The operational template of the New Army was the army of the First World War.

Because they are just starting out, the goals set by Li Yuanji for them are not too high.

But in fact, this goal is already very high, so that the army of the Tang Dynasty has the combat effectiveness of the army during World War I, just thinking about it, it feels terrifying.

But if you look closely, you will find that although there are difficulties, if you really do it seriously, there may not be no hope.

The twentieth century was one of the most advanced centuries for mankind, and at the same time, the whole world was undergoing tremendous changes.

In terms of army operations, in the twentieth century, there were four different stages in total.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional army was completely vulnerable in the face of modern armies.

The second stage was the First World War period, and the army, which was also equipped with modern equipment, could only use trench warfare, a two-lose-lose tactic, to fight, not because human beings were not smart enough, but because technology and the times had not yet developed to that point.

The third stage was during World War II, when trench warfare was completely eliminated and replaced by mechanized and mobile warfare, armored warfare, and so on.

The fourth stage was in the late 20th century, when the military changed from mechanization to information-based and high-tech operations.

Although there has been a lot of accumulation before this, the scientific and technological means at that time can support such progress.

But then again, is the current Datang's strength really poor?

To put it mildly, the manufacturing level of equipment is definitely not as good as that of the late Qing Dynasty, but the output of steel is much higher than that of the late Qing Dynasty.

As long as the iron ore found can be built on a large scale, there will be a variety of iron-smelting workshops in its vicinity.

These workshops only carry out the initial processing of iron ore, refining it into iron ingots and steel ingots, and then transshipment to other factories for secondary processing.

The efficiency of equipment manufacturing is low, this does not seem to be important, now Datang is unique, there is no pressure at all, you can use stupid methods to manufacture, and then gradually improve.

At the beginning, it was artificially built, but now, isn't it also starting to use steam engines to make equipment? Isn't the efficiency also improved many times?

The reason why the forbidden army is not called the new army is that although their equipment is the same as the new army, in fact, the definition of the new army is not equipment, but ideas.

The soldiers of the forbidden army are all veteran fritters, and in their subconscious, they are more of the previous ways of fighting.

Although we have accepted the idea of modernization, there are times when the two ideas alternate, and some problems will inevitably arise.

And these thousands of people in the military academy are different, when they came, they were a blank sheet of paper, they had not experienced previous battles, Li Yuanji could draw as he wanted, and these people were more receptive to new things in comparison.

To put it bluntly, it is the collision of two different ideas.

There is no doubt that the same equipment will have different effects when it is placed in the hands of different people.

And in Li Yuanji's positioning, the equipment of the new army should be rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, mortars, grenades and, if possible, sniper rifles.

Of course, the sniper rifle can only be thought of, and at the moment, it is far away and unimaginable.

At present, machine guns and mortars are not equipped for the time being, but there have been some breakthroughs in research, and in the near future, they are likely to be installed.

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"None of you can decide whether you live or die, at least, you have no right to choose death until you have killed a hundred enemies. Because of me, because Datang has poured too much effort into you, the cost of each of you to get to where you are today is enough to train dozens of recruits into elites in a hundred battles, so don't give up your life easily at any time.

Unless the enemy has put the knife on your neck and you are afraid that you will not be able to keep the secret, then you are entitled to choose death, never put yourself in a situation where you have no power to resist, whenever you have to think about what to do next before you run out of last strength......"

Li Yuanji's words kept coming back to his mind, and this was what Li Yuanji said when he gave another lesson to these one hundred and seven students.

It can be regarded as one of the core ideas of the new army, and a simple translation, in fact, there are only two points, don't choose death easily, and in the absence of a choice, pull as many enemies as possible to die together.

And this statement contradicts the latter statement.

The front one seems to give people a feeling of cowardice, but the back requires the soldiers to dare to show their swords, fight bravely, and live and die meaninglessly.

It's paradoxical, but it seems that there is an explanation of the past, and it is not as difficult as imagined.

Well, to sum it up, it is still a sentence, when it is time to sacrifice, we must have the courage to sacrifice, and when we should not sacrifice, we must not sacrifice and do not make meaningless sacrifices.

glanced at the soldiers under him, one by one they were familiar with the new guns that had just arrived.

