The gunners are all excellent gunners who have been strictly trained, and the cannon has just been cast, and the outer gun body is polished very smoothly, not to mention the gun barrel, which is qualified after strict inspection and can be handed over to the artillery battalion for use.

Temporarily stationed in the camp, each gun is also fixed with sandbags, and behind each gun stands a considerable number of gunners and deputies, after each gun, can be quickly reset.

The clearer who cleaned the chamber of the gun was also in place, the shells were unpacked, the gunpowder packs were placed in a dry and waterproof place, and the test firing was possible at the first order.

"Uh, this, forget it."

Test firing can pay attention to the charge, and the level of the artillery crew and the surname of the gun can be checked.

However, Cao Qing suppressed his eagerness to try...... This place is too close to the camp tent of the Chinese army, and the distance between them is less than two miles, and one shot goes out, which has to alarm Sun Chuanting.

This is not Qingjiang, the people of Qingjiang spend every day in the rumbling cannons, sucking noodles in the rumbling cannons, and it is not the same thing.

Whether it is the people here or the soldiers, they have no knowledge of real artillery, and when the cannon is fired, something will happen.

"Artillery?"

Gong Dingyu, who rushed over, is also knowledgeable, and the Quartermaster Department also has too many errands about artillery.

The future war is the world of artillery, and he also has this level of understanding.

From afar, as soon as he saw a few guns and crew members with their muzzles facing into the sky, he understood everything.

"I've seen Lord Gong."

"Lord Gong!"

"Gong Sizheng!"

"Your Excellency!"

For a while, there was a lot of commotion, first a few standard commanders and deputy standard commanders, the officers of the three battalions, the commanders and deputies of the baggage battalion, and the leaders of the artillery battalions also rushed up.

Fortunately, the etiquette is the same, all military salutes.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Gong Dingxiao hugged his fists and shook back, which can be regarded as returning everyone's military salute. At this time, he had forgotten about the light of Shicai, and just looked at the guns in a daze.

"This is a six-pounder gun, this is a nine-pounder gun...... The nine-pound cannon is a little bit of a chicken, but it's not bad. Bai Wenlu, why don't you get a few twelve-pounder guns? Our twelve-pounder cannon has a long enough range, and it's not a lot of trouble to drag it up. ”

This civil official is so expert, and the military attaches present also looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

The artillery battalion's name for artillery also came from the Taixi military attachés and missionaries, who were not used to it at first, but now they are also familiar with it, and they are not used to calling it something else.

"Hehe," at this time, it could only be Bai Wenlu who stepped forward: "Lord Gong, the twelve-pounder cannon is still less cast, and the largest caliber that our artillery battalion is now equipped with is it." In the future, it may be equipped with sixteen-pounder guns, and there will be more than a dozen horses to pull them, otherwise it will be difficult to maneuver. Moreover, it can only be used where there are good roads, and the sixteen-pounder or twenty-four-pounder cannon is at least three thousand pounds or more, and there are no good roads, and a hundred horses are not good at pulling it. This twelve-pounder cannon is the heart and soul of each battalion, and they should not see these few guns, pretending to be stupid, if they dare to use the idea of the twelve-pounder cannon, they will be taken down on the spot. ”

"Qi!" Gong Dingyu looked disdainful, and only said: "Those guys from the Firearms Bureau, Lao Huang and Lao Li, it's like having fun sneaking two cannons out, next time you will find me for this kind of thing, but the military law is engaged in compensating for losses or something, don't count me as it." ”

Gong Dingyu, the head of the Quartermaster Department, has a lot of dealings with the Firearms Bureau, and the quartermaster mouth and firearms casting are inseparable.

Now there are four artillery battalions, and the number of artillery battalions will definitely be greatly increased in the future, each battalion is now equipped with one hundred and twenty large and small artillery pieces, this firepower output is already terrifying, at least, when Gustav was on the Russian battlefield, the density of artillery used was definitely far less than the rationing of the Ping Capture Army.

"Done!" Bai Wenlu's face lit up happily, he hugged his fist at Gong Dingxiao, and said with a smile: "If you have this kind of adult, next time I will turn out all the sixty-pound siege guns!" ”

When he said this, everyone present burst into laughter.

Everyone knows that the Marine War is based on the output of six-pounder guns and the main firepower output of twelve-pounder guns, and this ration must be the mainstream.

Like a three-pounder cannon is a chicken rib, so is a nine-pounder cannon.

As for the siege artillery, it is only a preparation on paper, because what matters most at present is the field ability and the defensive firepower of the defenders...... As for the siege, at least in a year or two, the Ming army may rarely have this task.

From fifteen pounder guns to sixty pounder guns, siege guns and field guns are different in caliber and mission, but as a soldier, the number of sixty-pounder guns is very burning...... How big does this cannon have to be? How many people do you have to overturn in one shot?

"As long as you, General Bai, can pull it and bring it out, it will naturally wrap it around me."

