Seeing more abandoned farms and dilapidated villages and towns along the way, they were insensitive, and only the longing of the non-commissioned officers for the battlefield and their desire to make meritorious contributions continued to encourage these soldiers, who could be said to be quite new.

However, when they really arrived at the place, they inevitably received another shock, and a large number of temporary graves that were obviously buried by the old and the new, like wooden flags, were startled by a puff of dark clouds in the morning and sunset, with flocks of crows, flapping their wings and croaking like a puff of dark clouds, and saying nothing.

Around the city, in the dense Buddhist temples of all sizes, the solemn Jialan is no longer there, and the ritual offerings and the gold-painted wall stewed statues have all been scraped away, turning into a place full of dying wounded and temporary corpses.

The wounds are all over the ground, the mourning is all over the field, and an indescribable sense of depression and disobedience permeates the air. Therefore, it is conceivable that the simplest and most convenient means of boosting morale for those in power is to let them go out in groups to hunt and die, and to use the fruits of torture and plunder to divert their tension and pressure.

On the opportunity to go to the military department to pay a collective visit, I also met the commander of the Tiannan Rebel Army, the commander in front of the palace, the leader of the army, and the general of the Wuwei Liu Yanqing, but this marshal, as the master of the army, has all kinds of opportunities and is busy with military affairs, and he has no heart to pay special attention to the miscellaneous last shift of those of us who have been summoned.

Therefore, the process of meeting was quite short, just standing in the crowd for a long time, and the effort of saying two words, it was sent out, led by Yu Hou and the colonel, to the Central Army Division, and assigned their respective tasks, which shows that the officers and soldiers are really a little short of manpower, and even we, the second- and third-line troops, have been drawn out to make up the number.

The opportunity to stay in the big tent of the Chinese army to receive orders, I also saw the object that needs to be secretly paid attention to this time, a group of people who stayed in the Chinese army and waited to walk, Su Zhiyu Hou and joined the army, counselor to make up, they ate and slept well, they were strong and healthy, and they didn't even have an oily skin, but their mental state was a little poor.

All kinds of mental deficiency, dark bags under the eyes, signs of neurasthenia. I don't know if it's the battlefield syndrome that has seen too many bloody scenes.

At this time, the little origin explained by Mrs. Chen came in handy again, and someone directly took me to recognize a familiar face, so there are acquaintances who have a way and money to open the way, and my range of options is slightly more than that of others.

Of course, we were not expected to attack the city or anything, and the dispatch was only to use our third-rate miscellaneous cards to replace some unimportant battlefield tasks and duties, so that more regular officers and soldiers could be freed from their hands and engaged in siege battles.

The day before yesterday, the official army had just concentrated its firepower and troops, and broke a section of the city wall again, but unfortunately because of the desperate resistance of the other side, although the enemy was completely annihilated in the end, it was also hindered and delayed for time.

The past two days have almost revolved around how to expand and break through this gap, and the fighting is fierce, so more reserves are needed to make a final decision.

In addition, considering the strange establishment of a large proportion of firearms in my own team, the task assigned to us in the end was to serve as a wing guard for a certain artillery team, which is quite a good errand, and sometimes risks and opportunities are accompanied by the distance of the battlefield and increasing or decreasing.

After all, according to the battle sequence of the Southern Dynasties, the role of firecrackers is mainly in the field and defense, as for the lack of people in the battle, it is generally not the turn to pull a group of firecrackers to attack the city.

Since the task assigned to us is to defend the forts, it is not bad that we can smell the long-lost smoke again.

Under the leadership of a marquis holding a small flag for guiding the way, we passed through many twists and turns of wooden fences, walled walls, ditches, antlers, horses, and sentry towers. After answering at least seven different customs orders, the flint and the camp tent led the team to a later position at the front of the camp in the west of the city, in front of a tall earthen platform.

The original guards were already waiting there in a group, and they couldn't wait to finish handing over the seal of the defense area with us, and then left in a hurry to return to the team. Seeing that the city is about to be destroyed, everyone's knives, axes and private pockets are a little hungry and thirsty.

However, these things have nothing to do with us for the time being, and on the huge earthen platform as a fortress, the artillery is still firing in turn one after another, but it is a kind of harassing nature, and this is no longer the direction of the most intense battle, and continuing to fire artillery is just some kind of harassing containment and creating some kind of psychological pressure.

