army was already quite close to that of Emperor Napoleon. Therefore, it may be a good choice to learn the offensive tactics of Emperor Napoleon's columns.

The members of the first shift of 100 factory guards have lined up on the playground and are counting up. The training content of their training in this class is to constantly change from a three-row column to a three-row horizontal line, and then from a three-row horizontal line to a three-row column. And all drills have to be done in motion.

"Are you going to start?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Yes, Major General." Liu Yuanzhi said, "Major General, you see, at the other end of the playground, we erected those scarecrows and acted as their targets. They will approach the enemy at high speed in columns, then begin to form columns at a distance of forty paces from the target, and form a horizontal column at a distance of twenty-five paces from the target, and use their wooden guns to fire a simulated salvo at the target, and immediately after the salvo is over, they will launch a bayonet charge. In the process, we arranged for twenty archers, who were over there to shoot them with bows and arrows without arrows. When they're done attacking the scarecrows, they're going to turn around - you see, there's a row of scarecrows and the same archers on the other side of the playground. Once again, they were targeting the scarecrow here. We will record how well they complete these squadron formations. There is a reward for doing a good job, and those who do it the worst will be punished. ”

"What kind of rewards and punishments are there?" Zheng Sen asked.

"The reward is usually an extra fish at dinner in the evening. If they set a record for the shortest time to finish, they can tie a red silk scarf around their necks. As for the punishment, it is generally to run laps, empty the toilet, wash the clothes of the other winning teams, and eat the last batch. If you fall behind too much, the ranks are badly untidy, and there is whipping. Liu Yuanzhi said, "But the most serious punishment is not this, but before the next training, the guy with the worst performance will be buttoned up with a green hat with two big words like 'fool' on the hat." That's what those imps are most afraid of. ”

That's a really good sign. Zheng Sen nodded. The fear of this punishment, even more than the fear of whipping, shows that these children already have some self-esteem and a sense of honor. This is very important for an army. If an army does not have a sense of honor, it cannot have a firm fighting capacity. Looking back on history, Zheng Sen clearly saw that Chinese poetry is full of "Rather be a centurion than a scholar", "Why don't men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures." Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis of ten thousand households"; In China's soldiers, they can only be born in a "good family", and joining the army is regarded as the right way for men to make meritorious contributions, and there is a spread in the society that "one person joins the army, the whole family is glorious", and Ban Dingyuan, who threw his pen from Rong, was regarded as an era of hero worship; Those barbarians never dared to boast to us about anything like "unparalleled in horsemanship" or "so-and-so is less than 10,000 and invincible." On the contrary, when the words "good men are not soldiers, good iron does not nail" began to appear in society; When "the one who sings the champion outside the Donghua Gate is a good child", even if he recovers the sixteen states of Yanyun, it is not as good as the title of the gold list and the honor of hairpins on the street; When the army is full of ruffians or slaves, our army is always defeated and retreated on the battlefield.

In order to cultivate the sense of honor of the young men of the factory protection team, Zheng Sen put some thought into it. For example, he prepared uniform and gorgeous red military uniforms for these children in the factory protection team, and even used silk and brass to decorate many positions, such as letting them have meat to eat every day, and living a better life than most people in other professions, and also taught them to read and write, and specially told them the stories of the great samurai in ancient times, encouraging them to follow these people's example, and in the future, they will remove the filth and make contributions to the people of the world.

Now, it seems that such efforts are paying off. This made Zheng Sen very satisfied.

At this time, with a whistle, the three columns began to move towards the side of the playground. The factory guards at the front of the column blew the whistle rhythmically, and everyone maintained a strict formation according to the rhythm of the whistle. Ninety paces or so from their target, the archers began to shoot their headless arrows at them. These arrows themselves are relatively light, and they can shoot farther, of course, the lethality is naturally small, and after removing the arrows, they are more and more lethal. But it still hurts a little to shoot on people. The main purpose of these shots is to interfere with the children of the factory team, and to get them used to the feeling of moving forward in the shooting.

