Chongming Island arrived, the training ground of the North American Dispatch Army, and the three sailing ships had just docked at the pier.

In order to distinguish between the imperial army and the army of the nobles, Chen Ming arranged a new name for the latter—the Dispatch Army.

The personnel of the Deng Zi Battalion carried their backpacks like a hill and were slowly queuing up to get off the boat. Among these people, there are quite a few men in their twenties and thirties, and these people are in good shape and in good health, but this cannot hide the fact that they have already passed the peak of their lives and the golden age of joining the army, and they are former veterans who have been recruited into the private army.

The age is generally over 25 years old and under 35 years old.

The total number of Deng Zi battalions is not much, 500 people, the establishment of a battalion, riding three Chinese-style sailing boats, at this moment the boat is docked, the soldiers disembark, with the restraint of these veteran officers and soldiers, all the people are neatly waiting patiently on the deck in squads, and the queue is orderly.

Deng Ziying is the army of Deng Wang Chen Xu, not a person surnamed Deng, this is a rule of the dispatch army, named after the title, and it is also called Deng Ziying in the title.

Although King Deng is not very old, it is naturally impossible for him to come forward to preside over everything in person, but he still has a father, doesn't he? And my uncle, isn't it?

For the six little brothers of Chen Ming, King Cai, King Xu, King Deng, King Xue, King Ju, and King Shen, they are looking forward to building the country as soon as possible. Because in China, their future is even more precarious than Chen Ming's sons. Therefore, they themselves are looking forward to going to North America as soon as possible.

Everyone didn't expect Chen Ming to be so generous, not only allowing them to establish themselves on the existing territory in North America, but also allowing them to form their own small troops. Although there are restrictions on the establishment, the family at the level of the Bo can only form a team, or a strengthened team [Guijue], but the maximum number of people cannot exceed 200, maybe there are not even many security personnel of their subordinate companies. But these are two different things! The nature is completely different.

The highest-ranking prince is a full battalion; The second marquis has a dwarf battalion of three hundred people.

Don't look at this small number, I think that at the beginning, Chen Jiajun also developed from the standard of one or two hundred people. And I don't know if you don't organize a regular army, this thing and security are really two completely different concepts.

First of all, you need to have guns and ammunition, sufficient logistical supplies, military salaries, training expenses, and officers and non-commissioned officers to export all kinds of military skills to soldiers.

Of course, training grounds, dormitories, shooting ranges, etc., were provided by the imperial court. Otherwise, a regular army would have invested even more.

And they still have to have cannons, don't they? There are cavalry, there are scouts, there are convoys, there are medical troops......

The composition of a regular army is not so simple.

Now there are tens of thousands of troops gathered on Chongming Island, and they are all standing on the shoulders of giants, which makes them look so regular.

The autumn sun is still hot, and under the sunshine, the light smoke like morning mist shrouds the sea surface of Chongming Island, and the patrol sailboats shuttling in the distance seem very blurry, only a little gray-white shadow is moving. Only the colorful lights on the patrol sailboat from time to time are reflected in everyone's eyes with the cold sea breeze.

It's another morning.

The Deng Zi Battalion, which arrived at the wharf on Chongming Island yesterday afternoon, was taken out of the temporary barracks set up near the wharf, and they were temporarily housed here yesterday, and now they got up early and waited for the order to leave.

After Deng Jiajun completed the assembly roll call at the dock, the whole battalion set off for the real camp.

There are very few inhabitants still living on Chongming Island, and only a few militarized agricultural settlements have a small number of farmers and fishermen engaged in agriculture and fishery production, and almost all the output is consumed by Chongming Island itself. It was originally a Marine Corps training base for the Navy, but now it has become a base camp for the Dispatch Army.

And beyond that, there are the soldiers and the labor camps that serve the army.

The latter was not only responsible for loading and unloading goods, such as the goods loaded on the three sailing ships that arrived with Deng Jiajun yesterday, and set up various factories on the island, such as producing food, clothing, shoes, vehicles, and small boats for the army. At the same time, they are also the main force in the construction of the entire training base.

So there is almost no commercial atmosphere here, except for shops and warehouses in the commercial port area, the rest of the place is completely under a state of 'military control', and the few people walking on the road are all people wearing all kinds of uniforms.

When you come here, you will be able to experience the tense atmosphere before the 'war' more deeply.

After the Deng Zi battalion settled in the camp, the whole battalion, except for a few sick people, was pulled to the coaching ground for training in the afternoon.

The first thing to arrive at the Chongming Island training ground was the Yanzi Battalion, that is, the team organized by Chen Erbao, the troops were particularly complete, although it was also a limit of 500 people, but the team-level structure under the entire battalion was under the jurisdiction of more than a dozen.