Stationed on the earth platform, the chief officer of this Shenji Army is surnamed Guo, and the official worships the deputy capital Yu Hou, who is the origin of the old non-commissioned officer of the Fifth Army, known as Guo Deputy Capital, although he does not look down on us very much, but he will not deliberately do anything, just point out a warning and scope of activities, explain some precautions, and don't ask us.

But it didn't hinder me in the slightest, and sent someone to come together in the name of helping, and took the opportunity to learn a little about the skills and experience of the use of artillery in this era.

Gathered on this earthen platform, belonging to the two artillery regiments of the seventh battalion of the Shenji Army, which was not yet fully formed, were equipped with siege cannons called "cloud thunder" with more than 1,000 catties, and the sound of the cannon was like rolling thunder in the clouds.

As a special military branch of the national dynasty, the battalion officers of the Shenji Army are all high-decorated with the title of Marquis of Duyu, leading three regiments, and the regimental officers are actually awarded the rank of brigade commander and deputy lieutenant of Yurong; It has five six-inch long-barreled front-loading guns and eleven four-wheeled gun wagons that transport baggage and personnel; There were seven artillery groups of 10 each. There are one standard-bearer and ten captains, two gunners and observation teams, four auxiliaries who dispense and load and clear the chambers, and three crossbowmen and cover players.

As an animal force to support the artillery team, it was usually rationed, with one to three horses for the carriage and messenger, and five to seven horses for rotation, to strengthen the artillery crew's ability to march.

There is also a team of horsemen, carpenters, small goldworkers and other miscellaneous servants to maintain and manage the attached artillery carriages and livestock, although they do not have armor, but all of them are equipped with horizontal knives, and talk in the field to defend themselves. Although it is a front-loading gun with a lot of weight, it is said that with the cooperation of the most skilled gunners, the efficiency of two or three rounds per minute can be achieved.

It is said that the missing third regiment was equipped with another 10-inch stubby barrel cannon called "Regret Mountain", and the curved projectiles were very powerful in attacking fortifications. But the weight was too heavy, requiring at least four horse-drawn artillery wagons, and it was very picky about the load of the road, so it had to trek slowly on hardened roads.

Despite this, the six-inch diameter front-loading gun "Yunlei" can also pose enough physical threat and psychological pressure to the defenders, and if it is accidentally hit in one place, it is the city bricks and rubble mixed with the human limbs hiding behind, and the red and gray splashes in the air, constituting a cruel beauty.

In addition, the daily Shenji Army also has some subordinate establishments that cooperate with the artillery team:

For example, those horses or single-wielded, short-range and short-range catapults, hand-copied leather cannons or two-person wooden cannons, whirlwind cannons mounted on horseback, single-handed rockets, two-person pushing and marching fire nest carts, and coarsely loaded flares and other light firearms are enough to form a tight round of firepower coverage if they cooperate well.

As a result, each artillery unit was usually temporarily assigned a limited number of grenadiers with explosive firearms, but these were redeployed to reinforce the offensive in other directions, leaving only a heavy and incapable six-inch gun crew.

The earthen platform as a gun fortress is also specially rammed, and the top table is laid with mortar, white ash and red mud screened by fine sieves, and the position of each gun is also padded with stones to ensure that after multiple fires, the gun carriage will not be lightly displaced and dented, and then the front and curved sides of each gun group are protected by a large row and oblique support plates, only the limited barrel is exposed, and the gunners and auxiliaries wear fire cloth (asbestos) sheaths, and use vinegar water to evenly cool the gun breech.

There are also upper and lower roads with logs and slabs in the back, which is convenient for the transfer of artillery trucks and the transportation of materials such as ammunition buckets.

Because of the limited space, we only need to take turns to send half of the men to guard the earthen platform, and the rest to camp and rest under the ramp behind the fort, which is also necessary to guard the passage and carry baggage.

Anyway, I had nothing to do, and then I added some fortifications to the side of the earthen ramparts, such as adding a ring of guardrails made of sharp wood to the face, digging a few staggered horizontal ditches on the edge under the earthen platform, and then burying some cheap bamboo sticks for comfort. A new mixed training ground for targeting, projection and combat stabbing began

As long as it doesn't affect the shooting realm, those officers and soldiers of the Divine Machine Army who have some eyes above the top don't even bother to pay attention to a miscellaneous force like us.