Gong Dingyu made such a fuss, and his spirit was much better, but when he looked at the sky and saw the twilight coming up, he unconsciously said to everyone: "It's so late, why don't you disperse?" At present, the eastern captives may come south with the main force at any time, and the Taibao is now dispatching troops...... There will be a bad battle at any time in the next few days! ”

Although he is a civil official, after all, his taste is above everyone, and it is indeed not a big deal to make such a fuss, and Gong Dingyu's words are also very clear, although the three standards went north, it seems that they are doing their own thing, and they are not led by senior officers, but there is a Sun Chuanting above, that is the old minister in charge of military affairs who has to sell a few thin noodles for the prince, and in addition to the Taibao, there is also a position of Sima in the camp, which is really in charge of everyone.

At that moment, everyone was awe-inspiring, they all gave a military salute, answered loudly, and then led their teams out of the camp.

"My lord, do we want to learn from Cao Biaotong?" When Cao Qing and the others left, the garrison and the pipe belt of the baggage battalion were all left, plus a Bai Wenlu, and the military commanders in these aspects were temporarily assigned by Gong Dingyu.

When the right person set up camp, because he was acting with the Chinese army, he camped a little more casually, and at this time, Cao Qing and others came over, and the ready-made example was there, and everyone naturally wanted to ask for instructions.

"O offending man......" the soldiers had already rested, and at this time they shouted to them to get up and reorganize the camp, dig trenches and put up fences...... This must be very offensive, Gong Dingyu originally planned to give up, but after thinking about it, he waved his hand and said: "Be careful and not overdone, it's better to be cautious than to be bold, be careful nine thousand nine hundred times, and if you are not careful, something will happen...... Give the order, the whole battalion will repair the defense, and arrange shifts to garrison, don't slack off! Although I am not a military officer, but you are perfunctory to me, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to cure you, go! ”

"Yes, the last general will obey!"

A group of officers gave a military salute in the thick twilight, and then dispersed giggling.

Gong Dingyu said solemnly, but camping and guarding is too common for the Pingyu army, it's okay to come out to fight this time, to be honest, it's easier than training in the camp!

There are many rules in the camp, and the management is stricter, and it may be an emergency gathering at night every few days...... Who knows where so much happens at night? At least 30% of the night blindness in this year, even if you strengthen nutrition to recuperate, there are always quite a few night blindness patients, and the night attack is a joke unless it is a very small number of elites to raid the enemy camp.

However, there are training subjects, and everyone has no way.

There is also a quarter and a half of ten miles to run, that is, according to the Western algorithm, you must run ten miles within twenty-five minutes, and if you can't complete it, it must be the service of the leather whip and military stick.

If it can't be completed many times, there will be military doctors who will check the body, look at the bones and joints, and check the nutrition, but it will not work, so they can only persuade them to quit.

As for the whole body to run ten miles with armor, ten miles to tie armor and bags, and two hundred miles to cross mountains and wade through rivers and cross-country training...... Any one can make the strongest and best young man cry...... Of the tens of thousands of soldiers in the battalion, who is not accustomed to farm work at home and has endured enough hardships? There is meat in Dunton, the food is good, and the sense of honor is strong, and that's it, and it really dissuades a lot.

It's not that I don't have to fight, but I really can't eat it physically.

After suffering so much in the camp, why dig a ditch and build a fence, this is not a very loose thing?

When Gong Dingyu entered his camp tent, the military horn in the camp sounded a few times, and then several teams of soldiers trotted to the camp gate with their fists, and a considerable part of them were sappers, wielding shovels that were running like the wind, and soon made a rudimentary shape of the defensive position. Behind them, the garrisons with firearms and iron spears and halberds also lined up in the first shift, and began to come out to prepare the patrol guards.

The movement here quickly alarmed many people in the nearby battalion heads, and many generals sent their own soldiers out to observe, and when they found out that it was the Pingyu army that was building fortifications again, many people scolded a few times, and then scattered.

The whole army is actually in the shape of a pinzig, and the city of Dezhou is the forefront of this pinzi formation, with Gao Jie and Zhao Yingyuan's soldiers and horses on the first line, and the second line is dominated by Zhu Dadian's Shandong town soldiers, with more than 20,000 people, including 8,000 soldiers. The third line is the three infantry battalions of the Xuzhen soldiers and horses and the Pingyu Army in the middle of Sun Chuanting, one car and artillery battalion, and two heavy engineer battalions, of which there are several baggage battalions in Xuzhen, and there are also considerable auxiliaries in each department, the whole army is about 50,000 people, including 13,000 soldiers in the Sun Department, plus the Pinglu Army and Shandong Town, the whole army is more than 90,000 people, and the area stretching for nearly 30 miles is occupied by the military camp, and there are patrolling foot soldiers and cavalry everywhere, in addition to the people of the two towns, Several towns and more than 100 villages along the route were strictly forbidden to go out, and people were only allowed to stay within the confines of their own villages, and were not allowed to go out at will.

In addition to strictly guarding against annihilation, they are also afraid that the soldiers and the people will clash and interfere with military discipline.

In short, within a radius of dozens of miles, the difficulty of flying birds, the sound of golden drums, since the battle of Zhuxian Town, there has never been such a large-scale army dispatch, and since Songshan, there are not so many elites gathered together!

(To be continued)