These projectile headless light arrows did not bring much interference to the members of the factory protection team. They continued to follow the rhythm of the whistle. At this time, the knots are very important, if the rhythm is too fast, then the formation is prone to problems, so you will be scolded or even whipped. But if the pace is too slow, the formation will naturally be easier to maintain, but it will take longer.

As the guards got closer to the scarecrows, the pace of the whistle increased, but the three columns still maintained a fairly verified formation. The column approach has smaller targets and faster maneuvers when approaching the enemy. Now it has reached a distance of about fifty paces, and at this distance, if it is a real battle, then the bow and arrow are already quite dangerous for those who do not have armor piercing. It is necessary to increase the speed of travel appropriately and reduce the time of exposure to enemy fire.

Soon, they reached a place about forty paces away from the target, and with a long whistle, the soldiers in the back row of the three columns quickly accelerated and spread out to the left and right, and the three columns became horizontal columns in the front and back rows. Then the distance between the three rows of horizontal lines also decreases rapidly. This is a relatively complex transformation, as the transformation of the entire team is done in motion. Each player must be very familiar with their position.

Sure enough, in this round of changes, several team members showed obvious hesitation, and almost ran to someone else's position, and blocked the movement of others.

At this time, the archers also began to shoot at them in a flat manner. Although it is a headless arrow, it will hurt to take a hit at such a distance, and if these headless arrows happen to hit some places, they will also injure or even kill.

Zheng Xinglong was hit on the knee, I don't know where he shot, in short, his whole leg was numb all of a sudden, but fortunately, he was about to get to the position at this time. He jumped on his leg, which was still good, and landed where he was supposed to be.

By this time, the deployment of the column had been completed, and the distance between the guards and the scarecrows was only 25 paces, and at such a distance, the salvo of muskets had already hit a very good rate. With a whistle, all the factory guards stopped at this moment, and then another whistle sounded, and all the people raised their wooden guns in their hands and made a posture of aiming, and then another whistle sounded, and the simulated salvo was completed, and then all the factory guards pulled out the same wooden bayonet from their waists and inserted it into the muzzle of the wooden gun. Then they shouted together and rushed at the scarecrows.

"Those idiots!" Liu Yuanzhi scolded, "Two of them missed last time!" ”

"Actually, it's already good." Zheng Sen thought, "If they can really behave like this on the battlefield in the future, if they can fix the Manchu bow and arrow, advance to a distance of twenty-five paces, and then fire a volley with muskets, and then launch a rapid bayonet assault, even if they are invincible Manchu Eight Banners, they may not be able to withstand it, right?" ”

"Lao Liu, do you think if these little guys send them real guys, can they fight now?" Zheng Sen looked at the factory guards who had just completed a bayonet assault and were regrouping, and asked Liu Yuanzhi.

"If they really have real guys in their hands, at least, I don't want to fight them hard." Liu Yuanzhi said, "The musket has a great advantage, that is, when it is held in the hands of children, it can also kill people." These little guys, they have also suffered when they were wandering before, and they have seen a lot of dead people, but now they have eaten big fish and meat, for the sake of today's life, these guys really dare to work hard. Most of them could have gone all the way to twenty-five paces and fired a shot. Hehe...... If they really want to let them shoot at a distance of twenty-five paces, I am afraid that even Grandpa Qi's Qi family army may not be able to hold on. As for the guards now, I'm afraid that just by seeing them coming over and raising their guns, they should all run away. ”

"I don't know what will happen to Shang Jianxuan." Zheng Sen said.

"I haven't seen it." Liu Yuanzhi shook his head, "But I think, they are all people, with a head on their shoulders, I don't believe that there are muskets that can't be killed." However, I heard from Charlie that he felt that our team was still short of cavalry, and that this was a big weakness. ”