Chapter 197: The Graduation Exam of the New First Army
"Your Highness, the head of the White Shepherd Army has arrived."
Seeing the end of Jiang Chuan's gun test, Guan Bao, who was waiting straight on the edge of the martial arts arena, stepped forward to report.
Looking at this leopard who was now heroic, Jiang Chuan nodded and said, "Go get some more bullets and two hundred guns." ”
Guan Bao turned around to get the gun and bullets, Jiang Chuan beckoned to Bai Mu, who was standing on the side, "Come and try this new gun." ”
Bai Mu's meeting this time was darker than the last time, and the whole person looked thinner. However, the temperament has changed a lot.
In the past, his temperament gave people the impression of being cold and solemn, but now because of the change of duties, some sense of majesty and certainty has been added.
Bai Mu took the revolver in Jiang Chuan's hand, took a box of bullets from Guan Bao's hand, disassembled it, threw the revolver on the left side and began to load.
This pistol is single-barreled and has a load of six rounds.
Of course, there are also double-barreled or even three-barreled ones, but Jiang Chuan did not choose that one, because it consumes too many bullets and is not conducive to long-term combat.
The biggest disadvantage of the revolver is that the rate of fire is too fast, which is not conducive to long-term combat. If you choose a multi-barrel one, it will exacerbate the problem.
"Bang ......"
Bai Mu emptied three rounds of bullets before stopping, touching the gun in his hand, looking unsatisfied.
"Your Highness, what a gun." Bai Mu exclaimed.
"Of course it's a good gun, let's talk about the problem." Jiang Chuan picked up a runner again and practiced aiming at a target in the distance.
"The rate of fire is too fast. In addition, the actual lethality of target shooting cannot be seen, so it is not easy to evaluate. However, it is indeed much better than the current allocation, especially in terms of ammunition reload. Bai Mu commented seriously.
"Basically to the point. However, the biggest advantage of this gun is that it is reliable and will not jam. Jiang Chuan picked up the gun again and gestured to explain.
After listening to Jiang Chuan's words, Bai Mu was obviously excited, his eyes staring at the gun in his hand, and he couldn't put it down.
"Don't look at it, this is why I called you here, just to equip your new army with a batch first. But let's say okay first, it's partially allocated, so let you take the test first. Jiang Chuan looked at Bai Mu's appearance, knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile.
Jiang Chuan knows these generals under him too well now. One movement, one look, knows what they're thinking.
Especially Shanjia and Bai Mu, both of whom are commanders of the new army, and they are both near the capital, so they come to the palace to find Jiangchuan for equipment at every turn, and they are both worried about new equipment.
"Thank you, Your Highness, this gun is right for our new army to test. Who doesn't know that our New First Army's shooting training is the best. Bai Mu patted his chest with a smile and said.
"Don't be complacent. The mountain armor came yesterday and said the same thing about their 38th Army. Jiang Chuan handed the pistol to Guan Bao, turned around and walked in the direction of the office, and Bai Mu hurriedly followed.
As for the pistol being inserted into his armed belt by him, Jiang Chuan also pretended not to see it.
When he came to the office, Qi Xuan, as the secretary, served tea to Jiang Chuan and Bai Mu, and quietly stayed aside to sort out the documents.
"Find out the battle report of the Second Army and give it to me." Jiang Chuan instructed Qi Xuan.
Soon, Qi Xuan quickly found the battle report of the Second Army from a pile of documents on the table and handed it to Jiang Chuan.
Jiang Chuan took it and handed it to Bai Mu.
"See. The Second Army has made another great contribution this time. ”
Bai Mu took the battle report with both hands and read it quickly, his expression was complicated.
"What? Not convinced? Jiang Chuan looked at Bai Mu and said with a smile.
Bai Mu didn't speak, but his expression obviously spoke for himself.
"Don't be unconvinced. The Second Army was the first new army unit to be formed. Although your new army is the earliest in terms of organization, in terms of its combat experience, the second army is the master of all the new armies. They exterminated the Japanese from the sea all the way, and followed Di Qing to the south of the Yangtze River, and this time they ruthlessly extinguished the prestige of the Zheng family's father and son. That's what people do. It's okay to be arrogant, but you also have the ability to do it accordingly. If you can't just be arrogant, but your ability is ordinary, it will become a joke. ”
Jiang Chuan took a sip of the teacup and said lightly.
Bai Mu understood that this was Jiang Chuan reminding himself, and immediately straightened his chest, touched his heels, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, Bai Mu will definitely not let the new army be embarrassed." The Second Army is very strong, but that doesn't mean it's always strong. As long as we give the new army a chance, we will definitely become the best troops, the sharpest knife in the hands of His Highness. ”
Jiang Chuan nodded with satisfaction, what he wanted was to stimulate Bai Mu's competitiveness, and it seemed that the effect was good.
"Good, I know you won't let me down. In a few days, you will set off for the south to join forces with the Second Army to attack the southeast and completely solve the Zheng family's father and son. How's your training going? What stage of progress have you reached? ”
Jiang Chuan asked in a deep voice.
"I would like to inform Your Highness that the third phase of training has been basically completed, and the coordination of infantry and artillery of all units and the cooperation of various units have basically been able to cooperate tacitly. If you pull it out, you can immediately form a combat power. Bai Mu said in a deep voice.
Jiang Chuan nodded, walked behind the desk and took out another document and handed it to Bai Mudao: "Okay, no matter how good the training is, there are many problems that can't be found." The best training ground for a soldier is on the battlefield. Look at this, before you lead your troops south, this can be regarded as my graduation assessment for you and your new First Army. ”
Bai Mu took the document and read it quickly, this is a list of bandits reported by some prefectures and counties in Gyeonggi and Beizhili.
In troubled times, bandits and bandits are often rampant. Many of these bandits and bandits are those who have lost their homes and displaced mountain people, and some are professional, taking advantage of the troubled times to coerce the population, burning, killing and looting, and taking advantage of the opportunity to grow.
And many of them are composed of defeated soldiers who have suffered defeats and fled.
Among them, there were both the original Ming army and Li Zicheng's Dashun army. These people gathered in the mountains and forests, and at first they plundered passing merchants and pedestrians.
However, because of the current lack of control and troops of the imperial court, these people gradually became emboldened, and began to raid and loot some villages, and even slaughtered villages.
The local governments have just recovered, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, and they have no way or ability to exterminate these bandits, so they can only ask the court for help.
Jiang Chuan also has a headache for these bandits, and he doesn't have much troops to appease the place at present. In the end, after thinking about it, I thought of the new army that was being trained, and planned to use these bandits to train the new army as a graduation exam.
"It's just a group of thieves, the new army will definitely cut them down and eradicate them, and share the worries of His Highness." Bai Mu confidently assured.
"Okay, but there are many bandits, and you can't solve them alone. This time, the 38th Army also went with it. You should have a game. Jiang Chuan said with a smile.
Bai Mu's face, which he didn't care much about, quickly became wonderful after being stunned for a while.