Except for the sailors who were not wrapped, including the sailors and marines, Chen Erbao had gathered all the existing arms of the Wehrmacht, and his identity and influence in the army made him the first to complete the compilation of the army among all the nobles, and the first to complete it so beautifully.

Even those front-line generals with heavy troops were not as fast as the Yanzi Battalion, because they didn't have as much leisure time as Chen Erbao.

The Yanzi Battalion is also one of the best forces in the entire Chongming range at the moment. This battalion has almost 100 officers and non-commissioned officers, half of whom are veterans, and on the other side are specially recruited young people, over 18 years old and under 20 years old.

The training was rigorous, because there were still instructors in the battalion who had been discharged from the boot barracks.

Therefore, the Yanzi battalion naturally became one of the first batch of troops to be sent to North America.

When the soldiers of the Deng Zi battalion arrived at the nearest training ground, many fields were already occupied, and flags were flying on each playground, and the flags of each family were displayed.

Deng Ziying under the guidance of the staff came to the No. 1 field in District B, which is a wide playground, covering an area of four or five acres in size, in addition to a smooth and clean runway, playground, as well as horizontal bars, parallel bars, ziplines, single-plank bridges, obstacle windows, slope jumps, dodge frames, climbing frames, and a series of training equipment.

The Yanzi Battalion was in Area A, and on the way over, the officers and soldiers of the Dengzi Battalion saw the vigorous Yanzi Battalion drills, and in the No. 2 field of Area B next door to them was the Zhengzi Battalion to which Gao Pengyue, who died in battle. When the founding of the country was a great feudal minister, Gao Pengyue was named the Marquis of Zhengyang by the emperor.

Basically, there is a fixed number of battalion-level formations in each training ground, only one. Chongming Island is so big, there is more than one training ground, and there are at least two areas in each training ground. Speaking of which, it is still Chen Han's prince who is a first-class nobleman.

"The bayonet is a hero, the bullet is a fool!" On the training ground, the instructor of the orthographic battalion was making a pre-drill commentary, which was said by Chen Ming when he ridiculed the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had weak hand-to-hand combat ability, but it was quickly circulated in the army. Today, the firepower of the Wehrmacht has become quite large, and the operation has turned to the stage of 'winning by firepower', but the influence of this phrase in the army is still far-reaching, especially at the top level.

What's more, Chen Ming has always emphasized the soldier's hand-to-hand combat ability.

"Shooting, bombing, assassination, demolition and earthwork are the five most basic skills of every infantryman. This is not only the real need of an infantryman, but also the necessity for China and its soldiers to achieve victory; It is something that every soldier must keep in your bones, regardless of whether it is an officer or a soldier. It is even responsibly said that officers are stronger than soldiers, and officers at all levels must not only be proficient, but also excellent and proficient. ”

"Next, we continue to strengthen assassination training. White-knuckle combat is of unparalleled importance in warfare in today's era. ”

Although Gao Pengyue died, there were still many people in the Gao family, so they naturally came to help at this time, including Chen Ming. The death of this cousin, who is still not forgotten by him.

During the entire war, Gao Pengyue could be said to be the person with the highest level of sacrifice.

Two instructors wearing rattan armor and headgear turned into a demonstration state, and at the same time explained and performed the key points of assassination confrontation to the soldiers.

The two armies are facing each other, the soldiers are killing each other, and the people are in direct confrontation with each other. This cannot be simulated literally. In the face of bayonets, ordinary people have to weaken their legs, and not everyone can kill people. That's why there is such a saying: A soldier who has not seen blood is not a good soldier, and the real elite cannot be trained on the training ground.

Zhang Youcai still remembers that when he first joined the army, during a training session, an instructor picked up a musket with a bayonet and came to his team to compare them one by one. With a snap, the bayonet glowing with cold light slammed forward, and the tip of the knife was directly pressed in front of his eyes, forcing him to feel it. Zhang Youcai clearly remembered that he was soft at that time, obviously he watched the bayonet in front of him, but he couldn't even dodge. At this point, he can't compare with his nephew Zhang Dashan, Zhang Dashan is on the same team as him, except for the first two times and the subconscious of dodging, the third time he can be calm and watch the bayonet stabbed in front of him, not moving.

And Zhang Youcai, a person who was frightened by a bayonet and was about to pee, could not become a regular soldier, and later he and some people in the same team were transferred to the logistics unit.

Zhang Youcai is still working in the army, and he is a staff member of the Chongming Island training base in front of him. Don't look at how small the number of people in each share they are, but you have to see how many shares there are. The dispatch army on the entire Chongming Island has reached more than 20,000 people.

