Recruits from all over the country gathered at the Wangweibao camp. Ｘ

The Army relied on the 1st Infantry Regiment to form the 1st Infantry Division. At the same time as the training of the 1st Division, another large battalion was built in Houjiang Province, and the 2nd Infantry Division was to be formed in Houjiang.

Wang Weibao Daying is named after Shang Wang Wei, China's first hereditary monarch in the 17th or 18th century BC.

After announcing the reason for the naming in order, the European soldiers did not feel much.

Shangjiawei is the founding monarch of China, and it is certainly worth commemorating. However, among the Chinese immigrants, it has set off a lot of waves, and doing so in order is tantamount to directly denying the existence of three generations, which is difficult for many traditional scholars to accept.

China's social and economic structure has evolved from feudal lordship to feudal landlordism, and Confucianism is the ideology most adapted to this economic base, and has certainly made indelible contributions in history.

But now that we are about to move towards mass machine production and capitalism, Confucianism is clearly out of date. There are many ways to shake an idea, and eradicating the so-called three generations is an important part of it.

Re-examining the ancient history of China is the first work of the order, and the first step is to correct the name of Shangjiawei.

Public opinion starts from the subtleties, and the seemingly unrelated trivial matter of naming Wang Weibao in order has set off a prelude to a change in the ideological world.

The 1st Army Division was formed at Wangweibao, which was the home of the 1st Division. The glorious 1st Division of the Federal Army established an inseparable relationship with China's founding monarch.

Rows of recruits were trained in the barracks, and the officers of the colonel were trained at the Wangweibao Senior Infantry School next door.

Orderly put aside other affairs and went back and forth between the barracks and the university.

In the past, the ability to command the army to fight a war was not as good as that of Holren, and even inferior to Carl Langemann, at most he could only barely be called qualified, more than steady, and not enough fine.

The revolution in line tactics caused by flintlock pistols and bayonets pulled everyone to the same starting line, and Order, because of his resistance to the traditional tactical instincts of the arquebus era, entered the role of commander of the line tactics era faster than others.

Since mankind entered the era of war, infantry has been divided into two types, light infantry wearing projection weapons and heavy infantry wearing hand-to-hand combat weapons.

After the invention of gunpowder, infantry was still divided into two types: one was light infantry using firearms; The other is spear-wielding infantry in place of heavy infantry.

The millennia practice was put an end to flintlock muskets and bayonets, and from then on there was only one type of infantry, all of which was light infantry. From army commanders to privates, everyone needs to get used to.

After a platoon gun training, Shou Xiang could not bear it anymore, and he spoke at a seminar class at the Army University.

"According to a large amount of training feedback, the third platoon shot itself was ineffective and inevitably burned the soldiers crouching in the first platoon. The barrel of the gun rang in the ears of the soldiers in the front row, and the interference with the first row was very serious. The effect of the third-row shooting is simply adding to the mess for yourself! ”

Filhoff: "We've all noticed this problem, and it's time to fix it. ”

Backpacks and third-row shooting were a long-debated issue in the era of platoon guns, and it cannot be overstated. The recruits of the 1st Division are about to enter the next stage of training, and this issue cannot be postponed any longer.

Order: "It's all about distance. We had two options, either to eliminate the infantry's backpacks, to shorten the longitudinal spacing between the three rows of infantry columns, and to allow the soldiers to come closer together in order to reduce the interference of the third row of fire to the first row. Either the third platoon of firing will be canceled in real combat, and the third platoon soldier will serve only as a replacement after the casualties of his comrades in front, and at other times he will only be responsible for loading rifles. ”

Filhoff: "Why don't we try to lose the backpack?" Carrying a 60-pound load to the battlefield is better than reducing the burden on the soldiers and enhancing mobility. ”

Carl Langemann: "I don't agree with throwing away the backpack. Ludwig, the theory and practice of war are not the same thing. Reducing the weight of the load only looks beautiful, I must say, the actual combat feedback of the previous year proved that if a soldier leaves the backpack once, then he will never see it again, and you know, there are a lot of things in the backpack that we can't get enough to replenish on the battlefield. ”

