Updated, updated again! Today's fifth update! There are three more watches in the afternoon and evening! In addition, rolling all over the ground to sell cute monthly passes, subscriptions, and recommendations! Haha, Rollo asks for a lot, he's thick-skinned, but he still asks for drops!

Just when Bai Siwen didn't know how to explain to Komatsu Qingyu, on the large playground of the Apleizhou Military Academy, the neat footsteps stirred up dust. At the sound of the officer's command, the soldiers formed a horizontal formation, a column, a march, and a rapid run, showing a discipline and temperament completely different from that of the Eastern armies of this era.

These soldiers are not all non-commissioned officers and students of the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy. At the end of July 1846, Su Yuniang and Han Si each took about 600 elite soldiers and secretly went to Apleizhou Island by sea, and 600 strong "piglets" were successively transported to Apleizhou. After the three groups of people came to the island, they were reorganized and formed into 18 companies, each of which was equipped with Western instructors (all Western veterans from the original foreign barracks), and now they are undergoing intensive training and are waiting to go to Lantau Island.

Zhu Jianyu also seems to have won Zhu Jishi's trust, and today with Zuo Zongtang, he accompanied Zhu Jishi to Yaleizhou, and was watching Jishijun's daily training together. The emaciated body was straight, and the slightly sunken eye sockets exuded a look of surprise as the army passed in front of him in formation. Zhu Jishi had already told him that the Jishi Army was an army trained by imitation of the Western Army, but it was still far from the armies of Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia, and even inferior to the British Indian mercenaries.

But Zhu Jianyu felt it. The army in front of him looked more well-organized than any Japanese army he knew. Compared with the Manchu soldiers he saw in Guangzhou, there was a world of difference.

In the sound of neat steps. Zhu Jishi suddenly turned around and said with a smile: "Mito-kun, how do you feel?" Now, if tens of thousands of such soldiers arrived in Edo Bay on a Western galleon, would the Tokugawa shogunate have a way to deal with it? ”

Zhu Jianyu shook his head silently. Zuo Zongtang on the side took over the topic and said: "This Western training is actually not very difficult, it is nothing more than a strict word, strict training, strict orders, strict discipline, and Western weapons and Western battle arrays." The elite soldiers were trained. ”

Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile, pointed to the soldiers who were training in front of him and said: "Western art of war does not pay attention to individual bravery, if you compare martial arts, Mito-kun's kendo will definitely be able to beat them three or four at a time." But on the battlefield, 1,000 samurai like Mito-kun would definitely not be able to defeat a battalion of Western-style elite soldiers. ”

Regarding this comment, Zhu Jianyu did not seem to be convinced. Without waiting for him to refute, Zhu Jishi smiled and said: "In fact, the armies of the Manchu Qing, Japan, India, and the Ottoman Empire are all skilled in martial arts. The same was true of them earlier with the Western powers. But now is no longer the era of fighting with bows, arrows, swords and spears, foreign guns and cannons are the masters of the battlefield, so personal bravery does not play a big role. Warriors based on martial arts are often inferior in discipline to these new armies formed according to the Western-style art of war.

It's simple. Martial arts are not something that can be practiced in a few months, but must take years or even more than ten years. Such a person cannot be discharged from the army after only two or three years of service, and often has to serve in the army for decades. Of course, it is impossible to require them to live in barracks every day, as Western-style New Army soldiers do. If you practice hard every day, you won't have time to take care of your family. Breeded. As a result, even if the traditional armies of the East absorb some of the training methods of the Western-style new army, it is difficult for them to truly possess the strict discipline and strict formation of the Western armies, so their performance on the battlefield is often disappointing. ”

"What do you mean, sir, that even if Western guns and tactics were introduced to Japan, there would be no way to train samurai into elite soldiers to resist the great powers?" Zhu Jianyu asked suspiciously.

Of course, the current Tokugawa shogunate does not think that the Great Japanese Empire is so awesome that it wants to dominate Asia and establish a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, they just want to keep the Tokugawa family's one-third of an acre of land and live a comfortable life. Half of the reason why Japan was later harmed by China was that the Western invasion woke up Japan, a "sleeping wolf"; The other half is due to the fact that the Qing Dynasty was too weak and continued to nourish Japan with flesh and blood, so that it could rise step by step.