As one of the few technical arms in this era, these magic machine troops can be described as quite high-ranking ranks, after all, as a flag commander and operator, they can master the basic skills of arithmetic, writing and surveying and mapping at the same time, which is not something that everyone can do.

I can even feel that they are deeply rooted in their bones, the plot of worship for some kind of cannon giant, and the slender pipe we hold, a certain subtext of disdain and contempt, after all, people are at least playing with a large-scale killing weapon against the city and the army, we can only fight people alone, and the killing effect and accuracy are also not very good.

If I have nothing to do, I will also run to the earthen platform to watch them fire cannons under the banner of patrolling, and then by the way, I will talk about a few cooking classes in later generations, and it is also a pleasure to joke about the allusions and jokes about hitting cannons and carrying black pots.

Drowned in the sound of the cannon, is the sound of raindrops, in the rows of guns and targets, I watched him carry back the human-shaped target that was already full of holes, I couldn't help nodding slightly, since becoming the guardian of the artillery team, it is like a mouse falling into a rice tank, no longer have to worry about the stock of gunpowder and projectiles, and carefully use it economically.

Because of the convenience of guarding the baggage of the artillery team, as long as there is a slight leak between the fingers in the daily wear and tear, it is completely possible to ⊥ them open to practice, and the barrel of the gun is red all day and night, so the proficiency and mastery will naturally go up.

I led the escorts through the bustling main camp, and then came to another, relatively enclosed and smaller field, where the target was shot alone, with only a dozen figures scattered and scattered, and some people sat on stools, recording and copying, and firecrackers of various lengths were placed on wooden shelves.

The humanoid target here looks a little more delicate, with hands and feet and even a leather sheath and half-new chain mail, which is also an idea of mine, the human target is still filled with straw, and the skin is wrapped outside, and if necessary, it can be put into a colored water bag to simulate the effect of bleeding.

"The Lord"

A non-commissioned officer with a blank face lowered his long gun and saluted me

"No need to be polite......

I raised my hand to stop them

"With Chen Tiao, how is the martyrdom ......?"

"We've scaled back two more steps, for a total of seven steps remaining......"

The sergeant continued to reply with a blank face, as if he felt more than any taste of joy or emotion

"And only a veteran can do it,"

"If you are a newcomer to training, you still need to follow the twelve to nine steps to train丨Otherwise, casualties and accidents are likely to occur."

"If you want to be more simplified and complex, you need to think more about the gun......"

"Then you can think about the behavior of the gun first,"

I continued

"Consider adding a sharp blade to the mouth of the ......"

"How much size, how much weight, is the right ......"

"No......"

His name is Mu Long, a person from Huaxi in Guangfu, who was born with a paralyzed face, I thought he was moody and ignorant, but later I learned that he was not born like this, but after participating in the parade as a senior student representative in the early years, he suffered some kind of stimulation and left sequelae after a serious illness.

It is one of the thirty-one martial arts dropouts who were recovered, although he gave up his studies for some reason, but at least three or four years of school, the old foundation is still there, and he also has a certain ability to write in thick writing and ink.

Compared with those martial arts classmates who were arranged to come for internship and training, this group of people cherished the prospects and opportunities I gave them more, because they had almost no choice, so they were specially formed by me into a small direct team, which is also an internal practical and exemplary pacesetter team.

He is responsible for studying all kinds of old military books and military textbooks he has found, and then compiling a concise and easy-to-understand outline of textbooks so that he can popularize them among sergeants.

Therefore, along the way, there were more than a dozen pages of various slips and journals.

Although each has its own characteristics, in terms of the military development context that I am familiar with and the actual application effect, it is inevitably a bit complicated and outdated, and can only be partially excerpted.

The so-called 17 prohibitions and 52 slashes as the core military articles have been advanced for hundreds of years, but they are inevitably a little inadequate now, and some articles can no longer even find the object and reason for punishment.

Coupled with some of the private goods that I have personally tinkered with, such as standing in military posture and walking in columns, even if it is an initial version, as for more modern military things, I don't want to reflect the superiority of the traverser, the problem is that it is still an era of war dominated by cold weapons, and many things cannot be achieved in one leap.

Before the crossing, the only military-related project was the routine military training of the university, but unfortunately, at that time, my mind was full of thinking about how to escape and be lazy, so the impression left was more of the girl's white thighs and arms.