Filhoff: "Karl, you're not alone here with actual combat experience. Now the problem is obvious, losing the backpack will better close the ranks, the shooting of the third column can be carried out effectively, and the soldiers can move freely and flexibly without getting tired as quickly as they do now. You and I both know the importance of maintaining the physical strength of soldiers for troop mobility. ”

Karl Langman scoffed, "Now all infantry is light infantry, soldiers only need to reload, then pull the trigger, no longer have to wear 20 kilograms of armor, wield knives and axes to fight the opposite side of the tin cans that are also armed to the teeth." Could it be that the soldiers don't even have the physical strength to pull the trigger? Our soldiers must get used to marching with heavy loads, they must endure hardships, and our training is prepared for this. ”

"Carl, we can place the backpack in a centralized manner and send troops to guard it."

"That means we need to set up a bigger camp, how many are you going to send to stay?" A company or a battalion per division? Fighting on camps will constrain us from using the terrain more effectively, how is this different from those backward medieval armies? It's the age of firepower, and every rifle has to be on the front line, or on the way to it. Ludwig, when you really go to the battlefield, you will find that the platoon guns can sweep through all the enemies, and if not, it is only because there are not enough guns. So it's hard to resist the temptation to send the troops left behind into battle. ”

"There seems to be another problem."

"Führer?"

"Think about it, if you have a soldier's belongings in your backpack, if you are in a relatively large maneuver such as a pursuit or retreat, it may have a very subtle effect on morale if the things are not on the soldier."

Carl Langemann nodded, "When pursuing, the soldier thinks about retrieving his backpack first, and when he retreats, there are deserters. ”

Order: "If a soldier is on a battle line, the fear of losing his backpack may nail them more firmly to their position." ”

Orderly carefully looked at the training, inclined to keep the soldiers' knapsacks, and cancel the third row of shooting.

Carl Langemann: "Let's try two rows of shooting, and if it works, why don't we simply cancel the third row?" Such a division could cover a longer front. ”

Filhoff: "Changing from three rows to two rows will make a big change to our training formation. More crucially, for cavalry warfare, the existing three-row horizontal formation, a 9-company battalion, only need to keep the two flank sub-battalions in formation and turn, and they can soon form a hollow phalanx. The 1st platoon squatted with bayonets rushed out, and the 2nd and 3rd platoons could take turns firing and keep the fire going. If there are usually two horizontal rows, the hollow phalanx has to adjust the queue, and we have to study the formation change in the middle link. ”

Shou Xuan shook his head, Karl's idea was too radical, and this time he supported Filhoff, "Of course it's okay to test two horizontal rows, but I don't recommend canceling the third row in the drill, and a thin front also means taking risks." ”

The generals continued, sitting in their seats and smoking, and similar arguments often arose in discussion classes.

Orderliness likes this exciting atmosphere, and in the midst of malicious arguments and even quarrels, minds collide violently. Many times, the generals insist on their own point of view, and no one can convince the other, and that kind of argument can only be verified by actual combat.

Due to the obvious tendency towards order, the results were finalized this morning on the question of backpacking and shooting.

A soldier should not be separated from six things at any time, a gun, a bayonet, a bullet, a backpack, a four-day ration, and a civil engineering tool. However, the contents of the backpack were appropriately reduced before the war in order to reduce the weight of the backpack as much as possible, so that the backpack contained only a shirt, a pair of shoes, a collar, a towel, and a fire sickle. Each company was equipped with 9 pack horses, and the excess baggage was carried by the pack horses, which was sufficient.

The number of horses in a division will increase from 3,000 to 3,800, and the corresponding personnel will exceed 16,000. By adding a service detachment at the brigade level and a chaser squadron to protect the extra baggage columns, the brigade is more integrated than before.

In the afternoon, Shou Xiang walked into the training ground and participated in the training of soldiers. He was dressed in a chasseur uniform, and from a distance he could not distinguish it from an ordinary soldier at all.

On several occasions, passing soldiers even thought that Shou Xun was one of the sergeants in charge of the training of recruits, and over time, the nickname "Little Captain" spread far and wide.

For the rest of 1656, the order was spent in the barracks, with intensive training courses until 1657, when the south wind rose.