And Zhu Jishi also has his own plans for the future Sino-Japanese relations. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not been destroyed, the great powers are looking at it, and their own strength is limited, how can they have the strength to toss Japan? Moreover, the Japanese have clearer brains than the Manchus, and they are easily woken up, and when the time comes, won't they be able to cry when they are strong? Therefore, Zhu Jishi now wants the Japanese to lock the door of the country firmly, not to let imperialism in, and not to come out himself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jishi smiled faintly and replied: "Practicing samurai with the West Law, of course, can make it an elite soldier, although it is not enough to compete for glory and shijie, but it is enough to protect the Japanese archipelago Antai." Because Japan is located in the Far East, thousands of miles away from the European continent, and with tens of thousands of new troops, it can protect itself. It's just that the Westerners are not only good at force, but also good at strategy, and the good causes the backward civil strife, cannibalism, the death of India in the past, and the decline of the Ottomans, all because of this. Now, the British support us in opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, the purpose is also to divide China and facilitate their aggression. It's possible for something like this to happen in Japan! The Chinese National Congress, the small Japan, and the big countries are divided, as long as there is a corner that can cheer up and strengthen itself, it is still enough to resist the West. And once a small country splits up the civil war, it can only be destroyed by the Western powers! ”

Zhu Jishi said leisurely, Zhu Jianyu had put away his questioning expression and listened carefully solemnly.

“…… In the East, there are only a few countries that still have sovereigns, such as China, Japan, Siam, Vietnam, and Korea. China will be in turmoil, Siam and Vietnam will have weak troops, and the period of national destruction is not far off. Japan and Korea are the next targets of the Western powers, and it is estimated that as soon as the war in China is in chaos, Western warships will detain Japan, and now there is not much time left for the Tokugawa shogunate!

Mito-kun, although there was a war between the Ming Dynasty and Japan more than 200 years ago, that battle had nothing to do with the Tokugawa shogunate. Since the Tokugawa family became the country, Sino-Japanese relations have always been good, and when the Qing Dynasty caused chaos in China, Japan also sided with the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in the coming days, the Ming Dynasty will be restored, and China and Japan, the Zhu family and the Tokugawa family, should also be allies of each other and jointly reserve a pure land for the oriental nations. Therefore, now that the Tokugawa shogunate is cooperating with me, there is no need to have any trouble, and it is completely possible to regard me and Jeseki as friends. The only thing you need to be wary of is the Western powers! ”

This is reasonable! Didn't Zhu Jianyu's ancestors go into exile in Japan when the Ming Dynasty died? Although he did not borrow elite soldiers, he was still courteous to the Tokugawa shogunate. Now Zhu Jishi's goal is only to restore the Ming Dynasty, and there is no conflict of interest with Japan and the Tokugawa family, and he definitely doesn't want Japan to become a Western colony, right?

After Zhu Jishi's voice lagged behind, Zhu Jianyu bowed down, "Mr. is a friend of Japan, and the student will leave for China soon, so he can deliver the letter for Mr. If he wants to send an envoy to Japan, he can return with the student." ”

"That's what I mean." Zhu Jishi smiled and said to Zhu Jianyu: "My Jishi Bank has built a gun factory, a steel factory in Lanfang, and a gunpowder factory in Hong Kong, all of which can make guns for Japan." However, the Bank did not have a semicolon in Japan, and there was no way to do business with the shogunate. If possible, I would like to open a Jeseko trading hall outside of Edo Castle. ”

Zhu Jianyu frowned when he heard this: "Sir, Japan is still closed to the country, and foreigners are not allowed to live on Japanese land other than Nagasaki Dejima......"

Zhu Jishi smiled and waved his hand and said, "How can the country's major policies be so rigid?" The policy of locking the country is really to defend against the enemy, not to reject friends, I am really friends with Japan, why should I refuse it for thousands of miles? ”

Zhu Jianyu sighed and wanted to explain two sentences, but Zhu Jishi said: "Recently, I have made another book, called "The Theory of the Founding of the First Army", which elaborates on the order and feasible methods of the Eastern Kingdom in matters such as closing the country, strengthening the army, Annai, and destroying the country, and Mito-kun can bring it back to Japan and dedicate it to the shogunate. I will send an envoy to return with you with gifts, and when your Tokugawa shogun has read "The Founding of the Nation of the First Army," he will certainly receive my envoy and agree to the opening of a trading house in Edo. (To be continued......)