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"Aim!"

"Put!"

Under a command, a row of guns and the training ground rang out, this gunfire seemed to be normal, with the sound of gunfire, the other end of the cannon sound was even more incessantly sounded, gunshots, cannons, more than a large group of soldiers lined up in a square, with the sound of drums. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This large camp outside Wuchang City, which is also the camp of the Righteous Army, is stationed with tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and these officers and soldiers not only train with this, but also with the students of the nearby Army Armament Academy.

In fact, to a certain extent, this terra nullius land with an area of more than 6,000 acres is not only a training ground for soldiers, but also a training ground for the students of the Martial Arts Academy. Just like at this time, when the four battalions of recruits were conducting a square drill on the training ground, the cadets of the Armament School also acted as officers, directing the troops to change queues during the march.

And between the four squares, the artillery units adjusted the firing range and eliminated the "enemy army" in accordance with the orders transmitted from the rear.

"Now that the enemy cavalry is charging on the left flank of our army, what should our army do?"

Linus's words fell, and Du Xinyuan on the side immediately continued.

"The 3rd Battalion of the Left Wing should immediately turn into a hollow phalanx to cover the ...... of the left flank"

As soon as Du Xinyuan's words fell, he heard an objection.

"I think a single line column should be formed to protect the left flank,"

It was Sun Dacheng who raised this objection, and unlike Du Xinyuan, he was not an "over-age student" in Wenshan Yishu Middle School who was transferred to the Martial Arts Academy, but was admitted to the Martial Arts Academy by the army.

One-line column!

His words immediately attracted everyone's attention, for these students, they have been learning to master various queues and tactics, even to the point of reading from the script, but because of this, the current rebel army is becoming more and more regularized day by day, and more and more proficient in mastering various tactics.

"A single line column is easily broken through by cavalry!"

"Yes, there is a single column to defend against cavalry, and during the Napoleonic Wars, the British blocked the cavalry of the French with a hollow phalanx......"

"Times are different!"

Faced with the doubts of his classmates, Sun Da turned his gaze to Linus and said in an affirmative tone.

"If we still use smoothbore guns, then the use of hollow phalanxes is undoubtedly correct, however, now we are using rifled guns!"

This is the fundamental reason why Sun Dada put forward this suggestion, and that is the reform of weapons, especially the popularization of rifled guns among the rebels.

"Instructor, fundamentally our shooting tests have shown that the hit rate of 100 meters with a smoothbore gun is 74.5%, 42.5% at 260 meters, 16% at 300 meters, and 4.5% at 400 meters, and after switching to rifled guns, 94.5% at 100 meters, 80% at 260 meters, 55% at 300 meters, and 52.5% at 400 meters, at a distance of more than 400 meters, the hit rate of rifled guns is increased by more than ten times, which means, We can accurately hit the cavalry at a greater distance, and with a single line column, a larger firing surface can be formed......"

The "meter" in Sun Da's mouth is actually the metric unit introduced into France by the Governor's Office, which is currently the most widely used by the army, and the gauge of rifled guns is also used in this unit. Compared with the outside world, the army is now more suitable for this new unit, and of course this is also the inevitable result of military modernization.

When Sun Dada mentioned the hit rate of the rifled gun, Linus only nodded slightly, in fact, this experiment was carried out by the Armed Forces Academy, although he knew that the data he said was true, but he shook his head and said.

"Before the test, everything speculated, and I think we should conduct a test with a cavalry target!"

Learning, compared to any army in the world, the rebels are undoubtedly better at learning, to be precise, they have no ties to history and tradition, even for Linus, he is not opposed to the application of new tactics, such as after realizing the devastating blow of rifled guns to the infantry phalanx, they have discussed it in a targeted manner, and come to the conclusion that one is to shoot from the ground down, and the other is to shoot under the protection of a trench or a breastwork, and either way, the team needs to be eliminated, However, the elimination of the team will inevitably affect the density of firepower.

Although the rebels did not yet need to face an enemy with a large number of rifled guns, or even if the rebel army was an enemy armed with cold weapons, it did not prevent them from looking further ahead, as Linus said, the enemy was not only the Qing army.

"Our enemy is not only the Qing army!"

Zhu Yifeng, who was standing on the top of the slope, stared at the thousands of officers and soldiers who were conducting tactical drills in the square team at the bottom of the slope, and said in an affirmative tone.

"There are many people who think that we have too few troops, only 46,000 in total, and the reason for the small number of troops is because of the small number of muskets......"

Zhu Yifeng has never relaxed about the army, compared to others, the army is the source of strength, and it is precisely for this reason that when he realized that the Manchu Qing could carry out changes, in the face of this threat, he immediately thought of his own righteous army, and only a strong and modern army could not be afraid of the Manchu changes.

"So, some people think that it is possible to divide the four battalions of a regiment into four regiments, let the firearms battalion be the main force of the battalion, and the three battalions use cold weapons such as red tassel guns......