After the first dispatch departed, a large number of people followed.

Zhang Youcai originally took people to the No. 5 site in District B to build a single-plank bridge, but as soon as he saw someone coming in at the No. 1 site, he came over to take a look, and then found that the orthographic battalion in the No. 2 field was playing assassination training.

The Zhengzi Battalion is not a team that has just been established, and it has been more than half a month since they came to Chongming. Assassination drills were conducted several times, but the difference this time was that they were going to engage in assassination confrontation. The orthographic battalion is a dwarf battalion, and there are two small formations among the three hundred subordinate people, that is, there are only two small platoons of regular soldiers in the team, and there are only two squads in a small platoon. There is also an artillery platoon, a cavalry platoon and a baggage platoon, plus combat units such as the reconnaissance squad [and mountain], the sniper team [squad], and non-combat units such as medical personnel.

The Deng Zi camp in the training ground next to it all suspended their drills, staring at the next door with a pair of eyes.

Assassination confrontation training is a point that is emphasized in all armies, and it can even be said that in the current era, when the two armies are compared with each other, it is impossible to see anything by simply looking at the shooting training on the shooting range, but the confrontation of assassination training can show some signs.

And since they are soldiers, they naturally have the desire to win.

Deng Ziying knows that the Chongming Island training base will hold a big competition every ten days, first between the training ground areas, and then between the training grounds, Chen Erbao's Yanzi Battalion has won the first place for two consecutive months. This news made Chen Erbao excited to rush to Chongming from Nanjing, and brought chicken, duck and fish meat, and greatly rewarded Yanziying.

The two fighters face each other in combat training, both wearing special protective gear and head guards. The face is a leather iron mask, and it is completely impossible to see the other party's face from the outside, except for the eyes. The two opposing sides are armed with wooden spears of the same weight as muskets, and they are dressed in rattan armor, just like ancient samurai in full body armor, and they are extremely powerful.

The top of the wooden spear is wrapped in white flour. It's stuck on the body, it's definitely a point.

The rule is that whoever gets five points first wins.

As for how to score five points for one blow, that is, a shot is pierced in the head, chest, and abdomen, and you will get five points first. Then there is the edge of the chest and abdomen, and the limbs, and you can score two or three points in one blow, and you can win with two stabs.

Therefore, the assassination confrontation is particularly intense, and the soldiers also like to watch the assassination confrontation, because this is an evolved version of the competition.

Although in the present era, a strong man is not more resistant to a lead bullet than a weak man, but the human heart always admires those who are superior in force. Otherwise, why are there so many fierce generals in "Three Kingdoms", "Sui and Tang" and "Shuoyue" to attract people's attention?

When it comes to the Three Kingdoms, many people may think of Cao Liusun, Zhuge Sima, and Diao Chan Erqiao, but more people will think of the Five Tiger Generals, and the Red Rabbit in Lu Buma among the people. After watching "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", the most profound memory is definitely not Yang Guang and Li Shimin, but Qin Shubao who stepped on both sides of the Yellow River, is a Tianbao general, wearing a double phoenix gold helmet, wearing a chain gold armor, sitting on a horse that can walk a thousand miles of yellow flowers, and make a phoenix wings and gold in Yuwen Chengdu; There is also the perverted demon Li Yuanba, who has a shrunken mouth, a face like a sick ghost, and a skinny body, but carries a 400-pound sledgehammer in each hand......

Mankind's admiration for the powerful is ingrained in their bones.

This kind of feeling has lasted until now, so this assassination training is particularly attractive.

The assassins in each other's teams confronted each other, exhaling like thunder. The confrontation time between each other is often constant, because this is not a battlefield, but when they fight, they are like cold weapon masters, and they often distinguish the winner and the loser in a few seconds.

This kind of fight seems to be short-lived, but it takes a lot of energy and endurance on both sides, and after a fight, take off the rattan armor and mask, and you will see a person sweating profusely and emitting white smoke.

There were two snaps, and the fierce confrontation came to an abrupt end, and the victory and defeat were already clear.

White knives fight is like this, stabbing the opponent to death with one shot, without ambiguity.

And there is one of the most exciting bayonet fights, that is, the time limit, half a minute a game. failed to distinguish the winner and loser, and both were eliminated. There are also team fights, which are all designed to make them accustomed to the battlefield.

How many pairs of eyes stared at the middle of the field, and the surrounding area was so quiet that it could be heard of falling pins, only the heavy snorts of both sides and the occasional clash of wooden guns. Then there was a thunderous cheer and thunderous applause, and many people roared with bruises on their necks, because in addition to external honors, there are also different honors within any battalion, and no one can be left behind to be ridiculed.