It's exactly the same as the forbidden army, and the forbidden army also specially came to teach them how to shoot.

Xue Li and the others had already practiced with the forbidden army, although they didn't dare to say that everyone was a master of guns, but at least it was no problem to fight with guns.

And when one person stays with fifty people to shoot, this is a bit more difficult.

Perhaps because they felt the tension of time, the forbidden army did not have any stinginess, and directly sent a large number of soldiers to act as instructors, using a one-on-one method, hoping to teach these soldiers of the new army in the shortest possible time, so that they can get used to and adapt as quickly as possible.

The structure of the gun, what is the role of each part? How to use, how to maintain, etc., the soldiers of the forbidden army are seriously explaining, and are doing demonstrations at the same time.

After 10 days of intensive teaching, the officers and men of the New Army have become thoroughly familiar with the weapons in their hands in just 10 days.

There were also three live firing in the middle, and each person fired a total of 50 bullets three times, which was not much, but it was enough to give them a deeper understanding of the gun.

As soon as the ten days were up, the instructors from the forbidden army left the camp directly, they still had their own tasks, and it was impossible to stay here forever.

Moreover, to a large extent, the two armies are actually different, and they can be used to help teach them to shoot, but other tactics or something are completely useless.

Being able to use a gun is only the first step, and it will be combined with previous training to make this army truly combat-effective.

"A gun is a good thing, it can kill the enemy, but it can also hurt yourself." On the first day of resuming normal training, looking at the soldiers who couldn't help but be excited with rifles in their hands, Xue Li unceremoniously gave them a blow on the head, a basin of cold water, and was splashed down without hesitation.

An army armed with rifles is indeed an invincible form of existence.

Although so far, the only forbidden army, armed with rifles and initially forming combat effectiveness, has not had time to participate in even a single skirmish.

However, countless live-fire drills have all confirmed the strength of the rifle, as long as there are enough personnel, as long as the cooperation is tacit, then within 200 meters in front of the position, there will be a new no-man's land.

Unlike bows and arrows, rifles are more lethal, armor does not play any protective role at all, and, even if they can really block bullets, then the person who is hit will have more than a ninety percent chance of burping.

Because I know more, I can better recognize the horror of the rifle.

And Li Yuanji also mentioned that in the future, there will be a more terrifying firearm equipment unit, and at that time, it will be the real slaughter.

"The battlefield has never been 100% like this, no matter how well-equipped and trained it is, many times, it is impossible to avoid its own casualties. The rifles we are equipped with are sharp weapons to kill the enemy, and in the same way, once the rifle falls into the hands of the enemy, it is also a sharp weapon to kill us.

So, my only request to you is to take off the firing pin when you don't have bullets on you, and when your comrades are killed and you don't lack weapons in your hands, please take off their firing pins. Xue Li said with a serious face.

The firing pin of this rifle is not difficult to take, remove the pull bolt and come down with a few twists with a special wrench.

In fact, the best design is to open a hole in the rear, and the firing pin is mounted on the cover at the rear, and the firing pin can be removed by simply removing the cover.

But it was very helpless, because such a design could not ensure sufficient sealing, and the original black powder improved propellant affected the range, and the rear part was not tightly sealed, so the limitation on the range was even greater.

So the only way to do this was to seal the rear and install the firing pin from the front.

In this way, only a special tool is needed to easily remove the firing pin, and the whole process is not complicated.

As for the tools, they can be professional or amateur, as long as they are skillful, they can also be made with a wooden stick to make a needle extractor.

So, next, Xue Li's team has more training subjects, using bayonets to make needle extractors, the principle is very simple, compare the size of the caliber inside the bolt, the diameter of the wooden stick will match, and at the same time, hollow out the wooden stick as much as possible, it doesn't matter how to dig it, just make sure that you continue to twist it hard.

The part that enters the bolt is made into a square that is slightly larger than the firing pin, and the firing pin is square about five centimeters inside the bolt, and the purpose is to facilitate removal.

In addition to making a needle extractor, another key subject of training is to take the firing pin.

The training has been trained, and the rest is just continuous review, proficiency, Xue Li is not worried about these, and he only hopes that if his troops are wiped out, he can make these rifles as unable to shoot bullets as possible, and become a waste gun, which will not pose a threat to his own people.