When mentioning this matter, Zhu Yifeng coldly glanced at Ding Lao Liu, and it was he and the group of masters who were accustomed to big swords and spears who made this suggestion.

"Well, in this case, our army will suddenly swell three times, and there will be 1440,000 troops! But...... There's a fart! ”

After cold reprimand, Zhu Yifeng continued.

"When we were in Huangzhou, we defeated thousands of elite Chu Yong with 200 foreign guns and more than 1,000 red tassel guns, some people think that they can do the same now, anyway, the Qing army is a big sword and spear, anyway, the Taiping army is all about brute bravery, I really don't know, what is in his head, you don't want to make progress, but also take the lives of the warriors not for your life, let the soldiers take the big knife and spear to tear and kill, they have a grudge against you to kill your father, right?"

The sharp voice of the Metropolitan Governor only made Ding Laoliu and the others all break out in cold sweat on their foreheads, although the cold wind on the top of this slope is pressing, but they all feel the dissatisfaction in the voice of the Metropolitan Governor, this kind of suggestion they have really mentioned, the reason why they will make such a suggestion is to look at the Taiping Army is known as a million, and the Manchu Imperial Court also has a million divisions. But it is the rebel army, and the soldiers are less than 50,000.

"Do you think that whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Taiping Army, they are all sitting on millions, but there is a fart, the governor can use 10,000 people to take down Hunan, and the Taiping army can't take Jiangxi with more than 100,000 people, even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, there is a fart? It's not just to give others war exploits, besides, now it's to expand the righteous army by more than 100,000, you tell me, are there so many officers? Just order someone to be a platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander? Same as the Taipings? When you are fighting, you rush in a swarm, and then let people kill and play, have you ever used your brains? A gun is only ten taels of silver, and how much silver will a soldier in the army take to pay for the pension, tell me! ”

The pension system for the dead officers and soldiers is not unique to the righteous army, in fact, the Qing army and the regimental brave all have this custom, but compared with them, the pension of the righteous army is more generous.

"Back to the Governor of Dadu, according to the military system of our righteous army, those who died on the battlefield have different military ranks and have a silver pension, and the standard is three years of military salary for their service, plus ten taels of silver for burning and burial. Even the pension of ordinary inferior soldiers is as much as one hundred and thirty-six taels! ”

Wang Dalong replied in a loud voice, maybe he is not a very smart officer, and even seems a little dull in battle, but he knows that he must follow the Metropolitan Governor, and now that the Metropolitan Governor asks like this, he naturally quickly answers.

"The Metropolitan Governor often teaches me that soldiers work hard, and they must always have the idea of rest, and our righteous army has a generous salary, which is to raise soldiers with a generous salary, in order to inspire soldiers to fight bravely on the battlefield, and the rich silver is to make soldiers have no worries, even if they are killed or disabled, they do not need to worry about their livelihood, and they can stabilize the army's morale and solve their worries, so that the righteous army can take the lead on the battlefield and vow to fight bravely!"

Whether it is to raise soldiers with generous salaries or to care for them, in fact, they are all for one purpose, in order to make the soldiers work hard, as for what to preach with ideals, beliefs and other words, there is no point at all, because they don't understand, isn't the Taiping Army also "reasoning every day"? However, the most courageous people in the Taiping army are not adults, but those teenagers who are confused by the "little heaven", which is why the Taiping army will plunder teenagers everywhere they go and regard teenagers as treasures. Even in Wuchang, after the explosion of Wuchang City, it was those young people who were not afraid of death and were brainwashed who took the lead in rushing into the city.

However, Zhu Yifeng did not shamelessly follow the Taiping Army's demagogic immature teenagers to work for himself, so he could only eliminate the soldiers' worries through generous salaries and generous care, and then through the "brainwashing" of establishing a collective and group consciousness, so that he could bravely kill the enemy on the battlefield. This may not be the best option, but it is the one that works and works the fastest.

"Okay, very good, then, you tell me now, how many casualties did we suffer when we defended Huangzhou? When we hit Hunan, how many casualties did we have? ”

"The casualties of the officers and soldiers defending Huangzhou totaled 527, and when they attacked Hunan, they were killed no more than 100 people, of which more than half died of disease......

That's the disparity! It is the contrast between cold weapons and hot weapons.

"Then tell me, if you use that kind of bullshit mixed with hot and cold weapons, a small number of elite armed muskets, and most people use broadswords, how many casualties will there be in a battle? When we were in Huangzhou, we took out nearly 40,000 taels of silver to compensate for the casualties, and Hunan was so big that we only took more than 16,000 taels, this is the difference!! ”

The reason why Zhu Yifeng's heart is so annoyed is because the soldiers who have fought smoothly in several battles are now filled with a kind of impetuous psychology in the entire righteous army, and it is precisely this kind of boredom that will give rise to the so-called "army expansion" thinking.

"But that's not the main reason!" (To be continued.) )